This Is Why the World Ignores the Failure on Everest

[@janerainsford8996]

When I was a teen I found out that each climber who attempts to climb Everest multiple sherpas haul all the gear and even go ahead and lay ropes and ladders. It felt like cheating. Still does. The sherpas deserve the glory.

[@TJ-hy7gd]

Yeah not dying is cheating.....U schmuck

[@AudieHolland]

Japanese man once climbed Everest, with his cameracrew and Sherpas to "ski down Everest." Of course he didn't climb to the top but on the way half a dozen Sherpas died in an Avalanche. After a brief ceremony, the bodies were left where they fell and on they went. Once he deemed the time had come, he put on his skis and went down a slope. It was rather icy so after only a brief distance he fell, still in one piece, and decided to call it a day.

[@1213stmarie]

There have been at least three solo ascents of Everest.

[@danielleparra4800]

I always felt that way as well

[@markthompson180]

Agreed. I don't think the rest of the people really should get credit for "climbing" the mountain because in reality, the sherpas are doing all the real work. We all know that's the fact. These people are deluding themselves if they think otherwise.

[@jaydesimone4297]

The cost of body retrieval should be added as a deposit during permitting. You arrive alive, you reclaim your deposit, less any rescue fees (if you were rescued and didn’t climb down). Cleanup costs should be factored in the same way.

[@rodafowa1279]

The problem with that is, Nepal's government is extremely corrupt (what a surprise, I know). They aren't really in the habit of giving money back once they receive it.

[@douglasbriel6103]

The problem is wind gusts. You can't just run up there with a helicopter. So trying to retrieve bodies will just cause more casualties.

[@blueshoes5145]

@@rodafowa1279pulling out ‘facts’ from your ass are you ? And why is it not a surprise ? If something is not surprising it should be well known. Most people wouldn’t know about this ‘fact’.

[@rodafowa1279]

@@blueshoes5145 I suggest you read up on how many Everest permits are given out by Nepal’s government every year. For one thing, they give out over 1000 permits. All of these people are supposed to be summiting in a two week window, BTW. Second, permits used to cost around $100k, because the only people with licenses to take people to the summit were top notch climbers. Nowadays, they’ll basically let anyone claim they’re a guide and take on clients. You can find expeditions to Everest for $20-$25k now. How safe do you think those are?

[@bucketofsunshine6366]

A big reason they don't retrieve bodies is because such a venture usually results in even more bodies to retrieve.

[@h.a.9880]

If I ever find myself freezing to death on Mt Everest, I will strike a heroic pose, so people can marvel at me as they climb past my frozen ass.

[@wtf1185]

I will strike a hilarious pose so people can say, hee hee, funny guy.

[@Tinyflypie]

😂😂😂

[@zapbutton8553]

I would not go, just have a nice chat with people i know and watch your bodies on youtube i guess...🤪😉

[@craignightingale8022]

I'll make sure that my final repose is face-down....so the whole world can KISS MY ASS!

[@andrerogers9961]

You'll be covered in graffiti in a week.

[@Fr34d0m]

Climbing Everest: life threatening, covered in bodies and poop, over crowded, cold af no matter what, already been done multiple times. Climbing random mountains in the Rockies: Can do it in a day or two, no bodies, waste facilities nearby, thaws in summer, beautiful views all around, part of a select few people to climb said mountain (depending on popularity). I know what I would rather do.

[@evocati6523]

But... grizzlies

[@securatyyy]

​@evocati6523 the threat a bear presents is nothing compared to what everest can offer.

[@danstrayer111]

$30,000 to $60,000 to go to Everest to see poo and bodies? Sign me up.

[@Mike-me3sp]

Yeah but on Everest, from what I've seen in pics, you get to queue up like human cattle do at an amusement park just to stand at the summit for a few minutes and try to make your photos look like you're the only one who's there.

[@talradlandheart6075]

I climbed a mountain in the Rockies a fair number of years ago. I didn't even need any climbing gear either. It was flat enough that you could simply walk up it. The trek took only a couple of hours at most.

[@samir6047]

I summited Everest in 2017 and I can assure you the reason so many people die, apart from the harsh toll it takes on your body is cocky novice climbers who think just cause they paid for a luxury climbing package, it would be easy. they don't respect the acclimatisation rules and often wander burning calories taking pics and making videos. there are companies who would just take anyone up there, if you have the money, that's why you see so many oxygen cylinders, cause they lack the stamina and training but since they paid a lot they get extra O2. they are also slow so there are traffic jams near khumbu glacier and the place where the Hilary step used to be (2015 earthquake took care of that) more time spent in standing around ,means burning more calories ,they are late to their base camp so they don't get enough rest and have to start climbing again the next day. also another reason of high number of deaths is the descend from Everest, its tiring ,tricky and a lot of people want to rush down the mountain to upload their pics and videos and often are in a hurry to get to EBC and often die at base camp 3 or 4 due to exhaustion. deaths during descends are 4 times the deaths during ascends

[@JohnnyKickHolesInTheSky]

@@samir6047 a fool and his money shall soon depart this life.. or something to that effect

[@JohnnyKickHolesInTheSky]

@@samir6047 I totally get the ignorant cockiness that often accompanies great wealth, people forget where they all originally came from and if you set aside that one difference (wealth) most of us are not really drastically different from one another. From my observations, money tarnishes people much greater than it actually helps humanity as a whole. In the end, Mother Nature will always be undefeated

[@vsmooveatl]

You’re the Real Deal. Congrats on the accomplishment. I hope people heed your warnings and hear your message

[@enchantedharlot]

Congrats on such a monumental accomplishment!!!! It's still absolutely insane to me that novices think that this is something they can (or even should) do! These companies that continue to parade unqualified climbers up the mountain should he held liable!

