Yes, those are ALL people.
Rush hour..? Might as well be.
Disneyland: No jets, no hiking, no oxygen bottles.
Think BFR to Mars will be empty..?
IT WILL BE JAM-PACKED..!
When it blows up there will probably be people taking selfies.
Can’t see the real purpose with so many doing it. But everyone to his own.
Yes, those are ALL people.
Rush hour..? Might as well be.
Disneyland: No jets, no hiking, no oxygen bottles.
Just a collective ego trip for a bunch of people who are bored out of their minds. It’s been a while since I read something this pathetic.
Each get a Darwin award. The longer they stay at 29,000 feet the more hypoxic they become. What follows is acidosis and dehydration. It is not surprising that when they try to descend, lugging all their gear, even very fit climbers suddenly die. And for what? An insignia on their jacket? Some selfish, narcissistic compulsion to “conquer Everest”?
You obviously have not been on the Small Small World ride...
Stepping over a dead person.
To take the photo of yourself that THAT guy some minutes ago had been trying to take.
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO US...?
"Yes, I prefer DYING to not having the appearance of living the way I have forced my 'friends' to expect me to live."
None of the things on my “Bucket List” have such a high probability of killing me.
Nowadays climbing Mt. Everest is no different from getting a tattoo. “Look at me! Look at me! Check out my Instagram feed!” It gives one the sense of being unique, so much so that everyone’s doing it.
This two hour wait thing bothers me.
I have watched a couple documentaries of people’s climbs to the peak of Everest.
One of the things that always stuck with me from each was that they only could afford a few minutes at the summit because they had to immediately start their descent to make it back to base camp before dark or risk freezing to death or falling.
These are supposedly intelligent people making this climb and they are risking their lives waiting in line to get pictures. I suppose it could be oxygen deprivation impacting their reasoning capability.
I bought “fast passes” for Disneyland Paris, for my family in July.
I am a retired military aviator. I followed thousands who made flying their trade. In no way can we measure up to or compare our accomplishments to those of the early aviation pioneers. They were the trailblazers, really worthy of admiration. Truly courageous people. The rest of us benefited from their daring and sacrifices.
Same thing with these latter-day climbers. They accomplish nothing worthy of bragging about.
I HATE lines. For just about anything.
Why not climb Chimborazo instead? The summit is further from the center of the Earth and closer to space. The whole sea level reference seems a bit random, especially because mountain bases are all at different altitudes
It is not allowed to die at Disney.
Why don’t they just built a ski-lift to the top and be done with it.
You've obviously never been there in August.
….thus proving that climbing Mt. Everest with all the modern equipment and conveniences is not such a big deal. But hey, it keeps the locals employed.