Mountaineering

[magpie]

i know that everest is the tallest but which is the longest climb from base camp to peak thanks

[Old_Geezer]

Doesn't tallest mean longest climb from base to peak ? Or are we talking time taken ?

According to QI it isn't the tallest. There's something under the ocean that is IIRC.

[magpie]

old_geezer not necessarily the surround to everest maybe of a higher altitude in relation to this mountain making the climb shorter

[Buenchico]

Most mountains don't have a fixed base camp (as Everest effectively does, simply through the large number of climbers who start from there).

So, for example, one group of climbers ascending K2 might set up their base camp at a certain elevation on one side of the mountain whereas a different group of climbers might set up their own base camp at a different elevation on the other side of the mountain. Other climbers, tackling the same mountain, might not even have a distinct 'base camp' at all, so I can't see how there can ever be any definitive answer to your question.

[wildwood]

Mauna loa is the tallest 'mountain' but a large part is below the sea.

Doesn't a base camp also mean where the climbers stop overnight, so could be any hight?