I speak with Dawn Hollis about her new book "Mountains Before Mountaineering." Dawn's work takes aim at the prevailing idea that, until the modern era, mountains weren’t visited or appreciated. Instead, they were ugly, terrifying things to be avoided.

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On Mountains is a podcast that explores the intellectual and cultural history of mountains, from myth to modernity. It features interviews with researchers, writers, academics, poets, and photographers who think about mountains and our relationship with them.

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