No answer is complete or satisfactory. Perhaps there is no single answer; perhaps each climber must have his own reasons for such an effort. The answer cannot be simple; it is compounded of such elements as the great beauty of clear cold air, of colors beyond the ordinary, of the lure of unknown regions beyond the rim of experience. The pleasure of physical fitness, the pride of conquering a steep and difficult rock pitch, the thrill of danger - but danger controlled by skill - are also there. How can I phrase what seems to me
the most important reason of all? It is the chance to be briefly free of the small concerns of our common lives, to strip off nonessentials, to come down to the core of life itself. Food, shelter, friends - these are the essentials, these plus faith and purpose and a deep and unrelenting determination. On great mountains all purpose is concentrated on the single job at hand, yet the summit is bit a token of success, and the attempt is worthy in itself. It is for these reason that we climb, and in climbing find something greater than accomplishment.Charles S Houston, M.D. and Robert H. Bates - K2 The Savage Mountain
First inspired during a talk at the Seattle REI by Ed Viesters whose life project was to climb all 8000 meter peaks without the use of supplemental oxygen, I sensed a deep desired to bring my mountaineering passion into a project that would span my entire lifetime. First chiseled during a climb in the Northwest Cascades and finalized on a beach in southern California, my life quest is to climb as many of the highest points in every country in my lifetime. Some are easy, some are hard, some are downright impossible, but collectively a quest like this no matter how far one gets would be truly be a life worth living.
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Project360 Climbing Plan
Highest points in every country
