This is like a short person who compensates by being aggressive? Mt Shasta, as noted, peaks at over 14k…. Mt St Helens only reaches around 8500.
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Just continuing its pattern of being a hothead
California does have the tallests mountain in the contiguous US. It sure as fuck isn't Mount Shasta.
Mount Whitney stands 14.5k feet tall, and it's way more fucking badass in Appearance.
Many of Colorado's mountain summits also stand taller than Shasta, and are multitudes more majestic in appearance.
As for iconic, the Appalachian mountains may not be known by individual name, they are the boy band of mountains in terms of fame in the US. Mount Washington is also extremely iconic. I hadn't even heard of Shasta till this post. St. Helens is also extremely well-known.
For those wondering, Denali is the tallest mountain in the US, as well as the tallest mountain on land in the world.
EDIT: so for clarification - Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, at close to 9k meters. When you measure it base-to-peak, however, Denali measures out at 6,190 meters, while Everest is only 5,200 meters.
Noteable runner-up, Rakaposhi in Pakistan has a base-to-peak measure of 6,000 meters. It also is the only mountain whose peak descends to base without interupption apparently.
Mt. Rainer in Washington is 14.4k and is one bad looking motherfucker as well.
Most glaciated in the lower 48 too 😎
I was with you until you started talking about Denali. What do you mean by that?
As I understand it, there are many weird aspects about measuring mountain height. From base to peak, Donali is 18k feet.
My overall understanding on how that is specifically determined is out of my understanding. I'm guessing other mountains which are taller have their bases in the ocean which puts them into a different 'category'. Denali just happens to be completely land-based.
I like tall mountains, but prominence is way more important to make a mountain seem special
"Pure glory?! You can talk about pure glory after you get on my level and cause at least 1 billion in damages."
Best I can do is a crummy soda brand:
Not only do I hope this is real - to me this is what twitter should be about. just witty/shitty... shwitty? comments. like when facebook used to actually be seeing your friends pages, and not endless scrolling of 85% ads.
It is a parody, but pretty damn good:
Feel the need to NSFW that but can't find a way to do it, sorry folks.
♪ Mount St. Helens is about to blow up ♪
Man, mountain beef is the best beef
Does that mean beef you eat on a mountain? How much beef can one carry up a mountain?
I mean beef (as in fighting) between mountains, but that is a good question! If you bring the cow up alive you'll manage to transport quite a lot of beef. The best part is that the conditions may be freezing, and as such you can technically keep your beef there for a long while too.
Me after glancing at mont blanc from my window: yeah right guys