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now that's what I call a big wall....

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff

In the subsection about 'notable cliffs', it claims there is an 8000m drop in only about 4km horizontal distance in the Kermadec trench- might need some pretty specialist bivvy equipment though. ...

Can that possibly be correct? I haven't been able to find that claim made anywhere else and there is no reference. If it is, that's a hell of a cliff. ..!
 0153453 15 Sep 2016
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

I'm pretty sure that's underwater, one of the deepest parts of the ocean. I stand to be corrected though.

Matt
 Michael Gordon 15 Sep 2016
In reply to 0153453:

Hence the "might need some pretty specialist bivvy equipment". Sounds like a mean cliff on Hawaii though!
 Simon4 15 Sep 2016
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

"The highest cliff in the solar system may be Verona Rupes, an approximately 20 km (12 mi) high fault scarp on Miranda, a moon of Uranus"

So who will do the FWA?
In reply to Simon4:

whoever it is, they're bound to face criticism from the ethics police over their use of supplementary oxygen...
 Simon4 15 Sep 2016
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:
Obviously, though NON supplementary oxygen might be a bit thin on the ground there. Or rather thin on the non-ground.

"Verona Rupes" sounds like something you would have a high risk of getting one or several STDs from, quite apart from other objective dangers. It must have been given as a joke name, rather like the UK climbing team who wanted to name a mountain in Canada "Mount Norah Batty". Only to be told by rather snooty Canadians that they did not approve of mountains being named after British politicians.

Perhaps Verona Rupes could be approached by the spaceship "Boaty McSpaceship"
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In reply to Simon4:

mount norah batty would have been priceless... are there any examples where the climbers have successfully got a good name in, without the authorities realising (or just going along with it as they appreciated the humour...)?
 d_b 15 Sep 2016
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

There's a Rum Doodle in Antarctica if that counts.
 SenzuBean 15 Sep 2016
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

How about this one for cool: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbnail_(cliff)

1350m high sea cliff!
In reply to davidbeynon:

> There's a Rum Doodle in Antarctica if that counts.

yes- though i was thinking more of whether someone had managed to get through a Mt Basil Fawlty, or something like that...

In reply to SenzuBean:

that would be quite something to see- and these polar cliffs often continue under sea level, to mind boggling depths- eg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelton_Inlet

nearly 2000m deep!

i think they are much better candidates for the greatest change in relief over a short distance, when the fiord wall above and below the sea level are added together- overall i just dont believe wikipedia that the kermadec trench has a cliff 26000ft high in it...
Lusk 15 Sep 2016
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

"now that's what I call a big wall...."

As the Mexican said to his mate as they approached the US border.

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