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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Italian for 'Three Peaks of Lavaredo'; pronounced [ˌtre tˈtʃiːme di lavaˈreːdo]), also called the Drei Zinnen (German for 'Three Merlons'); pronounced [ˌdʁaɪ ˈtsɪnən] ⓘ), are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy.
Lake Misurina. In the background the Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Three Peaks of Lavaredo). There are at least two different legends associated with Lake Misurina. In the first one, which was also made famous by a song named "Il lago di Misurina" by Claudio Baglioni, Misurina is a little capricious and spiteful girl who lives literally held in the palm of the hand of her gigantic father, the king ...
Peaks. Peak Elevation m ft Punta dei Tre Scarperi ... 10,151 Cima Undici (Elferkofel) 3,092 10,144 Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Drei Zinnen) 2,999 9,839 Croda Rossa di Sesto
Paul Grohmann later climbed numerous peaks such as the Antelao, Marmolada, Tofana, Monte Cristallo and the Boè. Around 1860 the Agordin mountaineer Simone de Silvestro was the first person to stand on the Civetta. Michael Innerkofler was one of the climbers of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
The emblem is azure and represents three argent peaks with a sable chamois standing in the centre; the three peaks symbolize the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The emblem was granted in 1972 but was in use before World War I. [ 5 ]
National Three Peaks Challenge, a mountain endurance challenge in Great Britain; Three Peaks Yacht Race, a sailing and running race in the United Kingdom; Yorkshire Three Peaks, the mountains of Whernside, Ingleborough, and Pen-y-ghent, visited on the Three Peaks Walk Three Peaks Race, a fell race over those three peaks
(Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1]) All are in the two highest mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas and the Karakoram. Mount Everest - 8,848 m (29,029 ft) K2 - 8,611 m (28,251 ft) Kanchenjunga - 8,586 m (28,169 ft)
The National Three Peaks Challenge is an event in which participants attempt to climb the highest mountains of England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours. It is frequently used to raise money for charitable organisations. Walkers climb each peak in turn, and are driven from the foot of one mountain to the next. The three peaks are: