I don't believe that I gave the impression that the " sheer physical aspect " is my macho bag ,or only warrior elites took part in rituals in hilly areas , although the former does have it's place and I wouldn't exclude the latter as a possibility .Warriors , like grannies don't get much of a mention in prehistory .Similarly I wouldn't be happy using 21 st C punters abilities or asthetics as a yard stick in judging those of the Bronze Age or earlier in any terrain particularly if it was their native heath/hill . We next to nothing about about all that , but we do have Oetzi ,he was found at 3210 m more than twice the height of Britains highest hill. I did find the Neil Oliver &Mark Edmonds attitude at the Langdale Pikes instructive , they had a nice stroll up ,you can keep your ahnds in your pockets all the way if need be ,then commented upon how the "factory workers " would have been considered the situation ,pretty demeaning in my book . People have always worked or went to incredibly difficult places throughout history it's one of the things we are good at.