Thank goodness for Sherpa. Sometimes I wonder if this kind of stubbornness is dangerous. The kind where you don't even know when to stop or quit.
Thank goodness for Sherpa. Sometimes I wonder if this kind of stubbornness is dangerous. The kind where you don't even know when to stop or quit.
I have seen cases of many people dying while trying to achieve extreme goals.
I believe that without Sherpas, very few people will be able to reach those high mountains.
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Too many of that. Have you seen the recent news about Hyrox?
People like Sherpa is so important. To encourage and also to advice.
Yes, I think that accident made Hyrox go viral, but in a bad way. It's incredible that people no longer have limits when it comes to winning.
But speaking of climbing, I believe that no one who needs oxygen tanks should climb summits. And even less so if you need someone to carry your needs. Everything has become commercialized and about showing off.
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The accident itself wasn't an issue at all as I read afterwards. It was a norm. But it was the attitude. This is why people like that need a good supporter on their side, those with good head on the shoulders. Not just blindly supporting them even though it's wrong.
These days it's most about the bragging rights.
Do you climb?
I'd heard about those accidents, but never that they continued in those conditions... It's disgusting and humiliating. Anyway, wanting to win is sometimes a bad thing.
Nooo, I don't have the talent, and I even have a certain vertigo, worse now that I can't hear from one side.
But I respect the old mountaineers who reached the summit using only their lung capacity.
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What happened to your hearing? Was it a temporary thing? Have you seen the doctor for this? I'm deaf on one side for many years.
I have fear of certain height like bridges, drain and such. But I always assumed that it was due to me being a scaredy cat.
Not everyone can achieve that feat so it should be celebrated.
Not sure if that particular person feels humiliated. But winning at the expenses of others is really uncalled for. The participants, the workers and even the audience. Winning can't be everything right?
Shortly before the pandemic, I suddenly lost hearing in my right ear, accompanied by vertigo, nausea, and vomiting. It was awful.
Then the quarantine came and I couldn't travel to have a consultation with a specialist, and then I got used to it when I stopped hearing the background noise.
According to what I read, in that competition something like spitting was penalized, but apparently going around dripping feces wasn't.
Although I believe that after the scandal the winner resigned her prize and apologized, I think she ruined the experience for the other participants and the public.