Everest base camp

Height of Mount Everest Mt Everest is 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) in height.

A measurement officially recognized by both the Nepalese and Chinese governments.

How high is Everest Base Camp?

South Everest Base Camp is 5,364 meters (17,598 ft) The Tibetan North Side Base Camp is 5,545 meters (18,192 ft)

Who discovered Mount Everest?

No one really. It has always there and in plain sight. However there have been several people accredited for accurately measuring Mount Everest in being the tallest mountain in the world.

On the way to Everest Base Camp! Original British surveyors in the 19th century began mapping the world’s highest mountains. Between politics, weather, and other obstacles if took over 50 years to finally confirm Everest as being the tallest mountain on earth. In 1847 Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India, James Nicolson and Radhanath Sikdar (India) are accredited with completely most of the early surveying.

What’s Mount Everest’s real name? Before the survey Everest had many names from the many peoples that lived in the area. Andrew Waugh named the mountain after his predecessor as Surveyor General of India: George Everest. This was initially rebuked by George Everest but the name stuck none-the-less. The Chinese have launched several campaigns to call the mountain Qomolangma as was their first recorded name. While in Nepal the Nepalese have called Everest Sagarmāthā as a counter to the Chinese claim.

In 1953 attempt on the summit by climbing pair Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay. They reached the summit of Mount Everest at 11:30 a.m. local time on 29 May 1953. Though both Hillary and Tenzing said it was a joint effort. After many years Tenzing finally spoke out and said Hillary was the first to put his foot on the summit of Mount Everest.

An overnight stay will give you a better chance to see Everest. If you come all that way it is worth staying around to see the peak.

It’s often uncomfortable and difficult to sleep at night at such a high altitude. If you can’t sleep because of headaches, shortness of breath, etc., you can enjoy a spectacular starry sky on a clear night, unblemished by light pollution, and with fewer atmospheres in the way.

Watching the sunrise/sunset the China side of Mt. Everest is a special experience.

As Everest is south of the base camp, and because sunrise is delayed due to the height of surrounding mountains, the sun rises more in the southeast, and Everest is caught in a golden glow on a clear morning. Likewise with southwesterly Tibet EBC sunsets.

The closer to winter the better the southerly sunrise effect. In May sunrise is from 7:00 to 7:30. In October sunrise is from 8:00 to 8:30.