The king in his chariot and horsemen ascending mountains (Kouyunjik) [Quyunjik]. picture

Article: Alp-Mashkov director points to the necessity of developing ...
Times of Central Asia;  September 15, 2009 ;     545 words ... ... mountaineers visiting Tajikistan to abolishing fee for ascending mountains in Tajikistan. The new law on tourism abolished a $100 fee that had previously been required for ascending mountains over 6,000 meters high. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE ...

Encyclopedia entry: biosphere
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      700+ words ... ... this layer the more reduced the variety, and density, of organisms becomes—as, for example, when ascending mountains. Numerically, bacteria are the dominant form of life (total 4–6 ×  ...

Article: Hey, get off that asphalt and find yourself some ...
Sports Afield;  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... State BLM Office (602/650-0200). In southwestern Colorado, the Alpine Loop NBCB is 63 miles of dirt roads ascending mountains that top 14,000 feet. The Gold Belt Tour, which winds through Colorado's famous Cripple Creek mining district ...

Article: Wild Brian of Borneo; Brian Blessed may have conquered Everest ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... giant. The steps of the trail were also a problem because they varied in height and were constructed with logs. Ascending mountains is about rhythm, and the logs prevented this. But all this was quickly forgotten as we took in the richness ...

Article: Cause for celebration when things are getting verse
The Scotsman;  October 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... and what has become Scotland's leading poetry festival, Stanza, in St Andrews. People are even poetically ascending mountains - Kevin MacNeil and Rody Gorman propose to climb Beinn na Seamraig on Skye, composing a link poem in English ...

Dictionary definition: climbing
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      194 words ...climb·ing / ˈklīmi ng / • n. the sport or activity of ascending mountains or cliffs.

Article: A survey of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Chichagof Island, ...
Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... with an average annual rainfall of 130 cm (versus Juneau at 250 cm). The area is dominated by steep, abruptly ascending mountains and narrow valleys left by recent glacial activity with elevations from sea level to over 1,180 m. In 2002 ...