Everest 2024: Data and Fatalities from the Ended Season.

Mount Everest 2024. Nearly 9,000 mountaineers have summited Everest from the Nepal side since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first set foot atop the world’s highest peak in 1953. MountainQueen is a video resource about mountaineering, science and curious stories. Info&news every week. Become a member!
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[@jonbarrett789]

Anyone who wants a summit permit should also be required to volunteer for a season prior bringing down garbage in addition to paying

[@ilanamillion8942]

Smart idea!

[@okoala62]

💯💯💯

[@truthseeker2222]

these are rich people, they aint picking up trash. They fully believe they are above that. Know the clientele.

[@jonbarrett789]

@@truthseeker2222 the point definitely isn’t to boost attendance. A cultural shift from the phase of excess and adventure tourism to adventure caretaking is crucial. If it’s only a graveyard shift (no pun intended) then the mountain would be well on its way

[@truthseeker2222]

@@jonbarrett789 I agree but its current iteration, its mostly rich spoiled people who are bored and want to impress people at their social functions. Nepal is a poor country and they climbers provides them much needed resources. Ideally these rich people would spend more money to clean it up, but time will tell how it plays out. Or Nepal could charge some sort of extra tax on the permits that would pay locals to regularly do mountain cleanings. I think at the end of the day it must be Nepal's responsibility to take care of their natural resources, and work to prevent its destruction.

[@karsam7751]

400 hundreds Nepali climbers and 200 foreigners have reached peak this year. In another word . 400 hundred Nepali climbers have carried 200 foreigners to the top.

[@denis888red]

Like what would you know keyboard warrior? Zilch. Absolutely zilch....

[@philipstanley5611]

Some teams still do it the old way, and climb unfixed routes. Not everyone is walking the staircase made by the Sherpa

[@truthseeker2222]

way to generalize and stereotype. You racist.

[@MaineUSA]

They should raise the price and lower the amount of permits. They should be mandated to clean up trash.

[@lf67hh28]

Why? Every climber pays for mountain clearance - the Nepalese Govt. Embezzle the payment.

[@MaineUSA]

@@mighty_tone you don't agree they trashed the mountain with their trash and human waste? Classy

[@Lscott-fk2sn]

@@mighty_tone trolllololol :)

[@michaelangelos5117]

What I think is that if someone leaves trash up on Mount Everest or in any type of national park or Forest they should be banned from ever going there again. Or made to clean up trash until they get the lesson.

[@revekat2053]

In the future robots will probably be picking up the trash from the mountain.

[@peteristead2528]

Not a single person should be allowed to climb until the world’s highest garbage dump has been cleaned up(all the garbage removed). Then each climber thereafter is responsible for having there garbage removed. No exceptions!

[@grayl5514]

Spot on. Everest is a microcosm of this planet and how we are wrecking it.

[@hardrun77]

yup you pack it in you pack it out

[@christopherbrown1730]

It will be almost impossible for Nepql to look the other way as the revenue is too hard to look past.

[@John-mi2rt]

I hope your use of the word climber includes the Sherpa. They haul all the rubbish onto the mountain but seem to carry no responsiblity for the state of the mountain.

[@nancytestani1470]

I thought they had too..but I guess not.

[@ArturoTierra]

If the first explorers of Everest had encountered all those dead bodies, they might have reasoned it was an ancient custom to go there and die, a form of ritual suicide if you will. It's a good place to go if you have a death wish. Chances are good that you'll get your wish.

[@Django2424]

The poor Sherpas are the ones that suffer the most, they have families to support and these rich arrogant climbers don’t even tip enough, the government takes most the money.who provides for those families when the Sherpas die? Just sad.

[@ilyab.5127]

Welcome to planet earth. Same as any other low paying job worldwide. Squeezing people to the max while paying them peanuts and the government profits.

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

I know 2 people who climbed Everest. One of them even saved another Climber who had become disoriented up on the Mountain. That was in 1997

[@TC-eo5eb]

My vacation is typically spent at 2-3 feet above sea level. No supplemental oxygen required, just sun screen and a beach umbrella. No frozen body parts, just a mild sun burn. The only acclimatization I need is when vacation is over and it is time to go back to work.

