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Might as well lift a jeep 1m from the peak of Mt. Everest, drive 1m to the peak and claim the record. Not as impressive as it sounds.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 10:41AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
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Nice job Jeep.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:16AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/Apr 3rd 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
ProudJa..... You really are a clown. I remember a few years back, Car and Driver doing a comparison test of six off-road vehicles somewhere in the mid-western US. There was this rather challenging hill climb. All but the 4-Runner made it over the hill, the Land Rover Discovery had to go back and tow the 4-Runner over the hill.

Now, I'm not an off-roader, but that was the day that the 4-Runner became a vehicle that I would never own.

I've always been a closet fan of the CJs and Wranglers. Now that there's the 4dr, this is definately a possibility.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
Overall though, the 4x4 world has been relegated to unibody awd station wagons.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/Apr 3rd 2007 11:39AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
Oh and suzuki samurai showing the big boys how it's done.
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/samurai/1/7acfe1fe-1668-49f7-a131-97fd4c44eed3.htm]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
6,646m above sea level is getting towards Mt. Everest territory. I doubt this jeep climbed all the way from the sea level. It probably started climbing like 500-700m below the actual tip of the volcano from the look of that picture.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
Sure, Jeep isn't the best there is at everything, but that is still impressive for anything.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
Due to its location near the Atacama desert, the mountain has very dry conditions with snow only remaining on the peak during winter. The ascent is mostly a hike except for the final section to the summit which is a difficult scramble that may require ropes. The first ascent was made in 1937 by Jan Alfred Szczepański and Justyn Wojsznis, members of a Polish andinist expedition."

There are slight variations in the given elevation. The elevation given on this page is the official Chilean elevation. Recent hand held GPS surveys put it at 6,900-6,905 metres. A high precision survey began on March 2007. Contrary to widely reproduced claims made by Argentine authorities in 1994, which still appear in some maps, publications and websites, Ojos del Salado is about 100 metres higher than nearby Monte Pissis (6,795 metres).

In 1989, using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, Francesco Santon from the University of Padua in Italy surveyed both Aconcagua and Ojos del Salado with the help of his colleagues from Padua, the Argentine Institute of Glaciology and Nivology, and Argentine mountaineers. Ojos del Salado was determined to be 6,900 metres (22,637 ft) above the sea level, and Aconcagua was determined to be 6,962 metres (22,841 ft) above sea level, with a possible error of plus/minus five metres. These elevations have been subsequently supported by SRTM data and many more GPS readings.

A claim in Andes magazine in 2006 that Ojos del Salado may be higher than Aconcagua is based wholly on older surveys that used inaccurate methods. The results of these older surveys assigned Ojos del Salado an elevation of 7,057 metres (23,153 ft), nearly 100 metres higher than Aconcagua. In fact, as early as 1955, an estimate was made that the elevation of Ojos del Salado was 7,100 metres, but that was "simply an estimate based on the altitude of the final camp, and the hours of ascent to the summit."[3] However, in 2007, a Chilean-European expedition will climb Ojos del Salado with more accurate instruments and perform a precise survey.




The peak itself is 3688 meters or 12,100 feet. so, this was a five day, 12,100 ft climb. ProudJap, back off it already, admit you are wrong and go stand in the corner.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/Atacama dessert.
Your Highland couldnt claim the anthill

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=910169]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/Apr 3rd 2007 12:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
@Mike: so according to your calculations the jeep climbed only 3688m and not the record breaking 6646 claimed in the article?

I just want to know the actual height climbed by the jeep and not the height above sea level attained.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/Apr 3rd 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/Apr 3rd 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/
The engine is like, Turbo, turbo!]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/03/jeep-wrangler-gets-high-sets-record/Even your pathetic Camry can make the first 3000m]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:47PM