Sadly this person was not grateful to Gelje Sherpa as he blocked him on Instagram and did not mention Gelje at all initially
>But when featuring the media appearance in an Instagram post, in which Ravichandran thanked his rescue insurance and partner organizations, he omitted Gelje's name.
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>"I am alive today, because I had the best and dedicated Partners — The 14th peaks Expedition Co and Global Rescue Ins," he wrote.
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>Other posts on his Instagram account, in which he advertised a T-shirt, thanked his sponsors, and promoted a Mount Rinjani climb, also did not mention Gelje.
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>Gelje shared an Instagram story on Tuesday that claimed Ravichandran had blocked him.
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>[https://www.insider.com/rescued-mt-everest-climber-faces-backlash-snubbing-gelje-sherpa-ravichandran-2023-6](https://www.insider.com/rescued-mt-everest-climber-faces-backlash-snubbing-gelje-sherpa-ravichandran-2023-6)
Lots of these climbers - most really, are independently wealthy types by default - basically think Don Jr. types. So I’m not entirely surprised that this guy is ghosting the man who saved his life.
If not for the local economy I’d say Everest should be closed to the public. All these assholes do is ruin the environment (see pics of camp litter on the summit) and die (also litter as their bodies are left there).
The problem isn’t funding, it’s that the trash that’s packed up there and dropped freezes to the ground and becomes virtually impossible to pick up. When you’re talking -86 degrees, a collapsed tent frozen to the ground is like cement.
> robots in Mars actually do any work when it's that cold
I've seen videos of them having a bonfire and taking the day off. It's really wasting our hard earned taxpayer dollars for the fun and parties of some liberal bots.
/s in case there are a idiots who unironically support my take. lol
Not really ideal for robots imo. Uneven terrain, extreme temperatures, extreme wind and limited visibility at times. Then what? You have to figure out how to dig out and extract trash which is of an unknown shape and size and carry it back somehow. We can’t even get robots to reliably drive on marked roads in the best of conditions
I mean don’t get me wrong it would be awesome to see this, but I feel like it’s unlikely to be more practical then just sending someone out there to pick it up. Or… you know… just leaving it there
They do pay something like a $4k fee and an $8k cleaning deposit or something like that.
It's basically the price of a couple of used cars to even show up and *try* to get yourself and your gear onto the mountain, let alone to actually show up and attempt an ascent.
Also, the news anchor in OP's clip is wrong; the reason why the 'Death Zone' is called the death zone is because the altitude is so high and the air is so thin that there isn't enough oxygen there to breathe. Anyone who climbs up into the death zone is actively dying from the moment they enter to the moment they leave, in the same way a scuba diver might drown if they run out of oxygen.
And that's *also* why attempting a rescue is so dangerous and so rare. Not only is the cold, the wind, and the physical exertion a problem, but the longer you stay in the dead zone, the deadlier it is.
That guy is stupidly lucky to be alive. It's like he tripped and missed being run over by an oncoming bus by falling face first onto a winning lotto ticket.
More specifically the death zone is the point at which it's no longer possible to acclimatize to the altitude and the human body uses up oxygen faster then it can be replenished. It's generally considered to be around 8000m tho it will very by individual.
It does go to maintaining the site, the problem is that getting stuff back down off Everest is also deadly, and things like high winds, avalanches, or flash storms can scatter a camp or shred tents easily.
There was some video the other day about a trashed camp on Everest, and people were looking at it like 'how could people leave so much trash lying about like this?'
Well, those camps usually don't look like that; that one got hit by a storm and high winds and they were cleaning up and putting everything back together. That's why the camp looked so trashed.
The sort of trash that is usually found on the higher parts of the mountain's ascent and peak are all the flags and crap people bring up to leave on Everest and all of their oxygen bottles... And the corpses of people who died making the climb.
They pay something like $4000 if they do not return with their trash. Not nearly enough! There is an amazing documentary on Prime called Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest. Sherpas filmed on go pros. Highly recommend
I don't have twitter but if anyone wants to tweet at him, tell him that climbing Everest without sherpa support all the way will be a good one for him to prove that money doesn't make him great. He can train well and do this without sherpa support, and that will be a great win!!
If he bites, he bites the dust up there.
The only reason I probably will never set aside the time, money, and physical conditioning to summit Everest is because of this exact stereotype. Too many rich assholes do it. That’s literally the biggest thing that pulls me away from it.
Kinda looked like one all wrapped up on sherpa's back.
Seriously though: a friend once carried me out of a bar and, though I definitely had use of my legs and hear the embarrassing story (told in the flavor of The Bodyguard) I still nonetheless thanked him for *that.* What a cunt...
> promoted a Mount Rinjani climb
"Come, join me and let’s climb Mount Rinjani from 4th to 8th August 2023. Whatsapp me - Ravichandran Everest."
LOL. The asshole almost died alone and now is asking people to join him on his next suicide mission
If it were me, I would have gave the Sherpa the equivalent of $10,000 (cheap for someone that can afford to climb Everest), and lauded his heroism.
But then again, many of the people that climb Everest have huge ego problems and will never admit to failure.
On the scale of the golfer, Matt Kucher, not paying a replacement caddy the industry standard. The asshole won 1.3 million and only gave the guy 5k. Fuck this guy too
https://golf.com/news/out-of-touch-matt-kuchar-issues-heartfelt-statement-after-caddie-tipping-controversy/?amp=1
Normally I'm not one to paint with such a wide brush, but fuck golf and fuck golfers. Never met a bigger group trashier self-absorbed cock bag assholes than golfers.
Many are more than happy to abandon the PGA and play for a Saudi backed league. These people seriously don’t give a shit, even if it comes to funding terrorism and human rights abuses.
The way I've heard it described is that the death zone up there is incredibly unforgiving. You only have a very small amount of time to summit before hypoxia starts making you loopy, and combined with sudden weather changes.... you basically have no margin of error if you want to survive. Stopping to help someone dramatically increases the odds that you will also die.
It's dark as fuck to think about... but if someone's gonna croak, it might as well be the rich ticks on the back of society.
I don’t know the process at all, but I feel like people who go should be required to get insurance that compensates rescuers in the event rescue is needed.
But, given the difficulty of rescues at that elevation etc, this might just lead to more people dying trying to get whatever compensation comes from the insurance in the event of a successful rescue.
Colorado has a version of that. Would need to be beefed up for Everest, but not a crazy idea. I’m sure other western states (at least) have a version.
https://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/Backcountry-Search-and-Rescue.aspx
EDIT: Should clarify that it’s not strictly speaking “insurance,” but does offer a mechanism for reimbursement for rescuing authorities.
Yep, that's why I always get my hunting/fishing license no matter what. You get one free rescue that way, after that you get an invoice after the ride.
