" But people don’t climb because it makes sense. You can come up with reasons—it gives direction to the lost, friends to the loner, honor to the reprobate, thrills to the bored—but, ultimately, the quest for a summit defies logic. So does passion. So does a trip to the moon. There are better things to do. Safer, cheaper, more practical. That’s not the point. "

― Peter Zuckerman , Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day