Why Everest is becoming MORE DEADLY to Climb

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  • @EverythingExplainedd
    @EverythingExplainedd  Месяц назад +18

    I have made a new longer video about Mount Everest talking about it's location, altitude, weather, climbing route and avalanches:
    ruclips.net/video/eZ-UV2d_TW4/видео.html
    If you liked this video, you'll love that one!

  • @johnlane7529
    @johnlane7529 2 месяца назад +765

    The type of people who treat the Sherpa's with no respect see them as the help nothing more. At least pay for there gear, these people are the true heros of Everest and should be treated that way.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +58

      True that. I said to someone else, people who have 100k disposable income to climb Everest, generally have ALOT more. Tipping the Sherpa 10k for a successful summit likely wouldn’t effect them much but could double the Sherpas income

    • @friedsensei
      @friedsensei 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@EverythingExplaineddanyone who travels knows you shouldn't do stuff like that. It's like the prime directive in star trek lol.

    • @3nnik
      @3nnik Месяц назад +11

      @@friedsensei yeah but ur literally climbing the tallest mountain in the world WITH that person, it's not like the sherpa is going to rob you or something. they're literally there to help you succeed.

    • @friedsensei
      @friedsensei Месяц назад +3

      @@3nnik generally speaking the concern with tipping a rural villager something like 10k, likely cash, is that word gets around and you may cause some serious issues in their community by handed out a year's pay all willy-nilly. It's a nice idea but people have written about this at length.

    • @dhavalchheda1626
      @dhavalchheda1626 Месяц назад +5

      @@friedsensei Apart from the below comment. They literally go beyond their duties. They put their lives at risk just to rescue people who are not even with them.

  • @jeromeberry4079
    @jeromeberry4079 2 месяца назад +956

    The creep from Malaysia who didn't give the Sherpa any gratitude for saving his life didn't want the world to know that he was basically carried off the mountain by the Shepa.!! He tried to hide the fact that he wasn't built for Everest and almost died.!! 😮😮😮

    • @neffyg35
      @neffyg35 2 месяца назад +65

      Thing is that unless you are from that region, hardly anyone is built for Everest. Like no one is going to be like oh look at the pu$$y that had to be saved from Everest. Most people with 2 brain cells to rub together get it. This is hard. We know people die trying. You gave it a good try and were lucky enough to be saved. Just give thanks to your hero, show some humility, and say I tried my best and maybe I'll try again when I'm better. That's it! People would have respected him but no that was too much to ask of him

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 2 месяца назад +92

      He didn't even use his own money he was sponsored and dude was happy to shout-out the sponsor during interviews but not the person who saved him

    • @samuraiwarriorsunite
      @samuraiwarriorsunite Месяц назад +61

      Don't forget the Chinese client who abandoned their own chance to summit. Those expeditions cost a lot of money, but the person felt saving a life was more important. Let's be honest: some would've said I'm paying to summit Everest, not sponsor a rescue mission; they got themselves into this situation.

    • @nikitaw1982
      @nikitaw1982 Месяц назад +2

      All cultures r equal

    • @smaakjeks
      @smaakjeks Месяц назад +18

      The sherpa saved the wrong guy

  • @dallasmore6703
    @dallasmore6703 2 месяца назад +1388

    If you have to have an entire team of Sherpas carrying all your food and gear, fixing ropes and ladders for you and assisting you every step of the way, then what are you actually doing? "You" aren't really climbing, you're being led and shepherded along a path by Sherpas!

    • @okaycola2
      @okaycola2 2 месяца назад +96

      Exactly. Might as well go on a group tour escape house

    • @alisaknizhnik2952
      @alisaknizhnik2952 2 месяца назад +62

      Well, actually a death rate among the tourists is still high enough... The Everest is pretty harsh and not suitable for people, especially for those who don't born in the mountains and have accomodation. Even with all gear and all help which money can buy, it's still a deadly challenge.
      But looks like a lot of people actually don't understand this and treat The Everest like some sort of attraction which you can perform without being a real climber.

    • @KarlaO711
      @KarlaO711 2 месяца назад +51

      At this point, is there a mount everest climbing simulator? I mean I would totally climb that at the safety of my home ngl xD

    • @IamCorholio
      @IamCorholio Месяц назад +48

      For most people getting to the top, no matter the means, is what matters. They just want to brag and post about it on social media, for status. If there was an elevator to the top, they would take it

    • @live22morrow
      @live22morrow Месяц назад +12

      ​@@KarlaO711 Peaks of Yore has a highest summit close to that altitude. Though it's more of a "simulator" type game than a realistic depiction of climbing.

  • @raysiddiqi8
    @raysiddiqi8 2 месяца назад +628

    Dude's ego couldn't handle being saved by a sherpa, what a baby!

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +22

      I know

    • @theoink636
      @theoink636 Месяц назад +27

      That was a really dishonorable thing he did. Then trying to back pedal, what a loser.

    • @Essdyn
      @Essdyn Месяц назад +41

      It's really hard for me to fathom his thought process. Like imagine freezing to your core, feeling like you might slip away at 8000m with no one around, a Sherpa finds you, you hold on for dear life as he carries you down 8000m over treacherous conditions, and then coming back to good health. How could you not just feel eternal gratitude to your real life guardian angel

    • @revertrevertz5438
      @revertrevertz5438 Месяц назад +2

      @@Essdyn my guess is that he wanted to kiss the Chinese’s guy boots to please him, or he was told to praise the Chinese guy instead.

    • @shewins3775
      @shewins3775 Месяц назад +2

      Exactly! He was shamed that had to have help, and probably upset the sherpa was getting praise that was taking away his shine.

  • @tomhaskett5161
    @tomhaskett5161 2 месяца назад +318

    Edmund Hillary started some schools in Nepal for Sherpa children, so that they could try to break out of the cycle of being porters.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +36

      what a man

    • @StoutShako
      @StoutShako Месяц назад +32

      I need to figure out how to support it!!! They deserve better than being glorified pack mules!

  • @tanishksharma5713
    @tanishksharma5713 2 месяца назад +1492

    i dont even know why people dont respect sherpas, theyre literally the goats of mountaineering

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +75

      I really agree, I couldn't believe that story when I did the research for this video...

    • @Weathernerd27
      @Weathernerd27 2 месяца назад +76

      They do respect Sherpas but after paying 100k they don't have much left over to tip the Sherpa. They expect the Sherpa will get more than a few % of the 100k they paid and we really should be asking why the Sherpa's get such a small %.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +50

      @@Weathernerd27yeah and that. But also respect doesn’t just equal money as was the case with Ravichandran

    • @manifestgtr
      @manifestgtr 2 месяца назад +21

      People respect the sherpas about a thousand times more than they respect the climbers (or whatever you wanna call them). They’re, without a close second, the most highly regarded mountaineers on the planet

    • @Nevis282
      @Nevis282 2 месяца назад +26

      Don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone disrespect a Sherpa, their borderline worshipped in the mountaineering world

  • @saffy4352
    @saffy4352 2 месяца назад +266

    The president of nepal for Mountaineers is right. It used to be a journey for real, extreme, and thoroughbred expeditors. More rookie adventurists have taken up the expedition just because they can afford it. This has caused these bottlenecks.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +8

      it really has

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 2 месяца назад +16

      most of them weren't even that rich, they find sponsors who would gladly turn them into a walking advertisement.

