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The atmospheric pressure decreases and so does the boiling point. Water boils when it has enough energy to produce vapour anywhere within the liquid.

On top of Mt Everest water boils before it reaches 70 ºC. Mountaineers cannot have a hot drink because at ~65 ºC cools too much and does not warm up the mountaineers. To make the water boil at a higher temperature, a pressure cooker must be used. This increases the pressure and, therefore, the boiling point of the liquid.

so, theoretically, on a high mountain you cannot boil an egg because the water will never get to the egg's hardening point.

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