Submitted by AlphaIrwin t3_1010qb3 in EarthPorn
AlphaIrwin OP t1_j2lh6oz wrote
Reply to comment by Aventric in Mt Everest from the Base Camp, Gorakshep [5500x37000] OC by AlphaIrwin
You're right; this is the first world problem. Like every meal on our table, all farmers, machine operators, logistic providers and others risk their lives to put the meals on our table. We should not have eaten at all.
As we step out of the house, the lithium battery, oil miner, other miners, factory workers and public transport drivers are risking their lives to enable us to go places.
Like the house we live in, the concrete makers, the rock mining, and the wood logger are risking their lives to build our home.
I discussed this with my guide when I was there. He told me that he did not have income for nearly three years and never had enough money to buy a laptop for his daughter's school. My trip to Everest Base Camp enabled him to pay back some debt, and I just sent his daughter a second-hand laptop for Christmas.
Many of my friends discussed this with me before. I am glad I can help them, and more tourists visiting the Everest Base Camp will improve the local welfare.
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