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	Everest Almanac: A History of Climbing Mount Everest
		Attempts to climb Everest, however, could not begin until 1921, when the forbidden kingdom of Tibet first opened its borders to outsiders.
		No evidence was found on his body—such as a camera containing photos of the summit, or a diary entry recording their time of arrival at the summit—to clear up the mystery of whether these two Everest pioneers made it to the top before the mountain killed them.
		After Hillary and Tenzing's ascent of Everest, other records were broken, including the first ascent by a woman, the first solo ascent, the first to traverse up one route and down another, and the first descent on skis.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/everest2.html (959 words)

	China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Records of the Grand Historian states: "Eight mountains are famed in the empire.
		In the west, the north has a great alluvial plain, and the south has a vast calcareous tableland traversed by hill ranges of moderate elevation, and the Himalayas, containing our planet's highest point Mount Everest.
		The northwest also has high plateaus with more arid desert landscapes such as the Takla-Makan and the Gobi Desert, which has been expanding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/China (5495 words)

	Mortals on Mount Olympus: A History of Climbing Everest
		That was before surveyors established that it was the highest mountain on Earth, a fact that came as something of a surprise—Peak XV had seemed lost in the crowd of other formidable Himalayan peaks, many of which gave the illusion of greater height.
		After Hillary and Norgay's ascent of Everest, other records were broken, including the first ascent by a woman, the first solo ascent, the first to traverse up one route and down another, and the first descent on skis.
		Everest Almanac - Our guide to the world's highest peak: those who have climbed it, measured it, written about...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0193535.html (1316 words)

	Dance Of Divinity
		Another American, Sherman Bull, has become the oldest Everest climber at the age of 64.
		Disarmament campaigners are calling for a global moratorium on the manufacture and use of cluster bombs.
		Records of meditation as a discipline for lay people, as opposed to priests, first show up about 500 B.C. in both India and China.
	www.adishakti.org /dance_of_divinity.htm (3962 words)

	WRC Media – Always Learning
		The World Almanac Book of Records is published by World Almanac Books, which has published the perennial #1 best-selling The World Almanac and Book of Facts since 1868.
		The all-new World Almanac Book of Records begins “at the top” with the challenge to scale Mount Everest (the first wedding at the summit was celebrated in 2005).
		Three years in the making, The World Almanac Book of Records is edited by Mark Young, an Emmy award-winning television writer, experienced television presenter, and longtime reference editor, including a stint at that other well-known records book.
	www.wrcmedia.com /news/news.asp (10199 words)

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