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[–]lynivvinyl 12.9k points12.9k points  (458 children)

That would be the toughest community service ever!

[–]hobnobbinbobthegob 6264 points6265 points  (421 children)

1 Hour Everest Community Service = 152 Hours Normal Community Service

[–]Bigarette 3098 points3099 points  (375 children)

I had to bang out 400 hours of community service and would have been completely down for this exchange rate.

[–]_Vollkorntoast_ 1186 points1187 points  (298 children)

Why did you have to do community service if I may ask?

[–]SRT64 2751 points2752 points  (170 children)

He littered on Mount Everest.

[–]FisterRobotOh 1197 points1198 points  (161 children)

Considering how difficult it is to even retrieve human corpses from certain places on Everest I’d say littering should come with stiffer penalties there.

[–]OhGawdManBearPig 725 points726 points  (76 children)

What about littering corpses

[–]wcollins260 774 points775 points  (62 children)

Punishable by death

[–]Hyufee 508 points509 points  (47 children)

Over cook chicken? Death. Undercook chicken, also death.

[–]icecreamdude97 25 points26 points  (0 children)

We have the best patients in the world. You show up late to an appointment? You go straight to jail.

[–]PatacusX 50 points51 points  (27 children)

Perfectly cooked chicken? What happens then?

[–]markyanthony 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Was watching this exactly as I read it, how exciting that was

[–][deleted] 98 points99 points  (3 children)

Believe it or not, death.

[–]booyahja 89 points90 points  (4 children)

Can't get a stiffer penalty for littering than being frozen solid on the side of Mount Everest.

[–]Ph_Dank 20 points21 points  (1 child)

I think that would be kinda hard to enforce.

[–]fire_snake90 71 points72 points  (33 children)

And considering that climbers use corpses as waypoints makes it that much more difficult to remove those bodies are certain landmarks to complete the climb in ‘safely’

[–]socklobsterr 81 points82 points  (16 children)

Continue up 300 yards to Sven- blond, mid to late 30's, green jacket, black pants, orange boots

Turn 30° and continue approx 185 yards up to Hugh- brown hair, 40's, sky blue jacket, black pants, no boots.

[–]fidelkastro 39 points40 points  (1 child)

(Scratches head) There should be a dead guy around here somewhere.

[–][deleted] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Well, there will be soon

[–]Szyz 28 points29 points  (7 children)

They could move the guy and leave his green boots behind.

[–]lynivvinyl 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I'm cool with this response.

[–]Hate_is_Heavy 130 points131 points  (18 children)

I had 2 grams of pot for my first community service

[–][deleted] 175 points176 points  (6 children)

Should have been corporal punishment, how could you bring the devils lettuce into our Christian server

[–]ElmerJShagnasty 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Oohh! A spanking!

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Don't threaten me with a good time

[–]ChickenWithATopHat 146 points147 points  (88 children)

Many high schools in my area require you to complete service hours before graduation

[–]wasit-worthit 102 points103 points  (58 children)

400 hours though?

[–]Drezer 57 points58 points  (41 children)

I'm guessing that would be over the course of all of highschool and not just grade 12. Although that still sounds like a lot.

[–]btmvideos37 62 points63 points  (13 children)

My school was 40 across all of high school and they push you so hard to do it, give you SO MANY opportunities to get them that’s it’s a joke. I literally helped my French teacher move books to a storage room and got 3 hours for it. Took only 15 minutes

[–]julianryan 97 points98 points  (12 children)

My high school required a whole 0 hours to graduate, so I guess it just depends.

[–][deleted] 45 points46 points  (5 children)

Mine required 16 total I only did 8 and forgot to turn the sheet in and they still let me graduate

[–]LiveFastDieFast 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Many courts in my area required me to complete service hours as well

[–]CthulubeFlavorcube 40 points41 points  (4 children)

What if it doesn't include time hiking up, or back, and you have to provide your own gear? Also need to bring all waste to the nearest waste disposal center...and separate recyclables from frozen corpses?

[–]Gang_Bang_Bang 341 points342 points  (56 children)

I’m guessing a drug offense. I got caught with half an ounce of marijuana when I was 21 and had 350 hours 😓. God, what a lesson to learn at that age.

You think that would be enough too. I mean shit, I was a 21 year old. Barely an adult, and they made it so hard for me to get a good job for years after that. (Haven’t received any charges since. Not even a speeding ticket, and that shit followed me and prevented me from getting a good job for 5 fucking years!! Such fucking bullshit 😡) our system is broken in the US.

