###Mount Everest. The tallest mountain in the world soars almost five and a half miles into the sky and pierces the jet stream with its iconic summit. Mount Everest, known as the highest mountain in the world, Everest stretches along the border of Nepal and Tibet/China in southern Asia. It is 29,035 feet above sea level. It was formed the same way as the rest of the Himalayas. The climate in Mt. Everest is so extreme that your body starts to shut down if you start to reach the top. There are many people who have attempted to climb to the peak of Everest, and some who have made it all the way