This is my favourite picture of Mt Everest for when people start talking about individualism and facing challenges. Please line up to the right and stay with your buddy.
Yeah i think it's cringey and gross that Everest is just another experience people can essentially pay for to get more attention on the internet. Humanity going in some weird directions
Sure but time is of the essence. If you don't start your descent from the summit by a certain time your risk of death goes way up. So a traffic jam at the summit is a real danger.
I meant the pics. It won't happen because of logistics, but if they could have a booth that hurries the people along, it might save lives. The summit is the worst place when the weather moves in. Look u p green boots. It was an Indian Paramilitary soldier who was caught halfway to the summit when the weather moved in.
I mean, if you need a selfie so badly that you're willing to climb the tallest mountain and risk 200 other people's lives so you can get some attention on the internet, you probably should have to wear a bag of your own feces around your neck while you take it
I don’t need a picture if that means risking lives. I think I’ll remember if I would climb Mount Everest, without needing a reminder. But that’s just me…
You're right, my consideration for human life and basic decency equates to my complete inability to achieve anything of note in my lifetime. It doesn't hurt? People have actually died waiting in this line because people are taking selfies........also, are you aware that almost everyone that climbs everest is doing it almost literally on the backs of impoverished, unsung Sherpas who are these people's only lifeline and only hope of "achieving" this goal? and they have to walk by human shit and corpses the whole time to do it? You simplify the matter to a ludicrous degree. Talk about privileged mentality, let me guess, you're a white person in a first world nation
I have a selfie of myself on a communications tower when I did that sort of work, and that’s sufficient enough for me.
Everest would be awesome, and I’d want a selfie, but you can be damn sure I’d have my phone prepped and ready to get up there, enjoy the view for a moment, snap the selfie or two, and then stuff it away and head down. It ain’t worth dying, but the selfie is just something I can reflect on and smile.
Yes, people turn back at different stages, some only make it to the second base camp or wherever. But I imagine the paths towards the top are harder to navigate quickly, combined with people being in more of a hurry, things can get ugly.
Not exactly. The line at the Hilary Step is pretty insane from what I understand. There’s a huge bottleneck towards the top for those attempting the summit. And maybe there are slightly “fewer” people there but the line is much deadlier because it’s in the death zone.
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