We chose one that was supposed to be especially challenging and started the climb up to some waterfalls . We went far enough to prove we " could " do it ... but not so far as to actually tire ourselves out . Back in town , we did some touristy things for the rest of the day .
Question: Why did they only climb far enough to prove that they could do it ?
The answer to the above question:


They wanted to be able to say that they had in fact done the climb without going overboard