I wouldn't sail this ship if I were you
1. There is a mountain that has been entirely hollowed out by ants, but it is far enough away that no large creature has walked on it since. It is ready to crack like an egg, but maybe it never will.
2. Near the top of another mountain there is a damp meadow covered in coarse grass and a deep, clear tarn. It extends down into the rock, and the bottom is not visible because it is too dark down there, not because of any murkiness in the water. Somewhere far down and shimmering through the tiny ripples raised by the mountain winds one can see a sheep skeleton when the light is good.
3. There is a peak over which the clouds make faces and the sky is a staticy mess of visions. Although it is not high, one can never quite trust one’s senses up there. The world below looks rather flat, as if it were missing a dimension in the haze.
4. There is a pass where one can see down into a steep, stony valley that does not lead anywhere in particular. It would be folly to go down there, really; the way back up is steep and icy and there are sharp stones in the scree. But if you look at the far end it always seems that you can see someone running down there. Running and running, back towards the valley’s entrance, but never moving any closer, as if they were somehow disjoint from the physical world.
5. There is a high lonely moor and, in those months of the year when it is not covered in ice, one can see grassy lumps rising out if the boggy earth. If you were to look closer, you would see that they are old buildings; and that there are many of them, and some are the rotten stumps of great towers. But there is no record of any city having been there.
6. There is a black peak, but sometimes at dusk the birds rise off it and you can see that it is actually silver.
7. Another mountain lies in a hot part of the world and there are seven lakes around its summit which are the most perfect turquoise. At the height of summer, great lilies grow on the lakes and the air is alive with tiny green butterflies. From a distance, however, all one can see on the mountain’s slopes is a forest of dead trees bleached white by the sun. It is not known what killed the trees and, as a consequence, the lakes are rarely visited.
8. There is a mountain that extends up into the sky beyond the normal limits of the atmosphere to sustain life; I am not sure if it is on this or another planet. There were five explorers who climbed it and saw some kind of vision near the peak. I do not know what kind of vision. They discarded their life support equipment and formed their bodies into a kind of structure, where they promptly froze to death. Although other explorers have since ventured up there, it is unwise to go near the structure, which now consists of some thirty bodies: the original five, and a further twenty-five who got too close. Observations from a distance suggest it is starting to look like some kind of temple.