Here are some fun interesting facts for kids and adults about Mount Everest.

Mount Everest is about 60 million years old !

The Mountain was named after Sir George Everest in 1865 who worked as the surveyor general of India.

Where is  Mount Everest ? Located in the Himalaya Mountains, Everest is on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

The Nepal name is Sagarmatha which means goddess of the sky

The Tibet name is Chomolungma which means mother goddess of the universe

Mount Everest is the worlds highest mountain above sea level and stands at a height of 29,029 Feet or 8848 Metres.

There are two main climbing routes to the Summit of Everest, the South East from Nepal and the North East from Tibet.

In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay become the first climbers to reach the top of Mount Everest. Hilary was the person who peaked first.

On 11 May 1996 a tragic eight people lost their lives during a storm on Everest. There was 16 fatalities during the 1996 season in total. The book Into Thin Air describes these events.

Jordan Romero is the youngest person to climb Everest at the age of 13.

Min Bahadur Sherchan at 76 years old is the oldest person to have climbed the tallest mountain in the world.

Almost all climbers use bottled oxygen when they reach 8000 metres on the mountain. Reinhold Messner reached the top without any oxygen in 1978 and again in 1980.

First American to climb Everest was James Whittaker in 1963

The first solo climer to reach the peak was the famous Reinhold Messner in 1980.

The first woman to peak was Junko Tabei from Japan on May 16th 1975

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were last seen near the top in 1924, it is not known if they peaked.

Mona Mulepati and Pem Dorje Sherpa on May 30th 2005 got married on the Peak !

The Frenchmen Jean-Marc Boivin paraglided from the peak in only 11 minutes in 1988.

Alberto and Felix Inurrategui become the first brothers to peak on September 25, 1992.

The body of George Mallory was found on Everest in 1999. The mystery remains.

The best time to climb is in May before the Monsoon season starts.

Every year the Mountain rises a few milimetres in height.

The first attempted climbs were in 1921.