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Farthest point from the center of the Earth

By Wolfy

Conventional wisdom would make this easy. Fortunately you will rarely find conventional wisdom here on The Bacon Strip. From Google Sightseeing: Let’s look at Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. The summit of Chimborazo is 6,267 m (20,561 ft) above sea level, which is quite large but not quite the highest mountain in the Andes. If you take... »

Because it’s there…

By Wolfy

I believe I read that he has no recollection of telling a reporter that he climbed Everest, “because it’s there,” but there it was, and there it still is. Never-the-less Sir. Ed is gone: WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one... »