SCUBAnauts International: Operation Deep Climb

This series of blog entries follows students’ experiences of Operation Deep Climb, the purpose of which was to “scale” Mauna Kea in Hawaii and document their observations. The bottom of Mauna Kea lies 4000 m below the sea surface, and the top lies at about 6000 m, making it 10 km high from bottom to top — arguably the tallest mountain on Earth. (For comparison, Mt. Everest reaches ~8500 m above sea level). Entries by students and discussion of the related science by Dr. LeMone are interspersed in this series.

Entries:

• 8 November 2007: Day 1: 11 October
• 15 November 2007: Day 2: 12 October
• 16 November 2007: Day 3: 13 October
• 19 November 2007: Day 4: 14 October: ODC Day 4, SNI Day 4
• 27 November 2007: ODC Day 5: 15 October
• 28 November 2007: SNI Day 5: 15 October
• 7 December 2007: SNI Day 6: 16 October, ODC Day 6: 16 October
• 7 December 2007: SNI Day 7: 17 October, ODC Day 7: 17 October
• 10 December 2007: ODC and SNI Day 8: 18 October
• 12 December 2007: ODC Day 12: 22 October, ODC Postscript