Damn, reading through this thread all the old posts are still relevant.
I am the type of person that loves climbing on top of big things to see the view, sometimes disregarding the trip back, but I do not get the appeal of Everest at all. It has become the world's most expensive and deadly guided tour for adventurers looking to pad their Instagram and corporate types looking to pad their resume. There are so many other mountains out there I would be much more impressed with due to the skill required to summit. Then just looking at the coolest factor Chimborazo in Ecuador excites me the most being the furthest point away from the centre of the earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo
It's obviously up to the locals in both countries but I am going to say shut it down. Not immediately but through a program of education, capping numbers, and using funding to promote other tourist activities. Slowly reduce the numbers over a few decades and then close the mountain.
Also this from The Onion which isn't really even satire:
https://www.theonion.com/world-popul...-on-1835075562
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Saying they had no real problem with wealthy thrill-seekers failing in their efforts to scale the tallest mountain on earth, the entire human population admitted Tuesday that they are, in fact, completely fine with rich people dying on Mount Everest.
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