Mt Awful viewed from Gillespie Pass. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

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In many parts of the world, mountains were once viewed as horrible wastelands, places of monstrous formations, cursed by God, of no use to anyone, or even feared as the home of dragons. It wasn’t until the 17th and 18th century that more enlightened souls began to look at mountains in a different light – […]
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