Ron Lee wrote:
Newps wrote:


Ron Lee wrote:


and I usually have beaucoup distance between me and terra firma.


Then you're not mountain flying.



OK, you fly over the mountains your way....I will fly mine

Why fly through passes when you can fly several thousand feet over
them?

That's up to you but when people talk about mountain flying they are in
or very near the mountains. Flying a couple thousand feet over the
mountains is just a cross country, you can do that in Iowa.