• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Support global warming! Let the earth clean up Everest poop the natural way! Decomposition in situ: transport costs more emissions!

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      10 months ago

      The thing that makes Everest dangerous is the air pressure combined with everything else, that’s why it’s such a long slow ascent, you have to acclimatize so your lungs don’t implode.

      In the summer the summit temperature is about the same as a bad Canadian prairie winter day