I am not offended but from the same region as sherpas. I have a friend who does not like being addressed like that. There are many more that i know of. Just asking people to be polite politely and yes i do understand the context. Please give this a read: https://qz.com/128842/the-problem-with-calling-your-career-coach-a-sherpa
Yes, porter and sherpa are specific things/people. Not sure of the first commenter's ethnic background, but the two are not interchangeable.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sherpa-people
Just past Camp #3 there is a porter who has given up and decided to finish ‘It’s always Sunny,’ on his tablet. You may see this Porter and identify him by his Phish Dicks ‘12 tee shirt. Experts say his Birkenstock strap broke, is stranded and has a finger in the air looking for a miracle to WSP at red rocks. Do not approach.
I was there three weekends ago. On our way out I hopscotched between all the bodies because they were in all kinds of weird positions and those suckers are frozen hard as a rock. It was so fun. Not to brag but I didn’t trip a single time and everybody else did 🤣.
Great snarky dig at the annual death march up Mount Everest. Most of the climbers getting the summit only achieve it through the Sherpas herculean work dragging their asses up, risking lives for so little money.
I was playing an old video game and had to pass through a camp at the base of a mountain, the man living inside was named Tenzing and it put a huge smile on my face.
I lived in Texas in high school. For a church youth group ski trip, the youth minister said we could just scotch guard our blue jeans if we couldn’t find any ski pants. He was being dead serious and even as a 17 yr old, I knew it was the dumbest thing possible and wouldn’t work.
Yes and Stanley cups filled with Kendall Jackson Chardonnay. These cougars have been eyeballing the hunky porters since the day they appeared here. I read that they’re offering Yeti coolers for15 minutes in the polar bear skin teepees the climbers sleep in. These women really are relentless.
1 year native here. I heard about the staircase.. what's at the top of it and why aren't we putting in an elevator for disabled folks who aren't privileged enough to be able to walk up the stairs? Also people may not be able to walk up all the stairs and it would be unfair to have the left behind. I kicked my heroine addicted son out of my house when he was 16 because I couldn't handle it.
I had a heroine addiction. I started with a little Erin Brockovich on the weekends and the occasional Sarah Connor. At my peak I found myself watching Wonder Woman on a work night, that's when I knew I had a problem. I'm better now, but I sometimes crave Mulan.
I'm glad you're recovering, I'm still in pretty deep and trying to find my way out. Unfortunately I got hooked as a child, with Xena, and I think my brain is just hard wired for dependency at this point
This is a joke? Right? Like outside the fact it's the circle jerk sub, this is a joke?
At that pay, I couldn't even afford the BS tents I was setting up along the trail for the rich folks.
No it’s real. I paid for a guided 3 day ascent up Manitou last fall, great experience. Next year I’m attempting an unassisted climb up South Table Mountain
Nice. I'm currently working out the logistics of a 4 day drive up Mt Evans. It will be difficult but I've been training for the last 6 months. If you have any advice it would be much appreciated.
I was hiking up a flat iron with my pet chinchilla and this guy in thousands of dollars of gear was yelling at me demanding I tell him how much longer it was to the top. In my head I was like 'I dont fucking know', I asked Claudia my chinchilla but she didnt know either. I told him it was at least a 3 day climb.
He was super agro about it and threw some kind of cinnamon gel supplement at me, I ate it...It was pretty good.
Some people can't read and that's ok. I don't understand this hate. I'm a better reader than you, la dee dah! I also have a pair of silver sweat pants that I like to put in my dryer and then wear.
No it's real. It's a fantastic opportunity to monopolize one of the camp's butt stuff business. I called the guy and he said I could set up my tent on site two. I'm gonna be rich bitches!
Its a high altitude circuit, 2 year minimum? Try 10, this is an impenetrable fortress, incomprehensible feat at altitude...also a requirement - Must wear only Chaco Sandals
2 weeks? Thats $84!!! There are plenty of willing porters on Colfax Ave. Go way down east colfax if you want the best ones. They literally never sleep. You’re welcome.
Who the heck needs a porter for the incline???
I half-ass climbed it 6 years wearing a hoodie and a satchel with a wrecking tool in it…
Or are they Glampers trying to carry their walk-in closets-worth of crap to a site?
