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Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Nepal Rejects India's Offer To Jointly Re-Measure Mt Everest
Nepal has rejected India's offer to jointly re-measure the height of the world's highest peak Mount Everest following the massive earthquake in 2015 and will carry out the exercise on its own, the top official of the Himalayan nation's survey department has said.
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Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Nepal Rejects India's Offer To Jointly Re-Measure Mt Everest
Nepal has rejected India's offer to jointly re-measure the height of the world's highest peak Mount Everest following the massive earthquake in 2015 and will carry out the exercise on its own, the top official of the Himalayan nation's survey department has said.
