In my world the mountain would have been there before I arrived, it
may be (I hope this is not true) you are in a simulated one where
after one's feet are planted the mountain appears. My natural time
constant is significantly shorter than that one associated with
mountains growing.

On the other hand, if you were talking about psychological stability,
well, I do get a discount, I'm married to a shrink!

And, by the way, I am a genuine instrument rated pilot, so if I have
access to an AH, I do know which way is up.



On Feb 17, 8:52 pm, Jose wrote:
Someone paying attention would have (in fact, SHOULD HAVE) flamed me
for that remark. If we treat this as a two body problem -- earth and
mountain -- if one were standing in the mutual gravitational fields,
that person would in fact been seen to be leaning AWAY from the
mountain so as to be aligned with the local gravity vector.

Sorry, boys and girls, even gurus make errors from time to time.

Depends whether we are considering you to be in the steady state
condition (where you would lean away from the peak), or are unstable
(where you start out vertical, and the mountain pulls on you while your
feet remain planted).

Guess which one the general consensus is.

Jose
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