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Jack's Peak takes it's name from a famous mountain man who became a legend in DaVinci's World.
His conquests and bravery, his humble nature, and his primitive lifestyle were a testament to his devotion to the natural world
and to the foundations of life formed and given to us by Mother Nature. As a young man he was prone to disappearing
for months far into the back country and high among the mountains known as "The Roof of the World". Looking ever skyward,
seeking ever greater enlightenment, Jack climbed with a grace and a strength that made some believe that the Gods
themselves were beckoning him to attain their rarified station in the Heavens. For thirty years, Jack pursued his
dreams and his goals, only being seen on scarce occasions in the villages that occupied the lower shoulders of
those massive peaks. It was thought that he had a small but sturdy cabin that he called home, high in a snowy cleft
of the mountain, among the Granite rock, the icy streams and the evergreens he loved. The supplies he'd purchase were
meager and he seldom spoke more than a few words. His deep, sunken eyes, black as coal, were surrounded by a dishevelled
mass of unkempt hair, peppered gray, growing profusely from face and head and brows, such that his features were hardly
to be seen.
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The day came when Jack just never appeared in town again. Some said he'd reached the Heaven he sought, some said he was just
a crazy old man who died of cold, and hunger and loneliness. Some said he'd suffered from a terrible fall and froze to death
in pain and anguish.
Many years later, and just a few short months ago, an expedition of daring young men climbed into
the dangerous crevasses and ice walls of Jack's Peak and there, found his small log cabin. There was no sign of Jack.
His cabin was in good condition and seemed to have been left by a man knowing he would not return. On a rustic wooden
table, in the center of the small room, they found Jack's last letter laying beside a decanter and an empty Brandy snifter...
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