You realize it’s not like only the 1% are climbing Everest? Yes it’s expensive but if it’s a life goal it’s certainly achievable for anyone middle class
I’m in the top 3%. I’ve never even CONSIDERED doing something like that. I have retirement to save for, kids to put through college. My car is now old enough to get a driver’s license of it’s own. I don’t piss my money away on stupid shit, I don’t buy an endless stream of consumer goods. My watch came from Costco. I fix my own cars, do my own home renovation when it’s cost and time effective. I clean my own bathrooms.
Yes, a trip up everest is for a 1%er or a fucking moron who can’t actually afford it.
You don’t want to climb Everest, congratulations. Do you ever take a vacation? Bring your kids? Money that could have gone towards climbing Everest. I don’t personally get it either, but for plenty of people it’s a life long dream and the fact is you don’t need to be obscenely wealthy to do it. Just because you’ve decided you’re living life by some proper metric doesn’t make you right. If I had a goal like climbing Everest I’d certainly prefer to retire a couple of years later and actually do something in life.
Also if you’re actually making $400,000k+ (which is apparently what top 3% is for the US), maybe don’t be such a miser and help spread some of that around. Pay a local mechanic to work on your car. Hire a maid to clean once in a while
You realize it’s not like only the 1% are climbing Everest? Yes it’s expensive but if it’s a life goal it’s certainly achievable for anyone middle class
only wealthy people, well off people are affording it, someone earnign min wage, isnt going to be doing this.
The fact of the matter is that anyone willing to pay $75K-$100K on average to climb a mountain is a prime mark for a $5K scam.
They’re not being scammed money, insurance companies are. They’re just being screwed out of their trip.
I’m in the top 3%. I’ve never even CONSIDERED doing something like that. I have retirement to save for, kids to put through college. My car is now old enough to get a driver’s license of it’s own. I don’t piss my money away on stupid shit, I don’t buy an endless stream of consumer goods. My watch came from Costco. I fix my own cars, do my own home renovation when it’s cost and time effective. I clean my own bathrooms.
Yes, a trip up everest is for a 1%er or a fucking moron who can’t actually afford it.
You don’t want to climb Everest, congratulations. Do you ever take a vacation? Bring your kids? Money that could have gone towards climbing Everest. I don’t personally get it either, but for plenty of people it’s a life long dream and the fact is you don’t need to be obscenely wealthy to do it. Just because you’ve decided you’re living life by some proper metric doesn’t make you right. If I had a goal like climbing Everest I’d certainly prefer to retire a couple of years later and actually do something in life.
Also if you’re actually making $400,000k+ (which is apparently what top 3% is for the US), maybe don’t be such a miser and help spread some of that around. Pay a local mechanic to work on your car. Hire a maid to clean once in a while