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Mountains: ideas and frameworks explained

A collection of ideas, frameworks and techniques related to Mountains, explained clearly so they are easy to understand and share.

When there’s a gold rush, sell shovels and picks, a classic business and entrepreneurship quote with prospectors chasing gold and suppliers lining the roadWhen there's a gold rush, sell shovelsWhat are topography and bathmetry, and their meaning, shown as land elevation and ocean depthTopography and BathymetryJohn Muir quote illustration: I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in — John Muir quoteGoing Out Was Really Going In — John Muir QuoteWhat is Rückenfigur example: a person looking out at a mountain sceneRückenfigurWhat is Naismith's Rule for calculating walking time in the mountains example explained with a mountain ridge with hikers and lines for the horizontal distance and time and ascent and timeNaismith's Rule for mountain hiking timeKitchen table survival skills — skills that keep you out of a scrape in the wild that you can practice at your kitchen tableKitchen table survival skillsRed volcano gray volcano - a red volcano's effusive eruption has lava flowing down its slope while a gray volcano's explosive eruption shoots ash into the airRed volcano, grey volcanoBanner cloud on the Matterhorn showing strong wind of cold dry air on one side and warmer humid air on the other producing the cloud in a banner shapeBanner cloudWhat is a time Hierarchy example explained: a lush, verdant, coniferous alpine forest is depicted as a means of explaining the range of layers within any durable system that develop at different speeds. From the individual needles on the trees that develop over a year, to the surrounding biome, 10,000 years in the making. Time hierarchyPrints and Performances illustration: a black and white artistic representation of the Half Dome rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California. The peak is named for its distinct shape; one side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth and round, making it appear like a dome cut in half. The image is accompanied by a quote from celebrated American photographer, Ansel Adams. Prints and performancesWhat is Flow: the psychology of optimal experience illustrated with climbing, clear goals, feedback and matched challengeFlowJohn Muir quote illustration with a Sierra Nevada lake and distant mountains with a mountain chickadee bird on a branch in the foreground and the quote "As soon as we take one thing by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."Hitched to everything else in the universeHope: CR Synder's model for hope illustrated by a climber looking at The Ogre mountain considering the goals, pathways, and willpower that gives them hope they can climb itHope: A Cognitive Model for HopeThe 3 day effect: A hiker sets off up a mountain, as each day goes by, thinking less about the work they were doing before they cameThe 3-day effectThe 3 Tallest Mountains illustration: on the left, Mount Everest is measured from sea level. In the centre, Mauna Kea is measured from its base (well below sea level) to its summit. On the right, Chimborazo is located near the equator where the earth bulges making its summit the furthest from the centre of the earth (and hence closest to the sun).The 3 tallest mountainsAtmospheric Perspective illustration: a large vista shows undulating hilltops for as far as the eye can see, but we note that the further away these contours are, the colour and tone that we experience becomes more and more washed out. Atmospheric perspectiveTectonic Plate Interaction Boundary Types: Divergent, Convergent, and Transform with examplesTectonic plate interaction boundaries: Divergent, Convergent, and TransformShapes of Valleys

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