Download Reaching the Summit of Mount Everest: The History of the Famous Expeditions Attempting to Climb the World's Tallest Mountain AudioBook Free
People have been climbing as long as they've been around, and for many who relish the task, little or nothing can top Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on earth at over 29,000 legs. As Sir Edmund Hillary said, "It is not the mountain we overcome but ourselves." Elaborating on that, he also asserted, "I think I mainly climb mountains because I get significant amounts of enjoyment out of it. I never try to analyze these things too extensively, but I feel that all mountaineers do get significant amounts of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very hard to them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous. I feel that the fact that something has a spice of hazard about it can frequently add to its attraction, and its fascination." Naturally, the absolute size of the mountain and its location in Asia all but precluded Westerners from even making such attempts before India became a colonial possession of the Uk. Once that was accomplished, however, experts and explorers could actually report back depth about the Himalayas and the largest giant of these all. From that time forward, the contest was on for many who aspired to climb Mount Everest, and several of these men have been down in history, not merely for their achievements but also for their controversies. Among the earliest and most famous mountaineers to begin climbing Everest was George Mallory, who made several expeditions in the early 1920s so that they can reach the summit. Since there is still a lingering controversy over whether he actually succeeded in 1924, the goal of being the first noted individual to attain the peak extended until Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Everest in 1953. Naturally, even after that, people have extended to defend myself against one of the most extreme challenges the entire world has to offer. In fact, climbing Mount Everest has become enough of any business that even people that have no climbing experience pays to make an attempt to summit with experienced guides. Given how treacherous the climb is, this has been frequently criticized (including by Hillary himself), so that as recently as Apr 2014, 16 Sherpa guides were killed on the mountain by an avalanche, but curiosity about Everest remains as high as ever.
