Peak-bagging

History

The list of the Adirondack High Peaks, compiled by Robert and George Marshall, was first published in 1922. Almost at the same time, the list of Colorado fourteeners became a peak bagging challenge. Backpacking increased in popularity in the United States between the 1950s and 1980s, causing additional clubs to organize peak-bagging lists, including the New Hampshire and New England Four-thousand footers, the Northeast 111, and the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club.