COOL FACTS

• Mt Everest is the tallest mountain in the world at 8,848 metres – this is the equivalent of 74 football fields placed end-to-end or

• 28 Sydney Towers stacked on top of each other!

• Snap-freeze temperatures on Mt Everest are responsible for the death of 1 in every 15 climbers

• Temperatures range from -32C to -73C degrees

• Only Mt Everest has a ‘Death Zone’, where the altitude is so high there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life

• Both Annie and Amanda are over the age of 50

• Yaks and Sherpas bring the food to Base Camp and then climbers are completely on their own!

• Annie and Amanda will need to sleep with their water supply, battery packs and boots to prevent them from freezing

• The girls will wear six layers of clothing on the trek

• Annie once saved the life of an SAS soldier during a mountain climb!

• The biggest risks include: frostbite, hypothermia, altitude sickness, extreme cold temperatures, hurricane-force winds, avalanches and shifting glaciers

• It will take approximately 9 weeks to complete the climb

• Both Annie and Amanda balance full-time jobs with the added role of being Mums and also studying Law!

• The packs Annie and Amanda will carry each way about 25kg

• The girls expect to lose about 10 kilos at the completion of the climb

• Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to climb Mt Everest in 1953

• The team will eat mostly fresh food at Base Camp but from then on they will survive on dehydrated food rations

• Annie and Amanda will aim to reach the summit around May 16

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