What is the significance of climbing Mount Everest?

Recently, a news broke that Mount Everest was queued, causing many deaths.

This article does not discuss the event itself, but wants to ask a question: Why are you keen on climbing Mount Everest?

Of course, you can explain it from the psychological level: vanity is at work, and you can blow a cow all your life after climbing Mount Everest.

However, you can't explain why someone has climbed Mount Everest several times. What can this prove?

Uncle Liang has a friend named Sean, who is a semi-professional climber. He accompanied Wang Shi to climb Mount Everest for the first time.

I asked him this question: "Is it really interesting to climb Mount Everest?"

He replied: nonsense, it is simply destruction. One month before the summit, you must enter the "combat readiness state" and strictly observe what you can't eat or do.

The process of climbing the peak is even more painful. In the long process, you can't speak loudly, you can't have unnecessary actions, you will consume energy, keep warm and do great things.

He said that once a climber did not wear a mask correctly, took a gasp, felt itchy throat, coughed hard, and finally coughed up the mucous membrane of his throat, leaving a lifelong sequela.

In a word, climbing Mount Everest is a torturous process and there is no fun at all.

So I said, "So all the fun is just the thrill of conquest?"

He said, it's not just that. There was an indescribable pleasure in those days when he went down the mountain, which was also the most attractive place for him.

When I get home, I usually have a week off. During this period, I will relax, sleep late, go shopping with my wife and watch some favorite movies. .......

This kind of life is in sharp contrast with the situation on the mountain, and you can feel the happiness now. ......

I quite agree with Sean.

The so-called happiness is contrast. Just like Uncle Liang went out for training, the happiest time was the days when he just returned to Shenzhen.

A few years ago, there was a joke on the Internet:

Two friends, one in Beijing and the other in Lijiang.

With an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, I can't afford to buy a house, rent a small room of more than ten square meters, work from nine to five, squeeze the bus every day, breathe the exhaust of cars, and want to get ahead.

One has no fixed income, lives in a dilapidated quadrangle by the lake, wakes up naturally every day, takes photography as a living and walks around. Nothing to do, drink tea, bask in the sun and see the snow-capped mountains and clouds.

Many netizens left messages saying that they yearn for the life of friends in Lijiang.

To tell the truth, a friend of Uncle Liang really did it, selling a small house in Shenzhen and investing in an inn in Lijiang.

Did he finally live a happy life?

No, within three years, I lost my investment and went back to Shenzhen to find a new job.

Once he chatted with me and said, "You don't feel anything when you face the beautiful scenery every day."

He is absolutely right. Comparison of the beauty of Lijiang. You suffered a lot in the big city. Only by going to Lijiang for a holiday can we show that beauty.

Without automobile exhaust, there is no refreshment; Without crowds, there would be no snow-capped mountains and clouds; Without the oppression of the workplace, there would be no frivolity in the teahouse ... These are all contrasts.

If there is no contrast, all good things will lose their proper meaning.

Uncle Liang tells you one thing responsibly. In terms of happiness, people are really similar.

Li Ka-shing's wealth is ten million times that of you, but if his happiness is ten million times that of you, I certainly don't believe it.

Chances are, he is as happy as you.

You think those rich second generations have their mountains of gold and silver and don't have to worry about anything. It must be great.

However, this is really not true. They may also be annoyed.

This is not chicken soup, it is science. Man is a highly adaptable animal, whether suffering or enjoying happiness.

When Uncle Liang just left his job, he left himself vacant for three months. During this period, he sleeps late, plays games, plays golf and travels as he pleases. ......

However, these indulgences can only be felt in the first week, and the rest of the time will soon deprive me of pleasure. Funny things will no longer make me happy. If I am not satisfied at all, I will cause my own anger.

Yes, the freedom I yearned for didn't make me really happy, but there was an inescapable sense of nothingness.

That really made me realize that as human beings, there may really be no so-called "perfect" moment to have an epiphany, and only by switching between the two modes can we find happiness.

So, why do I often say "I want to find something uncomfortable for myself"?

This not only represents the progress of a kind of behavior, but also makes sense only in the "uncomfortable" contrast.

You know, when you go up the mountain, you are extremely good, and when you go down the mountain, you are a perfect match.

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