    • @azukib2230
      @azukib2230 Месяц назад +12

      If you open the door to your house someone is going to come in. It really is the Nepali government’s responsibility to regulate the amount of people allowed, and to ensure that the Sherpas get a fair cut of the fees.

  • @nancyjones6780
    @nancyjones6780 2 месяца назад +689

    The Nepalese govt. needs to limit the permits. Raise the prices but limit the numbers. It's ridiculous.

    • @orome9793
      @orome9793 2 месяца назад +62

      Why raise the prices? It's already an adventure for the wealthy. You want it to be an adventure for the super wealthy only?
      How about limiting the permits to true mountaineers that have demonstrated experience and have summited other mountains. Ones that are at least capable of doing it without the help of sherpas.

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 2 месяца назад +34

      The permits need to include costs of removing your dead body if you died. That dude who summited 18 times shouldn't be celebrated because how many times you pass by dead bodies during those 18 times?

    • @Usqueadmortem
      @Usqueadmortem Месяц назад

      India isn’t good with money, look at their sewage and plumbing system.

    • @anonymouse9833
      @anonymouse9833 Месяц назад +17

      And how will they replace that revenue? It's not that I disagree with you, it's just that Nepal isn't exactly the most wealthy nation on earth and Everest permits make up something like 10-15% of their GDP

    • @MissDarlaDeville
      @MissDarlaDeville Месяц назад +1

      This

  • @jphillips4509
    @jphillips4509 2 месяца назад +231

    Thank you for supporting the Sherpas.

  • @brendee9928
    @brendee9928 2 месяца назад +493

    kinda kills the great achievement sensation when i got 50 people in front of me and 50 behind

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +26

      yep

    • @waffle8364
      @waffle8364 Месяц назад +17

      I wouldn't feel that way with Everest. Since I have felt a great accomplishment just being able to climb 14ers even though thousands of people are able to do it each year. It's the fact that I was able to do it. Not "only I was able to do it"

    • @debasishraychawdhuri
      @debasishraychawdhuri Месяц назад +14

      The only thing left is a freaking toll booth.

    • @curtsiekert
      @curtsiekert Месяц назад +5

      @@waffle8364You're not getting his point. How hard is it, really, if this long line of people are running through it like a lunch line.

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад +3

      @@curtsiekert lets see you get to base camp. when you cant even do that we'll know how hard it is

  • @Chestyfriend
    @Chestyfriend Месяц назад +86

    Helping people in an office through a phone connection, or dragging them up mountains at the highest point in the world, customer service will never be rid of its worst nightmare; customers.

  • @ronque23
    @ronque23 2 месяца назад +111

    That pos who owes his life to the Sherpa and then films isn’t giving whom credit and blocked him is an animal.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +2

      yep.

    • @DuckDodgers69
      @DuckDodgers69 Месяц назад +1

      I agree

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад +1

      we're all animals. are you a plant? or maybe a snowflake?

    • @katarinatibai8396
      @katarinatibai8396 10 дней назад

      Animals are actually very greatful. But some humans....
      The narcissism was very strong with that one 😢

  • @10191927
    @10191927 2 месяца назад +285

    Unfortunately as Sherpas fade from Everest it’ll just fall to these travel companies to provide guides and likely make Everest even more commercial than it already is.
    These climbers disgust me, they’ve turned Everest into a dump, and quite frankly I think Sherpas have been treated very poorly and it’s evident.

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 2 месяца назад +1

      You're very wrong, and this video is a lie.

    • @paulgrey8028
      @paulgrey8028 2 месяца назад +9

      No, most Western climbers respect the Sherpas and know that without them there's no way they'd have much chance of summitting. It's the minority who don't.
      Yes the rubbish and debris that MANY climbers leave behind is disgraceful and so disrespectful to the mountain.
      Without Sherpa support, expeditions would have to fork out big money to replace the Sherpa with climbing guides plus there's far fewer qualified guides than Sherpa.
      That would be a good thing because I'm sure that it would reduce the number of climbers each year.

    • @johngillespie9459
      @johngillespie9459 2 месяца назад +22

      The disrespect the Sherpa guides get is more subtle than you realize. Sure, their rich clients sing the praises of Sherpas to their guides’ faces, but when those same guides try to tell them that they really shouldn’t be up on Sagarmatha because they lack the skill or conditioning, that conditions are unsafe to climb or that they need to turn back because they have altitude sickness and hypothermia, that’s when you see the disrespect. Most will listen, but a distressingly high number of bull headed, entitled fools push on, dragging their guides, who have responsibility for them, along. That’s when the risks increase and the tradgedies start to happen. That’s partly why the Sherpas as a community are starting to back away from work as guides.
      One thing not mentioned in this video is Nepalese government corruption. More about that and its effects on climbing in Nepal would have been appreciated.
      I also wonder if the Chinese/Tibetans have the same problems on the North Face of the mountain. A comparison about how climbing is handled there would be good.

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 2 месяца назад +2

      @johngillespie9459 Sherpa's aren't liable for anyone that disagrees with their advice, hence why Sherpas walk away from people on the mountain.

    • @donkeysaurusrex7881
      @donkeysaurusrex7881 Месяц назад +4

      This is an issue with the expedition companies though. Are the sherpas guides who can end the expedition and tell the client that if they choose to go on that they’re on their own, or are they just porters?
      On the Chinese side there has been an additional requirement to show you have climbed one or two 8000 meter mountains for Chinese nationals before a permit will be issued. It isn’t much, but it thins the numbers a little.

  • @EverythingExplainedd
    @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +557

    I mention early on that Sherpa is an ethnicity NOT a job title, then at 12:34 go onto say ‘their children don’t want to become Sherpas’ which I SHOULD say mountain guide.
    That’s a mistake from me! Suppose it reinforces how engrained the word Sherpa is in most of us as a job, not an ethnicity.

    • @projectms205
      @projectms205 2 месяца назад +23

      You are good bro, it’s just wants engrained in us and thank you for th clarification

    • @bradleyhalfacre7992
      @bradleyhalfacre7992 2 месяца назад +8

      It is not an ethnicity , it is a caste, like the Ghurkas and the Tamang.

