The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for April 13, 2022

A lot of people have died on that mountain. Yes it’s still a challenge.

Sherpas usually walk the climber’s dogs.

Isn’t Everest littered with the bodies of people who tried to climb, bodies that can’t be recovered because of the cold and the effort involved?

I don’t get why people pay many tens of thousands of dollars to do this, just so they can say they did it? For what? To impress people? Donate that money to food banks and homeless shelters, THAT would impress me.

You can take a helicopter half way up. After that the dog might not get a long with the oxygen mask.

10,000 feet? There’s nothing that low anywhere CLOSE to Everest. The valley at the base of the mountain is 5,000 m (no one measures in feet outside of the US), which is over 16,000 feet.

Left out the piles of discarded oxygen bottles, ration boxes and backpacks of those who didn’t make it.

Shorts and flip flops. Same guy from Mt. Nasty?

Not since they put the elevator in.

Wait until there is a Starbucks at the summit.

If he cleans up after his dog, he’s better than most of the “real” climbers

Sigh. You would definitely get that feeling. This from a generation that can’t hike in its own backyard without requiring rescue services.

Given geological time (a few million years), the Andes will surpass the Himalayas in height.

No, just twits with too much money.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-05-28/rush-hour-on-everest-video

Perhaps the next challenge could be this:

https://inshorts.com/en/news/mariana-trench-is-deeper-than-mount-everest-put-upside-down-1521772810646