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ILoveLongDogs t1_izmo2lq wrote

Reply to comment by Goodmindtothrowitall in [WP] It’s a common know fact that if a person dies climbing Mount Everest the body is left on the mountain. That’s why a serial killer likes to disguise himself as a Sherpa in order to hide his victims. by jgeezy235

Dude, what. Why go to all that bother, what did OP do to you?

Also, most of what you were saying about moving the bodies and hiding the evidence I think is massively off base to what was intended. I thought the idea of the prompt was "work as a seemingly legitimate guide then bump them off and make it look like an accident".

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Goodmindtothrowitall t1_izmpfg2 wrote

Totally fair, and honestly it did get away from me. If I’d typed this out all at once, I probably wouldn’t have posted it.

The plot you mentioned is (allegedly) something that happened- it’s the main storyline in High Crimes. However, guide and Sherpa are not interchangeable, and honestly that’s the main reason I started posting- When you’re writing about a different culture, it’s worth knowing some cultural context. And this isn’t just sherpa the job, it’s Sherpa the people, and honestly I get really angry about the cost they pay for other people to climb.

That, and I figured people reading the prompts might want to know more about Everest. Nothing against OP, they seem perfectly lovey. I just wanted to add some context, and it spiraled. Sorry to you as well.

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canofwhoops t1_iznahre wrote

Personally I came in with mild interest for a writing prompt and came out educated on the basics of climbing everest and a new understanding of the dangers as well as the Sherpas.

So thank you! All that effort writing was definitely not wasted it was a good read!

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astillac t1_izmqbcj wrote

It was an award-winning info dump and I kinda fell in love a little bit. XD

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Goodmindtothrowitall t1_izmqheg wrote

Aw, thank you! I think the other reason it got out of hand is that I haven’t talked to my usual infodump person for like a year and I think it boiled over. (Calling her soon tho!)

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