Posted on 02/17/2025 10:30:49 AM PST by NKP_Vet
If he was 22 when he died in 1924, he was born in 1901 or 1902. The oldest person alive now was born in 1908...she is the only person born in that year still alive. Two people born in 1909 are still alive.
There is also the metric for the tallest peak FURTHEST from the center of the Earth.
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Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador — an inactive volcano in the Andes — has an altitude of only 6,310 meters (20,703 feet), which is way less than Mt. Everest. It’s not even the highest peak above sea level in the Andes mountain range.
But because Chimborazo sits just one degree south of the equator, its apex is the “world’s highest point from the center of the Earth” at about 21 million feet (3,967 miles) away from the core. It is the closest point to the Sun on Earth. Everest on the other hand, located at a latitude of 28 degrees north (nearly one-third of the way to the pole) doesn’t even make it in the top 20 highest points as measured from the center of the planet.
Mountain Height (feet) Height (meters) Distance from Earth’s Center (miles)
Chimborazo 20,565 6,268 3,967
Aconcagua 22,831 6,959 3,959
Mount Kosciuszko 7,310 2,228 3,986
Kilimanjaro 19,341 5,895 3,972
Elbrus 18,510 5,642 3,976
Vinson Massif 16,050 4,892 3,986
Pico de Orizaba 18,491 5,636 3,976
Puncak Jaya 16,024 4,884 3,986
Mount Wilhelm 14,793 4,509 3,986
Denali 20,310 6,190 3,967
The highest points on Earth as measured from the center of the Earth. The Earth is not a perfect sphere, so its radius is not the same everywhere. The distance from the center of the Earth to the surface is greatest at the equator and shortest at the poles. The highest points on this list are all located near the equator, which is why their distances from the center of the Earth are similar.
Miss Junior High much?
In any case, you're wrong. From base to peak, Mauna Kea is 33,497. Beats McKinley by two miles.
Technology recently found a trench near the Marianas Trench which is actually deeper than the Marianas. ;-)
Scott of the Antarctic
We were all completely tasteless on the earlier thread, but IMHO, BL said it best...
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4271971/posts?page=4#4
“A man’s got to know his limitations.”
If the shoe fits....................
Yup, raised by wolves.
Sigh.
An oldie but a goodie..................
#10 here are 2 images showing McKinley as the tallest depending on how you measure from the base.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mountaineering/comments/1cslc0l/mount_denali_is_staggeringly_huge_the_true_size/
Thank you very much! I had been familiar with gazing at the Nevada “big hills,” and the sight of Alps like peaks in other states. Nothing, however, absolutely nothing had prepared me for the sight of Mt. McKinley. One Sunday morning, ages ago, found me sitting next to the pilot of a 6 seater propeller plane, heading closer and closer to the mountain’s face until it filled our field of vision. We went only half way up its height - no one was in the mood to risk passing out going over the top in the unpressurized cabin. We discussed it, though! LOL!
Jeb Brook’s experience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2hh5Ahhlbk
On a clear day, you can see Mt. McKinley from Anchorage.
That is a nice video. Lots of great scenery.
I am in the San Fernando valley in California and the “mountain” we have is called Oat mountain which is part of the Santa Susana Mountains. It is 3,747 feet.
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