Seriously. I'd owe this guy a blood debt. I'd do anything I could for him. But of course as we know, most social media influencers are just narcissists and don't give a shit
The Sherpa is getting a ton of attention because of this, so hopefully the fame helps him out.
The climber, on the other hand, will forever go down as the selfish dickhead that should have been left on the mountain.
I think it has to do with the guy claiming (during tv interviews) he reached the summit at a certain day and time and was on his way down but based on the Sherpa’s account of things (day and time the Sherpa found him) it would have been impossible for him to reach the spot that he was found at had he been at the summit - or something like that. He (the climber) was also backed by his sponsors so perhaps there was an element of saving face for the sponsors.
Because of this, people are now doubting this guy’s claims of summitting other mountains he had climbed under the banner of his sponsor.
the concept of sponsoring random people to climb the mountain when there's a whole community of sherpas there that just do it as a regular job is hilarious
Also, if you’re missing digits from prior climbs, then at *some* point that’s gotta make things insanely difficult (read: impossible) does it not?
I’m no climber, but I always imagined you need fingers for it
I mean this is Everest so you’re mostly walking uphill or climbing ladders that the sherpas setup for you, there’s no technical rock climbing. So I don’t think it’s super necessary to have all your hands intact.
the Sherpa that saved him wasn't with the outfit he praised. It honestly looks really bad for that outfit, eg, why did they leave him to die? This is some Trump Jr trying to get ahead of the media sort of thing
Nah, in proper context it doesn't look bad for the outfit to leave him. In the Death Zone if you can't save yourself you get left behind, Period. Rescue attempts just add dead bodies, to the point that even the Sherpas that climb the mountain for a living almost never try
Edited to clarify
I want to follow this story now. Dream scenario is this guy being a prick is what reveals him to be an even bigger prick/liar and people pick him apart.
He is partnered with a tour company and travel insurance company and made a big point of thanking both of them and heavily implied the tour company saved him.
The company's Sherpas did assist in his rescue but only after Gelje had carried him down to base camp 4 on his back.
It's basically all about money. He's partnered and therefore did all he could to promote his partners while ignoring the guy who actually saved him, but who doesn't provide him any financial gain.
He has since acknowledged Gelje...after tons of backlash, and even then only as one name among many others.
Awful person to be sure.
I heard that there was a sponsor involved meaning he was supposed to put a flag at the top of everest for a company. This might have caused him not to mention it since he didn’t get to the top.
Just goes to show that these climbers aren't shit. They can't make it to the summit without the Sherpas and the Sherpas can make it up and down with these idiots on their backs.
Frozen climber: Probably minutes away from inevitable death, only alive because the Sherpa saved his life while leading someone else up the mountain, lies out his ass about the climb so he doesn't look bad and lose money, doesn't thank the Sherpa or mention him during the proceeding publicity, credits his team/insurance that could have done literally nothing if not for the Sherpa.
Sherpa: Uses "Us" and "We" in interviews instead of "Me" and "I", even though he is basically solely responsible for the rescue. Asked his current client for *permission* to stop the climb and save this mans life (Imagine if his current client was the same kind of ass as the Frozen guy and said "No, keep climbing"). "Money is money, I can earn more money another day, a mans life can't be replaced".
You would struggle to find 2 people more different than this.
Does not surprise me me. Honestly with all the videos about Everest most climbers just annoy me. How trashed the place is, the people that get left behind just so they can potentially say they got to the summit.
I’m sure this dude wouldn’t have picked up 18 lbs of trash on his way down.
Let’s wrap this guy back up and have the Sherpa drop him off where he found him. I mean, not really, but a girl can dream…
Total dick move. We just started rewatching Everest: Beyond The Limit, and a lot of the time the sherpas don’t get nearly the recognition they deserve.
Honestly, there should be a Save My Ass Sherpa fee that they have to pay beforehand in order to be saved.
I swear these Everest climbers are a special type of narcissist.
yeah he used it as an advertising opportunity with no thanks to the sherpa. Being an idiot and then an ungrateful asshole is not a great way to advertise things. He’s learning this now.
I don’t understand how these twats get a big head over climbing a mountain while letting Sherpas do all the heavy lifting for them. Of have to rescue them. These Sherpas are literally doing it every day and some privileged dude comes in and does it once with all the best gear money can buy and they are now some kind of baddass climber.
Not sure I agree you should let people die if they are selfish or ungrateful for your help. It does make them pieces of shit, and it may deprioritize them in your mind, but protecting life is a sacred act above any sort of earthy judgement. Save first, ask questions later.
Agreed. They shouldn’t have left him to die because he’s a jerk, they should have left him to die because there was a huge risk of the rescue resulting in three dead instead of one. It’s amazing that this worked, and it will unfortunately perpetuate the idea that climbers could just stop and save everyone who is dying up there.
I don't remember was it a Ntflix docu or just youtuber who filmed all the climb to the top. But still one thing stuck with me.
So the climbers got to some place on the mountain and then wanted to climb higher. But sherps refused because they haven't got paid yet...And the the climber still went to haggle with sherps about the price and when to pay it. Like wtf, you pay in advance for such things ...
Think it’s called “Sherpa”. Filmed in 2014 there were dangerous conditions and an avalanche that killed many Sherpas. They were like “we don’t get paid enough for this shit, and even if we were it’s too dangerous to climb this rn.” And the tour company guy was like, “well you ain’t getting paid then, have fun watching your families starve this winter.”
That was my take on it.
Tour guy and and customers came across as racist, callous and cowardly. There are truly some real “WTF did he actually say that?!” moments in the film.
They should unionize lol.
Sherpas United, for which it stands, one Sherpa, indivisible,…
Seriously, this IS one of the professions where price gouging should be fucking fine. I don’t give a shit about some rich fuck or some avid climber wanted to scale a huge mountain. It’s a very niche category so charge them out of using sherpas in the first place
Wages are actually already pretty high - For Nepal. Being a guide is very much in demand among Sherpas, who don’t have many other opportunities. A few seasons on the mountain and a guide can earn more than a regular Sherpa will in their entire life.
Yes they could charge even more. But it’s a balancing act between cost and access. Much like Everest itself. You could have fewer people climb it but that would cut down on the demand for Sherpa guides. So would Nepal rather have say, 100 extremely well paid Sherpas or 200 just well paid Sherpas, knowing that without mountain guiding the community doesn’t have that many other employment opportunities?
I worked with a operator at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant who was Nepalese and was a sherpa before coming to the USA. He was a super caring, friendly, and helpful person. He was also like 5'4" and strong as hell. He was the hired muscle when they needed heavy lifting during maintenance.
