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I was thinking about how recently I've really developed this affection for photographing landscapes... especially mountains. So I did a little research and thought I'd share some shit to stuff in your brain: There are about 450 mountain peaks over 7000 meters (430 peaks over 23,000 feet) tall. Most of these are located in the following mountain ranges: Himalaya, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush, Hengduan, Pamir, Tanggula, Nyain'a. All of these ranges are in Asia, specifically in Nepal, China, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. In fact, the tallest mountain peak outside of Asia is Aconcagua in Argentina that is 6959 meters (22831 feet). That puts it at about 485th of the world's tallest peaks. Top ten (in order): 1. Mount Everest - 8,850m (29,035 ft) - Nepal 2. Qogir (K2) - 8,611m (28,250 ft) - Pakistan 3. Kangchenjunga - 8,586m (28,169 ft) - Nepal 4. Lhotse - 8,501m (27,920 ft) - Nepal 5. Makalu I - 8,462m (27,765 ft) - Nepal 6. Cho Oyu - 8,201m (26,906 ft) - Nepal 7. Dhaulagiri - 8,167m (26,794 ft) - Nepal 8. Manaslu I - 8,156m (26,758 ft) - Nepal 9. Nanga Parbat - 8,125m (26,658 ft) - Pakistan 10. Annapurna I - 8,091m (26,545 ft) - Nepal Fifty State Summits (in order of elevation): Alaska - Mount McKinley 20,320 ft California - Mount Whitney 14,494 ft Colorado - Mount Elbert 14,433 ft Washington - Mount Rainier 14,410 ft Wyoming - Gannett Peak 13,804 ft Hawaii - Mauna Kea 13,796 ft Utah - Kings Peak 13,528 ft New Mexico - Wheeler Peak 13,161 ft Nevada - Boundary Peak 13,143 ft Montana - Granite Peak 12,799 ft Idaho - Borah Peak 12,662 ft Arizona - Humphreys Peak 12,633 ft Oregon - Mount Hood 11,239 ft Texas - Guadalupe Peak 8,749 ft South - Dakota Harney Peak 7,242 ft North Carolina - Mount Mitchell 6,684 ft Tennessee - Clingmans Dome 6,643 ft New Hampshire - Mount Washington 6,288 ft Virginia - Mount Rogers 5,729 ft Nebraska - Mount Constable 5,426 ft New York - Mount Marcy 5,344 ft Maine - Mount Katahdin 5,268 ft Oklahoma - Black Mesa 4,973 ft West Virginia - Spruce Knob 4,863 ft Georgia - Brasstown Bald 4,784 ft Vermont - Mount Mansfield 4,393 ft Kentucky - Black Mountain 4,145 ft Kansas - Mount Sunflower 4,039 ft South Carolina - Sassafras Mountain 3,560 ft North Dakota - White Butte 3,506 ft Massachusetts - Mount Greylock 3,491 ft Maryland - Backbone Mountain 3,360 ft Pennsylvania - Mount Davis 3,213 ft Arkansas - Magazine Mountain 2,753 ft Alabama - Cheaha Mountain 2,407 ft Connecticut - Mount Frissell 2,380 ft Minnesota - Eagle Mountain 2,301 ft Michigan - Mount Arvon 1,979 ft Wisconsin - Timm Hill 1,951 ft New Jersey - High Point 1,803 ft Missouri - Taum Sauk Mountain 1,772 ft Iowa - High Point 1,670 ft Ohio - Campbell Hill 1,550 ft Indiana - High Point 1,257 ft Illinois - Charles Mound 1,235 ft Rhode Island - Jerimoth Hill 812 ft Mississippi - Woodall Mountain 806 ft Louisiana - Driskell Mountain 535 ft Delaware - Tower Hill 448 ft