
Why people climb mountains
Mountains climbing is a sport that necessitates that you keep physically fit, mentally aware, a good team player, patient and accepting failure as a positive way to learn from your mistakes. People climb mountains to :
Feel more alive than ever, under challenging conditions, with a major rush of adrenaline and energy, combined with the beauty, stillness, and sudden weather’s conditions manifestation.
Focus on yourself and to reach new horizons of awareness and realize if you are truly whom you think you are and fully satisfied by the lifestyle you are guiding.
Discover your limits. Mountains test your “true self”. They bring out the best in you and the worst. They are completely unforgiving, impersonal and are not affected by conquering forces. When you choose to climb one of these high summits, you have set off to Push your Limits to the Extremes!
Make Everlasting Friendships and Acts of Chivalry. Climbing captures the essence and mysticism of life. There’s in the first instance a feeling of total peace in the surroundings of the high peaks as the sun sets. Then there is a feeling of true friendship’s bonding amongst the team members, by their being roped together when climbing a mountain as a team and seeking to protect themselves from nature’s hazards. If a climber makes a wrong move and starts to slide, the other members of the team perform a self-arrest maneuver to stop the fall.
To Appreciate the Gift of Life By living life to the fullest and raising awareness for charities that help to save and improve the conditions of lives.