The “Rocky Mountains” part reminded me of the scene in “Jeremiah Johnson” where the crazy mountain man rides off into the distance ranting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFT_M7JC6jw&feature=related
“The Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world....”
3;20: “I ain’t never been there, but something tells me the Andes is foothills, and the Alps is for children....”
LOL
I remember that.