# Mount Everest

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 15, 1999, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mount-everest/1235 "1999-10-15T23:43:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mount-everest/1235/1 "1999-10-15T23:43:00Z")

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In the October issue of National Geograhic is an article on the discovery of the body of a man who died on the mountain in the 1920’s. In the story, the elevation of Everest was given as 29,028 feet. This is in reference to the answer at [Which is taller, Mt Everest or K2?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/meverest.html)

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