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AdClemson OP t1_ja8k5xk wrote

Everest is also far from being the fastest-growing mountain on our planet. The closest contender for the top spot is perhaps Nanga Parbat, a neighbour to Everest located in the Pakistani Himalayan range, which is 8,126m (26,660ft) tall and growing at 7mm (0.27in) per year. In 241,000 years it could overtake Everest to be the tallest mountain on Earth, provided rates of erosion don't change.

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jumpup t1_ja92p0d wrote

what if someone takes a shovel to the top, then it could be the highest next week

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fesakferrell t1_ja9dzgi wrote

Funnily enough they're trying to do that in India on a mountain, they're trying to build a cairn on top to overtake everest, but it keeps falling over.

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dplfk t1_jaeywa1 wrote

India's tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi??

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dmr11 t1_jab1ipf wrote

Or use a bunch of dynamite.

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geekgodzeus t1_jabvj5r wrote

Strangely though the translation of Nanga Parbat is Naked Mountain.

A grower and a shower.

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