珠穆朗玛峰Everest珠穆朗玛峰是喜马拉雅山脉的主峰，位于中国与尼泊尔边界上，它的北坡在中国青藏高原境内，南坡在尼泊尔境内，而顶峰位于中国境内。藏语中“珠穆”是女神的意思，“朗玛”是第三的意思。因为在珠穆朗玛峰的附近还有四座山峰，珠峰位居第三，所以称为珠穆朗玛峰。以下是小编带来的珠穆朗玛峰Everest，欢迎阅读。珠穆朗玛峰EverestEverest(珠穆朗玛峰)isthehighestmountainonEarth(asmeasuredfromsealevel)。Snow-cappedmountains，azuresky，goldenraysofsunshine，thepureandmysteriousauraofTibethasexcitedtheimaginationofsomanypeopleoftheworld.ThesummitridgeofthemountainmarkstheborderbetweenNepalandTibet.InNepalithemountainiscalledSagarmatha(Sanskritfor"foreheadofthe"sky)andinTibetanChomolangmaorQomolangma("motheroftheuniverse")。AlthoughitwasnamedEverestbySirAndrewWaugh，theBritishsurveyor-generalofIndia，inhonourofhispredecessorSirGeorgeEverest，thepopularpronunciationofEverest(Ev-er-est)isdifferentfromhowSirGeorgepronouncedhisownlastname(Eve-rest)。Theyallbattledfreezingtemperatures.Windsuptoone-hundred-sixty-kilometersperhour.Dangerousmountainpaths.Andtheyallriskeddevelopingaseriousillnesscausedbylackofoxygen.Allforthechancetoreachthetopoftheworld.ThefirstandmostfamousoftheclimberstodisappearonMountEverestwasGeorgeMallory.TheBritishschoolteacherwasamemberofthefirstthreetripsbyforeignerstothemountain.Innineteen-twenty-one，MallorywaspartoftheteamsentbytheBritishRoyalGeographicalSocietyandtheBritishAlpineClub.Theteamwastocreatethefirstmapoftheareaandfindapossiblepathtothetopofthegreatmountain.Atthetime，scientistsbelievedthatapersonatthetopofthemountainwouldonlyhaveenoughoxygentosleep.ScientistsbelievedthatMessnerandHabelerwoulddiewithoutoxygen.Scientistsnowknowthattwoconditionsmakeclimbingatheightsovereight-thousandmetersextremelydifficult.Thefirstisthelackofoxygenintheextremelythinair.Thesecondisthelowbarometricairpressure.Today，scientistssayapersonloweredontothetopofthemountainwouldlivenomorethantenminutes.Climberscansurviveaboveeight-thousandmetersbecausetheyspendmonthsclimbingonthemountaintogetusedtotheconditions.ClimbingtothetopofMountEverestisamajorvictoryforanyperson，butimagineiftheclimbercouldnotsee.Twoyearsago，thefirstblindmansuccessfull