• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s fucking stupid that there were that many people on that mountain in the first place. Climbing it is like a millionaires bucket list item, so many of those assholes do it.

    I know it brings in a lot of money, so this will never happen, but I’d like to see the mountain completely closed. Pay the Sherpas to bring down all the dead bodies, then give them a pension. Some billionaire will no doubt try to buy their way in, but don’t let them. Keep some things sacred above money, tell them to fuck off.

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      To me, it’s not necessarily people climbing it that’s the issue. It’s that some people have so little respect for everyone and everything that they’re perfectly content to use the world as their own personal trash can.

      I shit you not, I recently chewed some lady out on the hiking trail 2 miles from my house because she chucked the plastic bowl and spoon from her lunch off into the woods, in front of God and everybody like it’s just no big deal. Well it’s a big fucking deal to me.

      And if a person can’t manage to go on a hike or scale a mountain without leaving their garbage behind like a slob, then they should stay home.

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        11 hours ago

        Leaving several pounds of trash can easily be the difference in making it down alive. Read *Into Thin Air". If the way up doesn’t kill you, getting back down is far more dangerous.

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          Then don’t do that thing, leave it where it can cleaned up by someone you paid to clean it up or only bring things where the trash you leave behind is environmentally friendly and can degrade naturally. There is absolutely no valid reason you can give for this. You’re literally excusing hurting nature because someone decided to do something that they couldn’t handle, how does that make sense?

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            2 hours ago

            I’m not excusing a single thing, only stating a fact.

            Lemmy sometimes makes me feel like I’m surrounded by small children or autists. My 12-yo daughter is autistic and even she has more social discernment than you fuckers.

            “I don’t like your statement of fact! And I’m taking that statement to mean you love that fact! Fuck you!”

            Saw a commenter get downvoted to hell for clearly stating someone else’s take on a thing. They made it clear they were explaining someone else’s stance.

            Lemmy: “Fuck you!”

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      10 hours ago

      All the money in the world won’t get you to the summit. And if you make it that far, you’re not even halfway out of danger. The way down is so fucking brutal, people can’t carry the extra weight of trash.

      Money just gives you a ticket to ride, won’t get you to the summit.

      And if you think Sherpas are capable of carry frozen corpses down, that tells me you’re ignorant on this subject. Read Into Thin Air if you want to know more. It’s one of the most surprising non-fiction books I’ve read.

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      To be honest. If I died on the top of the highest peak in the world. I’d want my body to stay there. Like, unless it’s in the way and creeping people out. Leave em.

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        I’d strike a pose or something. I think it would be cooler if it was in the way and creeping people out tbh. I’d probably climb the mountain with a few props just in case.

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          And here is Grimy from .world. They froze to death 500 years ago with a massive Dildo in their mouth. Some wonder if they froze attempting to place the butt plug in as well. But, as all their clothes are still on, most people believe the motion was simply a gesture for, what people at the time called, “the memes”.