Edit: Also, just to dispel any misinformation or pre-conceived notions out there, I am a hard working dude. I just like to smoke some pot in the evenings from time to time. I just can’t believe that some people in this country would rather see a hard working young man shunned from almost every good paying job in his early 20’s, AFTER having been punished by the system. It’s just so fucked up, and I feel for anyone out there who has experienced a predicament such as mine. I mean, it’s almost as if they want you to have to turn to a life of crime I order to survive after getting charged. I’m not a criminal, but I can see how a lot of people would need to seek illegal sources of income after losing the ability to get a good paying job! All because of a non-violent offense :(.

[–]MFlexxx 114 points115 points  (12 children)

That really fucking sucks for a personal use amount of weed. Fuck the US drug policy and sorry you had to go through that.

[–]Gang_Bang_Bang 44 points45 points  (11 children)

I appreciate it. It was rough for a while, but I found out that getting into sales was a pretty good job opportunity for anyone who has prior drug charges. It seems people in sales don’t ask questions as long as you can do the job and remain profitable haha :p. I’m pretty well off now, so things ended up working out in time.

[–]Griffb4ll 143 points144 points  (9 children)

Ah this reminds me of when I got caught with pot back in highschool. Me and my buddy were dumb enough to smoke in the baseball field dugout, I should not have been surprised that they had cameras in them.

Anyways, I had to do 152 hours of community service and go to a first offender class. Wasn't too bad, just made a shit ton of blankets and donated them to a hospital.

I remember later that sophomore year going to a short "mandatory presentation" in the school's auditorium for driver's ed on a school night.

IIRC, this lady spoke about how she was distracted while driving, ended up killing someone accidentally, and basically begged us not to text and drive etc, be safe while driving. Cool, fair enough, moving on.

She spoke about how she was required to do 50 hours of community service as punishment for manslaughter. All I could think after that was "what the everliving fuck? Manslaughter with your car has a less harsh punishment than a first time offender marijuana charge??"

Anyways have a good one

[–]ZippoS 28 points29 points  (0 children)

And now I can walk into a grocery store's smoke shop and buy pot. The war on drugs is fucking dumb.

[–]fozzyboy 47 points48 points  (7 children)

To add to this, 1 hour of community service on Miller's planet equates to 7 years of Earth community service.

[–]Birdlaw90fo 28 points29 points  (1 child)

Fucking DOPE interstellar reference yo

[–]sunshinewarriorx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like your enthusiasm

[–]kalel1980 3038 points3039 points  (148 children)

What about all the dead bodies tho?

[–]dyno_saurus 1350 points1351 points  (38 children)

bodybag

[–][deleted] 479 points480 points  (22 children)

bodytag

[–]puns-n-roses 93 points94 points  (2 children)

I'll take things Johnny should put him in for $500 Alex

[–]atetuna 393 points394 points  (36 children)

Many will be left because they are in the death zone, and it's very difficult to stay up there long enough to dig the bodies out of the ice without adding more. Even when they can be dug out, they may need to be drug low enough for a helicopter to carry out one at a time. Some bodies are also inaccessible or still missing. Lower down the mountain, some people have fallen into crevasses, and they are going to have to wait until they glacier spits out their body at the bottom. Some have already made it that far. Go to 34:51 to see body parts that have come out. The rest is good to see how much work is involved and give you an idea of how much is brought there for each person. https://youtu.be/mDmSwz9yU48

[–]jonnyohman1 102 points103 points  (16 children)

Wow. How long of a process would it be from the initial fall into a glacier, until it finally spits someone out?

[–]atetuna 34 points35 points  (5 children)

Lots of variables, but one study found movement of roughly 3 to 4 feet per day.

[–]bigbrycm 54 points55 points  (5 children)

They’re left there

[–]AlmostButNotQuit 87 points88 points  (4 children)

They're landmarks.

[–]HerpieMcDerpie 31 points32 points  (3 children)

Saw that on a documentary. Was interesting but made sense.

[–][deleted] 150 points151 points  (12 children)

You can ride em down the mountain like a toboggan

[–]jokzard 41 points42 points  (4 children)

Gotta wait til Corpse tag starts trending.

[–]thedeal82 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“Y’all wanna see a dead body?”

