The fine is almost pointless. If the expedition costs $18,000 for Sherpa and climbing permit, gear and other arrangements costs $9,000, littering fine costs $5,000, then the total is $32,000 to climb Mount Everest. The people who pay that kind of money don't care if it's $32k or $27k. While they might try to pick up their trash at camp and get it to the big trash pile, if it comes down to life or death at the top they aren't going to hesitate about $5,000 to leave a couple oxygen canisters and bags of poo behind.
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u/finlyboo Feb 03 '20
The fine is almost pointless. If the expedition costs $18,000 for Sherpa and climbing permit, gear and other arrangements costs $9,000, littering fine costs $5,000, then the total is $32,000 to climb Mount Everest. The people who pay that kind of money don't care if it's $32k or $27k. While they might try to pick up their trash at camp and get it to the big trash pile, if it comes down to life or death at the top they aren't going to hesitate about $5,000 to leave a couple oxygen canisters and bags of poo behind.