Pauline von HellermannJun 20, 2023
I am sorry but i absolutely refuse to follow live updates or take any interest in what happens to three #Billionaire tourists or whatever on a luxury thrill-seeking, super-expensive, super-unnecessary fun thing, when over 500 people (including many children) are feared dead after #Tragedy in Mediterranean and we never had live coverage or frontpage news on it. (And yes of course this is sad too but the difference in concern is just so wrong)
Show threadLaux Myth (aka Martin)Jun 20, 2023
@pvonhellermannn Well said. I feel much the same about those who die in Everest each year. Also adventure tourism beyond reasonable reach of any rescue. So sorry but assuming you knew the risk.
Show threadPauline von Hellermann

@lauxmyth yes! @FrankFrank shared this about #Everest in response to my post. That queue is quite a picture. The while thing is crazy and horrible

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/06/everyone-is-in-that-fine-line-between-death-and-life-inside-everests-deadliest-queue

'Everyone is in that fine line between death and life': inside Everest's deadliest queue

A year on from the loss of 11 people on the world’s highest mountain, survivors talk frankly about what went wrong and why

The Guardian
Jun 20, 2023 at 2:28pmWeb
Show threadLaux Myth (aka Martin)Jun 20, 2023
@pvonhellermannn @FrankFrank Thanks for the link. This is not news nor should it be news to anybody who has seen this happening over the decades. I see getting worse as the world seems to be making more ultra-rich.