Mountaineering | A respectable sport or deadly adventures?

[UT_ski_bum]

In no way will any of your opinions change mine, but what do you guys think of the sport?

 

I don't really want to call it a sport since to me it is a way of life that I intend to make a living off of one day.

 

One month from now I will be standing on top of an 18,500 foot mountain in Peru.

 

Two days later I will be on top of a 19,000 foot mountain.

 

Two days later I will be on top of a nearly 20,000 foot mountain, which will also be my first ascent of a 6,000 meter peak.

 

Below is an image of Tocllaraju at 19,790 feet and the 3rd peak of my trip to Peru.

 

I love my life of adventure and peak bagging. I realize and accept the risks of death by any number of things that could happen. I lost people I knew this last winter due to avalanches around the country. We all know and accept the risks but still go out each day live our lives to fullest.

 

I want to be on my death bed at age 75 knowing that there wasn't a single thing I didn't accomplish in my life.

 

So what do you guys think of us "adrenline junkies" and thrill seekers?

[Waster]

its a sport. several members of my family have climbed various mountains. Including a couple of uncles that have been on top of Everest at different times. Even a couple of my cousins enjoy mountaineering.

Mostly a young mans sport but it is a sport.

 

(and a bit crazy imo) but then again I enjoyed free climbing as a teen so who am I to say.

[TulsaGeoff]

I wouldnt call it a sport because there is no competition. I think its awesome. That is a great picture.

[TxxdvinE]

“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”

- Ernest Hemingway