Photo of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan - one of DTE's favorite mountains

*photo from Faisal.Saeed @ Flickr

Today is International Mountain Day , a distinguished day first recognized by the UN General Assembly in 2003. For today, DTE is looking back on all of our wonderful mountain memories and plotting the next great adventure. Today is a particularly fitting day to call upon a favorite quote that hangs proudly at DTE headquarters: “From the first time I saw them I felt they were my real home. Where else can a man get so close to heaven, to his Creator, with both feet still on the ground?” – Finis Mithcell

International Mountain Day is an opportunity to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build partnerships that will bring positive change to the world's mountains and highlands. It was the UN General Assembly who designated 11 December, from 2003 onwards, as 'International Mountain Day'. This decision results from the success of the UN International Year of Mountains in 2002, which increased global awareness of the importance of mountains, stimulated the establishment of national committees in 78 countries and strengthened alliances through promoting the creation of the International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions, known as the 'Mountain Partnership (WSSD, Johannesburg, 2 September 2002). FAO was the designated lead coordinating agency for International Year of Mountains and is mandated to lead observance of International Mountain Day.

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