10 Incredible Table Top Mountains

 

Written by touropia on December 13, 2010 in Landscapes, World – 2 Comments

Deep inside Venezuela’s jungle lie isolated islands of table top mountains, called tepuis. The table top mountains are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to some two billion years ago. As they are completely isolated from the ground, these ”islands above the rainforest” have a large number of unique plants and animals not found anywhere else in the world. Table top mountains also exist in other parts of the world where they are called mesa, tuya, butte, amba or simply table mountain.

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11 Greatest Mountains of the World

Written by touropia on October 22, 2009 in Landscapes, World – 4 Comments

The sport of mountain climbing was born in 1760, when a young Genevese scientist, Horace-Benedict de Saussure, offered prize money for the first person to reach the summit of Mount Blanc, Europe’s tallest peak. But long before that time humans have been climbing mountains for the challenge it poses. Or “because it’s there” as English mountaineer George Mallory famously replied when he was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest. A few months later he disappeared on the way to the summit.

Some of the mountains on this list still provide a great challenge for the professional mountaineer. Others can be visited more easily by foot or cableway. But all of them can be appreciated from a safe distance providing magnificent vistas and spectacular scenery.

Note: Volcanic mountains can be found in a separate list.