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Everest guides accused of poisoning foreign climbers to force fake rescues (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 34 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, no shit...

Wealthy people from all over the globe take advantage of those people and their ancestral homeland, trashing it and paying them slave wages.

Of course some of them are gonna start ripping them off.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    Not to mention, most the people up there haven’t a fucking clue what they’re doing . So they’re entirely dependent on the guides for their safety, well being and success; but probably treat them like shit when they say it’s too dangerous to go up.

    Also there’s probably quite a limited amount of law enforcement up there. The base camp itself is remote and dangerous, and with limited medical facilities.

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