In the nineteenth century, there had been a tension between the romantic advocates of the “sacredness” of the Alpine peaks (such as John Ruskin), and modern mountain climbers (such as Leslie Stephen), who promoted the notion of the Alps as the “playground of Europe.”
Im 19. Jahrhundert war es zu einer Spannung gekommen zwischen den romantischen Propagatoren einer „Sakralität“ der Alpengipfel (wie John Ruskin) und den modernen Alpinisten, die von einem “playground of Europe” sprachen (wie Leslie Stephen).