2021-12-17, 09:01 PM
There’s been plenty of conspiracy theories about Whitney compared to White not to mention peaks in CO. The reality is the altitude difference between Whitney and White is so large that even a cellphone GPS can show you Whitney is clearly taller. Whitney’s official altitude has changed slightly over the years but this mostly has not had anything to do with surveys of Whitney changing but instead with the sea level datum changing due to improved models of mean sea level and the geoid. So in those small changes to the datum White’s elevation has changed right along with Whitney’s.
Candance’s point is much more interesting with peaks crossing the threshold from ranked to unranked since these are often minor peaks likely not super well surveyed and small changes crossing the 300 for threshold for ranking.
Candance’s point is much more interesting with peaks crossing the threshold from ranked to unranked since these are often minor peaks likely not super well surveyed and small changes crossing the 300 for threshold for ranking.