Carving a Mountain Mount Rushmore started in 1923 as an idea in the mind of Doane Robinson‚ the founder of the South Dakota Historical Society in 1901. His idea was to have a sculptor carve a gigantic monument in the area of the Needles in the Black Hills. He thought that the subject of this monument could be Lewis and Clark‚ Red Cloud‚ John C. Fremont‚ or other great heroes of the American west. This would bring thousands of tourists to South Dakota and would help the economy of their state.
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land was used for farming because of the amount of rainfall. Shechem’s personal meaning is shoulder or back because it was built mainly on the slope of mount Ebal (Bible Dictionary 1478). It would also be very nice to look at because it was full of plants and a lot of farming communities. Also‚ there would a view of Mount Ebal to the north and Mount Gerizim to the south (Beitzel 1985:19). It is not said as to what time of year the Abraham was here‚ but if it were summer it would have been long‚
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Comparison of Laptop Computers The purpose of this comparison is to help prospective laptop purchasers in their decision. In today ’s mobile climate‚ the average person can make good use of a reliable portable computer; this report is designed to help in that search. Of the many perspective computers‚ only several brands have been selected for this comparison. Those that have been selected are Pentium computers that boast the new MMX technology. MMX technology lends itself to portable computers
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Mount Kinabalu‚ Malaysia Fog obscures the summit of Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu‚ a 13‚455-foot (4‚101-meter) peak in northwestern East Malaysia. Formerly known as St. Peter’s Mount‚ Kinabalu is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago. Indonesia Mountains A towering trail of steam and smoke issues from Mount Semeru in the distance while gaping Mount Bromo (middle left) quietly simmers in East Java‚ Indonesia. The Indonesian government estimates that during the
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Mount Kinabalu towers 4095 meters (13‚435 feet) above sea level. It is the highest mountain between the mighty snow-capped Himalayas and Wilhelmina (4509 meters / 14‚793 feet) in Irian Jaya. It is also one of the most accessible and spectacular mountains in the world. Because of the earth movement‚ in is still growing with the rate of 5 mm (1/4 inches) a year. Mount Kinabalu is essentially a massive pluton formed from granodiorite which is intrusive into sedimentary and ultrabasic rocks‚ and forms
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the most famous stratovolcanoes is Mount Vesuvius. This volcano is known for its huge explosion that had taken out the whole town of Pompeii. When a stratovolcano erupts the magma chamber builds up until the volcano explodes. Thus causing major destruction‚ including‚ ash fall‚ huge lava flows and
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beauty of the Mount Kilimanjaro‚ a snow-covered mountain in Tanzania‚ became a tourist attraction. The mountain is infamous for being the highest freestanding mountain in the world with a height of 19‚341 feet. White snow is covering the tip of Mount Kilimanjaro. Visitors can see the uniqueness and beauty of the mountaintop from miles away. In the 1930’s this mountain was a tourist attraction. It was common for people to travel to Africa to visit the safaris and climb the notorious Mount Kilimanjaro
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In his book‚ Into Thin Air‚ Krakauer describes climbing to the summit of Mount Everest as a ’breathtaking experience’. The thinning of oxygen is just one of the many perilous events that unfolds while the climbing of this monster of a mountain. There are illnesses that one can get while descending too high too quickly‚ and limbs to be lost to the freezing cold. Worse‚ one could inevitably come to their own death by falling into a crevasse or for loss of air supply. There is no doubt that climbing
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Have you ever thought that some people take too many risks? You thought right. Your everyday life is packed with numerous risks to a point that there are too many to count. Recently people have started taking bigger risks such as climbing Mount Everest. Because of this‚ the average death rate on Everest is gradually increasing. There has to be more and more helicopters flying around Everest. Because of the increase more rescuers are risking their lives. Now people are debating on whether people
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reaches the top of the mountain‚ which is a bit anticlimactic. For a task as rewarding and treacherous as climbing Mount Everest‚ beginning the story at the climax confuses the reader. However‚ this allows the reader to realize that the climax of the story will most likely occur elsewhere. When he reaches the top of the summit‚ he lacks enthusiasm. Usually‚ reaching the summit of Mount Everest is followed by happiness and celebration. He admits that he has no energy to be happy. He summited
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