    • @dammitamber
      @dammitamber 2 месяца назад +8

      Seems to me that if there’s all those corpses still up there, coming down isn’t actually mandatory at all,

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 2 месяца назад +7

      nope, nobody is allowed to make mistakes on the internet you need to be perfect.

    • @StevenHunterPangians1
      @StevenHunterPangians1 Месяц назад

      They have Brown skin,so of course Whites are not going to respect them.

  • @ExploreEmbraceExpress
    @ExploreEmbraceExpress Месяц назад +56

    Too many people climb out of ego, for social media clout, and other reasons other than they're capable and understand what actually goes into a feat of this magnitude.
    And nobody likes to put their lives on the line for people who don't respect, never mind appreciate their efforts.
    Climbing Mount Everest shouldn't be taken lightly. It's something that a lot of thought, research, and experience goes into.
    Much respect to those who help others preserve their lives.

  • @eaglewinnings8003
    @eaglewinnings8003 2 месяца назад +167

    $4,000-$10,000 to risk your life doing something you don’t want to do is insane and so sad.
    Also that Malaysian guy Ravichandran is an absolute disgrace.

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 2 месяца назад +8

      including travel costs and gear it's more like 100k

    • @d3vilman69
      @d3vilman69 2 месяца назад

      Ravichandran.. hmm that's an indian name. Not surprised their people act this way. Utterly self-centered, always exploiting other people for minimal gains.

    • @lexicron
      @lexicron Месяц назад +10

      @@stellviahohenheimhe‘s talking about the Sherpa‘s remuneration for doing what they do (that they don’t want to do but have little choice due to Nepal‘s job market). 4k to 10k is the range of what they get paid per client (mentioned at 10:53). Their gear adds 7k every few years. I think the 100k you’re talking about is what the tourists spend (for something they want to do).

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад +1

      @@lexicron the gear subtracts 7k if theyre buying it out of pocket

    • @kingduckford
      @kingduckford Месяц назад +1

      @@lexicron Except all those Sherpa's that don't do it. Turning down the money may be hard, but not impossible. The Sherpa's existed and survived before Everest expeditions, they will survive without them. Do not equate hardship to necessity.

  • @seamusomorain6244
    @seamusomorain6244 2 месяца назад +112

    It’s deeply depressing how little respect the Sherpas get. And yet it’s not even unique to Everest where the people so relied upon, who know the land, how best to survive and adapt to changing weather conditions are just swept aside (Vilhjalmur Stefansson is my arch nemesis). I wish there was a cap on how many people can actually climb per season tbh since I don’t think price increases will do a great deal to help

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +12

      Yeah lets be honest, the people who can afford to climb, arn't going to be concerned with a few $1000 increase in permit costs, thats probably just skipping lunch for a day...
      It truly is INSANE to me how you can disrespect someone who saved your life, they wouldn't be climbing the mountain with out the icefall doctors putting their lives at risk to set ladders up etc!

    • @gohawks3571
      @gohawks3571 Месяц назад +5

      As a kid learning about the "first" person to climb Mt Everest, I was sooooo confused about the first part when I learned there were guides??? Like, how can you be the first if you're being guided? I suppose that was the thing that prevented me from being interested in mountaineering. I mean, I probably couldn't anyway, but I may have been interested if it was presented in a more respectful way. Glad I'm not adding to the mountain of trash. Poor Nepalese people 😞

    • @APetula
      @APetula Месяц назад +4

      THIS! The hiking and climbing in the Chilean Patagonia has simply been capped precisely because everybody thinks they can go there. Not only it's dangerous, people just litter everything. The amazing locals not being recognized is a terrible worldwide phenomenon

  • @dennisobrien3618
    @dennisobrien3618 Месяц назад +54

    I'm glad that ,in modern times, Tenzing Norgay is mentioned and gets credit for the first successful summit in 1953. When I was young, Sir Edmund Hilary was mentioned, but not always his sherpa.

    • @dianacoles1017
      @dianacoles1017 Месяц назад +5

      'his' Sherpa?

    • @umi2751
      @umi2751 Месяц назад +3

      His name ia Tenzin Orge

    • @dennisobrien3618
      @dennisobrien3618 Месяц назад +15

      @@dianacoles1017 his sherpa guide/assistant/climbing companion. People look for any way to be offended these days. Perhaps I should hire an editor and a lawyer before posting anything, but I doubt that would make a difference.

    • @dennisobrien3618
      @dennisobrien3618 Месяц назад +1

      @@umi2751 I went with what I found online regarding spelling. I'm betting more people understood it the way I wrote it than the way you claim is correct.

    • @desPrez188
      @desPrez188 Месяц назад +2

      @@dennisobrien3618 right on!

  • @Chiller11
    @Chiller11 2 месяца назад +307

    A serpentine waiting line at the Hilary Step is not mountaineering. Perhaps it’s extraordinarily dangerous and expensive eco tourism but it’s not mountaineering.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +55

      That’s what creeps me out the most, I genuinely couldn’t imagine waiting in a line at above 8000 meters having to squeeze past people to get your two minutes on top…

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +30

      Also I wonder if such queues, will cause people to take unnecessary risks by climbing in slightly less ideal windows so that they reach the peak with less people

    • @jeannibarber1799
      @jeannibarber1799 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@EverythingExplainedd Real alpinists no doubt still climb the mountain by routes other than the two used by the tourists and without using Sherpas.

    • @sully2737
      @sully2737 2 месяца назад +23

      Real eco-tourism would be going to Everest specifically to remove garbage. My impression is the vast majority who are there to summit really don't care about adding to the trash pile, and they have already spent so much money, a couple thousand bucks probably doesn't matter. I can certainly see why the Sherpa community is backing away. Risking one's life on a daily basis to haul some novice climbers dumb butt up and down the mountain wouldn't appeal to me either.

    • @Chiller11
      @Chiller11 2 месяца назад +20

      @@sully2737 Ok, ego tourism then.

  • @brendee9928
    @brendee9928 2 месяца назад +140

    its turned into a deadly disneyland

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +4

      yep

    • @pyroman7196
      @pyroman7196 Месяц назад +3

      That exists already, it’s called Disney land shanghai 😅 (refer to the news on it)

  • @astrinymris9953
    @astrinymris9953 Месяц назад +155

    It seems to me that when most Everest summiteers recount their thrilling tales of victory over nature, they speak of the Sherpas as if they were equipment, not human beings.
    I really hope more and more Sherpas nope out of becoming mountain guides. Let these egotistical tourists discover for themselves how hard it is to summit on their own skills and merit. It'll be quite an educational experience for them. Admittedly, most won't outlive this epiphany for very long, but learning for its own sake is valuable.

    • @ShortStoryRelaxation
      @ShortStoryRelaxation Месяц назад +17

      In the 2015 documentary ‘Sherpa’, during one of the heated scenes in which the summit attempt is going to be cancelled by the tour operator, I recall one of the annoyed clients initially referring to a Sherpa guide as ‘it’. I felt grossed out by what seemed to me a revealing slip.

