In Defense of Mountains | Mickey Z.

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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

Feb. 4, 2014

“Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.”

- Shakespeare

While on a flight to Portland, Ore., a few years back, I looked out the window and my jaw dropped at the sight of Mount Hood. Moments like that make it easy to love mountains, but -- except for climbers and greedy coal executives -- mountains often go overlooked by most Homo sapiens.

Born in the glorious violence of tectonic plates pressing against each other until the land lifts and folds over itself, mountains link the sky to the ocean floor and have fired human (and non-human?) imaginations since, well… forever.

Evidently, there are more than a few ways to perceive a mountain, for example…

Thirst-Quenching. Did you know that half of the world’s population depends on mountain water?

Diverse. In just the Colorado Rockies alone, you’ll find quails, turkeys, coyotes, deer, moose, mountain lions, black bears, badgers, squirrels, bison, rattlesnakes, geese, eagles, elks, and wolves.

Geological Awe. There’s absolutely nothing like the Himalayan Range in the entire solar system.

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