Cool is reflecting on a startling sequence of climbs completed over the course of last weekend.
What impresses you more, for instance: someone who has a fancy watch or handbag, or someone who's climbed Kilimanjaro, completed a Tough Mudder course or been to a Secret Cinema event?
Since his injury, Smiley has climbed Mount Rainier, completed a triathlon, earned his business degree, and become the Army's first blind active-duty officer.
Before I joined they'd climbed Half Dome, completed the Big Sur 21 Miler and hiked the Grand Canyon, rim to rim.
J.B. Tribout, who first ascended the route, challenged Hill, saying no woman would ever be able to climb it Hill completed it in fewer tries than Tribout, after "nine days of exhausting effort".
Scafell (pronounced scaw-fell) Pike is midway between the other peaks to be climbed to complete what is called the Three Peaks Challenge: Ben Nevis, in Scotland, at 4,406 feet, and Snowdon, in North Wales, at 3,560 feet.
Smith Rock has some of the hardest sport routes in the world, including the first 5.14 grade climb ever completed in the US.
Amputees have climbed Mount Everest and completed the Boston Marathon and the Ironman triathlon wearing Cheetahs.
Since having the implant in 2008, 15 years after losing part of his leg in a motorcycle crash, he has climbed Kilimanjaro and completed a 62 mile (100km) walk of the South Downs in just under 26 hours.
