Not to go off but as a mountaineer myself let me say that if you ascend Mt Everest you are in fact not climbing SHIT. It means nothing! Some of the key elements of mountaineering are that you’re carrying all your equipment and supplies with you, you’re tackling the mountain yourself, and you’re taking care of yourself the whole way. Everest has at this point been turned into a money maker, and absolutely anyone regardless of skill set can get their hands on a license to climb it these days as long as they’re willing to pay a large fee. Most of the money for which does NOT go to the Sherpa tribe, and to those that are essentially going to then ascend the mountain for you, but rather to the government. After you’ve paid to be there, the setup is then that the Sherpa you work with is going to carry all of your supplies and most of the equipment, leaving you only with the emergency things you yourself might need in a crisis. That alone is an insanely huge dick move in terms of climbing etiquette, but even beyond that the people who climb Everest tend to bring the most batshit luxury items. When you’re mountaineering the definition of a luxury item is like… a one pound external battery so you can keep your phone charged. Or a single bar of chocolate. The people who climb Everest are known for bringing whole ass grills so they can make their fancy food, entire extra tents just for eating in, huge amounts of ingredients because they don’t want to get sick of oatmeal…. None of which they carry, clearly. So the Sherpa you climb with is not only lugging your shit around, but is then also in charge of doing all the skilled maneuvers you’ll need to do to make it to the top and basically lugging you behind them in tow as they do it. This is extremely dangerous for them, and a good number of this small tribe die every year in the process. Even more so now that companies are promising climbers that they’ll rescue their bodies if they perish in the dead zone - the top of the mountain which is so uninhabitable your body is basically shutting down the whole time you’re there - which was previously unheard of because its such a dangerous endeavor. The Sherpa tribe has made it very clear over the years that if there was any other option to make money where they are, they wouldn’t contract themselves out to Everest tour companies. But the companies have them backed into a corner, and they absolutely know they’re doing it. I haven’t met a single real mountaineer who has any sort of respect for the people who climb Everest at all. You’re risking someone else’s life and by extension the survival of a small tribe just so you can have a great talking point for your high school reunion. Was it worth it?
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