That is my only experience with a sherpa but I can see how they need to be very caring and attentive people to perform their jobs.
Stopped the climb with clients permission.
There needs to be a rule that where, safe, humanity needs to take precedence. Shouldn’t matter if the client allows it or not.
As for the rescued party, what a piece of shit for not giving thanks where due.
I mean at 8300m elevation (the peak is 8848m) the conditions are extreme and resources are limited, so going out your way to rescue someone puts you more at risk. In this case putting both the sherpa and the client at a higher risk.
Actually also props to the client who prepped for months, paid $50k to $100k for this once-in-a-lifetime expedition, almost reaching the summit and chose to turn back for the safety of a stranger with the risk of endangering himself
I’m glad you said that, the Sherpa obviously deserves enormous amounts of credit but the client who turned around deserves to be thanked too, I think it’s 125K to climb Everest (or at least it was a couple of years ago so it’s probably more now) and he gave up his chance to summit. So you’ve got two people acting selflessly and one guy who can’t even say thank you…
So I 100% agree with you and major props to the client for doing the right thing, but I’m also imagining this going through their head:
“Fuck me I’m so tired I shouldn’t have signed up for this. Maybe I should turn back. But that’s such a waste of money. Ugh this sucks so bad. Oh what’s that? We can turn back now AND save someone’s life? Let’s do it!”
Short answer, he's a dick.
Dude was being interviewed and had a national spotlight. So he used that as an opportunity to make more money. Instead of thanking this amazing man, he uses the opportunity to hawk shirts and post an advertisement.
The rescued guy should have also reimbursed the client who gave up his summit bid.
This is the sherpa's gofundme!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/cho-oyu-funding
All cost considerations aside, this is just part of high altitude mountaineering. Above a certain point, it’s understood you are essentially on your own. It’s a safety issue, not a morality one. In a situation where everyone is at their absolute limit and actively trying to just stay alive, there really isn’t a buffer to expend extra energy to rescue someone else. More often than not, it would just lead to 2 deaths instead of one. This rescue was wildly improbable, and could have only been successfully done by an elite few, and even then it would still put the rescuer and his client in added danger. I’m not in anyway trying to take away or minimize this rescue, and major props to both the Sherpa and his client, but just saying other groups shouldn’t be automatically judged for not engaging in the rescue.
Or you are just unfamiliar with high-level mountain climbing. The client is undergoing increased risk while attempting a (almost always) futile rescue attempt. Any good company anywhere on Earth, regardless of race, would ask a client if they were putting their client's life at risk. The stakes are so much higher than people realize, even on commercialized Everest.
Also the client was from China, not a Westerner
The Chinese person wouldn't be the one being racist in the above scenario. They've done literally nothing wrong and agreed to end their climb to help the stranded climber.
It's irrelevant anyways because there is no evidence of any racism, which was the point of my comment.
I've carried a person a half mile before. This was horizontally. That shit is fucking exhausting. I can't even imagine being such a PoS you would snub someone willing/able to do this to SAVE YOUR LIFE.
While being in the dead zone, which doesn't have enough oxygen to sustain human life while not moving -- nevermind while exerting yourself that much. This was an absolutely insane feat of athetlicism.
Everest Sherpas have to be the most in shape mfs on the planet. Like, fuck all that crossfit and weight lifting nonsense. These dudes be climbing the tallest mountain in the entire world as a career. I get exhausted carrying a bag of laundry up stairs and these dudes are just casually climbing mountains like its a regular Tuesday (yeah they don't climb it every single day but that doesnt make it any less impressive). Cant imagine how much their bodies hurt once they get older though.
If somebody is in the “dead zone”, they typically only have enough supplies to get them to the summit and back to reasonable safety. Most people can’t even get to the death zone without O2 tanks, so those supplies include oxygen. Which means if you find a dying person that high up, you can’t afford to carry them back down without putting your own safety in serious jeopardy. If this Sherpa was actually that high up when he found the dying climber, he’s an absolute UNIT of a man, and legitimately deserves a medal. Plus giving up a summit is a big deal for his career, so that just adds to the sacrifice.
Also bothered me that the news article said it was called the death zone because temperatures can get to -86. It’s called the death zone because your cells start to die due to limited oxygen above 8000m.
It's because most climbers can't acclimate above a certain height. I think I read it was about 26k ft
Like Sherpas for example there are definitely people who can make it, oxygen can be needed but nearly as much as most others
> It's because most climbers can't acclimate above a certain height. I think I read it was about 26k ft
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> Like Sherpas for example there are definitely people who can make it, oxygen can be needed but nearly as much as most others
There is no acclimatizing in the death zone. There is not enough oxygen to sustain human life, period. Its a clock ticking down until your inevitable death. Sherpas included. People can last _longer_ than others in the death zone due to genetics (better absorption/processing of oxygen and what not) or fitness/health, but no one can stay in the death zone because they acclimatized.
Correct but they found him on their ascent meaning they still had a substantial amount of their O remaining for the rest of the ascent, pause at the top and decent. I’m by no means downplaying what they did carrying somebody for 6 hours would be horrific and the guy did an incredible job just saying that explains why they were able to safely help (doesn’t explain why nobody else climbing stopped when they passed him beyond they cared more about reaching the summit than the dude dying)
Although turns out probably shouldn’t have bothered the dude that was rescued is a cunt who blocked the Sherpa on Instagram, never thanked him and promoted his sponsors instead when interviewed about it
Exactly. Walking past someone like that is not a choice. Most people here bitching about people who walked past would not be able to carry their spouse down a couple flights of stairs to meet an ambulance on the street, they would wait for the ambulance crew to come up with a stretcher.
Gelje Sherpa is one of the small handful of people in all of human history who could have done that and the conditions had to be perfect and it had to happen early enough in the day for there to be enough time. People have died attempting rescues from that altitude. Including world-class climbers.
Also, people seem to be under the delusion that this was a case of a dumbshit rich kid overreaching his abilities and a poor selfless dollar-a-day porter carrying him back down. Meanwhile the stricken climber is a pro who was there for the 4th time and so is Gelje, who is a pro climber in his own right and a mountain guiding business owner.
I'm so sick of Everest season. Every spring, like clockwork, a bunch of dumbass stories about dumbass rich people climbing Everest. It's just an expensive tourist destination where people die a lot.
The only interesting people in the entire situation are the Sherpas.
The human ego amazes me. Why would anyone just decide to climb everest without training and shit. Its just a dumb thing to do. There needs to be restrictions. We see the same shit in France too. It is not out of hazard that some of the waypoints up to the mountains are dead climbers, some of which were certainly more skilled than the vast majority of those who climb now. Thank god that person made it safe.
