Not many people have climbed mount Everest .its a very hard mountain to climb it has high elevation and allot of jagged cliffs and drop offs .Many people have died while attempting to climb it.

Mountain Everest was formed about 60 million years ago. The top of the mount is a staging 29,035ft it is the tallest mountain in the world.it got its name from the Nepal name sagarmatha witch means goddness of the sky. The location of the mountain is 27 degrees 59' n latitude and 86degrees 56'w longitude. The fastest person to climb the mt from the south is 16 hours and 56 min from the north it is 16hours and 45 min.There are about 120 dead bodies still on the mountain. The person how stayed on top the longest is 21 and 1/2 hours.(http://www.mnteverest.net/history.html) The north face of the mt has a dingle ditch that is very hard to climb. In 1963the first American group of mt climbers climb the treacherous peaks.(Americans of Everest) Some of the ways that they make it safer is by using satellite phones. They also use GPS to tell if you have made it to the top or if you have died. the equipment they use have to work in extreme cold tempature.(http://www.exploresweb.com/everest_k2/b)