Mt. Everest is the world's highest mountain measured from sea level. However, measured from the center of the earth, Chimborazo, a peak in the Andes is some two miles higher than Everest.
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The highest temperature that a human has withstood for 30 minutes is 400° F. (The tests were done in an large enclosed oven done by the Air Force.)