Mt. Everest is even taller than you thought: China, Nepal announce new height Members of a Chinese surveying team head for the summit of Mt. Everest in May.

According to Nepal's Department of Tourism, 214 climbers have been issued permits to attempt Mt. Everest from the Nepali side of the peak in the south this climbing season, which ends in May.

The height of Mt Everest has grown by 86cm to now measure 8848.86m, the foreign ministers of Nepal and China revealed at a joint virtual live event on Tuesday. The new measurement of ...

In his 120 day report to Mission Control, Bursch described how he came to capture the image: "One morning I happened to be up early. I glanced at our world map and saw that we'd be passing near Mt ...

During a tour of the exhibit, put together by the museum and Aurora’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs, Williams also pointed to a map that shows Mt. Everest, which stands some ...

Noel Hanna died overnight while descending the treacherous Annapurna mountain range in Nepal Noel Hanna, an accomplished Irish hiker, died Monday while descending a 26,545-foot mountain in central ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest on Tuesday, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. The new height of the world’s ...