Word: appalachain
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...Alpine or Rocky Mountain standards 6000 ft. above sea level would be merely a foothill, but in the Appalachain Mountains--which run from Maine to Georgia--only Mt. Mitchell in the Great Smokies can top Adams, Washington and the other Presidentials. Despite the relatively low height, 6000 ft. in the Presidentials is desolate and often quite fierce for climbers. This area is known to have some of the severest weather recorded anywhere on earth--Mt. Washington has logged winds as high as 232 mph, the highest surface winds known...
...Himalayan similarities. Ask any climber who knows the range well and chances are he'll describe Adams as a mountain which hikers worship: Washington is too commercial and can be reached too easily, Clay and the lesser known peaks are too non-descript. Madison and Monroe have large Appalachain Mountain Club Huts on their sides, and Jefferson is too much like the Alps. But Adams is different...
...best stories about Adams come from the mystics and the UFO enthusiasts who worship the mountain. At Madison Spring Huts, an Appalachain Mountain Club hut located on the adjacent Mt. Madison, one of these groups has posted a series of pictures which shows typical flying saucer-like objects hovering over the peak of Adams...
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