The Grand Tetons real name

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skiP.E.I.

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For everyone's information: "Grand Tetons" is an anglicized version of the French "grande" (large) and "teton"(breast) So the Grand Tetons are the BIG TITS! (someone should also let Teton Gravity research know, if tehy don't already.)
 
Grand Teton is the highest mountain within Grand Teton National Park, and the second highest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The origin of the name is controversial. The most common explanation is that "Grand Teton" means "large teat" in French, named by either French-Canadian or Iroquois members of an expedition led by Donald McKenzie of the Northwest Company.[2]However, other historians disagree, and claim that the mountain was named after the Teton Sioux tribe of Native Americans.[3]

There is a controversy over who made the first ascent of Grand Teton. Nathaniel Langford and James Stevenson claimed to reach the summit on July 29, 1872. However, their description and sketches match the summit of The Enclosure: side peak of Grand Teton. The Enclosure is named after a man-made palisade of rocks on its summit, probably constructed by Native Americans.

When William O. Owen climbed the true summit, he found no trace of

prior human passage. Therefore, The Enclosure was probably first

climbed by Native Americans, and the true summit was first climbed by

William Owen.[4]
 
awww why'd you have to go ruin the fun? I got that from an essay in one of my English textbooks by the way.
 
Ya i knew that, but i only learned it when I went out there. I actually saw the 255 foot cliff when i was on the backside of Grand Targhee. When i was the movie later, it was scary to see him do it, because seeing it in real life, you wouldn't think that it is even possible.
 
exactly. just a bunch of horny french explorers looked up at the mountains after a couple months in the wilderness and got imaginitiive. Mt. Owen def looks like a titty though
 
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