Essays on Mountains

Mount Kenya is said to be Africa’s second highest peak which is regarded as the dwelling place of Ngai, god of the Kikuyu people. Traditionally, all homes of the kikuyu were built to face this mountain peak. They call it Kirinyaga the place of light....

As the human population on Earth surpasses 7 billion, anthropogenic effects on the environment are becoming ever more pronounced. The consumption of natural resources by humans has instigated rapid worldwide climate change, habitat fragmentation, and invasion by non-native species. These changes have prompted a significant...

Mountains feel like the most permanent objects imaginable; they are enormous, made of solid rock, and seemingly unchanging over human lifetimes. It feels like much of their majesty is tied to how ancient and immobile they are compared to our relatively short human lifespans. But...

The Appalachian mountains are one of the oldest mountains to ever live. Standing over 6,668ft it also is one of the tallest mountains were its located and has beautiful rooms. It is located across many different states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio,...

California originally belonging to Mexico was won with 6 other states from the Mexican American War. After the war in 1850, it was officially granted statehood. California became the 31st state. California is the largest state by population and third largest by size. The state...

In Peru, there is a group of indigenous people referred to as “The Mountain People”. They have a very interesting way of living, and for many years have been forced to adapt to extreme ways of living to keep themselves and their culture alive. This...

General manager must learn important lessons of leadership and decision-making process from this mount Everest tragedy that took place in 1996. In Mount Everest tragedy, we see the cognitive bias such as sunk cost effect, overconfidence bias, recency bias. Sunk cost effect- It is the...

Nepal authorities makes mandatory hiking training for Mount Everest and for different peaks as properly. Nepal take this selection after assessing the records of folks that are missing or useless during the Everest expeditions. 11 climbers have been useless or went lacking on the 8,850...

The Bunya Mountains, named after the Bunya tree (Araucaria bidwillii ), in Queensland, Australia is an amazing representation of distinctly different ecosystems in one area. The three main ecosystems that make up this are rainforests, savannas and grassland bands. These are further categorized further into...

The Rif is a mountainous region that is inhabited by the Berbers who speak a dialect known as the Tarifit of Amazigh. It is known that the Rif preferred to be uncontacted and had the tendency to defy outsiders who have the tendencies of attempting...