    • @mongomoonbladder8023
      @mongomoonbladder8023 Месяц назад +11

      Let the tourists climb on their own. They'll become useful navigation markers.

    • @Lifes-little-moments
      @Lifes-little-moments Месяц назад +3

      You guys are buggin. Are there some scumbags who don’t treat sherpas with respect? Absolutely but most people treat them with incredible respect.
      Secondly, if you “let tourists climb on their own then the Sherpas lose out on a tremendous income source. Regardless how this video portrayed things, the money Sherpas make is incredible for that part of the world.
      Your attempt to protect them by making climbers go alone is the thing that would hurt them more than anything.
      You do know they choose to do this job, right? You do know they aren’t slaves, right? You do know they understand the risks, right? You do know they have agency of their own and you don’t need to infantilize them, right?

    • @astrinymris9953
      @astrinymris9953 Месяц назад

      @@Lifes-little-moments Did you watch the video? *This* generation of Sherpa mountain guides doesn't want their children to follow them into the profession. Yes, the pay is good, but the work is very, very dangerous. Sherpas are choosing of their own free will to spend the money they earn as mountain guides on their children's education, so they'll be able to have lucrative employment that's less insanely dangerous than ushering arrogant rich people up Mt. Everest and back down.

    • @qwirkt
      @qwirkt Месяц назад +1

      Let’s be honest, there will be fewer porters and they’ll charge more, but they’ll be there. Or we’ll get people from other high-altitude areas with lower income trying to do it themselves.

  • @jessicagrace2817
    @jessicagrace2817 2 месяца назад +84

    Respect to the REAL climbers, the sherpas

  • @david328ci
    @david328ci 2 месяца назад +48

    10:10 The Sherpa carrying the man on his back looks like a scene from Death Stranding

  • @slickdiggler1197
    @slickdiggler1197 Месяц назад +43

    The Sherpas should lead everyone to the summit and then go on strike lol.

  • @jeromeberry4079
    @jeromeberry4079 2 месяца назад +56

    The SHERPA'S should establish some kind of Union and definitely demand more Money.!! IF these climbers can pay Thousands of dollars just on their equipment alone;; the Sherpa should be paid close to the guy's that's leading the expedition.!! The SHERPA'S really need to hold out and stand up for fair pay for risking their lives..!! 😮😮😮

    • @tkps
      @tkps 2 месяца назад +4

      A couple of major families set up their own firms similar to western ones who are successful. The reason being down to previous well known & successful sherpa earning enough to set up their sons in the business but there's not many. Other than those few, even the salaries mentioned are for guides/rope fixers etc who get people to the summit. There's a sliding pay scale for others. The porters, cooks, those who set up and run the various camps up and down, basically all but summit the climber yet are paid even less. The whole system takes advantage of them.

    • @pepebeezon772
      @pepebeezon772 Месяц назад +3

      Lol, you clearly don't know how unions work. If they have the sense to collectively demand more wage, their wage wouldn't be that low to begin with. Their wage is low because they're ready to accept that wage and end up undercutting each other

    • @stonefox9124
      @stonefox9124 18 дней назад

      They can't afford it. It's all second mortgages and credit loans

  • @catsarerude
    @catsarerude 2 месяца назад +54

    Tbh this is why gatekeeping is important. Only people who value the field they’re trying to step into need to be stepping into it at all. People who understand and honor what they want to do, who are willing to respect and work hard for it.
    That’s how you find people who give a damn about anything and don’t go in flooding places with trash and not respecting the hard work that goes into things like this. If you wanna climb Everest as a novice and not respect the immense work that it takes to master it, then go for it but don’t expect everyone to cater to that or to hold your hand. Ultimately we can’t really tell another human not to explore earth… but if they wanna just get everything for free and immediately, they’re gonna have to learn the hard way.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +1

      facts

    • @gohawks3571
      @gohawks3571 Месяц назад +4

      Gatekeeping should be limited, but this certainly is the place for it! Situations like this. People should show respect when they go do anything, especially when it's not your backyard☹️

  • @alphaxneo
    @alphaxneo Месяц назад +15

    I'm Swiss so I'm from a place with a long tradition of climber (even though I myself am not one). Even in my country with mountains nowhere near reaching the infamy or altitude of Everest, we've seen unprepared tourists come and go (sometimes not alive...) because they think it's just the fun thing to do from some instagram or tiktok reels. It has made visiting our mountains as locals not only a lot more expensive but also a lot more crowded and unenjoyable. I'm glad I know some really nice spots that are cheap and just as beautiful compared to the no. 1 tourist spots, but seeing the over crowding and all the rubbish and needless deaths - not least of all of Sherpas - happening on the Everest and other beautiful mountains is just sad and tragic.
    Also what a pathetic human being to not thank the person that saved your life! Can't believe the disrespect some people show. I wish the carrying down garbage rule was mandatory (as in, you can't opt out by paying a fee).

    • @It-is-me...Melsie
      @It-is-me...Melsie Месяц назад +3

      Same thing happens here in NZ. Many times tourists get into trouble, and sometimes fatal, because they don't appreciate the conditions. Often when stories come out we find that they were previously advised they were under prepared or the weather was going to change or whatever, which was ignored.

  • @RightsForZombies
    @RightsForZombies 2 месяца назад +36

    I hope they DO abandon tourists. Sherpas are so deeply tied to Everest and their respect for the mountains is sacred. Nobody knows Everest better or climbs better and they do the most perilous tasks like constantly creating the fixed lines and crossing the ice falls countless times per season. So many Sherpas have died and risked their lives attempting to save lives (strangers and clients) and made successful high risk rescues.
    They’re treated like rubbish by so many careless tourists are are wildly underpaid. Their lives are precious and worth so much more than their meagre pay. If they can’t be safer and better compensated they should have zero reason to entertain rich tourists.
    I know some companies pay them very well and they accompany proper mountaineers who have deep reverence for them but they’re the 1%.
    It’s so sad because they need the money but it should never come at this cost. The fact people don’t even know they’re an ethnic group says it all.
    I’ll unfollow channels or decline to follow if they don’t name Sherpas in their videos unless it’s because they go unnamed (which is sadly quite common in reporting). If I know they’ve been named though, and the channel fails to name them, I’m not interested in their content because they’re part of the problem.

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      if sherpas could count they wouldnt have to climb mountains

  • @wade-be7sz
    @wade-be7sz 2 месяца назад +101

    Im gonna pay someone to help me drag my ass up a mountain then run around and act like i did it myself..

