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.
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I always thought “lack of access” was the whole point of Mt. Everest, particularly its peak.
They’ll be easier to see in the snow at least. ;)
Good luck guys, tough climb and unforgiving.
“Tried to interest my black friends and acquaintances in skiing. “We don’t do that” was the common answer.”
I’ve heard the same response from black friends and associates when asking about RV camping. I have observed very few blacks visiting campgrounds at state and national parks as well as private campgrounds so there may be some truth to the RV comment.
I wish them well. I don’t think the mountain gives a sh*t what color they are. Or the sherpas who hopefully will get them there, either.
The unbearable whiteness of the snow and ice of the Himalayas has oppressed PoC since the dawn of history.
Now Mount Everest is racist?
Yep, they need to put in an escalator to the summit. To get down, a zip-line all the way to Katmandu.
Going to be a long wait… he’s been dead since 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Attenborough?wprov=sfti1
Then the sherpas get the credit....Ohhhhh no, not this time
I know they think they’re doing the right thing, but if they’re doing this for any other reason than mad-dog ambition, they’re going to die.
Kinda like Hockey or skiing. I guess Winter sports aren't their thing.
$150,00 minus expenses divided by 9 = not worth it.
What color are the Sherpas?
Trans Sec Booty Guy says highways are racist, so I guess mountains can be too.
They each will have their own Sherpa I'm guessing.
Racist claims problem that doesn't exist... Asks for money.
Typical.
There was a Jamaican bobsled team.
I never new that scaling Mt Everest had an ‘intentional lack of access for black people’. I am enlightened. /s
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They should climb it at night. They would blend in.
They could say they climbed it and descended.
Just look at the photos - all black - proves it.
I wonder how many of the team will leave their frozen corpses behind on the mountain.
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