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I am half Swiss, half Australian and am always amused that we call what are glorified hills, “Alps”. That’s[1] not an Alp, that’s[2] an Alp... [3] [1] https:/
by schappim 8y ago
I am half Swiss, half Australian and am always amused that we call what are glorified hills, “Alps”.
That’s[1] not an Alp, that’s[2] an Alp... [3]
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger
[3] https://youtu.be/WWl8EbNN8NM https://youtu.be/WWl8EbNN8NM
- falsedan 8y agoAbuot names: Mount Kosciuszko is named after the tomb of Tadeusz Kosciuszko (of the US Revolutionary War) since the explorer who named it was Polish. Always fun to insist on pronouncing it koz-jius-ko instead of the vernacular kos-si-oh-sko
- ceejayoz 8y agoYeah, my parents took me up Mount Kosciuszko as a kid in a stroller. It's a little bump on a plateau. Australia has more mountain-y mountains, of course, but nothing like Switzerland. My favorites are the Hazards, down in Tasmania. They (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ceejayoz/44492848854/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ceejayoz/44492848854/) and the surrounding Freycinet National Park are absolutely stunning.