AlphaIrwin OP t1_j2l2vr4 wrote on January 2, 2023 at 3:02 AM

Reply to comment by TheKodachromeMethod in Mt Everest from the Base Camp, Gorakshep [5500x37000] OC by AlphaIrwin

Even hiking to base camp inherited many dangers. Due to the prolonged absence of tourists, many local professional guides also struggle with altitude sickness. The local guides risk their life for tourism income.

Summit to Mt Everest is my ultimate dream.

Aventric t1_j2lb8um wrote on January 2, 2023 at 4:09 AM

Why pretend to care about the local guides health when you're going to make them risk their lives for your own everest summit lol. You're referring to other people as tourists when you're literally a tourist.

AlphaIrwin OP t1_j2lh6oz wrote on January 2, 2023 at 5:01 AM

You're right; this is the first world problem. Like every meal on our table, all farmers, machine operators, logistic providers and others risk their lives to put the meals on our table. We should not have eaten at all.
As we step out of the house, the lithium battery, oil miner, other miners, factory workers and public transport drivers are risking their lives to enable us to go places.
Like the house we live in, the concrete makers, the rock mining, and the wood logger are risking their lives to build our home.
I discussed this with my guide when I was there. He told me that he did not have income for nearly three years and never had enough money to buy a laptop for his daughter's school. My trip to Everest Base Camp enabled him to pay back some debt, and I just sent his daughter a second-hand laptop for Christmas.
Many of my friends discussed this with me before. I am glad I can help them, and more tourists visiting the Everest Base Camp will improve the local welfare.