>>Yes, but to be the first person to climb a mountain takes tens of thousands of dollars of gear, extensive research, and lots of experience. The right way to

>>Yes, but to be the first person to climb a mountain takes tens of thousands of dollars of gear, extensive research, and lots of experience. The right way to look at this is to see, if you would climb the mountain tomorrow if you had all that. The answer is obviously for most people 'no'. The real reason why most people do no climb a mountain is because it hard. >>They re-invest their $100 until they can buy or commission the gear they need, gather experience on other mountains, and spend time learning about their target until they can make the climb. Very true, plus they keep climbing a lot of smaller mountains.