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Well that's personal but generally yes , sometimes I can't wait till it's over ... Do the Job , Get the Shekels safely. ( The idea of a recreational climb is remote to me , Climbing Comps , would sooner race my truck ... )

Exactly ... The Sherpas are like me and Treework. It's done completely for the money , that is all. (Whether particularly gifted in skills or even into it) it's simply an exchange of trade for cash. Many Sherpas never go higher than Base Camp. Good living to be made packing in Beer and Food.

It's the Sherpas who open up the routes and maintain the fixed lines at the start of every season. Tibetan prayer flags and always a framed picture of the Dahli Lhama are on the summit. (Includes constant replacement)

Sherpas and the international assortment of climbers and contractors they work for are completely different. Apples and Martians different. Watson's second trip is a story about it. Tried to pay them the fee then climb as equals , didn't work. Story was in a few climb magazines.

Article in NY Times w pic of ongoing cleanup (Yak assisted) ... Literally Tons of crap , place has been treated like an Ash tray for decades though the Sherpas consider the Mountain sacred.

... Sad but true , there is an organized effort to get everything but the corpses out eventually. Base Camp is heavily trafficked and the waste management as well as who goes up further and when is organized and administrated. Sherpas do recycle quite a bit of gear left on the Mt. plus some...

Dude worked Ski Patrol in Vermont w exceptional skills. You can Google him w Dave Watson Mt. Everest or something and it would come up. Has many great stories and pics for sure. My favorite is second trip where he killed it for pace ... Way ahead of the group and broke out all the fixed lines...

... Learned some about the Sherpas as well from Dave. If the price was right they'd haul Mallory down.

Have a Ski Patrol buddy , big time climber. Summited Everest twice ! He said you hike right past Mallory , well preserved he is.