Introduction. A towering problem
One for one : the Dinaric Alps
Our land is our land : Sierra Madre
Holding the high ground of nothing : the Andes
Mountain thistles : the Caucasus
On the existential border : Kashmir
The gods of the valleys are not the gods of the hills. Part one: the Green Mountains and the Hindu Kush ; Part two: the Lyngen Alps
Cantonment (contentment) : the Pyrenees and the Swiss Alps.
