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Originally Posted by ZenGum
There isn't even a straight answer to the height of Everest. Do you measure from the rock, which is never exposed? or the top of the snow, which varies seasonally? Do you measure from sea level? What is that, anyway? Do you take the satellite measurements or the trigonometric measurements? Etc.
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Sea level. 29,000 feet exactly. But the record books say 29,001 because they don't want the reader to think the figure is rounded.