World's highest Thirty mountains are in Himalayas

1. Thirty of the world’s highest mountains are in the Himalayas.

2. Approximately 1,200 people attempt to climb Mount Everest each year, but only half reach the summit.

3. Approximately 300 people have died attempting to climb Everest over the past century. Hundreds of bodies remain on the mountain, frozen solid.

4. The Himalayas are a mountain range that began forming when pieces of the earth’s crust crashed against each other 55 million years ago.

5. Before the existence of devices such as GPS or altimeters, geographers measured mountains using a method called triangulation, which involved measuring the mountain peak from a variety of different observation points.

6. At 29,035 feet, the summit of Mount Everest is the highest point above sea level. The tallest mountain, as measured from top to bottom, is Mauna Kea.

7. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, mountains are often represented as holy places where God reveals himself to human beings.

8. On average, six people die every year climbing Mt. Everest.

9. On a list of the ten tallest mountains in the solar system, five are found on the surface of Mars.