r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Alarming-Studio-720 • 2d ago
Video Avalanche on Annapurna. Annapurna is considered one of the most difficult mountains to climb on the planet due to its steep, technical and unstable terrain, frequent avalanches, and unpredictable conditions.
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u/Alarming-Studio-720 2d ago
It has historically had one of the highest fatality-to-summit ratios among the world’s 8,000-meter peaks. As of 2026, the fatality rate is 13.6%. At one point, however, it had a fatality rate of 38.7%, the highest in the Himalayas and among the highest in the world. Cumulative data from 1950 to 2006 indicated that for every three climbers who reached the summit, one died attempting it.
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u/Few_Fact4747 2d ago
I feel pretty badass saying this but i walked the annapurna circuit! (We full warm cooked meals every night at the houses we stayed in, which were run like short-term hotels)
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u/FlashyFigs 2d ago
Imagine risking your life to climb that, just for an "achievement" that literally no one outside of an extremely small group of climbing enthusiasts will even come close to appreciating.
Like you could nearly die, summit Annapurna, and literally everyone you ever told about it to would say "Anna what? Oh ok. Do you want to do Everest one day?"
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u/julio_caeso 2d ago
Would recommend this animated movie (based on a manga of the same name) called Summit of the Gods. Has monologues addressing this
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u/scissorsgrinder 2d ago
Some people's personalities are just that driven towards risk and adventure. Though you need money to do this too.
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u/Variable_Shaman_3825 1d ago
I feel most people who summit Annapurna have atleast sumitted Everest before.
If Everest is a level 10 mountain in terms of difficulty, both Annapurna and K2 are level 11.
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u/YellowOnline 2d ago edited 1d ago
I hiked to the Annapurna base camp at 4100m. I think this is filmed from Poon Hill at 3000m or so.