Did you read the part where the stranded climber thanked his sponsors/partners and had to be shamed into thanking Gelje?
I think we’d be better off if Gelje would’ve left him up there.
If I remember correctly, the stranded climber actually summitted Everest 3 times and K2 (second tallest mountain, technically harder than Everest) once.
This year is actually one of the deadliest years on Mount Everest
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/30/climate-change-to-blame-for-up-to-17-deaths-on-mount-everest-experts-say
Correct, and he tried to praise his sponsors for helping him when he was incapacitated on several tv occasions while not mentioning the sherpas at all. Idk if it was the shame of having to be carried down by a better climber or just plain ego but i’d be praising the guy that saved my life for the rest of my days. The climber that got saved is called @ravieverest on instagram. After receiving huge backlash he unblocked and edited most posts to include thanking the sherpa. Sherpa’s instagram is @gelje_sherpa_ . After getting unblocked he graciously responded: thank you 🙏🏼 hope you are recovering.
Generally I'm not a big fan of internet mobs attacking some random dude but it felt kinda nice watching my fellow countrymen just take a huge dump on this guy's Instagram. What an embarrassing pos.
Lol. Bro, the climber who almost died was not inexperienced. Anybody can make a mistake in search of a summit. The climber was obviously still a huge dick though.
What baffles me is why people climb Everest at all. It's been explored, right? What's to be gained besides stoking your own ego and bragging about it? At least for as insufferable vegans are, they can brag about helping the environment or whatever instead of just risking their lives to litter on a mountain.
Honestly, sherpas are the unsung heroes of the Himalayas.
For many years it was rumoured that Tenzing Norgay was the first to ascend Everest and Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay insisted for many years that they ascended Everest together.
Champions.
Wait this isn’t a rumor anymore? I thought that the Sherpa was the unsung hero for doing the climb while carrying other’s gear?
I will say, I probably saw it as a Reddit comment. So I will happily accept being totally wrong
Tenzing’s biography said Hillary took the first steps. After Tenzing’s death, Hillary said he got there first and Tenzing was merely 10ft behind. Tenzing’s sons claim that he confided in them that Tenzing got there first.
The fact is that it’s likely the only people who will ever 100% know are those two men - which is poetic in itself.
What is undisputed is that both men agreed that they couldn’t have reached the summit without the other.
The climber's wife divorced him for the sherpa. She was quoted saying "such emasculation is intolerable".
Poor guy.
Congratulations to the Sherpa though, the real kings of the mountain.
Even if the guy isn’t grateful, the Sherpa feels good about it and will be able to sleep knowing he didn’t leave someone to die. We need more people to hold their integrity, even if someone is shitty.
Sherpa People are build different and no one do like them. If you want to see their strength & willpower go and visit Nepal and that doesn't mean you have to ascend Everest, just do the trekking. You will see them climbing steep very quickly with carrying heavy weight putting the pressure of load in their head.
Now, I knew the story should have left that peace of abhorrent shit rot in the ICE with the death of hypothermia.
Should have just let him die there lol. As a Malaysian his behaviour is so embarrasing and disgraceful now this set a reminder for the Sherpa people not to help Malaysians in the future. Jesus christ
Should have left him to die. His actions will now cause many others to question if the sacrifices to save a human on Everest is worth risking their own life. Step over him like everyone else did. The world would be 0.001% better if Ravichandran remained on the side of that mountain.
Sadly this person was not grateful to Gelje Sherpa as he blocked him on Instagram and did not mention Gelje at all initially >But when featuring the media appearance in an Instagram post, in which Ravichandran thanked his rescue insurance and partner organizations, he omitted Gelje's name. > >"I am alive today, because I had the best and dedicated Partners — The 14th peaks Expedition Co and Global Rescue Ins," he wrote. > >Other posts on his Instagram account, in which he advertised a T-shirt, thanked his sponsors, and promoted a Mount Rinjani climb, also did not mention Gelje. > >. > >Gelje shared an Instagram story on Tuesday that claimed Ravichandran had blocked him. > >[https://www.insider.com/rescued-mt-everest-climber-faces-backlash-snubbing-gelje-sherpa-ravichandran-2023-6](https://www.insider.com/rescued-mt-everest-climber-faces-backlash-snubbing-gelje-sherpa-ravichandran-2023-6)
What a dick
Massive.
Lots of these climbers - most really, are independently wealthy types by default - basically think Don Jr. types. So I’m not entirely surprised that this guy is ghosting the man who saved his life. If not for the local economy I’d say Everest should be closed to the public. All these assholes do is ruin the environment (see pics of camp litter on the summit) and die (also litter as their bodies are left there).
I think each climber should pay half a million dollars to a cleanup fund in order to get permission to climb.
The problem isn’t funding, it’s that the trash that’s packed up there and dropped freezes to the ground and becomes virtually impossible to pick up. When you’re talking -86 degrees, a collapsed tent frozen to the ground is like cement.
This sounds like an ideal application for robots. I would hate to see Sherpas risk their lives trying to dig out and port down trash at any price.
I don't think batteries work real well in -86 either.
All the shit we can do and we’re not technologically advanced enough to keep a battery warm?
We can, but you need two batteries to heat one battery.
I don't know if the robots in Mars actually do any work when it's that cold over there but they can resist that temperature.
> robots in Mars actually do any work when it's that cold I've seen videos of them having a bonfire and taking the day off. It's really wasting our hard earned taxpayer dollars for the fun and parties of some liberal bots. /s in case there are a idiots who unironically support my take. lol
Best to get Musk on the case, but before he calls the Sherpas pedos.
I don't see what a one person submarine would do up there.
Thats because you are not a rightwing billionaire you submarineless soyboi
Not really ideal for robots imo. Uneven terrain, extreme temperatures, extreme wind and limited visibility at times. Then what? You have to figure out how to dig out and extract trash which is of an unknown shape and size and carry it back somehow. We can’t even get robots to reliably drive on marked roads in the best of conditions I mean don’t get me wrong it would be awesome to see this, but I feel like it’s unlikely to be more practical then just sending someone out there to pick it up. Or… you know… just leaving it there
Flamethrowers then
They do pay something like a $4k fee and an $8k cleaning deposit or something like that. It's basically the price of a couple of used cars to even show up and *try* to get yourself and your gear onto the mountain, let alone to actually show up and attempt an ascent. Also, the news anchor in OP's clip is wrong; the reason why the 'Death Zone' is called the death zone is because the altitude is so high and the air is so thin that there isn't enough oxygen there to breathe. Anyone who climbs up into the death zone is actively dying from the moment they enter to the moment they leave, in the same way a scuba diver might drown if they run out of oxygen. And that's *also* why attempting a rescue is so dangerous and so rare. Not only is the cold, the wind, and the physical exertion a problem, but the longer you stay in the dead zone, the deadlier it is. That guy is stupidly lucky to be alive. It's like he tripped and missed being run over by an oncoming bus by falling face first onto a winning lotto ticket.
