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My kid started his hiking career in this pack, which carried him from the mountains of Colorado to the hot barren mesas of Chaco Canyon.
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The area with the greatest foot traffic includes roughly 7,000 square miles that encompasses beaches, mesas, an inland mountain range, canyons and high desert.
—Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
In one of many hidden rooms inside the labyrinth of Life and Trust, the floor turned into the soft earth of a corral, the walls were painted with a view of red-rock mesas, and a performer in a cowboy getup was circling another man who happened to be wearing a horse mask.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Think again, as the California Zephyr, the longest route in America crosses through seven states, carving up Colorado’s canyons, then passing into Utah where the sun ignites mesas into flaming towers of rock.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The area with the greatest foot traffic includes roughly 7,000 square miles that encompasses beaches, mesas, an inland mountain range, canyons and high desert.
—Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
In one of many hidden rooms inside the labyrinth of Life and Trust, the floor turned into the soft earth of a corral, the walls were painted with a view of red-rock mesas, and a performer in a cowboy getup was circling another man who happened to be wearing a horse mask.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Think again, as the California Zephyr, the longest route in America crosses through seven states, carving up Colorado’s canyons, then passing into Utah where the sun ignites mesas into flaming towers of rock.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024
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Pyron says that the Tibetan hot-spring snakes have probably inhabited their area for millions of years, since before the plateau was uplifted by geological change.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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With a 31-point performance, Orlando became the 82nd player in Massachusetts high school state history to reach the 2,000-point plateau for her career.—
Matt Feld,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Still, White had to find the actual hotel, spending months touring Thailand’s rolling northern highlands, bustling Bangkok, and southern beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2023
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Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
5 Mar. 2021
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“Mesa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesa. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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