Afford Anything · Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Paula Pant, who was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, commented on the country's lack of a ski industry despite having the world's highest mountains. She attributes this to poor infrastructure and lack of development, which also impacts rescue efforts.
“Why do we not have a ski industry? Why is it that people go skiing in the Rockies, in Japan, in Switzerland, but not in Nepal, which is home to the Himalayas? And it is because we have such poor infrastructure, such a lack of development that we have not been able to develop one.”
“All of that to say that there are areas that helicopters can't go to where we need cargo drones. But we don't have a supply of cargo drones. We don't even have an adequate supply of flashlights.”
“And that to me is symbolic. It's emblematic of the development that we lack.”