Mount Everest: Nepal and China prepare to reveal new height after Covid delay
Competing teams have both completed trips to the summit but plans have been disrupted by the pandemic
Some time in the near future – after a wait of a decade – the world will learn the new height of Mount Everest.
China and Nepal have teamed up to measure the world’s highest mountain which straddles their border and, under a 2019 memorandum of understanding, they must announce their findings together. The announcement was reportedly delayed because of the pandemic.