This is true of more than just a mountain... it’s a story as old as mankind. See also Moby Dick, Macbeth, Beowulf, etc. It’s basically the achievement treadmil

This is true of more than just a mountain... it’s a story as old as mankind. See also Moby Dick, Macbeth, Beowulf, etc. It’s basically the achievement treadmill. Either you realize you eventually have to get off the treadmill or you die trying to make it to the end.