The first blind person to climb Mount Everest was Erik Weihenmayer in 2001!
Mount Everest - Facts for Kids
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Facts About Mount Everest For Kids
The first person to ski down Mount Everest was Yuichiro Miura in 1970 – he used a parachute to help slow him down!
The first twins to climb Mount Everest together were Tashi and Nungshi Malik in 2013!
The longest time anyone has stayed on Mount Everest’s summit was 21 hours, set by Babu Chiri Sherpa in 1999!
The first marriage ceremony on Mount Everest’s summit was in 2005 — Pem Dorjee Sherpa and Moni Mulepati got married right at the top of the world!
The triangular summit of Mount Everest is about the size of a two-car garage – not very big for such a famous place!
More than 4,000 people have successfully climbed to the top of Mount Everest – that's more people than in many elementary schools!
Climbers usually spend about two months on Mount Everest to reach the summit because they need extra time to get used to the thin air and wait for good weather!
There are about 18 different routes to climb Mount Everest, but climbers usually stick to just two main ones — the Southeast Ridge from Nepal and the North Ridge from Tibet!
The atmospheric pressure at the top of Mount Everest is about one‑third of what it is at sea level — imagine trying to breathe through a tiny straw because there’s so little air up there!
