EVEREST, MOUNT

Sanskrit (Nepali) Sagarmatha, Tibetan Chomolungma, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Chu-mu-lang-ma Feng, (Pinyin) Zhumulangma Feng, also spelled Qomolangma Feng mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas in Asia, lying on the border between Nepal and China (Tibet), at 27 59 N, 86 56 E. It is the highest point on Earth. Additional reading G.O. Dyhrenfurth, To the Third Pole: The History of the High Himalaya (1955); Thomas F. Hornbein, Everest: The West Ridge (1965, reissued 1980); Toni Hagen, Mount Everest (1963); Walt Unsworth, Everest (1981); Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air (1997); Conrad Anker and David Roberts, The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest (1999); David Breashears, High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (1999); David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld, The Last Climb (1999); Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, and Eric R. Simonson, The Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine (1999).