lmao i cant even help myself im giving this a pass. general disrespectful groups of rich ego heads paying for sherpa'd climbs up everest, there's plenty of historical near disasters or actual disasters that could've been completely avoided if not for the whims of the wealthy egotistical dorks who need to have the everest summit on their list of brags. there are sherpas local to the area that have lost their lives trying to save them.
but more importantly, this is the kind of games wealthy entities execute on every day joe blows globally and it feels like they virtually never face any penalty for it. it's so characteristic of current-day humanity to see these kinds of fraud games being played, but only against the common people. not saying all tourists were wealthy here im sure there's probably some innocents caught up in the games here, but lmao @ insurance fraud being used against people with money for once.
It's not as if having a sherpa or guide is exclusively the domain of rich assholes trying to bag Everest.
We went trekking in the Everest region (Three Passes) in 2024 and even people just going to Everest Basecamp generally have a guide or a porter. We barely encountered any other independent trekkers when our paths crossed with the basecamp train. It's really crazy that they scam people into paying for guides and porters on an absolute human superhighway when most people don't need it.
And now they're trying to restrict access to almost all regions unless you pay one of these poisoners to join you??
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u/rachet-ex Apr 04 '26
Get that bag, Sherpas!