Everest

English Pronunciation mountain ěʹvurǐst RP, en /ˈɛvəɹɪst/ /ˈɛvɹɪst/ ĕv′ə-rĭst ĕv′rĭstEv·er·est, Mount 239 1 ĕ′vərĭstEverest, Mount 596 1 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Everest1.wav Southern England en /ˈɛvəɹəst/ /ˈɛvɹəst/ GA surname en /ˈiːvɹɪst/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Everest2.wav Southern England en Ev e rest Etymology 1 Mountain named after Sir George Everest. The surname may be from Norman French Devereux, meaning from fr Évreux. Proper noun ~ s en Mount Everest. en uncountable en mountain on the border of s/Tibet c/China and c/Nepal. en 1925 Willard L. Sperry Reality in Worship: a Study of Public Worship and Private Religion https://archive.org/details/realityinworship0000sper/ New York w:Macmillan Company 5938964 6680936M 337–338 https://archive.org/details/realityinworship0000sper/page/337/ One day in the late spring of 1924 an observer on the East Rongbuk Glacier at the foot of Everest, staring up at the summit of the mountain through a telescope, saw the morning mists part around the summit, and saw there two black figures climbing steadily upwards. One of them was an Oxford undergraduate, the other was Mallory. They were, at that moment, at a height of 28,400 feet, higher than any man has ever climbed before and only six hundred feet below the top. en 1953 The Conquest of Everest https://web.archive.org/web/20200730052359/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3oPlz6NeIM&t=2245 30 July 2020 1253303170 5:41 https://archive.org/details/theconquestofeverest/theconquestofeverestreel1.mov The early expeditions, though they failed, did make the picture much clearer. The problems of Everest emerged- problems of supply and support, unbelievably treacherous weather, and worst of all, the problem of altitude itself- the terrifying lack of oxygen. Several of the early climbers attacking the summit from the north got within a thousand feet of it. Mallory and Irvin for instance, who attempted it in 1924. Neither of them came back. Why should a man climb Everest? It was Mallory himself who gave the classic reply: 'Because it is there'. Everest remained a challenge: aloof, inviolate, murderous. en 12 May 2022 Ukrainian summits Everest 'for her people' as records tumble https://web.archive.org/web/20220512112447/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220512-ukrainian-summits-everest-for-her-people-as-records-tumble 12 May 2022 w:France 24 Everest saw a clutch of records on Thursday including the most summits for a woman and the first all-Black team -- and a Ukrainian climber reached the top of the world for her war-torn country.Nepali climber Lhakpa Sherpa, 48, reached the snow-capped summit for the 10th time, breaking her own record set in 2018."Lhakpa stood atop Everest at 6:15 am today. This has become her 10th ascent," Mingma Gelu Sherpa of Seven Summit Adventure, the agency that handled her expedition, told AFP from the Everest base camp. en May 23, 2023 Bhadra Sharma; Sameer Yasir 4 Everest Ascents in 10 Days: Sherpas Battle for a Climbing Record https://web.archive.org/web/20230523064105/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/world/asia/sherpas-everest-competition.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/world/asia/sherpas-everest-competition.html May 23, 2023 Asia Pacific It was unclear whether Pasang Dawa Sherpa planned a third ascent of Everest this season, which started in April and ends the first week of June. Such a feat has never been attempted in the history of Everest climbs, mountaineering experts say. en 28 May 2025 Melting snow making Everest more perilous, record-holding climber Kami Rita warns w:EFE https://web.archive.org/web/20250528155927/https://efe.com/en/other-news/2025-05-28/everest-melting/ https://efe.com/en/other-news/2025-05-28/everest-melting/ 28 May 2025 The deadliest year on Everest remains 2015, when a devastating earthquake in Nepal triggered a series of avalanches on the mountain, killing 20 people. en en countable Epitome, ultimate en countable en. Derived terms en Mount Everest Everester Everest syndrome Everesting Translations Mount Everest Etymology 2 From en Everesting. Verb en climbing cycling To repeatedly cycle up steep roads with a total distance equal to the height of Mount Everest. en Alec Jacobson The New York Times How to Cycle Up ‘Mount Everest’ Aug. 13, 2020 Training for an Everest expedition in 1994, Mallory wrote, he had Everested by cycling eight times up Mount Donna Buang, outside Melbourne. See also Everesting References Anagrams en eeerstv Veteres en heteronyms Spanish Pronunciation éverest Proper noun m en Everest es Mountains