Nepal and China to reveal new height of Mount Everest after COVID pandemic delay

After a gap of 10 years, China and Nepal have teamed up to measure height of world’s highest mountain that lies on border of two countries. As per a report by Guardian, both countries had signed a memorandum back in 2019 which states that y must jointly reveal new height of Mt. Everest. anuncement of ir findings was reportedly delayed because of  coronavirus pandemic.

New height to be revealed jointly

According to reports, both countries have historically disagreed on height of mountain. However, in 2010, y decided to settle ir dispute. Thus, Nepal sent its own team to summit back in 2019, while Chine sent its team to summit in May this year. Both countries have accepted claims of or with China accepting Nepal’s claim that that sw height of mountain is 8,848 metres while Nepal recognized that rock height of mountain is 8,844.43 metres. measurements of Mt Everest till w have only been conducted by US, European or Indian surveyors.

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Guardian, while quoting a local Nepali media house, stated that measurement of world’s tallest mountain that lies on its border is a matter of pride for Nepal, but it is also a major undertaking with world erly awaiting result. Mt Everest's height was first recorded back in 1856 by Great Trigometric Survey (GTS) of India. height of mountain has varied over decades depending on several factors such as surveyor, point from which height is measured if rock height or sw height is taken as highest point.

Mount Everest summit success rates doubled

According to a new study, success rate of climbing world's tallest peak Mount Everest has doubled in last three decades. However, death rate for climbers remained unchanged at around 1 per cent since 1990.  study was published in journal PLOS ONE which analysed success and death rates for all first-time climbers who were allowed to climb peak during period of 2006 to 2019.  researchers found that number of climbers on Mount Everest has rapidly increased in recent years. 

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