Mount Everest, Infinitesimal Efforts & Infinite Possibilities
Which is the highest mountain in the world? Mount Everest? Which is the biggest desert in the world? Sahara? If you thought those were correct answers, you are wrong. Difficult to digest? You are not the only one. When I asked this question to people, almost everybody answered it as Mount Everest and Sahara. Some even showed books that say Mount Everest is the highest or tallest mountain and Sahara is the largest desert. The tech-savvy immediately took refuge in the web and got caught in it. I also got full marks for the same answer in my general knowledge tests in school. Both the answers are wrong. They are wrong by 1.36 kilometers in height and 5,000,000 square kilometers in area. Mount Everest is the highest point above “mean sea level.” It touches a height of 29,029 feet above mean sea level. It is the highest point on earth. It still does not mean it is the highest mountain in the world. Mauna Kea volcano, which stands a mere 13,800 feet a...