Comments by "Colonel K" (@Paladin1873) on "The Great Trigonometrical Survey and the World's Tallest Peak" video.

  1. Here are some fun facts. Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is taller than Mt. Everest if the measurement is taken from the center of the Earth. K2 is purported to be taller than Mt. Everest during a few short periods of heavy snowfall. Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii and Mt. McKinley/Denali in Alaska are taller than Mt. Everest if one measures from the base of each mountain. So why is Mt. Everest considered the tallest mountain in the world? It's because its peak is the highest point from the sea level surface of the planet.
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