The geology of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 29,035-foot (8,850-meter), is as fascinating as its human climbing history. The mountain, straddling the Tibet and Nepal border in central Asia, is part of the Himalaya mountains, a growing mountain range which formed when the Indian subcontinental plate rammed into the solid Asian plate. The extremely slow collusion has pushed lighter rocks like limestone up to the highest heights.
...Source: http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/10/31/mount-everest-geology-astounding-facts.htm
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