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About 5,000 climbers have ascended Everest since it was first scaled by Hillary and Tenzing in May 1953

Wind speeds can reach 200mph while temperatures reach minus 60C

There are an estimated 200 dead bodies on the mountain. At least one person has perished there every year since 1969 – except for in 1977

It was named in 1865 by the Royal Geographical Society after Sir George Everest, surveyor general of India

The peak is known as Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma in Tibetan