tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post1153797329077071532..comments2024-02-11T09:55:50.468-08:00Comments on The Eastside View: MountainsCharles Sherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-78673729097558400372008-02-01T20:01:00.000-08:002008-02-01T20:01:00.000-08:00The mountains I revere usually have a cog-wheel tr...The mountains I revere usually have a cog-wheel train (Jungfrau) or a telepherique (M Blanc) to get you to or near the top. <BR/><BR/>M Blanc is a place I return to whenever I can. <A HREF="http://rchrd.com/Gallery/Summer2003/pages/summer2003---12.html" REL="nofollow"><B>For instance</B></A><BR/><BR/>I like getting above the pollen level. And, looking down to where we came from. The rarefied air lends to reverie, and a lighter step. Something hard to acquire at sea level.rchrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173134583891999855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-63358138525826649652008-02-01T16:06:00.000-08:002008-02-01T16:06:00.000-08:00I knew of the European/Eastern divergence on mount...<I>I knew of the European/Eastern divergence on mountains (on that </I>subject<I>, I mean, not on the mountains themselves), but did Eastern reverence include summiting? Or does it rather discourage it? And did the California Indians climb and summit, or did they simply live </I>among<I> the mountains?</I>Charles Sherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-91168831995691744912008-02-01T15:26:00.000-08:002008-02-01T15:26:00.000-08:00Charles --Apparently, fear of the mountains has be...Charles --<BR/><BR/>Apparently, fear of the mountains has been long-held in European culture, while reverence for Mountains tends to begin to the east -- in the Caucasus and Central Asia. A good contrast is with those southern Californian Indians (the Serrano and Cahuilla, for example), who divided their lives between time spent in the valleys and in the mountains. One result of their taking advantages of the resources of the mountains was that they had little need to establish permanent settlements. Whether this was a cost or a benefit is a question of point of view.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.com