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 2 месяца назад +3

      I climb these peaks regularly, and sherpas don't "drag me up." However, it's now illegal to climb without them.
      This video isn't even accurate 😂🤦‍♂️

    • @tomascanevaro4292
      @tomascanevaro4292 2 месяца назад +3

      simpsons literally did this

    • @3nnik
      @3nnik Месяц назад +9

      @@lf67hh28 and then everyone clapped

    • @elw2827
      @elw2827 Месяц назад +5

      Lmao...A certain group of people have been " discovering" various landmarks with the Natives leading the way for centuries.
      And causing death and destruction along the way.

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 Месяц назад +1

      @@elw2827 Do elaborate, kid 😂

  • @saffy4352
    @saffy4352 2 месяца назад +42

    Without any question, "sherpas" are the backbone of everest! Without their hard work, experiences of expedition of this beautiful landmark, their abilities as native natural acclimatised heroes and their empathetic services for mountaineers, there certainly wouldn't be so many successful summits.

  • @steveolson69
    @steveolson69 2 месяца назад +79

    Spoiled rich people who climb mountains to brag to their rich friends about ! And of course they leave their rubbish behind just like everyone in their class! They have people who clean up after them most of the time but not on the mountains!

    • @nancyjones6780
      @nancyjones6780 2 месяца назад +6

      Actually the sherpas try to keep it clean. They actually respect the mountain!

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 2 месяца назад

      Stop being a hater just because you aren't capable. Those who can, do.

    • @neffyg35
      @neffyg35 2 месяца назад +3

      I don't even think he is that rich because he had sponsors that paid for it. That's who he actually thanked

    • @gowdsake7103
      @gowdsake7103 2 месяца назад +5

      @@lf67hh28 I hate the ignorant arrogant and often useless who pay others to hide their own incompitance

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 2 месяца назад +1

      @gowdsake7103 You're so naive, it's illegal to climb without a sherpa regardless of capability.
      Suggest you do better research. 🤷‍♂️

  • @SloMoMonday
    @SloMoMonday Месяц назад +6

    Met someone who talking about his trip like it was a tourist trap. He was going on about how its a scam that they didn't take him to the summit because it was a little cloudy. I suspect he was trying to bribe them and no one was selling their life for his vanity pictures.

  • @robertsteinbach7325
    @robertsteinbach7325 Месяц назад +8

    We really should call these guides what they really are, Sherpa Mountain Guides and Porters. Anyone born of Sherpa parents is a Sherpa, but they don't have to be a mountain guides or porters and they might be a time when almost none of them will be doing those jobs on Mount Everest. Without them, climbing Mount Everest, even with oxygen, will be nearly impossible. These Sherpa guides really don't get anywhere near the credit they deserve.

  • @kdeas10
    @kdeas10 Месяц назад +16

    I mean you skipped one huge aspect of why sherpa is leaving, with the Norwegian goverment paying sherpas top dollar to build paths through their mountains. Who would want to deal with the dangerous work and stupid yuppie tourists who oftentime put everyone at risk. Money talks and when working 1 summer in Norwegian pays the same amount as 10 years working everest its no wonder everyones quiting, nepal has no one to blame but themselve for losing all their top talent.

  • @jensbond93
    @jensbond93 Месяц назад +25

    These MtEverest tourists are usually millionaires. They can afford to pay the Sherpas more than $4000-10,000.
    There also needs to be higher requirements for the paying tourists to have climbed other peaks, have physical strength, stamina and knowledge tested beforehand. If you want to climb MtEverest safely, you need to be overqualified. Don't risk Sherpa's lives if you can prevent it with better prepared climbers.

    • @suzannekirkwood6392
      @suzannekirkwood6392 Месяц назад +3

      They say it's a large amount of money for the area but I would say so what? They are risking their lives to keep you alive so you should pay them like your life depends on it(which it does)

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад +1

      @@suzannekirkwood6392 so they dont get paid if you die?

  • @peregrination3643
    @peregrination3643 2 месяца назад +23

    Well, people generally learn to be more respectful of situations when they HAVE to. Harsh thing to say, but in the long run, letting Everest become as dangerous as other Himalayan mountains (and don't attract the less-experienced climbers) is probably a good thing. Assuming you can't/won't regulate the skill level of the climbers.

    • @APetula
      @APetula Месяц назад +1

      Very fair point. I agree with this. People left to their own devices will have to face the reality of what it's like to really climb a mountain in unpredictable terrain and weather. Carrying only what you can and rationing and being extremely responsible.

  • @dancingpixie6120
    @dancingpixie6120 2 месяца назад +43

    I will never understand what compels someone to stand in line to reach the top.

    • @creatrixZBD
      @creatrixZBD 2 месяца назад +7

      Be “Number 1” just like everyone else 😂

    • @sparkykitty6870
      @sparkykitty6870 Месяц назад +2

      Ego

    • @BigBenMadLadGladTrad
      @BigBenMadLadGladTrad 27 дней назад +1

      gotta get that selfie for social media clout. It's so loathsome

    • @stonefox9124
      @stonefox9124 18 дней назад

      😂 It's great being up here! Above the world away from everyone! *Sees summit line* mother🤬🤬🤬

  • @Spider-le6bp
    @Spider-le6bp 2 месяца назад +39

    I feel the Sherpa should be paid ahead of time Before the climb The money should be given over and the advance Before the climb

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад +2

      then why should they climb if they were already paid?

    • @It-is-me...Melsie
      @It-is-me...Melsie Месяц назад +1

      @@will.green. They're not dogs, as if you give them the treat first they will have no need to do the trick.

  • @wickedbird1538
    @wickedbird1538 Месяц назад +10

    😮😮The best way to solve the problem is to require everyone to carry their own supplies and food. The Sherpa should have the role of guide and advice.

  • @partickthompson1164
    @partickthompson1164 Месяц назад +3

    I want to thank this video for explaining the Sherpa’s as a certain people and not a profession. A+

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      yep theyre a certain people. wink wink

  • @taetannim3581
    @taetannim3581 Месяц назад +14

    Sherpa's should be respected, they're the literal experts. Everest should also be respected, if you're going to cut corners, you shouldn't even be making the attempt. That's not the mountain to take chances on.

  • @philipbarker2489
    @philipbarker2489 2 месяца назад +4

    Shocking disrespect and arrogance, always suspected as much and the scant recognition these extremely brave men who make any attempt possible defies believe. Another excellent video

  • @Shakicast
    @Shakicast Месяц назад +4

    There is a restaurant in Golden Colorado called the Sherpa House that employs sherpas in the off season. They’re some of the nicest and most interesting people I’ve met!

    • @StoutShako
      @StoutShako Месяц назад +1

      I have to visit it one day!!!

  • @ChemicaLove
    @ChemicaLove Месяц назад

    9:19 I really liked your approach to that difficult name. I've never seen that before, good job!

  • @Islandwaterjet
    @Islandwaterjet Месяц назад +7

    Skip to 09:17 to get past the fluff.

