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Highest mountains
Which peak stands taller?
92 lotsFree from level 1
Every lot is a mountain. Each duel is won by the higher summit, in metres above sea level, revealed only in the arena.
Judged on
Every lot is compared on one number: Height.
Ratings are never shown. You bid on what you believe, then the arena reveals who was right.
How a match works
- Auction. Twelve of the 92 lots come up one by one. Both players start with twenty coins.
- Lineup. Each player secretly assigns their five lots to the five duels: Height.
- Arena. The duels play out. Win three of five, or take the bigger power share, and the match is yours.
All 92 lots in Highest mountains
- Mount EverestThe roof of the world, on the Nepal–Tibet border
- K2The savage mountain, deadlier than its taller neighbour
- KangchenjungaFive treasures of snow, sacred to Sikkim
- LhotseEverest's neighbour, joined by the South Col
- MakaluA perfect pyramid east of Everest
- Cho OyuThe gentlest of the giants, favoured by first-timers
- DhaulagiriThe white mountain rising straight out of the Kali Gandaki gorge
- ManasluMountain of the spirit, in the Gorkha district
- Nanga ParbatThe killer mountain of the western Himalaya
- AnnapurnaThe first eight-thousander climbed, and the most dangerous
- Gasherbrum IHidden Peak, tucked deep in the Karakoram
- Broad PeakA summit ridge more than a kilometre long
- Gasherbrum IIThe friendliest of the Karakoram giants
- ShishapangmaThe only eight-thousander entirely in Tibet
- Nanda DeviIndia's blessed goddess, ringed by a sanctuary of peaks
- RakaposhiRises almost six kilometres straight from the Hunza valley
- Namcha BarwaWhere the Brahmaputra bends around the Himalaya's eastern end
- KametGarhwal's highest, first climbed in the era of tweed
- Tirich MirKing of the Hindu Kush
- Kongur TaghThe highest peak of the Pamirs' eastern edge
- Gongga ShanSichuan's king of mountains, Minya Konka to the Tibetans
- Muztagh AtaFather of ice mountains, skied more than climbed
- Ismoil Somoni PeakOnce Communism Peak, Tajikistan's highest
- Jengish ChokusuVictory Peak, the top of the Tian Shan
- MachapuchareThe fish tail, never officially climbed and sacred
- AconcaguaThe Andes' stone sentinel and the tallest outside Asia
- Ojos del SaladoThe highest volcano on Earth, on the Chile–Argentina border
- Ama DablamThe mother's necklace, the prettiest peak in the Khumbu
- HuascaránPeru's giant, scarred by the deadliest avalanche of the century
- Mount KailashSacred to four religions and never climbed
- Nevado SajamaBolivia's highest, a lonely cone on the Altiplano
- IllimaniWatches over La Paz every morning
- ChimborazoThe point on Earth farthest from its centre
- DenaliThe great one, and the tallest in North America
- Mount LoganCanada's highest, colder than Everest in winter
- CotopaxiEcuador's perfect volcanic cone
- KilimanjaroAfrica's rooftop, walked up from the savannah
- Mount ElbrusEurope's highest, a double-headed volcano in the Caucasus
- Pico de OrizabaMexico's highest, a volcano seen from the Gulf
- DamavandIran's sleeping volcano and the highest in the Middle East
- PopocatépetlThe smoking mountain beside Mexico City
- Mount KenyaAfrica's second, with real glaciers on the equator
- Mount AraratAğrı Dağı, where the ark is said to have landed
- Mount StanleyThe highest of the Rwenzori, the mountains of the moon
- KazbekGeorgia's icy giant, where Prometheus was chained
- Mount VinsonAntarctica's highest, found only in the nineteen-fifties
- Puncak JayaOceania's highest, a rock spire with an equatorial glacier
- Mont BlancThe white lady, birthplace of mountaineering
- Klyuchevskaya SopkaKamchatka's restless volcano, Eurasia's tallest
- Monte RosaSwitzerland's highest, a crown of ten summits
- BelukhaThe top of the Altai, sacred to the shamans
- MatterhornThe most photographed shape in the Alps
- Mount WhitneyHighest in the contiguous United States, near Death Valley
- Mount RainierSeattle's snowy backdrop and a sleeping volcano
- Mount ShastaNorthern California's lonely volcano
- Mount ElgonAn ancient volcano with the widest base in the world
- Pikes PeakThe mountain that inspired America the Beautiful
- Mauna KeaMeasured from the sea floor, the tallest mountain of all
- ToubkalNorth Africa's highest, in the High Atlas
- JungfrauThe maiden, with a railway to its shoulder
- Mount KinabaluBorneo's granite dome above the rainforest
- SüphanTürkiye's second summit, above Lake Van
- Mount CameroonWest Africa's fiery mountain by the sea
- EigerThe ogre, with the most famous north face in climbing
- YushanJade Mountain, the top of Taiwan
- KaçkarThe peak of the Pontic mountains above the Black Sea
- ErciyesCappadocia's snow cone over Kayseri
- GrossglocknerAustria's highest, above a famous glacier road
- Mount ErebusAntarctica's active volcano with a lake of lava
- Mount FujiJapan's sacred cone, climbed by thousands every summer night
- Aoraki / Mount CookThe cloud piercer, New Zealand's highest
- Mount TeideSpain's highest, a volcano on Tenerife
- Mount HoodPortland's volcano, skied all year
- Mount EtnaEurope's busiest volcano, changes height with every eruption
- ZugspitzeGermany's highest, with a cable car to the top
- Mount ApoThe Philippines' grandfather of mountains
- MusalaThe Balkans' highest, in Bulgaria's Rila
- Mount OlympusHome of the Greek gods
- TriglavThree heads, on Slovenia's flag
- Mount Saint HelensLost its top in the eruption of nineteen-eighty
- UludağBursa's ski mountain, the ancient Mysian Olympus
- GaldhøpiggenScandinavia's highest, in Norway's Jotunheimen
- Mount SinaiWhere Moses is said to have received the tablets
- Mount KosciuszkoAustralia's highest, a walk rather than a climb
- KebnekaiseSweden's highest, with a shrinking glacier on top
- Mount AthosThe holy mountain of the monks
- HallasanSouth Korea's shield volcano on Jeju island
- Ben NevisBritain's highest, usually in cloud
- Mount VesuviusBuried Pompeii and still looms over Naples
- Table MountainCape Town's flat-topped landmark
- CarrauntoohilIreland's highest, in the Reeks of Kerry
- Scafell PikeEngland's highest, in the Lake District