Gstaad
Mountains in summer are of an astral beauty, the snowy, far away, shrouded in cloud peaks like old men wearing spats. Danger lurks with such men, as it does with mountains. Colin Thubron wrote about a certain peak in Tibet, and claimed that the God of Death dwelled on that particular mountain. One could say that about many places. Only last week more than 11 people lost their lives on Mont Blanc, and the numbers will reach close to 100 by the time the summer’s over.
The ancient Greeks thought the heart of the world was Mount Olympus. (Hades, of course, was the you know what of the world.) The icy lakes of mountains appeal to many as purifying. Hindus and Buddhists bathe in them, drink the water and carry it away.
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