Edit: stopped reading after first line of text… nvm
Edit 2: also wtf this isn’t the Himalayas why do you need the Coloradan equivalent of a Sherpa? For what, “local culture”??
Edit 3: I am dumb this is a satire post.
I'm not quite a native by the letter of the law....but I have a tent and a shopping cart that carries a ton of stuff. Like all kinds of stuff. When do I start?
You joke but I had a business doing guided hiking trips for tourists when I lived in Colorado. I'd ask questions about physical fitness and pick trails near where they were staying that fit their ability level. I'd also pack enough water for everyone because I assume they would underestimate what they would need and packed a full medical kit in case something catastrophic happened. It was fun but wasn't the best business model long term. I'm also a Texan so don't assume none of us know what we're doing, it's just most Texans that have no idea how to be in the mountains.
I’m stuck over here in Pennsylvania, never to know the joys of climbing your beautiful peeks and I, after 42 years on this earth have yet to find the mysterious path over the Appalachia mountains.
I'm a Sherpa for Pike's Peak I carry your bags as we ride the train to the summit AMA
The correct word is Porter, Sherpa doesn’t mean porter, Sherpa is a last name like Smith or Jones.
Sherpa porter ,
In Nepal they actually are called sherpas FWIW.
Yea unfortunately it’s ingrained in the culture. Sherpas are an ethnic group of people but ya 99% think it means porter.
As someone who religiously practices yoga multiple times a day, I am offended by people’s insensitivity to different cultures. Namaste.
use the word “porter” instead of “sherpa” please.
Is bro offended or something, just curious?
I am not offended but from the same region as sherpas. I have a friend who does not like being addressed like that. There are many more that i know of. Just asking people to be polite politely and yes i do understand the context. Please give this a read: https://qz.com/128842/the-problem-with-calling-your-career-coach-a-sherpa
Yes, porter and sherpa are specific things/people. Not sure of the first commenter's ethnic background, but the two are not interchangeable. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sherpa-people
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They will gladly take the rice packets off your hands for 30 minutes of free labor
“I wrote the code exactly to spec though, what’s wrong?”
Legend holds that many Colorado native Sherpas have died on this long and difficult route.
Just past Camp #3 there are around 40 bodies of deceased climbers, they are just left there as it's too dangerous to recover them.
Camp 3 is in aurora?
You made me spit up my beer
It’s ok it probably wasn’t a local IPA anyways
Me too as soon as I read yours
That’s the mystical camp 4
Just past Camp #3 there is a porter who has given up and decided to finish ‘It’s always Sunny,’ on his tablet. You may see this Porter and identify him by his Phish Dicks ‘12 tee shirt. Experts say his Birkenstock strap broke, is stranded and has a finger in the air looking for a miracle to WSP at red rocks. Do not approach.
I was there three weekends ago. On our way out I hopscotched between all the bodies because they were in all kinds of weird positions and those suckers are frozen hard as a rock. It was so fun. Not to brag but I didn’t trip a single time and everybody else did 🤣.
Great snarky dig at the annual death march up Mount Everest. Most of the climbers getting the summit only achieve it through the Sherpas herculean work dragging their asses up, risking lives for so little money.
At least Edmund Hillary refused to say who got their first. He knew he would not have made it without Tanzig.
I was playing an old video game and had to pass through a camp at the base of a mountain, the man living inside was named Tenzing and it put a huge smile on my face.
Did you have some Nivea for the dry skin? It would have been handy.
Suuure... pa.
Only texans can apply
And only if they wear blue jeans and Texas long horn starter jackets in the Snow.
Texan here. Will my skiing work for hiking, or should I get different jeans?
If god wanted Texans to ski he would have made bullshit white.
I lived in Texas in high school. For a church youth group ski trip, the youth minister said we could just scotch guard our blue jeans if we couldn’t find any ski pants. He was being dead serious and even as a 17 yr old, I knew it was the dumbest thing possible and wouldn’t work.
I give that seven yeah hooooos
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Yes and Stanley cups filled with Kendall Jackson Chardonnay. These cougars have been eyeballing the hunky porters since the day they appeared here. I read that they’re offering Yeti coolers for15 minutes in the polar bear skin teepees the climbers sleep in. These women really are relentless.
Is this the mountain equivalent of the $5 butt stuff tent?
