Climb to the peak and you will feel a sense of achievement. Mountain climbing is a fun pastime that may help you regulate your emotions and feel happy. You don't necessarily have to scale the highest peaks. Smaller mountains can provide the same feeling of reaching a goal. The joy of mountain climbing comes from achieving something that many people try but few succeed in doing. It's not so much what you reach as it is that you reach at all. Mountain climbers say that the sport gives them a sense of freedom and independence. They enjoy the challenge of mastering difficult routes, traveling long distances to new places, and spending time in remote areas with nothing else to do but think and relax. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in both Nepal and China and is also the highest point on every continent except Antarctica. The summit of Mt. Everest is 8486m (28,080ft) above sea level and is located in Nepal. It is known as "the roof of the world" because it is surrounded by several other major glaciers as well as several smaller ones. The first recorded attempt on Mt. Everest was in 1921 by an American named Howard Anglas Carey. However, he died during his attempt. In 1922, another American, George Leigh Mallory, joined him on their expedition.