You simply cannot talk about the world's mountains and not mention Mount Everest. The mother of all mountains, it rises so high, you'd need almost 11 Burj Khalifas (the world's tallest building) to match its height. It's located right on the border of Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region within China, and the first recorded ascent up this incredible mountain was completed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay as recently as 1953.

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