World's highest weather station rebuilt on Mount Everest

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: February 21 2023

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After the world’s highest altitude was destroyed due to hurricane-force winds on Mount Everest, a team of scientists and Sherpa have again placed its new version atop Mount Everest.
The group has been led by a 31-year-old electrician and mountain guide Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa.
the team of mountaineers and scientists has installed a record-breaking weather station at an altitude of 8,810 metres (28,904 ft); just 39 metres (128 ft) below Everest’s summit.
Notably, it was the first-ever terrestrial weather station that was placed above 8,000 metres.

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World's highest weather station rebuilt on Mount Everest