Today in 2013 it is more like 5,000 people have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Here in England we call Mount Everest just that......Mount Everest.
Mount Everest is used by people for climbing and mountaineering.
People go to Mount Everest to climb and try and reach its summit.
No because Mount Everest is not a volcano
The people who live in villages in view of Mount Everest are Sherpas.
Mount Everest is used for its resources such as water from its lakes and climbing for tourists
142 people DIED from trying to climb it, Edmund Hillary was first to climb mount Everest, Mount Everest is 8,848m tall,
The main activitie done on Mount Everest is climbing/mountaineering.
How many people attempt to climb Mount Everest every year?
Nobody goes to Mount Everest for a holiday. Mount Everest is a serious and deadly climb.
The people of New Zealand will always have a connection with Mount Everest because Edmund Hillary, who came from New Zealand was the first person to reach its summit.