The Journey up the Mountain.

[Ian Gardner]

There are those who, having found a spring on the lower reaches of the
mountainside, shout to those climbing past, "Stay! for we have found the
spring. You need climb no more." Some cease their search and stay, whilst
others continue upwards and, reaching the top, find that there is no water
there - for none is needed.

(See The Milk Is White - Chapter 1, para 1 & 2)