Bob Burd wrote:Day Hiker wrote:What is the highest point in the contiguous United States? It's the stupid metal cap on the chimney on the Smithsonian Hut on Mount Whitney. This fact is rather irritating. Highpoints should be natural features.
Not true. It would probably have been dismantled by eco-terrorists if it were.
Bob, it’s true!. This “highest point” issue was debated several years ago over on the WPSMB. To resolve the debate, several of us took a construction bubble level and sighted off the highest rock and/or summit marker and in all cases the chimney is about a foot higher. BTW, since several of the lightning rods are also higher than the summit, the DESTROYER’S lightning bolt may not do much damage
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