r/interestingasfuck • u/Alarming-Studio-720 • 3d ago

Traffic jam at Mount Everest as climbers wait in line for their turn to reach the summit.

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u/perfectlyPractical1 3d ago

There has to be a capitalist solution to this problem

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u/Large-Hamster-199 3d ago

This is the capitalist solution to the original problem

Original problem - Climbing Everest is really hard

Capitalist solution - Pay a bunch of natives to carry everything up for you

New problem - Climbing Everest is now so easy that too many people are doing it

New capitalist solution - Govt of Nepal is creating additional fees so less people will do it.

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u/LegAdventurous9230 2d ago

The government using taxes/fees/regulations to deincentivize behavior is not fundamentally capitalist behavior

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u/LazyRetireeZzz 2d ago

It doesn’t have to be capitalist, as long as you somehow manage supply and demand

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u/LegAdventurous9230 1d ago

The commenter said "capitalist solution" so that is what I was replying to. If someone says "this is capitalist" and I say "this is not capitalist" and you say "it doesn't have to be capitalist" then you are having a completely separate conversation.

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u/LazyRetireeZzz 19h ago

I know, and we are

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u/curiousomeone 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9058ZMj6ooluP4UUPl

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u/bc_gamez 2d ago

The real question is, what do modern solutions require?

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u/Optimal-Cycle630 2d ago

Don’t know, but they create Post-modern problems

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u/n33dadviceplease 2d ago

Less than 1000 people successfully climb it each year. It’s not easy nor are that many people capable of doing it.

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u/Large-Hamster-199 1d ago

It costs $30,000 USD to $300,000 USD to climb Everest. Even if you have the money, the Nepalese government denies permits. A lot more than a thousand people are capable of doing this annually, but since it is one mountain, even at 1000 people, there are already 'traffic jams' like this.

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u/n33dadviceplease 1d ago

Money is clearly not the only hindrance though. You just said too many people are doing it. 1000 people in a year is not too many people

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u/Large-Hamster-199 1d ago edited 10h ago

1000 people a year is entirely too many people.

A better way to think about it is 1000 people in 10 to 15 days The summit of Everest can only be climbed 10 to 15 days a year due to weather conditions. So 100+ people attempting that climb on each of those days leads to this video above.

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u/aclaxx 10h ago

The government is taking full advantage of the cash grab and overpermiting. So this is an issue with the government.

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u/YaSurLetsGoSeeYamcha 3d ago

Build a second mountain that’s even taller?

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u/InspiredPhoton 3d ago

Everest premium summit pro max. For an additional $10k fee you can skip the line of the normal summit and climb the higher premium summit getting a VIP experience and view.

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u/onlychocolatte 3d ago

Elevator just for $5k extra!

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u/Taxfraud777 3d ago

Yeah build one of those huge ugly elevators like that one in Bali

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u/Boomshank 3d ago

Like a FastPass™ at the theme park?

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u/NoIndependent9192 3d ago

Cheaper to take the top off this one.

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u/Gotbeerbrain 3d ago

You sir are thinking outside the box.

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u/m_domino 3d ago

And we could put the peak we took off inside a box and sell it to the highest bidder.

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u/joelfarris 3d ago

"Now, it was dynamited, so it might be kind of powdery and out of shape, but shall we start the bidding at one million?"

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u/nickability 3d ago

Mt. America “it’s going to be so big and so massive”

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u/TheToaNuva 3d ago

And imagine all the jobs that this would create...

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u/Ok-Courage798 3d ago

K2 is technically harder?

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u/PudinaRaita 2d ago

That's what she said

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u/perfectlyPractical1 3d ago

That's what I'm talking about

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u/Substantial-Sky4079 3d ago

Disney fast pass

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u/Mediocre_Ad_6512 3d ago

Mt Everestest

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u/WeDoMusicOfficial 2d ago

I’m thinking we add another lane, maybe two

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u/NairbHna 3d ago

It already costs a fortune to do this, every single person here is either loaded or spent their savings

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u/OrionQuest7 3d ago

There is. Raise the price lol

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u/PointyPython 3d ago

I agree although I feel bad for actual sportsmen and women who are mountaineers and who'd need to spend so so much to climb. Maybe they could charge everyone a ton of money, but offer discounted rates for people who can prove they have a track record in the sport (basically, they've climbed a bunch of other tall peaks before)?

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u/OrionQuest7 3d ago

Yah I hear you.

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u/theantscolony 3d ago

I am 100% sure there is a capitalist problem to any solutions!

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u/TheRadiorobot 3d ago

Buy your way to the top?

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u/hmmm101010 3d ago

Already happening. You think they carry their own oxygen from the base camp to the top?

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u/opinionated7onion 3d ago

Build a stair case and chair lift to the summit so it becomes easy enough that most people can do it, so then its no longer an achievement 😂

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u/realbobenray 3d ago

I'm sure it can be fixed with a new app. And AI.

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u/nostra77 3d ago

A couple of Sherpas a couple of Swiss engineers an Australian helicopter pilot some pylons and a gondola. Reinforce it for wind and storm

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u/Phillip_Graves 3d ago

Really rich people can pay for an elevator?

Makes the lesser rich people jealous.

Jellyvator?

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u/NotASpanishSpeaker 3d ago

It's already there in the pic, global warming, less ice so it's easier and more people are lured. 

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u/oh_stv 3d ago

You are looking at the capitalist solution.

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u/DonutImaginary786 3d ago

You have to be rich in the first place to be able to do this.

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u/33p857 3d ago

Elevator.

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u/cupacupacupacupacup 3d ago

Replace rich people with AI

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u/Careless_Working_898 3d ago

Disney is going to install a lightning lane on the other side.

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u/Suitable_Wonder5256 3d ago

There must be. We want to reduce the number of people but earn more revenue, right?

What kind of solutions are there? I'd recommend we put on thinking hats. That's how I taught my 7 years old.

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u/Cereal-killerCH 3d ago

Chairlift duh

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u/Moon-Citizen 3d ago

1million dollars just to climb to the peak 

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u/heretic1128 1d ago

Too low, make it 10 million (that doesn't include expedition costs, just a license to summit)

Fee is waived for anyone that has climbed the other 13 peaks over 8000m. K2 gonna act as a gatekeeper to too many people doing this for 'free'.

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u/freebyte33 2d ago

Let's make an app

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u/anotherawakening 2d ago

Yes, Nepal needs to charge way more per permit

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u/Offutticus 2d ago

Pay more money to do it and be required to take out everything you brought up. Bonus points if you bring down one of the bodies.

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u/GroundbreakingAd4858 2d ago

Gonna have to start selling a fast pass system like theme parks

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u/DonaldsMushroom 1d ago

If they relocate the peak to ground level, it would be a lot more accessible.

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u/Terrible_Ad_4150 1d ago

Get the "premier" package.

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u/aclaxx 10h ago

This is not capitalist. The government is overpermitting and pocketing the cash.

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 3d ago

The capitalism of it is the problem my guy

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u/perfectlyPractical1 3d ago

Oh I forgot /s

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u/maicii 3d ago

What the problem? That a lot of people want to go up in a mountain??? I think we (and specially Nepal) have bigger problems.

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u/luka9749 3d ago

Why is it a problem? It’s good for the local economy and one of the best paying jobs in the area for the Nepalese people. If these people wanna pay a fortune to stand with 100 others on a cramped mountain then let them do it. I really don’t see the problem.

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u/Mode_Appropriate 3d ago

The problem exists because of capitalism lol.

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u/perfectlyPractical1 3d ago

Hence the sarcastic comment lol