Everest higher by nearly a metre
over 3 years in Otago Daily Times
Everest has been climbed 10,184 times by 5789 people from both sides since it was first scaled by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Photo: Reuters
Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, Nepal and China say, settling a long-running conflict over the height of the world's tallest peak that straddles their shared border.
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