Eventually their cutting and planting expanded from the lower slopes of Mount Gorongosa—a granite massif that looms 6,112 feet above the western boundary of the park—to the higher, wetter zones.

Mystery Wall, Dragon Horns on the tropical Tioman Island in Malaysia. The granite massif has one of the tallest walls in South-East Asia. Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, ...

That night the silhouette of the granite towers of the massif, iconic in the Patagonia region, weighed down the horizon like a sleeping giant as the Milky Way spun across the sky. Those iconic ...

"The Paine massif is unrivaled ... the mountains of Torres del Paine -- jagged granite ridges and spires capped with shale -- have held significance for the region's native inhabitants.

For those short on time or stamina, there’s an easier way to enjoy the best bits of the iconic Tour du Mont Blanc hiking ...

Elite mountaineers Michelle Dvorak and Fay Manners describe the desperate experience of losing critical gear on Chaukhamba ...

The binder utilized in the concrete is made of granite instead of traditional greenhouse-gas-emitting limestone cement. Concrete consists of three main ingredients: cement, an aggregate (such as ...

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. Here are some of the best adventure ...

Hetzel et al. (1995). Miocene NNE-directed extensional unroofing in the Menderes Massif, SW Turkey. Journal of the Geological Society of London 152, 639-654. Photograph of extensional shear bands in ...

They managed various ascents of some stunning granite pillars in the Jarjinjabo Massif, accessing them from Litang on hired motorbikes. The rest of us (excluding Heather) flew into Chengdu and took ...

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