"Why are we so proud of this huge lump of ice called Mount Everest? We did not plan for it. We did not design it. We did not build it. We did not deploy it. We don’t even maintain it. It is just there. The darn thing has been there for millions of years now, because it has nowhere to go. It has one function: to sit there like Forrest Gump on a bus stop bench and watch Apa Sherpa climb to the top every 13 days."

...well said. :-)