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Mountains

Mountains are slow-motion catastrophes — pieces of Earth's crust still rising and breaking apart, populated by people who have learned to live on slopes the...

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Mountains are slow-motion catastrophes — pieces of Earth's crust still rising and breaking apart, populated by people who have learned to live on slopes the rest of us would call uninhabitable. Key sections include: Moun tains.; Opening Why mountains.; Chapter I How mountains form.; Chapter II The Himalayas.; Chapter III Everest.; Chapter IV The Andes.; Chapter V The Alps.; Chapter VI The Rockies.; Chapter VII The Caucasus.; Chapter VIII Glaciation and the cryosphere..

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  1. 01Moun tains.
  2. 02Opening Why mountains.
  3. 03Chapter I How mountains form.
  4. 04Chapter II The Himalayas.
  5. 05Chapter III Everest.
  6. 06Chapter IV The Andes.
  7. 07Chapter V The Alps.
  8. 08Chapter VI The Rockies.
  9. 09Chapter VII The Caucasus.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Glaciation and the cryosphere.
  11. 11Chapter IX Mountain peoples.
  12. 12Chapter X Mountaineering history.
  13. 13Chapter XI Mountains under climate change.
  14. 14Chapter XII Volcanic mountains.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Vertical zonation.
  16. 16Chapter XIV K2 and the Karakoram.
  17. 17Chapter XV African mountains.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Mountains as water towers.
  19. 19Chapter XVII The mountain sports.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Sacred mountains.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Patagonia and the southern Andes.
  22. 22Chapter XX Yosemite Valley.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Antarctic mountains.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Mountain literature.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Watch & read.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Mountains in the next century.
  27. 27Chapter XXV Why mountains matter.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI Avalanches and mountain hazards.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII Mountains in mythology.
  30. 30The end of the deck.
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