Help the boastful hiker correct his social media post before his geography teacher sees it. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

"Next year, I plan to conquer ___ Mount Everest, and then I will hike across ___ Andes!"

The correct answer is (no article) / the.

We do not use an article with individual mountains (like Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, or Mont Blanc). However, we must use the definite article "the" with plural mountain ranges (like the Andes, the Alps, or the Rockies).