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In 2017, a northwestern Greenland mountainside fell 3,000 feet into the deep waters of the fjord below.
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Paul Bierman, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Investigators say Casanova was not hiking with the pair; however, rescue efforts launched Monday morning for the teen led the helicopter crew to the other two hikers on the mountainside.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Crickets chirp in the night as Gerardo Marrón calls to an elf owl on a Baja California Sur mountainside in late October.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Several good Samaritans quickly joined him, forming a human chain to stabilize the vehicle, which was wedged against a fallen tree — the only thing preventing it from plummeting down the mountainside.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
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Paul Bierman, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Investigators say Casanova was not hiking with the pair; however, rescue efforts launched Monday morning for the teen led the helicopter crew to the other two hikers on the mountainside.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Crickets chirp in the night as Gerardo Marrón calls to an elf owl on a Baja California Sur mountainside in late October.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Several good Samaritans quickly joined him, forming a human chain to stabilize the vehicle, which was wedged against a fallen tree — the only thing preventing it from plummeting down the mountainside.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Mountainside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountainside. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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mountainside
noun
moun·tain·side
ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌsīd 
: the side of a mountain
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