Lazy Tourists and Helicopters on Everest
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:51 pm
I have a supervisor right now that is just driving me crazy. He knows I'm in to climbing and hiking so he always wants to come talk to me about whatever is in the news whether it's lost climbers on Mt. Hood or Jordan Romero trying to summit Everest. This man has never set foot on a 7k+ peak and thinks he has it all figured out. From picking apart the deaths of climbers on Mt. Hood and telling me the mistakes they made, to telling me that now that one helicopter has landed on the summit of Everest they should start taking people up for money. He thinks he knows everything about the moutain. Saying things as they could guarantee safety in a helicopter ride and they could guarantee a summit. With no success I tried to convince him that not only could not absolutely not guarantee safety or a summit, you would also be jeopardizing the lives of climbers as a helicopter could possible decrease visibility or increase the chance of avalanches. Of course he disagrees and further says, that if it does endanger climbers they should just shut off the mountain and only let people access the summit by paying to take a helicopter to the top.
What the hell is wrong with this world, why are we all so lazy and looking for the easy way to do everything. I told him if he ruled the country, he'd probably have a road built to the top. Feel free to chime in if anyone else has had frustrating experiences with people outside of the climbing community thinking they know it all and having great plans which would devastate the mountains as we know them today. I think my supervisor may be watching too much Bill O'Reilly.
What the hell is wrong with this world, why are we all so lazy and looking for the easy way to do everything. I told him if he ruled the country, he'd probably have a road built to the top. Feel free to chime in if anyone else has had frustrating experiences with people outside of the climbing community thinking they know it all and having great plans which would devastate the mountains as we know them today. I think my supervisor may be watching too much Bill O'Reilly.