Man plans to jump off Mt. Everest........

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Originally Posted by Blackadar

Beyond the Paternalistic rantings of AE's posts, something else pisses me off about the general attitude of those like him - the lack of acknowledgement that these guys are elite athletes who are pretty well compensated to do something that many of them love. Being an Everest sherpa is pretty damn close to being a superstar in Nepal. Guys like Pemba Dorjie (sp? - held the speed record for climbing Everest from base camp - something like 10 hours!) and Apa Sherpa (most ascents of Everest) are seriously famous and relatively wealthy. Mountaineering is a high-risk profession, but these guys are absolutely elite athletes. The best are very well compensated and treated as national heroes.

I know, right??? Can you imagine if elite athletes in the US organized for better wages, contract rights and working conditions? That shit would never fly.

[lighthousekeeper]

LOL @ how badly AENeuman's clever (imho) attempts at lightening the discussion completely backfired.

[Buccaneer]

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