Even at Everest.. women adopt stereotypes roles

[ChateauMargaux]

This lady is one of the 12% of everest summiters who is female. She has summitted 3 times but she is famous, not for that, but for her...
cleaning

And this single Mum of 3 washes dishes at Whole Foods and walks to work but has summitted Everest 9 times!! A feat bettered by only 24 people in history.

It looks like Marion is passionate about the environmental impact that's been inflicted by climbing expeditions on Mount Everest. She saw a problem and has acted on it. She is doing wonderful work and good for her I say. Please don't diminish her achievements by saying making it about gender stereotypes. It's her choice.

As for Lakpa, her story is about achieving her dreams and ambitions despite not having any money. It's not right that she should have do but she's working her butt off to get the money. So what if it's cleaning? I'm sure she will summit Everest again.

2 very strong women. There's much to admire in both.

Your complaints are entirely misguided.

In the case of Marion she is applauded for highlighting the environmental degradation which is being caused to Everest. If anyone is being sexist it is you, who is trying diminishing her work by seeing her only as a cleaner.

In the case of the second the climber there is in the same position as all the male indigenous climbers who are just props to the paying tourists.

It's unfair to say she is famous for cleaning- she is an environmentalist, who has tackled a large scale issue, and is making a difference. I do t think it's fair to compare the two in the way you are.

I think it’s outrageous for you to reduce her commitment to tackling rubbish left on Everest - a huge environmental issue - to a stereotype about cleaning. If she were a man you wouldn’t be comparing the achievement to a domestic chore.

It feels like women cleaning up after men... hundreds of entitled white men have created an environmental disaster on everest.. alongside the fact that the achievements of women are again, underestimated, underfunded and underreported. But I accept you don't see this in the same way as I do.

Marion is using her experience as a very successful climber to get funding for the clean up. She and her team are paying locals, thereby supporting the local economy. The funding also helps the Nepalese government who are in a catch-22 situation because the country needs money from tourism but doesn't have enough funding for cleaning up every thing by themselves.

That's not to say that the government are helpless: they have banned single use plastics, introduced waste management systems, introduced a $400 deposit scheme where climbers get the money back if they bring their waste back with them and deploy the army to help with clean up.

Marion is contributing hugely to control not only the environmental impact but also the Nepalese economy.

And think on this: Those white men you are blaming are vital for the country's economic development. The government charges around $11,000 per person for a climbing permit. Nepal's economy is largely built on Everest expeditions and other climbing and trekking routes.

Finally, more and more women are climbing Everest. In the 2019 season, 20% were women.

It is very clear OP that these women are admired and known