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FRAME N° 01 · THE ICON

Everest The Apex.

Sagarmatha.
Elevation 8,849 m
Coordinates 27.9881° N
86.9250° E
Range Himalaya

The highest point on Earth. Frame N° 01 is the icon of the Summit Series — a squared aviator named for the mountain that defines the rest. Coordinates of the summit are etched into the inner temple.

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FIG. 01 · TOPOGRAPHIC SCALE · 1:75,000 SHEET 01 / VII SAGARMATHA · 8,849m SUMMIT 8,849 M LHOTSE 8,516M NUPTSE 7,861M CHANGTSE 7,580M SOUTH COL · 7,906M 8,000M · DEATH ZONE N
01 The Mountain

The ceiling
of the world.

Everest is the highest point on Earth above sea level — a monolithic pyramid of black gneiss and ice marking the boundary between Nepal and Tibet. Above 8,000 metres, the air contains a third of the oxygen at sea level. There is no ceiling above this one. The mountain by which all others are measured.

DesignationN° 01 / VII · Everest
Local NameSagarmāthā · Chomolungma (Nepali · Tibetan)
Elevation8,849 m / 29,032 ft
Coordinates27.9881° N, 86.9250° E
BorderNepal · Tibet (China)
RangeHimalaya · Mahalangur Himal
TypeFolded Sedimentary · Gneiss
Adjacent PeaksLhotse · Nuptse · Changtse
SaddleSouth Col (7,906 m)
First Ascent29 May 1953
PioneersE. Hillary · T. Norgay
Climbing WindowMay · September–October
RecognitionHighest Point on Earth · Seven Summits
02 The Frame

Frame N° 01
Everest.

STYLE   SQUARED AVIATOR
MATERIAL   BIO-ACETATE · TITANIUM
EDITION   111 NUMBERED
FIG. A · FRONT ELEVATION SCALE 1:1 FRAME N° 01 · EVEREST · MAZZUCCHELLI M49 · TITANIUM HINGES 56 mm · LENS 18 56 mm · LENS 50 · HEIGHT ENGRAVING · INNER TEMPLE 27.9881°N | 86.9250°E TITANIUM HINGE HAND-RIVETED FIG. B · LATERAL · TEMPLE 148mm · TITANIUM PLATE PV · 27.9881°N 148 mm · TEMPLE LENGTH SERIES N° 01 / VII PV–EVR
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· DIMENSIONS

Lens Width56 mm
Bridge18 mm
Temple Length148 mm
Lens Height50 mm
Total Width148 mm
Weight31 g

· MATERIAL

FrameMazzucchelli M49 Bio-Acetate
LensZeiss CRX Polarised · UV400
Category3 · High Sun · Glacier-rated
HingesHand-riveted Titanium
Temple TipAcetate w/ Titanium Plate

· MARKS

EngravingCoordinate plate · Inner Temple
Series MarkPV–EVR · 01 / VII
EditionNumbered · 111 Series
ManufactureCadore, Italy
Lead TimeMade-to-order · 6–8 weeks

· ENGRAVING

The inner temple of every Frame N° 01 carries the same six characters: 27.9881° N, 86.9250° E. The summit. Sagarmatha. Chomolungma. Forehead of the sky.

The coordinate marks the highest point on Earth. A place only a small fraction of humans alive have ever stood. The first to reach it — Hillary and Tenzing, May 29, 1953 — spent fifteen minutes there. They left a small Buddhist offering. They came back down. Hundreds have died trying to repeat what they did. The mountain still kills, almost every season. The wind at the summit moves faster than highway speeds. Oxygen at altitude is one third of sea level. The body begins consuming itself.

None of that is what the coordinate carries. The coordinate carries the silence that exists at 8,849 metres when the wind drops, the moment Hillary described as standing on top of a sphere with nothing higher in any direction. That's what's etched into the temple of Frame N° 01.

Not the danger. The standard.

The Icon mark.

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ENTRY 01 THE ICON · N° 01 / VII

The mountain
that defines the rest.

Eight thousand eight hundred and forty-nine metres.

There is a number, and then there is what the number does to you. Most people will never stand on Everest. That isn't the point.

The mountain has done its work the moment you understand what 8,849 means — the moment you understand there is a place above which you cannot go. A ceiling on the planet. A literal limit.

Everest is N° 01 in the Summit Series because it had to be. Not because it was the first frame designed. Because it is the one that defines the rest. Every other peak in the collection measures itself against this number.

The frame was built squared rather than round. Sharper. More technical. The edges of the lenses match the edges of the summit pyramid — gneiss and ice cut against thin sky.

Built for those who think in summits. Whether they climb or not.

SIGNED · PEAKVIEW FIELD NOTE 01 · N° 01 / VII
03 Altitude Code

The frame is
the key.

Every Everest frame ships with a unique Altitude Code etched on the inner temple. Activate it inside Basecamp and unlock lifetime Elite access — built into the frame, not a subscription.

  • Lifetime Elite tier in Basecamp
  • Access to the Atlas — global ascent record
  • Eligibility for the Everest Challenge
  • Priority allocation on all future drops
  • Icon mark · Frame N° 01 lineage
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PV—01 ▸ EVR ▸ 8849—F
Frame N° 01 / Everest
Tier Elite — Lifetime
Atlas Unlocked
Challenges Everest · Eligible
Lineage Icon Mark
Status ● ACTIVE
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