It contains the Khumbu icefalls, and one can pass through the western Cwm ("coom") to reach this location.
It contains the Khumbu icefalls, and one can pass through the western Cwm ("coom") to reach this location. The Rongbuk monastery is located to the north of this geographical feature, and climbers must ascend Lhotse's northwestern face on their way to this mountain's summit. John Krakauer criticized another climber for going without supplemental oxygen on his rescues. The first two people to ascend this 8,000-meter-tall mountain were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. For 10 points, name this Himalayan mountain, named Chomolungma in the native tongue, the highest mountain in the world.
It contains the Khumbu icefalls, and one can pass through the western Cwm ("coom") to reach this location.
Mount {Everest} [or {Chomolungma} before mention]