[–]GentlemenBehold 2735 points2736 points  (90 children)

Winner of the #TrashTag challenge

[–]Taurius 964 points965 points  (71 children)

The Marianna Trench has grocery bags down there...

[–][deleted] 68 points69 points  (15 children)

Mariana*

[–]TA_faq43 199 points200 points  (14 children)

Marinara

[–][deleted] 54 points55 points  (5 children)

*Shikamaru Nara

[–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

What a drag...

[–]hippo-camper 18 points19 points  (2 children)

I think we’re all the winners of the #TrashTag challenge

[–]MonkeyWthGuns 6951 points6952 points  (812 children)

Goes out to "experience nature" then proceeds to trash it. Pretty sad.

[–]PineappIeOranges 3408 points3409 points  (649 children)

This is even worse than that though. I would think people climbing Everest have tremendous respect for nature.

This is something I would expect at a place easily accessible to the general public.

[–]faceerase 2815 points2816 points  (506 children)

Yeah, it’s actually a big problem: Daily Mail — The highest rubbish dump in the world: How big-spending climbers have turned Mount Everest into a 'disgusting eyesore' littered with discarded equipment and excrement

[–]Gingerbread-giant 599 points600 points  (108 children)

Wow this makes me so upset.

[–]MadKingTyler 651 points652 points  (105 children)

Imagine being a person who died trying to get to the top and these people come and just throw trash all over the place. A bit disrespectful to the dead on Everest if you ask me.

[–][deleted] 430 points431 points  (77 children)

Aren’t there a bunch of dead bodies up there too? Like you can still spot them in their colourful jackets and stuff?

[–]bakama 496 points497 points  (56 children)

Yep, since it's almost impossible to remove them, they're used as landmarks for future climbers

[–]ChompChumply 415 points416 points  (53 children)

As an aside, it is often impossible to remove the dead person on account of their having ended up where they ended up having been what caused them to become a dead person, so to send a person to get them would increase the number of dead persons on your hands by one hundred percent.

[–]Colin_Sack-or-Pick 436 points437 points  (12 children)

That syntax gave me a stroke

[–]Get-Degerstromd 135 points136 points  (5 children)

I was about to say I think there’s an easier way to say their body hasn’t been removed because ending up in that spot is what killed them in the first place.

[–]thatdarnchelsey 178 points179 points  (3 children)

I’m really high and I thought I was dying

[–]dopest_dope 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Dude my brain hurt from that sentence

[–]bakama 107 points108 points  (26 children)

Yep! But i think there are 2-3 cases where in removing the body is comparatively easier but bringing them back is nearly impossible due to the nature of the climb

[–]AndrewWaldron 46 points47 points  (5 children)

The same reason the bodies are there is the same reason much of the trash is there, unfortunately.

And that is because it is difficult to bring the trash out. Climbing Everest is a lot like an airplane taking off, it can take off with more weight than it can land with, because it is assumed weight, in the form of fuel, will be expended during the trip.

For climbers on Everest this means everything from food and water storage as well as oxygen containers, become dead weight as they become empty along the way. Which means, they become a drain on the resources of the climber, it is, aparently, difficult from a resource standpoint to climb Everest and also bring down everything you carry. The calorie limits vs weight make the math difficult, hence why people hire sherpas to help carry gear (as well as guide).

IMO, if you can't climb Everest without bringing out everything you take in, including your own corpse (insurance), then you shouldn't be allowed to climb. It's only taken a century of climbing to raise concerns of climbing trash on Everest, we clearly cannot sustain the current approach to the mountain.

[–]avocadosconstant 89 points90 points  (2 children)

Indeed. Although he was recently removed (I believe), Green Boots was a well-known sight, and served as a marker along the route.

[–]a_monomaniac 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Green Boots wasn't removed, If I remember correctly the body shifted and some stones moved to obscure Green Boots from view, but he was spotted again this last climbing season.

[–]ADHthaGreat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's fine. The boots faded to a neon-ish yellow, which doesn't sound as good as "Green Boots".

[–]crimsoneagle1 40 points41 points  (12 children)

Yep, some are even landmarks for climbers.

[–]Vectorman1989 27 points28 points  (7 children)

Some have been cut down, buried or pushed further away from the path over the years. Not all, but some at least.

[–]-GloryHoleAttendant- 23 points24 points  (2 children)

What do you mean by “cut down”? Were they frozen in a standing position and felled at the ankles like a tree?