  • @tinycrimester
    @tinycrimester 2 месяца назад +9

    mountain climbers really are a special kind of egotist. i would be on my knees worshiping anyone who carried someone down ANY mountain, let alone the everest.

    • @JABN97
      @JABN97 Месяц назад +2

      Every REAL mountaineer has nothing but the deepest respect for the Sherpa people.
      They are for the Himalaya what Austrian and Swiss mountain guides are for the Alpes: the locals, the experts, those who graciously accept us in their territory, guide us and teach us and keep us safe. So that we too may experience the beauty and grace and savage power of the environment.
      If you want to mountaineer, you ask them what experience you need, what condition you need to be in, what gear you need and what routes are acceptable under the specific circumstances. And then you LISTEN to them, and thank them for their time and wisdom.
      Sadly, real mountaineers are increasingly rare on Mount Everest in this globalizing social media world.

  • @gregnicolle
    @gregnicolle 2 месяца назад +42

    I back the Sherpas totally,as if there are no more, no more climbing Mt Everest, and the west can get down to the serious problem of getting all the humanoid pollution off Mt Everest, which many irresponsible humans have left behind ☮

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +6

      It’s so sad that we as humans are so selfish we literally leave RUBBISH on one of the most pure places on earth

    • @rickp3753
      @rickp3753 2 месяца назад +4

      What do you mean the West? Does that include the Russian, Chinese, Indian, Taiwanese, or Japanese? Are they all westerners too, or are you just a bigot?

    • @gregnicolle
      @gregnicolle 2 месяца назад

      Your comments read like a person in guilt, trying to flogg off the truth. There's people with a western culture thinking. Which includes thinking of ME,ME,ME and use and abuse, in all countries Your prejudice statement mentions and all the rest
      It takes a bigot to know a bigot,but you don't know me

    • @Willrocs
      @Willrocs 2 месяца назад

      Why it’s the Sherpa’s fault it got to this point.

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 2 месяца назад

      ​@@rickp3753Americans only consume news from their own country that's why most of them are so bad at geography

  • @kathysiedlecki6364
    @kathysiedlecki6364 Месяц назад +25

    Please read Into Thin Air. In the book Rob Hall and Sherpa took 2 tons of trash off the mountain that around 1990. Not only that people have contracted many sickness by drinking water with human and yak poop. Please read Into Thin Air!!!!!!!

  • @saffy4352
    @saffy4352 2 месяца назад +12

    Sherpas are the shephards of this beautiful breathtaking nature! Everest and their deceased forever in our hearts❤

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад

      they are indeed

    • @Willrocs
      @Willrocs 2 месяца назад +1

      Okay bot I’m sure you know

    • @mrman2415
      @mrman2415 Месяц назад

      ​@@Willrocs
      No one is making bots to praise sherpas on RUclips videos. Get a grip.

  • @macflod
    @macflod 2 месяца назад +10

    How can you not even thank the guy who carried you to save you!? The utter arrogance of that is mind blowing

  • @keithkellogg5325
    @keithkellogg5325 2 месяца назад +25

    This guy that is alive because of this Sherpa is a disgrace

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +5

      Truly, if you go on his Instagram he’s still climbing mountains

    • @patricasmyth4359
      @patricasmyth4359 Месяц назад +6

      @@EverythingExplaineddif I were he, I would not go on another expedition without praying to the mountain god for forgiveness.

  • @mistypuffs
    @mistypuffs 2 месяца назад +7

    Glad the heroic Sherpa’s Chinese client agreed to call off the climb to save a life - I bet not every selfish soul there would have agreed :(

  • @danieldevito6380
    @danieldevito6380 Месяц назад +8

    What climbers have done to Everest is a tragedy and I hope all the Sherpas quit. Climbers have caused enough damage.

  • @istvanherczegh9834
    @istvanherczegh9834 4 дня назад

    Really great to see a video about how essential are sherpas. Next time though if you use their content (like nimsdai’s photo of the peak) shoutout them. They have a name🙏🙏🙏

  • @mamiller1980
    @mamiller1980 2 месяца назад +6

    Governments don’t care if you want to die on a hill, but love the income it provides.

  • @Mancada100
    @Mancada100 19 дней назад +1

    True Personal Story: Many years ago I had a burning urge to prove myself climbing alone, always looking to reach new heights, regardless the risk, the fear and the exhaustion, pushing myself to test my physical and mental limits and overcome any possible obstacule. But all that daredevil behaviour came to a head one day when in the middle of a new climbing effort I just stopped and suddenly realized how frightening and dangerous all that was. "What I am doing? I don't need this. I don't need to risk my life to prove my worth". And that was it. Then and there I decided there were heights that wouldn't be reachable and climbing was not for me. I quietly descended the stepladder and I have lived a quite and content life since then.

  • @8journey8
    @8journey8 Месяц назад +11

    I've never understood the urgent desire of mountain climbers to get to the top of tall mountains. They suffer from decreased oxygen. They are in freezing temperatures. They face misery and danger. Why do they do it? To get to the top? So what?? I don't get it.

    • @LittleSparklingStars
      @LittleSparklingStars Месяц назад +1

      Basically yolo

    • @HumbleWooper
      @HumbleWooper Месяц назад +4

      Extreme sports street cred, is my guess? Not much someone else can say in a one-up contest to top "I climbed Everest and survived." Unless it's to say you've climbed it multiple times.

    • @8journey8
      @8journey8 Месяц назад +5

      @@HumbleWooper That's an interesting take on it. Actually it's the only thing that makes sense.. Mountain climbing can't really be any fun. It's an endurance test. When they reach the summit, there has got to be an emotional "high" because they won, and didn't die. Then they get to tell the masses that they did the impossible. Street cred. I can see that.

    • @sparkykitty6870
      @sparkykitty6870 Месяц назад +1

      Ego

    • @vaiyt
      @vaiyt Месяц назад +2

      Because it's there.

  • @aeryn6275
    @aeryn6275 Месяц назад

    Really insightful and informative as always!

  • @ShalomDove
    @ShalomDove 2 месяца назад +5

    I understand that climbing Everest is an incredible feat… but the mere fact that there are traffic jambs on the way to the top says that it’s no longer rare enough to be considered as impressive as it was when Hilary did it.
    Assisting in an Everest rescue is more heroic and impressive than merely completing the climb, at this point.
    That said: *the sherpas are the heroes*

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      sherpas are the heros but you forgot to mention tenzing?

  • @CharlesHarpolek4vud
    @CharlesHarpolek4vud 2 месяца назад +9

    If the number of porters that can be hired on Evers has dropped, perhaps those porters have come to realize how little they get paid for a month important jobs they do including carrying a heavy object as well as sharpening the people who are not totally well. Being a Porter on Everest is a very dangerous job just to be there and several of them have scored summits of five to 10 times. How these well trained people could be paid to equal the dangers they take seems to be impossible which is another reason for Everest's climbing to stop.
    No one climbs Mount Everest, then it would be very difficult for someone to die on the slopes from climbing problems.

