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 It is well known that Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. Many individuals imagine witnessing its enormous height in person someday, maybe even tackling its challenging slopes and summiting its breath-taking peak. Celebrate this incredible natural marvel and the daring adventurers who have made the ascent on International Everest Day. “Sagarmatha Day is an occasion to highlight the relationship between man and nature, advertise the attractiveness of Nepal’s peaks and attract visitors,” History of International Everest Day Everest, a peak in the Himalayas that lies on the border of Nepal and China, has been given several names over the years. The Tibetan phrase Qomolangma means "Holy Mother," the Nepali name Sagarmatha means "the Head in the Great Blue Sky," and Sir George Everest, a British surveyor general of India, gave it the English name. Mount Everest ascent attempts started in the 1920s with a number of British-led expeditions. While several climb...

The tenth highest mountain in the world  Latitude: 27° 51' 42” N, Longitude: 86° 51’ 50” E The Annapurna range is a series of peaks stretching 55 km with the highest point, Mt. Annapurna I, being the tenth highest summit in the world. It lies east of a great gorge cut through the Himalaya by the Kali Gandaki River, which separates it from the other large massif, the Dhaulagiri. Dhaulagiri I is 34 km west of Annapurna I. In Sanskrit Annapurna literally means “full of grains” but is normally taken to mean “Goddess of Harvests”. The Hindu Goddess of fertility is also known as Annapurna. The entire massif lies within the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP).Mt Annapurna I is the main peak of this chain of mountains which includes three other peaks that share its name. They are Annapurna II (7.937m), Annapurna III (7,555m) and Annapurna South (7,219m). Unlike other giants, the Annapurna I barely stands out, most of it hidden by other peaks in front of it.  The conquest of Ann...