China and Nepal have long debated the actual height of the world’s tallest mountain, which borders the two countries. Their tallies originally differed because Nepal counted the snow at the summit, whereas China stopped measuring at the rock’s peak. But today, they’ve put an end to the dispute. The World’s Marco Werman shares the new height.
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