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Mount Everest

by Nancy Dickmann · 2012

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Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world; describes the first expedition to the top of the mountain completed by Edmund HIllary and Tenzing Norgay; and explains why climbing the mountain is so difficult.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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AsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisEverest MountEverest MountMore like thisLess of thisHimalaya Mountains RegionHimalaya Mountains RegionMore like thisLess of this
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childrens

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