Ya it was intended to be. I guess I'd probably just prefer to allocate that time and those resources to some other mountaineering expedition or a series of them

Ya it was intended to be. I guess I'd probably just prefer to allocate that time and those resources to some other mountaineering expedition or a series of them. There are a few in the cascades (not day hikes), and then maybe the tallest in Canada + the U.S (Logan/Denali), but I'm not actively pursuing any atm, would still be a lot of training and gear etc.. Probably starting even smaller with some 2-4 day summits. Everest wasn't something that was ever in the cards or dreams anyway, but it does now seem to have an image problem.