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At 8,849 metres, the rock under Everest's summit pyramid is ancient ocean floor, packed with the fossilised shells of sea creatures — proof the…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 24, 2026
The rock under Mount Everest's summit pyramid was once the floor of a tropical ocean. Climbers who reach 8,849 metres are standing on 450-million-year-old seabed, layered with the fossilised remains of sea creatures that died long before the Himalaya existed…
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You don't need to summit Everest to hold this history Everest's fossil band sits deep in the death zone, far beyond any trekker's reach. But the same ancient seafloor is exposed at trekking altitude elsewhere in Nepal — most famously in the Kali Gandaki…
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