[@truthseeker2222]

try living

[@TC-eo5eb]

@@truthseeker2222 My butt in a beach chair and my toes in the sand is living.

[@nancytestani1470]

Ha, well said..me too.

[@nancytestani1470]

@@truthseeker2222we are all living

[@truthseeker2222]

@@nancytestani1470 Truly profound Nancy . Karens are cancer.

[@phoebehill953]

Imagine being the last person in line going up

[@mikeellis4345]

Shut the mountain down for a decade while sherpas are paid well to clean up the mess while the mountain and surrounding areas heal. Compensate the people who rely on the trade of climbers and then strictly regulate the qualified climbers if it ever opens again. Absolute disgrace and shameless monetisation of a stunning place.

[@lf67hh28]

Nope.

[@lisaborsella5412]

We ALL share this planet and everything on it , but you’d never know it. MONEY 💰 is why

[@lf67hh28]

@@lisaborsella5412 Money is earned via hard work.

[@DeeDee-ot2ly]

I don't understand who y'all think is going to compensate anyone without the climbers. They are the source of all income in this place. Therein lies the problem. Kapish?

[@DeeDee-ot2ly]

I don't understand who y'all think is going to compensate anyone without the climbers. They are the source of all income in this place. Therein lies the problem. Kapish?

[@Bob31415]

The romance and mystique of Mt. Everest disappeared a long time ago.

[@FrederickTheGrt]

Buried somewhere below the human waste and trash.

[@debsam77]

@@Bob31415 and to think some wanted to stay there if they died on the mountain. I wonder how many would want their remains amongst the human waste and garbage now 😢😢

[@Amm.Climbs]

Such an insane display of humans DISRESPECTING their nature, creator, and only home…

[@michaelhales5695]

You would think that of all people, the tree hugging, Patagonia wearing, granola eating, vegan friendly mountaineers would have more respect for nature and this once majestic mountain (now turned landfill).

[@joyslove3858]

Exactly

[@ElleDuderino]

Nah, people that climb Everest are super ego driven. This tracks.

[@ThriftyCHNR]

No those aren't actually the type to climb Everest. The type is the elitist arrogant, "win at all cost" ruthless rich person that needs an ego boost and constant thrills.

[@debsam77]

With that many summits it no longer seems like an almost impossible thing to do. They’ve trashed that majestic mountain with their waste and filth left behind. It’s just not the same when I would hear about summits in the past. It now seems like almost anyone can do it as long as their bank accounts give them permission.

[@lf67hh28]

6700 summits in 105 years. Extremely rare.

[@Mila_Brearey]

Yeah ok, sure.

[@debsam77]

@@lf67hh28 I was talking about recently and not something hundreds of years ago!

[@debsam77]

@@Mila_Brearey then ok, sure!

[@debsam77]

@@lf67hh28 I wasn’t talking about in one hundred years. I was talking about recently 🤷🏽

[@wendydarling1745]

Leave it alone. People do not belong there.

[@debsam77]

I agree and for no other reason than the fact that there’s not enough oxygen to sustain human life and that tells me it’s no place for humans. I will say that I get people have passions and dreams so I’m not trying to be mean at all though!

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

Population control through Darwinism

[@deltalima6703]

18 out of 8 billion? Its just a money pit, its not even risky. 100 a day summit on some days.

[@MrPuddinJones]

each climber should be charged and held accountable. each item they bring with should be documented, photographed and upon returning down the mountain, they should have EVERYTHING the went up with PLUS an additional 3 lbs of garbage. they gotta get that trash off the mountain, that is unacceptable.

[@jimkerry6740]

The mountain as the highest point of the Earth is the pride of the inhabitants of the Earth, Let's preserve the mountain for our generations in its pristine beauty, and not as the highest garbage dump on the planet.

[@nicholasmills8843]

The world's highest cemetery and garbage dump. Everest should not be attempted by mountain tourists at all. Period. And all at the expense of the Sherpas and guides. It should be revered and reserved for true mountaineers that don't rely on being chaperoned to the top.

