Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015)
by alanfalcon on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:46PM
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Should the Sherpas be forced to buy insurance as well? What about the ones going on these dangerous recovery runs?
Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015)
by obstinate on Saturday May 27, 2017 @12:06AM
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I don't know. It's kind of beside the point of rich foreigners coming and littering up the mountain.
Probably it should be required that their employers buy insurance on their behalf. In fact, they went on strike for something like this after the avalanche in 2014.
But, yeah, fundamentally it's probably best for anyone who is going up to make or have made for them provisions to ensure they come down again, one way or the other.
Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015)
by weberc2 on Saturday May 27, 2017 @01:02AM
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Employer insurance. This cost would be passed to the customer necessarily.
Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015)
by louithethrid on Saturday May 27, 2017 @06:23AM
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If a sherpa detects a foreigner wont make it to the top, shoots him and returns with the equpiment- would the church of economics and the great magus consider that a blessed act?
It is already possible to buy repatriation insurance, according to the article. I don't think gp's suggestion that climbers be required to buy that insurance is unreasonable.