Red Mountain Dilemma

We skirt the foot creases of the red mountain. We prepared for this by modifying our stereoplotter to help us map its unique contour. One of us might ask why we can’t just lay a ruler against the red mountain edge, and walk it? Another in the party could easily reply that it’s impossible to climb a structure whose cartography, partially represented, is not this



but is, famously,



and a real setback for photogrammetrics. If hollowed out and its Outwardly Creased Folds reinforced, the thickness of red mountain might give satisfying entry to the aphid escaping a hungry Seven Spotted Ladybug.

Perhaps one of our party would raise The Objection Flag, asking why we don’t just knock it down. Lying flat it would then be scaleable, really, by just walking along it until we got to the top. Then we could just use the ruler, the old Roman Foot. Then, with Teamwork and somebody to eye it up, we could set it back up again before anybody noticed, stamp it, and take some pictures.