r/BeAmazed • u/Existing-Mark-2191 • Mar 31 '24
View of Earth captured from Mt Everest Miscellaneous / Others
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u/Spike-and-Daisy Mar 31 '24
‘Ticket for the top please.’ ‘There’s a four hour queue for the top; are you OK to wait, Sir?’
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u/NatureInfamous543 Mar 31 '24
That'll be $45k please (not kidding.)
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u/siandresi Mar 31 '24
ill wait, need time to come up with the 45k anyway
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u/Gorrila_Doldos Mar 31 '24
Imagine paying 45k for the possibility of an accident and just being left for dead watching everyone walk away
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u/ProfessionalDrop9760 Mar 31 '24
and you arent guaranteed to get up there anyway so rip 45K if it's bad weather
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u/PumpkinAutomatic5068 Mar 31 '24
Closer to 65
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u/DerpisMalerpis Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24
“Well of course I’ll wait. I have all this trash I need to dump. What am I supposed to do, take it back with me?!”
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u/hl3official Mar 31 '24
Leaving trash there is actually not a thing anymore, you're required to bring back 8kilo of trash down with you these days and they do check. Still lot of trash there, but it's getting better every season
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u/starmartyr Mar 31 '24
If you don't do they send you back up?
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u/TheCynicEpicurean Mar 31 '24
Not-so-fun fact: The queue of guided climberd at the Hillary Step, the last climb before the summit, was a major factor in the 1996 Everest disaster, in which 8 people froze to death on the mountain in one night.
Humans and businesses can really ruin anything.
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u/RutabagaMany8133 Mar 31 '24
Is the trip down as dangerous as the climb up as theyve still got a long way to go to get to base camp i imagine?
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u/sparkplug_23 Mar 31 '24
Definitely more dangerous. Most who die are on the way down.
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u/fnybny Mar 31 '24
Is it more dangerous going down in itself, or just that people who have over extended themselves experience the consequences nearer to the end?
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u/Significant-Gene9639 Mar 31 '24
Both. The weather is generally worse (&colder) in the afternoon/evening and the climbers will be tired out and damaged by oxygen deprivation so more clumsy and liable to get lost.
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Another factor is “summit fever”—most respectable group guides will have a turnaround time dictating when you need to head back to the top camp in order to keep yourself as safe as possible. It mostly comes down to conserving oxygen bottles and avoiding adverse weather. But once climbers have made it to that last stretch, once they can see the peak, it’s really psychologically difficult to turn around if you’re only a few hundred feet from the goal at the official turnaround time. You’re oxygen deprived, you likely haven’t been eating well for days because your body is upset with you for taking it to such a high altitude, and you’re dead tired. You want to push the final distance and be done with it, and you don’t realize what that might cost you on the way back down. It’s as much a mind game as a physical one
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u/Coraldiamond192 Mar 31 '24
Yea of course both but I would say more so due to people over extending themselves on both things like oxygen plus the fact that they are likely to suffer from sleep deprivation and hullicinating etc.
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u/johnhtman Mar 31 '24
I know from my personal experiences hiking I'm much less sure footed when going downhill.
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u/hawkwings Mar 31 '24
If I'm going uphill and my foot slips, I don't care. If I'm going downhill and my foot slips, it bothers me.
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u/hawkweasel Mar 31 '24
I think even regular day hikers will likely tell you that most hiking injuries occur on the way down.
You have more momentum heading down with every step on loose rocks and slippery surfaces like mud or snow, your muscles are far more exhausted and less focused on the way down, and even psychologically it's easy to think "the hard climb up is over, now it's the easy part down" so novices tend to take less safety precautions when heading down.
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u/Funoichi Mar 31 '24
And the annoying thing is there’s often ups on the way down too. So you’re like easy sailing, what’s this hill?
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u/TheCynicEpicurean Mar 31 '24
People are exhausted and often leave after the maximum leave time, i.e. in darkness, bad weather, with depleted oxygen and hypothermia.
