Mount Chimborazo

This is the true pleasure of your 'rural voluptuary,' -- not to remain awe-stricken before a Mount Chimborazo; not to sit deafened over the big drum in the orchestra, but day by day to teach himself some new beauty -- to experience some new vague and tranquil sensation that has before evaded him.

Essays of Travel Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Thanks to the curvature of the planet, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth.

Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2010

Mount Chimborazo, at just over 20,500 feet, gets a step-stool boost from the Earth's equatorial bulge, which pushes the mountain an extra few miles into space and farther from the center of the planet.

chicagotribune.com - News 2010

Mount Chimborazo, at just over 20,500 feet, gets a step-stool boost from the Earth's equatorial bulge, which pushes the mountain an extra few miles into space and farther from the center of the planet.

chicagotribune.com - News 2010

Thanks to the curvature of the planet, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth.

Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2010

Thanks to the curvature of the planet, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth.

Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2010

Thanks to the curvature of the planet, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth.

Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2010

Mount Chimborazo (6,310-m above sea level) is considered to be the most distant point from the center of the earth, given the Climate

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Thanks to the curvature of the planet, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth.

Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2010

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth

Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2010