It was about a century ago when a few people boasted to others back home that they had measured the greatest Mountain in the world. The renown and Ancient Mountain's proper name is Chomolungma (Komo'lungma or Qomolungma) meaning something to the effect of "Goddess Mother of Mountains". Most people will admit that the title "Mount Everest" is a severe down grade, not to mention a gender change, from the title "Goddess Mother of Mountains", named so by Tibetan scholars. The British who claimed to have rediscovered the already discovered mountain named it unofficially after Sir George Everest aka. "The Mount Everest".
Technically also the highest mountain is not even Mount Everest, possibly one of the 14 hardest, but not the largest. Chimborazo which is located in the South Americas is technically the "Highest point on earth" by measurement. In Polynesia, Mountain Mana Kea or Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii is actually the "largest" in the world in mass, measured from the depths of the Moana Pacific Ocean. With that data in mind, the first people to climb the Largest Mountain in the world might have been the Hawaiians, or the Guamese where Mount. Lamlam sits at 37,820 ft. and is the "Tallest".
The only reason Great Chomolungma has repeatedly been through the claim frenzy over the last hundred years is because of the people trying to mount it's summit, while spamming in eng. speaking networks, and texts, the new name of "Mount Everest". This British use of a foreign name though has been seen as disrespectful to many Asians and Tibetans who without their permission and without the help of the great Nepal Sherpa people (professional climbers who guided even Sir George Everest on his first summit), no foreigner could in the past or today, reach the top and return back safely.
Post References
[-] hypertextbook.com "Height of the Tallest mountain on Earth"
[-] Atul Thakur "Life, and death, beyond Chomolungma" Times of India
[-] Time Magazine "Call it Chomolungma"
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[-] Atul Thakur "Life, and death, beyond Chomolungma" Times of India
[-] Time Magazine "Call it Chomolungma"
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