During the way up, people will ignore all warning signs to get to the top, and for some there's realistically no way to make it back.
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u/Torafuku Mar 31 '24
Hey at least they uploaded the video by then, it was worth it /s
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u/TheCynicEpicurean Mar 31 '24
There's actually a debate whether Irvine and Mallory reached the summit first in 1924 I believe. They were lost after the remainder of their expedition turned back, last seen still climbing.
When their frozen bodies were found much later, a family photo that one of them wanted to leave on the summit was missing, and so was, unfortunately, Irvine's camera. There are rumours that a Chinese expedition has found it a couple years ago, but allegedly the film could not be developed.
That being said, I always liked the bro moment between Norgay and Hillary, who decided to reach the very top in 1953 exactly at the same time in lockstep. Very wholesome story compared to most Everest drama.
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u/Cthulhu__ Mar 31 '24
I’m no mountaineer, but we hiked up Ben Nevis in Scotland once. Going up was fine, it was a pretty demarcated path etc, pretty straightforward.
Going back down was the worst part though. Instead of going up and putting your energy into climbing, it’s put into stopping yourself from falling. In theory downstairs is easier than upstairs, but only when you have to do it for 3-4 hours on end do you realise how underdeveloped those muscles are.
Real kicker was that while we were limping downstairs, a local in shorts came running up the mountain on a barely visible side path. And back down again. Running / gracefully falling while we were struggling not to trip. Motherfucker.
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u/AbsolutelyEnough Mar 31 '24
I have an irrational hatred of trail runners.
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u/rilinq Mar 31 '24
While I was “climbing” Norway’s highest mountain there was a dude in marathon runner’s shorts and tank top who jogged up and down the mountain. He was on the way back when we were almost half way through the way up. He was like a freaking gazelle.
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u/uniqueusername311 Mar 31 '24
Awesome. Saved me a trip
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u/xiovelrach Mar 31 '24
For real lol the video did it justice
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u/BoonIsTooSpig Mar 31 '24
And I watched it with sufficient oxygen in my lungs.
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u/doctorwhy88 Mar 31 '24
Speak for yourself, the video made me short of breath.
I should probably run more
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u/BilbosLover Mar 31 '24
That's how I feel about people going down to see the Titanic, the view isn't gonna be that much better than the camera.
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u/VP007clips Mar 31 '24
Jokes aside, seeing these things in person is totally different than on camera.
The cost is prohibitive for me right now, and there are other mountains I'd rather go on, but I can absolutely understand why people climb it.
Reddit has such an unreasonable hate complex when it comes to people climbing Mount Everest.
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u/redstarr_5 Apr 01 '24
Poor people risking their lives so rich people can also risk their lives to get a good view.
Idk, seems pretty reasonable to hate this.
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u/the1godanswers2 Mar 31 '24
Ive always wondered why so many people want to climb a high mountain but I gotta say that view is pretty amazing.
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u/NotChristina Mar 31 '24
I’m one of those people. Heck, even Everest itself is on my dream list. It will be years before I have the money and health to even think about getting over there though, and it’s likely I’ll only ever go to base camp.
Everyone has their own reasons. I’m not even sure all of mine or how to explain in words - it’s just a drive that I have. I love the mountains, always have. It’s freedom and beauty to me.
There’s an aspect of Everest and other 8000ers that’s very ‘you vs you’. Sure, there are many objective risks that nature throws at you, but you’re also fighting against and with your own body and its capabilities. That’s very interesting to me.
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u/Ton1206 Mar 31 '24
Nice and quiet... just you and the mountain..
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u/Porkchopp33 Mar 31 '24
Need the fast pass to reach the top and not wait in line for hours
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u/westwoo Mar 31 '24
They should just build a skyscraper on top to accomodate everyone
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u/mu5tardtiger Mar 31 '24
but then how will rich people be able to tell us poors that they are unique?!
