It may sound trite but mountaineering is about the journey. Don't get me wrong, summiting is fun but the dramatic views are often on the way there. We try to get as many people to the top of mountains like Rainier as we can but sometimes, as one of my colleagues likes to say "it isn't your day."
A climber needs to have a certain amount of reserve energy to get themselves down to the parking lot or to draw on incase of an emergency. For this reason many people decide to turn around before the top. Those people often have just as incredible an experience in the mountains such as watching the sunrise from the top of the Disappointment Clever as those who make it to the top.
The summit is great but it is about the journey.
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