The Story of Mountains

Aconcagua Africa Alaska Alpine Alps altitude America ancient Appalachians areas ascent Asia avalanches beneath Bradford Washburn called Caucasus cliff climb clouds coast continent crags crater crest crustal depth earth crust earthquake Edward Whymper elevation Eric Shipton eruption Everest expedition F. S. Smythe flanks geologists giant glacial glaciers global crust globe gorges granite heat height Himalayas Hindu Kush hundred feet hundred miles island Kangchenjunga Karakorums lakes lava loftier lofty lowlands mass Matterhorn Mauna molten moun Mount Mount Logan mountain ranges Muztagh Muztagh Ata Nanga Parbat native nearly neighboring North observed ocean once Pacific Paleozoic party pinnacle plateau porters precipices pressure rears region ridges rising rivers rock Rockies sheer Siniolchu slopes snow line snowy square miles steep streams summit surface tain temperature thousand feet high Tibet Tibetan Tien Shan towering twenty thousand upward valleys vast Vesuvius volcanoes walls waves Whymper winds wrote