CNN News:挑戰(zhàn)極限——珠穆朗瑪峰

Yesterday, a group of nine climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest. More than 4,000 people have done that in history, but this is the first time in over two years that anyone`s made it to the top. Why? Because in 2014 and 2015, deadly avalanches, one of them, the result of an earthquake in Nepal brought a tragic end to the climbing season.

昨天，9名登山者到達(dá)了珠穆朗瑪峰的頂峰。歷史上，有4000多人曾經(jīng)到達(dá)過(guò)頂峰，但是這是近兩年來(lái)，登山者首次登上珠穆朗瑪峰頂峰。為什么呢?因?yàn)樵?014年和2015年，尼泊爾地震導(dǎo)致雪崩，結(jié)束了人們的攀登季節(jié)。

The weather on Everest is generally unpredictable. But so far this year, it`s reportedly been pretty good. Still, climbing the mountain is incredibly dangerous, exhausting, and expensive. It can cost anywhere from $35,000 to $100,000, once you factor in the permit, the Sherpas who will assist you and the supplies. Yet, there`s no shortage of people who are willing to try each year.

珠穆朗瑪峰的天氣變化無(wú)常。但是截止到今年為止，據(jù)報(bào)道，這里天氣都很好。但是，攀爬珠穆朗瑪峰仍然危險(xiǎn)重重，需要?dú)v盡千辛萬(wàn)苦。成本也需要3.5萬(wàn)美元到10萬(wàn)美元，但是一旦因素允許，夏爾巴人會(huì)幫助你，為你提供物資援助。每年都不乏躍躍欲試的人員。

And by the numbers look now at the tallest mountain on the planet. Everest rises more than 29,000 feet into the sky. To put into perspective, imagine stacking 20 Empire State Buildings on top of each other.

按照海拔來(lái)看，珠穆朗瑪峰是地球上最高的山峰。珠峰高達(dá)2.9萬(wàn)英尺，高聳入云。可以從這個(gè)角度想想，假設(shè)20座帝國(guó)大廈疊加。

The first people that summit the mountain, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, who reached the top back in 1953.

丹增·諾蓋和埃德蒙·希拉里于1953年登上了山頂。

The record for most climbs to the summit, Apa Sherpa, who`s made it 21 times. And Yuichiro Miura at age 80 became the oldest person ever to climb Everest. And another proof that age is just a number, Jordan Romero at age 13 is the youngest person to reach the summit.

阿帕·謝爾巴爬上是記錄保持者，曾爬上山頂21次。年齡80的三浦雄一郎稱為年齡最高的登頂者。另一個(gè)記錄保持者是13歲喬丹·羅麥羅，他是最年輕的登山者。

But danger remains. More than 225 people have lost their lives trying to climb the mountain.

但是危險(xiǎn)仍在繼續(xù)。有225在登上圖中喪命。