Watch Paul Oakenfold DJ on Mount Everest for Charity
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters). Peakware reports the elevation was determined using GPS satellite equipment on May 5, 1999. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to successfully reach the summit in 1953. Since then, many other individuals have sought to be the first at various other accomplishments on Everest, including many alternative routes on both the north and south sides.