[@robert-gq5th]

Agree but it seems like most of the deaths on everest are the expiriacned climbers

[@schranzmartin]

well.. this ist what you think... and it´s ok but why do you care? On the mountain is not more garbage then in every small village in India... in the Alps, every year many more people die. The Matterhorn is the deadliest mountain in the world and still people take a guide and go up there. Why should this not be forbidden? In short.. you are just a victim of the ludest noise in the medias with the least facts.... so let people do what they want to do and do what you want to do.

[@bhoopesh.p.4645]

You need to climb one 8000 m peak before applying for permit.

[@debsam77]

⁠@@schranzmartinnone of them should be climbed. They are beautiful to look at period. Man destroys everything they come in contact with. And to call themselves mountaineers is a joke with all the Porter, Sherpas, ladders and fixed rope support it seems a fit grandma could do it. A place where there isn’t enough oxygen to sustain human life is NO place for humans. It’s worse than Stockton Rush taking paying customers to see the wrecked titanic when you can get a better view right here or on the discovery channel. But nooo, billionaires paid 250k to go down in a lemon submersible that imploded after he was warned it was a lemon!!!

[@schranzmartin]

@@debsam77 have you been up there? and again.. why do you care? It´s a mountain like any other in the world where people go for reasons they don´t need to explain to anybody....

[@Johnny_Utah187]

I watched a video of a 19 year old kids full journey climbing Everest. It’s like 4 hours long. And It looks absolutely brutal. Blew my mind.

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

They should bore a tunnel and create a lift shaft all the way to the summit. They should then blast the top off the mountain to flatten it out and build a restraunt and visitors centre so everyone can stand on top. 🙂 My idea is the best of them all.

[@Deepsouthlaker]

Add a walmart

[@andrewmeadows3232]

Developers would line up with plans to maintain Everest's Nepalese/alpine feel while offering visitors of all ages a true mountaineering experience. Retail, office, and residential parcels available...

[@OrvilleDelaCruz]

Blast all mountains which are barren so boulders from it could be used as aggregates products and other boulders use for reclamation as what other countries are doing. Asked those who had explore the famous mountain what good they got or just egos.

[@Dr_GraysGhost_420]

They need a few Dollar Generals too

[@CrazyNormalTreeRat]

Why hasn't anyone figured this out yet... Kudos to you! Now tell how and present actual plans and drawings to make this possible with current technology. Prove that this is possible. In words and fantasies it is easy, but the reality is different. In the next 100 years, there will be no technology for this. In fact, in the next 1000 years, there will be no such technology... This is an iceberg! A mountain of ice and very few rocks. How will you maintain a place that is made of ice. Ice is frozen water! How are you going to dig a tunnel and maintain a temperature that won't crack this ice? How are you going to blast ice without consequences? At the slightest explosion, the whole mountain will crack and become a danger of total collapse and many cavities. Every few days the whole mountain changes. Yes! It literally changes due to earth shifts in the terrain. Today, a road that you are walking on, in a few days, this road will not exist because it will be displaced, and there is a possibility that a great chasm will form through which you cannot pass. Everything changes every few days, and you want a tunnel...

[@brunorigo]

I dont think the solution is to make it forbidden or to make it more expensive. I think you will need to raise the difficulty, to lower death rate. A person like me with no prior experience shouldnt be permitted to attempt it! I think first is to make it a real national park. Every equipment every thing should be tagged weighted and registered going up, and checked upon exit. Srict 0 trash policy. That is first. With trash that includes your dead body, that needs to go down to zero too. You need to have some kind of advanced certification and years of experience. Make it a real lifelong achievement, not a money thing. Black Belt kind of stuff. the culmination of 10 years hard training

[@user-jq1ek2rl7d]

I totally 1000% agree with everything you said! Especially the trash and climber accountability for it and if one dies, work it out and get them down! Great advice! The money end and lack of experienced climbers is ridiculous!

[@lf67hh28]

The only way to train your body for 8k peaks is on 8k peaks...you can't mirror it. That's why acclimatisation is key, and expeditions are 6 weeks long, with a massive base fitness demand as mandatory.

[@andredarin8966]

No secret: the people who attempt this are self-absorbed, in it for a not-so-cheap thrill. It is beyond unconscionable that someone with a wife or husband and kids would risk their lives to prove something to themselves. I’d bet the people willing to risk their lives in this vainglorious pursuit have some major issues.