[@silverianjannvs5315]

Show us your Everest medal or belt...l

[@giannidcenzo]

What a polluted place. Dead bodies, garbage and frozen poop everywhere. What a shame.

[@icosthop9998]

This video didn't address Mounds of trash left on Everett. The poop 💩💩💩 Soon Everest will be called . *_"Stink Mountain"_* 💩 Especially if the locals are already complaining. 🤢🤢🤢 😒

[@iamgem]

Lol frozen poop

[@dexterwilliams3702]

​@@iamgem😂

[@Chris_at_Home]

It’s like everywhere, people are loving the outdoors to death. I live in Alaska and trash can be found everywhere.

[@icosthop9998]

@@giannidcenzo This video didn't address Mounds of trash left on Everett. The poop 💩💩💩 Soon Everest will be called . *_"Stink Mountain"_* 💩 Especially if the locals are already complaining. 🤢🤢🤢 😒

[@Thompson_H]

"Every frozen corpse on Mt. Everest was once a highly motivated person."

[@jamesthornton9399]

The mmountain killed that person.

[@Gernot66]

a narzisstic person you mean by that

[@davelowen5198]

For every body on everest is a filthy stinking pollutant in someone's water supply. It's disgusting

[@ceciljohnrhodes4987]

Harsh my friend but spot on.

[@rowannestripe2964]

I think anyone wanting to climb that mountain is nuts!!!

[@FreakyLynx]

It’s extremely disgusting how much trash has been left on the mountain.

[@wtf1185]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@arribaficationwineho32]

There should be laws abt bringing down everything you take up. The trash left is awful

[@dana102083]

Yet nepal keeps allowing it while the north in Tibet/China is very clean minus yak poo, for the most part. But thats the price for tourism money that goes straight to the rich leaders of nepal.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@ I assume leaders are making lots of money from it

[@godagon97]

Plus the bodies.

[@JDL0427]

I had the subblime experience of meetimg Sir Edmund Hilary and his wife in the 1990's and staying for an interview with maybe 6 others in attendance. He highlighted the achievement of getting safely back down as just as important as the summit. When asked if he was afraid at any point he said that he was, but that "high on the mountain fear is your friend. When one false step could mean the end it will keep you from being careless or stupid." When asked if he was sure he could do it he replied, "why would you try something you were sure you could do?". He was deeply committed to the betterment of Nepal, and the interview was arranged after a significant donation to a not for profit fund.

[@LindaYariger]

I read a quote from Sir Edmund Hillary saying 6 climbers could cocoon a victim and haul them down. He said it was awful not to try.

[@TessTearoe-zp5xv]

It’s vanity

[@dana102083]

​@@LindaYarigeri dont ever remember hollary ever being part of a 6 man cocoon. But i did hear of a 4 (or5?)man crew taking a man that died (before they arrived back up the mountain) and the sherpa didnt drop the body bag rope and let go of his other safety rope and also fell to his death. I dont judge people for things i havent done myself. Being in the death zone its immoral to expect someone dying grom hypoxia but still alive, should kill themselves over the dead. If you cant walk out, you are dead already and 2 dead people shouldnt happen. Spending any e tra time in the death zone is a death sentence. Qnd yeah, I reallllly disrespected Hillary after his comment about the quadriplegic fellow from new zeal.. He attacked him when 30 other climbers went by the cave. He lost his legs from being caught up mt cook in NZ for a damn long time and nearly lost his life...he damn well knows what happens when hypothermia set in..he required hopitalization for his successful climb as it were..hillary expected a quadriplegic to carry him down? Why did he get all the wrath? Was that david sharpe..i think so.. I have a bad memory due to high ICP. Having the symptoms and taking the same medication they do for altitude sickness, its the foggiest feeling..if i had hypoxia in top of it in risky situations..my god. You cant do shit in your own bed forget in death zone.

[@lulububs]

I met him to but I was a kid and didn't talk to him just got his autograph. XD

[@cosmicbodyguards4285]

People forget that those who died at very high altitudes in the death zone become literal corpsicles within a day of their death. It isn’t like moving a flacid body down a slope. It’s like moving a boulder down a deadly slope where one wrong move can send you falling hundreds or thousands of feet to your own death. And this has happened in fact, and this is why bodies stay on Everest.

[@cheleshows]

Yeah, we ALL understand THAT.

[@redwarf8118]

SO?! - it is still human trash with all other plastic tents , oxygene tanks and shit rich narcistic aholes leave there

[@ciaranbyrne62]

Inhumane all people passing a dying person is evil. Walking past a corpse is sick as f

[@wookie-zh7go]

@@ciaranbyrne62 They are dead not dying, and there's nothing they could do. I mean if your feeling strong they won't mind you trying to retrieve some. But I'm damm sure a climber wouldn't want to ruin another's climb that they spent 100k on, nor want you risking yours or anyone else's life to get them.

[@forrestyoung1361]

Anyone who tries the mountain needs to understand nobody is going to rescue them much less carry their corpse down and risk becoming one.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

Everest is the epitome of the 1st world self-absorption.