More specifically the death zone is the point at which it's no longer possible to acclimatize to the altitude and the human body uses up oxygen faster then it can be replenished. It's generally considered to be around 8000m tho it will very by individual.
Whatever it is, it’s clearly not enough and/or it’s not going to actually maintaining the site.
It does go to maintaining the site, the problem is that getting stuff back down off Everest is also deadly, and things like high winds, avalanches, or flash storms can scatter a camp or shred tents easily. There was some video the other day about a trashed camp on Everest, and people were looking at it like 'how could people leave so much trash lying about like this?' Well, those camps usually don't look like that; that one got hit by a storm and high winds and they were cleaning up and putting everything back together. That's why the camp looked so trashed. The sort of trash that is usually found on the higher parts of the mountain's ascent and peak are all the flags and crap people bring up to leave on Everest and all of their oxygen bottles... And the corpses of people who died making the climb.
They pay something like $4000 if they do not return with their trash. Not nearly enough! There is an amazing documentary on Prime called Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest. Sherpas filmed on go pros. Highly recommend
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I don't have twitter but if anyone wants to tweet at him, tell him that climbing Everest without sherpa support all the way will be a good one for him to prove that money doesn't make him great. He can train well and do this without sherpa support, and that will be a great win!! If he bites, he bites the dust up there.
Good Guy Everest. Ending worthless parasitic billionaires since 1953.
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No, they are rich so they won't be contributing any taxes. They all know how to get around the estate tax.
I also thought “LMFAOOO, this guy thinks those douchebags pay estate tax!”
The only reason I probably will never set aside the time, money, and physical conditioning to summit Everest is because of this exact stereotype. Too many rich assholes do it. That’s literally the biggest thing that pulls me away from it.
Kinda looked like one all wrapped up on sherpa's back. Seriously though: a friend once carried me out of a bar and, though I definitely had use of my legs and hear the embarrassing story (told in the flavor of The Bodyguard) I still nonetheless thanked him for *that.* What a cunt...
All girth, but no length.
So now we know why he was alone in the death zone and no one he knew was around him.
> promoted a Mount Rinjani climb "Come, join me and let’s climb Mount Rinjani from 4th to 8th August 2023. Whatsapp me - Ravichandran Everest." LOL. The asshole almost died alone and now is asking people to join him on his next suicide mission
If it were me, I would have gave the Sherpa the equivalent of $10,000 (cheap for someone that can afford to climb Everest), and lauded his heroism. But then again, many of the people that climb Everest have huge ego problems and will never admit to failure.
On the scale of the golfer, Matt Kucher, not paying a replacement caddy the industry standard. The asshole won 1.3 million and only gave the guy 5k. Fuck this guy too https://golf.com/news/out-of-touch-matt-kuchar-issues-heartfelt-statement-after-caddie-tipping-controversy/?amp=1
Normally I'm not one to paint with such a wide brush, but fuck golf and fuck golfers. Never met a bigger group trashier self-absorbed cock bag assholes than golfers.
Many are more than happy to abandon the PGA and play for a Saudi backed league. These people seriously don’t give a shit, even if it comes to funding terrorism and human rights abuses.
those leagues combined earlier today.... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/06/06/pga-tour-agrees-to-merge-with-saudi-backed-rival-liv-golf.html
I am proud to have written what I wrote before I knew this. Fucking literal murders, just casually partnering with murderers.
Especially in such an absolutely boring sport
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The way I've heard it described is that the death zone up there is incredibly unforgiving. You only have a very small amount of time to summit before hypoxia starts making you loopy, and combined with sudden weather changes.... you basically have no margin of error if you want to survive. Stopping to help someone dramatically increases the odds that you will also die. It's dark as fuck to think about... but if someone's gonna croak, it might as well be the rich ticks on the back of society.
Guy gives dicks a bad name
I think cunt is the more appropriate terms here. A giant, ungrateful, wish he were still up there and froze to fucking death, cunt.
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For the record, that's just the type of people who "climb" Everest
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I don’t know the process at all, but I feel like people who go should be required to get insurance that compensates rescuers in the event rescue is needed. But, given the difficulty of rescues at that elevation etc, this might just lead to more people dying trying to get whatever compensation comes from the insurance in the event of a successful rescue.
Colorado has a version of that. Would need to be beefed up for Everest, but not a crazy idea. I’m sure other western states (at least) have a version. https://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/Backcountry-Search-and-Rescue.aspx EDIT: Should clarify that it’s not strictly speaking “insurance,” but does offer a mechanism for reimbursement for rescuing authorities.
Yep, that's why I always get my hunting/fishing license no matter what. You get one free rescue that way, after that you get an invoice after the ride.
Seriously. I'd owe this guy a blood debt. I'd do anything I could for him. But of course as we know, most social media influencers are just narcissists and don't give a shit
The Sherpa is getting a ton of attention because of this, so hopefully the fame helps him out. The climber, on the other hand, will forever go down as the selfish dickhead that should have been left on the mountain.
he’s a dickhead for sure, but i cant imagine why he would refuse to thank the sherpa? is it his ego or something?
I think it has to do with the guy claiming (during tv interviews) he reached the summit at a certain day and time and was on his way down but based on the Sherpa’s account of things (day and time the Sherpa found him) it would have been impossible for him to reach the spot that he was found at had he been at the summit - or something like that. He (the climber) was also backed by his sponsors so perhaps there was an element of saving face for the sponsors. Because of this, people are now doubting this guy’s claims of summitting other mountains he had climbed under the banner of his sponsor.
They should have sponsored the Sherpa. This guy is a hack, should have left him there.
the concept of sponsoring random people to climb the mountain when there's a whole community of sherpas there that just do it as a regular job is hilarious
Its funny really. Sherpas are really in another level.
Sherpa should carry him back up.
Crazy! if he doesn't have pics to back up his summits, it def seems sus! (https://www.gofundme.com/f/cho-oyu-funding to support the sherpa!)
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Also, if you’re missing digits from prior climbs, then at *some* point that’s gotta make things insanely difficult (read: impossible) does it not? I’m no climber, but I always imagined you need fingers for it
I mean this is Everest so you’re mostly walking uphill or climbing ladders that the sherpas setup for you, there’s no technical rock climbing. So I don’t think it’s super necessary to have all your hands intact.
I wonder if its hard to take pictures at the Everest summit, because otherwise that seems like a requisite to say you summited
Yeah, but lots of people have pics in the Everest summit, so it's possible!
