Finally, the prestigious project to measure the almighty peak the Mount Everest<\/strong> is set to begin!<\/p>\n In a recent update on April 08, 2019, Nepal has announced that it is sending a team of government-appointed climbers for the project to remeasure the height of the world\u2019s tallest peak.<\/p>\n Four government surveyors have already been scheduled to leave for the Everest peak on April 09, 2019.<\/p>\n Through this project, Nepal aims to answer persistent speculations that the \u2018height of the Mount Everest has come down\u2019 after the massive 2015 earthquake\u2019.<\/p>\n “We are sending a team because there were questions regarding the height of Everest after the earthquake,” Susheel Dangol<\/span>, the expedition’s coordinator from the Survey Department, said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The four surveyors are stepping up for the project after a two-year-long detailed study on the methodology to remeasure the peak, which included collecting readings from the ground and getting trained on extreme conditions at the top of the world.<\/p>\n “It will not be easy to work in that terrain, but we are confident our mission will be successful,” says Khim Lal Gautam<\/span>, the expedition’s leader and chief surveyor, who summited the Everest peak in 2011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The height of Mount Everest has been a long debate because of the disagreement among geologists and mountaineers, among others over inclusion of snow atop the peak in the total measurement.<\/p>\n The current height of Mount Everest<\/span> measures 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) as recorded by an Indian survey in 1954. This figure remained till date even though various other teams measured it later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n