Monday, December 27, 2004
Hi Tim,
I would say that the lack of summits on Alaska and Peru are really largely due to expeditionary factors which are often inescapable ie time available, team dynamics, food and health, planned schedule, rate of acclimatisation, risk threshold. Though different in terrain, peakbagging in Co is like multi-peak climbing in the Alps - the elements deciding the success ( defined here as reaching the top ) are far more controllable.Like they say, There is No failure, Just lack of Time.
Imagine if you applied this to so many commerical 21-day Denali trips. frankly, I think a Denali trip should be at least 25 days, ditto Aconcagua.
The key thing about expeditions is also the quality of the journey - part of the experience includes what yougot out of the trip in terms of memories of events, relationships, personal insights - forbetter or worse. Hopefully, you Peru and Alaska trip yielded great experiences which transcended the fleeting allure of the summit .....
Off Belay,
Dave
I would say that the lack of summits on Alaska and Peru are really largely due to expeditionary factors which are often inescapable ie time available, team dynamics, food and health, planned schedule, rate of acclimatisation, risk threshold. Though different in terrain, peakbagging in Co is like multi-peak climbing in the Alps - the elements deciding the success ( defined here as reaching the top ) are far more controllable.Like they say, There is No failure, Just lack of Time.
Imagine if you applied this to so many commerical 21-day Denali trips. frankly, I think a Denali trip should be at least 25 days, ditto Aconcagua.
The key thing about expeditions is also the quality of the journey - part of the experience includes what yougot out of the trip in terms of memories of events, relationships, personal insights - forbetter or worse. Hopefully, you Peru and Alaska trip yielded great experiences which transcended the fleeting allure of the summit .....
Off Belay,
Dave
