Nepal had never previously measured the height of Mount Everest on its own but had used the 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) estimate made by the Survey of India in 1954 that includes snow. Mountaineers had suggested a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 which killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal may have altered the height of Everest. Garrett Madison of the US-based Madison Mountaineering company said he was excited about climbing the "new heights" on Mount Everest next year. "Surely some new records for climbing the 'highest Everest' will happen in 2021," the 42-year-old ten times Everest summiteer told Reuters in a text message. "Hopefully I get Everest summit #11 in 2021!"

Source: bd News24 December 08, 2020 10:07 UTC