Fuck Everest. I wanna be the first person to climb Olympus Mons. Bigger challenge. Right off the bat, even the base of it has air too thin to breathe without special equipment. 😌
Wouldn’t Everest still be the tallest? I mean, I have to assume it extends below sea level, too. It’s not just floating at sea level But where does a mountain start being a mountain and not just the ground? 🤔
It’s not floating at sea level, but it doesn’t even extend to sea level. The base of the mountain is well above sea level. If you live in a flat part of New Mexico, South Africa, or Mongolia you’re significantly higher above sea level than someone in England, Eastern Europe, or Mississippi. If you think of the mountain as extending below sea level you start seeing (tectonic) mountain ranges as like Aspen forests, where it’s just a single thing. Such as the Rocky mountain and the Himalaya mountain, while volcanic mountains such as the Cascades and Hawaii remain ranges.
But yeah differentiating where a new mountain starts vs just another peak of the same one isn’t necessarily easy
According to Wikipedia it has a diameter if 600km. Assuming, that the peak of the mountain sits right in the middle you would still have a 300km walk in front of you.
Fuck Everest. I wanna be the first person to climb Olympus Mons. Bigger challenge. Right off the bat, even the base of it has air too thin to breathe without special equipment. 😌
At this point I’m perfectly happy with my daily walk around Pubis Mons
Yo mamma so fat…wait a minute.
Got me thinking, Olympus Mons is the tallest peak in the solar system right? But there is no water on Mars.
Mount Everest is measured from sea level. If you measured from the bottom of the ocean it’s there a taller peak somewhere on earth?
That would be Mauna Kea in Hawai’i
Cool, thanks! 9,330 m
Still not close to Olympus Mons but the more you know…
Wouldn’t Everest still be the tallest? I mean, I have to assume it extends below sea level, too. It’s not just floating at sea level But where does a mountain start being a mountain and not just the ground? 🤔
It’s not floating at sea level, but it doesn’t even extend to sea level. The base of the mountain is well above sea level. If you live in a flat part of New Mexico, South Africa, or Mongolia you’re significantly higher above sea level than someone in England, Eastern Europe, or Mississippi. If you think of the mountain as extending below sea level you start seeing (tectonic) mountain ranges as like Aspen forests, where it’s just a single thing. Such as the Rocky mountain and the Himalaya mountain, while volcanic mountains such as the Cascades and Hawaii remain ranges.
But yeah differentiating where a new mountain starts vs just another peak of the same one isn’t necessarily easy
I was wondering about this too. Which peak is furthest from the center of the planet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo
Interesting! Thank you!
The lower gravity is a mitigating factor.
I’ve been planning my ascent since I was four.
I won’t hesitate to Amundsen you.
Also it’s so huge that it is basically flat. It’s not a climb but a long trek.
According to Wikipedia it has a diameter if 600km. Assuming, that the peak of the mountain sits right in the middle you would still have a 300km walk in front of you.
… I see what you did there.
Let’s be realistic and say Inaccessible Island instead. Like come on, it’s in the name.