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Post by questa on Dec 16, 2013 11:44:57 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 16, 2013 23:18:35 GMT
I can see why! I adore mountains. As a flatlander who moved to a mountainous area, I now know what my life lacked before. Never again will I live away from the sight of mountains. Be that as it may, your views of these magnificent heights absolutely make my heart sing. Gorgeous, gorgeous pictures.
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Post by bjd on Dec 17, 2013 8:03:26 GMT
Great photos, questa. I am not a mountain person -- I don't mind looking at them and find them impressive, but wouldn't want to live surrounded by them.
Personally, I prefer rolling countryside. How high are the mountains around Oaxaca, Bixa?
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 17, 2013 18:22:26 GMT
This popped out at me when re-reading this thread: The empty oval desert in Sinkiang is the Taklamakan Desert which I had crossed a year earlier. It's funny how some people must be near water, others near mountains. There are desert people, as well. My son, from the same terrain I'm from, is also a mountain person. My grandmother, from a completely flat sugar cane growing area, once commented on the highway that there were "too many trees" on either side. To answer your question, Bjd, I cribbed from Wikipedia: "[in the state of Oaxaca] several mountain chains come together, with the elevation varying from sea level to 3,759 m (12,333 ft) averaging at 1,500 m (4,921 ft) ... The mountains are mostly formed by the convergence of the Sierra Madre del Sur, the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and the Sierra Atravesada into what is called the Oaxaca Complex ... The Sierra Madre del Sur runs along the coast with an average width of 150 km (93 mi) and a minimum height of 2,000 meters (6,562 ft) asl with peaks over 2,500 m (8,202 ft) ... The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca [highest] ... Average altitude is 2,500 m (8,202 ft) with peaks over 3,000 m (9,843 ft) and width averages at about 75 km (47 mi)." Source
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2013 6:46:08 GMT
I am like bjd in not wanting to live surrounded by mountains. There is something frightening and oppressive about them in my mind, even though I love driving through mountains on a sunny day -- I just want to be out of there by nightfall. They just seem to be the perfect spawning ground of all sorts of monsters in secret icy caves, and it is no surprise that legends like that of the yeti have sprung out of mountain areas. And avalanches, and rock slides, and crevasses! The bone chilling cold of mountain peaks is clearly another element that does not appeal to me, having been born and raised along a warm, flat seaside However, thanks for these photos, questa, because I love looking at mountains from a safe distance!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2013 14:15:46 GMT
I love Mountains. Those are fantastic photographs.
Makes me want to visit out West. The Rockies always take my breath away.
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Post by lugg on Jan 11, 2014 9:46:14 GMT
Stunning photos Questa. I too am a mountain person.
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