[@JohnKoenig-db8lk]

As opposed to Third World penis-envy.

[@lilessab85]

Exactly. I won't risk my life trying to prove something to no one.

[@JohnKoenig-db8lk]

@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect Meanwhile, the Third World is still trying to figure out indoor plumbing.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

@@JohnKoenig-db8lk hm, turns out indoor plumbing not that much of a help on a mountain that is located in a third-world country. Congrats on the DCE, by the way :)

[@JohnKoenig-db8lk]

@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect Congratulations on not getting the point. People in primitive cultures are _at least_ as prone to self-absorbtion and doing dumb things to impress others. The difference is that First World types are able to do those dumb things in a more rareified society where they're not having to heat their homes and cook their food with dried animal dung.

[@jenniferbreaux7385]

Its hard for me to think of a more ridiculous waste of life and money other than war. I'll never understand. I wish them luck.

[@alansmith2203]

Somehow you forgot the greatest risk to mankind. More dangerous than war and more damaging to your finances than snapping the neck off of a Strativarius violin. Marriage

[@holly-jothompson3717]

personally id prefer money be wasted on climbing a mountain. than war. the mountain has at least a visible end point / focused goal. lol

[@NinjaRunningWild]

For the accomplishment. Just because you don't have ambition doesn't mean other people don't.

[@ac1045]

Don’t wish them luck. Wish them the wisdom to not attempt meaningless things

[@veebee3837]

Just leave the bodies there. People shouldn't have to risk their lives to retrive the bodies. It's the "hill they're willing to die" on then let them stay where they died on.

[@Rancid-Jane]

Agreed, completely.

[@montyjohnstone9640]

Well said. If I died there I would have no problem with people seeing me as they climb.

[@lazerrhino]

@@montyjohnstone9640 Its also an important reminder to the next climbers of just how dangerous it is.

[@katyc.8663]

If I were to die in a place that it is dangerous to retrieve my body, I want my body to be left there. I don't want anyone risk their life to retrieve my body.

[@gifzilla1818]

My whole family will know they bear the guilt of preventing any further additions to our mausoleum until my body has been retrieved and my remains laid to rest properly, buried with the entirety of my staff so I don't have to work in heaven.

[@Krmpfpks]

@@gifzilla1818😂 I for one don’t care. For once I won’t climb Everest but also I don’t want to make any decision for my family. They can leave me anywhere but if it bothers them they can do what they want.

[@Mike-me3sp]

I too would want to be left there. What's more, I'd pay my guides extra to ensure that if I died they'd arrange my body so that when frozen I was on the side of the trail mooning everyone who came by.

[@andyjones3345]

@@gifzilla1818 maybe even the family of the staff as well. Can never have too much help in heaven

[@cameronbartlett6593]

Okay thanks. Hopefully everyone will remember that and hopefully write it down somewhere.

[@davidblack7528]

The ego is a strange beast and the bodies of many prove how it overwelms the spirit of common sense.

[@Krmpfpks]

Who says they didn’t want to die? I would never do it, but you feel the calling to do the climb - even if it’s just to lay yourself to rest at the top of the world - who are we to judge?

[@jmi967]

So I was curious as to why frozen poop would smell up the mountain since frozen poop doesn't smell. Turns out that the reason it smells is because the ice flows down the mountain (both avalanches and glacial flow) and a lot ends up near base camp where it can partially thaw. The bigger concern though is that melted snow and ice is the sole water source on the mountain so, yeah, there’s that..

[@crosslink1493]

If its on top of the snow and the sun is out it thaws, thus its not frozen, and you get to enjoy the 'bouquet' aroma.

[@SWS1493]

People are so gross. They should just stop these adventure groups.

[@jmi967]

@@crosslink1493 Depends on where on the mountain. The sun isn’t melting anything above a certain altitude because both the air and underlying ground prevent it

[@smvelvet46]

Ugh. No thanks!

[@spectreman2532]

The Everest is a mountain of Ego

[@hilltopgirl2665]

Amen

[@ThePinkPanth3r]

It's not the big deal it was when sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did it.

[@thebackyardbear]

Exactly. A pursuit for personal glory and achievement. It serves NO other purpose.

[@orin999]

well you know what they say about smoke and fools, they both love high places

[@drshin9893]

To you… an anonymous person on YT. You run similar chances of dying if you commute more than 20 minutes to work in a vehicle

[@aronderksen7739]

Never underestimate mankind's obsession with pointless endeavors

[@_DB.COOPER]

Like your comment. PRICELESS!

[@krtierney]

Me with skateboarding tricks

[@nollienick1121]

True. Underwater cave diving. Like just do drugs instead lol.

[@Mr.JimPickens]

We all do those things, some stupider than others. Some harmless

[@nollienick1121]

@ wow the dear leader is here.

[@chloeirvine78]

Some alien is gonna be like, "why are there so many human bodies on this uninhabitable moutain?"

[@richardthomas5362]

They would possibly think it is a religious shrine or something and start searching for idols or other religious artifacts.

[@TheQUBANQT]

We don’t have to wait for aliens given 100 years will be digging up dead bodies on Everest with the new and improved humans thinking the mountain was a holy sacrificial mountain

[@chloeirvine78]

@@TheQUBANQT yeah. We do have a history of not preserving our history.

