Before Whitetop, a llama named Dalai Llama held the crown for the oldest of his species. Therapy llamas aren’t as unusual as you may assume. Mountain Peaks Therapy in Ridgefield, Washington, brings ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.

It's the biggest empire of the week - but it's represented by the smallest object - a llama that sits in my hand, a tiny, gold messenger from a mountain-topped world. "I've seen llamas carrying ...