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Post by abbey1227 on May 26, 2024 14:35:34 GMT
People can’t believe why anyone would want to climb Everest after witnessing current scenes at summit
Rush hour on the top of Mount Everest.
by Brenna Cooper
Scaling Mount Everest is something most of us could only dream of - or to some, it would feel a nightmare.
Standing at 8,850 meters (29,035 feet), climbing the mountain is not for the faint-hearted.
Climbers who venture higher than 26,000 feet enter the mountain's 'death zone' where oxygen levels are so low the body begins to shut down.
At this altitude, the body's cells will begin to die and judgement becomes impaired.
The death zone has claimed the lives of 340 climbers attempting to reach the summit, with their bodies left preserved on the frozen mountainside.
With the climb being so treacherous (and the cost of climbing being in the tens of thousands) you'd imagine few would risk the challenge.
Well, it turns out that the summit of Everest is actually pretty crowded, with X user Iain Cameron sharing a video (originally recorded by Rajan Dwivedi) revealing a queue of climbers scrambling through the snow. "Everest a couple of days ago. Why would anyone want to be a part of this? The worst kind of adventure capitalism," he captioned the tweet. In the video, hundreds of climbers can be seen in their red and orange thermals, clinging to the ropes as they wait to ascend higher up the mountain.
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Looks like they should just install an escalator already. ![[shrug]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/GNdzQKpfkkHBBwUPdCiE.gif) |
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on May 26, 2024 14:39:36 GMT
People can’t believe why anyone would want to climb Everest after witnessing current scenes at summit
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Looks like they should just install an escalator already. Evidently there is only one practical path to the summit, and the climbing season only lasts for like six weeks out of the year or something, so it's crowded as fuck. |
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Post by abbey1227 on May 26, 2024 14:42:39 GMT
Evidently there is only one practical path to the summit, and the climbing season only lasts for like six weeks out of the year or something, so it's crowded as fuck.
Does that sound at all appealing to you, though? Being tethered to a long line of people........and then waiting your turn to go the last few hundred feet?.........for wha? A photo op? To say you did it?
And all the while, your brain just might give out on you because of the lack of oxygen up there?
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on May 26, 2024 14:45:50 GMT
Evidently there is only one practical path to the summit, and the climbing season only lasts for like six weeks out of the year or something, so it's crowded as fuck.
Does that sound at all appealing to you, though? Being tethered to a long line of people........and then waiting your turn to go the last few hundred feet?.........for wha? A photo op? To say you did it?
And all the while, your brain just might give out on you because of the lack of oxygen up there?
Hell no. You get to go spend a ton of money to go through days of misery to be that guy everyone hates because he never shuts up about climbing Everest. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on May 26, 2024 14:50:23 GMT
Out of curiosity I googled how much it costs to climb Mount Everest, you're looking at a minimum of $30,000 (climbing fees, officers, medical support, etc). I'm guessing the only people that climb it are rich smug assholes with nothing else to do.
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on May 26, 2024 14:53:26 GMT
Does that sound at all appealing to you, though? Being tethered to a long line of people........and then waiting your turn to go the last few hundred feet?.........for wha? A photo op? To say you did it?
And all the while, your brain just might give out on you because of the lack of oxygen up there?
Hell no. You get to go spend a ton of money to go through days of misery to be that guy everyone hates because he never shuts up about climbing Everest. Strike that. Weeks or months of misery. |
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Post by abbey1227 on May 26, 2024 14:58:14 GMT
Hell no. You get to go spend a ton of money to go through days of misery to be that guy everyone hates because he never shuts up about climbing Everest. Strike that. Weeks or months of misery.
At there's only been a dozen people walking on the Moon. Pick a better to brag about destination.........
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Post by CheetahCandyCane on May 26, 2024 16:02:48 GMT
Everest has been conquered....multiple times, I believe
If you're going to spend that kind of money and risk your life, try something no one's ever done...
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on May 26, 2024 16:14:22 GMT
Everest has been conquered....multiple times, I believe If you're going to spend that kind of money and risk your life, try something no one's ever done... Of if you don't want to spend a lot of money, you can try something that everyone's already done. Like OfUnknownOrigins' mom. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2024 17:03:03 GMT
I'm glad this man is getting deserved attention. Over the years, there've been a lot of Sherpas who received no credit for summiting while they were schlepping equipment for those seeking fame. abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sherpa-guide-kami-rita-climbed-everest-30-times-110530359I would never consider trying to climb. I got stuck on a ski lift in Vermont near the top of a mountain on a late afternoon for the longest 20 minutes of my life. It made fear the cold like nothing else. |
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Post by Lux on May 26, 2024 17:06:35 GMT
In the horror movie Deep Blue Sea Samuel L Jackson's character was supposed to be convincing as an experienced mountain climber in his spare time. Couldn't stop laughing for the rest of the movie.
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Post by ayatollah on May 26, 2024 17:09:48 GMT
Spoiled westerners, probably all millennials, probably childless, probably thinking they're honorary Sherpas now.
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Post by winstonwolf on May 26, 2024 23:38:31 GMT
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Post by general313 on May 27, 2024 0:33:43 GMT
Apparently so many people have gone up there that there's frozen shit all over the place. Recently they've made it mandatory for climbers to pack out their own shit.
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Post by abbey1227 on May 27, 2024 2:24:38 GMT
I'm glad this man is getting deserved attention. Over the years, there've been a lot of Sherpas who received no credit for summiting while they were schlepping equipment for those seeking fame. abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sherpa-guide-kami-rita-climbed-everest-30-times-110530359I would never consider trying to climb. I got stuck on a ski lift in Vermont near the top of a mountain on a late afternoon for the longest 20 minutes of my life. It made fear the cold like nothing else.
didja see that movie with a similar theme?
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