{"id":121193,"date":"2023-11-15T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121193"},"modified":"2023-11-15T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:00:12","slug":"the-beautiful-mountain-much-taller-than-everest-that-youve-never-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/the-beautiful-mountain-much-taller-than-everest-that-youve-never-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"The beautiful mountain much taller than Everest that youve never heard of"},"content":{"rendered":"

China Telecom broadcast images of Mount Everest via 5G <\/h3>\n

If there’s one thing that everyone is almost certain they know, it’s that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.<\/p>\n

Located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas, it has become a popular trekking region despite the risks and dangers associated with it.<\/p>\n

At least 322 people have died on the mountain since records began in 1922, an average of 4.4 deaths per year, signalling that Everest is the mountain of mountains.<\/p>\n

Yet, there is one mountain that potentially poses an even greater risk than Everest and one that is technically even bigger.<\/p>\n

You’ll likely never heard of the Ecuadorian volcano Mount Chimborazo, but it dwarfs its Nepalese brother by a country mile.<\/p>\n

READ MORE <\/strong> \u2018I had my records taken away because I was five metres short of one summit\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A stratovolcano located in the impressive Andes mountains range, Chimborazo looms over everything in its vicinity.<\/p>\n

It is so big that on a clear day, you can spot it all the way from the large port city of Guayaquil some 90 miles away.<\/p>\n

While Chimborazo is Ecuador’s highest point, it is far from the highest peak in the Andes.<\/p>\n

There are far more breathtaking mountains across the South American continent, many of which are situated farther south, in Chile and Argentina.<\/p>\n

So how, then, is Chimborazo the highest mountain on Earth?<\/p>\n

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