Why does a man climb a mountain?

Question

"Why does a man climb a mountain?"

Where did this quote originate from or who/what made it famous?

What are common answers?

And what is the meaning?

Answer 1

A man climbs a mountain to satisfy his EGO !!! Got what I mean???

Answer 2

Dont know where it comes from, and it is a rhetorical question....The meaning being "Why does anyone do anything?" Or, "Everybody does weird stuff sometimes" Or things of that nature...I think it can be used in somewhat different contexts.

Answer 3

One of the most common answers to this question is:

"Because it's there".

This means that a person sees the mountain and looks at it as an adventure; a goal of sorts. Why wouldn't man explore it? This is what humans have done for centuries is explore the world around them.

Answer 4

I think it's one of those questions that doesn't have an answer, used to illustrate that someone has just asked a question that has no answer.  

One answer to the question was in the lyrics to a song by Steppenwolf, I think the song was called "Twisted", and the lyric went something like:

"Climbing up Mount Everest; to get away from all the noise"