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Feb 20, 2014, 11:32:40 PM2/20/14
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This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Dan Blum, John Adams, Calvin, Russ,
Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.

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#6. Machu Pikchu in Peru sits high up in the Andes. How high above sea level? ***

For this question you may answer in either feet or meters, however I will
convert all answers to feet when tabulating the results.

swp

swp

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Feb 20, 2014, 11:37:33 PM2/20/14
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On Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:32:40 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Dan Blum, John Adams, Calvin, Russ,
> Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #6. Machu Picchu in Peru sits high up in the Andes. How high above sea level? ***
>
> For this question you may answer in either feet or meters, however I will
> convert all answers to feet when tabulating the results.
>
> swp

a spelling mistake has been corrected above. it doesn't change the answer.

swp

Dan Blum

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Feb 20, 2014, 11:52:59 PM2/20/14
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13,000 feet

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Erland Sommarskog

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Feb 21, 2014, 2:41:35 AM2/21/14
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> #6. Machu Pikchu in Peru sits high up in the Andes. How high above sea
> level? ***

3000 m


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Dan Tilque

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Feb 21, 2014, 4:25:11 AM2/21/14
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swp wrote:

> ***
> #6. Machu Pikchu in Peru sits high up in the Andes. How high above sea level? ***
>
> For this question you may answer in either feet or meters, however I will
> convert all answers to feet when tabulating the results.

11,500 ft

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Dan Tilque

Russ

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Feb 21, 2014, 5:49:30 AM2/21/14
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8000 feet

Russ S.

Joshua Kreitzer

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Feb 21, 2014, 9:05:49 AM2/21/14
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:58471693-12fb-461d...@googlegroups.com:
4900 feet

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Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com

johnada...@gmail.com

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Feb 21, 2014, 10:35:56 AM2/21/14
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On Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:32:40 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> ***
> #6. Machu Pikchu in Peru sits high up in the Andes. How high above sea level?
> ***

3333 meters

John

Peter Smyth

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Feb 21, 2014, 5:41:43 PM2/21/14
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swp wrote:

> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Dan Blum, John Adams,
> Calvin, Russ, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #6. Machu Pikchu in Peru sits high up in the Andes. How high above
> sea level? ***

2987m

Peter Smyth

calvin

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Feb 21, 2014, 8:06:18 PM2/21/14
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:32:40 +1000, swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:


> ***
> #6. Machu Pikchu in Peru sits high up in the Andes. How high above sea
> level? ***


2,222 metres

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calvin

swp

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Feb 21, 2014, 10:58:47 PM2/21/14
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On Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:32:40 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
4900 Joshua Kreitzer
7290 Calvin (aka 2222m)
7970 *** Correct Answer *** (aka 2430m)
8000 Russ
9800 Peter Smyth (aka 2987m)
9842 Erland Sommarskog (aka 3000m)
10935 John Adams (aka 3333m)
11500 Dan Tilque
13000 Dan Blum

Apparently entering early isn't always the best strategy. Dan Blum is
eliminated. The source for my answer was a PDF from the World Heritage
Organization circa 1982.
http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/274.pdf

This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, John Adams, Calvin, Russ, Dan Tilque,
Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.

swp
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