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The number on every map, 8,848.86 metres, only became official on 8 December 2020, after two countries spent over a decade measuring the same…
By Laxman Rawal · Sep 7, 2026
Everest is 8,848.86 metres above sea level. That figure only became official on 8 December 2020, when the foreign ministers of Nepal and China pressed a button at the same moment during a livestreamed ceremony and revealed a number neither country had…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
What this means for you Nothing about the trek itself changes — permits, routes and difficulty ratings are exactly as they were before 2020. What the joint survey actually confirms is that the mountain you're looking at from the trail is still growing…
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