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For Japan’s Yamabushi monks, the mountains are a place for meditation and self-reflection. One of them explains.
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Weinberger, a collector of found stories, has written an essay about winds and mountains.
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In conversation with doctor Ned Gilbert-Kawai, who researches altitude sickness, among other health issues, in extreme conditions.
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The lives of the Csango people in the east Carpathian mountains are hard. But there’s much to discover when you just listen to their stories.
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An estimated 900 million people live in the mountains, worldwide. What connects them? What separates them?
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Stories the mountains tell us: Walking in Friuli, northeastern Italy.
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Why are people in flat countries magnetised to the mountains? An interview with the writer Will Self.
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Why the Georgian mountains are so important to the Georgian people.
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What Mount Ararat means to the people of Armenia.
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Booming tourist centres and abandoned valleys: How mountain culture is disappearing from the heart of Europe.
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In the Peruvian city of La Rinconada, known for its altitude and its gold, many come to seek their fortune.
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How coal mining is beheading the Appalachian Mountains and devastating a region.
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To locals, the Sicilian mountain Etna both gives life, and – sometimes – takes it away.
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Indian and Pakistani troops have been facing off on top of a glacier for 30 years.
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How a young man in northeast India is reigniting curiosity about the cultural wisdom of his ancestors.
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How did Mount Everest form, why do mountains grow and where would humankind be without them? An interview with the geologist Gillian Foulger.
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