The Mountain
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| Leader | Maximilien Robespierre |
|---|---|
| Louis Antoine de Saint-Just | |
| Georges Danton | |
| Paul Barras | |
| Bertrand Barere | |
| Founded | 1793 |
| Color | Red |
| Polit club | Jacobin Club; Cordeliers Club |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3273566 |
About The Mountain
The Mountain was a political group during the French Revolution. Its members, called the Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the National Convention. The term, first used during a session of the Legislative Assembly, came into general use in 1793.
Mount Marapi: Eleven hikers killed as volcano erupts in Indonesia
... Rescue workers took turns carrying the dead and the injured down The Mountain s arduous terrain and onto waiting ambulances with blaring sirens...
Climate crisis: Three women helping wildlife survive
... Here are three women who dedicate their lives to saving one of those species - The Mountain gorilla, the Chinese pangolin and the leatherback turtle...
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers free 41 trapped workers
... Rescuers had also begun drilling vertically from the top of The Mountain under which the men were trapped to bore an alternate rescue passage...
Pakistan's Kalash people are afraid for their future after Taliban attack
... " It was 04:00 in the morning when we saw men coming down The Mountain with turbans on their head, backpacks, weapons and belts of bullets around their bodies, " says a Kalashi shepherd, Michael (not his real name)...
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Drilling resumes to save trapped Indian workers
... Officials say other plans to rescue the men, including drilling down from The Mountain top, are also on track...
North Wales Police: Four missing teens last seen on Sunday
... " Our first job was to look for any indication they were on The Mountain...
Darkley: A singing congregation silenced by gunfire
... The Mountain Lodge Pentecostal church was a relatively small congregation of fewer than 100 people, a Protestant community in a mainly Catholic area, not far from the Irish border...
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers to drill from top
...By Andrew ClaranceBBC News, UttarkashiEfforts to rescue 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in northern India have been expanded to include drilling down from The Mountain top...
Mount Marapi: Eleven hikers killed as volcano erupts in Indonesia
By Jerome Wirawan and Joel Guintoin Jakarta and Singapore
Eleven hikers have been found dead near The Crater of Indonesia's Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say.
Three people were rescued on Monday. The Search for 12 more missing has been suspended due to a small eruption.
There were 75 hikers in the area at The Time of the eruption but most were safely evacuated.
Mount Marapi , one of Indonesia's 127 active volcanoes, erupted on Sunday, spewing ash as high as 3km (9,800ft).
Authorities have imposed the second-highest alert level and prohibited residents from going within 3km of The Crater .
The three people rescued, who were also found near The Crater , were " weak and had some burns" said Abdul Malik , head of the Padang Search and Rescue Agency. Some 49 climbers were evacuated from the area earlier on Monday, many of whom also suffered burns.
Video footage of Sunday's eruption showed a huge cloud of volcanic ash spread widely across the sky, and cars and roads covered with ash.
Rescue workers took turns carrying The Dead and the injured down The Mountain 's arduous terrain and onto waiting ambulances with blaring sirens.
One of the rescued hikers moaned in pain and said " God is great" as she piggybacked on a rescuer, AFP news agency reported.
" Some suffered from burns because it was very hot, and they have been taken to The Hospital , " said Rudy Rinaldi , head of the West Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency.
The 2,891m (9,485ft) high Mount Marapi is located on Indonesia's westernmost Sumatra island.
The Indonesian archipelago sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where The Meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com