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StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0308Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a mountain range in the background, a tree branch is in the foregrand blocking some of the image. Above the image "T526 (Star)' is printed, below the image "12561T "The Roof of the World" - the Majestic Himalayas. Northern India." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
12561
THE MAJESTIC HIMALAYAS, NORTHERN INDIA
The word "Himalayas" means the "abode of snow". The mountains are well named, as the view so beautifully shows. Snow-capped peak rises beyond snow-capped peak, and underneath the white crowns of the mountains lies a sea of clouds. Such is the scene from above Darjeeling, India.
The Himalayas are more than a chain of mountains. They may be thought of as a mountain system, 1,500 miles long and 600 miles wide. They are described as holding up the great plateau of Tibet in central Asia. And Tibet is called the roof of the world. Among the peaks of the Central Himalayas are many single peaks over 25,000 feet high, and Mount Everest is the highest point in the world - 29,002 feet. Nine hundred miles from Everest, and still in the Himalayas, stands the world's second highest peak, Mount Godwin-Austen, 28,278 feet. Two hundred and fifty miles from Everest is the thrid highest peak, called "The Lord of Great Snows," 28,156 feet. One glacier in the Himalayas extends for a distance of nearly 100 miles between mountains that are 20,000 to 25,000 feet high. These peaks are seven or eight thousand feet (a mile and a half) higher than Mount McKinely in Alaska, the highest peak in Nort America. It is no wonder that they challenge the efforts of mountain-climbers.
Within the last few years three organized expeditions have attempted to reach the summit of Everest, all ending in failure. The latest one, that of 1924, gave promise of success, but instead two lives were lost on the day of the final attempt, and the peak had scored another victory over man.
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