And on the summit of Mount Washington, where thirty-five degrees below zero is commonplace and the wind velocity has registered higher than anywhere else in the world, there is a kind of wisdom to be found that other men often seek in the Himalayas `` because it is there ''.

Progress will take place far less through what is done in any `` summit conference '' of the National Council or the World Council, or even in offices of the denominational boards, than through what happens in the communities where Christian people live together as neighbors.

* 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

It is also said that if one runs around the great pine tree at the summit seven times, then the Fairies will appear.

The summit of this formation — as well as the highest point in the Sahara Desert — is Emi Koussi, a dormant volcano that reaches 3, 414 meters above sea level.

An annual private media summit called Captivate, renamed from Gamers Day in 2008, is traditionally used as a platform for new game and business announcements.

At the summit of the conspiratorial hierarchy is a distant but powerful force manipulating lesser conspiratorial factors.

Cuba is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and hosted its September 2006 summit.

The highest point in Concord is above sea level on Oak Hill, just west of the hill's summit in neighboring Loudon.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, ( CHOGM ), is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations.

In the film X-Men, a UN summit held on the island is targeted by Magneto, a former immigrant who attempts to artificially mutate all the delegates present.

Nine years later ( 1997 ), while traveling to a three-way summit between the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, Air Force One is hijacked by a terrorist disguised as a stewardess.

In the crime novel " The Redbreast " by Jo Nesbo, a senior Norwegian official concerned with preparations for a forthcoming visit by the President of the United States is depicted as saying: " Why does the President need to bring with him 700 people for a two-day summit?

The next morning, King Kong is dumbo-dropped onto the summit of Mt.

8, which states in the film's plot synopsis, A spectacular duel is arranged on the summit of Mt.

The lowest elevation is sea level and the highest elevation is the summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld, the highest point in the Arctic at.

All Genoshan mutants leave for Asteroid M. Before long, the country is taken over by Magneto who is ready to declare war on humanity with the Genoshan mutants by his side, following an attack on Professor X during an anti-mutant summit.

The island is mountainous, the highest summit being the Beerenberg volcano in the north.

The summit of Thabana Ntlenyana is partially encircled by bogs.

The highest point in Lincoln is either the summit of Mount Carrigain, at above sea level, plus or minus, or the summit of Mount Bond at.

In Quebec City, municipal officials built a 3 metre ( 10 ft ) high wall around the portion of the city where the Summit of the Americas was being held, which only residents, delegates to the summit, and certain accredited journalists were allowed to pass through.

A further summit was held on 31 January 2004.

The call to boycott was rescinded after SOE held a summit to address player concerns, improve ( internal and external ) communication, and correct specific issues within the game.

In 1972, the first formal summit meeting between Pyongyang and Seoul was held, but cautious talks did not lead much of anywhere and relations between the two Koreas continued down the path of hostility.

The 2010 G20 summit was held in Seoul, where issues regarding the global economic crisis were discussed.

In June 1990, Roh held his first summit with President Gorbachev in San Francisco.

The Group originated in a summit meeting of the heads of state or government of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland held in the Hungarian castle town of Visegrád on 15 February 1991 ( not to be mistaken with Vyšehrad, a castle in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, or with the town of Višegrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina ).

* July 7 – July 9 – The 19th G7 summit is held in Tokyo, Japan.

** In Cartagena, Colombia, a summit is held between President of the United States George H. W. Bush, President of Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora, President of Colombia Virgilio Barco Vargas, and President of Peru Alan García.

* July 9 – 11 – The 16th G7 summit is held in Houston.

* March 14 – An international peace summit is held in Egypt, in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East.

* July 6-July 8 – The 18th G7 summit is held in Munich.

The last summit was held at Mar del Plata, Argentina, in November 2005, but no agreement on FTAA was reached.

On the weekend of April 20, 2001, the 3rd Summit of the Americas was a summit held in Quebec City, Canada.

The mythological Hermit is seen on the summit of the mountain ; Staff of Wisdom in one hand, and in the other, the Lantern of Knowledge held out abreast over the world below.

Returning to the United Kingdom from an economic summit held in Guadeloupe in early 1979, Callaghan was asked, " What is your general approach, in view of the mounting chaos in the country at the moment?

In a twist of events, President Chen and PFP Chairman Soong held a summit and the independence-leaning president indicated that eventual reunification with mainland China would be an option.

In April 2008, a review summit of five heads of state — Presidents Mbeki of South Africa, Wade of Senegal, Bouteflika of Algeria, Mubarak of Egypt and Yar ' Adua of Nigeria — met in Senegal with a mandate to consider the progress in implementing NEPAD and report to the next AU summit to be held in Egypt in July 2008.

The issue did not return to the General Assembly until 2007, following a second inter-Korean summit held in Pyongyang on October 2 – 4, 2007.

In April 2006 Tomsk received international media attention as the venue of a major summit on economic cooperation, held in the city between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A 2002 summit held in Quebec led to the 2008 Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria, a collaborative effort between the UN Foundation and other advocacy groups.

The summit held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 26 – 27 November 2004 saw the adoption of a strategic framework for the period 2004-2014.

These concerts, which were held simultaneously in nine major cities around the world, were intended to coincide with the G8 summit to put pressure on the leaders of the world's richest nations to fight poverty in Africa by cancelling debt.