Mount everest is over 60 million years old.

Everest grows about a quater of an inch (0.25'') every year.

The wind can blow over 200 mph

In 1865, it was named Mount everest, after sir George Everest.

The youngest male summit was America

Jordan Romero,age 13 years old 10 months

on May the 23rd,2010 from the North side.

The oldest male to summit was Japanese Miura Yiuchiro, age 80 on May 23, 2013

The first woman to summit Everest was Junko Tabei of Japan in 1975

The oldest woman to summit was Japanese Tamae Watanabe, age 73, in 2012 from the north

The youngest woman to summit was Indian Malavath Purna, 13 years 11 months on May 25, 2014 from the south side

489 women have summited through June 2016

Mount everest is a fold mountain.