"Your job is also no doubt preferable to being one of the guys employed by the governments of Tibet or Nepal to clear ever-accumulating debris and trash from the higher stretches of the iconic mountain, left there by the same rich assholes as they check an item from their bucket list."
"Several weeks of progress on the 2026 season have been lost, however, by a massive obstacle blocking the path to any progression: A 100-foot serac, or newly frozen column of ice, that was blocking the way forward on the deadly Khumbu Icefall."
"If there's one thing about Everest that is eternal, it's the fact that it inexorably draws the most insufferable, irresponsible souls toward its deadly summit."
The annual Everest climbing season, from mid-April to late May, is currently hindered by a massive 100-foot serac blocking the Khumbu Icefall. This obstacle has delayed climbers' progress toward the summit. The job of clearing ice and debris from Everest is arduous, often undertaken by workers who deal with the aftermath of climbers' attempts to conquer the mountain. The influx of climbers, often described as irresponsible, contributes to the accumulation of trash and hazards on the mountain.
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