Nepal Says: No More Strippers On Mount Everest

Via Guardian Unlimited:

Nepal’s mountaineering authorities are calling for a ban on nudity and attempts to set obscene records on the world’s highest mountain, officials said yesterday.

Of everything I routinely read about Everest, I never realized that stripping was such a big social issue.

Last year, a Nepali climber claimed the world’s highest display of nudity when he disrobed for several minutes while standing on the 8,850m (29,035ft) summit in temperatures of about minus 10 degrees C (14 degrees Fahrenheit).

Of course this “climber” was a man. Let’s be honest: only guys are stupid enough to try something like that.

The people who live on the foot hill of Everest worship the mountain as a god and mountaineering authorities have asked the government to ban disrespectful stunts on Everest, Tshering said.

Good on ‘em. It’s their mountain and their home. It’s stunning how disrespectful some folks can be.