Chomolungma

Everest’s summit — Chomolungma, or the Great Mother — chronicled in her book, she found release and began to heal.

The highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, is not commonly known by its Tibetan name Chomolungma, meaning goddess mother of the world.

Many Sherpas, a community indigenous to the Himalayan region, believe that the summit of Chomolungma is home to the Buddhist goddess Miyolangsangma.

Everest — known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet — straddles Nepal and China.

Known in Nepali as Sagarmatha and Tibetan as Chomolungma, the world’s highest peak sits on the border between Nepal and China.