User blog comment:TombRaiser/Dragonborn: Hidden Landmarks/@comment-173.63.167.103-20121216031733

It would've been cooler if they added a unique piece of armor at each one.

Like the armor of the mountain walker or something.

They obviously couldn't put them up there, so a ghost of a dead climber or something gives you a piece (i.e. boots/gauntlets/armor/helmet) of the Mountain Walker set after you get down.