CNN News: 珠穆朗玛峰是以谁的名字命名的?

10 Second Trivia. The world’s highest peak, Mt. Everest is named for whom? A British surveyor, a New Zealand mountaineer, an American explorer or an Australian geographer. Sir George Everest or Everest was a British surveyor who helped map India but Mt. Everest is named for him.

10秒问答。世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰是以谁的名字命名的?英国测量员、新西兰登山家、美国探险家或澳大利亚地理学家。乔治·埃佛勒斯峰爵士是一位帮助绘制印度地图的英国测量员，但珠穆朗玛峰是以他的名字命名的。

It was New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay who became the first climbers recognized for reaching Everest’s summit. Since they did that in 1953, several thousand other climbers have reached the mountain top. Several hundred people have died on the mountain. That included 11 mountaineers who died in this year’s climbing season making it one of the deadliest seasons on Everest. May is considered the best time to climb the mountain because the weather’s usually a little better and the winds aren’t as extreme as in other months.

新西兰的埃德蒙·希拉里爵士和尼泊尔的丹增·诺尔盖成为第一批登上珠穆朗玛峰的登山者。自1953年以来，已有数千名登山者登上了山顶。几百人死在那座山上。其中包括11名登山者，他们在今年的登山季中死亡，使之成为珠穆朗玛峰上最致命的季节之一。五月被认为是最好的登山时间，因为天气通常会好一点，风也不像其他月份那么极端。

But a mountain guide told CNN that this year’s weather hasn’t been great and that it’s left a limited window of days that are good for climbing.

但一位登山向导告诉CNN，今年的天气并不好，适合登山的天数有限。

Combine that with overcrowding on the mountain, a number of inexperienced climbers, and some expedition companies that may not be prioritizing safety and you have the reasons why climbers say it’s been particularly dangerous in 2019. The Nepalese government issued a record number of permits this year to Everest climbers.

再加上山上的大量缺乏经验的登山者，以及一些探险公司可能不把安全放在首位，就有了登山运动员说2019年这里特别危险的原因。尼泊尔政府今年向攀登珠穆朗玛峰的人发放了创纪录的许可证。

Nepal is a poor country that benefits from tourism but its government blames the companies offering guided treks to the summit for the deaths.

尼泊尔是一个贫穷的国家，旅游业给该国带来了好处，但尼泊尔政府将死亡归咎于那些提供导游服务的公司。

Whoever’s responsible, the pictures of crowds in places where the human body simply can’t survive for long clearly show part of the problem.

不管谁该对此负责，在人体无法长期存活的地方拍摄的人群照片清楚地显示了部分问题。