Frau Leuenberger had picked it up while walking with her husband in the mountains above Thun.
There were no seats, and we sat on the floor in a tight bunch while Mr. Yusaf pointed out some of the higher mountains through the window.
While the allied and Afghan forces pressed into Paktia's mountains, three Afghan fighters died Thursday in Kandahar, the former Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
As I set off on my next expedition and find myself in harsh climates again, while cycling 15, 000 miles from Alaska to Chile and climbing some of the highest mountains, I will keep in mind the Mountain Rescue teams - who work in these environments, not for fun, but to save lives.
The Met Office also had a rare red warning for snow and blizzards in part of the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains while the rest of the country had an amber warning.
Meanwhile, wardens and estate workers from Snowdonia National Park say they will help bury around 40 Carneddau mountain ponies, which have died in the snow while grazing on the slopes on the Aber and Llanfairfechan mountains.
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"We're blessed with nature, particularly the mountains, " says Mr. Usui, who takes in the local landscape while skiing, golfing and running.
Elsewhere, mountains shoot straight up an 11-foot-tall hanging scroll by Mi Wanzhong (1570-1628) while, in the late-16th to early-17th century fan hanging beside it, Sun Zhi's mountains arc and lunge like waves.
In Virginia, as much as 12in of wet snow were forecast to hit coastal areas, while the inland Blue Ridge Mountains and other mountainous areas could receive as much as 21in.
Entering the city while letting most of the fighters escape would pave the way for a long partisan war, waged by guerrillas based in the mountains, where they are almost impossible to winkle out.
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