Summit: Everest

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Written By Robert Alt


Robert’s climbing badge. Robert Alt is currently in Nepal.

Location: Nepal/Tibet – Asia
Height: 29,032 feet (8,848 meters)

First summitted in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest has since garnered fame not just for its astounding height, but for its harsh conditions including avalanches, extreme weather, and—of course—altitude sickness. Its summit crowns the Himalaya and straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet (the latter being administered as an Autonomous Region of China) and can be approached from either side.

Robert Alt

Robert Alt the Founder of PROFOUND CLIMBING™ and the president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute in Columbus, Ohio. He is an accomplished lawyer by profession and a dedicated mountaineer by hobby. 

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