Comments on: Peak Ethics… http://listics.com/20060526217 Frank Paynter's Voice and Vision... Tue, 07 Nov 2024 16:06:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Frank Paynter http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-444 Mon, 29 May 2024 19:49:21 +0000 http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-444 I can see how you could infer from my post that i am hearkening back to some more noble age, Seth; but a narrower reading regarding the emergence of summit tourism and <a href="http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=789462006">the values of the companies plying that trade is also possible. vis.</a> <blockquote cite="http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=789462006">With clients paying up to £35,000 for a chance to launch their own ascent, guides on commercial expeditions are increasingly encouraged to care only for those in their own party. Getting their clients to the summit is the main priority, and most firms market themselves on the percentage of people they got to the top the previous year. The clients also have their own selfish motivation for stepping over the still-moving bodies of other fallen climbers. They have invested a huge amount of time and money in achieving their goal, and as paying customers they demand the full attention of their guides and Sherpas.</blockquote> I can see how you could infer from my post that i am hearkening back to some more noble age, Seth; but a narrower reading regarding the emergence of summit tourism and the values of the companies plying that trade is also possible. vis.

With clients paying up to £35,000 for a chance to launch their own ascent, guides on commercial expeditions are increasingly encouraged to care only for those in their own party. Getting their clients to the summit is the main priority, and most firms market themselves on the percentage of people they got to the top the previous year. The clients also have their own selfish motivation for stepping over the still-moving bodies of other fallen climbers. They have invested a huge amount of time and money in achieving their goal, and as paying customers they demand the full attention of their guides and Sherpas.

]]> by: Seth Finkelstein http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-443 Mon, 29 May 2024 15:01:15 +0000 http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-443 It would be nice if everyone acted selflessly. But I doubt there ever was a golden age of moral nobility, compared to degenerate modern times. It would be nice if everyone acted selflessly. But I doubt there ever was a golden age of moral nobility, compared to degenerate modern times.

]]> by: Winston http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-419 Sat, 27 May 2024 10:02:21 +0000 http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-419 Before I ran across your quote of it, I was already thinking taht "Because it is there" is a damn poor excuse for an adventure with an outcome like this. Before I ran across your quote of it, I was already thinking taht “Because it is there” is a damn poor excuse for an adventure with an outcome like this.

]]> by: Melinda (Sour Duck) http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-416 Sat, 27 May 2024 01:57:49 +0000 http://listics.com/20060526217#comment-416 That's horrible. That’s horrible.

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