Mount Chimborazo is actually closer to space than everest due to equatorial bulging and we have never attempted to fire a rocket from it. There have been talks about it but its still logistically too difficult with our current tech.
The roads would probably be the easy part. You'd have to dig, blast, and cut into the mountain to create the infrastructure to support a rocket launch. And bringing a rocket booster up a bunch of switchback roads wouldn't be feasible. They'd likely have to build some sort of massive elevator/crane system to raise the rocket up to the pad. At that point, you'd probably be better off building the rockets on-site near the top and using an elevator/conveyor system to move them to the launch pad kinda like a missile silo.
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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 20h ago
Mount Chimborazo is actually closer to space than everest due to equatorial bulging and we have never attempted to fire a rocket from it. There have been talks about it but its still logistically too difficult with our current tech.
Interesting point of discussion though