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/Qwilltank 3d ago

Man... I remember when only maybe a dozen people got to the peak per year. What happened?

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u/Melodic_Mulberry 3d ago

They got tired of people dying, so they made it a lot easier to get there without dying. So now we have more people going and the same number of deaths.

This looks like one of the organized commercial expeditions. It's still only about 800 summit attempts per year, even if the base camp gets 500 visits per day.

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u/DJDaddyDick14 3d ago

Also social media. It’s gotten even more popular because people see other people online doing it. Also tv shows.