Monday, April 09, 2007
Mount Chimborazo, Highest Place on Earth
"Did you know Mount Chimborazo is the highest place on Earth."
"What? Hey haven't you heard of this little place called Everest?"
"Yep, 29,000 ft above sea level, big mountain."
"And Chimborazo is 20,000 ft above sea level... ergo Everest is higher."
"No."
"29,000 is bigger then 20,000, unless you are smoking crack."
hides crack pipe
"The problem is sea level... its not level. It bulges out at the equator. If we took distance from the center of the earth then the results are different. Chimborazo is standing on a 1.5 mile high bulge which then makes it higher then Everest."
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"What? Hey haven't you heard of this little place called Everest?"
"Yep, 29,000 ft above sea level, big mountain."
"And Chimborazo is 20,000 ft above sea level... ergo Everest is higher."
"No."
"29,000 is bigger then 20,000, unless you are smoking crack."
hides crack pipe
"The problem is sea level... its not level. It bulges out at the equator. If we took distance from the center of the earth then the results are different. Chimborazo is standing on a 1.5 mile high bulge which then makes it higher then Everest."
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