Mount Everest 2025 News Article. The gamble of mountain climbing for this singaporean. When measured from sea level, everest is the tallest mountain on planet earth at 8,849 metres high and over the last 89,000 years, it’s grown by between 15 and 50 metres.

A strong earthquake has shaken a mountainous region in western china near nepal, killing at least 53 people. Aurora elmore was approaching mount everest’s south base camp in nepal.