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Nepal and China agree that the height of Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is 8848.86 m.
2020-12-8

Nepalese Sherpas condemn the Nepalese government's plan to use the army to clear rubbish from the top of Mount Everest and five other Himalayan peaks, saying only experienced Sherpas can reach those places. An army spokesman says the army will be able to reach all those summits.
2020-02-14

Nepal bans solo climbers, double amputees and blind climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents. This has been criticized by successful double-amputee Everest climbers.
2017-12-30

Eli Reimer, aged sixteen, becomes the first teenager with Down syndrome to climb to Mount Everest's Base Camp.
2013-04-1

U.S. space agency NASA admits it posted online a photograph taken from the International Space Station of an Indian mountain Saser Muztagh, claiming it as Mount Everest. With Nepalese netizens left puzzled by this, it took a Nepalese expert to point out the agency's inaccuracy.
2012-12-13

A Buddha Air flight taking tourists to see Mount Everest crashes in Nepal, killing 19 people.
2011-09-25

Leading Nepalese Sherpa Chhewang Nima, known for climbing Mount Everest 19 times, disappears during an avalanche.
2010-10-24

Scientists at the University of Toronto claim that mountain climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine could not have reached the top of Mount Everest in 1924 as they were caught in a perfect storm.
2010-08-16

Photos taken on Mount Everest from the same spot where similar pictures were taken by George Mallory in 1921 reveal what is described as an "alarming" loss of ice.
2010-07-16