PHOTO ESSAY The climb of Linville Peak, with its projecting flakes of rock, its sheer cliffs and crack-fractured crags, is no longer permitted today, but was undertaken by Randy Johnson in conjunction with the book project. HELEN MOSS DAVIS/WILDBLUEPRINTS.COM TOMMY WHITE The Linn Cove Viaduct snakes its way around the flank of Grandfather Mountain as the great peak plummets under cloud cover toward the piedmont. 50 BlueRidgeCountry.com