How far does Gandalf fall when fighting the Balrog in Khazad Dum?

In the extended edition of Fellowship of the Ring Gandalf fights the Balrog and then falls for about 70 seconds.

It takes about 12 seconds to reach terminal velocity: 0.5 * g * t^2 = 0.5 * 9.81 * 12^2 ~ 706m

The remaining 58 seconds Gandalf is at terminal velocity (not speeding up) of 53m/s which is v * t = 53 * 58 ~ 3074m. For a total of 3780 meters, or about 2.35 miles.

Pretty impressive free-fall considering they were ALREADY under ground.

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