[Arrowhead1952]

A team of scientists supported by National Geographic Magazine and Boston's Museum of Science was able for the first time to operate Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite equipment from the summit, and thus take the most precise and authoritative measurements ever. They came up with a revised elevation of 29,035ft, seven feet higher than the previously accepted figure. That had been set in 1954 by the Survey of India after picking the mean of 12 altitudes determined from 12 different survey stations around the mountain.

Since GPS became available for use by the general public, many previous elevations have been found to be either under or over the actual height. I have to question the "seven feet higher" measurement in 1999.

[Military family member]

I found it interesting that the Indian gentleman who first measured its height did so using simple Trig formulas and came up with a height that was only seven feet off.