It was four years ago that we published 7 Reasons Not to Climb Mt. Everest. Since then, things have only gotten worse. Eleven people have died making the attempt so far in 2019, and who can forget the image of a crowded single-file line waiting to make the summit?
After a show about the dangerous business of tourists climbing an ever-more-crowded Mt. Everest, John Oliver and his show Last Week Tonight launched a website that lets you take a shortcut to that photograph you could have spent many thousands of dollars and risked your life getting. The Top of Mount Everest is a generator in which you upload your face from the comfort of your chair and bam! You can tell everyone you climbed the highest mountain in the world. Not that anyone would believe it. You can take a friend, a spouse, or a pet if you like.