The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:

A flawless half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky. Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.


- gently rolling hills

- plumes of dust billowed into the crisp, thin air


- shaggy monsters, blacker than the darkest nights


- trail hugged its bank


- hunks of snow clung on in the near permanent shade


- a large cairn of rocks festooned with white silk scarves and ragged prayer flags


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