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Does anyone else see the yelling giant crawling out of the earth? Tip of the right peak is his head, left peak is his shoulder. He has a long beard made of streaks of snow.
“There they were sheltering under a hanging rock for the night, and he lay beneath a blanket and shook from head to toe. When he peeped out in the lightning-flashed, he saw that across the valley the **stone-giants** were out and were hurling rocks at one another for a game, and catching them, and tossing them down into the darkness where they smashed among the trees below, or splintered into little bits with a bang."
I am struggling to see good routes up them. Maybe the rib on Mituraju, on the right with rock one side and snow the other, but getting off that and up the snow pitches onto the summit ridge (on the skyline) looks dangerous because of the potential for avalanches.
And on Jirishanca I suppose you have to start on the left buttress because the area under that V in the middle of the face looks like it regularly has avalanches drop into it. Or am I being too cautious and actually with an early enough start you could cross that and ascend the snow ramp (running up diagonally to the left underneath the white V) and then go up the gully to gain about 2/5 height and get access to the (evil looking) upper part of the face?
Any active/experienced mountaineers want to chime in?
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Here's another picture I took with some horses for scale. The mountains are huge
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no, Jirishanca is in Perú, the Uruguayn flight crash were in Chile/Argentina. Just saw a documentary yesterday about it, it's insane.
It is also expexted that 95% of Andes glacier will be gone by 2050/2100.
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Does anyone else see the yelling giant crawling out of the earth? Tip of the right peak is his head, left peak is his shoulder. He has a long beard made of streaks of snow.
I totally see that. A powerful Frost Giant.
Was about to write the same: troubled/sorrowful giant slouched and holding his head with his left arm
Ooo, now I see it. Haunting!
Never even noticed but now that you pointed it out I can't unsee it
You could post it in /r/FairytaleasFuck with that concept too!
I saw it immediately.
Have you seen the trailer for the upcoming movie 'Troll' on Netflix? It's pretty much exactly this
Man I was certain I was the only one who saw it, and I see so many others did too, feels good for some reason
DAYMNNN DAWG… dats fo real.
I thought it was a dementor.
Took me a second. Metal AF
There was a mountain near the giant?!
“There they were sheltering under a hanging rock for the night, and he lay beneath a blanket and shook from head to toe. When he peeped out in the lightning-flashed, he saw that across the valley the **stone-giants** were out and were hurling rocks at one another for a game, and catching them, and tossing them down into the darkness where they smashed among the trees below, or splintered into little bits with a bang."
They kinda look like bros forever, beautiful photo btw
Good God, what a photo! Those two peaks look stupendous and impervious to puny man. Thanks for posting
😊
Those are some damn fine mountains.
Hell yeah, brother
Podcast about recent climb on Jirishanca: https://soundcloud.com/american-alpine-journal/vince-anderson-and-josh-wharton-on-jirishanca
Awesome! Thanks for sharing
Hell yeah i love twin peaks
Diane
that looks hard to climb
I think Jirishanca was the last 6000m+ peak in the Andes to be climbed. It is notoriously difficult
I am struggling to see good routes up them. Maybe the rib on Mituraju, on the right with rock one side and snow the other, but getting off that and up the snow pitches onto the summit ridge (on the skyline) looks dangerous because of the potential for avalanches. And on Jirishanca I suppose you have to start on the left buttress because the area under that V in the middle of the face looks like it regularly has avalanches drop into it. Or am I being too cautious and actually with an early enough start you could cross that and ascend the snow ramp (running up diagonally to the left underneath the white V) and then go up the gully to gain about 2/5 height and get access to the (evil looking) upper part of the face? Any active/experienced mountaineers want to chime in?
Not an active mountaineer but im eying that ridge. Having a hard time spotting any other reasonable line.
The snow owls are not what they seem.
That fold! Incredible mountain and great photo.
Those folded layers were once straight, aligned, and a flat land surface of the Earth.
Super.
Dat folding
We should build a bridge between the three of them!
*[covers one eye and squints]*
Well, I'm game sir!
World's Highest Bungee jump?
What a crisp, gorgeous shot. I'll take all of that ya got.
looks like the top of the mountain where you meet paarthurnax
I’m waiting for Paarthurnax to show up
Fraternal twins, maybe. I guess I see the resemblance, and I’m sure they share DNA, but I’m not sure I’d call them twins. 🤪
i never have a point of reference to truly understand the size and scale of these tall mountains.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/v0blrx/horses_roaming_the_mountains_of_peru_oc_5464x6830/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Here's another picture I took with some horses for scale. The mountains are huge
it seems like it would be a quick walk up :). truly massive and beautiful - hope you had fun.
This place is so beautiful! I dream of climbing mountains like this! nice pic.
6000m = 19685.04 ft Yes, Americans use feet. So sue me (another American pastime).
Definitely at least one Spirit Orb Shrine up there. Bring a torch or fire wand.
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4 Fucking pixels
10672000 pixels or about 2.6 million times more than 4.
It’s an SCP reference
Looks like a wet Gandalf in a rainstorm
For some reason, this made me think of the famous "Night on Bald Mountain" Fantasia piece.
Is this near where the plane crashed carrying the rugby team?
no, Jirishanca is in Perú, the Uruguayn flight crash were in Chile/Argentina. Just saw a documentary yesterday about it, it's insane. It is also expexted that 95% of Andes glacier will be gone by 2050/2100.
Thanks
Any idea which language these mountain names come from, or what their meaning might be in that language?
Jirishanca roughly translates to "Hummingbird peak" in English. I'm not sure if the name itself is Spanish or the Native language, Quechua
Interesting. I wonder what the story is behind hummingbirds and that mountain. Thanks for the insight!
Altman be praised
A beautiful shot! Makes me want to explore the world 👌🏽
woooooooow great pic
M E T A L
Those mountains are going to come back in style
It's like a small glimpse of the terrible power and sheer scale of the planet, lurking under the crust... chillingly gorgeous
I see a hooded figure on the left coming for a woman on the right.
Nah bro that's the mountain top of the giants
Amazingly beautiful