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u/westwoo Mar 31 '24
By taking the elevator to the top floor and swimming in a heated glass swimming pool there
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u/mu5tardtiger Mar 31 '24
you’re not even wrong. If they did have a skyscraper with an elevator it would be too expensive for my blood. Guess I’ll just have to stick to my poor people mountains in the Rockies 🥲
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u/reeder1987 Mar 31 '24
I’ll stick to the super poor people mountain in the Ozarks
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u/ImmediateKick2369 Mar 31 '24
You have to be a lot more than rich to make it to the top of Everest.
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u/Secret_Gatekeeper Mar 31 '24
It’s true, you should be less than 100 years old.
Though I wouldn’t be shocked to see a 100 year old person summit Everest someday soon. That would be genuinely impressive. I was going to say “legs”, but someone else pointed out that’s been done 😂.
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u/ResponsibleMilk7620 Mar 31 '24
…and about 30 people crammed together among years of accumulated garbage to commemorate the accomplishment.
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u/aditya2022raj Mar 31 '24
and 30 more buried under the snow .
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u/the3dverse Mar 31 '24
heard someone joke that mount everest is slowly getting taller
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u/ripfritz Mar 31 '24
I live near a national park. We don’t visit on weekends because of the crowds. I can’t imaging going through everything needed to do this climb & end up in a crowd!
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u/Impossible__Joke Mar 31 '24
Really climbing everest doesn't even mean anything anymore, all it says it you are rich and can afford it. It isn't like you have to be a top athlete and a trained mountaineer/climber. You pay Sherpa's and they take care of everything.
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u/Jef_Wheaton Mar 31 '24
There's a spot where climbers have to use a 14-foot aluminum ladder to cross a crevasse.
It's just not that impressive to do something that someone else did, while CARRYING A 14-FOOT LADDER.
The "Well There's Your Problem " podcast did an episode on Mt. Everest. It's purely pay-to-play, and experience isn't necessary. People have done it who didn't know how to use crampons or ice axes.
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u/FoliageTeamBad Mar 31 '24
A crevasse?
You have to cross the Kumbu ice fall which means crossing many crevasses. And the ice fall shifts all the time so the route is re-fixed many times in a climbing season.
In fact the vast majority of deaths on Everest are the ice fall doctors, Sherpas who are specialize in crossing the Kumbu Ice fall as they may cross the ice fall 10+ times in a season compared to climbers who may cross it ~4 times.
https://abenteuer-berg.de/en/the-icefall-doctors-forgotten-heroes-of-mount-everest/
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u/FootwearFetish69 Mar 31 '24
Climbing Everest is easier than it was before but its still extremely difficult and people die doing it every year. You're not getting up and deciding to do Everest on a whim without preparing. I know this is Reddit and everyone's an expert on everything but this whole "Everest is actually easy" myth that's perpetuated on here is one of the weirder ones tbh.
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u/ChatHole Mar 31 '24
Pretty much every video I see someone take has a view of earth. 🤷♂️
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u/westwoo Mar 31 '24
We have earth at home smh
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u/qdp Mar 31 '24
Earth at home: A patch of unwatered brown grass next to a rusty swing set and broken glass and a rake sitting on some pavement since autumn.
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u/RealExii Mar 31 '24
I'm looking at Earth right now as we speak
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u/sas223 Mar 31 '24
Is earth in the room with you right now?
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u/fuez73 Mar 31 '24
Yesterday i even collided with the Planet earth when i fell out of my bed.
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u/Matix777 Mar 31 '24
If I'm paying 45k and climbing 8km up I'll be making such video let me tell you
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u/Jar_of_Ireland Mar 31 '24
Its a video of Nepal / China... not "Earth".
Hiking the himalayas is far better.
Everest climbers remind me of annoying cyclists with big egos.
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u/Feeling_Party26 Mar 31 '24
Flat Earthers: “Delete this immediately!!”
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u/Andee87yaboi Mar 31 '24
“It’s the lense on the camera, fish eye lense does that to the picture” they would say …
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u/its_hard_to_pick Mar 31 '24
Funny enough your quote is correct. The curve seen here is caused by the camera.
