He ran for about two hours, always heading downhill, until he entered a mountain valley.

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"We're going to continue searching until we either discover he left the mountain or we find him, " he added.

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But wouldn't you agree that rather than spending years dynamiting away the mountain, a better tack might be for someone to begin to exercise until he or she is in good enough shape to run up the mountain?

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