Jim lombard
New member
Summit or Bust?
Winter hiking season is approaching fast and I wanted to find out how far you will push to make the summit. I look back at last winter and see a number of times when weather was pretty bad and we decided to just turn back.....twice when we were barely 100 vertical feet from the summit!
Do you push on when the alarm bells are ringing in your head? How about if a companion suddenly gets sick? In 2004 I've retreated from a mountain before reaching the summit four times, the hardest one (and easiest decision) was at 18,000 feet on Kili when my wife collapsed from exhaustion and AMS. We made it to Barafu safe and sound but discouraged.
Maybe I'm not a real mountaineer but is a summit worth your life?
Winter hiking season is approaching fast and I wanted to find out how far you will push to make the summit. I look back at last winter and see a number of times when weather was pretty bad and we decided to just turn back.....twice when we were barely 100 vertical feet from the summit!
Do you push on when the alarm bells are ringing in your head? How about if a companion suddenly gets sick? In 2004 I've retreated from a mountain before reaching the summit four times, the hardest one (and easiest decision) was at 18,000 feet on Kili when my wife collapsed from exhaustion and AMS. We made it to Barafu safe and sound but discouraged.
Maybe I'm not a real mountaineer but is a summit worth your life?