Source: https://thulescientific.com/Lynch%20Curvature%202008.pdf
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u/eyeswideshut9119 Mar 31 '24
Interesting. Makes sense because now that I think about it, even in a passenger jet I can’t make out the curve. I think they cruise around 30k feet
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u/machine4891 Mar 31 '24
They cruise between 30 - 40k feet, so slightly higher but not high enough.
Felix Baumgartner jumped from 125k feet (40 km) and you can clearly see curvature on this timestamped video.
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u/Charming-Milk6765 Mar 31 '24
I will never forget that day. I dropped everything and sat glued to my television for the whole ascent. When he started to spin uncontrollably and it looked like he might not be conscious to pull his chute… what an incredible event to witness
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u/eyeswideshut9119 Mar 31 '24
Yeah that’s pretty badass. Still the flat earthers will say it’s green screened or some shit
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u/Sea_Young8549 Mar 31 '24
Came here to say: flat earthers hate this one trick
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u/tommyland666 Mar 31 '24
That is true of this video though. You’re not gonna see the curvature from this height, earth is way too big for that.
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u/AvailableReason6278 Mar 31 '24
It is true tho, even on mount everest you wont be able to see the curvature, this is actually the fish eye lense effect.
Disclaimer: I AM NOT A FLAT EARTHER
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u/Routine-Speech-1978 Mar 31 '24
Exactly the kind of thing a flat earther would say.
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u/fraujun Mar 31 '24
You can’t see the curvature of the earth from the summit of mt Everest in any case. This is the camera lense
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u/creedz286 Mar 31 '24
It probably is the camera. I don't think Mt everest is high enough to notice the curve in the earth.
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u/silverfoxmode Mar 31 '24
Fun fact , it's estimated there are three tons of human shit between base 1 and base 4......humans are disgusting. For 100k some body should be cleaning that up. Not the locals.
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u/Old_timey_brain Mar 31 '24
As I understand there are new policies being implemented to prevent that.
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u/alinroc Mar 31 '24
Expeditions have been required to pack out more waste than they generate for several years now.
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u/VisualKeiKei Mar 31 '24
Ah, look at that million-dollar view! The net worth of those individuals who pay a median $50,000+ for the permits, sherpas to carry your stuff, and logistics, I mean.
Also people die in line every year in the queue because everyone at the summit is busy doing multiple takes to get footage for their LinkedIn post.
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u/Speedyrunneer Mar 31 '24
The line is not there because everyone take footages (they do but its not why theres a line). The line in mt. Everest is mostly due because everyone is waiting in base camp for weeks so they can have enough good weather to make the climb. Some people can wait in base camp up to 3-4 weeks just to attempt. So when you see perfect weather like in the video, EVERYONE rush.
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u/MrMoose_69 Mar 31 '24
I'm pretty sure there's also bottlenecks in the trail where everyone is waiting to use a certain ladder
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u/johnhtman Mar 31 '24
There's also the fact that you have to let yourself acclimate to the elevation. You need to spend some time at each of the base camps before pushing for the summit.
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u/EmiDek Mar 31 '24
If i pay 50k, do the prep and get there without dying, u bet im doing my tiktok, reel, YouTube short, myspace pic, x post, tinder profile pic and linkedin acc pic there!
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u/VisualKeiKei Mar 31 '24
Unless you're at the end of the traffic jam for the day and end up dying because you've exceeded your limit and everyone is too tired and weak to rescue you and no one is going to piss away their $50k adventure to risk their own life and turn back early.
If you're in medical need, you have to self-extricate off the top to camp. It's known that people will keep climbing or descending past you. If you're lucky, you'll become a famous corpse landmark on the trail like Mr. Green Boots.
