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Mount Everest
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- 1English Class "Structure"- Alain Garcia
- Ricardo ... - 21865Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society.
- 31920First attempt to climb Mount Everest made by a British team which included George Mallory.
- 41922The first recorded deaths on Everest occur when a group of people, part of a British expedition, die in an avalanche.
- 51953First summit of Everest accomplished by Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, from India.
- 61975Junko Tabei (Japan) becomes the first woman to summit Everest.
- 72003A Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura of 70 years becomes the oldest person ever to reach Everest's summit.
On 2013 he did one more time.
- 82007The first cellphone call was made from the top of Everest by Rod Baber, a British climber.
- "It's cold, it's fantastic, and the Himalayas are everywhere"
- 92012Everest had been climbed 5,656 times with 223 deaths.
- 102015334 climbing permits were extended for free. This was by the Nepal's earthquake.
(10,000USD for foreigners).
- 112016As of 2016, there are well over 200 corpses still on the mountain, with some of them even serving as landmarks.
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- This is a timeline about the Mount Everest, where you can see different important events that happened in different years.
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