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[LOTR films] Why didn't Gandalf use magic to light the warning beacons of Gondor?

Wouldn't it have been safer instead of having Pippin scale the side of a cliff to get to the beacon?
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The Istari aren't supposed to be throwing fireballs around - minimal magical footprint to get the job done. They were just here to aid mortals.

Hobbits are light and good climbers, so it wasn't all that dangerous anyway.