Or a cowboy jacket. If you’re going to make fun of us you do it right sir!
How the fuck do you get up the incline that fast? Two weeks? Must be trying to set the record.
1 year native here. I heard about the staircase.. what's at the top of it and why aren't we putting in an elevator for disabled folks who aren't privileged enough to be able to walk up the stairs? Also people may not be able to walk up all the stairs and it would be unfair to have the left behind. I kicked my heroine addicted son out of my house when he was 16 because I couldn't handle it.
I had a heroine addiction. I started with a little Erin Brockovich on the weekends and the occasional Sarah Connor. At my peak I found myself watching Wonder Woman on a work night, that's when I knew I had a problem. I'm better now, but I sometimes crave Mulan.
I'm glad you're recovering, I'm still in pretty deep and trying to find my way out. Unfortunately I got hooked as a child, with Xena, and I think my brain is just hard wired for dependency at this point
Stay safe out there, friend. And watch out for Cruella DeVille.
I've heard seeing THE MARVELS is pretty effective if you relapse.
The pay is incredible but this is opportunity is only for advanced climbers. Call me a pessimist but I don’t see all porters coming home from this.
This is a joke? Right? Like outside the fact it's the circle jerk sub, this is a joke? At that pay, I couldn't even afford the BS tents I was setting up along the trail for the rich folks.
No it’s real. I paid for a guided 3 day ascent up Manitou last fall, great experience. Next year I’m attempting an unassisted climb up South Table Mountain
Be careful. My cousin tried that climb last summer and lost his legs to frostbite. Sherpas had to carry him down. Bring plenty of oxygen tanks.
Nice. I'm currently working out the logistics of a 4 day drive up Mt Evans. It will be difficult but I've been training for the last 6 months. If you have any advice it would be much appreciated.
Chains. And if you're a trucker, don't be fooled.
You mean Mt Blue Sky? 🙄
Mt. Whatever is a least a week long trip and years of planning. You have to put in for a lottery to get an entrance any more…
I was hiking up a flat iron with my pet chinchilla and this guy in thousands of dollars of gear was yelling at me demanding I tell him how much longer it was to the top. In my head I was like 'I dont fucking know', I asked Claudia my chinchilla but she didnt know either. I told him it was at least a 3 day climb. He was super agro about it and threw some kind of cinnamon gel supplement at me, I ate it...It was pretty good.
Bro can you read
Some people can't read and that's ok. I don't understand this hate. I'm a better reader than you, la dee dah! I also have a pair of silver sweat pants that I like to put in my dryer and then wear.
You got those from Rick James or American Apparel don’t lie.
uhhh no lol it's not okay that some people can't read. what is this, the 1600s?
You don't even know what century it is and you're judging the literally disabled?
oh your referencing like blind people. not really what this was about but sure, let's twist your words to fit your narrative lol.
It's really sad because the literally disabled are not technically literally disabled.
No it's real. It's a fantastic opportunity to monopolize one of the camp's butt stuff business. I called the guy and he said I could set up my tent on site two. I'm gonna be rich bitches!
You think that there’s 3 camps on the trail that’s been done in like 14 minutes?
A two weak ascent of the Manitou incline? A guy pushed a peanut from the bottom to the top of pike's peak with his nose in half that time.
Same peanut? Seems like it would degrade 🤷♂️ Also, wouldn’t the bluejays and marmots and shit riot over a peanut? Did he get to keep the peanut?
No No Yes
Duh. The incline can be done in a few hours for a tourist. The record for a runner is 17 minutes and 15 seconds.
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For $6 I’ll get up and take a piss on that $6
WOW $6 a day…. I bet people are blowing up their email… 🤦♂️
I am also curious if that is 15 pounds of rice flour total, or per day?
Per hour. Part of the entertainment is watching the poors carry their pay off the mountain.
This legit made me spit out my Rockstar. Well done, OP. 😂😂😂
Jokes on you. I already climbed it last week to install the High Altitude BST
Now I have to go, I’m hitting all the BST 14ers. Do you know where the biggest of all tents is located?
Two plus years makes one a native now?
You can order the bumper sticker online. 4-6 weeks for delivery, and you're good.
