How did I not know this?
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@Bernard said in How did I not know this?:
The map doesn't go below sea level.
I fixed my OP. I had copied/pasted their original heading, which said it represented highest/lowest. OTOH, according to the legend, the map actually just shows the highest elevation in each county (though they say country, which of course makes one wonder how accurate the map is to begin with!) If it really is highest....I can't think of any place where the highest elevation is below sea level.
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Hawaii Island (a county) is listed as 13,000- 13,999 ft. This is radically incomplete and essentially worthless to the viewer.
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@Daniel said in How did I not know this?:
Hawaii Island (a county) is listed as 13,000- 13,999 ft. This is radically incomplete and essentially worthless to the viewer.
How? Mauna Kea is 13,796 according to wikipedia
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@Daniel said in How did I not know this?:
Hawaii Island (a county) is listed as 13,000- 13,999 ft. This is radically incomplete and essentially worthless to the viewer.
How? Mauna Kea is 13,796 according to wikipedia
Because it starts at about 0- 10 ft.
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@Bernard said in How did I not know this?:
The map doesn't go below sea level.
I fixed my OP. I had copied/pasted their original heading, which said it represented highest/lowest. OTOH, according to the legend, the map actually just shows the highest elevation in each county (though they say country, which of course makes one wonder how accurate the map is to begin with!) If it really is highest....I can't think of any place where the highest elevation is below sea level.
@wtg said in How did I not know this?:
@Bernard said in How did I not know this?:
The map doesn't go below sea level.
I fixed my OP. I had copied/pasted their original heading, which said it represented highest/lowest. OTOH, according to the legend, the map actually just shows the highest elevation in each county (though they say country, which of course makes one wonder how accurate the map is to begin with!) If it really is highest....I can't think of any place where the highest elevation is below sea level.
I see. They needed an edit.
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From ChatGPT:
People do attempt the full Badwater → Whitney summit route
A very small number of ultra-endurance athletes complete it each year.
It is considered one of the hardest human-powered climbs on Earth due to:
• A 14,700 ft vertical gain from the lowest to highest points in the lower 48
• Temperatures of 115–125°F in summer at Badwater
• 135+ miles of road to Whitney Portal
• An additional 22 miles round-trip from Portal to the summit
• Extreme dehydration and heat riskTotal: ~157 miles with the biggest continuous elevation gain in the continental U.S.