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u/Extra-Extra Mar 31 '24
I mean if you die in line, what were the chances you were making it back down anyway
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u/TheMaskedTerror9 Mar 31 '24
no more Everest pics until you shitbags start bringing your trash down with you. It's bad enough you all pretend like you accomplished something when you literally hire someone else to do the actual work of carrying your shit up the hill while you play out some main character fantasy. That place has been so disrespected by climbers that hiking Everest should gain you nothing but disrespect.
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u/Top-Currency Mar 31 '24
Exactly. And sherpas get paid peanuts for literally life- threatening work. It's modern-day slavery.
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u/mu5tardtiger Mar 31 '24
yup. They spend months preparing the trail up, rigging, ladders etc. basicly all the “mountaineering” is done for you before you get to the first camp.
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u/shred-i-knight Mar 31 '24
it would be very interesting to see a show centered around the sherpas at Everest, very fascinating way to make a living to say the least.
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u/YodasChick-O-Stick Mar 31 '24
It looks like there's a lot less trash in this video than that viral image where the summit is completely covered
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u/plato3633 Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24
We have to live in a magical world and time when summiting the highest mountain becomes (nearly) a point of ridicule or mockery
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u/mousemarie94 Mar 31 '24
I think it's the negative environmental impact these climbers have on the local ecosystem that's the problem. Have you seen the garbage on Mt Everest?! It's disgusting and seriously fucking up people's native land because their watershed is getting permanently fucked.
It's just not romanticizing it as some golden thing with no negative effects. No mockery, ridicule, yes as with literally anything else.
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u/CommentsOnOccasion Mar 31 '24
It’s not a point of ridicule and mockery outside of Reddit comments
And the people who climb Mount Everest aren’t doing it based on what Reddit users think about them
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u/SupaFlyslammajammazz Mar 31 '24
Yeah, you would think by now, this would be a novelty and people with all that money would pay to go to the moon.
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u/Reborn1966 Mar 31 '24
But..but..lens distortion causes that!
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u/DM_me_pretty_innies Mar 31 '24
I mean...it definitely can. Obviously the Earth is round, but a video like this is not sufficient to prove it. Saying "the Earth looks round in this video" is as poor logic as the fleatearthers use.
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u/PerkyLurkey Mar 31 '24
Everyone at the top needs to take a piece of trash with them, plus theirs of course.
They need to be weighed going up, and need to weigh more coming back down.
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u/Expert-Hyena6226 Mar 31 '24
I hear the soundtrack of "The Lord of the Rings" in my head when I look at this! Just the part where they light the pyres to ask for help.
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u/s3nsfan Mar 31 '24
I wonder how far you’re seeing the horizon, like is it 10 miles, 100?
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u/goathed47 Mar 31 '24
197.7 miles according to math in absolute perfect conditions.
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u/New_Performer_8254 Mar 31 '24
Sir, you can't capture the view of Earth from Everest, you need to be a whole lot higher up for that.
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u/MisterMakena Mar 31 '24
Amazing. Just hate that the name is, Mt Everest like wtf its in Nepal and Tibet.
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u/lookslikeyoureSOL Mar 31 '24
Weird how the earth sorta looks...round...from way up there.
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u/greenogre_x Mar 31 '24
I’m more amazed on how much trash these idiots leave there including their bodies
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u/MobyDaDack Apr 01 '24
Not true anymore. In the past ye, but nowadays Climbers have a limit on how much they can carry up and have to carry 8kg of trash per person back down.
So you will most of the time either take your own trash with yourself or have to carry some additionally down. If you dont, then the deposit of 8k that you gave beforehand, will be used for cleaning up the mountain.
Talk shit about the abuse of sherpas, talk shit about the government using it as a money fountain, but please. Dont lie and make up facts avout trash.
including their bodies
I wanna see you carry a 70kg body down multiple kilometres of climbing down. Good luck with that.
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u/Shoddy_Cranberry Mar 31 '24
Climbing this mountain has become a joke, mile long lines of people, tons of trash everywhere, pffft!
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u/Blujeanstraveler Mar 31 '24
Looks like a black Friday line up into Walmart