Until then, no one knew that 'Peak XV' (as it was known then) is the tallest mountain in the world. The name Everest goes back only a hundred and fifty years (it was originally pronounced with a long e in the first syllable, as if rhyming with 'leave nest'), when a team of British surveyors went to Nepal and began measuring the Himalaya mountain chain. Download Size: 32 Mb Format: Download Simulation Type: FS2004 only (requires 9.1 patch) Reviewed by: AVSIM Staff Reviewer - JIntroduction The word Everest has become synonymous with 'supreme.' Thus we now have phrases like 'the Everest of whitewater rafting,' 'the Everest of women's skating,' 'the Everest of ancient military history,' 'the Everest of apples,' and even 'the Everest of rivers.' And yet, for a land feature that has existed for millions of years, the Everest phenomenon is relatively recent. Everest, Lukla airport, and the surrounding landscape, including high-resolution terrain mesh, landclass, rivers, lakes, custom autogen, 3d buildings, and photographic ground textures.
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