Re: NNG - The Mountains of the Moon

employee2 Wrote:
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> Hey, our mountains may look a little different,
> but we have mountains! Our Haleakala moun-
> tain stands over 10,000 feet high, and the Big
> Island's mountains are almost 14,000 feet high -
> and our mountains start from sea level! (Actually,
> from about 18,000 feet below sea level, making
> them taller than Mt. Everest).  


That's pretty impressive, Rich -

Much more impressive than the Big Boobies just south of Yellowstone Natl. Park,* and fifteen times higher than Cumbres Pass vs Antonito -

14,000 -(-18,000) = 32,000   10,015 - 7888 = 2127   32,000 / 2127 = 15.05    

- Sincerely, Willie  (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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* Les Grandes Tetons

p.s. Friday Afternoon Happy Hour Trivia Question: Assuming a boiler pressure of 200 lbs/sq.in., and the valve gear set in reverse, what would be the tractive effort of a K-37 at the base of Hawai'i's tallest mountain based on the pressure of the seawater coming in the stack and forcing the pistons to work forward against the steam pressure?   (Ignore the fact that the boiler itself has long since been crushed by the water pressure at -18,000 feet.)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/2016 06:14PM by Johnson Barr.