*GONG* "Start Again!"
Posted on 01/03/2022 12:50:08 PM PST by Trillian
A team of nine black climbers is attempting to scale Mount Everest to tackle the mountain's 'intentional lack of access for black people' and mountaineering's 'colonial history'.
The Full Circle Everest Expedition, which climbing leader Fred Campbell described as 'the first all black and brown expedition to the highest place on earth' in an Instagram video, is hoping to change the future of mountaineering.
The first two men to ever complete the climb to Mount Everest's summit were Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal, and Sir Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, in 1953.
In fact, many people from the Sherpa community climb the mountain daily during peak season to carry heavy supplies for climbers, and outside of Nepal, 'Sherpa' has also become a name for mountain guides.
Since 1953, a total of 10,155 people have reached the towering mountain's summit.
According to a GoFundMe created for the expedition - which has surpassed its $150,000 goal - only eight black climbers of the 10,000 made it to the summit.
The Full Circle Everest Expedition team is hoping to add nine more to that figure with people from all over the world training to summit the world's tallest mountain in the spring of 2022.
'Everest is not the end goal, but just the beginning. Our expedition will reshape the narrative of the outdoors to one that is inclusive and where everyone belongs,' a description on the GoFundMe read.
On Instagram, Manoah Ainuu, one of the athletes, said that 'the main reason this is important: Historically, black and brown people haven't been in these areas and environments, especially not on the highest point of the world'.
'So we think this is an opportunity to be first in a lot of ways,' he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
What can you say about “Yellow Snow”? Racist or Communist?
That question will dog me for the rest of my life.
At least it’s not yellow.
It’ll be the first “Caliph Baraq is my homeboy” banner unveiled on the summit.
Tell us who is stopping them from climbing a damn mountain
How many whites have died on the mountain compared to blacks? Does that figure need improved also?
If you want to get to the top of Everest, you don’t need to have any color except a lot of Green. Only those with too much Green ever get to the top.
Open to anyone with a big checkbook.
I plan to take the most dangerous trek on earth this summer. I plan a walk through Harlem from south to north.
Wear an Obama mask. You’ll be fine.
This is more than a little arrogant. Most Nepalis, including the Sherpa people, are persons of color. They don’t count because they’re not Americans?
Maybe they should try K2 first and see if they like Climbing!
“ya mean even mountains are racist? Who knew?”
And the snow? Snow is just showing its white privilege.
“Good luck, hope you dont die sitting in the queue under the Hillary step.”
I read somewhere not too long ago that the Hillary Step collapsed. No one was on it, but geologic formations don’t last forever.
Cultural appropriation.
“I’d suggest anyone crazy enough to even contemplate climbing Everest either read the book or watch the movie “Into Thin Air”.”
I read that, and several other books on Everest climbs. And while reading each one, I kept shaking my head, muttering “These people are f***ing nuts!”
That one in front is high yellow. Disqualified.
(by their own standards, that is)
“And you have to stand in line - literally - to go the last few yards. As my granddad used to say, “you can’t swing a dead cat” on Mt Everest without hitting a climber.”
It’s far worse than that. There have been many photos over the years that show a very long, winding line of climbers just standing waiting for their “turn” to gain the summit; and that line stretches for hundreds of yards down the slope. A lot of the frost bite cases stem from climbers just standing in line for hours. Madness.
What, are there signs that say no blacks/
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