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I feel really sad for the bitter people who call others losers for enjoying things they don’t enjoy or can’t do.

• Copenjin 7y ago
  They are losers because they try to emulate things that someone did before them at the risk of their life and enduring unimaginable hardships in that case, but using every modern means possible to make the climb a few orders of magnitude easier (sherpas or guides placing oxygen canisters all around for them or literally dragging people up the mountain when they can't stand it anymore but hey they paid for it) just to brag about it. Personally I don't care about doing it this way and I'm pretty sure I couldn't do it how real mountaineers do. I'm not bitter, I just think that what they are doing is a farce. Kudos to those that attempt the ascent after years of real training and knowing what they do.
• SimonPStevens 7y ago
  I agree with you sentiment in general about not chastising people for enjoying things you don't enjoy, but in this case it's different. If you enjoy rock climbing or mountain hiking you go to one of thousands of other mountains. There are plenty of places that are more challenging if that is what you crave. Literally the only reasons to climb Everest in the modern day is because you want the egocentric talking point of having climbed the highest mountain. That or you like queuing at high altitude.