Talk:Dhaulagiri

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[edit] Confusion

Into Thin Air lists Dhaulagiri as the sixth highest mountain in the world, while this article lists it as the seventh. But I have the hardcover version, dated November 1996, so has another mountain been discovered, or it is just a first printing edition mistake? Hbdragon88 02:51, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

The book is in error. See Eight-thousander. RedWolf 04:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
If you do not count Lhotse as a separate mountain (which is defensible, although virtually no one makes that choice) then Dhaulagiri becomes number 6. Also, the heights of Dhaulagiri and Manaslu are not known precisely enough to be certain that Manaslu is not higher; this would make Dhaulagiri number 8. All that said, the standard listing has Dhaulagiri at number 7. -- Spireguy 16:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)