Posted on 06/08/2019 7:31:50 AM PDT by real saxophonist
A waste of time, money and life. It makes the climbing companies rich. Other than that, it has no value.
“A man’s got to know his limitations.”
Every dead body on that mountain once belonged to a highly motivated person.
It’s really a shame that nearly the only good job opportunities in Nepal involve ferrying tourists up and down a big icy rock, some of whom are so poorly prepared that the Sherpas spend most of their time on the climb keeping the tourist from killing himself or the entire group.
Every Sherpa is more of an adventurer than any Everest mountain climber these days. You don’t have to figure out how to get there, what to pack, where to stay, or even need a Tibetan phrase book handy, the tours take care of all of it. You just hand over your credit card and step where the Sherpas tell you to step until you either die from exposure or take a photograph with your cell phone.
These climbers/adventurers have collectively lost their souls!
They are as addicted as any druggie would be.....
....no common sense......no filter
Truly disgusting
Just my opinion.
Hurdle the weak. Trample the dead.
Been though it more than once.
Shut up Pete.
Now you got me curious.
There wouldn’t be a whole lot of smell up there, it never gets above freezing.
Something is wrong with these people.
I saw an Imax movie about Everest.
That did it for my mountaineering desires.
Meh, I’ve gotten over seeing dead bodies, it all depends on the individual. At the altitude they’re at, ain’t no smells to worry about.
“Every Sherpa is more of an adventurer than any Everest mountain climber these days.”
My son, an ardent climber (just left for the Pacific Northwest to climb) said one of the climbing mags claims many of the ‘climbers’ need help putting their crampons on!
This was before this season.
I gifted him my crampons and the rest of my gear a few years back, after many years on rock and ice.
Seen my share of dead bodies, give it no thought, didn’t bother me, no deep inter reflection, nothing. I was trained for the job, did the job and moved on.
I hear you.
meh- abortionists step over dead babies all the time-
Climbing to the peak of Everest will become stigmatized as selfish and bravado and will lose its appeal. That said, plenty of people in the world don’t care.
As a transoceanic sailor I hope one day to be eaten by fishes.
Why would anyone want to die in a place where they won’t be eaten by fishes?
(Or even eagles?)
It all seems like a big-money waste of time for a photo op.
These mountains have been trash heaps for years... “Save the planet” types dumping canisters and trash all the way up.
There is a city of the dead on Mt Everest.
Madness....MADNESS!!!
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