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?

1.5k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

839 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/Themodsarecuntz Jul 09 '25

Even that person had multiple pilot failures before them. They had people who designed it to instruct them. A helicopter that exists today only exists because of the people who have built it up from the time you are talking about. They are complex. I have flown drones and rc copters. Those are a challenge and your life isn't on the line.

There is no chance some regular guy is getting in a helicopter and learning to fly it with no assistance and becoming so good they can fly at the altitude of Everest.

1

u/firestell Jul 11 '25

Wasnt there some totally untrained guy who hijacked a plane and managed to fly it while only having MS flight simulator experience?

If he could get MS flight simulator on a computer in the early days + work out some generator to power it after the grid dies he could get a good bit of training in it.

Imo the hardest part is actually getting to Nepal before fuel goes bad all over. Once there he has virtually unlimited time to train on the mountain, only climbing a couple feet higher each time.

Canned food will last him indefinitely, and clean water is easy enough to get. Maybe he can get a drone up there and doensnt even need to climb it himself.