IF AUSTRIANS were ever to storm over the Alps into Bavaria, they would have to reckon with the men of the Gebirgsschützen, the "Mountain Guards" descended from the local militias of the late Middle Ages who later fought the Swedes in the Thirty Years War of the 17th century.
The artificial mountain is a model, not of Mount Everest, but of the fictional "forbidden mountain" guarded by the yeti in the story created by Walt Disney Imagineering for the attraction.
Towering mountains guard the passes into the mist-filled basin of the river with its curtains of wheat fields stretching east towards land long lost to the government.
Hidden high in the desert mountains, guarded for centuries by scholar monks and Bedouin tribesmen, this fortress sanctuary was once as remote as any place on Earth could be.
So, there's just the scenery - the river, the woodlands, the mountains guarding the whole length of the dale and perhaps the best pub in Lakeland, still without chromium plate and ornate cocktail bar, but with stone-flagged floors and hunting trophies hanging from the old beams.
There were no clouds to muzzle the ferocious mountains guarding the coast of Lofoten, in the far north of Norway, and no wind to ripple the water.
A SWEDE, a Bulgarian and an Irishman meet in a mountain village guarded by Georgians wearing American uniforms.
Already the Indian Fifth Mountain Division guards western Arunachal Pradesh while another division is responsible for protecting the eastern part of the state.
Native Americans in the area have composed many legends concerning the three "smoking mountains" that guard the Columbia River.
"No [Blue Mountain] guards were present outside the compound immediately before the attack ensued, although perimeter security was one of their responsibilities, and there is conflicting information as to whether they sounded any alarms prior to fleeing," the ARB found.
