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Re:The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954) by latchkey on Monday May 29, 2023 @09:54PM (#36120345)
I just saw a short video of one of the basecamps completely full of trash.
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Re:The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954) by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @09:31AM (#36124678)
To get one tent to your last stage before attempting the summit, 70 tents are brought (or so I understand). First base your tents are full of other tents, oxygen bottles etc to get you to the next base. That one has fewer tents holding fewer supplies. After a handful of iterations, you've spread $100000 of gear over the mountain so you can have that one chance at a summit.

The mountain is huge, but it adds up.

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Re:The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954) by Georgelemental on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @09:56AM (#36124948)
Like the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiolkovsky_rocket_equation, but with tents instead of fuel?
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Re:The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954) by etskinner on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:47PM (#36129659)
Slightly more like the Jeep Problem: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_problem
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Re:The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954) by latchkey on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:26PM (#36128565)
Found the clip:

https://twitter.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1663454524118560768

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