Perspectives

Title: Mount Everest. The world’s highest mountain stands tall at 8848 m on the left. This photo was taken from Gokyo-Ri peak in Nepal at an altitude of 5357 m, where there is only 50% of the oxygen available at sea level. The trek is worth it, though, as you can see four of the world’s highest mountains from this peak, namely Cho Oyo (sixth highest), Makalu (fifth highest), Lhotse (fourth highest), and Everest (highest). Lhotse is on the far right of the image and Nuptse can be seen in between. Notable records on the mountain include its first summit (Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, 1953), first summit without supplemental oxygen (Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler, 1978), and most summits by one person (Kami Rita Sherpa, 24 summits).