| A | B |
|---|
| Sherpas | guides or porters for expeditions |
| Lamaism | traditional religion of Tibet |
| "Into Thin Air" | J. Krakauer |
| Tibetans | "hermit people" |
| First American to reach summit of Mt. Everest | J. W. Whittaker |
| capital of Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Yeti | Abominable Snowman |
| First climber to scale Mt. Everest | Sir Edmund P. Hillary |
| Tibet | Roof of the World |
| Ka-erh | highest town in the world |
| Himalayas | highest mountain range in the world |
| Sir George Everest | British surveyor-general of India |
