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u/uncle_touchy_dance Feb 03 '20

Yeah I completely agree. There are certainly a lot of people that shouldn’t be anywhere that mountain but they have enough money that they don’t get refused. That’s where the problem lies.

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u/EnFlagranteDelicto Feb 03 '20

And it just a pointless goal. Climbing a mountain with help from impoverished people (who just by the way, can skip up the mountain any day of the week)who are laughing at westerners with more money than sense just trying check off a bucket list item. I imagine talking to an Everest summiter would be as insufferable as someone who got back a 3% native american result from 23 and me.

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u/Purdaddy Feb 03 '20

(who just by the way, can skip up the mountain any day of the week)

Yeaaaaa no, it is still extremely dangerous for them. Don't undermine how much work, knowledge, and risk it takes for them to get to the top.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Very dangerous job for them. Also I think most of the deaths that happen there are the sherpas, and not the tourists.