Each get a Darwin award. The longer they stay at 29,000 feet the more hypoxic they become. What follows is acidosis and dehydration. It is not surprising that when they try to descend, lugging all their gear, even very fit climbers suddenly die. And for what? An insignia on their jacket? Some selfish, narcissistic compulsion to “conquer Everest”?
“An insignia on their jacket? Some selfish, narcissistic compulsion to “conquer Everest”?”
Some people want to push life to the limit and experience new things that few others do. It’s why we have civilization, inventions, spacecraft, etc, etc. New experiences and pushing oneself unlocks new pathways in the mind and leads to innovation.
If everyone was too chicken to experience new and dangerous things, humanity would have died out long ago
From what i read,
They are not leaving with all they take up there.
There are No restrooms and over the years folks have pooped all along the trail and left it all for souvenirs
Don’t short change pulmonary edema. If I’m not mistaken it is the #1 cause of death aside from accidents.
But they didn’t conquer Everest, their guides did. Thy are just their passengers.