Future crazy plan: the 7summits of Mars

[7summits]

According to this article there are now officially '7 summits' on Mars!

They were named in honour of the 7 astronauts that were killed.

There may be plenty of chances to find more. After skirting Bonneville's rim, Spirit will head for the so-called Columbia Hills, about 1.5 miles to the east. Seven summits there are named for the seven astronauts who died in the space shuttle disaster in February 2003.

I guess Olympus Mons (27,000m) is not among them as it already had a name, so I think I won't bother climbing them 

[trunl]

i thought all measurments were done from sea level. but on mars, there is no sea, so where are they measuring from??

trunl

[7summits]

Very good question! I have no idea actually, probably most of the surface is not covered with mountains and they regard that as sealevel?!?

Any martians in the house?
 

[trunl]

all measurments are probably done from a low point on the ground. that is most likely why the measurments are so high.


trunl

[trunl]

i found this book on amazon.com i forget the name of it, but it is all about how futuristic expeditions on other planets. anyone know the name??

trunl

[trunl]

found it. it is called 'Higher than Everest.'

trunl

[MoT]

Sounds interesting - I'd like to see the first person to climb them without supplemental oxygen          

Hee hee hee...

(I'll now hang my head in shame)

[7summits]

Sounds interesting - I'd like to see the first person to climb them without supplemental oxygen          

Hee hee hee...

(I'll now hang my head in shame)

hehehe, just hope they don't see you first or you might serve as an Irish lunch 

[MoT]

Ah now Harry, you should know better than to mention lunch to me! You saw what happened last time 

[Daisy]

MoT are you in Ireland? I really need a climbing partner....I'm a bit of a beginner so I'll understand if you can't

[MoT]

I am indeed! Where are you based? I'm in the Weshhhht (Galway).

[Andreas]

i thought all measurments were done from sea level. but on mars, there is no sea, so where are they measuring from??

trunl

I`ve heard that they meassuring them due to the average height of the total Mars surface.

Here are some picture of Olympus Mons, http://www.astro.uio.no/ita/nyheter/marsexpress_0104/bilder_marsexpress_050804.html with the crater in the middle it reminds me of Kilimanjaro