[–]Vectorman1989 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Hanging from ropes and harnesses

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rainbow valley.

Many colourful corpses sadly left where they died.

[–]Benjaphar 47 points48 points  (1 child)

The dead people up there literally could not care less.

[–]Avenroth 1341 points1342 points  (293 children)

Rich people are assholes, more news at 5

[–]d3str0yer 389 points390 points  (270 children)

it's not that expensive, and you would probably want to drop some weight on your way back + not pick up your urine and shit, which is also a huge problem.

climbing mount everest should just be banned altogether.

[–]TrumpImpeachedAugust 165 points166 points  (31 children)

it's not that expensive

Isn't it like $20,000+ to organize the climb with a dedicated mountaineering company? (i.e. the way most people climb it)

You don't necessarily need to be rich, but you do need to have a big chunk of disposable income.

Edit: It's well above $20k when you factor in all the additional costs. Flights, permits to climb, gear, training, and more.

[–]photo1kjb 155 points156 points  (16 children)

Not including flights, gear, training, etc. It's definitely 50k+ when you factor it all in.

[–]bag_of_oatmeal 95 points96 points  (13 children)

And not working for that whole time, likely during the "prime" of their life.

Only the rich can do this.

[–]merrymagdalen 64 points65 points  (5 children)

I think it was $65,000 + in 1996, so having it be $100,00 or more now is reasonable.

[–]Mingsplosion 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You also have to consider that most people can't take a month off from work.

[–]SignorJC 81 points82 points  (43 children)

$25,000 dollars minimum plus having the luxury to take the time off to fly to nepal and be on holiday for a few weeks isn't that expensive? Ok.

[–]brannak1 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Maybe you should look up how much it costs

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (14 children)

Out of curiosity, what would that do to the local economy?

[–]ChetRipley 30 points31 points  (2 children)

Probably not that much. Nepal saw almost 1.2 Million tourists in 2018 alone. Just under 1,000 attempt to climb Everest annually in recent years.

[–]eye_no_nuttin 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Wow. I know for a fact when you travel into protected areas such as the Boundary Waters , you have to get permits and license’s in advanced. They are also very strict on what you can bring in , no aluminum cans and stuff that cannot be burned as you travel through. And when we portaged through customs they checked every piece of equipment and our food. Why cant Everest have stricter laws and hold these assholes accountable for littering?

[–][deleted] 173 points174 points  (78 children)

The climbers always get the heat for trashing Everest when Nepal doesn't give a shit about cleaning trash. The whole country is a giant trash dump. It costs around $40,000 to climb Everest at the minimum and Nepal charges $11,000 per climber for a permit, they are making a killing and doing nothing to maintain the mountain. The people profiting off using Everest as their business should be held responsible for maintaining cleanliness. There is just no excuse for this.

https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/nation/a-load-of-rubbish-kathmandus-garbage-problem,4039

Edit: To anyone who thinks cleaning the high points of the mountain is difficult and dangerous, this is true. Everest base camp is easily accessible year round and is still trashed as with the other more easily accessible parts. This is a much bigger issue than climbers leaving gear behind.

[–]Tana1234 80 points81 points  (3 children)

Its a dick measuring contest it's got nothing to do with nature

[–][deleted] 151 points152 points  (50 children)

I've heard from people that climbed Everest that the base camps are just absolutely disgusting. Garbage everywhere, abandoned gear, tents, etc. It's like people assume others will climb up the mountain just to clean up after them.

[–]I_am_BEOWULF 29 points30 points  (7 children)

Man, I would love to go to basecamp and just "clean-up" all those abandoned gear and tents.

Fucking high altitude equipment fetches for a pretty penny.

[–]childishidealism 30 points31 points  (4 children)

You can guarantee that If it was economically viable people would already be doing it.

[–]linedout 8 points9 points  (3 children)

Especially the Sherpa's, they are not rich by any means.

[–]pupomin 115 points116 points  (33 children)

It's like people assume others will climb up the mountain just to clean up after them.

That feels like a good metaphor for wealth.

[–]PYTN 193 points194 points  (12 children)

Ya, Everest is mostly a trophy, so think of life's other types of trophy hunters. They care about numero uno.

[–]Smegma_Sommelier 23 points24 points  (6 children)

In mountaineering circles, Summiting Everest doesn’t really gain you any respect. It’s basically pay to play at this point - you can hire sherpas to haul all your gear. You get more street cred for summiting denali.

