The world's highest mountain Mount Everest, known in Nepal as Sagarmatha and in Tibet as Chomolungma, was named after Sir George Everest (1790-1866), Crickhowell-born surveyor-general of India.

Story and photos by Terry Ward, Special to the Register I bite my tongue, making an effort to avoid off-the-cuff comparisons to other places, so often the travel writer's scourge. I've only known ...