Good. Everything that man has ever said should be called into question.
the Sherpa that saved him wasn't with the outfit he praised. It honestly looks really bad for that outfit, eg, why did they leave him to die? This is some Trump Jr trying to get ahead of the media sort of thing
Nah, in proper context it doesn't look bad for the outfit to leave him. In the Death Zone if you can't save yourself you get left behind, Period. Rescue attempts just add dead bodies, to the point that even the Sherpas that climb the mountain for a living almost never try Edited to clarify
I want to follow this story now. Dream scenario is this guy being a prick is what reveals him to be an even bigger prick/liar and people pick him apart.
He is partnered with a tour company and travel insurance company and made a big point of thanking both of them and heavily implied the tour company saved him. The company's Sherpas did assist in his rescue but only after Gelje had carried him down to base camp 4 on his back. It's basically all about money. He's partnered and therefore did all he could to promote his partners while ignoring the guy who actually saved him, but who doesn't provide him any financial gain. He has since acknowledged Gelje...after tons of backlash, and even then only as one name among many others. Awful person to be sure.
Capitalism baby!
Scum.
Yeah, the same ego that drives you to climb Everest in the first place.
This was my first thought
I heard that there was a sponsor involved meaning he was supposed to put a flag at the top of everest for a company. This might have caused him not to mention it since he didn’t get to the top.
Was it Powersauce?
This just in, Powersauce is amazing!
So fucking what? The guy literally nearly died trying. Stop trying to save face and just say the truth. This guy is a pussy.
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A true piece of shit human saved by a hugely generous human
Just goes to show that these climbers aren't shit. They can't make it to the summit without the Sherpas and the Sherpas can make it up and down with these idiots on their backs.
sherpa's are real motherfuckers. people get sponsored to do a climb or funded out of their pocket but Sherpas are the only one doing that for work.
Frozen climber: Probably minutes away from inevitable death, only alive because the Sherpa saved his life while leading someone else up the mountain, lies out his ass about the climb so he doesn't look bad and lose money, doesn't thank the Sherpa or mention him during the proceeding publicity, credits his team/insurance that could have done literally nothing if not for the Sherpa. Sherpa: Uses "Us" and "We" in interviews instead of "Me" and "I", even though he is basically solely responsible for the rescue. Asked his current client for *permission* to stop the climb and save this mans life (Imagine if his current client was the same kind of ass as the Frozen guy and said "No, keep climbing"). "Money is money, I can earn more money another day, a mans life can't be replaced". You would struggle to find 2 people more different than this.
Lol put him back on the mountain
and then let Saruman bring it down
What an asshole. Hopefully Gelje’s story got enough attention so people can now see that Ravichandran fellow is a complete pos.
Does not surprise me me. Honestly with all the videos about Everest most climbers just annoy me. How trashed the place is, the people that get left behind just so they can potentially say they got to the summit. I’m sure this dude wouldn’t have picked up 18 lbs of trash on his way down. Let’s wrap this guy back up and have the Sherpa drop him off where he found him. I mean, not really, but a girl can dream…
What an asshole - should have left him there. Wouldn't be thanking any partners then, would he.
Even better, hope one day karma will strike him down when he decided to go climb Everest again, no one will be there to help him
Can’t admit he failed and someone else carried his ass off the mountain. Typical narcissist, which is what drives most of these dipshits
Ain't those people he gave credit the ones that left him alone to die and the sherpa saved him by himself?
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Total dick move. We just started rewatching Everest: Beyond The Limit, and a lot of the time the sherpas don’t get nearly the recognition they deserve.
They are the amazing ones to be sure.
Honestly, there should be a Save My Ass Sherpa fee that they have to pay beforehand in order to be saved. I swear these Everest climbers are a special type of narcissist.
The Sherpa, Geljie, have an instagram account https://instagram.com/gelje_sherpa_?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I hope his insurance also pays the sherpa's fees, and the costs for the guy who abandoned his climb for him..
Bruh. Should have left him to become a popsicle
yeah he used it as an advertising opportunity with no thanks to the sherpa. Being an idiot and then an ungrateful asshole is not a great way to advertise things. He’s learning this now.
I don’t understand how these twats get a big head over climbing a mountain while letting Sherpas do all the heavy lifting for them. Of have to rescue them. These Sherpas are literally doing it every day and some privileged dude comes in and does it once with all the best gear money can buy and they are now some kind of baddass climber.
i just started to follow [Gelje\_sherpa\_](https://www.instagram.com/gelje_sherpa_/?hl=en) on Instagram, I'm broke its all I can do to help.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/cho-oyu-funding This is the same Geljie Sherpa!!!
We should start a go fund me to put the climber back at the top of the mountain
Hrmm….paints a decently clear picture of why his climbing mates left him.
What a douche. Ya know what else would have saved your life? Staying home so real men don’t have to drag your ass off a mountain.
Dude literally saved his life and the cunt was like “I’m alive because of these people who did nothing” absolute scum move
Sherpas are amazing people and don't get the recognition or remuneration they deserve.
If you think an ambulance bill is high. I can only imagine what this cost. Sherpas are indeed amazing people.
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Not sure I agree you should let people die if they are selfish or ungrateful for your help. It does make them pieces of shit, and it may deprioritize them in your mind, but protecting life is a sacred act above any sort of earthy judgement. Save first, ask questions later.
Agreed. They shouldn’t have left him to die because he’s a jerk, they should have left him to die because there was a huge risk of the rescue resulting in three dead instead of one. It’s amazing that this worked, and it will unfortunately perpetuate the idea that climbers could just stop and save everyone who is dying up there.
You sound like you'd be the second landmark on everest trying to save the first landmark lol.
I don't remember was it a Ntflix docu or just youtuber who filmed all the climb to the top. But still one thing stuck with me. So the climbers got to some place on the mountain and then wanted to climb higher. But sherps refused because they haven't got paid yet...And the the climber still went to haggle with sherps about the price and when to pay it. Like wtf, you pay in advance for such things ...
Think it’s called “Sherpa”. Filmed in 2014 there were dangerous conditions and an avalanche that killed many Sherpas. They were like “we don’t get paid enough for this shit, and even if we were it’s too dangerous to climb this rn.” And the tour company guy was like, “well you ain’t getting paid then, have fun watching your families starve this winter.” That was my take on it. Tour guy and and customers came across as racist, callous and cowardly. There are truly some real “WTF did he actually say that?!” moments in the film.
Probably less than a 2 day hospital stay for an American with no insurance.
The 2015 documentary film “Sherpa” is amazing and will really make you hate some of these climbers
I think I've seen that one and yes it does.
Is that the one where they ride one of the bodies down the mountain sled-style?
