People who climb Everest can best be described by one word: stupid.
It’s been done, nothing to see there but the death and trash left by previous climbers.
Strive to achieve something important, see that democRATS are removed from office.
Now that’s productive!
I disagree. It may not be your idea of success, but I suspect that to a lot of people who summit -- or who even ATTEMPT the summit -- it proves something to themselves.
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