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Perhaps the second unit is "meters," as in, "climbed 3km onto the high polar plateau."
by robterrell 8y ago
Perhaps the second unit is "meters," as in, "climbed 3km onto the high polar plateau."
- InitialLastName 8y agoFor sure it is, and that one is almost reasonable, as meters tend to be used more than miles or km for elevation. The switch between miles and kilometers with no cause bothers me more than that.
- jdblair 8y agoBut there's no use of miles at all in the article. It uses kilometers for distance and meters for elevation.
- InitialLastName 8y ago> After the first week, we had only done a few miles...
- jdblair 8y agoOk, my bad.
- Thlom 8y agoIn Scandinavia at least we use mile for 10 km. Not sure how common it is elsewhere.
- crispyporkbites 8y agoAn imperial mile is 1.6km in the UK and USA
- jschwartzi 8y agoYeah, he's definitely talking elevation gain, which is always either in feet or meters. 3000 meters is a ton of gain in a single day. Some of the bigger peaks here in Washington might get you 2000 meters in a day. Rainer has significantly more gain but is not typically done in a single day. You'd never use km or miles for elevation gain. I really don't understand what the problem is.