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Glowing at sunset, Mount Everest (8850m) as viewed from the south is mostly snowless due to strong jet stream and monsoon winds present throughout the year. The most popular time for expeditions to attempt to summit is mid-May during the monsoon to jet st

Glowing at sunset, Mount Everest (8850m) as viewed from the south is mostly snowless due to strong jet stream and monsoon winds present throughout the year. The most popular time for expeditions to attempt to summit is mid-May during the monsoon to jet stream transition which provides a short window of comparatively calm winds. Mount Everest is known to Tibetans as Qomolangma and to Nepalis as Sagarmatha.

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Uploaded on May 28, 2007
Taken on May 28, 2007