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Given that the odds of dying on Everest are so high, a bit of ill-advised drug use seems like a minor concern.

• lesuorac 1y ago
  Are they? I thought nowadays the sherpas practically carry you up there so it's of low risk to you. Both wikipedia [1] and an expedition company [2] seem to put the deaths per year as <10 with it being dominated by people from Nepal who are presumably the sherpas doing all the work. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbi... [2]: https://www.climbing-kilimanjaro.com/mount-everest-deaths/ https://www.climbing-kilimanjaro.com/mount-everest-deaths/
  • hermitcrab 1y ago
    "The percentage of deaths to successful attempts is around 4%." 4% chance of death sounds very high to me.
    • lesuorac 1y ago
      I mean, pick a dangerous surgery with a high death %. It's still safe to be the surgeon in that case. The people dieing are by far the sherpas which you aren't one of.
      • hermitcrab 1y ago
        >The people dieing are by far the sherpas Not according to this graph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest#/media/File:Deaths_Per_Year_on_Mount_Everest_1921-2024_(Every_5th_year_labeled).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbi...