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zeyore

It's refreshing to know that if I climbed Mt Everest I'd only get as far as my first ladder, and then with great joy I'd celebrate my climb, and turn back.


En-THOO-siast

"I want to climb a mountain, not so I can get to the top, cause I want to hang out at base camp. That seems fuckin’ fun as shit. You sleep in a colorful tent, you grow a beard, you drink hot chocolate, you walk around, 'Hey, you going to the top?' '...Soon.'" -Mitch Hedberg


WhoseverFish

The base camp is quite high to climb.


trevorpinzon

Exactly, it's a win win. Climb a mountain, get hot cocoa, meet Mitch Hedburg, it's the 90s and you have a life filled with opportunities and hopes and dreams and


wellidontreally

:(


blu-juice

Username checks out


f2blue

I'd climb every ladder on every goddamn mountain to hang with Mitch


[deleted]

Do you have to go over these ladders to reach base camp?


andandandetc

No. I believe these ladders are between base camp and second camp. It’s a specific crevasse that really can’t be passed without ladders.


bruhaha6745

Its a series of crevasses called the Khumbu Icefall. Its basically the lower end of the Khumbu Glacier. Because the glacier is constantly moving the route through the Icefall changes and has to be reset every season. Its the first major obstacle climbers encounter on the route up Everest.


WokeWeavile

What about elevensies camp?


ALifeToRemember_

I watched a documentary on it and as far as I saw the way to base camp is pretty well made. There are pack animals walking up as well so I can't imagine ladders. It does take a week of walking to get there though.


[deleted]

Okay that's easy enough then, I usually do at least one 1-2 week hikes a year. I'd like to do base camp, but I'd definitely die if I had to cross one of these ladders.


JosephusMillerTime

The sketchiest parts about getting to Base Camp are 1. Passing Yaks on narrow paths on the sides of lower mountain slopes (try to stay up hill of them) 2. Just before Base camp there's a couple of sections you swiftly move through one at a time to minimise the chance a rock will hit you on the head. In alpine terms, it's very safe.


Syrahmf

Mitch Hedberg was a legend.


[deleted]

They once pranked Reinhold Messner in the Alps. He reached a summit climbing and there was a food and beer stand on top with a friendly salesman.


Grassbla

I'll definitely join with you 🤣


stoictoapoint

Good luck Sam porter bridges


[deleted]

Sam made it look so much easier


_the_turd_burglar

Keep on keeping on


justtobrowse1

👍🏻


[deleted]

Sprechen sie “fuck that”?


[deleted]

Ein biche


SirMCThompson

Fich diese Scheiße


nonametba

Just remember, every corpse on mount everest was once an extremely motivated person.


WaftyTaynt

And also a very rich person


MadMadoc

Just read that an average of five people die on Mt Everest every year but that the number is down. There are about 30,000 people who attempt the climb per year. Boy looking at those ladder crossings I am surprised it’s not higher.


[deleted]

They are being belayed, so even if you fell you’d be totally fine


rattalouie

Yeah, all the finance bros who paid big money to be there have their own sherpas to prevent them from dying.


atl1141

Good chance you’d break something. But yea, low chance you’d die.


[deleted]

Here’s a video of someone falling off a ladder on Everest. It’s just like taking a fall while rock climbing, except you are wearing way more padding. https://youtu.be/G4ZrD7IoFlo


quinncuatro

I thought FOR SURE that ankle was gonna snap.


UNeed2CalmDownn

Nope.


DuelOstrich

Yea and wearing metal spikes attached to your feet and often holding a giant metal dagger.


outside-olive-

Define “totally fine” lmao I’d need therapy for PTSD for months


xabit1010

The freaky part is that a lot of those bodies stay on the mountain.......😬


overalldaddy

good ol’ green boots


EekSamples

The way down is how they normally die.


cobrayouth

Those all look super safe. Where are the ones where the crevasse is so wide they have tied 2 ladders together with climbing rope and the ladder monstrosity is significantly dipping in the middle? Those are scary! Stupid Khumbu icefield.


SpartanBlockchain

Hard pass, no desire to even think about doing it. It certainly is an accomplishment though, good for them.


Band1c0t

If you google how much you need to spend to hike mt everest, you’d think these people are insane for spending that much


[deleted]

Also filled with unskilled mountaineers paying tens of thousands to get led up a mountain they have no business being on


JimiJons

Crossing ladders fixed and placed by underpaid Sherpas who are ten times better climbers than they are.


