Coffee Break: National Climb a Mountain Day
![A woman gazes over the Himalayas.](https://img.apmcdn.org/5e0795919d635515e4c188386445cebde525274b/uncropped/6229bb-20240729-mountaineering-photo-credit-prodeep-nepalensis-600.jpg)
by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala
July 30, 2024
According to the folks at NationalDayCalendar.com, July 30 is National Climb a Mountain Day.
But National Climb a Mountain Day isn’t what you think. It’s not about literally climbing a mountain, but rather it’s about getting past the obstacles in our lives that keep us from reaching our peak. National Climb a Mountain Day embraces the associated attributes of mountaineering — perseverance, overcoming fear, goal-setting, adjusting to conditions, and visualizing success — that are at the heart of what the day is about: Reaching for what’s possible in our lives.
It's a cool aspiration, and one that could use a motivating soundtrack. Let’s turn the metaphor back around with songs that make reference to mountains.
So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention mountains, hills, summits, peaks or climbing do you want to hear?
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs Played
Dolly Parton – My Tennessee Mountain Home
Calexico and Iron & Wine – Father Mountain
Ike and Tina Turner – River Deep - Mountain High
Led Zeppelin – Misty Mountain Hop
Margo Price – Been To The Mountain
The Replacements – Buck Hill
Diana Ross – Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Alice Merton – Vertigo (bonus)