Benefits of weighted vest training. Weighted vests increase training intensity, maximise physical development and promote fat loss and gains in lean lean muscle-mass. One of the benefits of a weighted vest is that the weight is evenly distributed, acting almost as a part of the body as it fits snug against the torso. This is excellent for allowing the freedom to perform your workout in increased safety, whilst stimulating strength gains and weight loss. Weight vest training also:
1 Number of people to attempt to climb Mt. Everest: approximately 4,000. 2  Number of people to successfully climb Mt. Everest: 660. 3  Number of people who have died trying to climb Mt. Everest: 142.  Height: 29,028 feet, or 5 and a half miles above sea level.
As always, National Geographic goes with the best sources.. Everest's new elevation is remarkably close to the previous official height of 29,028 feet (8848 meters) set in 1954 by the Survey of India after picking the unweighted mean of altitudes determined from 12 different survey stations around the mountain.