Robert M. Gary wrote:

The subject line made me laugh. I'm from out West. When I took my kids
to Mt Vernon, they asked me "Dad, why do they call it 'Mt'?". "See
that little hill over there?...". We often top moutains over 14,000.
-Robert


My experience is that can't be done safely (or easily) on a consistant
basis without turbine engines and pressurization. Do you do it differently?