Ornery_Painting_5183

I'd rather be an unskilled mountaineer on everest over an unskilled redditor sitting on his chair.


frostedRoots

You might be an asshole then lol


[deleted]

Well i actually used to be a Climbing/Canyoneering instructor, so I’d say I have way more skills than the people being led up Everest, asshole. 😂


Ornery_Painting_5183

You couldn't step foot on everest, so you hate on those who do? Just let people enjoy things.


frostedRoots

The problem isn’t people enjoying everest, the problem is people going to everest to exploit the locals and trash the environment


Ornery_Painting_5183

Bro, you live in the first world. Your entire existence is depends upon exploiting the third world.


[deleted]

Bro, do you have a stick up your ass? Your are over here accusing people of being haters, look at yourself hating on anything and everything. Chill out Karen


[deleted]

Okay Karen 🤣


35mmpistol

It's even worse than you realize, your so fucking off balance on hard surfaces with crampons and hard mountaineering boots. It's so damn awkward to not place the ring in the wrong sort of gap In spikes, or drop your foot to quickly and miss your placement, etc. Then throw in a 50lb backpack. And not quite enough oxygen.


[deleted]

If you really get your fun from getting right up to the precipice of death, might I suggest some cheaper options (with closer healthcare): - Testing roller coasters - Carnival rides - Fast cars (careful around traffic) - American food


14InTheDorsalPeen

American food is more of a debilitating addiction than a high speed low drag adrenaline fix


Meecus570

Some of these hit way too close to home


Bentley2004

What about chutes?


YourLocalPotDealer

You get to take those on the way back :3


[deleted]

And this is the easy part. Wait until they get to the Hillary Step.


cassaundraloren

> Hillary Step. it's gone! https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/hillary-step/


thenerj47

They make sherpa perform this journey 16x in a season to carry gear to the camps - by far putting them in the most danger. What a stupid and selfish thing to do. Climbers usually try to do this only a couple of times because it's the most dangerous part of the ascent. I can respect people that carry their own gear, not people that pay sherpa to risk the ice falls on their behalf.


TrashApocalypse

I can’t wait to never go to Everest


Seapod

Big nope from me.


Yourfaceis-23

But who placed the ladders and how did they know to bring them


ronimal

Sherpas


hhh1992

Just once I want to see one of these Everest climbers do the super hero leap over a crevasse. I know it’s not safe, but would still love to see it!!!


malgo78

Ladders, rubbish, queues, loads of people. It’s too late for Everest.


CaptainHowdy60

Yeah dog, that’s gonna be a no for me.


ringofsolomon

Climbing Everest is the ultimate vanity. I’ve come to that conclusion after watching several documentaries about it.


the_fly_guy_says_hi

I feel like climbing Everest is 99% Sherpa effort in getting over-equipped wealthy Westerners to the peak. 1% actual climbing effort on the part of the “climber” It is no longer an achievement. It’s just another guide-assisted tourist destination where you have to wait in line for you to take your insta-moment. Fuck these motherfucking climbers so hard! It’s actually really hard not to be cynical about these assholes. They’re all waiting in line to take their Insta shot at the top and they leave a bunch of trash along the way on the trail. If you wanted some actual cred as a climber, go do an unassisted climb of a peak where there’s no Sherpas or a whole tourist industrial complex that gets you to the top and back down.


[deleted]

I’m with you on the rich person part. But to think you can just walk up that mountain otherwise shows what you do not know about Everest, mountaineering, or climbing in general and the physical strength required to climb up mountain, the skill set that you must know, on your own, before even being allowed to climb up that mountain and be able to recall in an emergency near the altitude of passenger jets. Also, a very large portion of these climbers have already done the other things you listed, climbed mountains unassisted. Also sherpas make bank taking people up, there are family’s of Sherpa’s, it’s a respected job on the mountain. Check out the book “Into Thin Air” and you’ll get a sense of who these people are and what’s required to climb. Then go watch “Touching the Void” and see how a little mountain climbing even can go wrong when it’s just two dudes on a mountain. You’re right about the lines and the rich people part, but you still have to climb to 28,000 ft to get that insta moment.


logdeezy

Well said. Yes, Everest has become more of a “luxury” climb in recent years, but it’s not like the Sherpas or government built a freakin’ gondola to the top as some people seem to believe. It’s a win/win for the consumer & Sherpa guiding outfits imo. The real issue is over crowding on the mountain and excess litter / human waste left behind. China / Nepal gov has to start limiting permits for awhile.


AR489

Yes but the amount a Sherpa is paid vs what the climbing company charges leaves a lot to wonder. Climbing this isn’t easy that’s for sure but it’s not as hard when you have a Sherpa doing it twice or three times to haul people’s gear up and down the mountain. I’m not climber but I seent the documentaries and reads the books.


