41.   Across a crooked valley of homes the mountains are dappled with snow and tiny skiers that I have to squint at to see moving.

42.   After the phone call, she and other members of her entourage were planning to step out to test the tough weather for which the mountain is legendary.

43.   But for some, like Maphanga, who works his vein with a single partner, the mountain is especially attractive because they are working for themselves.

44.   But he insists there is a mountain of anecdotal evidence.

45.   But in Guerrero, whose rugged mountains have been home to generations of rural guerrillas, it has continued to operate.

46.   But in those places, the process is relatively new, and the resulting mountains are not yet very high.

47.   But mountains are molehills piled one on top of the other.

48.   But our mountains are like tiny hills compared to real mountains.

49.   But the fire is dramatic proof that the rugged mountains should be off limits to development, according to Chasar.

50.   But the mountains are important to more than wildlife.