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I first saw "13,079" and didn't notice the "Km" I was going to call BS The maximum (in miles) is about 12,450.Hmm, made me look. 13,079 Km, which is 8126.91 miles. You win!
I first saw "13,079" and didn't notice the "Km" I was going to call BS The maximum (in miles) is about 12,450.Hmm, made me look. 13,079 Km, which is 8126.91 miles. You win!
I did not take a swim, not being prepared as I was on a day tour from Haifa, Israel high-tech town. But a couple of fellows in that tour took a dip, and remarked that the feeling was weird when they tried to swim. I regret now not getting wet myself.
PS. Wikipedia says that Dead Sea's water is almost 10x saltier than the ocean. The water density is 1.24 kg/l or 24% higher than pure water.
Wasn't driving from Y-S to Moscow (flew through Seoul, think). I did do a combo road-train trip from Vladivostok to Komsomolsk-on-Amur on another trip. That took two days as I recall. Very interesting trip both on the road (scary) and on the train (different).
South = Guam, 13 deg N lat
North = Barents Sea, 73 deg N lat
What I found weird was that when you started walking into the water, it felt like your feet had empty milk jugs tied to them; you could only walk out to less than knee deep before you had to sit down.You probably saw the fresh water showers right at the beach......used for flushing out one's eyes should the sea water get in them........can be quite painful I hear......me, I didn't try to swim, just floated around.
Been on the northern polar route many times in the air, but I was assuming we had to touch down.
it felt like your feet had empty milk jugs tied to them
Paradise Bay is pretty south, but I have that beat. I'm not sure where exactly Marc went on the peninsula but unless it was not any farther down than Lemaire Channel, I think I 'win'. Picture from the electronic scrapbook:
In the last few years, I've racked up a couple of "easternmost" locations.
West Quoddy Head State Park in Maine is the easternmost point in the USA. Nice (very old) lighthouse and some fun sea kayaking while I was there. That whole area is cool because of the incredible Bay of Fundy tides. The "West" in its name is confusing, but it's the western shore of the Quoddy Narrows, so actually appropriate.
+1. Highest and lowest points in contiguous USA so close together!Also, I forgot to mention that one of the things I find so fascinating about Death Valley is that it's only 85 miles from Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous USA.
I crossed the summer I turned 6. They blindfolded me, stood me up in front of everyone, and made me eat cold, stale, cooked spaghetti, which they told me was worms. I completely believed it, and what a dreadful experience! I honestly thought I had eaten a dozen or more cold, dead worms. Disgusting!Wow - so many folks haven't crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere! Watch out for King Neptune!
Kiss a fish!Wow - so many folks haven't crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere! Watch out for King Neptune!