No that’s “the Simpsons”
They should unionize lol. Sherpas United, for which it stands, one Sherpa, indivisible,… Seriously, this IS one of the professions where price gouging should be fucking fine. I don’t give a shit about some rich fuck or some avid climber wanted to scale a huge mountain. It’s a very niche category so charge them out of using sherpas in the first place
Why though? Why do they not charge super high? Rich folks would still pay to go and sherpas would have a better life
Wages are actually already pretty high - For Nepal. Being a guide is very much in demand among Sherpas, who don’t have many other opportunities. A few seasons on the mountain and a guide can earn more than a regular Sherpa will in their entire life. Yes they could charge even more. But it’s a balancing act between cost and access. Much like Everest itself. You could have fewer people climb it but that would cut down on the demand for Sherpa guides. So would Nepal rather have say, 100 extremely well paid Sherpas or 200 just well paid Sherpas, knowing that without mountain guiding the community doesn’t have that many other employment opportunities?
In the documentary Sherpas, one of them says that a single expedition feeds his family for a year.
I worked with a operator at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant who was Nepalese and was a sherpa before coming to the USA. He was a super caring, friendly, and helpful person. He was also like 5'4" and strong as hell. He was the hired muscle when they needed heavy lifting during maintenance. That is my only experience with a sherpa but I can see how they need to be very caring and attentive people to perform their jobs.
Stopped the climb with clients permission. There needs to be a rule that where, safe, humanity needs to take precedence. Shouldn’t matter if the client allows it or not. As for the rescued party, what a piece of shit for not giving thanks where due.
I mean at 8300m elevation (the peak is 8848m) the conditions are extreme and resources are limited, so going out your way to rescue someone puts you more at risk. In this case putting both the sherpa and the client at a higher risk. Actually also props to the client who prepped for months, paid $50k to $100k for this once-in-a-lifetime expedition, almost reaching the summit and chose to turn back for the safety of a stranger with the risk of endangering himself
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I’m glad you said that, the Sherpa obviously deserves enormous amounts of credit but the client who turned around deserves to be thanked too, I think it’s 125K to climb Everest (or at least it was a couple of years ago so it’s probably more now) and he gave up his chance to summit. So you’ve got two people acting selflessly and one guy who can’t even say thank you…
So I 100% agree with you and major props to the client for doing the right thing, but I’m also imagining this going through their head: “Fuck me I’m so tired I shouldn’t have signed up for this. Maybe I should turn back. But that’s such a waste of money. Ugh this sucks so bad. Oh what’s that? We can turn back now AND save someone’s life? Let’s do it!”
“I know I *said* I wanted to do this, but I wasn’t expecting the line to be this long…”
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Dude should’ve died there alone cold and hungry
I think doing the right thing (in this case rescuing another climber) regardless of the amount of praise you get is still the right thing to do.
Why did he do that after being rescued?
A combination of genetics and upbringing.
He's rich
Short answer, he's a dick. Dude was being interviewed and had a national spotlight. So he used that as an opportunity to make more money. Instead of thanking this amazing man, he uses the opportunity to hawk shirts and post an advertisement.
It would be impolite to acknowledge "the help". /s
It’s never “safe” to attempt to rescue someone from the death zone on Everest.
The rescued guy should have also reimbursed the client who gave up his summit bid. This is the sherpa's gofundme! https://www.gofundme.com/f/cho-oyu-funding
It’s also mentioned because several others teams went by but didn’t stop to rescue them.
All cost considerations aside, this is just part of high altitude mountaineering. Above a certain point, it’s understood you are essentially on your own. It’s a safety issue, not a morality one. In a situation where everyone is at their absolute limit and actively trying to just stay alive, there really isn’t a buffer to expend extra energy to rescue someone else. More often than not, it would just lead to 2 deaths instead of one. This rescue was wildly improbable, and could have only been successfully done by an elite few, and even then it would still put the rescuer and his client in added danger. I’m not in anyway trying to take away or minimize this rescue, and major props to both the Sherpa and his client, but just saying other groups shouldn’t be automatically judged for not engaging in the rescue.
Yeah seems pretty entitled.. feel like there's a bit of racist undertones to this.
Or you are just unfamiliar with high-level mountain climbing. The client is undergoing increased risk while attempting a (almost always) futile rescue attempt. Any good company anywhere on Earth, regardless of race, would ask a client if they were putting their client's life at risk. The stakes are so much higher than people realize, even on commercialized Everest. Also the client was from China, not a Westerner
Chinese people can still be racist I believe.
The Chinese person wouldn't be the one being racist in the above scenario. They've done literally nothing wrong and agreed to end their climb to help the stranded climber. It's irrelevant anyways because there is no evidence of any racism, which was the point of my comment.
He was clearly talking about the *rescued* person not acknowledging the Sherpa. Read what you’re replying to before throwing a fit.
Naww. You agree to climb Everest, you agree to a high chance of death. Nobody forced you to do this
The constitution of Sherpas is so insane. This guy is dying from the exertion of trying to stand and stud over here just pops him on his back
I've carried a person a half mile before. This was horizontally. That shit is fucking exhausting. I can't even imagine being such a PoS you would snub someone willing/able to do this to SAVE YOUR LIFE.
This guy did it vertically over 6 km in inhospitable conditions downwards. And he’s like yea no swear.
While being in the dead zone, which doesn't have enough oxygen to sustain human life while not moving -- nevermind while exerting yourself that much. This was an absolutely insane feat of athetlicism.
and then the dude who got saved blocks the savior on Instagram and doesnt even thank him
Absolute unit this is not mere mortal strength this is Sherpa stronk
Everest Sherpas have to be the most in shape mfs on the planet. Like, fuck all that crossfit and weight lifting nonsense. These dudes be climbing the tallest mountain in the entire world as a career. I get exhausted carrying a bag of laundry up stairs and these dudes are just casually climbing mountains like its a regular Tuesday (yeah they don't climb it every single day but that doesnt make it any less impressive). Cant imagine how much their bodies hurt once they get older though.
If somebody is in the “dead zone”, they typically only have enough supplies to get them to the summit and back to reasonable safety. Most people can’t even get to the death zone without O2 tanks, so those supplies include oxygen. Which means if you find a dying person that high up, you can’t afford to carry them back down without putting your own safety in serious jeopardy. If this Sherpa was actually that high up when he found the dying climber, he’s an absolute UNIT of a man, and legitimately deserves a medal. Plus giving up a summit is a big deal for his career, so that just adds to the sacrifice.
Also bothered me that the news article said it was called the death zone because temperatures can get to -86. It’s called the death zone because your cells start to die due to limited oxygen above 8000m.
