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"The cries of the survivors soon summoned Reymond, who, apparently, found no difficulty in descending alone from the upper camp. Crowley remained in his tent, and on the same evening wrote a letter printed in The Pioneer on September 11, 1905, from which the following is an extract: "As it was I could do nothing more than send out Reymond on the forlorn hope. Not that I was over anxious in the circumstances to render help. A mountain 'accident' of this sort is one of the things for which I have no sympathy whatever ... Tomorrow I hope to go down and find out how things stand.""--The Kangchenjunga Adventure (1930) by Frank Smythe

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich
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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich
The Aiguille Blaitiere (c. 1856) by John Ruskin
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The Aiguille Blaitiere (c. 1856) by John Ruskin
The Devil's Bridge, St. Gotthard (1803-1804) by J. M. W. Turner
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The Devil's Bridge, St. Gotthard (1803-1804) by J. M. W. Turner

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A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth by over 3,000 m. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.

High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystem of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing.

The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8848m above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21171m|.

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