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Originally Posted by Superfraggle
http://www.adventurestats.com/tables...stAgeFat.shtml
According to this link, out of 10094 attempts, there have been 207 fatalities. 2.05%. For comparison, 2.09% of people worldwide die from road traffic accidents. Yet somehow you don't hear people talking about the selfishness of the passengers every time someone dies in a car accident.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._death_by_rate
Summitting Everest is a major personal accomplishment, no matter how many people have done it before you. Is it really so hard to accept that people are willing to take on that small amount of risk to accomplish something they can be truly proud of for the rest of their lives?
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I have really no comment on the selfishness (or not) or people who climb Everest, but I think your stats are way off.
2% of all attempts on Everest end in death, 2% of all world wide deaths are due to cars, but that is not the same as 2% of all driving attempts end in death (for every 100 times someone gets into a car, 2 people don't die, instead for every 100 people who die, 2 die due to cars, there is a huge difference).