  • @jhmumma
    @jhmumma Месяц назад +2

    Sad yet interesting. When I see the caterpillar line of climbers with hardly any distance between them I see only the climbers trekking up the mountain, with no apparent room for climbers descending. How is that possible?

  • @keithkellogg5325
    @keithkellogg5325 2 месяца назад +28

    The Sherpa need a union

  • @haileybalmer9722
    @haileybalmer9722 Месяц назад +2

    It couldn’t be me! Those dudes are so skilled and so brave. If I even think about the ice fall too hard, I feel sick, that’s how scary that thing is.

  • @BomberMut
    @BomberMut Месяц назад +4

    It's funny how they say "they conquer the mountain" when all the hard work is done by the Sherpas. It's like winning a race while on the back of a runner...

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      how would you win is he running backwards?

    • @BomberMut
      @BomberMut Месяц назад

      @will.green. exactly the point

  • @JodyTitterton-cb2tw
    @JodyTitterton-cb2tw Месяц назад

    I love knitting but struggle to crochet. But I am also a neurodiversity and inclusivity advocate at work. Trying to produce documents and tools that are accessible to everyone is impossible as people some times have contradictory needs. Thank you for this honest and open post.

  • @DerBingle1
    @DerBingle1 Месяц назад +3

    They should close the mountain until further notice. There's not much money going into the economy and it's completely trashed. There's plenty of employment for Sherpas who want it removing garbage and all the bodies up there.

  • @kevinahern7818
    @kevinahern7818 3 дня назад +1

    From what I understand, Low Altitude Sherpas get $3.00 a day and High Altitude Sherpas get $22.00 a day. Very Very Sad and Shameful if true.

  • @Aderon
    @Aderon Месяц назад +3

    Mt. Everest should be respected, and that 'respect' doesn't mean anything if people 'conquer' Everest hundreds of times a year. I can respect the climbers who summited Everest for the first time, but each trip since where Sherpa's people have dedicated significant time and effort to make the task of climbing a mountain with international spiritual significance as easy as possible for the sake of Nepal capitalizing on a significant site to further drive tourism just feels like a slap in the face of the Sherpa and their culture.

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      they dont need you to decide that for them

  • @BlueBobbin
    @BlueBobbin 28 дней назад +2

    I’ll just google what the top looks like 😅

  • @kaw8473
    @kaw8473 Месяц назад +5

    1:21 looks like the queue line for heaven. Why not just stand at an uncomfortable angle in a walk in freezer while wearing a VR headset?

    • @StoutShako
      @StoutShako Месяц назад

      It's cheaper, too! 😂

  • @sa4555
    @sa4555 Месяц назад

    Sherpas not only make climbing everest possible but there is a group of specialist Sherpas who lays ropes on K2 as well.
    There is a Netflix documentary titled "14 Peaks" featuring Nirmal Purja, a highly accomplished climber and former British Gorkha SAS operator. He and his team climed all fourteen 8,000 meter peaks in span of 7 months. Its an amazing story, and would highly recommend to anyone who is interested in climbing and learning more about Sherpas.

  • @lawrencenicolaides2361
    @lawrencenicolaides2361 2 месяца назад +9

    Everest- where yuppies go to die

  • @donnasmith3734
    @donnasmith3734 13 дней назад +1

    Seems to me that the Sherpas are not only being taken for granted but unappreciated as well. They should get a lawyer to represent them and go on strike until their pay is doubled and their supplies are covered. They shouldn't have to get a second job when their main job puts there life in danger!! The world is the way it is because there are to many people who only care about themselves and feel entitled!! Shame on them!!!

  • @brendee9928
    @brendee9928 2 месяца назад +10

    i wouldnt want to go somewhere where its slippery and if i trip and fall im dead

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +2

      mountains arnt for you then buddy

    • @creatrixZBD
      @creatrixZBD 2 месяца назад +2

      Dude the world is full of places like that. At least with Everest you know there’s a good chance to die. Slip on a bit of black ice on the street at home and get accidentally hit by a car, you have no sense of danger but you’re just as dead/mangled. D3ath is everywhere, especially in the mundane

    • @neffyg35
      @neffyg35 2 месяца назад

      I mean the sidewalk can get iced over and that could happen to you 😂

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      @@neffyg35 thats why i always walk on the sidewalk

  • @christophercripps7639
    @christophercripps7639 Месяц назад +2

    Just the scenes of rickety ladders over the crevasses make me say I’ll try something else.

  • @skyedog24
    @skyedog24 2 месяца назад +7

    This is ludicrous that many people climbing the mountain at once they need to just shut this down nobody needs to climb Mount Everest it's just outrageous if they want to climb something go climb K2 and then say you've really climbed a scary mountain.

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      why do you care what other people do? are you the dictator?

  • @bostongeorge1000
    @bostongeorge1000 2 месяца назад +5

    So ive heard so many different stories. This was great. But how much does it actually cost. You have to get a permit which i heard was 50k then pay the sherpa 600, but you said 15k ? Just learning im not going im just really curious

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +5

      Well, an expedition in total can cost up to $100,000 but this is split across many different things, you’re paying for flights, permits, accommodation, for the Sherpa, for the agency, for equipment etc. I don’t know the exact splits but the point is really that they pay SO much money yet so little goes to the Sherpas…

  • @stonefox9124
    @stonefox9124 18 дней назад +1

    Expert: the mountain just takes ur breath away...
    Visiter: Yeah i bet the view is amazing...
    Expert: no i mean literally there is no oxygen...

  • @keithkellogg5325
    @keithkellogg5325 2 месяца назад +7

    There should be a monument 2014 for the Sherpas

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад

      I belive there is somewhere

    • @dianacoles1017
      @dianacoles1017 Месяц назад

      You can't eat monuments. They need better wages

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      @dianacoles1017 you cant eat wages. they need more pizza

  • @jonnylawless6797
    @jonnylawless6797 Месяц назад +2

    $600 for a trip that costs the climber you’re guiding and keeping alive $100k is absolutely fucking criminal.
    If I had the funds to climb the mountain, I’m making sure I also have the funds to give my guide at least two full stacks.

  • @godlessfornicater
    @godlessfornicater 2 месяца назад +4

    I don't understand how you can disrespect Sherpas. If climbing Everest is an achievement in of itself, and these guys do it, with equipment people can't bring or/and a whole ass person on their back, sometimes multiple times in a row to save people.

