After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria, and almost died.

CNN: A final toast for the Doolittle Raiders

Back on board en route to Severobaikalsk, the land become mountainous and we passed dense forest bisected by wide rivers and glacial streams.

BBC: A train to nowhere in Siberia

In Wyoming, more experienced fire managers and crews took over the fight against a wildfire burning in a rough, mountainous area of the Medicine Bow National Forest.

MSN: Nuns, Boy Scouts among new wildfire evacuees

The crash happened in a mountainous area of State Route 38, between Mentone and Forest Falls, San Bernardino Fire Department spokesman Eric Sherwin said.

CNN: Death toll expected to rise in California tour bus crash