Fidel Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 As we recently noted, the Chinese government is building a 67-mile highway to Everest base camp in Tibet, paving over a rough path, allegedly so runners will have an easier time carrying the Olympic torch to the mountain. That new road, writes Michael Kodas in the New York Times, is going to â??turn Mount Everest into the first arena, and profit center, of its Olympic Games.â? More dispiriting is the grim picture he paints of the camp as it exists now. â??During my last visit, in 2006, more than 80 large tents spread out like a tenement at the end of the road to base camp, all of them filled with Chinese and Tibetans offering liquor, bunks, meals and gear,â? he writes. â??Prostitutes and pimps openly propositioned Western mountaineers, and Tibetan pony carts, like colorful, miniature stagecoaches, offered rides to the monastery at nearby Rongbuk. Doctors told me that in addition to the traditional frostbite and altitude sickness, they now treat plenty of venereal diseases and wounds from base-camp brawls.â? Outside magazine just called the base camp on the Nepal side of Everest â??the Himalayan version of Burning Man.â? This base camp sounds more like the Himalayan version of Bangkok. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Great to see so much respect for natural wonders. Where is Richard Gere when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Thamel district of Khatmandu is pretty much the same crowd as Khao Sarn road...organized tour companies can take you to base camp...hence the crowds and trash. Tibetam hookers? hmmm, at what 18,000 feet, sort of adds a new demension to the "mile high club." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 â??During my last visit, in 2006, more than 80 large tents spread out like a tenement at the end of the road to base camp, all of them filled with Chinese and Tibetans offering liquor, bunks, meals and gear,â? he writes. â??Prostitutes and pimps openly propositioned Western mountaineers, and Tibetan pony carts, like colorful, miniature stagecoaches, offered rides to the monastery at nearby Rongbuk. Doctors told me that in addition to the traditional frostbite and altitude sickness, they now treat plenty of venereal diseases and wounds from base-camp brawls.â? Sounds like a visit is in order! :thumbup: :bangit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapstick Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 can anyone tell me where to find the Nepalese stunnas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Yes sad to see this sort of thing happen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongchaiyai Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Sounds more like Soi 8 in Pattaya than the Himalaya's....fights, prostitutes, drinking, and a couple of cases of venereal disease. Had some friends go to the base camp (pre.. the whoring camp, by the sounds of it) and they constantly complained of all the rubbish there....including the tons and tons of empty gas bottles. Sounds now like the wild wild east! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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