To date, Dan Thayer attorney, Grand Island, Nebraska –
has enjoyed the opportunity to visit, by helicopter, the summit of eight of the
eight-thousand-meter peaks in the Himalayan Mountain Range. One of these peaks
is Mt. Everest – the tallest peak in the Himalayas and the world.
Dan Thayer a Grand Island attorney for nearly 30 years – is one of very few to have accomplished this feat.
A few interesting facts about Mt. Everest:
- Everest is 8,848 meters high (29,035 feet).
- It is considered to be more than 60 million
years old.
- The summit of Mt. Everest is located at the
border of Nepal (to the south) and at the border of both China and Tibet (to
the north).
- Geologists estimate Everest to be growing at a rate of about a quarter of an inch every year.