Mountain Topic

Mountain Ranges in the World
Karakoram Mountains
The Karakoram (meaning "black gravel") mountains of Pakistan mark the western end of the greater Himalayan mountain chain and contain the greatest concentration of high peaks on earth.

NANGA PARBAT, PAKISTAN

Nanga Parbat was climbed successfully for the very first time by the Austrian mountaineer in 1953, Hermann Buhl, who is considered one of the best climbers of all time. He was especially known to be an expert Himalayan climber. Nanga Parbat is 26,658 ft. in height which is 8,125 meters.

Chou's first mountain ascent was up Taiwan's daunting Mount Dabajian

At 14,494 feet (4,418 meters) above sea level, California's Mount Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states. Whitney is part of the Sierra Nevada, a fault-block mountain range formed when shifting tectonic plates led to the cracking and faulting of the Earth's surface.

MOUNT WHITNEY, CALIFORNIA