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RosieG

If a human could theortically go from the deepest place on earth to the highest what would happen to his/her body?

Deepest place is the Mariana Trench  at 36,070 feet  below sea level

Highest place depends on your definition

Mt. Everest is  29,035 feet above sea level but it sits lower on the equatorial bulge than does Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo in the Andes which is 20,549 feet above sea level but sits higher on that bulge so that it is farthest away from the Earth's core...closer to the moon than Everest.

Posted - June 14, 2017
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  • 16764
    If your body was exposed to the conditions at either extreme, you'd die. At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the water pressure would crush you into macadam. At the top of Chimborazo or Everest, you'd suffocate - the air pressure isn't low enough to cause haemorrhages but it has too low partial pressure of oxygen for the human lung.
    Humans have explored both, but protected - by submarines in the depths, wearing breathing gear on the heights.
      June 14, 2017 4:25 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Being sufficiently protected on both ends could a human body endure the vast differences in one day or week or however long it would take Sbf? Thank you for your helpful answer and Happy Thursday! :)
      June 15, 2017 3:00 AM MDT
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