CthulhusIntern [he/him] to askchapo • 4 days agoWas Edmund Hillary actually the first to climb Everest, or just the first European?message-squaremessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up131
arrow-up131message-squareWas Edmund Hillary actually the first to climb Everest, or just the first European?CthulhusIntern [he/him] to askchapo • 4 days agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]hexbear17·4 days agoSo the way I understand it is the locals probably wouldn't have climbed it because several Himalayan peaks are sacred, but I am probably wrong. link
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear16·4 days agoSeveral are sacred, but there are sometimes traditions of climbing them for religious purposes (mostly in times of desperation). You know, famine stalks the land so you climb the forbidden mountain to beg the gods for mercy. But those things are usually remembered in oral history and we've got no record of that. link
So the way I understand it is the locals probably wouldn't have climbed it because several Himalayan peaks are sacred, but I am probably wrong.
Several are sacred, but there are sometimes traditions of climbing them for religious purposes (mostly in times of desperation).
You know, famine stalks the land so you climb the forbidden mountain to beg the gods for mercy.
But those things are usually remembered in oral history and we've got no record of that.