“In comparison, Mount Everest, though 29,029 feet above sea level, rests on the 17,000-foot-high Tibetan plateau and rises just 12,000 feet from base to summit. A similar plateau boosts the Andes; without those geological booster seats, those peaks all would lie in Denali’s shadow.”
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Andy Hall,
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
