Mount Everest

[Lakeslass]

How high is Mount Everest in miles

[mac44]

5.499053 miles above sea

[NazNomad]

5.49

[factor-fiction]

Well both answers sound very plausible (although both can't be right since 5.499053 rounds to 5.50 not 5.49).

[NazNomad]

Then 5 must be the answer ... in complete miles.

[factor-fiction]

Agreed, Naz.

[Lakeslass]

Don't know how to use the Author section. Just back from a quiz where I put the answer as 5.5 miles, only to be told that it is eight miles.

[factor-fiction]

It can't be 8 miles. That would be 42240 feet which isn't right unless sea levels have fallen significantly since I was at school when Everest was 29000 feet

[NazNomad]

Your mixing it up with the ''What was the Byrds best known hit" question ... lol

[squarebear]

No way is it 8 miles. Not even close.

[JonnyBoy12]

Well, since the advent of Sat Nav it has 'grown' from 29,028 to 29,035 feet. Not sure what that is miles, but anyone is welcome to convern this for me.

[NazNomad]

THey had 7ft of snow on the day they programmed the SatNavs.

[squarebear]

or the guy holding the sat nav was down a well.

[factor-fiction]

Still 5.499 miles

[NazNomad]

... with that annoying voice telling him, "as soon as possible, climb up".

[scotman]

The increase in height is because continental drift is still going on and the Himalayas are still getting higher.

[sophie_1003]

Seems so miniscule when it's put into miles!

[squarebear]

Olympus Mons on Mars is three times that height Sophie

[Lakeslass]

Glad I came back. I'd forgotten how much fun it is

[scotman]

There is a much higher mountain than Everest here on Earth. It just happens to be all underwater.

[squarebear]

Mauna Kea isn't it?