hoffmanmclaunsky t1_ja9odz2 wrote
Reply to comment by kinda_alone in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
driving up Haleakala is kind of a surreal experience. It just keeps going up. You start at warm balmy tropical beaches, two hours and 10,000 feet later you get out in a cold, desolate desert. And you can still see those warm balmy beaches in the distance. It's wild.
turbanned_athiest t1_ja9qmr7 wrote
Did that on Mauna Kea, was amazing. Got an amateur astronomy guided tour of the sky on the way down. Fun fact: scuba diving and then driving up the mountain could give you decompression sickness, we must have been warned at least 5 times.
SoakedSeahorse t1_jaaebx4 wrote
Reading your comment gave me Altitude Sickness.
Evolving_Dore t1_jaa9nxj wrote
And that's starting at sea level, not at the base, which is on the sea floor.
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