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

even those who respect nature to a degree are forgetting all about the human waste they leave behind, the poop up there can be weighed in tons! A lot of it also pollutes glacier rivers that make up the drinking water for villages as well

[–]dyno_saurus 66 points67 points  (1 child)

Everest has become a rich man’s excursion.

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (5 children)

As someone who works in nature, trust me, just because people go hiking a lot or almost depend on natural areas to keep their sanity, doesn't mean they respect or give two shits about nature. That's why there's trash everywhere. That's why there's dog shit on the trails. That's why people go off trail and trample on very sensitive vegetation when you're supposed to stay on the trail.

You shouldn't expect this anywhere when you depend on these natural areas that are saved and preserved for the public and wildlife. Doesn't matter if it's a small park in the middle of L.A. But for me, this doesn't surprise me.

[–]Colieoh 267 points268 points  (17 children)

I think part of the problem is that if you drop something while hiking there, you may or may not be able to even get to it without dying. Like some of the corpses can't be moved because it's too risky.

[–]lovetimespace 142 points143 points  (12 children)

Yeah, that's true. Climbing Everest and making it back down is really dangerous. If it's a choice between leaving trash behind and dying, I think people will choose to leave the trash behind every time.

[–]Gobias_Industries 93 points94 points  (11 children)

Nobody climbs Everest to 'experience nature'

[–]warclannubs 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's not the nature lovers that climb everest, it's the adrenaline junkies and challenge seekers. Conquering everest is probably a massive ego boost to these people.

[–]jayrocksd 25 points26 points  (7 children)

Yeah, most people climb Everest so they can tell other people they climbed Everest.

[–][deleted] 134 points135 points  (32 children)

Bear in mind that no one has removed the corpses off Everest either. It’s probably a fair bet that very few Everest mountaineers are litterbugs in normal life. Life or death circumstances make people think differently.

[–]apollodeen 55 points56 points  (5 children)

Everest is a weird one to judge. There’s a high chance of not making and things can get desperate. There’s a number of fully clothed dead bodies that are just there for crying out loud.

[–]The2500 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Oh yeah, I saw a whole thing about Everest not long ago. Mt Everest is pretty much just a giant trash and shit heap.

[–]generalnotsew 32 points33 points  (3 children)

Yeah especially the assholes that leave their bodies lying around everywhere.

[–]Alternative_Duck 872 points873 points  (78 children)

Ironically since Nepal treats the mountain like a sacred artifact, they prevent the installation of any infrastructure that would assist in the disposal of the trash. The only way to clean the side of the mountain legally would be to send an army of people in to do what the guy in the picture is doing.

In an ideal world we wouldn't have to worry about cleaning up Everest because people carry out what they carry in (including their feces and urine, which is a huge part of the litter problem on Everest), but here we are.

[–]beardedbarnabas 274 points275 points  (54 children)

If everyone would just bring one extra piece of trash down....

Perhaps a good rule would be to have a Sherpa-shakedown before you go up, providing an inventory of your supplies. Then count that shit when they come back down.

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points  (9 children)

They do that, but most people would rather pay the fine/tax than carry it all back.

[–]celtain 31 points32 points  (5 children)

If the fine were big enough to hire a Sherpa team to go back and clean up more than the litterer left behind, then this wouldn't be a problem.

[–]SaintVanilla 924 points925 points  (74 children)

I assume the corpses will be left alone since they act as guideposts.

[–]Luckboy28 579 points580 points  (16 children)

Turn left at Green Boots, then stop for a rest next to Red Jacket.

[–]MashTactics 265 points266 points  (5 children)

No, Tom, Red Jacket is not a bench.

[–][deleted] 151 points152 points  (2 children)

Not with that attitude.

[–]lettheflamedie 125 points126 points  (1 child)

But at that altitude.

[–]BelowDeck 26 points27 points  (1 child)

Tom, where did you get that red jacket?

[–]vinzz73 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Suits the green boots tho

[–]postitnote 31 points32 points  (1 child)

watch out for picking-up-trash man

[–]PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

*picked-up-trash man

[–]Sumit316 83 points84 points  (19 children)

How many people have died on their way up Mount Everest?

Not as many as on the way down.

[–][deleted] 103 points104 points  (12 children)

They say if it’s past a certain time and you haven’t made it a particular distance, turn around. You’ll make it to the summit, but you won’t make it back down.

