DuckTales: Mysteries of the Past

The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!

"Mt. Neverrest, the highest peak in the world. Most prized of the seven summits, Neverrest has claimed the world's finest explorers. It is said to be completely unclimbable. But now that smug stack of stalagmites has to deal with Scrooge McDuck!" Scrooge explains to the kids as they approach the site, each of the kids in color coded winter gear.

"Wait, so instead of spending Christmas in a billionaire's mansion waiting for Santa Claus-" Louie starts.

"That man is not allowed in my home. He knows what he did." Scrooge says, Rebecca nodding.

"We're following an old man up Mt. Certain Doom, here?" Louie finishes.

"You will respect Uncle Scrooge!" Rebecca snaps with a growl, scaring Louie, and her other two brothers, some.

Huey clears his throat and composes himself. "Actually, Mt. Neverrest is three times deadlier than Mt. Certain Doom. The mountain summit remains shrouded in mystery. No one's ever seen the top, which makes it the perfect place to earn my Junior Woodchuck cartography badge!" He says, Louie unimpressed. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a topographical landscape that hasn't already been mapped?"

"No." Louie says bluntly.

"Well, very. I've got a geographic information system, satellite radar detector, thermal..." Huey lists off his high tech surveying gadgets.

"Bah, yew don't need all that fancy doohickory. All yew need is your wits, determination, and these. My old surveying tools." Scrooge assures as he gives the old gear to Huey.

"Wow, they're rusty with the wisdom of experience."

"That's the spirit. Ae'm going to be the first person to set foot on the top of Neverrest."

"And I'm going to be the first person to draw a picture of it."

"And I've got the flag to plant!" Rebecca says, showing off a makeshift but well made flag that is pretty much the McDuck tartan with a McDuck Enterprises logo in the middle, as Launchpad peeks through the window.

"This is your captain speaking. Flight doors are now open." Launch-ad says as he opens the door of the half-buried plane, given it crashed, as the group leaves the plane.

"Ah, drink it in, kids. Her deadly peaks, her bottomless crevices. Her flawless sheets of brilliant white snow betray no hint of the ancient secrets hidden beneath. Completely untrolled by man, the untamed majesty of Mt. Neverrest." Scrooge says, as they come upon a fully developed touristy resort village at the base of the mountain.

"Um, why?" Rebecca asks, concerned at the development of a natural landmark as a tourist trap.

"Ooh, churros!" Webby says as she runs to the stand.

They head through the town towards the entrance to the mountain pass, Huey complaining about an inaccurate tourist map before talking about George Mallardy, Scrooge dismissing stuff such as the Neverrest Ninny, Webby sledding for the first time with Dewey giving pointers. Rebecca rubbernecks at all the shops and sights and sounds out of sensory overload, causing Scrooge to hold her close. Meanwhile Launchpad is pulled in by a conning salesman to sell him equipment to prevent 'ice fever'. Soon they head out of the town.

"Alright, true explorers. Now this mountain is going to throw everything she's got at us." Scrooge announces.

"But it will be worth it when we find the treasure of Mt. Neverrest. Haha." Louie says with excitement.

"There is no treasure of Mt. Neverrest." Scrooge reveals, to which Louie quits and nopes out, to Rebecca's frustration.

"Coward!" She calls out as they continue on while she carries some compact su-plies given to her by Ian 'as a precaution', Launchpad rambling about Ice fever, having bought all his gear with Scrooge's credit card, which Louie had said was his corporate credit card. Then, Webby tries to sled down a steep hill, but Dewey snatches the sled causing Webby to face plant and Rebecca to stifle a giggle.