How about adding some integrity to a 4,000 footer list? Call out the sophistry. Anoint the real knarly dudes or dudesses. Formulate a 4,000 footer list that credits actually scaling 4,000 ft. of vertical relief (summit elevation minus lowest trail elevation), not just tagging summits – “peak-bagging” in the parlance.

THE WHITE MOUNTAIN 4k x 4k LIST CHALLENGE:

Scale the 20 distinct “aspects” (think sides) of White Mountain peaks with 4,000 feet of vertical relief and a one-way trail length less than 10 miles. These ascents total approximately 87,600 feet of vertical relief (the summit elevation minus the lowest elevation of a trail).