An expedition team makes its way single-file across sumptuous two-page spreads of various vast and magnificent natural landscapes: valleys, forests, rivers, glaciers, ridges, plateaus wreathed in mist - and finally, the summit. The people of the rope team, with their weighty packs, look tiny on the page as they go about their business: marching, taking a break, beholding nature's beauty, or consulting a map. Only when they reach their goal and are marveling at the starry sky do readers discover that the narrator complaining of his aching legs has been Saussure’s dog all along!