Sentences with phrase «high pile of rocks»

Jirisan, the highest mountain in continental South Korea, is a 6,284 - foot - high pile of rocks, trees, rivers, bushes, flowers, black bears, Buddhists and backpackers, located on the western fringe of Gyeongsangnam - do Province, in the national park of the same name.

By Andrew Post Jirisan, the highest mountain in continental South Korea, is a 6,284 - foot - high pile of rocks, trees, rivers, bushes, flowers, black bears, Buddhists and backpackers, located on the western fringe -LSB-...]

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After spending a few weeks up high on the flanks of Mt. Everest, just taking a shower down at base camp with real soap and shampoo felt like a day at a luxury spa (even though I was standing underneath a plastic tarp on a bunch of jagged rocks, and the water that was coming out of the portable shower spout had been warmed up by a burning pile of yak dung just minutes before).

With Varda's latest film, Faces Places (Visages Villages), she returns to her roots in photography, working with JR as they travel through the French countryside in his mobile photo booth to produce monumental photographs of the people (and goats) they meet and paste them on the sides of walls, rocks — even shipping containers piled high on a dock in Le Havre.

As the waves lapped against the hull rocking us gently from side to side our attentive crew members circulated offering platters piled high with a selection of cheeses, meats, crackers, dips and veges which went down a treat.

Day 1: We start from Arequipa at 08:00 in our private transport, we pick you up at your hotel after 2 hours driving we visit the Vicuñas National Reservation of Salinas and Aguada Blanca, we stop some minutes at Patahuasi to appreciate the handicrafts of alpaca and to drink a «mate de coca» to avoid altitude sickness, because, the highest point on this road is 4,900 meters (more than 14,000 feet) at that altitude we can appreciate the view of all the volcanoes in line like Ubinas (smoking volcano) El Misti volcano, Chachani, Ampato (were they found Juanita mummy) Sabancaya (active volcano), Hualca Hualca and Mismi (at this mountain is located the source of the Amazon river) and also the magic «Apachetas» piles of stones or rocks set by locals and also by tourists like an offering to the «Apus» (spirits living inside the mountains and volcanoes).

Though size envy is chronic among Texicans when contemplating Alaska, there's 400 + miles and 2 mountain ranges each over a mile tall (not just altitude high, but piles of rock tall) between the Arctic and North Pacific climates.