>Getting to the top of Everest is an impressive accomplishment. It's not technically difficult, it doesn't require a particularly high level of fitness, it's j

>Getting to the top of Everest is an impressive accomplishment. It's not technically difficult, it doesn't require a particularly high level of fitness, it's just pointlessly dangerous. A substantial proportion of Everest climbers have negligible mountaineering experience and no real interest in the sport, they just want the bragging rights. You pay your money to an expedition company, you follow their instructions and they get you up to the death zone; whether you make it back to base camp is in the lap of the gods. About one in twenty people don't make it back. The only people I feel sorry for are the Sherpas. This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbi...