stackyFACTSMount Everest isn't satisfied with simply being the tallest; it has an ego problem. Because the Indian tectonic plate is still relentlessly smashing into the Eurasian plate, the entire Himalayas are actively being pushed upward, adding about half an inch to Everest's peak annually. Mapmakers hate it.
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