[@JFWGarage]

Don’t forget about the amount of rubbish that get left on the mountains, Honestly it’s a joke.

[@Geometrically816]

This! There is so much trash that they have been serious talks of shutting it all down.

[@nullifiedhumanoid]

Imagine if all of us who use the mountains and forests around us left all of our garbage. Leave it cleaner than you find it!

[@associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

Not to mention the bodies 😢

[@nullifiedhumanoid]

@@associatedblacksheepandmisfits honestly the garbage is more of an affront to nature.

[@FireIsTheCIeanser]

they did mention it

[@at706145]

I lost a friend on Shisha Pangma 8,027 metres (26,335 ft) Tibet mountain. He still “lives” there.

[@lusiadagirl]

😢

[@opinionhaver574]

Everest: One of the most pristine, untouched, beautiful parts of the world. Human Beings: Hold my beer.

[@bizudamarasengan]

At this point, the dead Bodies themselves are a travel destination.

[@carolannroberts]

Well, you know where you are at least

[@draconisthewyvern3664]

and you get to become part of that destination if you’re “lucky”!

[@bizudamarasengan]

@@draconisthewyvern3664 yeah, sounds motivating. I wish mamoths were into climbing mountains. That could have been more fun imo. Water is good, but ice is better.

[@bizudamarasengan]

I mean imagine not being able to cremate your loved ones and you know that they're frozen, decomposing but slowly. They wish they could see them one last time. A chance to say proper goodbyes.

[@TTTonyTurbo]

Its the beauty of nature

[@Neckhawker]

Going to Mt Everest to cover the deceased with plastic bags for the video is quite the dedication.

[@Geometrically816]

Lol

[@cheleshows]

THAT impressed me as well.

[@Gaia_Seraphina]

I call it littering. Why plastic? 😑

[@1234cheerful]

Probably done with photoshopping for these pics. Littering, you say? What about the empty oxygen bottles everyone drops once used up? The bodies and the equipment too.

[@rogueinvestor2375]

1. Pay is good because it's a dangerous job. 2. Somebody has to clean up the mess those idiots left behind.

[@Kerry-od4cl]

Adrenaline junkies have a pathological need to risk their lives in order to feel fully alive; I know b/c my dad died when I was four (and he had four kids who depended on him) doing extreme sports

[@HH-wq6se]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[@izzycurer1260]

Coroners have started to realize that almost all motorcycle deaths show toxoplasmosis in the brain upon autopsy. It's the same disease that makes rats stop having a fear response and makes them become attracted to dangerous things. There's no telling how many other adrenaline based activities are also caused by it. It is literally pathological. They can't help it. I'm sorry for your loss. (I don't mean to say that everyone who rides a motorcycle is diseased, just the ones who do it so irresponsibly that it ends up getting them unalived)

[@DutchIsraeli]

Thanks. Now I want to climb it even less than I already did.

[@TheSilmarillian]

Am happy to summit on goggle Earth me thinks.

[@brianmorg]

Some futuristic civilization is going to discover all those bodies and spend decades trying to determine why ancient humans lived there. They’ll probably think it was a major climate shift that makes the mountain no longer hospitable.

[@alansmith2203]

Perhaps the aliens will read the bible and understand that all of these bodies accumulated there when Noah's Ark crashed into the underwater volcano top. They all drowned

[@gayleblakesley8762]

They won't wonder. They'll just look it up on a computer or some such thing and learn more than they wanted to know in 30 seconds.

[@yacaattwood2421]

Adventure Tourism is a cautionary tale: climbing to Everest, diving to the Titanic, suborbital flights and flights to the International Space Station - in the distant future, trips to the Moon and Mars will be added to the list There will always be those who will spend for an ultimate thrill, to have an experience beyond the ability of most people to afford

[@alansmith2203]

In the, not too distant, future there will be those foolish young men who strive to be married for three years. Finding out that no one has done it in the last century. But there will be plenty who sacrifice their finances and mental health to be "one of" those who did scores of years ago.

[@MS-715-7Y]

It's called Mount Everest for a reason---it's the one place you can go to Rest Forever. Mount Rest Forever🚩🏳🏴🥶

[@myrtillesm3532]

👍

[@FiresideChatTV-tt4ey]

Ever Rest

[@reneeelias9514]

I imagine you sign something acknowledging if you die up there you will not be retrieved. Glad the garbage is getting cleaned up. These people should have been cleaning up after themselves.

[@HollieMoodie]

THey literally don't even clean up after their own corpse. Of course they don't clean up after their own trash. LOL

[@alkaholic4848]

Lol i agree with the first part, to the last part - in a sense they kind of are. As explained the government has started cleaning bodies up now, and that comes out of the profits that the narcissists pay to climb it.

[@Pezled]

those dead people are really slacking in cleaning up their garbage.

[@Kerry-od4cl]

thanks! actually my dad was a rock climber not a mt climber but died of his adrenaline addiction when I was 4 and he was 37

[@Letsbhonest0828]

So sorry to hear that. I lost my brother to a MC accident when I was 19. My husband wanted a MC for years. I kept saying no. Finally I said to my self “you love him. Let him do what makes him happy” so I said to him “ok. Get your MC. At least you will die happy”. Thinking the odds were in my favor. Most foolish thing I ever said. He died suddenly when someone pulled out in front of him. Let my sons fatherless when they were 12 and 16 in 2007. We still are not over that loss. I regret I let him do what made him happy 😢

[@Kerry-od4cl]

@ oh my gosh, I am so sorry for your loss!

