The grand, institutionally owned ones are hidden beneath giant domes above the clouds on mountaintops.

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Others discover new hobbies, scaling mountaintops, exploring the sea bottom, and the depths of the jungle.

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Tykwer displays mesmerizing skill with the camera it zooms over mountaintops, slinks around corners, and spies from the ceiling.

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In addition to traversing mountaintops and valleys, hikers will need to tackle gorges and chasms, sculpted by aeons of water and wind.

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We've heard it shouted from the mountaintops more times than we'd care to mention: the patent system is fundamentally broken.

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At the top of the "daily frustrations" wish list was a mobile phone that works everywhere--from mountaintops to subways, from California to the Kalahari.

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Climb to any of the tall mountaintops and look around.

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Over the course of the day, the trail bent to the contours of the gorge, taking us through fragrant forests of deodar a Himalayan cedar tree and tall rai conifers, toward the snowy mountaintops that were our ultimate destination.

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