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IcerocketWhat Would You Do With Your Mountain Fortress?
Posted 09.27.2006 at 3:26 pm
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Hollowed-out mountains are good for so many things. They can house strategic military bases. They can store toxic waste. And if you’re truly evil, you have the option of carving it into the shape of a skull, making it your secret headquarters, or periodically host kung-fu tournaments there. Or, you know, all three.
The Norwegians are hoping to use their hollowed-out mountains for the altruistic, though ominously named, Doomsday Vault. The vault will be a depository of seeds of all the known varieties of the world’s crops, just in case anything goes down. NASA, on the other hand, recently announced that they'll be upping the speed on the whole hollowed-out-mountain game by harnessing the naturally occurring hollow lava tubes on the moon as a library. Information could be stored on computers housed in these lava tubes and sent by satellite. At least it’s good to know that if one day NORAD happens to unleash its missiles or a kung-fu tournament on Skull Island goes horribly awry, all our seeds and back issues of PopSci will be safe.
What would you do with a hollowed-out mountain? Let us know in the comments section below. Me, I’d make a gigantic bounce house. And host a kung-fu tournament. —Dan Smith
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1 out of 1 people found this comment helpfulI'd stock pile all the worlds pornography...... Dont know if they make mountains that big though ......
Diaper Gravey Boy .....
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulGiant Lasertag Arena!
1 out of 1 people found this comment helpfulthat would be my house.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfuli would also use it as a giant indoor paintball arena, and charge for admission.
I would keep the "Genesis Device" in it, so that if some global catastrophe occured that wiped out all life, the device could bring life back to our planet.
Oh and I'd have an old Apple II in there and someone would have to enter the numbers 4815162342 in it every 108 minutes...
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulIf I had a hollowed-out mountain, I'd use it to store all my excess rocks and sand and junk. Then, for Halloween, I'd grow a mustache and throw a killer party in there. I'd have to relocate the rocks first, though.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulWow, my own underground fortress hmm? Well the first thing is, heating / cooling would no longer be a problem, there would be a stable temperature at all times, that's pretty nice.
I think that if the "fortress" were large enough, I'd have a living quarters, but then I would dedicate the rest to areas of art, science, research, and exercise.
Of course, a giant, underground theatre with surround sound loud enough to move the mountain would be nice.
Hm.. Maybe a giant shop dedicated to automotive tinkering.
I mean, just because it's underground why does it have to be something out of the ordinary? :)
Ever since I was like 10 I wanted an underground home, still do!
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulBuild the worlds largest indoor water slide... with a jacuzi.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulI'd paint it red and not let anyone in and everyone would get curious/jealous at my mountain of mystery and break in and when they did they would find me probably taking a nap on the floor with nothing but a blanket and they would wake me up and ask, "THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE HIDING FROM US?!" and I'd say, "It was my surprise for all of you. Shame on you all for being so rude!" and everyone would just kind of look at eachother and timidly apologize.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulStockpile nuclear weapons, epidemic pathogens, CFC's, Kung-fu equipment, bad luck, Apple computers, American automobiles, rap music, and republicans. When the world goes to hell, we can open the Doomsday Vault and rebuild; then tear it all down with this vault and start this cycle all over again.
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