Nepal and China give Mount Everest, and their relations, a boost
The worldâs tallest mountain grows by more than 2 feet
By Bhadra Sharma and Emily Schmall New York Times,Updated December 8, 2020, 4:37 p.m.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal â On Tuesday, Mount Everest grew by more than 2 feet.
So agreed China and Nepal, two countries that share a treacherously mountainous border and increasingly warm relations. They announced that they had determined the exact height of the worldâs tallest mountain, a subject to which the Nepalese government has attached increasing symbolic importance over the years.
Officially, according to Kathmandu and Beijing, Mount Everest stands at 8,848.86 meters, or 29,031.7 feet. For 65 years, the consensus height had been 8,848 meters, or 29,028.87 feet.