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The Dark Mountain Project

At the last set of trees (and therefore last shade), we made our sandwiches and enjoyed a leisurely lunch in the cool, by a small stream. The weather took an unexpected turn for the better and we lunched outside at The Cottage with pressies, before strolling into the slate quarry for the third time this week, in search of more classic climbs. The vouchers are actually worth more than the price of Mountain – I just really wanted to say thank you. The magma does not have to reach the surface in order to create a mountain: magma that solidifies…
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Mountain Fair

This hike visits one of the most physically impressive mountains in the South District of Shenandoah: Trayfoot Mountain. One interesting point that he makes is that a middle-class black family, who are constantly trying to be as ‘white’ as possible, will have a harder time becoming a great artist or poet. This view of Humpback Mountain was a rarity: I have not found many other viewpoints of the mountain from the Blue Ridge on the north side that are so close to the mountain. I liked telling my students that for every deposit found on the surface, there are likely…
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The MOUNTAIN BUREAU L.L.C

Sometimes I just feel like a brainless hike up a hill with no route finding, treacherous terrain or precarious precipices. The view is rather limited, but still worthwhile as it yields a unique view of Neighbor Mountain. When I say the world stopped, I mean that I have a very strange relationship to time now. As people have moved into the mountains to live, for recreation and to obtain valuable resources such as timber, mountain ecosystems around the world have been subject to degradation and destruction. You will always find a great time when you visit the spectacular place of…
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