This document provides information about Mount Everest and the first recorded climbers to reach its summit, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. It includes a list of facts about Everest such as its height and number of climbers. Words related to climbing like altitude, satellites, lamas, and fatigue are defined. Details are given that Sherpas live near Everest and pictures of climbers should be found. Similarities and differences between climbing Everest 80 years ago and now are outlined. A facts sheet provides biographical information about Hillary and Norgay like their names, birthplaces and dates, occupations, and accomplishments.

1. By Jim Howes
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2. MAKE A LIST OF FACTS ABOUT EVEREST.
Mount Everest is the biggest mountain in the world.
12 people have climbed Mount Everest.
George Mallory was the first one to climb Mount Everest.
Everest is 8848 metres high.(29029feet)

3. DEFINE THESE WORDS: ALTITUDE, SATELLITES, LAMAS AND
FATIGUE…
Altitude means the vertical height of an object above sea level
Satellites are things that can take accurate measurement
Lamas are Buddhist priests or monks
Fatigue extreme tiredness or exhaustion

4. Where is Mt Everest and what kind of people live there?
Sherpas live on mount everest

5. FIND SOME PICTURES OF PEOPLE CLIMBING MT
EVEREST.

6. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES AND
SIMILARITIES TO CLIMBING MT EVEREST
NOW AND 80 YEARS AGO?
 Similarities
 They all use ropes
 Used ice axes and goggles
 Differences
 Gloves
 Footwear
 pants

7. MAKE A FACTS SHEET ABOUT SIR EDMOND
HILLARY AND TENNZING NORGAY.
EDMUND ON LEFT ,TENSING RIGHT
Born
(1919-07-20)20 July 1919
Tuakau, New Zealand
Died
11 January 2008(2008-01-
11) (aged 88)
Auckland, New Zealand
Cause of death Myocardial infarction
Spouse(s)
Louise Mary Rose (m. 1953–
1975)
June Mulgrew (m. 1989–
2008)
Children
Peter (b. 1954)
Sarah (b. 1955)
Belinda (1959–1975)
Parents
Percival Augustus Hillary
Gertrude Hillary, née Clark
Birth name Namgyal Wangdi
Main discipline Mountaineer
Born
May 1914
Khumbu, Kingdom of Nepal
Died
9 May 1986(1986-05-09)
(aged 71)
Darjeeling, India