JohnnoMcJohnno wrote: . . . Maybe, just maybe, there's a little bit of goat in all of us.
peregrinator wrote:JohnnoMcJohnno wrote: . . . Maybe, just maybe, there's a little bit of goat in all of us.
You've got to be kidding.
Very few people recognise that they're chronically peak point hungry, mainly because that aspect is stigmatised, but I feel like there is definitely that drive in every bushwalker especially with all the easily accessible peak lists around.
phATty wrote:Very few people recognise that they're chronically peak point hungry, mainly because that aspect is stigmatised, but I feel like there is definitely that drive in every bushwalker especially with all the easily accessible peak lists around.
Tortoise wrote:I've been sitting a few points short of my last goal for months, and I confess I get a bit antsy to get there sometimes. No enough, however, to proceed with a walk I won't enjoy, pushing through wet scrub in the cold. Or one that requires an attempt to cross an icy flooded creek. Or traipsing through deep mud, when I can wait for more enjoyable conditions. I think reaching 600 will be enough for me.
johnrs wrote:For goats, himalayan char and yaks, Mech Al
I think it is to protect from predators at night
John
Especially if it's a remote peak that took days to access. Otherwise it remains 'unfinished business'. I think some people are better at accepting that than others, and I've been better at some times than at others. Completing that unfinished business at a later date can be especially sweet. Like enjoying an hour or two on Pokana Peak on the second attempt. (All the more sweet given that the first time we didn't get back to our tents till 1 a.m., having not summited.)north-north-west wrote:] And, sometimes, it's just sheer bloodymindedness because "damn it, I came here to climb the thing and I'm going to climb the thing".
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