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a slow-motion collision frozen mid-shrug, daring you to call it scenery
means A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising steeply above its surroundings, much higher than a hill.
from From Old French montaigne, rooted in Latin mons, montem ("mountain"), itself tied to a Proto-Indo-European base meaning to jut or project — the same upward impulse that gives us "prominent" and "eminent." In other words, the word has always been about something sticking up and refusing to be ignored.
- still growing
- Everest gains a few millimeters yearly as plates push
- summit fish
- Everest's peak holds marine fossils from an ancient seabed
- weather maker
- Big ranges generate their own storms and shadows
- death zone
- Above 8,000m, your body literally starts dying
- taller exists
- Mauna Kea beats Everest measured from its base
mount everest — highest peak on earth at 29,032 feet, located in the himalayas between nepal and tibet
k2 — second highest mountain at 28,251 feet, known as the 'savage mountain' with one death for every four summits
kilimanjaro — highest mountain in africa at 19,341 feet, located in tanzania with snow at the equator
denali — tallest mountain in north america at 20,310 feet, located in alaska