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Show Mount Everest According to the latest determination determina-tion of the Indlun survoy, th'o height of Mount Everest Is 20,141 feat It la the highest ascertained point on tho surface of tlio globe. Tho greatest great-est Himalayas present such dldlcul-tles dldlcul-tles that climbers havo been compelled com-pelled to refrain from attempting to rench their greatest heights, as well as from tho fact that tho effects of altitudes aro not yet fully understood. The greatest mountain heights yet reached aro 21,000 fcot, by tho duke of tho Abruzzl during his expedition to tho western Himalayas, and 24,000 feet by Norwegians on Kabru, ono of tlio mountulns near Darjeollng. |