My Colorado Challenge

[AV1611VET]

If the Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River, wouldn't you expect it to be widest at the top than at the bottom?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

If the Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River, wouldn't you expect it to be widest at the top than at the bottom?

But it is wide at the top.

 

[AV1611VET]

But it is wide at the top.

What's your point?

 

[Paul Finch]

If the Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River, wouldn't you expect it to be widest at the top than at the bottom?

It was formed in 5 minutes by the flood waters moving at over 600 MPH.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

What's your point?

That your challenge is null.

 

[Paul Finch]

What's your point?

Have you finally flipped AV?

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

It was formed in 5 minutes by the flood waters moving at over 600 MPH.

Including every meander?

 

[Aryeh Jay]

 

[AV1611VET]

It was formed in 5 minutes by the flood waters moving at over 600 MPH.

I disagree.

 

[AV1611VET]

That your challenge is null.

Why?

I'm just asking that, if it was formed by the Colorado River, wouldn't it be widest at the top?

Or, at the very least, wouldn't it be wider at the top than at the level of the river itself?

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

Why?

I'm just asking that, if it was formed by the Colorado River, wouldn't it be widest at the top?

Or, at the very least, wouldn't it be wider at the top than at the level of the river itself?

What do you mean by "the top"? Are you speaking of the headwaters of the Colorado River, or where the river meets the sea?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Why?

I'm just asking that, if it was formed by the Colorado River, wouldn't it be widest at the top?

Or, at the very least, wouldn't it be wider at the top than at the level of the river itself?

But it is wider at the top. Not by a huge margin, but the fact that people can actually walk down the sides of the canyon walls instead of having to abseil down shows that it is wider than the floor.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

What do you mean by "the top"? Are you speaking of the headwaters of the Colorado River, or where the river meets the sea?

I think he means the top of the canyon sides. Although once again his inability to properly explain things strikes again.

 

[AV1611VET]

What do you mean by "the top"?

6093 feet up from the riverbed.

Standing up there at the top, looking over the edge, way down there at the Colorado River.

Wouldn't you expect it to be wider up there, than down at the bottom?

I certainly would.

It's basic physics.

 

[Subduction Zone]

6093 feet up from the riverbed.

Standing up there at the top, looking over the edge, way down there at the Colorado River.

Wouldn't you expect it to be wider up there, than down at the bottom?

I certainly would.

It's basic physics.

It is wider at the top.

 

[AV1611VET]

But it is wider at the top.

Thank you.

I agree.

Next question:

If you pulled a bobby pin apart slightly, wouldn't it be wider at the top than at the bottom as well?

 

[AV1611VET]

I think he means the top of the canyon sides. Although once again his inability to properly explain things strikes again.

Ya ... it's basic physics.

That's why I'm struggling with it.

Albeit, I know what I'm getting at ... you guys don't.

Not yet, anyway.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Ya ... it's basic physics.

That's why I'm struggling with it.

Albeit, I know what I'm getting at ... you guys don't.

Not yet, anyway.

But the physics of a canyon are very different physics to a bobby pin.

 

[keith99]

Why?

I'm just asking that, if it was formed by the Colorado River, wouldn't it be widest at the top?

Or, at the very least, wouldn't it be wider at the top than at the level of the river itself?

It is. In fact it is by a huge amount. In many places there no dry land you can stand upon at the bottom and the rims on opposing sides are separated by over a mile.

 

[AV1611VET]

AV, you should be getting paid for this.

I am.

†100.00 per day for logging in.