MOUNTAIN MEN VS PLAIN JANES - SEGMENT 1
"Giant Mountains" - Caspar David Friederich (aptly named, due to the fact that he was German, and the Germans actually know what mountains look like) D ear Inter-Webs, I tried to make this post coherent, but I'm afraid that's beyond my skill level, so we went down some rabbit holes. Here we go. I have spent most of my startling life living in what I would call mountainous or hilly regions. Now if anyone so unfortunate as to be Swiss is reading this, I will offer a translation. The word “mountainous” in this context, roughly translates to “müchenflatlandschäften”, or "slight increment of elevation barely discernible from neighbouring terrain” in Swiss German. THE FIRST RABBIT HOLE OF THE POST I mean, if a dear old Swiss goat herder caught a plane from Zurich to Canberra, and then got taken to Mt. Kosciuzsko, our highest “mountain”, do you think Fritz (I have decided that that is his name) would be awfully impressed if he could be driven almost to the very top…of...