[@margaretgarana911]

@@Letsbhonest0828I’m sorry

[@guardiane]

I could never imagine being so excited over something that I'd risk my life to indulge in it.

[@thrrax]

Human hubris at its finest.

[@FarmTastic97]

On Mount Everest, harsh conditions and treacherous terrain make it nearly impossible to retrieve bodies. The sadness of loss mixed with the loneliness of the souls lying forever in the cold snow. A journey of conquest, but also a sacrifice that cannot be returned.

[@eng3d]

Mountaineering in a nutshell: the more deaths, then the more popular. And if the bodies are never recovered, then it is even more popular.

[@FarmTastic97]

@@eng3d That's right, those challenges are only for those who like adventure

[@HondoTrailside]

@@FarmTastic97 They are only for those who can do them. Based on the numbers only about 5% have climbed to the summit, the rest were transported there.

[@FarmTastic97]

@@HondoTrailside IT'S TRUE THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF CLIMBERS WHO GET TO THE TOP IS VERY FEW

[@Chung_Wang]

I don't mind the bodies so much. The trash and poop are just disrespectful though.

[@oGrasshoppero]

Darwin weeds out the proud and those easily manipulated by marketing

[@dakrontu]

@@oGrasshoppero But still they come.

[@essenceofnothingness]

I'm ok with my daily hiking, I have nothing to prove to anyone.

[@jacobstowe2]

Most are dead rich ppl who paid a local guide. The guides are mostly the only reason ppl get to the top. They never receive any recognition.

[@rickp3753]

Most are not rich. They all have sponsors, so you don't know what you're talking about.

[@indridcold8433]

Rainbow Valley is known for the many colourful outfits on the dead. It is a cheery name for a dire place.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

most are peices of bodies

[@CouncilBoulware]

What!! I always thought it was a LGBT meet up place...

[@zimriel]

@@CouncilBoulware they're more interested in spelunking

[@HollieMoodie]

@@zimriel That can also be a euphemism.

[@huntz3215]

So Sherpa support is making it accessible to people that shouldn't be there.

[@michaelvandamme2694]

This seems like a crazy amount of people dying on the mountain. However in Phoenix, Arizona is a mountain called Camelback Mountain. This mountain has killed more than Everest. It happens every year and normally in the spring. People not used to the heat in Phoenix try to go up the mountain. They end up dying of heat injuries. So if you don’t have experience on the mountains in Phoenix stay off them. Just because they are in the middle of the city doesn’t mean they won’t kill you

[@sallyjune4109]

People also die on the water because they think the ocean is like a swimming pool. Respect Nature because she will cut you no slack.

[@Dymondslayr]

I live in AZ, where did you get the statistic that more people have died on Camelback than Everest?

[@KB-tf8vp]

I used to live right beside it. Constant heard about rescues. Can’t believe how ill prepared some people will set out doing things.

[@michaelvandamme2694]

@@Dymondslayr from phoenix TRT.

[@Split0069]

Being in the middle of the city also probably makes it a lot easier to get to for most people.

[@elkneto4334]

thats funny, two weeks ago i started to watch this everest stuff, now you come up with it. dying just to get on top of those mountains is the pinnacle of hubris. most senseless death ever

[@norml.hugh-mann]

no, dying on foreign soil for your countries wealthy to get wealthier while keeping you in poverty then using you 100% as a political pawn for the rest of your life while constantly reducing promised benifits is the dumbest way to die

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

I wouldn't mind dying on top of a mountain, especially the at the highest point on earth. You're very stupid to assume everyone wants to live, I don't. Hubris has nothing to do with it.

[@davem8836]

Hubris is a very good word for it. Also from the Greek, Nemesis wins.

[@michaelhamubotu3106]

I have no sympathy for people who waste their lives like this.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

Clean up your mess, entitled people!

[@Lucinda-zr9su]

Entitled white people from the west. The native peoples from those places never left trash on the mountains over thousands of years.

[@keithmitchell3282]

what is up there , why would anyone in their right mind risk their lives to go up there , humans are very strange sheep

[@norXmal]

Because it is the peak of the world, it's for personal achievement, bragging rights, etc. Not to say I agree with the reasoning, but that usually are the reasons.

[@valdir7426]

I would totally want to see the Everest and other local mountains; and do a few treks at the base of them; but it wouldn't cross my mind to climb it. Even If I was in enough of a good shape and could pay for it that would still be a big ethical issue. also I don't want to die and it seems between the difficulty; the cold; the lack of oxygen; the crowds it's just an horrible hassle that you'd do just for the fun of it and pretty landscapes. not worth it.

[@jsj31313jj]

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

[@All_I_can_say_is_Wow]

They should leave the bodies up there forever to preserve the memory of the people who died and to deter other people from going up there to die.

[@kauaichan]

The audacity of man never ceases to amaze.

[@carolannroberts]

I will never die on Everest! I hate the cold, can’t make me go

[@ultiwewe69]

imagine scaling mt everest to fetch a dead body

[@tomrace4586]

especially during the off hours so as not do disturb the current living climbers

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

It's good money for the Nepalis if they can get one of those jobs.

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

Atmospheric pressure at sea level: 14.7lbs. Atmospheric pressure atop Everest: 4.5lbs. You will die there.

