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1. Mount Everest
TherearetwomainroutesforclimbingEverest:the
northwestridgeinTibetandthesoutheastridgeinNepal.In
1921,Bri tishexplorers investigatedtheTibetanroute.
Atthattime,theNepalborder was closed to
foreigners.In1924,twoBritishclimbersattemptedtoreach
thetopof Everest, buttheyreturned.
Thisroutewas trieduntil1950when Chinatookcontrol
ofTibetandcloseditsborders.
WhenNepalopeneditsborderin1949,climbersbeganusing
thesoutheastridge.OnMay29,1953,Everestwasfinally
con quered by EdmundHillaryofNewZealandandTenzing
Norgay,hisSherpaguide, using this route.
TheSherpapeoplehavebenefitedeconomicallyfromthema
nypeoplewhocometoclimbEverest.Mostforeignclimbers
employoneortwoSherpa guides,andtheaverageclimbing
teamspends$200,000onguides and supplieswhileinNepal.