To someone alive in the 18th century, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador was the tallest mountain on Earth.

对 18 世纪的人来说，厄瓜多尔的钦博拉索山是地球上最高的山。

The authorities said the climbers were at an altitude of around 6,000 meters on Chimborazo, Ecuador's highest peak.

当局表示，登山者当时在厄瓜多尔最高峰钦博拉索海拔约6000米的地方。

So if you climbed Chimborazo, you'd actually be closer to the stars than anywhere else on Earth.

所以如果你爬上钦博拉索山，你实际上会比地球上任何地方都更接近星星。

The maximum distance from Earth's center is actually Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo.

距离地球中心的最大距离实际上是厄瓜多尔的钦博拉索山。

The summit of Chimborazo is more than two kilometers farther from the center of the Earth than Everest's peak is, even though it's two and a half kilometers shorter, according to sea level.

钦博拉索山离地球中心比珠穆朗玛峰远两公里多，尽管从海平面开始计算，它比珠穆朗玛峰矮两公里半。