Zen and climbing mountains

A quote from Yvon Chounaird from the book My Favorite Place on Earth

...if you climb in the Tetons you find that everybody is climbing the Grand Teton. The other peaks are empty. It’s the opposite of what climbing really is about. Climbing is about the process of climbing, and these people are just focused on the end result. It’s kind of the opposite of Zen. They all want to get up the highest peak and put a notch on their belt.