1 'We look up. For weeks, for months, that is all we have done. Look up of Everest. Only it is different now: so near, so close...It is no longer jus
2 In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay is describing here how he felt w metres from the top of the mountain. It was 6.30 in the morning climb through the snow and ice, the two men reache the world. The view was incredible. All around them the men cou Mountains. They had to look down to see the white tops of some mountains in the world.
3 Many people dream about going to the top of Mount Everest. Climbin though, is very dangerous. Even in the warmest month, July, the avera at the top of the mountain is about-190C. Very strong winds and stor suddenly. And avalanches of snow and ice often fall down the mounta everything in their path.
4 Around 200 people have died on the mountain, but every year people rom all over the world to climb it. Some want to see the view that Nol aw. Most, though, want to climb the highest mountain on Earth.