• @Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    1910 months ago

    With how popular Everest is I’m surprised this wasn’t in place years ago. The same rules have been around for decades in other outdoors destinations, Patagonia off the top of my head.

    • rhythmisaprancer
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      110 months ago

      Ya this was my thought. Every river I have paddled has the exact same requirements.

  • Troy
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    1510 months ago

    I did arctic exploration for a decade. We froze all our poo (I’m using this word and giggling like a child – and blaming the headline). Then we put it Rubbermaid tubs and put them on the supply plane that was bringing us food and fuel. They were disposed of in town at proper waste management facilities.

    Bonus photo of one of our toilets – basically a seat in a bucket in a tent vestibule. The waste froze solid almost immediately so it didn’t stink.

    Seems the Everest adventures weren’t held to the same standards.

      • Troy
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        910 months ago

        We had a dish set up and a wifi hotspot, so yes actually haha

        • @Eccitaze
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          210 months ago

          But would you WANT to do that with your bare ass exposed to air cold enough to flash freeze poop?

  • Yer Ma
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    810 months ago

    …unless they make the summit, then they can just chuck it skyward and let it float into space, like mother nature intended

  • @skozzii@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    The people climbing evererest have money. Charge an extra $1000usd per person and use the money for infrastructure , cleaning the mountain, healthcare and pension for the sherpas.

  • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    610 months ago

    [off topic?]

    Do yourself a favor and check out “High Crimes” a graphic novel about a disgraced Olympic snowboarder who gets a gig of hauling dead bodies off of Everest ar $50,000 a body. C. Cerbela and I. Mustafa

  • @Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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    610 months ago

    Thus today the net balance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete while on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave; so every time you go to the lavatory there, it is vitally important to get a receipt.

  • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    610 months ago

    Pretty straightforward answer. Increase the price 5x, and make them carry down 5x what they brought up.

    Everest is now on ‘hardmode’.

  • @TIMMAY@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Everyone non-native that has set foot on that mountain should be dragged back and told that their trash comes down or their corpse stays up