Rebecca SolnitA lone peak of high point is a natural focal point in the landscape, something by which both travelers and local orient themselves. In the continuum of landscape, mountains are discontinuity -- culminating in high points, natural barriers, unearthly earth.
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A lone peak of high point is a natural focal point in the landscape, something by which both travelers and local orient themselves. In the continuum of landscape, mountains are discontinuity -- culminating in high points, natural barriers, unearthly earth. The power of the mountain to attract our gaze seems to be its ability to provide us with both orientation and significance. We first look at the mountain because it is where we first see it.
It is an unearthly earth because it is so far above us. The power of the mountain becomes its importance because it is what allows us to orient ourselves and find significance in our surroundings.
Source: Wanderlust: A History Of Walking
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