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Before reaching their destination, the teams will cross mountains, frozen rivers and forests before hitting the wind-pummeled coast.
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It may seem like missing the original point, but is it any different from a Range Rover, with its roots in a vehicle designed to cross deserts or mountains, sporting a leather interior, air-conditioning and chrome wheels?
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From their cottage homestay I took in the imposing mountains I was about to cross.
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The battle comes just a few days after Turkey's parliament voted overwhelmingly to authorize cross-border military attacks against Kurdish rebel camps in the mountains of neighboring Iraq.
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The mountains are truly majestic as the writer witnessed on her cross-country train ride.
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Then he went to the front door, on the other side of which waited Danielle, who was shivering, staring cross-eyed at the door handle rather than at the monstrous mountains around her.
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There is also plenty of skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing to be done elsewhere in the country, where the mountains may not soar as high as the Alps, but assets include cheaper prices, smaller crowds and a less frenetic atmosphere.
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