Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2960
Points per Word
0.000169
Description
If you stood on the peak of Mount Everest, you could wave to the passengers in a jumbo jet. But first you would have to climb 8,848 metres above sea level. Climbing Everest involves great danger. Find out what it was like for climbers 100 years ago.