Everest is still getting taller

The ongoing collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates pushes the Himalayas upward by a few millimetres every year, and GPS stations confirm Everest's summit is rising along with them. A 2024 study found the peak gets an extra boost from a nearby river that captured another river's flow tens of thousands of years ago, eroding the valley and letting the mountain rebound upward even faster.

— Standard geological and geodetic survey data, Mount Everest — GPS uplift measurements