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...In the deep valleys of the Alps, you often find yourself staring up at a soaring ridge above — impressive but confining — here the mountains rolled on and on, like frozen waves in a boundless ocean....
...On the tiny stove guide Almas somehow turns out a delicious rice plov which, rich with lamb fat, is the perfect foil to the evening chill....
...The cost of getting coal up here was so high that the owners introduced electricity, making this one of the first towns in the US to do so....
...Sitting in the bothy at night, leg-tired, sharing the heat from a few red coals in the stove’s belly....
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