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Your analogy doesn't quite hold: a sherpa is not an innocent bystander--they know exactly what they're getting themselves into, and they've decided they're willing to accept the same risks that the hikers take on.
They probably know more about what they are getting into than their employer.
I recently got back (almost exactly a month ago) from a month long climbing trip in Nepal with some friends. We had three guides, all three of whom have climbed Everest multiple times. One of our guides, who has summited 5 times, described Everest as his "bad habit". As a relative newbie to high altitude mountaineering (the highest I got was ~19,850 feet), climbing in Nepal was really, really hard. You are never warm…
> exploration is always a serious business What did you explore? Nothing, it's all documented, explored, exploited. Hell, it's a tourist attraction.
The two people I was talking about in the quote you took out of context, however, were serious explorers and mountaineers. One had a few dozen first ascents under his belt, and the other had summited Everest 19 times.
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Ok. Nobody ever does anything for bragging rights.
Not everything is binary. Other people have different motivations than you. Not everyone does an Ironman for bragging rights. Not everyone starts a company for bragging rights.
"Note, I'm not talking about everyone that does it, just most people."
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Not everything is binary. Other people have different motivations than you. Not everyone does an Ironman for bragging rights. Not everyone starts a company for bragging rights.
If you read my previous comment you will see I addressed exactly that. "Note, I'm not talking about everyone that does it, just most people."
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Not everything is binary. Other people have different motivations than you. Not everyone does an Ironman for bragging rights. Not everyone starts a company for bragging rights.
If you read my previous comment you will see I addressed exactly that. "Note, I'm not talking about everyone that does it, just most people."