so i was just reading about how Mount Mckinley is the biggest mountain in the world base to summit because everest and several others bases are super high above sea level. what other mountains would be the tallest this way (obviously not that hawaiian silly shit thats underwater) as a hiker the height base to summit is alot more important than just plain altitude
>>2732435>a hiker the height base to summit is alot more important than just plain altitudeThis is kinda true but not entirely. As there is a huge physical difference between hiking at 6000m and hiking at 8000m. Also most Denali climbers cheat and fly into the glacier basecamp at 7000ft elevation instead of approaching purely on foot.
>>2732439yeah i understand the oxygen part is what makes everest so difficult and other super high altitude peaks
> as a hiker the height base to summit is alot more important than just plain altitudespoken like someone who has never experienced the difference in going up 2000m when starting from 0, 2000, 4000, or 6000m. 0 to 2000m shares nothing in common with 6000 to 8000 or 7000 to 8800. there's a reason 8000m+ is called the death zone. just being there will kill an average person in a few minutes, and even for the fittest people you get about 24 hours before you die from lack of oxygen.
Tallest mountain is in Hawaii under the sea and the difference between being under the sea and being 10000 ft above it is huge. You clearly have not been under the sea.
>>2732466Fuck the sea
>>2732476Fuck ya mudda
>>2732439Most Everest approaches start at even higher elevation than 2000m, some of the base towns are higher than 2000m. Elevation is not everything (it isn't unimportant either), there are world class technical climbs below 20k ft (even below 15k ft) all over the world, and elsewhere in Alaska itself. For example the most prominent mountain in the world by topographic relief immediately from sea level to its peak that is visible from the sea is also in Alaska, Mount Saint Elias, from sea to peak it rises its full 18,000 feet in less than 11 miles as the crow flies. Elias beats out several other peaks of the Andes in sea to peak climb directly and is acknowledged as having the most relief of any peak on Earth within the shortest distance (within 10 nautical miles, some of the Andean ones are 20 nautical miles from the sea and have subranges in front of them, blocking their view from the sea). Some people also will not be able to acclimate to even 15,000 feet well at all, and technically anything over about 3k m (10,000 ft) can cause potentially dangerous mountain sickness in some individuals, even with acclimatization. People living above 4k m in the Andes and the Tibetan plateau and Nepal are literally built different, smaller frames and significantly more efficient blood oxygen utilization.
>>2732435Are you chuldpilled? It's Denali, not McKinley.
>>2734338Yeah, Denali is the better name. Sounds cooler and literally means 'the tall one' vs. the name of a man who never even went to Alaska.
