and kept on thinking. From my early childhood‚ I loved mountains. When I was taken to the Yellowstone National Park by my parents for the first time‚ I was literally shocked by the greatness of nature and the amazing feeling of freedom and height. Since that time‚ I kept on visiting Yellowstone annually; I have also traveled to several mountainous regions of the US and Europe. Every time I was walking up or standing on the top of a mountain‚ I wondered: do people living in such places have the same
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would have been fifteen but our tire popped on the way there. We got it fixed‚ and kept on moving. The closer we got to the mountains weird things started to happen. Our soda cans and potato chip bags began to pop. We were so high up that the air pressure made everything explode. And the closer we got the better we could see the mountains‚ because from far away all the mountains looked like hills. But as we got closer you could start to see the snow at the top of them.
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apply to hiking‚ however. Working hard in school and other activities always ends well. I like it because it shows how the beginning may be the hardest segment‚ but it will always lead to an excellent reward. The second sentence explains how the mountains should tower into
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Sana’a is one of Yemen’s governates; it is situated at the center of the Yemeni plateau between two mountains in the Sana’a Basin. These mountains are the Nuqum and Ayban Mountains‚ and are on a height 2200 meters above sea level. Sana’a has a bright sun throughout the year except for a few weeks in the summer and spring‚ which are often cloudy. Generally‚ it is wonderfully fresh and moderate in summer and cold in winter. All districts and outskirts of Sana’a are mountainous. Sana’a is considered
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1) Yesterday‚ I decided to get on a plane and take a trip. I found myself in a wonderful place. One of the most amazing things I saw was a huge white building that looks like a palace -- but it’s really a tomb for a dead woman! Seems when the man’s wife died‚ he was so upset he wanted to build her the most beautiful tomb in the world. The architect who designed it was "rewarded" by having his eyes pulled out! (Some people say his hands were crushed too.) Whatever really happened‚ it was done so the
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In the book “Within Reach: My Everest Story” by Mark Pfetzer‚ the reader follows Mark throughout his journey to becoming a mountain climber. He overcomes a series of obstacles‚ and takes us step by step to reveal his lifelong dream‚ climbing Mt. Everest. In the movie “Into Thin Air”‚ based on the book by Jon Krakauer‚ a group of guides‚ sherpas‚ and climbers take on the challenge of conquering Mt. Everest. In this movie we don’t get to see the preparation that we did when reading “My Everest Story”
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giving myself to my bicycle. I concentrated solely upon on ‘Jeju island’‚ which came through my five senses. It just happened somehow: bicycle trip to Jeju island. I am a person who think riding bicycles as part of my life. When I dash down the mountain path‚ my body interacts with the earth through the wheels. When I pedal hard‚ the earth comes to me as if it is a mighty guest‚ making me glad. Since it is a familiar guest‚ it is closer to a ‘friend’ than a ‘guest’. Wheels connects my body and the
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many different reasons. Firstly the pull of gravity on a slope is significant but several reasons can increase the risk of a landslide. Many countries experience landslides because of these reasons but amongst them New Zealand has a high number. The mountain ranges in New Zealand are still being uplifted. Rocks are often weakened by folding and faulting‚ and there is also continual earthquake activity. The most common landslides in New Zealand are shallow and fast. They flow down like ‘wet cement’. Landslides
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B= Believing; he can reach the mountain before his birthday C= Chance; his dad sees the chance for his son to be the youngest and first to climb Mount. Everest D= Dangerous; climbing E= Embarking; the journey begins F= Falling; Peak wishes he doesn’t fall off the mountain G= Gut-wrenching; it’s the climb that changed everything H= Happy; he wants to do it to make his father happy I= Inherited; he loves to climb because his dad is a professional mountain climber J= June/Journey; they
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Some ten kilometers from the heart of Chiang Mai city stands the province’s iconic national park -- Thailand’s tallest mountain: Doi Inthanon. In native northern languages‚ Doi simply means a mountain or its peak. Surrounding this immense‚ gigantic granite is a 1000 square-kilometer national park area stippled with waterfalls and trek trails‚ all enveloped by an impermeable curtain of wilderness. Roamed by over 12‚000 visitors each year and soaring at two thousand five hundred and sixty five meters
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