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Tibetans call this high point Chomolungma, often translated as "Goddess Mother of the World" |
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
2018-11-08 |
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The youngest person to climb it was 15-year-old Temba Tseri on May 22, 2001 |
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2009-02-24 |
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When remeasured in 1999, this highest mountain was found to have grown by 7 feet |
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2000-02-14 |
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It wasn't until 1954, the year after it was first scaled, that a survey set it at 29,028 feet |
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Spiders have been found living on the slopes of this, tallest mountain in the world |
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1991-06-11 |
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