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Mount Everest Expeditions

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**Facts on the Climbers By: Alex Van Erp**
The first expedition to accomplish the feat of reaching Everest's summit took place in 1953. By Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, they used a route they had recently discovered towards the southern face of the mountain. Since then there have been over 3,670 ascents, 2,400 of those by single person parties. Everest is known as one of the most challenging and hardest climbs. A fact that easily portrays and supports this point of view is that there have been 210 deaths during climbs. For more information on Everest and other mountains in it's range visit Himalyan Mountain System Here is a very interesting video on a group of climbers journey up the moountain, if you cannot watch the whole video skip to the end and watch them reach the summit. Please visit my main page Mount Everest Expeditions. media type="custom" key="694001"