Rincon Mountains

The Great Smoky Mountains is where Thomas Wolfe’s play The Mountains takes place. Although Wolfe doesn’t delve deep into the environment of the mountains themselves one can feel the mountains surrounding the play itself. The Great Smoky Mountains is a place full of plant life and animals. Surrounding all this plant life and animals are the mountains themselves and the history they tell. The Great Smoky Mountains at its highest areas is roughly about 6000 feet above sea level (Hadley 1). These…

Despite these sad statistics, there is plenty to see at Glacier. Tall mountains jut around flat plains; rushing waterfalls sprinkle around the park; 762 tranquil lakes delve deep into the land; and wildflowers peek up all over the ground. 151 hiking trails total 745 miles of must-see paths throughout the park. No matter what time of year you head to Glacier National Park, chinooks, dry warm breezes that gust down the mountain, take the chill out of your bones. Try to squeeze this wondrous hiking…

Charlotte Gilman’s Herland describes a feminist utopia where there are only women. No man has stepped foot in Herland for thousands of years; the women have no need for the men, since they reproduce asexually. The women in Herland value motherhood and sisterhood over anything else. When the men arrive in Herland, the women are skeptical but open to reevaluating the ways of their society, possibly willing to try reproducing sexually and creating a male-female society. In Kathleen Lant’s criticism…

there is a major distinction amongst qualities and Environment in the Appalachian. Since the late nineteenth century, there has constantly been a reason behind Appalachian neediness and the backwardness and why they are named as the poor class of mountain livers along with the relatives of convicts and submitted workers. The conflict of innate need is yet being clarified as of now until this day. Over the years, we have seen different ways on how Poverty affects us. The geographic states of…

The beauty of the southwest knows no bound. The unique landscape is home to some of the most awe-inspiring mountains, cliffs, and valleys that I have seen in my life. My research and my adventures has a broad range that has a very subtle overlap. I will do the best to my ability to show you what I learned in my time in Utah and in the library. I decided to go to the Markgragunt gravity slide. Without knowledge of the exact whereabouts of the location and limited resources I saw this as an…

of the place, and a loyal subject of the king, God bless him!” The king here is never mentioned by name, which leaves some space to further assume that the Kaatskill mountains reign over him. This idea has greater significance when considering that, while almost everything has changed in his societies’ “true history,” the mountains still stand—day after day, signaling a consistent and invaluable history, hinged upon “legendary lore.” As it happens, this lore is now more real to him than the…

Benefits of Hardships "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." (Arnold Schwarzenegger). People need to go through hardships to become stronger, so they can have a better future. In the book, Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See, some of the characters experience hardships through their lifestyles, relationships, and with themselves. However, the manage to get past the tough times in their…

The French Indian War was during the time of colonization of the Americas leading up to the American Revolution. This war was fought from 1754-1763 and was the North American Theater to the worldwide Seven Years War. The French Indian War was also a cause for the later American Revolution because the colonists were angry that they had to fight for the British when all they want is to be left alone. Many think that this war was between the Native Americans and the French, but that isn’t the case.…

but we had a huge mess to clean up. For the rest of the nine days we were on vacation we kept a fire going at night to prevent them from coming back. I focused on brushing this incident off because I wanted to have a fun time skiing in the snowy mountains. That was a winter vacation that I will never…

Today we would be reaching the highlight of our section: Max Patch, a huge bald mountain with spectacular views. We faced another three-and-a-half mile climb. The final ascent involved a set of painfully steep stairs about three feet wide, with steep drops on either side. The views when we reached the summit made all of the pain and difficulty of getting there worthwhile. The mountain was covered in wildflowers, and I could see for miles in every direction. The wind muffled sound…