If you built it on top of Mt Cook it would be second highest. Still, you'd probably make a lot of money from running cablecars to the top. And/or guided mountaineering trips ($50K per go to get to the top of Mt Everest -- this way, it could all be done inside, in comfort, with 5-star hotel rooms at each "camp", and escalators). And put a great big wind turbine on top up in the jetstream to power the whole country.
Regretfully, the top of Mt Cook is a bit unstable, and you would likely end up with a 5000m long wreck below the Caroline Face.
If you built it on top of Mt Cook it would be second highest. Still, you'd probably make a lot of money from running cablecars to the top. And/or guided mountaineering trips ($50K per go to get to the top of Mt Everest -- this way, it could all be done inside, in comfort, with 5-star hotel rooms at each "camp", and escalators). And put a great big wind turbine on top up in the jetstream to power the whole country.
Regretfully, the top of Mt Cook is a bit unstable, and you would likely end up with a 5000m long wreck below the Caroline Face.
Yes, a 5,000m statue on top of Mt Cook would indeed be the most prominent feature in the world (with the possible exception of David Seymour's idiocy). Just not the highest.
A 5,000m statue in Wellington (as proposed by Bob Jones) would be the 7th most prominent, but there be a lot more than 12 mountains higher than it.
Indeed, the same distinction applies to Mr Morgan, being somewhat more prominent than he is high. Or tall.
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