Mountains look eternal, but that’s only because mortal life is too short to see them breathe. Part 1 begins with that idea the towering shapes we see as symbols of permanence are actually temporary puppets in a veritably slow cotillion . Mountains rise, deteriorate, shift, collapse, and rebuild across scales that stretch beyond imagination. To understand Earth’s mountains is to accept that indeed the most solid thing you can touch is in stir. The ground under you may feel unmoving, but in reality it flows like a slow, grim swash — gravestone bending, stretching, cracking, and sinking over millions of times. That’s where this occasion