Mount Everest

Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is not the furthest summit from the centre of the Earth. That honour goes to Mount Chimborazo, in the Andes. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal runs across Everest's precise summit point. Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft) and Changtse, 7,580 m (24,870 ft).

In 1856, the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 8,840 m (29,002 ft). The current official height of 8,848 m (29,029 ft) as recognised by China and Nepal was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. Waugh named the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest, arguing that there were many local names, against the opinion of Everest.

Everest (Indian TV series)

Everest is a Hindi language Indian telenovela which began airing on STAR Plus on 3 November 2014. Directed by Glenn Baretto and Ankush Mohla and touted as "the most ambitious project on Indian television", Everest was created by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Private Limited (AGPPL). The music of the telenovela, which is Gowariker's television debut as a producer, was composed by A. R. Rahman. Everest is also the television debut of A. R. Rahman as a music composer and was shot in its entirety in India and Nepal. The shooting locations included Everest Base Camp (in Nepal) and the Dokriani Glacier (in India), which are located at a height of 17,590 feet (5,360 m) and 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above sea level, respectively.

Plot summary

This is the story of a group of people who enter Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi for training before attempting to climb Mount Everest. Anjali Singh Rawat, who felt neglected by her father Brigadier Jagat Singh Rawat, wants to win her father's love by fulfilling his dream of climbing Mount Everest with the help of her mother, Sarita Rawat and best friend, Maithili. Aakash Joshi, a videographer, used to live with Gaurav and his mother Shikha Maa until Gaurav was killed by an accident and Aakash thinks that he is responsible for his best friend's death. He is supposed to make a documentary on Arjun Sabharwal's expedition. Arjun Sabharwal grew up in an orphanage and was a thief, before becoming India's best mountaineer. His next expedition is to Mount Everest.

Everest (1998 film)

Everest is a 70mm American documentary film, from MacGillivray Freeman Films, about the struggles involved in climbing Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak on Earth, located in the Himalayan region of Nepal. It was released to IMAX theaters in March 1998 and became the highest-grossing film made in the IMAX format.

Production

The 45-minute documentary is narrated by Irish actor Liam Neeson and was filmed entirely in IMAX. It includes a vivid description of the training required in order to climb the 29,028 feet to the summit of Mount Everest and the challenges faced during the ascent, such as avalanches, blizzards, and oxygen deprivation. The film centers on a team led by Ed Viesturs and Everest director David Breashears; among their number are a Spanish female climber, named Araceli Segarra, and Jamling Tenzing Norgay, son of the pioneering Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay.

Everest was in production at the mountain during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which another group of mountain climbers became trapped by a blizzard near the summit. The film includes footage of these events, as the IMAX team assist Beck Weathers and other survivors. Producer and co-director Greg MacGillivray later said that while editing the documentary for release, he and Breashears decided to focus more on the tragedy, due to the popularity of Jon Krakauer's book about the 1996 disaster, Into Thin Air (1997). MacGillivray reasoned: "Ten million people have read that book, so we had to address the issue. And I think it strengthened the film."