Use this site to learn more about the tallest mountain in the world. This page is part of an entire site dedicated to Mount Everest.

Find out how DNA profilers analyze bits of tissue to identify human remains. From the NOVA: "Lost on Everest" Web site.

Offers geographic facts about Nepal, including descriptions of terrain, land use, and natural hazards. Nepal contains eight of the world's ten highest peaks.

Jumping spiders contain over 5,000 species making Salticidae the largest of the spider families. They are widely distributed over the planet and can even be found up Mount Everest. Learn more about jumping spiders in this...

Sharon Wood is the first woman to ever scale Mount Everest. There is a link here to her personal site.

This site from Photius Coutsoukis provides a geographical examination of the current geography of eastern China.