Rachel Maddow's 4/12 Moment of Geek: Moment of Fail?

[derby378]

Did anyone else watching TRMS tonight notice that her show got the Chinese and Nepalese estimates of Mt. Everest's height wrong - by 9,000 feet?!?

Anyone happen to get a still picture of the graphics Kent Jones was standing in front of?

[Suich]

1. I thought she kept saying 20,000 instead of 29,000.

Then when she didn't correct it, I thought it was just me!

:)

[derby378]

3. Me too

I was thinking, "No way! We're talking about using the sea level as baseline, right?"

Granted, there are a few seafloor mountains that, if measured from their base, would dwarf Mt. Everest - I think Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the reigning champ in terms of absolute height. But Everest is still the closest mountain to the great beyond, and at a whopping 29,035 feet above sea level (and growing), I don't think it's in much danger of losing that distinction soon.

[anigbrowl]

5. Well that would meam the error was over 9000 feet

And as we all know, over 9000 is pure unadulterated win.

[pinboy3niner]

2. No, didn't notice that

But she had a kick-ass segment on Obama diplomacy!

[derby378]

4. Yep, that she did

It made me giggle a little bit.

[Withywindle]

6. Yeah, I just saw that: they got it WRONG.

The graphics said 20,000 too.

[Suich]

7. LOL!

She just corrected herself...did you see it?



:)

[derby378]

8. I did - Moment of Eek!

Rachel handled it well. Good on her.

I appreciated learning about Chimborazo in Ecuador as well. I first learned about Chimborazo when I was a kid, but I think this is the first time I've heard about it since elementary school.