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Peaking
Potpourri
100

This common, regal mid-elevation conifer shares a name with a ranch; the setting for a fictional TV series

What is Ponderosa?

100

An exposed knife-edge ridge separates this fourteener from Peak 13,664 (AKA K2)

What is Capitol Peak?

100

George Thorogood brought "Ride on Josephine" and "Who do you Love?" to a wide audience, but the writer of these tunes was born in Mississippi Delta country and raised on Chicago's South Side

Who was Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel)?

200

Also known as Steinpilz, this easily identified mushroom is a mycologist's delight

What is a King Bolete?

200

This peak looks very difficult from Ice Lakes but, properly approached, is a rewarding ascent on a moderately challenging long day

What is the Golden Horn?

200

In 1978 these two climbers successfully climbed Mt Everest without oxygen

Who are Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner?

300

General Sherman is the largest known example of this species

What is Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)?

300
It is well-known that Elbert is the highest peak in Colorado, but this is the second tallest

What is Mount Massive?

300

Well known for observing "A penny saved is a penny earned", he also noted there are "No gains without pains"

Who was Ben Franklin?

400

A tony town and the quakey share this name

What is Aspen?

400

At 13,810' this is the tallest peak in Wyoming

What is Gannett Peak?

400

A form of physical, occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the character movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input

What is Hippotherapy?

500

This plant genus includes a number of poisonous species, along with foods such as eggplant

What is Nightshade?

500

The name of this high thirteener is shared with a major river and includes a shape descriptor

What is Rio Grande Pyramid?

500

This well-known literary figure noted, "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over"

Who was Mark Twain?