High-altitude heist – 500 dollars stolen

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66628465

by dosinga • 3 years ago

42 16 3 years ago

In a way this story is uplifting - that $500 stolen from a donation box on a climbing route is so surprising and infrequent for it to make international news. It’s something I’ve always loved about the outdoors/adventure communities: in general you can trust folks more than normal to not steal from your tent, ignore calls for help, or screw your over so they can have a better time.

bartwe• 3 years ago

The ending of the article is weirdly anti-cash

pphysch4• 3 years ago

Ironically, the problem in this case is that cash requires too much trust; trust that local deposits won't be raided by thieves.

A more "trustless" approach could involve the collection box being replaced by a link or QR code or a bunch of detachable paper slips with said link. Link leads to online donation portal. Of course, someone could try to tamper with those links.

petre3• 3 years ago

And cards and QR codes require too much infrastructure out of your control. Once someone flips the switch, everyone's basicaly cashless.

jibcage• 3 years ago

Switzerland has a national payment network called Twint, created by the Post, that’s based on QR codes. I think the bigger challenge is getting cell coverage to all of these remote peaks.

notfed• 3 years ago

Millions of francs have been stolen in the last three years alone, causing the Swiss Federal Police to warn that ...

More than much money in cryptocurrency is stolen every day.

tastyfreeze• 3 years ago

Carried all the tools to break open the box... like a rock? That doesn't look like the work of any tools.

paulgb• 3 years ago

far better protected ATM machines.

Unless the ATM machine (sic) in question is 2350m up in a technical climb, I’d say that’s up for debate!

High-altitude heist – 500 dollars stolen

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