Bahrain Prince Scales Mt Everest's New Height, 1st Foreign Team To Do So

Mount Everest: Nepal and China in December last year jointly announced that the revised height of the world's highest peak was 8,848.86 metres, about 86 centimetres more than the previous measurement done by India in 1954.

A 16-member Bahrain Royal Guard team led by prince Mohammed Hamad Mohammed Al Khalifa today became the first international team to conquer the new altitude of Mount Everest. The Bahrain Royal Guard team successfully reached the peak of Mt Everest early this morning, The Himalayan Times quoted officials as saying. The team stood atop the peak between 5:30 am and 6:45 am local time, said Mingma Sherpa, chairman at Seven Summit Treks which organised the royal expedition. This is the first international team to conquer the new altitude of Mt Everest, said Mira Acharya, Director at the Department of Tourism.