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Given that over a thousand people have climbed Everest at this point, it seems to me that climbing Everest is about the most boring/pretentious thing I could im
by drcode 13y ago
Given that over a thousand people have climbed Everest at this point, it seems to me that climbing Everest is about the most boring/pretentious thing I could imagine doing (compared to all the other interesting things you can do in this world)
- dwaltrip 13y agoIronically, this post makes you sound rather pretentious
- chris_wot 13y agoYou're joking. It's still an amazing feat of endurance. People still die making the attempt. And there are 7 billion people in the world. So that means that 0.0000000142857143% of the world have done the climb.
- drcode 13y agoIn your case, I would focus on learning how to do math with percentages first, THEN climb Everest.
- chris_wot 13y agoOops, forgot to times by 100. My bad. That's 0.000014285571%. But then we can remove over 7 billion people who have never made a basic mathematical error, as you're right - the ability to do arithmetic is a critical skill in extreme mountaineering. This leaves us with a world population of 1. It must feel great to be the only inerrant mathematical mountaineer in the world - was that skill learned, or is it innate?
- Casseres 13y agoWhat have you done that less than a thousand people have done? I'm always interested in learning about awesome things to do.
- drcode 13y agoWe all do things like this everyday... And these probably do more to help make the world a better/more interesting place than another person climbing Everest.
- chris_wot 13y agoWhen you say "we all do things like this everyday", what precisely do you do on a daily basis that is the equivalent of climbing the highest mountain on earth?
- drcode 13y agoWe all do things like help teach children, or create online resources for others, or add some detail to a small corner of science or other area of human knowledge. These are all more valuable than risking your life and littering a landmark and then telling people you're the 1473rd person to climb Everest. (Mt. Everest's filthy secret: It's a dump http://theweek.com/article/index/244854/mt-everests-filthy-secret-its-a-dump http://theweek.com/article/index/244854/mt-everests-filthy-s...)
- Casseres 13y agoYou have a point. In the grand scheme of life, you are right. While I do volunteer to help others, I also like to occasionally do things for myself. That is what I was asking about. Interesting article too, thank you for sharing.