[@serendipitous_discoveries]

😮

[@davidcox3076]

Yep. Not exactly "lung friendly".

[@richardthomas5362]

Hence it is called the "death zone".

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

@@richardthomas5362 Yet some birds can fly that high an higher.

[@richardthomas5362]

@@MikeJones-rk1un Those animals crash into wind mills all the time, which is why "bird brain" is an insult. I guess they don't need as much oxygen to power what passes for their brain :)

[@friendlyforest420]

You answered your own question… when it takes 15 to 20 times the world’s average household income, it is obvious that in order to make an attempt to climb Everest you must be extremely wealthy. So who would want to stop the income equalization that is taking place … if they have the money to toss around there will always be those that run to pick it up.

[@firefeethok_tui2355]

So you reason that bc they have more money, its okay to let them go to their deathe when they dont understand what theyre doing? Bc you think its unfair about resources? Pretty evil.

[@friendlyforest420]

@@firefeethok_tui2355 Maybe, but then tobacco, alcohol, guns and fast cars are inherently evil as well. I don’t believe anyone after months, sometimes years of planning and organizing a trip to the summit arrives into Basecamp without the knowledge of what happens to a human body above 8000 m. No one arrives in Basecamp and wonders what the oxygen bottles are for.

[@alkaholic4848]

@@firefeethok_tui2355 they do understand what they're doing. The risks are blatantly obvious, you have to go through lots of training, and it's completely unavoidable. They made that decision themselves and accepted the consequences.

[@alkaholic4848]

Unfortunately the wealth will stay with their rich families, it'll never make it to the people who need it.

[@christystewart4567]

@@firefeethok_tui2355they have been warned about the risks. They don’t always listen since they seem to think that their money will conquer all. The foolish parts of this is a family who seems to think their relative needs to be recovered after they are already dead. An example of this kind of hubris was a Canadian woman who spent a ton of money to climb Everest yet she wasn’t a mountain climber. This would have been her first major climb. Most people don’t take Everest, or other peaks like it, as a first time deal, they have some experience under their belts. The only experience she seemed to have was a few minor practices and lessons. She had hired a not very reputable company to do this. When she finally went to Everest a guide tried to convince her to retreat when she started getting altitude sickness. She refused and ended up dying. Part of the problem is the commercialization of this particular mountain. Too many people don’t seem to be real mountaineers just tourists.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Wrong!! Green Boots's remains didn't get 'blown away' by weather conditions ~ his remains were relocated to a less conspicuous spot on the mountain, by a Chinese expedition in 2014. Facts.

[@paulaprice5585]

I thought it was stated that lady who sat down and asked for water right before she died was the body that was blown from its initial position.

[@douglas-hughes]

There is no tragedy here. All are climbing at their own volition.

[@Kerry-od4cl]

the tragedy is just the loved ones they leave behind if they procreate before they die of their adrenaline addiction 😂

[@slantos2668]

the tragedy is the pollution this all causes

[@seriouscat2231]

@@slantos2668, is it still pollution if it doesn't affect anyone or anything?

[@samanthacuckow51]

The worlds highest rubbish dump. Its a disgrace what humans have done to that sacred mountain.

[@joeljoss1916]

Given enough time humans can f#&\ up just about anything. Especially the rich and privileged.

[@simonov_spas]

If you take away the ego and the ability to take pictures, there will be only a handful climbers per year 🤣

[@AudieHolland]

First saw reportages of mountain climbers, possibly Everest, when I was about 7. Watching the frozen of fingers and toes, blackened faces and more, I was thinking: whoever forced these people to go through all that horror?

[@jamest4659]

Mount Everest is more than 29,000 ft. high. A commercial jet cruises at 30,000 ft. No wonder you need tanks of oxygen.

[@zonzeven]

It is 29,031 ft or 8,849 m, and I cruise at 6 ft.

[@crosslink1493]

There have been (maybe) 100 people get to the top of Mt Everest without supplemental oxygen. Not a common occurrence but it can be done by someone with the right physiology and the right training. You can find more info on the web.

[@DavidGarcia-qs5ng]

Worked for D.B Copper

[@jbrown7403]

I think I’ll stay down here at 115 feet above sea level, thank you very much! 👍😉

[@valstrax2121]

So so many corpses from decades ago still linger on Mt.Everest

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

Not that many. Most have been removed.

[@valstrax2121]

@@JohnSmith-ux3tt from the lower areas yes, but 7500 meters onwards it becomes harder to bring back bodies

[@YewSmokeMIDS]

Most have been removed maybe, but year after year more bodies show up, not just from people dying but because of climate change and snow melting.

[@gerard2383]

I'm guessing at some point we will have some robot that can work under that extreme environment and retrieve bodies.

[@alexg3348]

all that rubbish left behind by richy, rich climbers.. wt heck? I thought the rich climbers had to pay for their rubbish to be cleared up? Good report.

[@kirkdub1john436]

Is it just me or am I missing something here.With all this frightening information about the mountains.Why would someone or group of people still risk their lives to accomplish ah near impossible feat.This is very hard to comprehend can someone please help me understand this💁🏼‍♂️

[@GoodvibeRaider]

Ego.

[@belanon1966]

Why climb the mountain??? Because it’s there.

[@belanon1966]

The value of pushing oneself to the limit is something that can not be explained to those that lack the motivation.