[@user-jq1ek2rl7d]

@@andredarin8966 that's an excellent point and one I've always thought so true! 👍

[@lf67hh28]

@andredarin8966 Do you share the same sentiments with fishermen? Officially, there is a higher death rate in that profession than climbing mountains. I think every single person has mental health issues, difference is I will always do what I choose to do with my life and money. Human achievement is the pinnacle of living.

[@Lisa1987lisa]

I think permits should only be issued to people if they’ve had experience of climbing other mountains. And they should put a limit on how many can climb. Climbing it is dangerous enough as it is on it’s on without having long lines trying to pass each other in such dangerous conditions.

[@ghost.ranger1628]

Good place for the average person to go when they want to die.They just might get their wish. Some places are just not meant for inexperienced people to go.

[@johnwalker4642]

"The weather behaved well this season on Everest." Taming the mountain, taming the human being. Ego striving.

[@je7887]

Looks like a parking lot, what fun!

[@nandapiyathilaka5789]

Great video

[@martinsmith1538]

Stop the climbs. It is now just a dangerous tourist attraction. People have abused the mountain. Just return it to nature and stop making it a commercial enterprise. There is no need for anyone to go up, risking their lives. No more permits and leave the mountain alone. Too many unqualified and dangerous climbers in my opinion.

[@karendawson9372]

Too much money to be made unfortunately

[@BougieBlue]

@@karendawson9372yep .

[@pfrstreetgang7511]

An ethical viewpoint but the amount of money Nepalese bureaucrats make off the permits is estimated to increase their personal incomes by a factor of 20.

[@simbalantana4572]

@@pfrstreetgang7511 The Nepalese and Sherpa people benefit greatly from Everest.

[@Willrocs]

Raise the price and limit the amount of people

[@Dulcimertunes]

The government could make $ by requiring physical fitness testing to be given a permit.

[@pfrstreetgang7511]

Getting up Everest hasn't been a respected accomplishment since '96.

[@rakp1814]

Hi, You have the wrong Dawa's picture (who climbed Everest 3 times in 8 days). His name is Dawa Finjhok Sherpa and he holds the world record for climbing Everest 3 times in 8 days 13 hrs and 35 mins in 2024. I do hope you will correct your video and put the right person's picture!

[@mjleger4555]

On another site, it said that over 480 permits netted Nepal $5 million dollars in one season. Mt Everest is obviously the primary source of income and they're not likely to willfully lose that amount of money! We know that money talks, always has, always will, and apparently money has stifled the belief that Mt. Everest is sacred! Sherpas can make enough money in one guided trip to last them a year -- they become independent. It is NOT a cheap endeavor to "go climb Mt. Everest" and it is one of the easiest of the many over 8000+ meter mountains. We also heard that sherpas will NOT go to other mountains to guide, e.g., K-2, or Nanga-Parbat, due to the dangers involved. Why should they, they might make two to three trips as a guide PER SEASON! and that money will last them a year in their low-income mountain community (except for funds pertaining to Mt. Everest). With all the photo of all the trash, poop, oxygen canisters, even discarded tents, among a myriad of other discarded items, it is clear people don't care about trashing the mountain, they are there solely for personal gratification! Really a shame. There is little excuse for climbers EXCEPT that many are brain-addled due to hypoxia and couldn't care less about discarding their trash on the mountain!

[@robertsole9970]

The narrator sounds like the actor that played Dr Koresh in Heroes and Bloodsport in The Flash

[@laetitiavisagie-gg6kk]

What would be the alternative income for Nepal ?

[@spencerdawson6536]

There’s a DMV Office at the Summit, hence the Lines. If you forget to fill out a box on the form the agent sends you down the mountain to the back of the line.

[@Bob31415]

I love challenges so I was going to climb Everest until I found out how easy it is. Hardly seems worth it now.

[@danielnewman134]

They should stop issuing climbing permits and issue clean up permits. The mountain should be closed for maintenance for a few years. Once it is cleaned up to a decent level, then issue a limited number of permits to a limited number of groups evenly distributed among the different regions of the world. I doubt that this will ever happen. But it is worth mentioning.

