Mount Everest Research Paper

Protecting our Special Places
Mt 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 section of the Himalayas. Its peak is 8848m (29,029 ft.) above sea level. The boarder between China and Nepal runs directly across the summit of Mount Everest. The current height was established by India and then confirmed in a subsequent survey by China in 1975.
Due to Mount Everest being an amazing environmental feature, it attracts many tourists who are want to experience the Nepalese lifestyle and see the mountainous landscape first hand. This provides a large portion of Nepal’s gross national profit. It has affected Nepal in many ways especially in increasing
Research has also suggested that all people who are involved in tourism are more likely to achieve more in education. This is due to new skills that they have learned through dealing with tourists. These skills include learning new languages and learning to understand other cultures and people as tourists are from foreign countries. Due to lodges and other tourist companies buying new facilities this have passed onto the surrounding village. This has increased the accessibility of essentials such as food, clean water and shelter, with the introduction of modern technology to the country. These improvements to society have created inequality throughout Nepal as the wealthier areas have far greater resources and infrastructure. The effects of tourism on religious traditions and monastic life suggest a more complex picture; that many Sherpas have managed to adapt to tourism successfully and without any great loss of culture. They have done this by integrating European foods and Traditions into their own culture whilst still maintaining their own culture. Sherpa religion and culture have evolved from years of myths, stories and religious practice, and have always been subject to a wide range of influences. Since the expeditions to Mount Everest, Sherpas have become a ‘celebrated people’ and received a great deal of international fame. The Sherpa themselves
This has changed patterns of land use and resource management. Tourism has also increased pressure on high-latitude resources and the natural environment. Nepal has lots of natural wealth in resources and has protected and conserved key areas since the 1970s. Currently 13% of Nepal’s land area is protected. The Sagarmatha National Park is one of eight national parks which have been reported as suffering from pollution and deforestation in direct correlation with the increase in tourism in this area. Sherpas, owners of trekking companies and owners of lodges have used up great amounts of the forest in their own sustenance lifestyle and also providing modern facilities for tourists. Forests are also a source of foods and medicines, timber and building material, firewood and grazing. The two regional uses of forests that have played the greatest roles in forest change are firewood collection and tree felling for the collection of timber used in building of modern infrastructure. Although camping tourists no longer use firewood in the Everest region, porters for many expeditions and trekking groups continue to do so. With the growth of tourism, the number of trekking porters entering the national park has risen and account for more than 10% of tourism-related firewood use. Since the 1970s tourists have been mainly trekkers who, in recent years, have made up more than 97% of all