Everest
Tallest mountain anywhere
Everest is the world's highest mountain, located in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet.
Its peak rises 29,032 feet above sea level.
The name serves as shorthand for any supreme challenge or ultimate achievement: Completing the marathon was my Everest.
To summit Everest is a defining ambition for serious mountaineers.
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- elevationHeight above reference point
- NepalSouth Asian mountain nation
Tibet · massif · ridge · prominence · cordillera · snowline · plateau · topography
Expedition's operational center
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
- ascentUpward movement
- descentDownward slope or lineage
crampons · ropes · icefall · crevasse · glacier · avalanche · serac · cornice
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- magnificentExceptionally beautiful or impressive
imposing · towering · legendary · iconic · breathtaking · formidable · pristine · sacred
Sustained effort capacity
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- altitude sicknessHypoxia from high elevation
exhaustion · survival · risk · danger · exposure · windchill · whiteout · overcrowding
Portable fabric shelter
- sleeping bagInsulated portable bedding
- gogglesSealed protective eyewear
- KathmanduNepal's capital city
- yakHimalayan ox or chatter
permit · trekking · logistics · supplies · weather window · staging · team · sponsorship
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- elevationHeight above reference point
Nepal · Tibet · massif · ridge · prominence · cordillera · snowline · plateau · topography · geology
basecamp
Expedition's operational center
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
- ascentUpward movement
descent · crampons · ropes · icefall · crevasse · glacier · avalanche · serac · cornice · bivouac
majestic
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
magnificent · imposing · towering · legendary · iconic · breathtaking · formidable · pristine · sacred · eternal
endurance
Sustained effort capacity
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
altitude sickness · exhaustion · survival · risk · danger · exposure · windchill · whiteout · overcrowding · fatality
tent
Portable fabric shelter
- sleeping bagInsulated portable bedding
- gogglesSealed protective eyewear
- KathmanduNepal's capital city
yak · permit · trekking · logistics · supplies · weather window · staging · team · sponsorship · documentation
- HimalayasK2, Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim, Himalayan peaks
- South AsiaIndia, Indian states, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hindustan
- High Altitudealtitude sickness, thin air, hypoxia, oxygen deprivation, acclimatization
- summitspeak, summit, summits, apex, pinnacle
- NepalKathmandu, Himalayas, Annapurna, Gurkhas, momo
- Himalayan Peaks
EverestDead Sea
Landlocked hypersaline lake
Mariana Trench · Challenger Deep · Death Valley · sea level · Caspian Sea
Everestmolehill
Burrower's earth pile
hillock · anthill · speed bump · foothill · knoll
Everestrock bottom
Lowest possible level
the pits · nadir · low point · cakewalk · child's play
- Mount EverestEarth's highest summit
- Mt. EverestEarth's highest mountain
- Mt EverestTallest point on land
- Everest Base CampMountaineering staging ground, highest peak
- Everest summitHighest terrestrial elevation
- Everest climbAscending Earth's highest summit