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Google maps has added street view to the villages around Mt. Everest, allowing users to virtually explore Nepal's Khumbu region and trek to Everest Base Camp. Now anyone can visit Mt. Everest Skip ...
North face of Mt. Everest showing routes and important points: the red line shows the Great Couloir or Norton Couloir; in 1924 Norton crossed the north face between the light blue and the green lines; (b) marks the highest point on west face of the couloir, up to which Norton ascended in 1924; the light blue line shows the 1980 Messner Traverse;
The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. To approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim Macartney-Snape's team in 1990. Climbers usually begin their ascent from base camps above 5,000 m (16,404 ft).
The information on the map comes from File:Preliminary map of Mount Everest Expedition, 1921. Map I.jpg and Reynolds, Kev (2011). "Trek 9, Kharta to the Kangshung Face". Everest : a trekker's guide : 9 treks in the Everest region, pp 234-235. Milnthorpe: Cicerone. ISBN 9781852846800. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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