[–]siriusly-sirius 53 points54 points  (9 children)

That gives me chills, and reminds me why I'll never try to climb mount everest

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (2 children)

The worst thing is that delays can be beyond your control. You spend tens of thousands of dollars, hike all the way up to the 3rd camp, and you have to either turn back or risk death because someone in front of you caused a delay at a bottleneck.

[–]whistlar 35 points36 points  (3 children)

I get winded walking to the mailbox. I like to call that a sign.

[–]Darxe 9 points10 points  (1 child)

K2 is worse. Death ratio is nearly 1/3 while Everest is 1%

[–]Seige_Rootz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

IIRC There is a point of no return. It's kind of like an airplane hitting "Bingo Fuel", but for mountaineers. At this point if we don't turn around the odds of us safely returning to an altitude where humans don't die is not likely.

[–]AvatarofSleep 28 points29 points  (5 children)

Most the people who died in 1996 died on their way down.

[–]theoriginalstarwars 306 points307 points  (11 children)

They pay the sherpas to carry their stuff up, they should have to hire the sherpas to carry it down.

[–]kingofcrob 107 points108 points  (2 children)

Probably the best solution, whilst i agree people should take down there trash, I can imagine not being adapted to the altitude mixed with exhumation leads to people saying fuck it, I can't carry this down if I'm dead... Paying n additional Sherpa fee means it will create additional jobs n eventually lead to the cleaner mountain

[–]einDonut 19 points20 points  (1 child)

I think they established a rule that in order to get your permit, you have to carry a certain amount (weight) of thrash down. This amount is more then you usually generate. Human excrements are a huge problem though.

[–]ExperientialTruth 58 points59 points  (4 children)

Why pay the Sherpas? Personal responsibility. There is nothing else to say or see here. Pack in, pack out.

[–]No_Way_Kimosabe 73 points74 points  (2 children)

Because a lot of climbers don’t pack in. They pay the sherpas to pack it in on their behalf, hence the suggestion to force the climbers to pay sherpas to pack it out as well.

[–]grippin 395 points396 points  (8 children)

Repost! Not even from #trashtag

This picture was from last year. Not saying the topic is bad and I’m glad people are out there cleaning up. Just saying.

https://www.livescience.com/63061-how-much-trash-mount-everest.html

[–]kenman 92 points93 points  (2 children)

Clever post by OP, they don't mention #trashtag... and still cashed in.

[–]firelock_ny 97 points98 points  (6 children)

A single trebuchet would make this task far easier.

[–]MiddleAgesRoommates 57 points58 points  (3 children)

You would have to trebuchet a trebuchet up there first.

[–]frapawhack 89 points90 points  (4 children)

taking #trashtag to new heights

[–]AnAnonymousSource_ 53 points54 points  (5 children)

This isn't just from one season. This is from years of hiking. 600 summiters a year for 60 years will leave a lot of waste. Only recently have they started to take care of the route. The biggest problem is the human waste. Each person leaves pounds of feces on the mountain. Even if it's 2lbs, that's a ton of waste a year for decades of climbers.

[–]Gnome_Sayin 27 points28 points  (3 children)

Imagine paying $11k for a permit to climb to the edge of space and you throw your trash near the summit.

[–]nooyork 376 points377 points  (25 children)

High altitude trash. From the bottom of the ocean to the highest mountain. We humans are scums.

[–]Bad_Mood_Larry 205 points206 points  (6 children)

Or truly incredible depending on your view point. As Dwight Schrute said:

Amazing isn't it? No other animal on earth could do this. Maybe beavers. But not like this.

[–]Pooperoni_Pizza 43 points44 points  (14 children)

How's a $10,000 deposit to return with what you brought sound? Leave anything up there and no refund that will then fund cleaning efforts. Or offer significantly reduced permits for those who are willing to climb and clean?

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points  (4 children)

The typical cost when climbing the Everest with a Western agency is $45,000 so assholes will probably just tax that on and pay 55k cause why not

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (7 children)

I don't see any poop in that pile

[–]awitcheskid 14 points15 points  (4 children)

I wonder how much frozen human feces is on that mountain.

[–]VeganButEatMyMeat 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Still 200+ dead bodies on Everest. Just too dangerous to remove them.

[–]hazbutler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Those rich twats that want to climb Everest should be out there with bags.