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Wonders on Land
adj. extremely cold
Fr
eezing
Mount Everest is 8,848 meters high. Freezing cold,
snowstorms, and falling ice make the mountain very
n. the top of a mountain
summit
dangerous. The first climbers to reach the summit, or
top, were Tenzing Norgay from Nepal and
Edmund Hillary from New Zealand.
They did that in 1953.
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How tall is Mt. Everest? Tenzing Norgay (left)
It is 8,848 meters tall. / It is 8,848 meters high. and Edmund Hillary
Unit 11 | Wonders on Land
