• radix@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I know this isn’t what you’re asking, but there are two Mount Olympuses (?!) in the USA.

    The one in Washington has a similar prominence to the Greek mountain (2,389 m to 2,353 m).

    The one in Utah has a similar peak elevation (2,752 m vs 2,918 m).

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    Khatadin - it’s usually in the cloud line and it’s a collapsed volcano… it’s extremely atmospheric to pick your way across large lava boulders on the peak ridge in a dense fog cloud.

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          The first time I climbed Mt. Washington some friends took me, and I had no idea there was a road to the summit. It was so disappointing to reach the top and find a parking lot full of “This Car Climbed Mt. Washington” bumper stickers.

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            Lol damn that’s a heck of a hike. They also have other stickers that say “This hiker climbed Mt. Washington”. Much more impressive.

            The wind gusts on that mountain are pretty crazy.

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    A different take: Metropolis, and Gotham, and of course Earth-616’s New York City are where our pantheons live. Larger than life characters meant to tell allegorical stories about cultural values. And every red-blooded American knows that Superman stands for Truth and Justice, Spider-Man is a selfless hero of the people, and that Batman is a billionaire psychopath who uses violence to address mental health issues, his own and society in general. That last one’s not great but it is quite American. Zeus was a bestiality-themed rapist, so I mean shades of grey or whatever, lol.

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    The Chuck E. Cheese at 13 mile and Gratiot in Roseville, MI. Inside the second story of the playscape exists a tube to another dimension. A dimension where gods reside. The gods of classical antiquity that reign supreme outside of the realm of man, but still within the confines of nature. A glorious sight to be seen.

    No refunds on tokens. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

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    16 days ago

    The objective answer is Whiteface Mountain.

    The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee, the most profound and most powerful indigenous group encountered by the United States before its full size was reached, deemed Whiteface Mountain to be the home of Tawiskara, the dark god of the Winter, and forbade anyone from going near it, a mistake made by the fertility goddess Onatah as a story once told.

    Today, the mountain is a hub both for avid hikers as well as people who like snow activities, since it snows like crazy at the top, said to be the work of Tawiskara, which is half of the explanation of why the mountain has its name (the other half being the Haudenosaunee believed Caucasians to be descendants of Tawiskara and were basically like “yeah that’s where your divine ancestor lives”… the things a bad impression will do to people). When you get to the top, it’s said that if you look to the North, you can see the Canadian capital from there, which is like hundreds of miles North in a completely other country.

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      Probably not why they reached that conclusion but I’m rolling at the thought of indigenous folks seeing white people for the first time and thinking “OH LAWD THE SNOW GOD’S CHILDREN ARE HERE!”

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      Ha no way I thought the same thing when I read this but only because it’s the only mountain top I’ve ever been on top of lol. Love the adks.

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    15 days ago

    the place where the American gods live?
    Either Trump Tower, Wall Street or the Hollywood Hills