Himendra-da,
I would say that rather than focusing on "name-calling" of Moutnt Everest we should focus on removing its title as "the highest Garbage Dump of the World."
Umesh
Himendra Thakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Himendra Thakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Umesh,Thanks for the magnificient pictures of the Mount Everest. This peak has different names in Nepal & Tibet, but in our childhood, we heard an alternative name Gourishankar Shringa. Now I understand that is the name of another peak.I think it was 1852 when one Indian mathematician, Radhanath Sikdar, calculating manually with his hand-made 13-figure trigonometric tables [no calculator/computer in those days!!! ], using a theodolite from a distance of 150 miles from the peak #15, calculated its altitude as 29,002 feet, the tallest in the world, and reported the matter to his boss, Mr. Everest. The British Administration of India named the peak as Mount Everest.With so many re-naming going on, I think we should rename this peak as "Mount Radhanath"I urge the netters to dig out the history and discuss the matter in the net.With love to everybody,Himendra_______________________________________________----- Original Message -----From: umesh sharmaSent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:38 PMSubject: Re: [Assam] c this 1 Mt Everest Map;Gaumukh glacier-Geo teacher computerized- Bihari-Chinki
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Mount+Everest,+Nepal&t=h&om=1 Here is the map for Mt Everest, Nepal. Seems not much different from the one for Gaumukh Glacier area though.. Same types of glaciers though emanating on all sides of the giant white mass in the center.
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