Editing Cho Oyu (section)

==Height==
Cho Oyu's height was originally measured at {{convert|26,750|ft|m}}<!--would be nice to know how old this one is--> and at the time of the first ascent it was considered the 7th highest mountain on earth, after [[Dhaulagiri]] at {{convert|8,167|m|ft}} ([[Manaslu]], now {{convert|8,156|m|ft}}, was also estimated lower at {{convert|26,658|ft|m}}).<ref name=Tichy/> A 1984 estimate of {{convert|8,201|m|ft}} made it move up to sixth place.<!--would be really nice to have a reference for that; I don't know who came up with this number--> New measurements made in 1996 <!--"field verification done in 1996--> by the Government of Nepal Survey Department and the [[Finnish Meteorological Institute]] in preparation for the Nepal Topographic Maps put the height at 8,188 m,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pahar.in/pahar/Maps--Primary/Nepal/Nepal%20Topo%20Maps/2886%2015%20Pasan%20Lhamu%20Chuli.jpg |title=2886 15 Pasan Lhamu Chuli map |access-date=2016-09-24 |archive-date=2016-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924114124/http://pahar.in/pahar/Maps--Primary/Nepal/Nepal%20Topo%20Maps/2886%2015%20Pasan%20Lhamu%20Chuli.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> one remarkably similar to the {{convert|26,867|ft|m}} used by [[Edmund Hillary]] in his 1955 book ''High Adventure''.<ref name=Hillary1955/>