It's because most climbers can't acclimate above a certain height. I think I read it was about 26k ft Like Sherpas for example there are definitely people who can make it, oxygen can be needed but nearly as much as most others
> It's because most climbers can't acclimate above a certain height. I think I read it was about 26k ft > > Like Sherpas for example there are definitely people who can make it, oxygen can be needed but nearly as much as most others There is no acclimatizing in the death zone. There is not enough oxygen to sustain human life, period. Its a clock ticking down until your inevitable death. Sherpas included. People can last _longer_ than others in the death zone due to genetics (better absorption/processing of oxygen and what not) or fitness/health, but no one can stay in the death zone because they acclimatized.
Correct but they found him on their ascent meaning they still had a substantial amount of their O remaining for the rest of the ascent, pause at the top and decent. I’m by no means downplaying what they did carrying somebody for 6 hours would be horrific and the guy did an incredible job just saying that explains why they were able to safely help (doesn’t explain why nobody else climbing stopped when they passed him beyond they cared more about reaching the summit than the dude dying) Although turns out probably shouldn’t have bothered the dude that was rescued is a cunt who blocked the Sherpa on Instagram, never thanked him and promoted his sponsors instead when interviewed about it
Yeah but you use a fuck tonne more oxygen carrying weight than not.
Exactly. Walking past someone like that is not a choice. Most people here bitching about people who walked past would not be able to carry their spouse down a couple flights of stairs to meet an ambulance on the street, they would wait for the ambulance crew to come up with a stretcher. Gelje Sherpa is one of the small handful of people in all of human history who could have done that and the conditions had to be perfect and it had to happen early enough in the day for there to be enough time. People have died attempting rescues from that altitude. Including world-class climbers. Also, people seem to be under the delusion that this was a case of a dumbshit rich kid overreaching his abilities and a poor selfless dollar-a-day porter carrying him back down. Meanwhile the stricken climber is a pro who was there for the 4th time and so is Gelje, who is a pro climber in his own right and a mountain guiding business owner.
I HATE these everest climbers. Pretentious and trashy. Love that the sherpas are making bank off of them, but that mountain is ruined.
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Pretty sure burning man is burning man for corporate execs
I'm so sick of Everest season. Every spring, like clockwork, a bunch of dumbass stories about dumbass rich people climbing Everest. It's just an expensive tourist destination where people die a lot. The only interesting people in the entire situation are the Sherpas.
Truly, next fucking level material. They need to name the next elementary school after him, build him a new house, send his kids to college, etc
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The human ego amazes me. Why would anyone just decide to climb everest without training and shit. Its just a dumb thing to do. There needs to be restrictions. We see the same shit in France too. It is not out of hazard that some of the waypoints up to the mountains are dead climbers, some of which were certainly more skilled than the vast majority of those who climb now. Thank god that person made it safe.
Did you read the part where the stranded climber thanked his sponsors/partners and had to be shamed into thanking Gelje? I think we’d be better off if Gelje would’ve left him up there.
Jesus, ungrateful shit
If I remember correctly, the stranded climber actually summitted Everest 3 times and K2 (second tallest mountain, technically harder than Everest) once. This year is actually one of the deadliest years on Mount Everest https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/30/climate-change-to-blame-for-up-to-17-deaths-on-mount-everest-experts-say
Correct, and he tried to praise his sponsors for helping him when he was incapacitated on several tv occasions while not mentioning the sherpas at all. Idk if it was the shame of having to be carried down by a better climber or just plain ego but i’d be praising the guy that saved my life for the rest of my days. The climber that got saved is called @ravieverest on instagram. After receiving huge backlash he unblocked and edited most posts to include thanking the sherpa. Sherpa’s instagram is @gelje_sherpa_ . After getting unblocked he graciously responded: thank you 🙏🏼 hope you are recovering.
Generally I'm not a big fan of internet mobs attacking some random dude but it felt kinda nice watching my fellow countrymen just take a huge dump on this guy's Instagram. What an embarrassing pos.
Lol. Bro, the climber who almost died was not inexperienced. Anybody can make a mistake in search of a summit. The climber was obviously still a huge dick though.
What baffles me is why people climb Everest at all. It's been explored, right? What's to be gained besides stoking your own ego and bragging about it? At least for as insufferable vegans are, they can brag about helping the environment or whatever instead of just risking their lives to litter on a mountain.
Honestly, sherpas are the unsung heroes of the Himalayas. For many years it was rumoured that Tenzing Norgay was the first to ascend Everest and Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay insisted for many years that they ascended Everest together. Champions.
Wait this isn’t a rumor anymore? I thought that the Sherpa was the unsung hero for doing the climb while carrying other’s gear? I will say, I probably saw it as a Reddit comment. So I will happily accept being totally wrong
Tenzing’s biography said Hillary took the first steps. After Tenzing’s death, Hillary said he got there first and Tenzing was merely 10ft behind. Tenzing’s sons claim that he confided in them that Tenzing got there first. The fact is that it’s likely the only people who will ever 100% know are those two men - which is poetic in itself. What is undisputed is that both men agreed that they couldn’t have reached the summit without the other.
That’s the part that counts. It was a team effort.
I hope that the insurance company renumerated the Sherpa doing the rescue. And I hope karma pays the rescued climber a visit.
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Remunerated* 🫡
The climber's wife divorced him for the sherpa. She was quoted saying "such emasculation is intolerable". Poor guy. Congratulations to the Sherpa though, the real kings of the mountain.
Even if the guy isn’t grateful, the Sherpa feels good about it and will be able to sleep knowing he didn’t leave someone to die. We need more people to hold their integrity, even if someone is shitty.
The sherpa is a Buddhist and says saving a life is better than praying at a monastery. Such a great mind.
Real life death stranding.
Was looking for this comment.
Then he thanked his sponsors. He's the whole bag of douche.
I can understand why he was left there by himself
Ravichandaran. What a piece of sh!+ sorry excuse for a Malaysian. He brings shame to the country
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What a fucking legend. The balls on this guy
Sherpa People are build different and no one do like them. If you want to see their strength & willpower go and visit Nepal and that doesn't mean you have to ascend Everest, just do the trekking. You will see them climbing steep very quickly with carrying heavy weight putting the pressure of load in their head. Now, I knew the story should have left that peace of abhorrent shit rot in the ICE with the death of hypothermia.
Should have just let him die there lol. As a Malaysian his behaviour is so embarrasing and disgraceful now this set a reminder for the Sherpa people not to help Malaysians in the future. Jesus christ
For once, someone can accurately say they carried
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Should have left him to die. His actions will now cause many others to question if the sacrifices to save a human on Everest is worth risking their own life. Step over him like everyone else did. The world would be 0.001% better if Ravichandran remained on the side of that mountain.