[@marylouaguero7060]

Wow 24 hours to summit and Come back down uff cardio for sure! 😮

[@miketausig4205]

Passing new laws seems like a good thing, but new laws have been passed nearly every year, it seems, but are simply not enforced. Since 99% of traffic on the mountain comes from large expedition companies, the Nepali authorities need only look to these groups for enforcement, and put BIG consequences on them if laws are not followed. And by BIG, I mean like revoking their permits for a two year period for a first offense, 5 years for a second, and permanent for the third. BUT they would never do this, as the money brought from these large expedition companies is huge! Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and the millions of dollars that comes in climbing permits alone makes a big difference, and that’s before ancillary spending in Kathmandu and surrounding areas. So yeh…if they want to solve the problems, the onus must be attached to the corporate expeditions, but I just don’t see that happening in a meaningful way.

[@wheelspin10]

I think if you want to go up everst then you must also take away all your trash and others thats not yours as well. Respect the mountains

[@Professor_Stark]

Conquering that McDonald's across the street sounds much more achievable than battling an icy peak. Unless I’m facing a McFlurry blizzard, the dangers are minimal.

[@TC-eo5eb]

You could die from high cholesterol instead of high altitude.

[@dennisjamieson3328]

I have the autographs of John Hunt & Tenzig a Sherpa who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 to the top of Everest.

[@82566]

Thats awesome!!! Wow those r to be treasured for sure

[@rosieposie9564]

Wow that is very cool, how did you get the autographs?

[@IndigoYouTube]

I like the new narrator!!! 🎉

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

idk…sounds more like a king than a queen to me

[@mamalovetarot777]

Human sacrifice is real. She'll keep taking humans until they leave her alone.

[@coal6tamarack2374]

Higher prices for permits just make the climb even more socially unfair. The correct way to manage the problem would be to not just hand out permits to anyone who can afford them but instead require a letter of recommendation from one of the IFMGA member associations.

[@mamalovetarot777]

Going up Everest with no gear and Sherpa is WILD to me.

[@Marcus_C51]

Not only that, but without supplemental oxygen too?! How insanely stupid can one get? I think there definitely are those who go to Everest who have a death wish, he was probably one of them.

[@sandrinecacheton3909]

no thoughts, just binging mount everest videos

[@gregorylumpkin2128]

"Heroically reached the summit" then "tragically died" on the way down. Seems to be a recurring theme on the mountain.

[@sarabellem562]

Sherpas need to unionize.

[@pfrstreetgang7511]

They have attempted it on 4 separate occasions I'm aware of. The Nepalese govt "officials" have ruthlessly discouraged these attempts (including death threats or long term imprisonment to Sherpas) as it would expose the levels of unethical financial gains made by a minority of "tourism ministers".

[@DurgaDas96]

The people moss effected by the trash are the climbers. Nepal could double the fee and put the extra, or some of the extra, towards creating a professional, high status bureau that pays Sherpas the top going rate to bring down garbage and bodies. The climbing paths coukd be cleared to allow clearing work. Plus, they could require each climber to not only bring down their own trash, but to also bring down some extra trash.

[@brendaelder6]

Problem is they can barely sustain their own body weight coming down from lack of oxygen. They are not going to carry extra weight.

[@DurgaDas96]

@@brendaelder6 Good point. How would you solve the problem?

[@user-qb7ws3vi6e]

It's horrendous the whole idea of risking your life in this way.

[@clutchgolf]

I thought they shut this season down?

[@DavWalker-zu6hh]

I saw a Sasquatch Back in 78

[@miroslawkowalski3613]

Amazing! But honestly I would be more interesting seeing his Front.

[@donaldmorrill1636]

Everest draws the big ego crowd not true climbers per se, so I would agree that some sort of climbing log book of qualifying climbs should be required before an Everest permit is granted. I don’t agree with raising prices to the point that only hedge fund managers and insurance CEO’s can afford it.

[@traviscoates6878]

There would be no way to regulate climbers requiring climbing experience to climb Everest. That would just create a black market for forged permits

[@marylandflyer5670]

Where’s the “Neeepal” side?

[@RayneBubble.]

Underneeeth?

