No list of the world’s great peaks would be complete without Everest. The mother of all mountains, she rises to more than 8,848 metres, jutting out of the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibet border. The mountain is named after lauded British surveyor Sir George Everest, though the peak already had two local titles: Chomolungma on the Tibetan side and Sagarmatha in Nepal. The first confirmed ascent to Everest’s summit was in 1953, by Nepali-Indian and British mountaineers Sherpa Tenzing and Edmund Hillary – though other climbers had already perished in previous attempts. *{margin:0;overflow:hidden;padding:0;}html,body{height:100%;}img,svg{bottom:0;margin:auto;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;}svg{filter:drop-shadow(1px 1px 10px hsl(206.5, 70.7%, 8%));transition:all 250ms ease-in-out;}body:hover svg{filter:drop-shadow(1px 1px 10px hsl(206.5, 0%, 10%));transform:scale(1.2);} " src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gRwZRVh9f4" title="Video Title" frameborder="0...