North America performed particularly well, with the United States accounting for nearly half of the top mountain ranges.

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The annual Alpine event pays homage to a local legend about a sorceress and her hapless husband.

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With over 195 countries on our planet, the world is a pretty strange place if you think about it. Every country is vastly ...