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Javaman

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10. I have no sympathy.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:46 AM

Monday

Everest is a "bucket list" item for rich and wannabe climbers now.

there is so much garbage left behind, it's disgusting.

there are now long lines if people trying to reach the summit, leaving trash in their wake.

Sherpa's now literally carry people up the slopes.

they signed up for this, this is part of the party.

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Rescue efforts under way after 1,000 people trapped on Mount Everest slopes [View all] riversedge Sunday OP

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

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

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