Since the dawn of mankind, mountains have always irresistibly attracted man. Man has conferred on many hills a sacred character, as if the divinity dwelled on their slopes and everything that happened around them was sublimated.... Suffice it to recall: Mount Kailash in Tibet, the biblical Mount Sinai in Egypt, Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka, the Devil's Tower in Wyoming, the Australian Uluru, Tindaya Mountain in Fuerteventura, Sorte Mountain in Venezuela, Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania, Fuji in Japan, Mount Olympus in Greece or Ararat in Turkey? It would seem as if that which succumbs on the slopes of a mountain range or on its summits were purer, more grandiose, more strenuous and more meritorious.
Hunting is something consubstantial to the person that allows the individual to develop and fulfill his carnivorous and predatory nature. This activity can be carried out in multiple environments and in the most varied ways, all of them valid and exciting. However, for the common hunter no modality is more suggestive than stalking on the steep slopes of a mountain range, perhaps because of the sacrosanct character that we have historically given to the mountains or perhaps because of the undoubted effort necessary for its practice. In this life, everything obtained with effort has much more importance than that which is given to you, and chasing your prey up the slopes of a mountain is, without a doubt, an arduous and strenuous task.
Ignacio Ruiz-Gallardón García de la Rasilla
President of Cofradia Culminum Magister
