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"Climbing a peak may offer fresh air and a view, but just getting to the top is rarely the goal for climbers these days." These days? Was there a time climbing
by proc0 5y ago
"Climbing a peak may offer fresh air and a view, but just getting to the top is rarely the goal for climbers these days."
These days? Was there a time climbing was the only possible way to the top? They picked a bad example, I think, the whole point of rock climbing is the climb, lol. Regardless, I didn't see an explanation of why it's a paradox. There's nothing contradicting here, many things are about the journey, not the destination.
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago>Was there a time climbing was the only possible way to the top? Probably not that much but I think there was a time when getting to the top of a lot of places hadn't been done or was much more difficult and thus more of an achievement.
- proc0 5y agoAh, right, good point. The first time is about the destination, perhaps more than the journey. Although with further thought, in those scenarios, there is a meta-journey of finding the way to the top (like difficulties of getting resources, or finding paths, etc), which is probably the real journey that first time around.