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All of those that have bravely climbed Mount Everest might have done so in vain – they weren’t climbing the world’s highest mountain after all, according to scientists.
The Himalayan mountain is actually beaten by Chimborazo, in Ecuador. But Everest still wins on the traditional metrics: it’s nearly 9,000m above sea level, thousands more than any of its closest rivals.
But it’s not actually the furthest up, or the closest to space. Ecuador’s mountain tops it on that measure, and it’s all because of the Earth’s funny shape.
Everest only wins when measured from sea level. But if instead you measure out from the centre of the Earth, Chimborazo wins easily – and Everest wouldn’t even get into the top 20 mountains.
A recent climb up the mountain by hikers from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France found that it was actually 15ft shorter than previously thought, reports The New York Times.Bueno, ninguna novedad, ya había hablado de ello en el artículo La altura del Chimborazo. Pero lo que me ha sorprendido es esto:
Chimborazo is relatively easy to ascend – done in about two weeks as opposed to the two months of work that must be done to reach the summit of Everest.¿Dos semanas para ascender el Chimborazo?
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Estos periodistas, como siempre, tan acertados con sus números. Yo tardé dos días, aunque podría decir que fue un solo día, en subir el Chimborazo... ¿dos semanas? Jajajajaja...
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