Always wanted some goldens back in the eighties when I first had goats, very poor quality back then, very small gene pool, seems they've been coming on leaps and bounds since then.
Didn't a lady hide them in her cellar when the germans were there and people were short of food?
Anyone ever heard of the Golden Guernsey Donkey? (now extinct)
I've always thought they like to climb because the mountain instinct is still there and they just like to be high up.