 Similar arguments may be given for the elimination of individual ordinary objects. One can construct a sorites series of contiguous bits of matter, running from a bit of matter, mk, at the peak of Kilimanjaro to a bit of matter, mp, in the surrounding plains. From the sorites premise that a bit of matter that’s n inches along the path from mp to mk is part of Kilimanjaro iff a bit of matter that’s n+1 inches along the path is part of Kilimanjaro (for any number n), together with the fact that mp is not part of Kilimanjaro, we reach the absurd conclusion that mk isn’t part of Kilimanjaro. So, by reductio, we may conclude that Kilimanjaro does not  exist.[12] 