Tips to Stay Safe on Mount Everest
Before you start your expedition up Mount Everest there are quite a lot safety rules you must abide by, some are pretty obvious like make sure you and the rest of your party have suitable experience, but others you might not think of that may make all the difference during your climb.
Diagnosis: Summit Fever
Mountaineering and pursuing adventure are doubtlessly extremely dangerous hobbies/life style choices yet people keep taking these risks over and over again. The saying Summit Fever is usually applied to mountaineering rather than polar expeditions, for example, but I think it applies to anything challenging really.
Geology Of Mount Everest
The three formations, or units, which make up the geology of Mount Everest are divided into sections. Geologists have named these, from the bottom to the summit respectively, the Rongbuk Formation, the North Col Formation and the Qomolangma Formation. These sections, or units, are divided by a low-angle fault, or a ‘detachment’, each one being forced over the next to form a, sort of, zigzag pattern.
How High is Mount Everest?
We all know that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world but over the years it has been measured many times using the latest available technology at the time giving slightly different results. In 1856 Andrew Waugh declared Peak XV as it was called in those days to be 29,002 feet high based on his computations and observations through Great Trigonometric Survey.
Mount Everest – The Death Zone
Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world attracts many climbers from around the world to try and reach her lofty summit. Safety on a mountain like Mount Everest is paramount, one mistake and it could be the last thing you do.