[@icefall1000]

날씨가 좋아 등산할 수 있는 날이, 며칠 안되다보니, 한꺼번에 저리 몰리는 건데. 적게 허가해준다고 해도 해결될 수 없어 보임. 날씨 때문에.

[@RichardG-nd6ut]

IMHO as one of the 7 natural wonders of the world and as a matter of deference it needs to be put off limits to any traffic!

[@marklafferty-xw1ds]

First, the government needs to step in and clean up the mess left on the mountain. Pay the sherpas to do this. A mandatory requirement for climbers would be required to have a climbers passport to have climbed a set minimum number of peaks before being eligible for a Everest climb. A mandatory fitness exam needs to be passed for each climber before stepping on the mountain. Climbers need to be charged a refundable deposit fee for the human waste and their garbage that they get back if they meet the set with the passport requirement. A set maximum number of permits annually to reduce line ups should be implemented. With the climbing passport it would reduce congestion and promote the sport on other peaks in the Himalayas to make up for any reduced revenue from Everest climb.

[@lf67hh28]

All of this is already in place, maybe do your research before commenting.

[@TheRealRoch108]

Minimum VO2 max of 80 and a sub 2:30 marathon as a prerequisite for all non Sherpas & Porters…Problem solved

[@rahilarious]

is 80 even possible? physically?

[@miroslawkowalski3613]

You would leave that mountains only for top marathoners and cyclist then. Why!? They would be dying on that mountain. FYI Ueli Steck - one of the fastest climbers run his fastest marathon above 3:20. Does that made him slow in the mountains?

[@Imberley]

It seems $150K isn’t a lot of money to a larger part of the world’s population; as more and more people pay to get taken up. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I don’t see harm in raising the fees to definitely help offset the cost to keep the mountain clean. Can’t say we haven’t been warned or already well aware.

[@lf67hh28]

The cleaning fee is part of that original fee...blame the Nepalese Govt.

[@robotba89]

Someone I meet at a bar telling me they climbed Everest would be much less impressive than someone climbing Denali.

[@user-qt4kq7no6p]

❤🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏

[@gone3629]

It's crazy it's crazy for climbers that charge for people that literally no experience and try and get them to summit

[@cslan4]

Close it down, it is a garage dump and a body dump too. CLOSE IT DOWN, CLOSE IT DOWN!!!!

[@M8skell]

Make attaining a permit much harder, make it so you have to have submitted 2 or 3 8000m mountains

[@lf67hh28]

Naive comment. Everest is actually one of the easiest 8k peaks, there are 14 total...all require permits and large fees. So tell me, which other 8k peaks should be done first? K2 and Annapurna are far more deadly, for example. 😊

[@miroslawkowalski3613]

@@lf67hh28 "Everest is actually one of the easiest 8k peaks" - that is actually not true. Mentioned by you Annapurna is easier - more deadly - true, but technically easier (normal route). That final Everest ridge is not easy if you take fixed ropes! And I also think that requirement of at least two attempts (not necessarily tops) above 8k is reasonable. There are Cho Oyu, Manaslu, Shisha Pangma, Broad Peak that are easier and should be climbed in a first place. Problem is majority of Everest climbers are simply not interested in any other mountain.

[@anniehills3580]

My idea is to have climbers and porters who want to ascend, pick up trash on days they are acclimatizing, including their own trash during their stay. There needs to be a place for all the trash. There must be a trash impact fee included in the cost to climb.

[@altair458]

I climbed a tree once when i was 9...did it with out a sherpa there to carry me.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

Big difference to how many have summited K2.

[@buckwheat1070]

I’m not clear on the exact rules but I think in order to run certain big marathons like Boston & NYC, you’ve got to show proof of having completed a certain amount of races/marathons prior to earning a number for the big one. Maybe that would work on Everest and help Nepal raise that revenue and tourism traffic.

[@leemackie8434]

There needs to be only experienced climbers on the mountain and only a couple of people from a smaller amount of expeditions allowed to go to the summit. Clean up of the mountain needs to happen quickly and no plastic allowed on the mountain. The amount of money made should be divided between the people who make their living from the expeditions and the amount increased annually. The expeditions should have to account for every item taken to the mountain and it must be accounted for at the end of the journey plus as much garbage as they can collect. Cleaning up the mountain should be more important than the summit.

