Mountains
…lofty mountains are most worthy of deep
study. For everywhere you turn,
they present to every sense a multitude of objects to excite and delight the mind. They offer problems to
our intellect; they amaze our souls.
They remind us of the infinite variety of creation, and offer an unequaled field for the observation of
the processes of nature.
Josias Simler, 1574:
De alpibus commentarius
Mountains complement desert as desert complements
city, as wilderness complements and completes civilization. Edward Abbey