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They should charge $2,000,000 for a license to climb.
by human20190310 7y ago
They should charge $2,000,000 for a license to climb.
- celticninja 7y agoYes, only the super rich should be able to climb it, unlike how they only let the quite rich climb it now.
- keymone 7y agoSummiting Everest is a scarce resource, why shouldn’t it be expensive? Limit number of licenses active during each week and auction them off to highest bidder, nothing wrong with that.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoOr implement some kind of lottery system?
- keymone 7y agoLottery systems where price of participation is low are easily gamed.
- celticninja 7y agoBecause then Joe 'CEO' blogs can summit Everest with a whole bunch of Sherpas and Billy 'been climbing since he was a teen' Smith is SOL because he spent his life climbing mountains and not hoarding cash.
- human20190310 7y agoClimbing Everest already requires hard work and talent. Making the $2M would simply be another achievement required to advance to the next level.
- sametmax 7y agoIt's already $60k. So arguably only 0.00001% of the people in the world can do it already. I assume the reason you react is that you identify with somebody who could potentially do it (by saving a lot maybe), but couldn't anymore with the new price. Thinking it's something everybody could do if fit is not realistic.
- celticninja 7y agoThat's a hell of an assumption to make and base your entire comment on.