Mt. Everest ticket
Mt.Everest, the main peak of the Himalayas, is the highest peak on the earth. At an altitude of 8848 meters, it is located at 86.9 E and 27.9 N, right on the east section of the Sino-Nepal border, with the north slope in Tingri County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the people's Republic of China, and the south slope in the Kingdom of Nepal. In Tibetan Language, Mt.Everest is called Qomolangma meaning "Goddess the Third". In a Map of China compiled in 1717, the 56th year of the rule of Emperor Kang Xi in Qing Dynasty, Mt.Everest was called Zumulangma'alin (transliteration). It was also named Mt. Everest by the British survey authorities.
Mt.Everest, shaped like a gigantic Pyramid and full of power and grandeur, towers into the sky while the land features are extremely precipitous and the environment unusually complicated. The snow line of the north slope is 5800-6200 meters and that of the south 5500-6100 meters. Three great cliffs, which are generally named the North Cliff, the East Cliff and the South-west Cliff, are embraced by the Northeast Ridge, the Southeast Ridge and the West Ridge. Between the ridges and cliffs scatter 548 continental glaciers, totaling an area of 1457.07 square kilometers, with an area of alpine glaciers exceeding 100,000 square kilometers. The greatest flannel glacier, 26 kilometers long, has an average thickness of 120 meters with the thickest over 300 meters.
The glaciers vary in types, the greatest being of upward 7260 meters in height. The constant supply of the glaciers is mainly offered by the meta-morpha of cumulated snow, caused by the conflict between two great rash belts in the monsoon zone of the Indian Ocean. In the glaciers, there are various kinds of surpassingly beautiful and rare forests of seracs (ice towers), cliffs of dozens of meters in height and open an hidden crevasses with lots of pitfalls here and there as well as the perilous area of ice and snow avalanches.
Not only is Mt.Everest towering and grand, but very powerful. Twenty kilometers around it, groups of peaks stand in great numbers and the mountain ranges raise one higher than another. At least over 40 peaks are at an altitude of more than 7000 meters, among which the fairly famous are Lhoze Feng (or Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the world at an altitude of 8516 meters) which is 3 kilometers on the south side, Zuoqong Feng of 7589 meters, Makaru Feng in the southeast (or Makalu, the fifth highest peak in the world at an altitude of 8463 meters), Zhangzi Feng (3 kilometers in the north) at 7511 meters above sea level, Luzi Feng on the west side (7855 meters) and Pumo Rize Feng of 7161 meters above sea level. In the periphery of the gigantic peaks, some of the first class in the world stand far apart facing each other - Kanchenjunga in the southeast (the third highest peak in the world at an altitude of 8585 meters, which serves as the boundary between Nepal and Sikkim); Gezhongkang Feng (at an altitude of 7998 meters) in the east, Qowowugag Feng (Cho Oyu) of 8201 meters and Xixabangma Feng (Shishapangma) at 8012 at meters, all coming to unfold a spectacularly surging scene of tide waves of peak groups and tempting summits.
CLIMATE
Due to the capricious climate in the Mt.Everest area and the peak around it, it is hard to foretell what the weather will be like in a single day, not to mention the changeable climatic conditions in the four seasons of a year. Generally, the rainy season of a year lasts from early June to mid-September when the violent southeast monsoon brings about a harsh climate with frequent rainfall, mists veiling the air and unexpected snow of wanton persecution. Dominated by the strong north westerly cold current from mid-November to mid-February of the next year, the temperature may be as low as -60 C, the average being about -40 C to -50 C. Because of the greatest wind speed of 90 meters per second, the Himalayas are always viewed as "a forbidden zone" for alpinists in the windy and rainy seasons. Mountain climbing is most advisable from early March to the end of May in spring and from early September the end of October in autumn, when nice weather may be available and the windy season is making way for the rainy season.
