Mount Everest's Joint Measurement Marks New Milestone in Ties with Nepal: China
4 years, 1 month ago

Mount Everest's Joint Measurement Marks New Milestone in Ties with Nepal: China

News 18  

China on Wednesday termed its joint efforts with Nepal to measure Mount Everest's height as a new milestone for the burgeoning friendship between the two countries, with its official media saying it is a crucial step towards solving few remaining bilateral disputes. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, during a media briefing here, said that the new height of Mt Qomolangma stands as a new milestone for China-Nepal friendship. The joint announcement of Qomolangma's new height can be seen as a crucial step towards solving the only few remaining disputes between the two countries, the ruling Communist Party's tabloid daily quoted observers as saying. It said that Chinese scientists from the re-measurement team attributed the increase in height to having based the new calculation on "snow height" rather than the "rock height" which China previously used.

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Mount Everest is getting taller every year – and now scientists think they know why
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mount Everest is getting taller every year – and now scientists think they know why

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is …

Mount Everest conquest 70th anniversary: Rising climate concerns pose threat to world's highest mountain
1 year, 7 months ago

Mount Everest conquest 70th anniversary: Rising climate concerns pose threat to world's highest mountain

India TV News  

As the highest peak in the world celebrates its 70th anniversary there is growing concern about global warming which on the world’s tallest mountain. “The effects of climate change are hitting not just the fishes of Antarctica, the whales or the penguins, but it’s having a direct impact on the Himalayan mountains and the people there,” said Ang Tshering, a …

Nepal's tourism department mulls shifting Everest base camp due to risk of melting glacier, unsafe human activity
2 years, 6 months ago

Nepal's tourism department mulls shifting Everest base camp due to risk of melting glacier, unsafe human activity

Hindustan Times  

The Nepal government is contemplating shifting the base camp of Mount Everest as global warming and human activity are making the current location unsafe, a senior official said in Kathmandu on Friday. Nepal's tourism department mulls shifting Everest base camp due to risk of melting glacier, unsafe human activity The current base camp, situated at an altitude of 5,364-metre on …

The height of endeavor
3 years ago

The height of endeavor

China Daily  

On May 14, 2018, Chinese double amputee climber Xia Boyu reached the world's highest summit from the south side in Nepal, at the age of 69. Climber, 69, conquers the world's tallest peak with artificial legs having lost them to frostbite on a previous attempt, Xu Lin reports. He is the first Chinese double amputee climber to conquer the mountain. …

The height of endeavor
3 years ago

The height of endeavor

China Daily  

On May 14, 2018, Chinese double amputee climber Xia Boyu reached the world's highest summit from the south side in Nepal, at the age of 69. Climber, 69, conquers the world's tallest peak with artificial legs having lost them to frostbite on a previous attempt, Xu Lin reports. He is the first Chinese double amputee climber to conquer the mountain. …

China cancels Everest spring climb citing Covid concerns days after 'line of separation' move
3 years, 7 months ago

China cancels Everest spring climb citing Covid concerns days after 'line of separation' move

India Today  

China has decided to cancel the 2021 spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, because of coronavirus concerns, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The Himalayan nation of Nepal, which is so short of oxygen canisters it has asked mountaineers to bring back their empties, has issued a record 408 permits …

Mount Everest | Higher than the Himalayas
4 years ago

Mount Everest | Higher than the Himalayas

The Hindu  

When Nepal and China were discussing the fate of Mount Everest in their border negotiations in the early 1960s, then Prime Minister B.P. ‘Peak of friendship’ Six decades on after the boundary negotiations, the story took another step towards resolution on December 8, when Nepal and China jointly announced the new height of Mount Everest as 8,848.86 meters in a …

Why did Mount Everest’s height change? 5 things you should know
4 years ago

Why did Mount Everest’s height change? 5 things you should know

Live Mint  

The world's highest mountain is now officially a little higher, and that might not be the end of the story. The countervailing forces may help maintain a degree of stability over time, said Dang Yamin, a member of a Chinese team that surveyed Everest's height earlier this year. Last year, a Nepalese team set up a satellite navigation marker on …

China and Nepal Agree Mt Everest Grew by Nearly 3 Feet. Here's Why it Matters to India
4 years, 1 month ago

China and Nepal Agree Mt Everest Grew by Nearly 3 Feet. Here's Why it Matters to India

News 18  

Mount Qomolangma, better known to the world as Mount Everest, is not done growing yet. On Tuesday, Nepal and China today jointly announced that the revised height of the world’s highest peak was 8,848.86 metres above sea level. According to both Nepal and China, Mount Everest has grown by 86 centimetres since it was last measured during the Survey of …

Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres tall: Nepal & China after remeasurement
4 years, 1 month ago

Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres tall: Nepal & China after remeasurement

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu/Beijing: The world's highest peak is now taller by 86 centimetres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday after they remeasured Mt. The exact height of Mount Everest had been contested ever since a group of British surveyors in India declared the height of Peak XV, as it was initially called, to be 8,778 metres in 1847. The new height …

At 8,848.86 Metre, Mount Everest is Higher That What We Thought, Say Nepal and China in Joint Survey
4 years, 1 month ago

At 8,848.86 Metre, Mount Everest is Higher That What We Thought, Say Nepal and China in Joint Survey

News 18  

Nepal and China on Tuesday jointly announced that the revised height of the world's highest peak Mount Everest was 8,848.86 metres, about 86 centimetres more than the previous measurement done by India in 1954. The new height of Mt Everest, the world's highest peak, is 8,848.86 metres, China and Nepal jointly announced on Tuesday, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said …

Mount Everest stands tall at 8848.86 metres; Nepal, China announce newly measured height
4 years, 1 month ago

Mount Everest stands tall at 8848.86 metres; Nepal, China announce newly measured height

India Today  

The newly measured height of Mount Everest is 8848.86 metres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping and Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari exchanged congratulatory messages on Tuesday, jointly announcing the newly measured height of Mount #Qomolangma, world’s tallest peak --- 8,848.86 meters. Reading out President Xi Jinping’s message at the virtual event, Wang Yi is said, …

Nepal to announce new height of Mt Everest soon
4 years, 1 month ago

Nepal to announce new height of Mt Everest soon

India TV News  

Nepal is going to announce the new height of Mt Everest, the world's tallest peak, very soon. A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening gave nod to Nepal's Ministry of Land Management to announce the height of Everest and according to some media reports, as the peak has appeared taller than it was but no official confirmation yet. Nepal had started …

Nepal wants to remeasure Everest's height, sends team
5 years, 8 months ago

Nepal wants to remeasure Everest's height, sends team

India TV News  

An expedition team, assigned to remeasure the height of the world's tallest mountain peak, left for Mount Everest on Wednesday. "It will be the authentic data regarding the height of the tallest peak once you come up with the report," Oli told the team members at the Prime Minister's Office here. According to the department, four government officials -- Khimlal …

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