[@lf67hh28]

Nope, wrong.

[@clearsig]

The mess on Mt. Everest would be funny if it weren't tragic. The photos of long lines of climbers inching upward are perfect examples of collective insanity. The mountain should be thoroughly cleaned up and then closed to climbing.

[@emarc37]

In a leftist utopia, yes. Some people prefer free will.

[@pfrstreetgang7511]

Spot on with reference to "collective insanity."

[@christianefiorito3204]

This problem exists only from the Nepali site. From the Tibet site there are no quese and not many faralities. Its a money and corruption problem of Nepal.

[@safromnc8616]

There are ZERO sane people who would currently choose to 'climb' Everest.

[@kalnfornia]

Egos as large as the mountain

[@MikeB-in1nd]

It’s so commercialized

[@DesireeGonza]

I think it’s a great idea to make people climb smaller mountains before Everest. That way the economy doesn’t suffer. Also no one should climb without a Sherpa. Using trails Sherpas have made is not good if they are not paid and then people go missing because they want to save some extra bucks. Finally ensure everyone takes their trash down. If people come back without trash then they should be fined heavily and not allowed to leave the country until set fee is paid and community service done.

[@snowmiaow]

Raise the price until there are 100 permits.

[@leninjohn1981]

The world's highest traffic jam

[@allenw1188]

I like the old narrator better

[@sandspurpatch]

Everest has been littered with frozen bodies. The rainbow valley ain't a rosy picture.

[@christinecallahan5512]

2.27 this is only thick.......

[@riafitzgerald2988]

Nepal makes lots of laws and rules but never enforces them sadly. 😌

[@christianefiorito3204]

Its still mass tourism in a very dangerous place. And still people died

[@JanuzTrance68]

They have lost all respect of the Everest, and made it into no more then a tourist actraction. So the mountain strikes back in a deadly way.

[@MaryM-xz5fs]

With so many successful climbers, what is the reason to climb? Been there, done that! Go do K2!

[@benmayes7962]

This is like less wealthy people oceangate

[@alejandrojr.albarracin4432]

Its a plane or copter😊😊😊

[@beadcutter8644]

You got the money, you can summit,

[@EricSpreck-ow6te]

No ropes no ladder no oxygen bottles no food

[@CDNVeteran97]

Whatever you pack in, you should pack out don't leave your waste and garbage to ruin this pristene mountain.

[@app1mxh]

Just hire Sherpas to carry you, and all your gear. 😢

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

Hi, the name is Cliff, drop over sometime

[@dennisjamieson3328]

Cut down on the number of people trying to climb Everest

[@vindictivetiger]

Nepal needs to start charging $250k US to climb all their 8kers. That will regulate the crowds while bringing in the money. Everyone isn't entitled to climb it when they're not Nepalese or Chinese.

[@nickieshadowfaxbrooklyn5192]

Chinese aren’t entitled to climb, you must get a special permit to go to Tibet

[@wilmabrand321]

I think they should close off the mountain to climbers for quite a few years so it can come to life again and clean up all the garbage. 🇨🇦

[@deltalima6703]

Its not a rainforest. 10 years changes nothing, the place is a time capsule.

[@topfloorstudio2684]

I'm sorry, at 2:50 did he say *poo* *bags*

[@stuartatkins5425]

Nepal ought to close Mt. Everest for one year. Require one representative from every climbing company that has done business on the mountain in the past 10 years to spend one week cleaning up the trash. Guidance/oversight by Nepal government and administered by the Sherpas.

[@lf67hh28]

You can't survive for 1 week on the mountain. So that's an incredibly naive comment. Also, the Nepalese Govt. Are paid handsomely to clean they mountain...they just embezzle the money. It's a them problem.

[@lf67hh28]

Nope, silly comment.

[@grizzlybexar8177]

Nepal must set limits and rules and enforce them religiously. 650 summiters is too much and adopt a zero tolerance policy on trash and waste.

[@possumj7307]

You are an AI queen

[@catecalvertarriola3986]

Crazy, crazy death wish ppl 😮