The mountain is covered in unrecoverable corpses, trash and literal human shit, it’s deadly, it’s freezing cold, there’s almost no oxygen, and there’s a line to get to the peak once you get there. The only reason to keep this nonsense up is that it gives the Sherpas money they would otherwise not have and they’re poor enough as it is.
Seriously though, why bother even if you love mountain climbing? Sure, it’s the highest point on the planet, but wouldn’t you rather climb something more pristine?
something more pristine
don‘t give them any ideas. Better they continue climbing that trash heap
I’m sure there’s some mountain somewhere that isn’t considered incredibly sacred that they could cover in corpses and human shit.
I‘d voluntarily offer one of our also fucked up Bavarian mountains.
Every corpse on the Mount Everest once was a very dedicated and determined person.
I would have thought that until I read Jon Krakauer’s book about people ascending Everest, Into Thin Air, which includes a lady the Sherpas basically carried up.
So some of them could be lazier than you think.
Lost at Russian roulette
And of course they put aside enough money to have their corpses removed and all the rubbish they took up with them…right? Self indulgent, ego stroking narcissism is what this is. They could have used their wealth to help community development programs in Nepal and pushed for making Everest a restricted world heritage site.
Yeah, they could have, but an Instagram photo is what they preferred. The movie Idiocracy is a documentary, seriously.
Oh no! Another rich person caring more about an Instagram photo then the environment on the mountain and the wellbeing of their sherpas has died! Aaaaanyway.
My thoughts go to the sherpas.