[@ThunderMuffinMan]

We are Humans and NOTHING is impossible. We put a man on the fucking moon, not because it is easy, but BECAUSE it is hard.

[@icosthop9998]

​@@belanon1966 True

[@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135]

Most people just don't understand that mountain systems get hungry. Deserts, forests, even coral reef systems get hungry. Don't let it eat you.

[@shaindaman13]

Sooo to sum up. Climbing Everest is really dumb.

[@johnnyx1734]

The problem is that in the death zone, there is so little oxygen that your body is literally slowly dying from hypoxia. You don't have much time to spend up there.

[@LetsTakeWalk]

Future anthropologists will have a field day.

[@Vizslamum54321]

The answer is, if you choose to take your life into your hands in such a dangerous place, you should not ask for or expect to be rescued; particularly in the death zone. This has become even more significant since the mountain has been turned into a tourist trap and people pop out $60-70K to hire sherpas and guides to get them up and down the mountain with the false belief that this guarantees their safety. They’re ill prepared physically and are doing the climb for all of the wrong reasons. When you see how long the lines get during summiting you would be crazy to even try without being extremely well trained and capable.

[@tpcreeper2185]

Climbing Everest for tourists...what a joke! Make it mandatory for them to get certified on progressively dangerous climbs.

[@Krmpfpks]

Did you watch the video? 12:10

[@kge420]

It’s not the kind of test you can cram for.

[@arnesahlen2704]

That a friend topped Mount Everest (in the 1980s) gives me a special interest in its issues. The issue of human waste infuriates me; perhaps drones can bring it as well as deceased bodies.

[@torbenkristiansen2742]

An indirect tale of limitations and vulnerabilities. We are pretty much stuck on this planet as shallow surface dwellers. Which create problems if the surface is messed with, by anything or anyone. Will incorporate this into the already restless sleep attempts. Thank you for this worthy addition to the collection of worries.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

they ABSOLUTELY let anyone that can afford it climb Everest

[@aishwaryabalai292]

According to you whaat should be the criteria?

[@aishwaryabalai292]

According to you what should be the criteria??

[@robertpage2023]

I wrote SNL and suggested a sketch (That I wrote up) where there are two climbers waiting in line to get to the summit. This was during the time when there were so many climbers going to Everest that lines were forming as you got near the top. Anyway, in my sketch,the two climbers have met and as mentioned, the two climbers are just introducing themselves and discussing their other climbing adventures on other mountains. As they talk moving up the mountain, you begin to see dead frozen bodies all around, a few at first and then more and more till the two climbers are having to step over them of which a couple of them stick to the climber's boots like snowshoes as they ignore the inconvenience and keep moving up the line. Then near the top, climbers coming back down are dying as well and falling into the path rolling down the mountain. As the two climbers finally get to the top, there are bodies piled up with flags of their country stuck in them as you can't see the ground anymore. One of the "dead" climbers who is not dead yet groans for help as one of the two men stab their sharp flag staff into him upon claiming their victory. As the two men are leaving the summit, they begin discussing their next conquest and one of the men tells the other that he's going to dive to the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench where in the next scene you see him in scuba gear exploding from the pressure of the water and as his blown up body falls to the ocean floor, you see a pile of other dead humans all in scuba gear as skeletons. What? Too morbid? Yeah, I know that that deep diving craft imploded about a year ago so................too soon? It really has become a running joke about all the frozen dead bodies on Everest to the point of it really becoming comical. Some day, somebody is going to have to get a wheel barrow and go up there and start collecting all those bodies. "Thaw out cha dead!!!"

[@greendeane1]

Mt. Everest, slowly improving the gene pool.

[@jamesthornton9399]

So you need 12 year olds to go up.

[@Andreas10-o1p]

All the king's horses couldn't drag me somewhere near to there.

[@BP-iz2lt]

thats because the queens owns the horses, the king owns the men

[@mikalrain]

Mount Ever-rest

[@kirk2767]

Walking tours through the Himalayas, including to the base of Everest, cost as little as $2k. They have some good deals over there, but climbing doesn't appear to be one of them.

[@1213stmarie]

Nepal ought to charge a $1 million for a permit to climb Everest. I think there will still be plenty of climbers.💖✨💫

[@Curlyblonde]

Maybe when the climbers pay that, they will have a return guarantee, dead or alive.

[@bodiless99]

Natural selection in action

[@dakrontu]

Suppose you are a guy, a breadwinner, with a wife and kids, and it occurs to you to climb Everest, with a death risk of between 1 in 4 and 1 in 7, which makes it uninsurable. How do you justify to your family that they have a high risk of living in poverty for the rest of their lives, sad at your loss, but angry at your selfishness in pursuing a fruitless goal, a vanity project? Is your ego worth more than the future of your entire family? Contrast that with the honourable Ukrainian men, who have gone to war, against Russia's attempt to subjugate and enslave Ukraine, eradicate its culture, and steal its resources.

[@BP-iz2lt]

its 50-100 thousand dollars to climb up, nobody earning money for their family is doing this, stop being dramatic

[@seriouscat2231]

Wars are often fought for a predetermined outcome, which usually is political and financial change in the affected nations that could not happen by other means.

[@Curlyblonde]

War in Ukraine is just as senseless as the deaths on Everest. False vanity, lack of common sense and accepting your limitations, bravado and adrenaline junkies are the commonality of the 2 situations.

