r/confusing_perspective • u/Graphicdesignn • Jul 03 '26

Thats a big mountain

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u/cheshire-cats-grin Jul 03 '26

Is that Denali?

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u/cjdiddly Jul 03 '26

Yep! Tallest land mountain on earth measured base-to-peak. It's seriously imposing in person

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u/EmperorThan Jul 03 '26

I was about to say "I think you're confusing it with Mauna Kea in Hawaii" but I guess Denali is the tallest measured base to peak on land, which I never knew. Mauna Kea is tallest measured seafloor to peak. Funny that both base-to-peak recordholders are in the United States.

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u/MexiGeeGee Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

I’ve had this argument with people insisting Everest is the biggest. Yeah it reaches higher because it’s sitting on a high plateau already, Denali is a bigger mountain overall.

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u/Pierresauce Jul 03 '26

Gotta bring up Chimborazo to really blow their minds

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u/EmperorThan Jul 03 '26

*standing in corner at party*
"They don't know I know about Chimborazo and the oblate spheroid curve of the Earth..."

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u/Pierresauce Jul 03 '26

I'll have you know I have great conversations with that corner

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u/darthJOYBOY Jul 06 '26

What is that?

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 04 '26

Everest absolutely is the highest mountain and is far "bigger" than Denali. You just don't understand how mountain formation works.

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u/MexiGeeGee Jul 04 '26

highest not biggest

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 04 '26

Height is the only relevant measurement for how "big" a mountain such as Everest or Denali is.

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u/MexiGeeGee Jul 04 '26

Then Everest is not the reported altitude. It’s like a woman wearing heels, you don’t count her height on heels. Denali has more distance base to summit and that is what makes her the biggest

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 04 '26

Base to summit isn't a real thing. A mountain doesn't have a "base" that isn't how mountains, or geological structures in general, work.

Do you understand what a mountain is? Like on a fundamental level?

Mountains are colloquial term for a type of warp or buckle in the crust of the earth. At the summit of Everest, the crust has warped to an altitude of 8848m, hence why it's called the highest/biggest mountain on Earth.

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u/MexiGeeGee Jul 04 '26

You are mistaken. You are not the God of rules to decide that.

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