ITT: We discuss the history of the world's highest mountain and man's comically retarded attempts to conquer it.I'll start with an excerpt about how the mountain became a literal frozen shithole>In 2015, the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association warned that pollution, especially human waste, has reached critical levels. As much as 12,000 kg (26,500 lb) of human excrement each season is left behind on the mountain.[330] Human waste is strewn across the verges of the route to the summit, making the four sleeping areas on the route up Everest's south side minefields of human excrement. Climbers above Base Camp—for the 62-year history of climbing on the mountain—have most commonly either buried their excrement in holes they dug by hand in the snow, or slung it into crevasses, or simply defecated wherever convenient, often within metres of their tents. The only place where climbers can defecate without worrying about contaminating the mountain is Base Camp. At approximately 5,500 m (18,000 ft), Base Camp sees the most activity of all camps on Everest because climbers acclimate and rest there. In the late-1990s, expeditions began using toilets that they fashioned from blue plastic 190-litre (50-US-gallon) barrels fitted with a toilet seat and enclosed.
This is the problem with overpopulation
>climb a mountain covered in shit, using human corpses as your way point markersWhat's the attraction supposed to be again?
>>18037401Adrenaline seekers are basically trying the game the Power Process by doing things that aren’t mechanically difficult but are extremely dangerous. For example: riding motorcycles, bungee jumping, rock climbing (inb4 “these things are le really hard” - not compared even to things as simple as playing music)When they do something legitimately difficult (I.e. going from rock climbing/mountain climbing in places with low altitudes and sufficuent oxygen to climbing fucking Mount Everest) they die because they were never that mechanically skilled or conditioned. A homologue for motorcycle riding is going from speeding along straight country roads to riding on a highway and dying at the first sharp turn.By all metrics I am far stronger and fitter than everyone I know that does “rock climbing”But the thing is, it took me 10+ years of consistent training at the gym. I didn’t hit a midlife crisis and decide to hop on some dangerous trend.
>>18037401monkey climb biggest rock
Who dis nigga?
>Drugs and prostitutes are available in the camp village that has grown up to serve mountaineers climbing the peak, according to US author and mountaineer Michael Kodas.>And there are worries that Chinese plans to build a permanent road to the camp could lead to further problems.>But China denies allegations it is spoiling the world's highest peak.>In his book High Crimes - the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed, Mr Kodas details the lawlessness that has developed in the camp.>"You stand back when you first see this frontier town, and mentally take a deep breath," he says.>"Tibetans and Chinese sell anything you can imagine, and there's a certain amount of prostitution and drugs.">Doctors, he says, now treat venereal disease and wounds from base camp brawls, as well as the ailments more associated with climbing Everest, such as frostbite and altitude sickness.World's highest whorehousehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6897591.stmYou can get the book for $20 btwhttps://www.amazon.com/High-Crimes-Fate-Everest-Greed/dp/1401302734?adgrpid=177218404023&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=748008426915&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16570873534176266727&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032083&hvtargid=dsa-2414841787886&hydadcr=&mcid=&hvocijid=16570873534176266727--&hvexpln=67&tag=googhydr-20&hvsb=Science_d&hvcampaign=dsadesk
>>18037401rock bigclimb rock
>>18037401some normies are cursed because they can’t have fun while pursuing ordinary hobbies and interests. And depression + narcissism.
>>18037401bragging rights
Let's not forget the infamous Green Boots
There are occasional clean-up expeditions, sometimes coordinated by mountaineering groups.
For those that are unaware, 99% of people pronounce the name "Everest" wrong. Most people will pronounce it like "Ever-ist" but if were to actually go by how Sir George Everest pronounced his own name we should be pronouncing it more like "Eve-rist"
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>>18037880>World's highest whorehousekek
>>18039396I pronounce it Everest
>>18037401Belief in one's superiority
>>18039271You mean this guy >>18037874
>>18037401To shit on the corpses obviously
>>18037115>...dude, MOUNT EVEREST!As in the big ass rock that people occasionally die on? Yeah, it's part of the LORD's creation and it's cool and all but do we need a huge thread about it?
>>18042545Yes
>>18037115kek
