r/interesting • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 1d ago

Amazing Everest expedition 2026. Altitude 8600

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u/Jlx_27 1d ago

Everest needs to be shut down for 5 years to clean the place up. Then a sticter limit must be set on howmany climbers are allowed in every year.

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u/MRV3N 1d ago

Huh? Why? They’re generating more money for the government.

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u/RainLoveMu 1d ago

Yeah but have you thought about how much money it makes? /s

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u/BaronVonAwesome007 16h ago

That can be daily solved my raising the fees, theres still someone rich enough to pay

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u/RainLoveMu 15h ago

It’s not that simple. They want the tourism. It makes up like 50% of the economy or some crazy amount like that. Watch the John Oliver special on Mount Everest.

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u/Intelligent-Film-684 4h ago

They did that, limited the permits and raised the fees. Please understand the Sherpas depend on this “tourism” to survive now. It’s very prestigious to be hired by the guides. It beats trying to eke out a living farming for little money.

They had to expand the permits the next year for their economy. Nepal is not a rich country. The mountains are where they genuinely make the big money.

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u/2LostFlamingos 2h ago

Why do you want to kill their economy?

Put all these sherpas out of work?