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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">VK3HRA will be active
from Nepal 6-9 May 2014 as<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><STRONG>9N7AH<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></STRONG><BR>He will be active on
40 and 20m CW QRP<BR>He planning to be active from Southern Everest Base
Camp and Sagamatha National Park <BR>QSL via home call <BR><IMG
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<P><B>Mount Everest</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>(also known in Nepal as<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Sagarmatha</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>and in Tibet as<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Chomolungma</B>) is the
Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the
Himalayas. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level and
is the 5th furthest point from the center of the Earth.The international
border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point. Its
massif includes neighboring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft);
Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft) and Changtse, 7,580 m
(24,870 ft).</P>
<P>In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of India established the first
published height of Everest, then known as<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Peak XV</B>, at 29,002 ft
(8,840 m). The current official height of 8,848 m
(29,029 ft) as recognized by Nepal and China was established by a
1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975.
In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal
Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British
Surveyor General of India. Waugh named the mountain after his predecessor
in the post, Sir George Everest. Although Tibetans had called Everest
"Chomolungma" for centuries, Waugh was unaware of this because Tibet and
Nepal were closed to foreigners at the time thus preventing any attempts
to obtain local names.</P>
<P>Mount Everest attracts many highly experienced mountaineers as well as
capable climbers willing to hire professional guides. There are two main
climbing routes, one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal
(known as the standard route) and the other from the north in Tibet. While
not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard
route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, wind
as well as significant objective hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu
Icefall. While the overwhelming majority of climbers will use bottled
oxygen in order to reach the top, some climbers have summitted Everest
without supplemental oxygen.</P>
<P>The first recorded efforts to reach Everest's summit were made by
British mountaineers. With Nepal not allowing foreigners into the country
at the time, the British made several attempts on the north ridge route
from the Tibetan side. After the first reconnaissance expedition by the
British in 1921 reached 7,000 m (22,970 ft) on the North Col,
the 1922 expedition pushed the North ridge route up to 8,320 m
(27,300 ft) marking the first time a human had climbed above
8,000 m (26,247 ft). Tragedy struck on the descent from the
North col when seven porters were killed in an avalanche. The 1924
expedition resulted in the greatest mystery on Everest to this day: George
Mallory and Andrew Irvine made a final summit attempt on June 8 but never
returned, sparking debate as to whether they were the first to reach the
top. They had been spotted high on the mountain that day but disappeared
in the clouds, never to be seen again until Mallory's body was found in
1999 at 8,155 m (26,755 ft) on the North face. Tenzing Norgay
and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953 using
the southeast ridge route. Tenzing had reached 8,595 m
(28,199 ft) the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss
expedition.<BR><A style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest</A></P>
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