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24-05-2019, 04:46 PM
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High time it was closed to the public.

Did you see the photograph of the traffic jam?
It was appalling...that was what killed one of them, not the climb itself but the hours of delay getting safely back down.
At that dangerously high altitude every minute counts.
I saw that on the news this morning, that's ridiculous, worse than queueing at IKEA.

As for the rubbish they leave behind, that's what annoys me, whilst we are all fiddling around with no carrier bags and having to take our own cup when we buy a coffee, these clowns can get away with littering a mountain.
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24-05-2019, 04:48 PM
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Does it create jobs and revenue for the locals?
I suppose that's why they put up with the sh#t ?
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24-05-2019, 04:55 PM
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Yes. The revenue it brings.
I’m shocked. I’ve imagined this place to be so breathtakingly beautiful that people are drawn to it and want to climb it for a dare and a thrill.
When I thought of climbers going up I imagined them doing it in small groups. I’d understood about the dead bodies here and there but looking at these pictures makes this entire idea appauling and to think people actually PAY for this is mind boggling.
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24-05-2019, 04:58 PM
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I have always imagined mountaineers to be soulful people with concerns for the environment. I was wrong.
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24-05-2019, 05:03 PM
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Re: Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit

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Yes. The revenue it brings.
I’m shocked. I’ve imagined this place to be so breathtakingly beautiful that people are drawn to it and want to climb it for a dare and a thrill.
When I thought of climbers going up I imagined them doing it in small groups. I’d understood about the dead bodies here and there but looking at these pictures makes this entire idea appauling and to think people actually PAY for this is mind boggling.
How much to climb Everest?

The quick answer is about $45,000.00 but there are several choices to be made when climbing Mount Everest and each have different cost consequences.

Also, that sum doesn't include many things, including travel, training and kit.
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24-05-2019, 05:05 PM
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The trash is awful. But how would you get a refuse truck up there?
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24-05-2019, 05:08 PM
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I have always imagined mountaineers to be soulful people with concerns for the environment. I was wrong.
I knowwww! Me too. What a sad realization.
The other day someone shows a river in a beautiful topical area that was apparently supplying 35 million people that you couldn’t even see the water due to all the garbage. It was disgusting. After that thought my next thought was that if there’s 35 million people relying on this water supply then 35 million people could pick up the garbage and clean it.
I don’t get it.
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24-05-2019, 05:10 PM
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Staggering figures:

11,000 kg of human excrement are removed every year

15,000 kg of rubbish has been removed in the last 6 years

There are nearly 300 bodies on the mountain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2phn39
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24-05-2019, 05:12 PM
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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
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The trash is awful. But how would you get a refuse truck up there?
Use a Sherpa van
 
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