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[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 12 minutes ago

Sometimes it's not the moutains that get you, it's the smaller hills and valleys surrounding them because there are actually people and roads there.

Sometimes if you make a wrong turn in Pittsburgh, you are not just going the wrong direction but are also at the wrong elevation or on the wrong layer, and there's no looping around the block to get back to where you started.

Disclaimer: This thread led me to read the Wikipedia article about Appalachia. Some definitions of the region do not include Pittsburgh or even parts of Pennsylvania, but at the same time there's a photo of downtown Pittsburgh at the top of the article, so I went with it.

[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works 61 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

The Appalachians have been mountains longer than North America has been a continent

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 5 points 38 minutes ago

They're the bones of the world dawg. It's why there's so much spooky scary shit here (I live in Appalachia.)

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 42 minutes ago

They're older than Saturn's rings

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

To the extent that a portion of the mountain chain that formed the Appalachian Mountains is in Europe. The Appalachians were a part of the Central Pangean mountain system, which makes them older than the Atlantic Ocean.

They’ve seen some shit.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 54 minutes ago

That's kind of awesome to think about.

I'm picturing myself on Pangea. The mountains in front of me are taller than the Himalayas today. These are the Appalachians. Oh no, a dinosaur! Look out, duck! Huh, that's not a duck that's a QUETZALCOATLUS! Everybody run! How can we outrun a QUETZALCOATLUS?!?!?! AAAHHHHHH.

Isn't it beautiful?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago

And through it all, the mountains can all agree.......trump is the biggest piece of shit they've ever heard of.

[–] garth@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago

Western trails: Ascend on nicely-graded switchbacks.

Eastern trails: Ascend straight up a seasonal creek bed.

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

The highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth until 1996 was on Mt. Washington, NH. That's gotta count for some cool points.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 73 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Man in a few million years that tweet is gonna look hella dumb

[–] troybot@piefed.social 5 points 2 hours ago

New Pangea will just be one big mountain

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 37 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Its not the height, it's the age. Thar be eldritch monsters in the Appalachians. Rockies is just aliens and (Gay) Bigfoot

[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Hey now, do you really think all the eldritch monsters just stayed in the appalachians? No.

Thats why there are skinwalkers in the rockies; they’re just wendigo that heard there were taller mountains forming in the west and decided to migrate over.

/s

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 points 1 hour ago

You shouldn't talk about those things.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 21 points 3 hours ago

The Appalachians are older than trees and bones and exist across three continents.

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[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

if "my mountains can beat up your mountains" is some element of the conversation, i'm not talking at all, i'm walking the other direction

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

South America looks at both and snorts... "You call those mountains!!" These babies are started with the breakup of Pangea and are still growing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes

First time I was flying into Santiago, I was amazed when we hit 3,000m and looked way up at the mountains out the window.

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