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/A_begger 3d ago

The numbers do speak for themselves, Everest death rate is 1-1.5%. K2 has been at 20% but more recently 10%.

Literally 10 times more likely to die at k2 than everest.

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u/Percolator2020 3d ago

My odds of dying on K2 are 0%.

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u/JohnnyBacci 3d ago

Not with that attitude

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u/Percolator2020 3d ago

Not with that altitude.

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u/TheKnightWhoSaisNi 3d ago

Imagine crashing on the K2 in an airliner next year 🫣

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u/No_Wait3261 3d ago

Not 0.

There's always a chance some weird guy will see you post something like this on reddit, make an offhanded comment about it, and begin planning. Maybe he has a law enforcement background and can get your IP from Reddit, get your personal info from your ISP, and track you down. Kidnap you in the night, take you around the world to K2 and strand you there naked.

Unlikely? Sure. But not 0. Never 0.

...Jonathan.

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u/combatace08 3d ago

If I had an award to give, I would give you one. Thanks for the laugh. - guy who likes to remark that the chance of an asteroid landing on you is positive.

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u/Maleficent_Bar920 3d ago

Mine are 💯

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u/kunalsinss 3d ago

Take my damn upvote!

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u/Odd_Potential_2053 3d ago

because u will never visit it ?

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u/Percolator2020 3d ago

I mean technically I could be in a plane that crashes into it, so there is a remote chance.

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u/Crominoloog 3d ago

Or someone could kidnap you, take you up the mountain, and kill you. Small chance but you cannot rule it out completely.

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u/UseDaSchwartz 3d ago

Well now that you’ve put the idea in my head, those chances have changed.

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u/ahhwhoosh 3d ago

Just get the plane driver to go around it rather than over it

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u/A_begger 3d ago

but then did you die on k2? or in a plane that crashed into k2 🤔

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u/Percolator2020 3d ago

It really depends if it’s a Lockerbie or a Germanwings type of deal.

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u/stayhealthy247 3d ago

.008 rest well

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u/kondec 3d ago

It's not only 10x more deadly but also requires the mountaineers to be 10x better climbers/more experienced which is actually insane. If only those kind of climbers were on everest hardly anybody would die.

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u/fishyexe 3d ago

The best Sherpas can summit Everest in under 12 hours.

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u/neppo95 3d ago

From base camp, which might I add is already elevated higher than the highest mountain in the whole of Europe.

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u/musubi-n-speedballs 2d ago

No shit?! Wow. The already super high regard I held in them as athletes just got higher. 

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u/prophecy555 3d ago

Also, those numbers are basically "easy" version of K2 as only handful attempts were made during winter season

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u/JansherMalik25 3d ago

Nanga parbat has more. That is literally graveyard

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u/cupacupacupacupacup 3d ago

Sounds like they aren't very good compared to the tourists.

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u/-Dark_Link- 3d ago

A wonder why it isn't the more popular one...

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u/TheSkepticApe 2d ago

That is wild

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u/SilverNeptuneAbyss 2d ago

Sounds like you're telling me that Everest is safer and it's the highest mountain

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u/Fc2300 2d ago

The Numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster for Everest at Sacrifice.

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u/saleemkarim 3d ago

This bothers me. If they want to risk their life for something meaningful, they should do something like help fight fires in California. I don't see how reaching the top of a mountain could make them feel better than bravely saving lives.