ROUTE
The route line to the Himalayas from the Chinese side: It takes some two-day drive of a total of 670 kilometers along the Sino-Nepal Highway from Lhasa-Gyangze-Xigaze to Xegar. Then drive on for 110 kilometers along the simply-built highway down to the north foot of Qomolangma Feng and further; to Rongpu Temple at one end of Rongpu Glacier of 5145 meters above sea level.
Mt.Everest, shaped like a gigantic Pyramid and full of power and grandeur, towers into the sky while the land features are extremely precipitous and the environment unusually complicated. The snow line of the north slope is 5800-6200 meters and that of the south 5500-6100 meters. Three great cliffs, which are generally named the North Cliff, the East Cliff and the South-west Cliff, are embraced by the Northeast Ridge, the Southeast Ridge and the West Ridge. Between the ridges and cliffs scatter 548 continental glaciers, totaling an area of 1457.07 square kilometers, with an area of alpine glaciers exceeding 100,000 square kilometers. The greatest flannel glacier, 26 kilometers long, has an average thickness of 120 meters with the thickest over 300 meters.
The glaciers vary in types, the greatest being of upward 7260 meters in height. The constant supply of the glaciers is mainly offered by the meta-morpha of cumulated snow, caused by the conflict between two great rash belts in the monsoon zone of the Indian Ocean. In the glaciers, there are various kinds of surpassingly beautiful and rare forests of seracs (ice towers), cliffs of dozens of meters in height and open an hidden crevasses with lots of pitfalls here and there as well as the perilous area of ice and snow avalanches.
Not only is Mt.Everest towering and grand, but very powerful. Twenty kilometers around it, groups of peaks stand in great numbers and the mountain ranges raise one higher than another. At least over 40 peaks are at an altitude of more than 7000 meters, among which the fairly famous are Lhoze Feng (or Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the world at an altitude of 8516 meters) which is 3 kilometers on the south side, Zuoqong Feng of 7589 meters, Makaru Feng in the southeast (or Makalu, the fifth highest peak in the world at an altitude of 8463 meters), Zhangzi Feng (3 kilometers in the north) at 7511 meters above sea level, Luzi Feng on the west side (7855 meters) and Pumo Rize Feng of 7161 meters above sea level. In the periphery of the gigantic peaks, some of the first class in the world stand far apart facing each other - Kanchenjunga in the southeast (the third highest peak in the world at an altitude of 8585 meters, which serves as the boundary between Nepal and Sikkim); Gezhongkang Feng (at an altitude of 7998 meters) in the east, Qowowugag Feng (Cho Oyu) of 8201 meters and Xixabangma Feng (Shishapangma) at 8012 at meters, all coming to unfold a spectacularly surging scene of tide waves of peak groups and tempting summits.
CLIMATE
Due to the capricious climate in the Mt.Everest area and the peak around it, it is hard to foretell what the weather will be like in a single day, not to mention the changeable climatic conditions in the four seasons of a year. Generally, the rainy season of a year lasts from early June to mid-September when the violent southeast monsoon brings about a harsh climate with frequent rainfall, mists veiling the air and unexpected snow of wanton persecution. Dominated by the strong north westerly cold current from mid-November to mid-February of the next year, the temperature may be as low as -60 C, the average being about -40 C to -50 C. Because of the greatest wind speed of 90 meters per second, the Himalayas are always viewed as "a forbidden zone" for alpinists in the windy and rainy seasons. Mountain climbing is most advisable from early March to the end of May in spring and from early September the end of October in autumn, when nice weather may be available and the windy season is making way for the rainy season.
ROUTE
The route line to the Himalayas from the Chinese side: It takes some two-day drive of a total of 670 kilometers along the Sino-Nepal Highway from Lhasa-Gyangze-Xigaze to Xegar. Then drive on for 110 kilometers along the simply-built highway down to the north foot of Qomolangma Feng and further; to Rongpu Temple at one end of Rongpu Glacier of 5145 meters above sea level.
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