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Originally Posted by boxsterz
Totally OT, and not trying to start anything. But your tag line made me wonder.
So what if one climbs, yet never summits? Seems rather pointless. Like my post I suppose 
Anywho, flame on. |
I would never flame someone for asking that. It is hard to describe, but climbing is not about reaching the summit, at least for real mountaineers. The summit is icing on the cake, but climbing is about the climb. Its about the work, the pain, the hunger, the extreme fatigue, the airlessness, the incredible views. Its about pushing yourself to do things you didn't think you could to; challenging yourself to do things that scare the bejeezus out of you. Its about the comraderie one has with fellow climbers, misery loves company. Its about being away from humanity and surviving in the most inhospitable places on earth. And most of all its about that first bite of that enormous burger you eat upon returning to the world.
