Once I read a guy who got into an argument about that on Reddit.
The people there were upset at the idea that a bunch of crazies would just go there leaving literal trails of garbage behind them for a stupid challenge.
Basically the guy told them :
_ who cares, there’s nothing alive at this altitude
_ it’'s so extreme there is no way to attempt this in a clean way
_ even people who go there don’t care about the vistas being ruined by shit, because they’re too busy trying to stay alive
_ yes indeed, he wanted to do it himself one day and “you’d better believe I’ll drop all my shit over the place”
So yeah, they believe it’s okay to pollute a place for sports because that place is “useless” anyway. Or at least that’s their excuse.
Ok, but will those mountains be littered by the dead? And also garbage?
Hey! It’s not that simple! There’s feces too.
Once I read a guy who got into an argument about that on Reddit.
The people there were upset at the idea that a bunch of crazies would just go there leaving literal trails of garbage behind them for a stupid challenge.
Basically the guy told them :
_ who cares, there’s nothing alive at this altitude
_ it’'s so extreme there is no way to attempt this in a clean way
_ even people who go there don’t care about the vistas being ruined by shit, because they’re too busy trying to stay alive
_ yes indeed, he wanted to do it himself one day and “you’d better believe I’ll drop all my shit over the place”
So yeah, they believe it’s okay to pollute a place for sports because that place is “useless” anyway. Or at least that’s their excuse.
The rich assholes that climb everest and litter everywhere make a great metaphor for humanity at large
The army sherpas doing all the actual hard work behind the scenes really nails the metaphor.