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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
Use a Sherpa van
Boom, Boom .....
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The trash is awful. But how would you get a refuse truck up there?
Why would they need a truck? They carried it up there - they should carry it down again! Litter louts.
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24-05-2019, 09:48 PM
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This proves how shallow 90% of humanity is!
Cheap air travel has a lot to answer to!

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24-05-2019, 09:53 PM
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

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Only $45,000 to risk your life walking on a path packed like sardines, with rubbish and dead bodies everywhere.
What a deal!!
Hahaha. I’m starting to feel much better about myself at least. I’m not crazy enough to do anything like that.

That’s creepy. People are strange creatures
I doubt if it's so much the licence costs $11,000
However there ae obviouly are other costs .
I agree it seems crazy to not risk ones life to climb the worlds highest rubbish tip.
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25-05-2019, 12:02 AM
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

A view of another Everest "queue":



Obviously, not all are at the same fitness or capability level, so, if one slows or stops, the ones behind (and maybe the ones in front) have to slow or stop ......
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25-05-2019, 05:07 AM
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

There's the answer - equip that queue of people with strong black bags - make them collect the rubbish and pass it on down the chain to the bottom - trucks could collect from there!!
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

There could be easily ways to get to the top of Everest. You could be dropped down by helicopter.
No expensive climbing gear, no rubbish.
Pick up time by appointment by same means.
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25-05-2019, 09:34 AM
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

Originally Posted by Emjay ->
There could be easily ways to get to the top of Everest. You could be dropped down by helicopter.
No expensive climbing gear, no rubbish.
Pick up time by appointment by same means.
Just wai! They will be fitting a couple of stair lifts soon
so older, wealthier clients can ascend for a premium
price Emjay!

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25-05-2019, 10:54 AM
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48407433

Officials say a British man died on Saturday on Mount Everest - bringing to 10 the total death toll this season on the world's largest peak.

The British climber had made it to the summit in the morning but collapsed and died only 150m down from the peak, his expedition company said.
I wonder when enough will be enough .....
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25-05-2019, 12:17 PM
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

Been thinking about the long shuffelling queues winding up
and down the mountain, and l remember that each climbing
team of probably 3-4 climbers was supported by a team of
Sherpa's of possibly 3 times that number!
This means that the majority of these queue's are composed
of Sherpa's!
Dont know what this signifies if anything?
Just thought it was interesting?

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