r/whowouldwin • u/ThePriestofVaranasi • Jul 09 '25

Challenge Every human on Earth vanishes, except for one random person in the US. A button is placed on the summit of Mount Everest that can be pressed to undo this change. Can humanity be restored?

Every human on Earth vanishes without a trace, except for one random survivor: Ethan from the United States. Moments after the disappearance, a mysterious device materializes before him, displaying a message:
"Humanity can be restored. To activate revival, you must press the button housed at the highest point on Earth—the summit of Mount Everest."

Ethan essentially has as much of a prep time as he wants to gather all the essentials like food, water, weapons, vehicles and everything else that has been suddenly abandoned. He can raid supermarkets, libraries, military depots, and pharmacies for supplies. Ethan can still die of old age so this prep time isn't unlimited.

Now, Ethan faces an impossible gauntlet:
He must travel to Nepal and ascend to the summit of Mount Everest without dying.

Can Ethan survive long enough to reach the button and restore humanity?

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u/TheMayorOfBismond Jul 09 '25

I'd have every printer in the library running day and night shitting out every Wikipedia article I could think of until the power finally cut out.

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u/KaIidin Jul 10 '25

We still have books, right?

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u/FriendlyDavez Jul 09 '25

Or you know... Go for the books

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u/TheMayorOfBismond Jul 09 '25

Those books are still going to be there once the power goes out.

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u/FriendlyDavez Jul 10 '25

My man.... You thought I meant to ... Print the books?

No.

I mean it's kind of silly to be hastily printing wikipedia at all while you already have a full library at your disposal. If it's a good one, it will have books with much better content than the surface level unverified wikipedia entries. Read some wikipedia entries on a subject you have deep expertise in and you'll know what I mean.