[@dakrontu]

@@Curlyblonde Ukraine is not fighting Russian because of a fashion fad, they are fighting to avoid being enslaved by Russia AGAIN, remember Russia has killed MILLIONS of Ukrainians in the past century, particularly under Stalin, so their fight is for their EXISTENCE. If they fail, their menfolk will be conscripted as cannon fodder to fight against NATO in Poland and the Baltics. Russia is a mafia state that considers all surrounding territories as slave states for its imperial ambitions. Putin is a psychopath, same as Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, Franco, Pol Pot, the Kims, Maduro, Bolsonaro, Milosevic, Trump, and many others. There's a hell of a difference between dealing with them, and climbing a mountain. Unless you regard the defeat of Hitler and Mussolini in WW2 as 'optional'. You'd see how 'optional' it was if they won and you were now speaking German in a forced labour camp.

[@liammhodonohue]

@dakrontu I was with you until you said Ukraine. Your ignorance is spectacular. The conflict in Ukraine is the exact opposite of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy didn't like it - why should Russia tolerate their neighbour harbouring a hostile military installed by Uncle Sam?

[@clockhanded]

It's almost scary how interesting incidents like these are. Someone should make a channel that makes videos about stuff like this. The music used here is already perfect. The name for it could be.. "frighteningly fascinating"!

[@aiaesthetics1124]

Someone has… look up Scary Interesting. Great channel.

[@Split0069]

Probably is already. Lol

[@susantrott3338]

Well, we have that to look forward to when the ice melts. Yuck. They really should put a stop to people climbing the mountain. No one should be allowed to descend without their refuse!

[@TEXASLOYAL]

I’ve seen the top of Mt. Everest many times from the comfort of my living room on a high def TV

[@stevenpike7857]

Leave them there - it's important to remind people how dangerous it is.

[@danielpeet9811]

Come on people. Your narrator has the voice acting and tone of a monster truck show announcer.

[@64235]

😂

[@georgemallory797]

Everest is no longer a big deal. Just another rich guy sport like airplane racing or powerboat racing.

[@slantos2668]

There's so many beautiful places to hike that won't kill you. Honestly I learned early that you never leave anything you bring to a hike or camping trip so as not to pollute nature. I will never understand why anyone would want to climb somewhere that would mean leaving behind so much garbage.

[@navycorpsmanveteran61]

Just because you think you can do something, that doesn't mean you should do it. Some things are best left alone.

[@BP-iz2lt]

imagine some guy could have invented forks said that

[@WAATLP]

The lesson is, never try

[@mrjackpots1326]

They should string the bodies around the mountain like Christmas tree ornaments. The brightly colored clothing makes them look very festive.

[@lorrieanneswan6509]

The guy narrator just said there are astringent rules to climb while one of the people who left a comment said, that he did Everest and saw a bunch of un- knowledgeable people try to climb. I climbed Doughnut Falls on the Wasatch Front, which is my Everest. You have to know your limits as well as your goals.

[@trentvlak]

An astringent (sometimes called adstringent) is a chemical that shrinks or constricts body tissues. The word derives from the Latin adstringere, which means "to bind fast".

[@lorrieanneswan6509]

@trentvlak , thank you for the word correction. I lose my mind when announcers say one thing, and people who have been there, say another thing.

[@tedspens]

As someone who doesn't like the cold, my deathbed will definitely not be Mt. Everest. Still, kudos to those who made it and wow bummer to those who didn't.

[@siameseblue4824]

It must be real expensive to take a trip like that!!

[@cdwahl1]

Yes! Minimum $75k/person was what I heard.

[@tammywozmoak6349]

I loved the idea of body bags! This should be done!

[@Stuff_I_Watch]

When I climbed Annapurna & Everest south in 2005 there was a massive avalanche on Everest & 7 people went missing. 3 tourists, 4 Sherpas. They even sent the helo up, but after 3 days they stopped searching & we were told they MIGHT try again 6 months later after some thaw. I have been very specific with what I want to happen with my body after death. Make sure you inform everyone you know IN WRITING before going on any excursion that could result in your death and/or repatriation.

[@SusieQ3]

I've always wanted to go to Everest. Not summit, but maybe hang out around base camp 1 or 2 for a little bit. Help pick up trash or keep some hot drinks 🤷🏻‍♀️ idk, just help out a little.

[@mjw9821]

Nothing worth doing is easy. Humans are the most adaptable and resourceful species on the planet.

[@illeagleproducts4u]

I don't even like ice in my drinks.

[@raptor182cmn]

Nearly every time I watch a WATOP video I forget about the coffee slurp at the beginning. If I'm listening through my computer's speakers, I get chills followed by nausea. However, if I'm wearing headphones and hear the slurp full volume I instinctively jump out of my chair and rip them off my head while yelling full volume at a wall for two minutes! WHY MAN!? I enjoy the content so much, WHY THE SLURP ma dude?!? WHHYYYYY!?!?!?!?

[@JoeNoel-n8h]

Im a coffee slurper - you should try it, it adds to the enjoyment of the coffee 👍

[@mrveeenglish]

This narrator makes the video more interesting

[@jeffwobrak5205]

Mountain climbing and politics, the only two human endeavors that when you climb over dead bodies or ignore another dying human being, those engaging in the same activity see this as normal, matter of course way to behave.

[@james-p]

Everest tourism has become so disneyfied that if somebody listed that on his resume I'd automatically check him off as a douchebag.