Friend, remember, it is not about the end goal but about the dead bodies of other motivated people you find, along the way. Be wary of the denial that it could be you, one day serve the same purpose to those that come after you."
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doublejay1999@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“The path to Everest is littered with the dead bodies of highly motivated people”
Is one of my mantras
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
“If you like the view but don’t like climbing the mountain, you do not like hiking”
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“I guide others to a treasure I can not possess”
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Is the that the original source ?
splatt9990@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Fun fact: it’s pretty much impossible to get those bodies down and there’s not really anywhere to bury them on the mountain so they’re literally laying pretty much wherever they died. They call that section of the mountain “Rainbow road” because of the multi-colored winter coats of the corpses you have to walk past to get to the summit.
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
It is impossible for many. It is just not worth the risk of making more dead bodies while trying to retrieve them. So they do not bother. Callous to some but that’s reality. Hell some dead bodies are used as milestones or waypoints for some going up.
There a few though that have been lost over the years. And trying to find them is simply too risky. There was the body of a British lady who you could see a few years ago but no one can see her anymore. Likely just covered in snow/ice.
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The similarities to MarioKart are… frightening…