2007-02-01 10:11:41 · 14 answers · asked by naplio 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
i'm sure i saw a programme saying they had measured both peaks from space ?
2007-02-01 10:16:55 · update #1
If you measure from base to peak ..Yes.However K2 starts further down so is not as high when measured from ground level.
It's like measuring a 6'5" man standing in a 10" hole against a 6' man at ground level.
2007-02-01 21:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people think K2 is higher because a couple years ago some climbers, undoubtedly befuddled by the hypoxia that affects everyone at 28,000 feet, misread their altimeters or GPS receivers and announced to the world that they'd measured K2 and found it to be higher than Everest. They were wrong. Everest is about 1000 feet higher than K2 and they misread their altitude by 1000 feet.
2016-05-24 03:10:41 · answer #2 · answered by Marcia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, back in the late 80's there was speculation that K2 might be higher then Everest. After much debate Everest came out on top at just under 30,000 feet
2007-02-01 10:16:03 · answer #3 · answered by GoodWillHunt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 29,029ft (8,848m) Everest is the highest mountain in the world, but measured from top to bottom, below sea level, Mauna Kea beats Everest by 4436 ft. (over 3/4 of a mile).
Although Mount Everest, at 29,029 feet tall, is often called the tallest mountain; Mauna Kea, an inactive volcano on the island of Hawaii is actually taller. Only 13,796 feet of Mauna Kea stands above sea level, however, if you measure it from its base, which is below sea level, it is 33,465 feet. If you stand Mauna Kea and Mount Everest next to each other, Mount Kea would be 4400 feet taller
2007-02-01 10:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by chimpus_incompetus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Mt Everest is still the tallest but K2 is the more dangerous / more difficult mountain to climb.
2007-02-01 15:54:34 · answer #5 · answered by aken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest (8,848 metres) is the highest mountain in the world while K2 (8,611 metres) is the second highest.
2007-02-01 21:44:46 · answer #6 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can be, but its only cause when it snows more it is sometimes higher, as far as I know, the actual earth is higher in everest.
Then again with the techtonic(think thats the spelling) plates moving constantly things are bound to change eventually.
2007-02-01 10:17:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, not yet but it will be eventually as it is growing a lot faster than everest.
2007-02-01 10:13:45 · answer #8 · answered by Paulien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. k2 is slightly shorter by a few hundred feet.
2007-02-01 10:14:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is no, definitely not.
2007-02-01 10:14:30 · answer #10 · answered by Robin H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