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Re:High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021) by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday September 14, 2025 @05:39AM (#45238676)
If anyone watched that movie, Elevation[0], the “line of death” was 8,000 feet.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_(film)

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Re:High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021) by handzhiev on Sunday September 14, 2025 @03:44PM (#45242657)
The line of death is at 8,000 meters, not feet
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Re:High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021) by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday September 14, 2025 @04:12PM (#45242853)
Nope. Feet.

At least, that's what I remember from the film, and the Wikipedia page says "feet."

Also, I don't know if the Rockies have a 25,000-foot mountain (I think the Andes do, though).

Us Americans are kinda awkward about measurement units...

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Re:High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021) by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday September 14, 2025 @09:14PM (#45245062)
Even that’s a stretch.

The highest peak in the Andes, is Mount Aconcagua, which is just under 7,000 meters. That’s the highest point in the Western Hemisphere.

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