Olympus Mons is a mountain of mystery. Taller than three Mount Everests and about as wide as the entire Hawaiian Island chain, this giant volcano is nearly as flat as a pancake. That is, its flanks typically only slope 2° to 5°.
Another image here from the late Mars Global Surveyor.
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-- would like to go here some day
And the thing about Mars is that being on top of a huge mountain wouldn't really be that much more inhospitable than being anywhere else on the planet.
I think cosmic radiation might be significantly more intense up there. Not that it's not dangerous even at "sea" level...
Yeah, I suppose you might have to throw an extra layer of protection over your space suit...
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