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The summit, at 5,075 feet (1,547 m) in elevation, is the highest point within the city limits. [5] The summit's elevation makes Los Angeles the city with the largest difference between high and low points among the 50 most populous cities in the US. [6]
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [5] [4] The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [6] In greater North America, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Three ...
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [5] [4] The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of greater North America. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [6]
Driskill Mountain (also referred to as Mount Driskill) is the highest natural summit in Louisiana, with an elevation of 535 feet (163 m) above sea level. [3] It lies about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) southeast of Bryceland, in Bienville Parish. A large pile of rocks marks the high point.
Escondido Summit, elevation 3,258 ft (993 m), is a mountain pass in northern Los Angeles County, California. It is located at the highest point along California Highway 14 , which crests in the foothills of the Sierra Pelona Mountains just 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of Acton, California .
Graham Cooper and Adrian Ballinger, California mountaineers whose training for Mt. Everest included sleeping for months in hypoxic tents that mimic conditions at extreme altitude, reached the ...
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On 6 January 2018, Chris Bombardier reached the summit of Mount Vinson, becoming the first person with hemophilia to complete the Seven Summits (Messner list). [70] On 23 June 2018, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado reached the summit of Denali, becoming the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits (including Carstensz Pyramid). [ 71 ]