It can be dangerous for casual hikers to go onto the glacier or attempt many of the towering mountains in this part of the Chugach.

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The pattern of military failure followed by appeasement continued this year in Swat in northern Pakistan, whose verdant valleys and towering mountains had once been one of Pakistan's premier tourist destinations.

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To the east are towering green mountains, and to the west, rare pink dolphins share the delta waters with cargo ships plying the South China trade.

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Like so many times before, Rob was up front -- leading a patrol of two dozen Afghans and Americans on a narrow trail along the valley floor, the steep mountains towering over them.

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Towering behind the camp at 8, 000 feet are the Mahale Mountains, where waterfalls and cool pools beg to be explored during an afternoon excursion.

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