Well, not everyone lives in mountains, so it was a pretty specific example. You could say the same thing about someone living in a city with tall buildings. You can just stand there and watch the moon climbing from behind them. There's a popular spot in my city that is a good distance from downtown so you see the skyline where photographers will line up to capture the moon rise behind downtown. You can tell the newbies by how casual they are about what they are doing vs the experienced ones that know once it starts it's over in a matter of minutes.