Meaning of Everest | Babel Free

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1. A mountain on the border of Tibet, China and Nepal.
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2. Ellipsis of Mount Everest.
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3. Epitome, ultimate
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4. A surname.
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“One day in the late spring⟳ of 1924 an observer on the East Rongbuk Glacier at the foot of Everest, staring up at the summit of the mountain through a telescope, saw⟳ the morning mists part around the summit, and saw⟳ there two black figures climbing steadily upwards. One of them was an Oxford undergraduate, the other was Mallory. They were, at that moment, at a height of 28,400 feet, higher than any man has ever climbed before and only six hundred feet below the top.”

“The early expeditions, though they failed, did make⟳ the picture much clearer. The problems of Everest emerged- problems of supply⟳ and support⟳, unbelievably treacherous weather, and worst of all, the problem of altitude itself- the terrifying lack of oxygen. Several of the early climbers attacking the summit from the north got within a thousand feet of it. Mallory and Irvin for instance, who attempted it in 1924. Neither of them came back. Why should a man climb⟳ Everest? It was Mallory himself who gave the classic reply⟳: 'Because it is there'. Everest remained a challenge⟳: aloof, inviolate, murderous.”

“Everest saw⟳ a clutch of records on Thursday including the most summits for a woman and the first all-Black team -- and a Ukrainian climber reached the top of the world for her war-torn country. Nepali climber Lhakpa Sherpa, 48, reached the snow-capped summit for the 10th time, breaking her own⟳ record⟳ set⟳ in 2018. "Lhakpa stood atop Everest at 6:15 am today. This has become⟳ her 10th ascent," Mingma Gelu Sherpa of Seven Summit Adventure, the agency that handled her expedition, told AFP from the Everest base⟳ camp.”

“It was unclear whether Pasang Dawa Sherpa planned a third ascent of Everest this season, which started in April and ends the first week of June. Such a feat has never been attempted in the history of Everest climbs, mountaineering experts say⟳.”

“The deadliest year on Everest remains 2015, when a devastating earthquake in Nepal triggered a series of avalanches on the mountain, killing 20 people.”

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