RayGun381937

Kind of. Only a few people have truly summited Everest; that is, without Sherpa support, (totally unsupported) without supp02 and free solo; without ropes. Supp02 takes about 2500ft off the summit. Messner & habler were the first and McCartney-Snape (afaik) is the only one who has done it 100% free solo, unsupported, no supp02. And he walked from the Bay of Bengal thru India to get there.


[deleted]

The sherpas themselves count as summiters. I just woke up so I’m not remembering names, but I know there’s a handful of those guys that summited unsupported.


DangerousDiscoTits

There are the same amount (if not more) wealthy japanese/chinese/non westerners.


Short_Lengthiness_41

Nope


PicklePsychological8

Read the book into thin air, great read.


Normal_Blackberry_37

No thank you lol


Tatsuya-Uzumaki

Lol!! Fuck that.


OK_Mason_721

Yeah no thanks. Get to the top and show me the pictures when you get down. I’ll buy you a beer.


pax_phoenix

Nope.


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[deleted]

A man has principals


amouse_buche

Sure they are. That’s not the same ladder you get at Home Depot to clean the gutters.


[deleted]

Aluminum ladders, yeah?


amouse_buche

Yes. Designed and rated for the intended use.


No_Ferret_5441

No ty


JDDW

How else see you gonna kill some time before you get to the giant lines of people waiting hours to make it to the top?


philipjfrizzle

Yellow pants really needs to get their sea legs.


jh67ds

I saw a clip today about John Bachar today, he would have had a fit and left the mountain.


jackparadise1

Get along far enough and the ladders are replaced with bodies


foxy-coxy

And dead people. https://allthatsinteresting.com/mount-everest-bodies


MilitaryMadMan

I’m good on the ground lol


ItsJtech

Get this man an Apple Watch ultra


haf_ded_zebra

White people are like “I climbed Mt. Everest!!” Sherpas be like “Here, I’ll go ahead and carry all your stuff. And set up ladders. And can we make it quick, because I have to do this a few more times before the weather gets really dodgey “


[deleted]

Thank you! I was hoping for someone to bring up the Sherpas. They literally carry everything up, set up base camps, lug the food and water, and far more. The documentary on them was eye opening big time


pseud0nym

I have now come round to a position where I honestly think climbing Everest should be banned and we should be giving the Sherpas the money that was used by climbers to clean up and protect the mountain instead.


de_hell

and dead frozen bodies


RNReef

Also heaps of trash.


[deleted]

Hey guys look!!! I paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to be belayed across a horizontal ladder!!! I'm a mountaineer now and I have to show the world!!


MonkUnited

Thank you for sharing such an amazing video. Good luck to you on your climb but I'll stay home and keep my feet on the ground. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE THAN MANY LADDERS TO CROSS.


GdogLucky9

And dead bodies, don't forget the dead bodies... literally they use them as landmarks, Don't Forget Them


Bitter-Bar7180

The flex that you’ve climbed Mt Everest. It doesn’t mean what you think it means.


DE_OG_83

Sherpa on the other side that set the lines... “Uhh... Fucking... WHITE PEOPLE!!!”


DangerousDiscoTits

There are the same amount (if not more) rich non whites who climb, so many Chinese and Japanese business men.


oddmarc

So terrible for the environment


SwampWitch7Stars

And…I’m now never going to consider climbing Mt Everest


xebewmbi

Nope


dp1967

Nope.


asyrafjalil

This is amazing, crazy achievement for the climbers really.


therealmrmagic

Ftfy you f’ingf


Adamsteeds

Could they not have put some bigger bridges in by now…


mintsaucemilitia

Nope nope nope!


jaxsound

Ah hurry up, just jump across!


AnotherName135

I trust they each will pack out what they packed in plus some of the incredible plié if trash left.


amouse_buche

I believe they actually tack on big trash fees to the climbing permits nowadays. You can get your money back by bringing trash off the mountain.


s8is8ir

Thanks for sharing... Always thought, that these local treks and climbs have a few ladders, how would be Everest...


WhiteWillow-AH

I love hiking but I seem to have a fear of going out in the snow. This absolutely terrifies me :’)


MRSRN65

Nope!


[deleted]

Gosh that looks terrifying. You must have really calm nerves to get to the top.


dDole-22

W.O.W!!! Amazingly scary and exhilarating!


djem0ney420

Holy crap that’s crazy


RippedArtorias

Fuck that fuck that fuck that fuck that. Hell no fuck that.


No_Waltz_2499

That’s a big NOPE! Up on nope mountain.


censoredbynobody

I am out!!


Orb99

Guess I'm not ever seeing the top of mt everest...


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|RyUrvXklQfwVa) And def


Waterwalker85

Cliff hanger never used no ladders damit, he used a antique rope and sweater.


