International Peak-baggers' Tables 2024

HoFMeister’s Report

One hundred and eleven people have been recorded in the fourth edition of the P1000m Table for 2024, with eighty-two in the Hall of Fame and twenty-six in the Progress Register.  In addition, one deceased peak-bagger appears in the Roll of Honour. This does not necessarily constitute a decrease in totals from the previous year, but rather reflects changes in the BwB reporting structure.

The separate Progress Register for junior peak-baggers lists four participants, with one of these not far away from adulthood.  No other youngsters joined the ranks in 2024.

Eight people entered the Hall of Fame in 2024.  All BwB newcomers, except one, brought fewer than 100 peaks each. Craig Jagow’s lifetime tally of 151 was sufficient to earn him a Bronze Award at his first appearance in the Table. Unsurprisingly, North America continues to dominate in terms of where most new members are based. Serge Massad and Travis Greiman represent the growing contingent of baggers specializing in country high points.  Arjan van Denzen worked his way up from the Progress Register, finally crossing the Hall threshold with one of the Ultras of Taiwan.  Qualifying peaks continued to show variety this year, with countries like Egypt, United Kingdom and Ecuador also represented, although the United States remains the steadfast leader.

Sadly, 2024 features the fewest awards in this category since BwB inception.  Deividas Valaitis earned the sole Silver by bringing his individual totals to over 350 peaks.  Bronze recipients were Casey McCoy, Martin Shetter and Craig Jagow, the latter as mentioned above.  Rob Woodall and Petter Bjørstad remain the only two Gold Award recipients. There is still no one else close to 500 Ribus total.

A total of forty Awards have now been achieved – two Gold, eleven Silver and twenty-seven Bronze.

As in previous years, the usual suspects continued to be the most active. In the Hall, the most impressive peak-bagging achievements were from David Hart and Deividas Valaitis, who again recorded over seventy Ribus each. Interestingly, four folks chalked up over sixty peaks each: Rob Woodall, who retains a comfortable +133 lead over second-place Petter Bjørstad in lifetime totals, Adam Walker and Steven Song.  Other notable performers this year were Dustin Erickson with over fifty peaks; Dave Golias along with new member Catherine Boniface with over forty peaks each; Richard and Denise McLellan, Claudia Kurzböck and Casey McCoy with over thirty peaks; and Josef Nuernberger, Kathy Rich, “Toni Montaña,” Daryn Dodge, Chris Hood, Alastair Govan and Andy Boos, all of whom added twenty peaks or more.

People in the Progress Register continued to remain less active, with only two participants adding double-digit numbers: “Jude N.” and David Jamieson.  The next best performers were Brent Lynam and Jan Riefer, both with seven Ribus. Four people are now less than ten peaks away from entering the Hall of Fame, with “Michel W” and Joel Wilner standing closest at forty-seven each.  Twenty-eight people did not feature in this year’s progress register, as they climbed no new P1000m peaks in 2024.

In terms of retirements, the end of the year brought news of the last peak-bagging activity for the great Bob Packard, whose final total will stand at over 400 Ribus.

Mihai Giurgiulescu

P1000m HoFMeister

April 2025