Florida - Britton Hill 345 ft So check this out... eye on the prize... Colorado Fourteeners: 1. Mount Elbert - (14,433 ft.) 4,399 m. 2. Mount Massive - (14,421 ft.) 4,396 m. 3. Mount Harvard - (14,420 ft.) 4,395 m. 4. Blanca Peak - (14,345 ft.) 4,372 m. 5. La Plata Peak - (14,336 ft.) 4,370 m. 6. Uncompahgre Peak - (14,309 ft.) 4,361 m. 7. Crestone Peak - (14,294 ft.) 4,357 m. 8. Mount Lincoln - (14,286 ft.) 4,354 m. 9. Grays Peak - (14,270 ft.) 4,350 m. 10. Mount Antero - (14,269 ft.) 4,349 m. 11. Torreys Peak - (14,267 ft.) 4,349 m. 12. Castle Peak - (14,265 ft.) 4,348 m. 13. Quandary Peak - (14,265 ft.) 4,348 m. 14. Mount Evans - (14,264 ft.) 4,348 m. 15. Longs Peak - (14,255 ft.) 4,345 m. 16. Mount Wilson - (14,246 ft.) 4,342 m. 17. Mount Shavano - (14,229 ft.) 4,337 m. 18. Mount Princeton - (14,197 ft.) 4,327 m. 19. Mount Belford - (14,197 ft.) 4,327 m. 20. Crestone Needle - (14,197 ft.) 4,327 m. 21. Mount Yale - (14,196 ft.) 4,327 m. 22. Mount Bross - (14,172 ft.) 4,320 m. 23. Kit Carson Peak - (14,165 ft.) 4,318 m. 24. El Diente Peak - (14,159 ft.) 4,316 m. 25. Maroon Peak - (14,156 ft.) 4,315 m. 26. Tabeguache Mountain - (14,155 ft.) 4,314 m. 27. Mount Oxford - (14,153 ft.) 4,314 m. 28. Mount Sneffels - (14,150 ft.) 4,313 m. 29. Mount Democrat - (14,148 ft.) 4,312 m. 30. Capitol Peak - (14,130 ft.) 4,307 m. 31. Pikes Peak - (14,109 ft.) 4,300 m. 32. Snowmass Mountain - (14,092 ft.) 4,295 m. 33. Mount Eolus - (14,083 ft.) 4,293 m. 34. Windom Peak - (14,082 ft.) 4,292 m. 35. Mount Columbia - (14,073 ft.) 4,290 m. 36. Missouri Mountain - (14,067 ft.) 4,288 m. 37. Humboldt Peak - (14,064 ft.) 4,287 m. 38. Mount Bierstadt - (14,060 ft.) 4,286 m. 39. Sunlight Peak - (14,059 ft.) 4,285 m. 40. Handies Peak - (14,048 ft.) 4,282 m. 41. Culebra Peak - (14,047 ft.) 4,282 m. 42. Mount Lindsey - (14,042 ft.) 4,280 m. 43. Ellingwood Peak - (14,042 ft.) 4,280 m. 44. Little Bear Peak - (14,037 ft.) 4,279 m. 45. Mount Sherman - (14,036 ft.) 4,278 m. 46. Redcloud Peak - (14,034 ft.) 4,278 m. 47. Pyramid Peak - (14,018 ft.) 4,273 m. 48. Wilson Peak - (14,017 ft.) 4,272 m. 49. Wetterhorn Peak - (14,015 ft.) 4,272 m. 50. North Maroon Peak - (14,014 ft.) 4,272 m. 51. San Luis Peak - (14,014 ft.) 4,272 m. 52. Mount of the Holy Cross - (14,005 ft.) 4,269 m. 53. Huron Peak - (14,003 ft.) 4,268 m. 54. Sunshine Peak - (14,001 ft.) 4,268 m. It all puts things in perspective because I've never climbed above 14,110 feet and I can count the number these that I've summited on my fingers... probably the number I've identifiably seen on my total digits with room to spare. California Fourteeners: 1. Mount Whitney - (14,491 ft.) 4,417 m. 2. Mount Williamson - (14,370 ft.) 4,380 m. 3. White Mountain - (14,246 ft.) 4,342 m. 4. North Palisade - (14,242 ft.) 4,341 m. 5. Polemonium Peak - (14,200 ft.) 4,328 m. 6. Starlight Peak - (14,200 ft.) 4,328 m. 7. Mount Shasta - (14,162 ft.) 4,317 m. 8. Mount Sill - (14,153 ft.) 4,314 m. 9. Mount Russell - (14,086 ft.) 4,293 m. 10. Split