I am stumped...spent my lunch hour trying to figure this out...I keep thinking it has something to do with the weather service. Am ?patiently? waiting to see the answer!!!
hiker00, I promise you that when the answer appears, many people will give their foreheads that good old "I could'a had a V-8!" slap.
Let's review:
(1) This group of 25 people (it varies throught the year) are consistently above 14K' for much of any given year. With my hint of thousands of hours per year spent by this group at that elevation, it is clearly their occupation.
(2) Every moment of that time is spent in the USA.
(3) There are a finite number of places in the USA that are above 14,000 feet.
(4) It is not a trick question - just one that requires a slight mental shift.
(5) wagga almost had it.
