" perhaps I'm not putting as much weight to my accomplishment of getting up there as I should"
Or perhaps it is more of an accomplishment for some of us than it is for you...
Let's do the math here....from your photos, you look about 170lbs. I'm about 250lbs. So I weigh 1/3 more than you...so when I climb 14k it is like you climbing 21k. Do you know how many 21k peaks you have climbed?
On the other hand, I couldn't tell you how many times I have been above 10k which would be 1/3rd less elevation.
You might be right. I've often looked with jealously at my 165 pound buddy scaling the hill compared to my 190 pounds (most of it is head).
21K peaks? I've climbed 244 of them.
