[extropy-chat] Puzzle - Short Tale

[Alejandro Dubrovsky]

On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 07:21, natashavita at earthlink.net wrote:
> Can anyone answer this?
> 
> A monk wakes one morning and decides to climb the mountain next to his hut.
> He sets out right after dawn, follows the path to the top and arrives at
> the top of the mountain in the late afternoon.  He spends the night near
> the top of the mountain and descends along the same path the next day,
> leaving again right after dawn and arriving in the afternoon.  Question: 
> Is there a spot on the path where the monk is at the exact same time on the
> two days?  Prove your answer. 

Yes, he is at exactly the same time on top of the mountain at 24:00:00
of the first day, and 00:00:00 of the second day
alejandro