It’s that time again: reported in March that local officials are trying to limit the number of travelers and restricting luxury sites in order to protect the mountain.
Synott explained that while the luxury campsites might seem over the top, they only appeal to a small portion of Everest mountaineers. Most people he met on the mountain were “not rich,” he said, but “scrappy dreams” who saved up for a long time to climb Everest.
“I would say you get about 10 percent of people at Everest that are just rich and doing it for bragging rights, about another 10 percent that don’t know what they are doing, and everyone else there works hard and spends a long time saving the money and has experience climbing,” Arnette said.
“It’s certainly one of the most experienced Instagram photos, but also so in owning a horse or sailing around the world,” he added.
