Mount Everest

Mount Everest is also called Chomolangma, meaning “Goddess Mother of Snows” in Tibetan and Sagarmatha, meaning "Mother of the Universe" in Nepalese. The mountain is sacred to the native people.The best time to climb Everest is in early May before the monsoon season.The Southeast Ridge from Nepal, called the South Col Route, and the Northeast Ridge or the North Col Route from Tibet are the usual climbing routes.The largest expedition to climb Mount Everest was a 410-climber Chinese team in 1975.The most climbers to reach the summit in a single day was 40 on May 10, 1993.The safest year on Mount Everest was 1993 when 129 climbers reached the summit and only 8 died.