Show ANDE MOUNTAIN TOWERS BEYOND FAMED EVEREST amouta mouta everest Is accept accepted eid as the highest mountain in the world but what do we mean by high elevations are given given in terms of 0 spa sea level it if we measure them from the center of the earth it turns out that Chim chimborazo borazo in the andes Is 2200 m meters e feet higher than mount everest in presenting this argument in die Um dr G bosch points out that accurate measurements have been made of the dis distarce dista taLice uce of sea level from the center of the earth from the equator to the poles where the distance Is not known it can be deduced with an error of but a few meters while it Is true that the earth Is not a perfect sphere creven or even an ellipsoid no correction need be made on the score of figure because the earths diameter does docs not vary sufficiently measured from the center of the earth mount everest Is exceeded IL height not only by Chim chimborazo borazo but by Hua on his first flight into the stratosphere riccard reached an altitude of kru km miles or 13 km kin miles from the center of the earth ills height was therefore about that of mount everest had he ascended from a place on the equator or from one of the mountains of ecuador ho he would really have reached an altitude greater than any ever attained by man As it Is the worlds record must be given to any aviators who may have flown over Chim chimborazo borazo even the russian stratosphere balloonists who came to a tragic end after reaching an altitude of km 1145 miles did not cot overtop riccard measured by the earth center standard inasmuch as they ascended from a more northerly and therefore a deeper latitude new york times |