3) I am actually with gandalf here Fin. Perhaps we can leave out this portion? We do not need to explicitly mention her crossing of 'the mountains' (which to you mean the Hithaeglir), as leaving it out would not take a stance either way. perhaps like this:
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But such a policy having no hope of acceptance among the Elves of Beleriand, Galadriel and Celeborn departed over Ered Lindon before the end of the First Age{; and when they received the permission of the Valar to return into the West they rejected it}SP-SL-10.5 <moved from below and first of all the Noldor came to the inner lands>.> SP-SL-11 <Editorial addition based on the head note to ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ {Celeborn “escaped the sack of Doriath”}When Celeborn returned later to Doriath> SP-SL-12 <HoME12; Part 1; Ch. VI; T4; Note 10 she {passed}remained east {over}of the mountains {and forsook Beleriand, and first of all the Noldor came to the inner lands}; and too late she heard the summons of {Fionwë}[Eönwë].>
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This way we remove any confusion, and also take no stance on whether Galadriel went east over the Misty Mountains. She could have from this text, so it works with both sides of any debate.