@divergentsenior
Sometimes you have to protect people from themselves. Both from climbers who endanger themselves and others because they are not physically/mentally proficient, and from tour businesses who know how difficult it is to line people up by the dozens to make the attempt. One slow climber can easily endanger others. Make the permit cost high. Require an "in case I die" insurance plan. Rescuers should be rewarded.
@ZeR0daRkSaiyan
Ha ha... can't hide the South African in your voice. Decent video guy. Even though I'm not a mountaineer, I find the Goddess Sagamartha (Mt Everest) to be incredibly mystifying, beautiful and majestic. A dream of mine is to one day just see it with my own eye. Not to do a summit attempt... I just want to be able to see and marvel at it's colossal beauty.
@dheesylvester
I have a friend who is into Mountain climbing, and even though I keep telling him not to try climbing Everest, he's determined to risk his life. Maybe this video will help dissuade him.
@mrparts
Keep in mind that even if you succeed reaching the summit and make it back to Base Camp you can still suffer cerebral edema and die days after...😮
@joblessalex
We need to put a winch at the top and run a cable down the side. Have a shuttle up and down.
@kimberH1005
The explorers that did this were incredible. It was right to do. These people are jackasses. I have only a small bit of sympathy for those that die. The real sympathy is for their families. The businesses that prey on these idiots should be ashamed of themselves.
@alandoren4953
But not only that people die, also, many lose limbs, or may have repercussions all their lives because of the strain on the body. So, you may make it back down but it likely could be without some body part. These people are NUTS!
@ogechiaikohi
The research and quality of this video 🔥🔥
@beatpirate8
i love that headline! because thats exactly what i think it is. crazy people. i dont think locals want to climb and conquer a godly mountain. its a western concept. the cost is the local peoples lives.
@billmalec
My body has problems at just 13,000 ft (of course there's little/ no adaptation before), I can't imagine just being at that height. I 'climb' from 8,000 ft to over 13,000 on my dirt bike in about an hour. That's enough for me.
@kgejalaxmikanthaswamy5551
Great title to video and so true. Climbing to die or climbing to brag. No other value to humanity. A wasted life. Why not use the money to help wildlife? The real heroes who succeed on the mountains are the sherpas. They carry the load and still succeed. Just because they are poorer they cant flaunt their success. Also better to add 2 rules... A. whereby you are considered to have successfully climbed up AND climbed down. B. Anyone who climbs must take an insurance. If they get injured ,die etc... the insurance company to not just pay family but also retrieve the body. If they can afford to buy gear and climb... they should be able to afford this insurance. Stop making these mountains a grave yard
@EmmanuelIhim
Imagine paying over $100k to go die? 3:36
@beatpirate8
what is the cost to government w rescues? helicopters and how often are hospitals and public safety resources pulled?
@leonleon2276
All that traffic is ridiculously dangerous. There’s a record mountain disaster just waiting to happen there.
@cleekmaker00
Simple... Don't Do It! Give Chomolungma a rest; quit scampering along her flanks! If you have to, only travel as far as Base Camp, whether it be Khumbu or Rongbuk. Give Sagamartha and her people the respect they deserve. Leave no Trace, and pack something out! 🖖😄
@freden9234
And don’t forget the high ethical cost-every climber starts by putting their desires higher than the needs of their families and involves the active decision that it’s OK to literally step over the dead bodies of fellow humans to satisfy their egos.
@4403323
A Japanese woman climbed to the top when she was 63. She did it again when she was 73. How did she do that when much younger people died on their first try?
@rauliuxaa
I would climb it if it were affordable, but considering the price is insane, i ain't wasting my money just so i could have a chance at climbing something. Plenty of other beautiful and hard climbs who don't cost furtunes.
@Justin-ud9rr
Mount Everest actually is not the highest point on the planet. The highest point on the planet is mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. its on the equator so it is the closest you can get to space
@caro2233