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It has been for a while now.

brailsafe 2y ago
It's actually to the point where even though I have to assume it's still quite challenging and arduous compared to like a day hike in the cascades or something, it's for me to not just mentally discount it, like buying high fashion stuff or a fancy car with a normal income. As in, a friend tells me they went and bought a Porsche, and I'd be like "sweet dude", because it's still probably neat, just not something I'd be terribly enthusiastic to explore; just a vibe of buying clout or something because it's the highest point and requires quite a lot of extra money. The base camp trek would be kinda neat though.
- vishnugupta 2y ago
  I have similar thoughts. The base camp trek was high on my list but then I've heard that it has become a rich people's village and I lost interest. While on this topic, one book I really enjoyed is Into Thin Air [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Thin_Air https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Thin_Air
- vasco 2y ago
  Many people had your though so everest base camp trek is also full of people and queues at choke points.
  - brailsafe 2y ago
    I mean, for me that alone would be enough to just pass on it. I'm sure there are more interesting, more secluded trails that are just are intrinsically novel if I wanted to visit that range. I'm chill with a bit of traffic on popular trails, but that also kill the vibe I'd imagine. Hope it was still fun though.
- Aurornis 2y ago
  > I have to assume it's still quite challenging and arduous compared to like a day hike in the cascades or something That's an understatement. It's trendy to downplay climbing Everest now that it's associated with rich people, but it's still an incredibly difficult feat. There isn't any comparison to a day hike in the cascades. I have several friends who I consider very athletic and trained. Even they had difficulty with smaller, less challenging peaks. You can't climb Everest without a lot of training, motivation, and dedication, even if you have all the money in the world to spend on it.
  - brailsafe 2y ago
    Ya it was intended to be. I guess I'd probably just prefer to allocate that time and those resources to some other mountaineering expedition or a series of them. There are a few in the cascades (not day hikes), and then maybe the tallest in Canada + the U.S (Logan/Denali), but I'm not actively pursuing any atm, would still be a lot of training and gear etc.. Probably starting even smaller with some 2-4 day summits. Everest wasn't something that was ever in the cards or dreams anyway, but it does now seem to have an image problem.

It's actually to the point where even though I have to assume it's still quite challenging and arduous compared to like a day hike in the cascades or something, it's for me to not just mentally discount it, like buying high fashion stuff or a fancy car with a normal income. As in, a friend tells me they went and bought a Porsche, and I'd be like "sweet dude", because it's still probably neat, just not something I'd be terribly enthusiastic to explore; just a vibe of buying clout or something because it's the highest point and requires quite a lot of extra money. The base camp trek would be kinda neat though.

vishnugupta 2y ago
I have similar thoughts. The base camp trek was high on my list but then I've heard that it has become a rich people's village and I lost interest. While on this topic, one book I really enjoyed is Into Thin Air [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Thin_Air https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Thin_Air
vasco 2y ago
Many people had your though so everest base camp trek is also full of people and queues at choke points.
- brailsafe 2y ago
  I mean, for me that alone would be enough to just pass on it. I'm sure there are more interesting, more secluded trails that are just are intrinsically novel if I wanted to visit that range. I'm chill with a bit of traffic on popular trails, but that also kill the vibe I'd imagine. Hope it was still fun though.
Aurornis 2y ago
> I have to assume it's still quite challenging and arduous compared to like a day hike in the cascades or something That's an understatement. It's trendy to downplay climbing Everest now that it's associated with rich people, but it's still an incredibly difficult feat. There isn't any comparison to a day hike in the cascades. I have several friends who I consider very athletic and trained. Even they had difficulty with smaller, less challenging peaks. You can't climb Everest without a lot of training, motivation, and dedication, even if you have all the money in the world to spend on it.
- brailsafe 2y ago
  Ya it was intended to be. I guess I'd probably just prefer to allocate that time and those resources to some other mountaineering expedition or a series of them. There are a few in the cascades (not day hikes), and then maybe the tallest in Canada + the U.S (Logan/Denali), but I'm not actively pursuing any atm, would still be a lot of training and gear etc.. Probably starting even smaller with some 2-4 day summits. Everest wasn't something that was ever in the cards or dreams anyway, but it does now seem to have an image problem.