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Time does exist. It is one of the four dimensions of our universe, every bit as real as the three spatial dimensions — and treated exactly the same in Lorentz transformations. If time doesn’t really exist, then neither does space.How we perceive time, as distinct from how time really is, is the same sort of philosophical question as whether the underlying reality of space, matter and energy are really as we perceive them. It is like Plato’s allegory of the cave: we have no way of knowing. We simply need to work with our senses, not because they are reliable but because they are the only filter through which we perceive external reality (if it even exists).We perceive time in three distinct ways. We perceive the past as memories; the present as sensation and thought; and the future as anticipation and prediction. But this perception is not necessarily an accurate portrayal of underlying reality.What about simultaneity? Once we have a theory of mind, we assume that we are one of a cloud of conscious beings, all drifting through time in parallel and at the same speed. But we have no reason to think (and no way to test) if my “now” is the same instant as your “now.” And like relativity, there in fact may be no reality to the idea of “now” or simultaneity.What is change, then? All of space-time simply exists. There is no change; each state of the universe exists as a separate time slice of the four-dimensional reality. Concepts such as today, yesterday, tomorrow, change and causality are simply our perceptions. Consider these metaphors:You are a tunneler going through different rock layers. You encounter a new type of rock and say the ground has changed; but in fact it is you who have moved through the rock into another layer. None of the layers has changed a bit.You are on a long road trip, and passed the Grand Canyon yesterday. In your mind, yesterday and the Grand Canyon are tightly connected. But the reality is that the Grand Canyon exists today; it just isn’t in the scope of your current senses. It resides in your memories. The essence of the four-dimensional static reality model is that both the Grand Canyon and yesterday exist independently, but in a different place from your consciousness.

one flight of stairs typically equals ten to twelve vertical feet.How Many Steps Make A Floor?—And Other Stair Climbing QuestionsI read that Fitbit watches recognise one flight ascended after it’s taken up 10 feet or 3.048 metres. That’s what I’m going to call the height of a flight for this answer’s purpose.There are different elevation changes depending on where you are in the Grand Canyon. For simplicities sake, since Grand Canyon Village on the south rim attracts the most visitors:Elevation of Grand Canyon South Rim is 6958.62 feet or 2120.99 meters and the elevation of Colorado River is 1341.2 feet or 408.8 meters, which is a difference of 5617.42 feet or 1712.19 meters.Elevation from Grand Canyon South Rim to Colorado RiverI don’t know where the above measurement was taken from but the National Park Service says:Bright Angel Trail Elevation change from river to south rim is 4460 ft (1360 m) 446 flightsSouth Kaibab Trail Elevation change from river to south rim is 4860 ft (1480 m) 486 flightsNorth Kaibab Trail, river to north rim, is 5850 ft (1780 m) 585 flightsBackcountry Trail Distances - Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service)Question answered, you can stop here.Google Earth image. The South Kaibab Trail begins just to the right of Yaki Point, for descent; 1,480 m. There is mild elevation gain walking upstream 2.7 km to base of Bright Angel Trail, photo at bottom. I’ve never done that zig zaggy trail on the far side, that looks like a lot of up and down, but it’s flat on the near bank between the black and the silver bridge, then climbs to the start up Bright Angel.Landings are required on interior US stairways every 3.65 m. This is a major pain if you’re trying to train for a Canyon ascent or for a mountain. All those turns, typically in the same direction will wear down your shoes and your attitude quickly. When I was racing, and at university, I trained here:This Day In Wyoming History - Ground Breaks For War Memorial StadiumFewer turns means more stairs at a stretch. This is a 6.5 hour drive from home, however. My office gave me a fairly static assignment all last winter. Except for four days, all winter long seven days a week I sat behind the wheel or loaded and unloaded skis and boards. Thus, I was in poor cardiovascular condition when hiking only to Plateau Point down Bright Angel Trail and back up; it beat me up whereas three and two years earlier I flew down S. Kaibab to the river and up Bright Angel in 7 and 7.5 hours, respectively. If the college group I chaperone does not elect to go rim to river to rim, I hope to do it alone this April. Warning, the park service does not recommend this; they advise against attempting it:17 April, 2017I plan to get an early start. Even so, I hope to be in better shape for it. The 16 tiers of Jackson’s high school grandstand isn’t going to cut it.If I lived in New York City, and was willing pay the entrance fee and dodge tourists, the Empire State Building would be good training: 381 m, (443.2 m to tip); 86 flights according to The Empire State Building Run-Up Presented by Turkish Airlines Powered by the Challenged Athletes Foundation. 5 and 1/5 trips would equal Bright Angel. Or, if or near Phoenix, there’s Camelback Mountain above Scottsdale, Arizona; five trips would do it and cost nothing:7 April, 2017One trip up the Grand Teton with its elevation change from the west of 2,138 m/7,015 feet would equal 5.6 Empire State Buildings, not counting the aerial. Slight problem, there is a great deal of snow plus technical pitches in winter conditions, I think not.Below, High School Butte is more bite sized. However, everything above the trees you see on the left side of the hill is closed for nature conservancy. Similarly but only in the winter, the high hills above my house are closed for wildlife range.11 November, 2019Still, it’s 122 metres up to the fence; 11 trips will equal Colorado River to South Rim via Bright Angel. I may choose this, covered by snow but tracked by other hill climbers:Switchbacks make High School Butte bettersince this, below, is closed to uphill travel and the smaller ski hill above Jackson charges $ for it.11 November, 2019 Rendezvous Mountain 1,262 mAnother thing to consider which makes hiking/running Grand Canyon a more challenging adventure than just overcoming the elevation change is all the uneven terrain. In photo below, the upper Bright Angel looks pretty benign.8 April, 2019But there are many irregularities in the trail calling for a lot more effort than I’ll experience on 14 trips up High School Butte.18 April, 2016I’ll let you all know how it turns out.Google Earth image Bright Angel Trail 1,360 mBtw, you can see the end of the Plateau Point Trail to the right of the subcanyon in which the Bright Angel Trail goes to the river. All those switchbacks to the left of the trail to the point are called “The Devil’s Corkscrew.”

No “prestigious” university or academic institute is going to provide geological evidence for a global flood occurring at any time since human habitation, because the evidence does not exist. On that score, you don’t get links to universities or academic institutions that do not provide the evidence you may be seeking. There are institutes like The Institute for Creation Research, but this is far from prestigious (outside creationists) and does not have academic standing.David R. Montgomery, a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, is a leader in the study of geological topography. In The Rocks Don’t Lie, he demonstrates the impossibility of a global flood as portrayed in the Bible and describes first-hand evidence of how the forces that have shaped Earth run counter to some significant religious beliefs. hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/ reviews the book. Pages 15–16 “Describes his trip to Grand Canyon and his hike out of the Canyon”:p15 Describes flipping through book in GC gift shop "Grand Canyon: A Different View" which followed the one-year global flood line. "I was puzzled that the authors did not try to explain how a mile-high stack of saturated sediment remained standing without slumping into the growing chasm - or how all the loose sand and clay later turned into solid rock."p16 "There was no explanation for the multiple alternating layers of different rock types, the erosional gaps in the rock sequence that spoke of ages of lost time, or the remarkable order to the various fossils in the canyon walls."Montgomery acknowledges there are marine fossils high on Mt. Everest and discusses their formation.