  • @langolier9
    @langolier9 Месяц назад +1

    The trash deposit is the greatest idea I’ve ever heard. It’s so simple so simple. How is it? Not in place the entire time it’s so brilliant and people are so horrible. People are horrible but you know I love people the good ones.❤

  • @paulgrey8028
    @paulgrey8028 2 месяца назад +11

    Without climbing Sherpa few climbers would be able to reach the summit. It's a matter of energy expenditure.
    Carrying each and every camp on ones back takes its toll.
    Then there's the Icefall. Very few climbers could get through the Icefall without the work of the Icefall Doctors that's riddled with crevasses and toppling ice often the size of a multi-story building.
    Though I can't see it happening. Sherpa can make a years income from just one expedition.
    It is what it is. Since it's an extremely dangerous job and considering that most climbing Sherpa are married and responsible for extended family, the life insurance needs to be raised to an amount that would care for a Sherpas family for life [Way less than one may think. Nepal is seriously impoverished so $50K would be sufficient. ATM I think that Sherpas lives are covered for $5K]
    Too bad if that would be an expensive proposition, a Sherpas family should not suffer excessively from the loss of their bread winner.

  • @Andoxico
    @Andoxico Месяц назад +2

    They aren't expeditioners, they're tourists, leaving trash on the mountain like people at a festival. People who don't respect nature enough to pick up after themselves don't deserve to enjoy it.

  • @dpych73
    @dpych73 2 месяца назад +4

    You shouldn’t climb a mountain unless you are totally sure of what you’re getting yourself into it’s common sense

  • @kk-wh3hb
    @kk-wh3hb 25 дней назад

    Am in training to make a summit attempt on San Jacinto peak at 10000' as well as going to try to reach the tram station early enough to get lunch at one of the restaurants and maybe ride the tram down to the desert, then back up again, in time for the homeward descent.
    It may be too ambitious and the restaurants might be overpriced but they seem to have good reviews.
    Wish me luck!🤗

  • @kambrose1549
    @kambrose1549 2 месяца назад +12

    Maybe its time to consider why some individuals want to climb mountains at all and help them cure their mental illness rather than applaud them for doing downright crazy stuff and risking the lives of others in the process as well as their own. The ultimate adrenalin rush is not a good justification

    • @bryanna4548
      @bryanna4548 Месяц назад +2

      I've never seen this take before, but you are so right. When a person with bipolar disorder does something self-destructive, we usually deduce that they are in a manic state and need intervention. This is the same self-destructive behavior. Sure...it's planned out meticulously whereas mania is not, but it is still self-destructive nonetheless.

    • @will.green.
      @will.green. Месяц назад

      at what point does it go from someone hiking has good mental health to climbing a mountain has bad mental health? and who are you to call other people crazy?

  • @gcprost
    @gcprost Месяц назад +2

    From my perspective their are two key reasons that most people should avoid Everest. One is over crowding. In many places on Everest the line of climbers is so dense that a small accident or a turn in the weather can lead to catastrophic results. Many years ago the number of experienced and trained climbers out numbered the tourists. Now most of the people on Everest are essentially tourists.

  • @FatBunny168
    @FatBunny168 2 месяца назад +4

    the sherpa don't get 100k per climb....they get a lot less than that since companies take massive cuts.....

  • @alphaomega1351
    @alphaomega1351 11 дней назад +1

    I'm gonna climb Everest with no experience. And I don't want help from a Sherpa!!! 😎

  • @anythingpipes3722
    @anythingpipes3722 2 месяца назад +7

    bump it to 100k why not

  • @myrahutchins5234
    @myrahutchins5234 Месяц назад

    Thank you for showcasing the Sherpas. They deserve so much more. Climbing a mountain in the cold isn't for me. I don't understand the desire. That's why I live in Florida. ❤

  • @Chirtopher-x4e
    @Chirtopher-x4e Месяц назад +1

    I would never leave the comfort and warmth of my home to possibly freeze to death in horrible fashion.

  • @DW10463
    @DW10463 Месяц назад +3

    Sherpas need a union

  • @jonvia
    @jonvia Месяц назад +1

    What's sad is most of these climbers arent even close to being in good enough shape to climb and most have very little to no high altitude climbing experience. They just want the picture for Instagram or to frame and put on their mantle back home. Dont get me started on the greedy government giving out permits like hot cakes. Its insanity at its finest.

  • @bluesteel8376
    @bluesteel8376 2 месяца назад +17

    You explain Sherpa is an ethnicity, but then you constantly use the term like it is a job title, not an ethnicity. A Sherpa's child has no choice but to be a Sherpa, as it is their ethnicity. It is not a choice. Working as a mountain guide or a porter is a choice.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +21

      Do you know what, I literally just rewatched and thought that, then read your comment. I suppose it reinforces my point even more that the term Sherpa is so engrained as a job. Poor from me, thanks for pointing it out.
      I’ll pin a comment to explain my mistake!

    • @kellypoitras
      @kellypoitras 2 месяца назад +3

      Can’t wait for your video! Let us know when it’s ready and add the link. With nothing good to say in your comment, I’m certain you’ll show us how it’s done! 🙄

    • @reefread1234
      @reefread1234 2 месяца назад +1

      That is soo wrong. I was born to be xxx I sad no and left. You are wrong as I choose different from my "ethnicity" give me a break.

  • @newfinishautospa
    @newfinishautospa Месяц назад +1

    It’s wild to me that you could have a conga line of 50 people or more supporting themselves and applying their weight on ONE fixed line. Most lines are only rated to less than 2,000lbs of impact force. Half a dozen climbers in an uncontrolled slide will snap the line. Scary.
    Also, regardless of climbing experience, some people lack the intellectual ability to safely navigate climbs like this. You could have someone with an iq of 130, in good physical condition, and 1 year of experience complete the climb successfully. Some of these fools simply have no business being on Everest and will get what they deserve.

  • @computerblue84
    @computerblue84 2 месяца назад +8

    8:07 ok but SANITATION PADS?? (If they’re referring to what I’m thinking of) omg Wtf. And having the energy to cut out the name of the company but leave the rest of your garbage 😊should be a bannable offense.

    • @marymegrant9438
      @marymegrant9438 Месяц назад +1

      What percentage of the trash do you think consists of feminine hygiene products? I am sure that only a small percentage of overall human bodily waste comes from menstruation.
      In fact, it is extremely likely that a female climber with a smaller average body size would likely produce less waste than a man. As a SCUBA diver, it was well known that typically a women consumes less air than a man. I would wager this extends to other metabolic needs, even considering she would menstruate perhaps 20 to 25% of the time.
      Or are you just outraged that women are on the mountain at all?

    • @HenryZhoupokemon
      @HenryZhoupokemon 8 дней назад

      @@marymegrant9438no doubt that women use more menstrual hygiene products than men, but that’s probably more can canceled out by the fact that women need less calories so they create less food waste (and excrement waste) not to mention smaller body sizes means fewer oxygen tanks and other equipment too

  • @Jin420
    @Jin420 Месяц назад +2

    Just photoshop it like a normal person.
    Zero danger involved. 😂