Magleving up Chimborazo

At 20,000 or 30,000 ft. the shuttle is going steeply upwards, but maybe they
don't know what they are doing and they just waste fuel. For maglev to be
useful, as a first stage I said, it wouldn't have to reach orbital velocity.
No rocket now reaches orbital velocity inside the atmosphere. Why make
assumptions that make going to orbit harder? And I think the answer is
"yes," but I wonder what others think? Jay Huebner