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Rich Idiots Are Flocking to, and Dying on, Mount Everest.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths.html

It's a shame that people with the wherewithal to sacrifice two months of their lives and 70k of their hard-earned savings are lacking the necessary mental acuity to realise that any out-of-shape, run-of-the-mill American couch potato is not going to fare well when enduring such a drastic change of scenery.

Once your oxygen tank runs out waiting in line for the world's deadliest tourist attraction, or once the cerebral edema and hypothermia set in, you're out of luck, with your body too far up the mountain to be worth rescuing.

I've always wanted to hike Everest, but shall never. I've too much respect for the mountain. Shame on the Nepalese government for letting these morons overcrowd Everest like it's some amusement park attraction, and shame on modern egotists for believing their pudgy, untrained dadbods can withstand lengthy periods of time at that elevation.

I weep for their families.





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I agree. Too bad those idiots are not being removed from the gene pool before they breed.

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Time to throw some chlorine in the gene pool. Great minds…



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I wouldn't even take $70,000 to do it!

I don't have a death wish

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Those pics made me feel disgusted.

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Reading that made my eyes well up

I wonder if they were willing to die? A friend who went to Nepal said he would rather die trying to reach a goal

Confucius

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If I was to die anywhere, I'd like to die on a mountain next to some dentist from Iowa named Steve.

Those men and women are heroes and will celebrated as such. God bless them all.




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Steve's greatest crime wasn't hiking Everest; Steve's greatest crime was living in Iowa when he had the means to live anywhere else.

The train is coming with shiny cars, comfy seats, and wheels of stars. Hush, little ones, have no fear; the man in the moon is the engineer.

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Those men and women are heroes and will celebrated as such. God bless them all




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I should go, then!

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Don't do that. We need you and your rapier wit here on FB.



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Fuckin' idiots.

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Good. I'll laugh at their forgotten, abandoned corpses next time i'm pissing off the edge of the world. Maybe some of them will leave behind some good gear I can scavenge for scrap!

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Pile of fucking lemmings.The asians are smart though,good way to get rid of rich yankees,they should let Trump climb it for free so Ivanka can take over the oral office.

Melting down over top boy

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Don't knock the dad bods, ok? Those smooth bellies make for the best cadaver bobsleds.

Die young and save yourself

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by SoFarDown
» June 04, 2019 12:20 AM
Don't knock the dad bods, ok? Those smooth bellies make for the best cadaver bobsleds.


New band name: Cadaver Bobsleds

Apparently, stupid people don't know they're stupid.

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Lol. It's quite an image

Die young and save yourself

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There was a Frenchman who really did die trying to snowboard down Everest.

The train is coming with shiny cars, comfy seats, and wheels of stars. Hush, little ones, have no fear; the man in the moon is the engineer.

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P, I accidentally deleted your message whilst deleting my notifications. Would you mind re-sending it?

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Tragic. It seems some people will do anything in an attempt to boost their self-esteem.

I wonder why no one told him if you attempt it by trying to snowboard down Everest, you might be doing it wrong.



Apparently, stupid people don't know they're stupid.

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It really is a sad state 😟

So many people with more money than sense. They probably have nice lives, nice careers. They want to feel what it's like to live and their loved ones pay the heaviest price for it. It's a real shame.

Hope you're doing well.

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A Japanese man skied down Everest and lived but it seems some of the crew died during the process.

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Other people have done it too so hopefully this will be the next craze to hit the web.

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Noooo way! But thanks 😅

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I've always wanted to hike Everest, but shall never. I've too much respect for the mountain. Shame on the Nepalese government for letting these morons overcrowd Everest like it's some amusement park attraction, and shame on modern egotists for believing their pudgy, untrained dadbods can withstand lengthy periods of time at that elevation.

I weep for their families.

I'm surprised the Nepalese government doesn't require hikers complete a adequate amount of hours training before allowing hikers to participate in that hike. That's why I'm leery of traveling abroad to do things like that.

The US government mandates scubadivers to complete a certain number of hours before diving in dangerous places of the sea.

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I agree. This is disgusting. I've seen it popping up a lot in my newsfeeds of late. It seems to be the new Acapulco insomuch as it's the "it" place to go. Idiots, the lot of them, and it's also appalling that with that amount of traffic, this pristine mountain is getting trampled on and disrespected.

You're right with regards to the lack of common sense. This is yet another example of where people who have more money than brain cells are trying to do something so they can take a selfie in an exotic and rare location.

Putzes. The whole damn lot of 'em, putzes. I was at the doctor's yesterday reading the trashy magazines as one does when in a waiting room, and there was a 3 page article of a woman who tried to hike without any current intense hiking experience. The casual hiker cannot do this. Idiots. Stupid idiots disrespecting a precious landmark for tourism.

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They're completely trashing the mountain, as well. The Sherpa are so distraught over it that they made a documentary, called "Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest," in which they stress the importance of respecting the landscape and not leaving behind heaps of garbage. They pulled up gallon jugs of maple syrup, water bottles, foodstuffs; they even found an abandoned bag and frozen body. Everest is no casual affair.

The train is coming with shiny cars, comfy seats, and wheels of stars. Hush, little ones, have no fear; the man in the moon is the engineer.

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Exactly. Like most people who are doing it for the wrong reasons, they don't care about what they leave in the wake, even if it means destroying the integrity of the mountain. Humans are going to ruin this, too, like so many other things they touch and feel entitled to access.

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"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

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They pulled up gallon jugs of maple syrup

Those got-damn Canadians!

But yeah, I remember reading a few years ago about all the trash people have been leaving there. 😕

Die young and save yourself

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Let 'em all die. Social Darwinism at its best.

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