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Fast forward to 29,029 ft (Mount Everest)

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:58:48 +0000

Mount Everest is high.

No. It’s the highest point on Earth and it is 29,029-feet high.

Do you see what it really means? This is too high to easily recognize. So, Richard Johnson, Bonnie Berkowitz, and Lazaro Gamio provided a web page with a long graphical representation of this height. You can visit at Scaling Everest. This will slowly open your mind to the perception of new heights.

When you’re finished scaling the huge peak, you can actually fly to its summit in the following NatGeo video:

Breathtaking is the word.

Sources: GeekPress & Beyond the Edge.

Mount Everest

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:53:30 +0000

When visiting Nepal, I could take a plane trip for some sight seeing, from Kathmandu to the Mount Everest (the highest point of our world at 8848m or 29028ft).

Its Nepalese name is Sagarmāthā (Nepali: सगरमाथा), and it is very near to the Lhotse, another 8000-summit (precisely 8516m or 27940ft).

Everest and Lhotse

The image here was taken from the pilot seat when we were at the nearest point to the Everest during the flight (click on the small image to enlarge it).

The unlabeled peak on the right is probably the Makalu (8463m or 27766ft). But this needs to be confirmed by somebody more expert than I am.