Digging my way to China

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:dubious: Here’s one that will not leave me alone! Someone help me, please! Suspend your knowledge of geology, etc, for just a moment.

If I were digging my way to China and started in my back yard garden with a shovel, would I emerge feet first or head first? If I emerged in Bejing head first, at what point in the planet did I turn around from feet first, the way I started?

Someone please straighten this out for me!

bill in utah

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Is this supposed to be a joke?

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Dunno if it’s supposed to be a joke, but it’s certainly not a Great Debate.

Here’s the answer to your hypothetical question: you’d turn around at the center of the Earth.

With that answered, I’m closing this thread.

David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator

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