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pimpbot

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7. very few of those 1000 are real climbers

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 10:32 PM

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Most are just rich people paying for the opportunity to say they climbed everest.

They have guides carry all their crap and follow a path layed out for them.

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i suppose we have to pay for the helicopters and such for these intrepid advenrurers? rampartd Sunday #1

they should have to pay for their rescues Skittles Sunday #4

Are you a Chinese taxpayer? muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #11

it's downhill all the way Tetrachloride Sunday #2

Hiking up Everest in single file with several thousand people just doesn't seem inspiring. Silent Type Sunday #3

It was meant to be a fun day out! Aussie105 Sunday #5

It seems really early for snowstorms, doesn't it? FakeNoose Sunday #6

very few of those 1000 are real climbers pimpbot Sunday #7

Yeah, shouldn't count if you didn't carry your own shit. Captain Zero Monday #9

Photos of the climbers look like the Klondike GenThePerservering Monday #8

I have no sympathy. Javaman Monday #10

Mount Everest rescue: all hikers now safe after days stranded in powerful blizzard muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #12

May is climbing season for Everest proper... I think one side is.. samnsara Yesterday #13