Ozfactor Posted January 25, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) The Indian government plans to measure the height of Mount Everest to put to rest speculation that a powerful earthquake in 2015 may have caused it to shrink. The government's mapping organisation Survey of India will send an expedition to the world's tallest peak later this year, the agency's chief Swarna Subba Rao says. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Himalayas on April 25, 2015 - which devastated Nepal's capital Kathmandu - prompted scientists to wonder if the Everest's height and position had been affected. http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/did-2015-earthquake-shrink-everest/news-story/a64267dd6010ecc502cc2f1782a6319c Edited January 25, 2017 by Still Waters Reduced amount of copied text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD455GTO Posted January 25, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Seems like a lot of money, effort and danger for one inch of difference. I'm pretty sure the world will carry on, one way or the other. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted January 25, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Wow, it shrunk one inch? Pffft, now getting to the top will be as easy as pie. They don't make mountains as they used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted January 25, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 25, 2017 By the way, should we inform the Magratheans about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted January 26, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 26, 2017 One whole inch. Even if it did shrink, does one inch really make a difference? Or is this just something to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torviking Posted January 26, 2017 #6 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Keeps the research grant coming in and they all get a freebie adventure holiday, seems a good way to spend taxpayers money to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted January 26, 2017 #7 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I thought this was already proved. Maybe it was only a theory that need to waste money to prove. In the whole scheme of things, does it really matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted January 26, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Just now, paperdyer said: . In the whole scheme of things, does it really matter? Well hell yes it does, the ultra rich dont want to climb a mountain that has shrunk in status! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essan Posted January 26, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 26, 2017 The height of Everest depends on how many climbers have stood on the summit today and how much snow they kicked off or made into snowballs ..... We measure hills to the nearest foot or metre. Except in Britain. But thats a whole different story :D https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2016/09/06/britain-gains-a-new-mountain-as-new-model-pushes-calf-top-over-the-mark-–-by-2mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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