The mountains were two or three miles away but seemed to be closer.

At the bottom of the grade, the mountains seemed to close in around them.

We were high into the hills now and the mountains seemed to press in on us.

Although the mountains seemed too far to run from in the available time.

Then the mountain behind them seemed to move and shudder.

The entire mountain seemed to be coming down on top of him.

Just then, the solid mountain seemed to jump under his feet.

For the first five hours the mountain never seemed to get any closer.

East and west the view was little different, but to the south the mountains seemed only a few miles away.

Indeed, the mountain seemed to stabilize above the snow line.