Everest has made the Khumbu the most prosperous place in Nepal: a string of mountain villages miles from any road that have a higher per capita GDP than Kathmandu.
About 1,000 American troops backed by attack helicopters mounted a dawn assault on a string of mountain villages and caves in southeastern Afghanistan today, sending a forceful message to militants here that coalition forces would not be slackening their pace as the war in Iraq gets under way.
With ethnic Albanian rebels entrenched in a string of mountain villages near the nation's northwestern border, Macedonian politicians are deadlocked as they negotiate political and social reforms that might convince the guerrillas to lay down their arms.
They drove east, heading for the valley of Thórsmörk, Thor's Forest, which lay inaccessibly between three glaciers, two deep rivers, and a string of dark mountains.
The northeastern border of the plateau is defined by a string of volcanic mountains that include Mounts Morungole, Moroto, and Kadam, all of which exceed 9,000 feet (2,750 metres) in elevation.
The decision put a bit of doubt to his potential return to the Vuelta a España, notwithstanding the team needing a wildcard for that race as well, in spite of his three-year string of winning the mountains classification at that race.
I left the hotel in a blizzard the next morning, but the firs of the dense Thuringian forest soon sheltered me from the wind's angry blast and, having stopped at many cosy cafes on the way, I picnicked in one of a string of south-facing mountain huts when the sun did finally appear.
It will join a new string of slope-side mountain cabins, a condo-hotel, a pedestrian mall, performing arts center, spa and skating rink, all at the base of Stowe's Spruce Peak.
The string of tweets generated a mountain of backlash on social media, with many condemning Trump's seeming self-congratulary tone.
