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The highest mount in the world

Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Its elevation of 29.035 feet (8850 meters) was determined using GPS satellite equipment on May, 5, 1999. It was previously believed to be slightly lower (29,028 feet /8,848 meters), as determined in 1954 by averaging measurements from various sites around the mountain. The new elevation has been confirmed by the National Geographic Society. The first seven attempts on Mount Everest, starting with a reconnaissance in 1921, approached the mountain from Tibet, where a route to the summit via the North Col and North Ridge seemed possible. All were unsuccessful. George Mallory, who spearheaded the first three expeditions, lost his life with Andrew Irvine during a failed ascent in 1924. Unsuccessful attempts continued through 1938, then halted during World War II. By the war's end, Tibet had closed its borders, and Nepal, previously inaccessible, had done the opposite. Starting in 1951, expeditions from Nepal grew closer and closer to the summit, via the Khumbu Ice fall, the Western Cwm, over the Geneva Spur to the South Col, and up the Southeast Ridge. In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit. Since the first successful ascent, many other individuals have sought to be the first at various other accomplishments on Mount Everest, including many alternative routes on XXXX the north and south sides. Italy's Reinhold Messner has climbed Mount Everest twice without oxygen, once in four days. He is also the first to solo climb Mount Everest, which he did in 1980. Ten years earlier, Yuichiro Miura of Japan had been the first person to descend the mountain on skis. In 1975, Junko Tabei, also of Japan, was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. The first disabled person to attempt Mount Everest was American Tom Whittaker, who climbed with a prosthetic leg to 24,000 feet in 1989, 28,000 feet in 1995, and finally reached the summit in 1998. The record for most ascents belongs to Sherpa Ang Rita, who has reached the summit ten times. More than 600 climbers from 20 countries have climbed to the summit by various routes, from XXXX north and south. Climbers' ages have ranged from nineteen years to sixty. At least 100 people have perished, most commonly by avalanches, falls in crevasses, cold, or the effects of thin air. Climbing on Mount Everest is very strictly regulated by XXXX the Nepalese and Chinese governments. Permits cost thousands of U.S. dollars ($50,000 for a seven member party in 1996), and are difficult to obtain, and waiting lists extend for years. Treks to Mount Everest base camp, minus the summit attempt, are becoming increasingly popular on XXXX the north and south sides of the mountain. On the north side, a Buddhist monastery stands at the foot of the Rongbuk Glacier, beneath Mount Everest's spectacular north face. The monastery is one of two whose locations were selected specifically to allow religious contemplation of the great peak. The other is the Thyangboche Monastery in Nepal. The once-active Rongbuk monastery in Tibet has required much rejuvenation from the destruction it experienced following China's invasion of Tibet. Mount Everest is also known by the Tibetan name Chomolangma (Goddess Mother of the Snows), and by the Nepali name Sagarmatha (Mother of the Universe).
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The hottest place in the world

The Empty Quarter

The Empty Quarter is a name given to the historically sparsely populated regions within the western United States and Canada. The term was popularized by Joel Garreau in his 1981 book The Nine Nations of North America.

The Empty Quarter includes most of Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and western Colorado, as well as the eastern portions of Oregon, California, Washington, all of Alberta and Northern Canada, northern Arizona, Manitoba and Saskatchewan northwestern New Mexico, British Columbia east of the Coast Ranges, and the westernmost fringes of North Dakota and South Dakota.

In the book, Garreau described The Empty Quarter as a region with an economy still largely based on resource extraction, with mining, oil, cattle, and railroads historically playing a large role. The Empty Quarter, together with some of The Breadbasket, comprises what is commonly thought of as the American Old West. He described the region today as one of boomtowns rising and falling with the fortunes of the energy industry, and placed the "capital" of the nation in Denver, Colorado, with other major cities in the region including Salt Lake City, Utah; Boise, Idaho; Spokane, Washington; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Anchorage, Alaska; Las Vegas, Nevada; Calgary-Edmonton Corridor. Population growth, suburbanization, the growth of the high-tech industry in some locations like Salt Lake City and Boise, and an increase in tourism in recent years have been changing the character of this region immensely. The region is characterized by being the most arid of the United States and Canada, which sets it apart from the western coastal region as well as from the Breadbasket.

The Empty Quarter is also notable as the region of the United States and Canada with the largest remaining wilderness areas, the highest percentage of land under the protection of agencies such as the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, and many National Parks and other natural features. Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Yosemite National Park, Glacier National Park, and Denali National Park are all located within The Empty Quarter, as are such attractions as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and the "polar bear capital of the world", Churchill, Manitoba.

The Empty Quarter is bounded on the west by Ecotopia (the coastal regions of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and northern California); on the south by Mexamerica (southern California, southern Arizona, most of New Mexico); and on the east by the (northern) Ontario/Quebec border, and The Breadbasket (Nebraska, the Dakotas, southern Manitoba, eastern Colorado, extending east through much of the American Midwest.)