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<p>The peak of natural beauty is the height of ambition</p><p>自然美景的巅峰上是凌云壮志</p><p>For as long as I can remember, I have had a fascination with climbing mountains. Coming from Wales, home to (in my perhaps biased opinion) some of the most beautiful mountains and natural scenes in the world, I have been lucky enough to be able to feed this love of scaling lofty peaks as much as my heart desired. Though I can't pinpoint exactly where this fascination comes from, the reason may be as simple as the answer mountaineer George Mallory gave to the question why climb Qomolangma — known in the West as Mount Everest. His reply was, "Because it's there."</p><p>从记事起，我就对爬山着迷。或许我带有滤镜，我的家乡威尔士拥有世界上最美丽的山脉和自然风光，我很幸运能够尽情满足自己对攀登高峰的热爱。虽然我无法确切指出这种迷恋来自何处，但原因可能和登山家乔治·马洛里对为何要攀登珠穆朗玛峰（西方称为埃佛勒斯峰）的回答一样简单：“因为它就在那里。”</p><p>Luckily , Beijing has also proven to be a fertile ground for this hobby, with the Great Wall snaking its way through the imposing mountain ranges to the north of the city. But when it co...