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=**Mt. Everest- 7/05/07**=

Today, a week into our trip, we went to one of the main reasons we came to Tibet in the first pace. To see Mt Everest! Well part of it anyway.The mountain, which is part of the Himilaya range in High Asia, is on the border between Nepal and China in southern Tibet. I took a train for a few days to get here. Whilst reading on the train, i found out many facts about the mountain. Recently, the mountain has been found to be 8,848 m (29,028 feet) high, although there is some variation in the measurements. But this new height is based on the actual highest point of rock and not on the snow and ice that sits on top of that rock on the summit.

As of the end of the 2006 climbing season, there have been 3,050 ascents to the summit, by 2,062 individuals, and 203 people died on the mountain. The conditions on the mountain are so difficult that most of the corpses have been left where they fell; some of them are easily visible from the standard climbing routes.

Climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal; they range from experienced mountaineers to relative novices who count on their paid guides to get them to the top. The Nepalese government also requires a permit from all prospective climbers; this carries a heavy fee, often more than $25,000 per person. This is the reason we went to look, not to climb!

Here are some more pictures we took.





Its bigger than ever. You havn't seen a mountain until you've visited Mt everest.