{"id":425,"date":"2017-07-27T17:04:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T15:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2024-04-01T22:09:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:09:33","slug":"chimborazo-haut-sommet-monde-equateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/chimborazo-haut-sommet-monde-equateur\/","title":{"rendered":"Pourquoi le Chimborazo est le plus haut sommet du monde ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tout le monde sait que l&#8217;Everest est le plus haut sommet du monde&#8221;, je vous entends d\u00e9j\u00e0 me crier cela. Alors oui je suis d&#8217;accord, avec ses 8 848m au dessus du niveau de la mer, le mont Everest est commun\u00e9ment appel\u00e9 &#8220;le toit du monde&#8221;. Sauf que dans la course infernale au plus haut sommet du monde, seul le niveau de la mer est pris en compte. Ce niveau de la mer a le monopole de la mesure d&#8217;altitude, \u00e9crasant ses concurrents mesurant l&#8217;altitude depuis la base et depuis le centre de la terre. Or si l&#8217;on prend ses deux derniers crit\u00e8res, l&#8217;Everest se retrouve loin derri\u00e8re, tr\u00e8s loin parfois. La chute du monstre de l&#8217;Himalaya est incontestable, je vais vous montrer pourquoi &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-425 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-1024x646.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-370x233.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-570x359.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-770x486.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne-920x580.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chimborazo-vigogne.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Commen\u00e7ons tout d&#8217;abord \u00e0 parler\u00a0du plus haut sommet du monde depuis sa base. En effet, si vous prenez la hauteur de l&#8217;Everest depuis la base il ne fait que 5 200m, une broutille. Le vainqueur de cette cat\u00e9gorie est incontestablement le Mauna Kea sur l&#8217;\u00eele d&#8217;Hawa\u00ef. Son altitude &#8220;officielle&#8221; est de 4 205m par rapport au niveau de la mer, mais si vous prenez cette altitude depuis sa base, situ\u00e9e sous la mer, ce volcan culmine \u00e0\u00a010 203m. La Mauna Kea surclasse, et de loin, le mont Everest qui finalement n&#8217;a rien d&#8217;exceptionnel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mais ce n&#8217;est pas tout, le lynchage de l&#8217;Everest n&#8217;est pas fini &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>En effet, comme vous le savez la terre n&#8217;est pas plate &#8230; et bien elle n&#8217;est pas ronde non plus. En effet, son rayon depuis le centre de la terre au niveau de l&#8217;\u00c9quateur est de 6 378 Km, alors que ce m\u00eame rayon pris du centre de la terre vers le p\u00f4le nord est de 6 356 Km. Au niveau de l&#8217;Everest ce rayon est de 6 374 Km, auquel il faut ajouter les 8 848m officiels de l&#8217;Everest. On obtient donc une altitude totale de 6 382 Km depuis le centre de la terre. Quand au Chimborazo, avec ses 6 300m d&#8217;altitude auquel on ajoute au 6 378 Km du rayon de la terre, on obtient 6 384,3 Km. Depuis le centre de la terre le Chimborazo est donc environ 2Km plus haut que l&#8217;Everest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CQFD<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-425 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-570x321.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-1170x659.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.incatrek-ecuador.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/volcan-chimborazo-1030x580.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Il est donc l&#8217;heure de remettre les choses en place. Le mont Everest, qui attire toute la lumi\u00e8re sur lui, est leader dans une seule cat\u00e9gorie de mesure, celle du niveau de la mer. Remettons de l&#8217;ordre dans la hi\u00e9rarchie mondiale des plus hauts sommets du monde. Laissons la place au Chimborazo et au Mauna Kea \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l&#8217;Everest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tout le monde sait que l&#8217;Everest est le plus haut sommet du monde&#8221;, je vous entends d\u00e9j\u00e0 me crier cela. 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