I had a teacher in high school who climbed Everest, he used mountain climbing and Everest analogies for everything.
I really don't see the allure of risking your life for what amounts to bragging rights. When people die on that mountain I have a hard time feeling sorry for them. The only people I feel sorry for are the Sherpas who end up carrying these rich kids and their gear up that mountain. Another part that bothers me is the amount of garbage that's abandoned on that mountain with people discarding oxygen bottles and everything else on their way up. That mountain is sacred to the local people and it's turned into an extreme sports landfill.
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