I am always impressed/amazed to read about such described lists/statistics. I have hiked/summited in three different continents, but could only name one or two of the peaks abroad (if I could even pronounce them). Locally, I may have done a single training course 100, 200, or 50x...some days it felt like the 1000th. My buddies have Yosemite Park maps with all the trails hiked marked in red, whilst I may have repeated favourites too many times. I have a scientific background, but it seems to have failed me when it came time to recreate, so hats off to those who can actually recount where they have been and what they have done!


The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.