Mount Marathon or Marathon Mountain is a mountain directly west of Seward in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska.
The mountain actually derives its name from the ever-popular Mount Marathon Race held every Fourth of July.
Famous quotes containing the words mount and/or marathon:
“Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.”
—Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)
“... marathon swimming is the most difficult physical, intellectual and emotional battleground I have encountered, and each time I win, each time I touch the other shore, I feel worthy of any other challenge life has to offer.”
—Diana Nyad (b. 1949)