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Unbelievable! I would prefer an unknown summit before I would meet those people at the summit!

Some years ago in a german comedy show they flew a kiosk near Matterhorn summit and joshed Reinhold Messner who leaded a guest the Matterhorn Hörnli ridge - maybe such a kiosk will become reality soon...

But then we would meet at the summits which are unknown for those who are craving for recognition.

Lolli,
I looked to see if this had been posted but didn't see it. Sorry.

"..Si vous voyez un banquier suisse sauter par la fenêtre, c'est qu'il y a sûrement quelque chose à gagner... (Voltaire)
Roughly translated : if you see a Swiss banker jump out of a window, there is some money to make for sure.
One might replace "banker" by "jacuzzi owner/organizer" or whatever silly job around.
Stupid white men.....

These Jaccuzzi people may easily be called childish and not serious, but ...

• Can not every mountaineering be called silly and childish by people who don't understand? What's the use of making long and dangerous trips to high peaks, exhausting oneself just for descending the whole thing half an hour later? And after all, "serious" alpinism has been involved in the Jaccuzzi event. I respect this nightly and professional ascent, especially since every piece of the party has been carried by the participants themselves.
• Surely people doing such things are not serious, and this is good! ... I mean, such people will hardly get into a position where they wage war for profit, calling the death of innocents "collateral damage"; they will most probably not napalm children, throw Fat Men on hundreds of thousands of people they have never seen, jail people without trial and torture them in the interest of homeland security, shoot student or monks just because they demonstrate for freedom, or double the number of prison inmates from 1 to 2 Million between 1992 and 2000, or whatever atrocity the serious people seem so seamlessly to accommodate to and find justifications for.

So what is the problem with these Jaccuzzis?

Cheers
Reinhard

It's a shame to take all this rubbish equipment on top of Mont-Blanc !
And think about the energy wasted to warm the water up

reinhard2 wrote:These Jaccuzzi people may easily be called childish and not serious, but ...

• Can not every mountaineering be called silly and childish by people who don't understand? What's the use of making long and dangerous trips to high peaks, exhausting oneself just for descending the whole thing half an hour later? And after all, "serious" alpinism has been involved in the Jaccuzzi event. I respect this nightly and professional ascent, especially since every piece of the party has been carried by the participants themselves.

So what is the problem with these Jaccuzzis?

Cheers
Reinhard

I agree. People just have to chill out.

Would I be pissed if I got to the summit and found a jacuzzi there? YES, of course... they didn't invite me!!!

Myzantrope wrote:It's a shame to take all this rubbish equipment on top of Mont-Blanc !
And think about the energy wasted to warm the water up

They carried in and carried out. This is event doesn't seem like it happens all the time. They look like locals who did this on a local mountain - probably using a lot less energy and leaving less of a carbon footprint than many of us who will travel far distances on airplanes just to walk about some mountains.

cbcbd ... who are you?? your profile is empty - please don't hide!!

reinhard2 wrote:cbcbd ... who are you?? your profile is empty - please don't hide!!

Better?

cbcbd wrote:

reinhard2 wrote:cbcbd ... who are you?? your profile is empty - please don't hide!!

Better?

Yes, much better already, thank you.
However, I still have some problems pronouncing your name.
And I think, albeit forum poster is beyond doubt an interesting occupation, it is - like e.g. nurse - probably not one to make much money with.