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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 growingEverest gains a few millimeters yearly as plates push
summit fishEverest's peak holds marine fossils from an ancient seabed
weather makerBig ranges generate their own storms and shadows
death zoneAbove 8,000m, your body literally starts dying
taller existsMauna Kea beats Everest measured from its base