What counts as a repeat summit?
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- Briere
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Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
On a smaller mountain scale. I will do repeats of Mt Morrison; returning to my car at the TH each time. I count that as a separate “summit”. Based on some posts, people wouldn’t count that 2nd time? Seems silly not to count it since I am doing the entire trail again
Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
I agree with what most people have said, it's not really a repeat by touching the summit again on the return trip.
And for the most part, I agree with the "It's your list, do what you want."
But there is always that caveat, if you're not following the community norms/standards, you're going to have to explain your list to someone at some time.
And for the most part, I agree with the "It's your list, do what you want."
But there is always that caveat, if you're not following the community norms/standards, you're going to have to explain your list to someone at some time.
Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
Plunging to the shadowy depths of Finnback Knob only to re-summit the gargantuan Horseshoe Mtn counts as a double summit in my opinion
Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
I don't count repeats unless I descend back to the TH. I think thats the generally accepted rule in CO.
Otherwise you could trip back and forth between an unranked summit, and a ranked summit, and get dozens of "summits" in a couple hours. Mt Buckskin and Loveland come to mind.
Otherwise you could trip back and forth between an unranked summit, and a ranked summit, and get dozens of "summits" in a couple hours. Mt Buckskin and Loveland come to mind.
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Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
Or minutes (or even seconds). You could just tap your foot on the summit rock multiple times in a minute and call it repeating the summit.
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Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
That's badass...
That would be an exception to my definition of a repeat being a separate hike (or bike, or ski) on a separate day. Because it involved descending all the way down to TH each time.
The second summiting of a given peak during a combo (as would be hitting Shavano a second time when hiking back from Tabeguache) does not count as a repeat for me. It merely counts as more misery for less reward (you only can mark it as 2 peaks despite the effort of summiting 3, a nice first world problem to have!)
Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
Darn! There goes my strategy to pass Andrew Hamilton’s total summits.Chicago Transplant wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:18 pm I get the "its your list" and largely agree, but you can't just drop a few feet and keep going back over a summit and count it every time. There needs to be a reasonable cut off, otherwise you could say you climbed a peak 100 times in like 10 minutes just going back and forth along the ridge for a few feet. I doubt anyone would think that counts as 100 summits, its just the first one that counts. Just use a reasonable sense of judgement with "your list".
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Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
Not true.montanahiker wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:48 pm You can only repeat a summit if you repeat a hike (including using a different route). You didn't summit Grays twice, you returned over Grays.
I was climbing a double peak route in the San Juan's (Red Cloud, Sunshine) when I ran into these two older guys. When asked, I told them of my count. They told me theirs then one of them corrected himself and said that normally hikes in which you return and somewhat reclimb the first peak doesn't count as three 14ers, unless, unless you're over 50.
Made sense to me. In fact it made as much sense to me as any 14er rule as they are all made up and have no science or protocol or governing body behind it.
If you're under 50 you don't understand, if over, you know.
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Re: What counts as a repeat summit?
LOL!!! +1Rollie Free wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:16 pm If you're under 50 you don't understand, if over, you know.
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