As tall as Everest

Late last night I finished reading the Scott Fischer biography "Mountain Madness", so coming across this item today is a little serendipitous. We all know that Mount Everest, at 29,035 feet (8,850m)above sea level, is the highest spot on our planet, unless we think about the word "highest" in a different way.
Think instead of the point on the planet closest to the moon and the stars. According to Issac Newton, the centrifugal force of the Earth's spin will result in a slight flattening at the poles and bulging at the equator, which would make the planet an "oblate spheroid," which means that anyone on the equator is already standing "higher," or closer to outer space, than people who aren't on the bulge.
Therefore the highest point of Earth is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador - a 20,577 foot (6,272m) peak sitting on top of the bulge, 1.5 miles higher than Everest. Mount Everest is lower down on that same bulge.
But remember that the tectonic plates are pushing Everest higher all the time.
And Scott's biography, it hasn't changed my opinions or perception of what happened, just confirmed that I'm not climbing Everest any time soon.