I'm sure I could think of some reason that'd sound believable. Maybe something involving the mountain wind that passes through the gorge, and how it can be used as a source of power.

[He follows along, the gears in his head going a mile a minute. You might have lost him, Spy.]

There's a river nearby too, as I recall, one that runs near a few bases. Something about harnessing that might land me at one of those rather than Double Cross.