Mountain Facts

There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.

The name Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, likely derives from Sanskrit and Persian words meaning 'high place,' fitting for a city situated 1,790 meters above sea level in the Hindu Kush mountains.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado!

Mount Everest is still growing - and a river 75km away is why. The Arun river has carved a deep gorge, removing so much rock that the crust beneath springs upward. A 2024 UCL study found river erosion is a key driver of Everest's roughly 2mm annual rise. Everest already sits 15-50m taller than it would be without that river.