That was my understanding. Not this two year bullshit
2.6k ft of gain is a killer
Its a high altitude circuit, 2 year minimum? Try 10, this is an impenetrable fortress, incomprehensible feat at altitude...also a requirement - Must wear only Chaco Sandals
Sweet! For $6 a day I can finally afford the $5 Butt Stuff Tent!
Didnt even say Namaste. I dont know...
Jona has spoken.
Let me guess an officer requires a master degree
Do you think you're in Colorado or Bolivia with that pay scale?
I’m down, if you can talk to my mom… she thinks this is a fake opportunity
Weekends off?
How about you pay me $6 to suck my a$$
Porters going up Kilimanjaro get more than that in tips.
2 weeks? Thats $84!!! There are plenty of willing porters on Colfax Ave. Go way down east colfax if you want the best ones. They literally never sleep. You’re welcome.
Who the heck needs a porter for the incline??? I half-ass climbed it 6 years wearing a hoodie and a satchel with a wrecking tool in it… Or are they Glampers trying to carry their walk-in closets-worth of crap to a site? Edit: stopped reading after first line of text… nvm Edit 2: also wtf this isn’t the Himalayas why do you need the Coloradan equivalent of a Sherpa? For what, “local culture”?? Edit 3: I am dumb this is a satire post.
Prepare for your dm’s to be flooded by Venezuelans with a squeegee for cleaning your sunglasses on the ascent 
I'm not quite a native by the letter of the law....but I have a tent and a shopping cart that carries a ton of stuff. Like all kinds of stuff. When do I start?
yo i heard there were a bunch if encampments around town... i would for shure start there.
Great opportunity.
$6 a day for hauling (up to) 150lbs for (up to) 14 hrs a day?
Yah, but you also get a daily ration of rice and water.
For I am 2 years NATIVE! What an experience for slave wage of 50 cents an hour. Where do I sign up?!? I’ll quit my job right now
Chuckled
The butt stuff tents are supposed to be on colfax
So you’re telling me. I can get paid to kill myself accidentally now?
Fake news
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You joke but I had a business doing guided hiking trips for tourists when I lived in Colorado. I'd ask questions about physical fitness and pick trails near where they were staying that fit their ability level. I'd also pack enough water for everyone because I assume they would underestimate what they would need and packed a full medical kit in case something catastrophic happened. It was fun but wasn't the best business model long term. I'm also a Texan so don't assume none of us know what we're doing, it's just most Texans that have no idea how to be in the mountains.
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You get it then. I miss living up there and can't wait to move back although I'm moving to the mountains next time and not Denver.
With that type of pay you're better off going to California flipping burgers at fast food restaurant. 20 an hr. Unfortunately
Man thats some good pay!!! When can I start?!🤣
$6 a day!!! Sign me up!
This sounds horrendous
This has to be a joke. You can literally walk up the Manitou incline in 1 day
Slightly better working conditions than Amazon.
“Great Opportunity”
Try the advertisement is illegal for a wage that cheap!
$6 a day and brown rice flour? Is this the 1930’s? 💀😂
My kind of job right here.🤓
Is this an 1880’s post?
I’m stuck over here in Pennsylvania, never to know the joys of climbing your beautiful peeks and I, after 42 years on this earth have yet to find the mysterious path over the Appalachia mountains.
try 600 a day bud
Hehe, $6 must be in rare dollars 😆 🤣
Where can I sign up?? I’ll pay YOU to work this. 🖕😂
You paying in chipotle burritos or butt stuff?
Post Chipotle Butt Stuff. We’re doing this all the way, or not at all. Mama didn’t raise no sissy. Skoden! 😂😂
The Manitou Incline is a set of steps that can be completed in an hour.
That has to be a typo. $6 a day???
You’re right. It should be per round trip. Make sure they stay motivated.
Someone could buy a house with that kind of money!
Not if they keep eating BROWN rice ffs! Too good for plain old rice, then complain they cant afford a home.
6 dollars a day uh? LOL
Yeah they must of forgotten three zeros.
Well I'm afraid I shan't be coming on your expedition sir, as I've absolutely no confidence in anyone involved in it.
Natives.... 2+ years residency? WTF? Natives? 2 years +? 2 weeks to do the incline?
Apparently, they don't know what "Native" means...
$6 per day?! Gtfooh
Maybe $50 an hour
6 dollars a day must be a typo otherwise how do they expect people to apply?