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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 five duels play out and every lot adds its power. The side with the bigger total takes the match, however the individual duels fell.
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