Comment by pavlov
2 months ago
I didn’t have DOGE on this bingo card (though Mt Everest certainly was).
It now sounds even more like a hobby club for Silicon Valley ultra-rich who have no interest to learn anything about how government works. Once they finish their beautiful “reinvented from first principles” decks of PDFs and Keynotes, they won’t get a second look from the elected politicians whose support they absolutely need to deliver any of this.
Or, as the meme would say, “men will literally pretend to singlehandedly save America from decades of deficits rather than go to therapy.”
Mount Everest is 2km higher than 6800m. Go walk for 25-40 minutes, and then imagine going that distance straight up instead.
Trying to climb it without any training and getting anywhere close to succeeding is probably at best suicidal and at worst endangers/kills a rescue team or some portion thereof.
Not a mountaineer, but relatively well read on the subject.
There are enough abuses, litter and other bad things you would contribute to if you climb it. I've concluded that a photo is all I need. I'll try to climb mt fuji which I understand is isn't abused - though I would double check that if I ever have opportunity (i'd have to live 2500 years for that to make it to the top of my todo list)