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Mount Humphreys: A Rugged Sierra Nevada Giant Just Below 14,000 Feet

Mount Humphreys Mount Humphreys is one of the most distinctive high peaks in California’s Sierra Nevada. Rising to 13,992 feet (4,265 meters), the sharply sculpted mountain stands along the Sierra Crest northwest of Bishop and directly on the boundary between Fresno and Inyo counties. Although its summit falls only eight feet short of the 14,000-foot …

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Mount Humphreys (Uganda)

Mount Humphreys Mount Humphreys is a high summit in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains, one of Africa’s most unusual and spectacular mountain ranges. Rising to approximately 4,578 meters (15,020 feet), the peak lies within the high Rwenzori landscape of western Uganda and inside Rwenzori Mountains National Park. Unlike the volcanic mountains that dominate many parts of East …

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