IC13

2011-02-20T00:29:00.000-08:00

IC 12

2011-02-20T00:22:00.000-08:00

IC 11

2011-02-20T00:06:00.000-08:00

Mount Everest

Mount Everest, or Mount Chomolungma, is the world's highest mountain above sea level at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas on the Nepal (Sagarmatha Zone)-China (Tibet) border.

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon recommendation of Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India at the time, who named it after his predecessor in the post, and former chief, Sir George Everest.^[4] Chomolungma had been in common use by Tibetans for centuries, but Waugh was unable to propose an established local name because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners.

The highest mountain in the world attracts many well-experienced mountaineers as well as novice climbers who are willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route (other eight-thousanders such as K2 or Nanga Parbat are much more difficult), still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather and wind.

By the end of the 2008 climbing season, there had been 4,102 ascents to the summit by about 2,700 individuals.^[5] Climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to US $ 25,000 per person.^[6] By the end of 2009 Everest had claimed 216 lives,^[5] including eight who perished during a 1996 storm high on the mountain. Conditions are so difficult in the death zone (altitudes higher than 8,000 m/26,246 ft) that most corpses have been left where they fell. Some of them are visible from standard climbing routes.^[7]

IC10

2011-02-19T23:59:00.000-08:00

Dear NUT

‘My best friend is Tong. We met on an internet chat site in 2011 . We both liked chatting about music and fashion, and then we discovered that we live only ten miles from each other,

IC 14

2011-02-19T01:48:00.000-08:00

The tiger is more dangerous than the dog.

Iron is much cheaper than gold.

The car is faster than the motorcycle.

He is taller than his wife.

She is more beautiful than her sister.

She is richer than any other people here.
= She is the richest

That was the longest ruler.

Tom is the richest man in the village.

She is the oldest girl of the class.

She is the most beautiful girl in the class.

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