It’s weird to realize that Mount Everest is now basically a fantasy camp so your 60-year-old orthodontist can have a great Instagram photo.

Exactly.  Everest has become Coachella.

I’m not sure about the relative quality of the Nepalese judicial system, but I’m guessing even there you can’t sue a mountain.

Worth it! Of course, the line had a good view of the Lucha Libre ring too. I bet you don’t get that on Everest.

It’s been a while since I read Into Thin Air but Krakauer was talking about how dangerous the line was back when he did his climb and I think that was less than 10 people (if I’m remembering correctly, it definitely wasn’t as extreme as the picture).

If only there'd been a massively popular novel written in like 1997 describing fatal lag jams caused by inexperienced climbers paying negligent guide companies to summit that could warn the good doctor....

Dude's a doctor.  Not a necromancer.

He died doing what he loved: experiencing hypothermia and pulmonary edema, confused, unable to breathe, feeling his pulse plummeting, and falling down in a place where his body may never be recovered. But on the other hand, he did put a lot of other people’s lives at risk in the process. So there’s that. 

I regularly partake in outdoor adventures including a thruhike of the John Muir Trail this summer and tons of bike packing adventures. My friends will randomly ask, “would you ever climb Mt. Everest?”

No. Hell no.

I’d be more proud of summiting any number of lesser more technical summits instead of partaking in this…

What treatment do you recommend the doctor administer to the dead woman?

I mean...

I spent 30 minutes in line at a street festival in 70 degree weather to pay $8 for an award winning tamale yesterday and got a little sunburned, so I know how they feel.

I will leave a grocery store if the lines are too long.

It turns out people spending more time in “the death zone” is leading to more deaths. No one could have seen this coming...

Those “climbers” paid $75k or better to get guided to the point where they starred in that photo. You couldn’t pay me enough to join them, and I like spending time outdoors. Disney Land at the top of the world, complete with a side of death.

Climbing Mt. Everest is like getting a PHD in rocket science from the University of Phoenix

You have no idea what you’re talking about, Barry!

Abortion Is Still Legal in All 50 States

I’d hazard a say that less developed countries are indeed progressing with regards to ethics. Slowly … but it’s happening. Developed, first world countries are either remaining the same (protecting their rights, but NOT eroding them) or beginning to thwart antiquated, religious ideals.

What happened to America? Most countries are moving progressively forward, and The States is going backwards. :/