Everest is located in Sagarmatha district, Province No. 1. and named after Sir Gorge Everest. It was first climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953. There are two main climbing routes, one from southeast of Nepal (the standard route) and the other from the north in Tibet.Climbing Everest possesses lots of risks such as altitude sickness. Moreover there is higher risks with exposure to dangerous weather, and high winds. Avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall’s crevasse are a constant threat to life as well.As of 2019, over 300 people have died on Everest (as of 2019).The bodies of many climbers who have died on Everest have never been found.

The second highest mountain of Nepal and the world’s third-highest ‘Kanchenjunga’ lies in the Taplejung District, Province No. 1. It has a height of 8,586 meters (28,169 ft) and is also known as ‘the five treasures of snow’ as it consists of five prominent peaks. Joe Brown and George Band first summited it in 1955. Kanchenjunga was believed to be the highest peak, but later, in 1856, it was officially announced as the world’s third highest. It consists of four climbing routes, three of which are in Nepal, and one is from Sikkim in India. The route to Kanchenjunga from Sikkim has remained closed from 2000.

Lhotse is the third highest mountain of Nepal and the world’s fourth highest, which lies in the border between Tibet and Khumbu region, Province No. 1 of Nepal. It comprises three peaks, among which the main peak has an elevation of 8,516 meters (27,940 ft). Lhotse Middle, remained for a long time, the highest unclimbed mountain/point on Earth until May 2001. Ernest Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger became the first person to climb the main summit of the Lhotse in 1956.