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