[af_vet_1981]

Well anyone who can afford to take time off of work and spend up to $65,000 for Everest expedition, IMO is wealthy.

You have a point. However they were climbing Mt. Hood, not Mt. Everest. That is a considerably different scale of endeavour. Even a student could affort Mt. Hood.

[cajungirl]

Gotta take issue.

65 grand is not rich to climb Everest. Many climbers are subsidized, my personal climber, the one I know, was subsidized.

But 65 grand is not rich to spend on a hobby. People spend 50grand on lexuses and most of them are just hard working middle of the road people.

I think these outdoor types, the young ones, spend every cent on what they do and work in off season.

But rich envy is present on FR. Would we like them better if they were poor?