MOUNT EVEREST ASSIGNMENT

Do the Mount Everest questions.
An all too easy Mt. Everest Test
True or False
Mount Everest’s height only recently changed to 29,035 feet.
Mount Everest is the most difficult mountain to climb.
Mount Everest is named after the Welsh Surveyor General who came to survey Peak 15.
Mount Everest is centered in the White Mountains.
Mount Everest is located in both India and Tibet.
The Mugwumps are the group of people who live on the mountain and aid climbers in their attempts to get up the mountain.
1996 was the worst year for fatalities on the mountain.
Reinhold Messner was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
The first climber was aided with the help of local climber Tenzing Norgay.
The Buddhist people regard the mountain as a god and have many superstitions about the mountain.
K2 is the 2nd tallest mountain in the world, which is located fairly close to Mount Everest.
There are 14 8,000+ foot high peaks in the world.
Mount Everest is being studied since not only is it in the book, but we are currently celebrating the 40th anniversary of its first ascent.
Pulmonary Edema causes a persons brain to “spring leaks” and can be fatal.
The world’s highest garbage dump is on Everest.
Everest is now a business since ANYONE can be pushed up the mountain (though not always successfully), provided that they have $65,000 to spend on a permit.
The last obstacle in climbing Everest is the Khumbu Icefall.
The Death Zone is the place where you are breathing O2 at 30% of normal ground content. Therefore, you are literally dieing.
It is next to impossible to spend a night on Everest.
The Hillary Step is the only part of Everest that requires true technical climbing ability.
The first woman to climb Mount Everest was Junko Tabei.
Everest was climbed by a blind man named Edmund Hillary.
Name 1 really neat thing that you remember about Mount Everest.

ALSO
take notes on Mount Everest.
write an outline that would incorporate events from Everest's history.
Assume this is an 8-paragraph essay.
You will need Roman Numerals, Capital letters, and standard numbers as we write them (at least 2 for each event or period).

If you do all of this, I will GIVE YOU 50 points!!
Don't get left out in the cold.

Do what you have to do, and please, send me any questions that you might have!!!