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Mountains before Mountaineering: The Call of the Peaks before the Modern Age Nature_Gift_Guide "BreathtakingThe human story of mountains, long before modern mountaineers battled to be first upon their summits Today, mountains are spaces of adventure: hill walking, skiing, rock climbing and mountaineering. Mountain regions are treasured as places for human beings to connect with nature, encounter the sublime, and challenge themselves. It has often been said that the love of mountains is relatively new: that before modern mountaineers planted flags upon the