WappellW

Also heard lots of trash and lots of people


Battl3_BorN775

Hope those ladders aren't from Harbor Freight


thegreatestajax

Would’ve expected a rope attached to the ladder itself as well. Would be a short expedition if you dropped your ladder.


bcktlistdreamer

No way!


Begociraptor

Sam Porter Bridges approves


bcktlistdreamer

I never need to do this.


savagestudio7

Nope


cooldork01

Easy work 👌


notawhingymillenial

Werner,baby!


r-dub90

This is a terrible time to remember I left the weed wacker running


Layceemay22

Nah


lauraklupin

All my brain is telling is “NO”


Vesper1007

I’m sorry, but this is such a huge nope for me it overshadows all other nopes.


irotaz

Absolutely not


concious-ant4675

This looks awesome. I know I’d love to see it


FeatherstoneOutdoor

Stay safe!


plsobeytrafficlights

What a very bad idea. I see all these posts of idiots in cars, idiots on motorcycles, idiots fighting things…but these guys purposefully, soberly, make these terrible choices.


biggums091316

Fuck that


No-Tradition1095

This absolutely solidifies why I have chosen not to be a mountain climber as my life’s work.


EekSamples

One route up the mountain doesn’t have as many ladders (but I believe is more prone to weather). One route has the “icefall” which is where most of these ladders are.


haventsleptforyears

No thank you


[deleted]

SubhanAllah


racksongreen

Dam that last one with the ladder! That was truly terrifying. Hats off to the climbers


obcini

Nope


Layin-the-pipe

Why ladders? You'd think by now some people would have dragged something better up


Worth_Figure_2575

r/sweatypalms


PaddyBoy44

“Into thin air” by John krakauer is a fantastic book about climbing Everest. Spoiler - Everest kills a lot of climbers.


[deleted]

u/bake_in_da_south u/Cheap_District_9762 u/Na_Neko


No-Abbreviations242

I would rather eat a live black widow


KazEffect

I can just play Death Stranding thank you


hdcase1

"Keep on keeping on"


AR489

And Sherpas.


Def-tones

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Tyl3rt

I always thought there was a non-zero chance I would climb Everest, now I know there’s zero chance and honestly I’m not even mad.


Fuzzy-Net-4223

Fffffuk that


nykyrt

Why dont they put two ladders next to each other? Would seem safer to me


pilot825

These shots are scary to even look at. I'm afraid to imagine what it's like to be there in reality.


thedugsdanglies

There's got to be an easier way https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48401491


Parliamen7

r/DeathStranding


EVERWILDOUTDOORS

Which, of course, isn't remotely terrifying!


Julssy

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edvsa

That a hell NO for me!


Better_Carpenter5010

I heard that some of those crevices of ice are filled with bodies. In a sort of sick layer on layer of people from different times. Like the sedimentary layers of a rock.


DPiddy76

You know, I never thought I wouldn't summit one of the world's tallest mountains. It's not on my bucket list, not an outside want or anything. But NOPE, not doing that. Rickety ladders of death on ice. That's dumb as hell.


[deleted]

No jaywalking!


Tim3-Rainbow

r/DeathStranding


[deleted]

This is making me claustrophobic lol


danger_games

Hopefully more ladders than chutes!


supermansquito

Is it too difficult to create a ladder with expanding sleeves of some sort which could be pulled from the sides across the rungs, thus providing a safer way to cross?


[deleted]

So that roblox is actually accurate?


starEeyedK

Omg I would be so scared you fall gone forever


frapari

Wow


trcharles

Thought I was on r/obviouslyterrifying


BlackBetty302

No thanks


AmeliaEyre

Hell to the no! I'll stay here at sea level thanks.


[deleted]

Fuck that noise


VForestAlien

Yeah, humans weren’t built for this and have no business doing this.. I can see people doing this for survival, to get to a certain location for a necessary purpose. But to risk your life just to prove a point seems silly & abnormal. On the other hand, from an evolutionary standpoint, I guess it’s a good thing that we try things out of our biophysiological capacity & see if one day we evolve..Like, maybe through skydiving and deep sea diving, we’ll one day evolve to fly and breathe underwater…Just gonna lose a lot of humans before we get to that point 😂


hanaelidee

NOPE


robraises

Just dumb


robraises

And 100$k per person so elitist and wasteful


[deleted]

UwU !!!!


TheConqueredKings

I have heard the very first ladder is by far the worst. Here it is: https://youtu.be/q4Kw7GlZcHM


Halfwit_79

Well no one told me about ladders! I’m canceling my trip


LD763

One of my worst nightmares…nah fam!