On the contrary, I would say that the participation of all the members of the expedition, is achieved with personal sacrifices, busynesswise and familywise. Nor the passion of mountaineering is the simple answer to those questions. For those people who believe so, this sport is, or should be a source of happiness. We climb the mountains because we enjoy it. Anyway, I doubt if any of the members of the team goes to Dhaulagiri with the expectation to enjoy the climb as much as he would enjoy it on one of the mountains of our country, for instance.
Mountain climbing is the most exciting of the sports.
The mountaineer is bound to move over a chasm for a few seconds or for up to several days. He has to ascent for a few meters or for many kilometers. He has to confront below zero temperatures, fierce winds, lethal avalanches, hunger, thirst, insufficiency of sleep, the deadly high-altitude sickness caused by the insufficiency of oxygen and the atmospheric pressure. The exhaustion, the lack of communication, the loneliness, the accidents, even death. You have to confront all of the above in order to reach your objective, which is the ascent to the peak.