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LOL You're always whiningEvery time you start a thread you think that gives you the right to dictate which way the ensuing discussion goes.
of course it does... if i start a thread about roses... and you post "yeah roses, shove 'em up your ass...nobhead"...
i'm gonna complain aren't i?
You never stop complaining, your poor missus must have terrible earache.
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you don't know my missus... and you should be a politician.. all you do is spout bile..... you wont answer a question ffs !!!You're always whining
of course it does... if i start a thread about roses... and you post "yeah roses, shove 'em up your ass...nobhead"...
i'm gonna complain aren't i?
You never stop complaining, your poor missus must have terrible earache.
That's a question???
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Alarm
doubt it!
You would probably get off on the thorns
You would probably get off on the thorns
Why all the fuss about a miniscule difference in the summit of Everest anyway? Size isn't everything. It's hardly going to go......
''What did you do at the weekend?''
''The missus and me climbed Mount Everest''
''Wow, what an amazing achievement, you must be really proud''
''Yes, well we didn't do the last 4 metres. It was all snow and ice, and the wife forgot her cardie''
''What, you didn't do the last 4 metres? You bull$h!tting, lightweight loser!''
Also, it's still 237 metres higher than second place K2. So no competition there.
And their windows are pricey too.
''What did you do at the weekend?''
''The missus and me climbed Mount Everest''
''Wow, what an amazing achievement, you must be really proud''
''Yes, well we didn't do the last 4 metres. It was all snow and ice, and the wife forgot her cardie''
''What, you didn't do the last 4 metres? You bull$h!tting, lightweight loser!''
Also, it's still 237 metres higher than second place K2. So no competition there.
And their windows are pricey too.
It's still not the tallest mountain on earth though.
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That would be Mauna Kea 
sooey said:
Just out of interest, what do you consider to be the tallest mountain and why? Are you measuring mountains from the centre of the planet?
In Mauna Kea's case they measure it from it's base under the ocean to it's summit. I know you could do that for any landmass, but Mauna Kea is a volcano, so it's more relevant.
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So you don't think a volcano is a mountain?? Wot a dhead.
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I take it you don't think a volcano is a mountain either. Words actually fail me.
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Volcanoes certainly are mountains - it's a standard geological definition.
They can be caused by the same orogenic (mountain building) events that cause mountain chains to be formed. i.e. tectonic convergence and plate subduction with either island arc creation (think Japan and New Zealand) or continental collision - either case is followed by magmatic diapirism and eventually eruption, tectonic divergence (Azores and other oceanic ridge landmasses) or mantle plume eruption (Hawaii and Iceland).
Traditionally, mountains are measured from sea level to summit to give their height relative to sea level but undersea mountains also exist (seamounts and guyots). Mauna Kea is a seamount caused by eruption of a mantle plume that has built above the surface of the sea and therefore technically, it's the largest mountain.
They can be caused by the same orogenic (mountain building) events that cause mountain chains to be formed. i.e. tectonic convergence and plate subduction with either island arc creation (think Japan and New Zealand) or continental collision - either case is followed by magmatic diapirism and eventually eruption, tectonic divergence (Azores and other oceanic ridge landmasses) or mantle plume eruption (Hawaii and Iceland).
Traditionally, mountains are measured from sea level to summit to give their height relative to sea level but undersea mountains also exist (seamounts and guyots). Mauna Kea is a seamount caused by eruption of a mantle plume that has built above the surface of the sea and therefore technically, it's the largest mountain.
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