160,000+ km
Monday, April 30th, 2007That’s it, I’ve done it! I’ve taken my car four times around the globe. Yes, I rounded some numbers (earth’s circumference: meridional = 40,008 km, equatorial = 40,075 km), deal with it.
I’m the first owner of the Tercel I currently drive, and today it turned 160,000+ clicks. I only wish that the distance I put on it had been completed on trips as exciting as the one around the earth promises to be. Sure, oceans might be a bit of an issue, but if you’re thinking about those, you’re missing my point.
In case you’re still pondering the earth circumference thing, the earth is not round but a geoid. As the earth rotates at a high velocity it creates an equatorial bulge, increasing the earth’s equatorial circumference by roughly 67 km. Want to know something else? Despite the fact that Mt. Everest is credited as being the tallest mountain on earth, the peek of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador takes the cake for being farthest away from the earth’s centre.