Mountain - (14,058 ft.) 4,285 m. 11. Middle Palisade - (14,040 ft.) 4,279 m. 12. Mount Langley - (14,026 ft.) 4,275 m. 13. Mount Tyndall - (14,019 ft.) 4,273 m. 14. Mount Muir - (14,015 ft.) 4,272 m. 15. Thunderbolt Peak - (14,000 ft.) 4,267 m. Alpine 4000 Meter Peaks: 1. Mont Blanc - (15,771 ft.) 4807 m. 2. Dufourspitze - (15,203 ft.) 4634 m. 3. Nordend - (15,121 ft.) 4609 m. 4. Zumsteinspitze - (14,970 ft.) 4563 m. 5. Signalkuppe - (14,947 ft.) 4556 m. 6. Dom - (14,911 ft.) 4545 m. 7. Liskamm - (14,852 ft.) 4527 m. 8. Weisshorn - (14,780 ft.) 4505 m. 9. Täschhorn - (14,730 ft.) 4490 m. 10. Matterhorn - (14,691 ft.) 4478 m. 11. Mont Maudit - (14,649 ft.) 4465 m. 12. Parrotspitze - (14,554 ft.) 4436 m. 13. Dent Blanche - (14,291 ft.) 4356 m. 14. Nadelhorn - (14,196 ft.) 4327 m. 15. Schwarzhorn - (14,180 ft.) 4322 m. 16. Grand Combin - (14,154 ft.) 4314 m. 17. Ludwigshöhe - (14,144 ft.) 4311 m. 18. Lenzspitze - (14,088 ft.) 4294 m. 19. Finsteraarhorn - (14,019 ft.) 4273 m. 20. Mont Blanc du Tacul 13,937 ft.) 4248 m. 21. Stecknadelhorn 13,914 ft.) 4241 m. 22. Castor 13,871 ft.) 4228 m. 23. Zinalrothorn 13,848 ft.) 4221 m. 24. Hohberghorn 13,842 ft.) 4219 m. 25. Vincent Piramide 13,828 ft.) 4215 m. 26. Grand Jorasses 13,806 ft.) 4208 m. 27. Alphubel 13,799 ft.) 4206 m. 28. Rimpfischhorn 13,776 ft.) 4199 m. 29. Aletschhorn 13,763 ft.) 4195 m. 30. Strahlhorn 13,746 ft.) 4190 m. 31. Dent d'Hérens 13,684 ft.) 4171 m. 32. Balmenhorn 13,671 ft.) 4167 m. 33. Breithorn 13,661 ft.) 4164 m. 34. Bishorn 13,625 ft.) 4153 m. 35. Jungfrau 13,642 ft.) 4158 m. 36. Aiguille Verte 13,523 ft.) 4122 m. 37. Aiguille Blanche 13,491 ft.) 4112 m. 38. Grande Rocheuse 13,458 ft.) 4102 m. 39. Barre des Écrins 13,455 ft.) 4101 m. 40. Mönch 13,448 ft.) 4099 m. 41. Pollux 13,425 ft.) 4092 m. 42. Schreckhorn 13,379 ft.) 4078 m. 43. Obergabelhorn 13,330 ft.) 4063 m. 44. Gran Paradiso 13,323 ft.) 4061 m. 45. Mont Brouillard 13,297 ft.) 4053 m. 46. Aiguille de Bionassay 13,294 ft.) 4052 m. 47. Piz Bernina 13,284 ft.) 4049 m. 48. Gross-Fiescherhorn 13.284 ft.) 4049 m. 49. Gross-Grünhorn 13,268 ft.) 4044 m. 50. Lauteraarhorn 13,261 ft.) 4042 m. 51. Aiguille de Jardin 13,238 ft.) 4035 m. 52. Dürrenhorn 13,238 ft.) 4035 m. 53. Allalinhorn 13,212 ft.) 4027 m. 54. Hinter-Fiescherhorn 13,205 ft.) 4025 m. 55. Weissmies 13,199 ft.) 4023 m. 56. Dôme de Rochefort 13,172 ft.) 4015 m. 57. Dent du Géant 13,166 ft.) 4013 m. 58. Punta Baretti 13,166 ft.) 4013 m. 59. Lagginhorn 13,157 ft.) 4010 m. 60. Aiguille de Rochefort 13,126 ft.) 4001 m. 61. Les Droites 13,123 ft.) 4000 m. The Highest Peaks of the Seven Continents: 1. Mount Everest Asia - (29,035 ft.) 8,850 m. 2. Aconcagua South America - (22,841 ft.) 6,962 m. 3. Mount McKinley North America - (20,320 ft.) 6,194 m. 4. Mount Kilimanjaro Africa - (19,563 ft.) 5,963 m. 5. Mount Elbrus Europe - (18,481 ft.) 5,633 m. 6. Puncak Jaya Australia/Oceania - (16,502 ft.) 5,030 m. 7. Vinson Massif Antarctica - (16,066 ft.) 4,897 m. Crazy, isn't it?