ELEVATION: Vertical distance between the local surface of the Earth and global sea level. The local surface of the Earth will be either land or water surface. In other words, height on the ground.
Monday, June 19, 2017
Getting annoyingly technical
ALTITUDE: Vertical distance between an object and the local surface of the Earth. In other words, height in the air.
ELEVATION: Vertical distance between the local surface of the Earth and global sea level. The local surface of the Earth will be either land or water surface. In other words, height on the ground.
So, unless you're flying, you get elevation sickness, not altitude sickness. And I'm camped at an elevation of 11,215 feet. Yet I'm not suffering elevation sickness. I'm suffering a bout of pedantry.
ELEVATION: Vertical distance between the local surface of the Earth and global sea level. The local surface of the Earth will be either land or water surface. In other words, height on the ground.
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You're right, of course, but no one would understand me having elevation sickness. So, I guess I just have to jump up and down when suffering from altitude sickness. Unless I'm in an airplane being sick--I think that's called airsick, though. So where DO you get altitude sickness?
ReplyDeleteOh and I thought that was an intense fear of elevators
ReplyDeleteIt's where piedeotritons store their food, non perishables of course.
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