Travel Theme: Mountains

Posted on February 16, 2013 by | 29 Comments

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Mountains.

Hmmm… The water that we kayak on is usually horizontal and the waves are usually not mountainous. So I don’t have many photos of mountains.

I have visited the Alps and the Rockies. But I’ve found that I like best the smaller mountain ranges that, with perhaps no more than a thousand feet of elevation, still look and feel like real mountains. You can climb them in the morning and still be back below for supper. Yet up there, you still have those sharp peaks, precipitous slopes, and—especially when the mist rolls in—that exposed, lonely thrill. And when the mist clears, there are sunlit views far into the lowlands, even as far as the sea.

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29 responses to “Travel Theme: Mountains”

  1. PGH MEDIA | February 16, 2013 at 4:55 pm | Reply

    Love mountain photos. Great work!

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  4. Debbie | February 16, 2013 at 6:16 pm | Reply

    Gorgeous! and great clouds too!

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  5. catbirdinoman | February 16, 2013 at 6:23 pm | Reply

    Those mountains are beautiful, especially with those dark clouds hovering overhead. :-)

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  6. Naomi Baltuck | February 16, 2013 at 8:11 pm | Reply

    Really beautiful. I love the clouds too.

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  7. નિરવ ની નજરે . . ! | February 17, 2013 at 12:32 am | Reply

    Just out of the world . . . Amazing . . . i just love the way mountains approach giant clouds .

    Nirav / India .

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  8. dadirri7 | February 17, 2013 at 2:40 am | Reply

    super moody photos, mountains are like that … well captured!

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  9. evilnymphstuff | February 17, 2013 at 8:18 am | Reply

    I love how the clouds or even the sky seem to touch the mountains, as if mountains are the way to Heaven and we only have to climb…
    Beautiful photos!

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  10. Cheryl | February 17, 2013 at 8:38 am | Reply

    A beautiful array of (small) mountain photos!

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  11. cocoaupnorth | February 17, 2013 at 10:50 am | Reply

    Stunning!

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  15. Eleenie | February 27, 2013 at 11:34 am | Reply

    Stunning, I really love the cloud formations.

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