”Saving the Toughest for Last: 50th Completers’ Final U.S. State High Points” by Linus Wilson The Finance Professor Podcast

Saving the Toughest for Last: 50th Completers’ Final U.S. State High Points
 
21 Pages Posted:

Linus Wilson
University of Louisiana at Lafayette - College of Business Administration

Date Written: December 27, 2023

Abstract
This paper finds that the most difficult U.S. state high point climbs are saved for the end. 50th completers are significantly more likely to save more difficult U.S. state high points for their final high point ascent. There is also some more limited evidence that 50th completers save more distant high points for their final ascent.
 


Keywords: altitude, Appalachian Trail, ascent, climbing, Denali, difficulty index, high point, highpointing, hiking, Mauna Kea, mount, mountain, mountaineering, peak, peak bagging, state high point, through-hike, trekking, Yosemite Decimal System
JEL Classification: R42, Q38, Z2, & Z3
Suggested Citation:
Wilson, Linus, Saving the Toughest for Last: 50th Completers’ Final U.S. State High Points (December 27, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4677346.
 
www.linuswilson.com
www.financeprofessor.org