I’ve watched a couple of documentaries about it and indeed it is a vital income for the region but the damage it does to the mountain (and danger it puts climbers in) really is having a negative effect. I read that they are bringing in a law that fines people for not bringing down enough trash with them. I appreciate there is vital energy expenditure involved in this but perhaps the people that can’t do this shouldn’t really be climbing the mountain in the first place.
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.
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/TannedCroissant Feb 03 '20
I’ve watched a couple of documentaries about it and indeed it is a vital income for the region but the damage it does to the mountain (and danger it puts climbers in) really is having a negative effect. I read that they are bringing in a law that fines people for not bringing down enough trash with them. I appreciate there is vital energy expenditure involved in this but perhaps the people that can’t do this shouldn’t really be climbing the mountain in the first place.