Simply to enjoy the grandeur and beauty of their landscapes. For the colonizers of the post-Columbian era, however, this region has been for a long time in a world lost in the past, populated by dinosaurs and other beings of very remote ages, as the inventor of the term describes it so vividly, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in his famous novel of the same name.
Perhaps, this world, in one way or another, is always present in the subconscious of the explorers when they walk in a part of the earth that has never been touched by man before; and probably much of the concern that scientists and other explorers feel regarding the conservation of the tepuis, has its roots also in this type of romantic feelings.
Frankly speaking, it is annoying to think that landscapes so pure and untouched for so long, could be degraded in some way. There are very few places in the world where there has been no obvious human occupation and that is perhaps why, being on the summit of a Tepuy, one is captivated by the strange feeling of deep respect in front of such a primal nature.
