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They are only reachable by multiple hours hiking high up in the mountains. That's a lot of "work" just for the chance of a few hundred CHF.

Backpacker territory has a certain kind of trust.

Being that close to nature long enough does things to a person. It's outside of something easily described with any human words.

That was nicely described. I can totally understand it. Never thought about it that way :)

This is true - hikers are usually self selecting that way. But the sentiment doesn't hold in general I'd say.