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/pj1843 Jul 09 '25
Yeah, not really. There are many vessels that can autopilot a plotted our course assuming you can plot out a course and actually engage the autopilot. If your not experienced with this type of equipment it isn't exactly simple.
Then you have to keep an eye on the weather, which won't be getting regular updates via radio or satellite data due to no people, so your going to have to know how to read the radar on this vessel and plot around storms.
Your also going to have to know how to maintain the vessel while at sea, because if one small thing goes wrong your dead.
As someone who's grown up around boats and has a decent amount of experience with this stuff I wouldn't even entertain the idea of a solo trans atlantic crossing even if I had my pick of vessel.