Originally Posted by
Another Kevin
'Peak-bagger's pathology.' I resemble that remark, since I seem to have taken up peak-bagging. But where I hike, the peaks are pretty nifty places, and the mileage of a hike that bags a couple or three is just perfect for a clueless weekend. I'm looking at myself, and I'm just not seeing a desire for conquest, more like "gee, here's this catalog of cool places, wouldn't it be nice if I could get out and see them all?"
And most of the folks I run into on peak-bagging trips aren't really like either adrenalin junkies or accountants. In fact, most of the ones I meet on the harder peaks have finished the list a long time ago, and are going back to them over again because they're still great places to go.