Honestly, as long as the rich assholes are dying and not the native guides, I’m seeing it as a honey pot situation. Not nice for the environment there, but still a net positive.
Didier Delsalle (born May 6, 1957, in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a former fighter pilot and helicopter test pilot. On May 14, 2005, he became the first (and only) person to land a helicopter, the Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel, on the 8,848 m (29,030 ft) summit of Mount Everest.[1]
Watched 14 Peaks last week and when they got to Mount Everest, there was a literal line of like 100+ people queued all the way up to the top of the mountain.
Amazing that there are even 1000 people climbing it at the same time. I shudder to think what the once pristine mountainside used to look like vs now.
There is a line to get to the summit sometimes
It looks like a garbage trail littered with corpses. https://allthatsinteresting.com/mount-everest-bodies
The world’s largest monument to vanity.
Honestly, as long as the rich assholes are dying and not the native guides, I’m seeing it as a honey pot situation. Not nice for the environment there, but still a net positive.
Bad news for ya on that front…
Idiots have tried K2, which is more dangerous.
Rich don’t get you up Everest. Read Into Thin Air. The climb is horrifying, even with rich people gear and Sherpa’s.
Better living through technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Delsalle
larges mummification event in recent time.
That’s Dubai
and POOP.
Future archeologists will welcome our preserved samples of DNA the same way we did Ötzi the Iceman.
Watched 14 Peaks last week and when they got to Mount Everest, there was a literal line of like 100+ people queued all the way up to the top of the mountain.
They’re mostly waiting for good weather during a short climbing season. It’s not year round. So basically everyone goes at once
I thought the window was in May. It certainly ain’t October!
Good point
A lot are trekkers rather than climbers if that helps. Their environmental footprint is much smaller.
Shout out to Star Trek fans for their small environmental footprint