Medieval America

See how American writers are still obsessed with their medieval units/measures:

Annapurna was the last of the 14 peaks taller than 26,247 feet (8,000 meters) that Oh needed to climb to make history. She reached the summit — 26,545 feet above sea level — 13 years after she scaled her first Himalayan mountain, Gasherbrum II, in 1997.

(Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/sports/global/28climber.html )

They won't even write the proper/sensible "8000 meters" first. This is strange and a sad, unfortunate fact.