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| Picture No | 10217919 |
| Date | 1925 |
| Description | Animals of Mount Everest 1924 |
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Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17,000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18,000 feet; jumping spiders were the highest permanent inhabitent at 23,000 feet; but choughs flew up to 26,700 feet following the climbers.
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| Source | The Sphere. 1925. page 11. By D. MacPherson |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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