June 29, 2025
Mount Everest grows roughly 0.08 inches each year, about the width of a strand of spaghetti.
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7 (or 8) Summits: The World’s Highest Mountains by Continent
Mountaineers can all agree that climbing the Seven Summits, the highest peaks of each of the world’s continents, is among the supreme accomplishments of their sport; it is harder to get them to agree on exactly which peaks make up the Seven Summits. The problem is one of geographical classification
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