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Show I ; , ' ' i . ' : , - t , . '. . . s , . . v-' Vi - . - ;- ! t - - ' ' .Wr ; ' - -V ,- I : - U . - . i t' ' ' , ; .t . " ' ' S f ' -4 ( .... ... ; ' . - 3 . rh Keith Hadley, a member of the Hansen Mt. Everest Expedition, Ex-pedition, 1992, free climbs a rock cliff in American Fork Canyon as part of demonstration Saturday. include team climbs of 14.410-foot Mount Raineer in Washington: and 18.700-foot Mount McKinley in Alaska, North America's highest mountain. See EVEREST on page :i IeEverest After having the chance to try to make it up the cliff side, participants enjoyed a mountain barbecue. idfci , eiU Continued from front page n j,: ! Mount Everest is more than 29,000 feet high, rising five and a half miles t to is -a,X)vesea 'evel. Surveyors disagree j,,!; mi the exact height of the world's j: ! Iiighest mountain. estd'J British Government survey in t; , the middle 1800's set the height at 25,002 feet. The Indian government ventf mW set the present official height irrin3Li al 29,028 feet. But a widely used e "official figure is 29,141 feet, jj . t Interestingly, , geologists agree ,miss:' Mount Everest is actually jjliss W"ig taller. It is a young, still aj 0 Awing mountain that grows by ion. !!Ule amounts each year. So by full' f2 ' utahs on Everest may nave t0 Ais' a few milimeters higher, lstf: "Mser, said. ' ' Saturday's media event included a" introduction to equipment used iaii,lj Jithe climb, including clothing ' , ms for warmth, and the various ire llemsof climb paraphenalia. |
