ocr: "To bea Hutsul means to live in the mountains a and to love the mountains. VASYL KOTSULYM "It's us though I'm flying ubove the mountains likea a bird," says 14-year-ald Vasyl Kotsulym, testing his balance on the back of the family horse. Dove. With peaks topping 6,000 feet thesel highlands have long harbored independent souls, from feudal peasants fleeing serfdom tol Ukrainian insurgents fighting Nazi and Soviet repression. 80 NATIONALGEOGHAPHIC, NOVEMIER 1997
