Not funny but I wanted to put this somewhere it will be remembered; Connie Neil in Natter:
The Western mountains are rugged and majestic and gorgeous and dumb. They don't know what's coming to them. Sure, you can get lost in the wilderness, but they have no subtlety.
The Eastern mountains are old and canny and keep their secrets. You can hide in the shadows of the winding hollows and ridges and listen to the millenia of living things that have hidden there too. They look easy, but they're just waiting for someone to get stupid.