It allows peak baggers to record their summits. Arguments for and against The term "peak bagging" can have a negative connotation among traditional mountaineers. Traditional climbers or adventurers may argue that peak bagging devalues the experience of climbing in favour of the achievement of reaching an arbitrary point on a map; that bagging reduces climbing to the status of stamp collecting or train spotting; or that is seen as obsessive and beside the point. For example, in explaining why he chose to remove some minor peaks from his guidebook, climber Steve Roper wrote: Most of the peaks had as their first ascenders those who in a former day would have been called explorers but now could only be thought of as peakbaggers, interested primarily in trudging endlessly over heaps of stones, building cairns, and inserting their business cards into specifically designed canisters especially carried for this purpose. But perhaps I am being too harsh. They’re having their fun. Some peak baggers say peak bagging is a motivation to keep reaching new summits. For mountain range peak lists, attaining the goal provides the peak bagger with a deeper appreciation for the topography of the range. For example, each peak is typically enjoyed from multiple aspects as the peak bagger also climbs the major neighboring summits. There is also concern that encouraging the climbing of certain mountains has caused trail damage from erosion through heavy use and, where mountains have no trails, created trails. Proponents note that many peak baggers become active in maintaining trails and more aware about mitigating damage than casual hikers. See also Eight-thousanders, summits above 8,000 metres (30,000') Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each continent Seven Second Summits, the second highest mountain on each continent Volcanic Seven Summits, the highest volcanos on each continent List of mountain lists, list of all peak bagging classifications Munro, first peak bagging list References External links Peak finder peakbagger.com Information and statistics about the mountain peaks and mountain ranges of the world peakbucket.com The activity tracking website for peakbaggers worldwide peakery.com Worldwide peakbagging community with over 300,000 peak summit logs and peak lists peakbook.org International peakbagging community with worldwide peak lists peakhunter.com is Digital Global Summit Log. The Peakhunter App only allows to create an entry while physically standing on a peak. hill-bagging.co.uk Database and logging of British and Irish hills Outdoor locating games