Did you know? Mount Everest is 8848 meters high. The mountain is over 60 million years old. The top is covered with snow all year. The temperature can go down to -40º C. The top of Mount Everest is on the border of Tibet and Nepal. About 500 people reach the top every year. The first people ever to reach the top of Mount Everest were Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal. It happened on May 29, 1953, after seven weeks of climbing. n i nety-n i ne / 99 Verkefni 17-19
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