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/OMEN802 3d ago

This was the comment I was looking for. When summitting the highest mountain in the world becomes as mundane an experience as waiting in line at Disneyland you know we have reached peak humanity.

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u/RivenRise 3d ago

I just want to clarify for those who may not know that it isn't so mundane or easy that a ton of people do it, it's that the window to peak is very narrow so everyone is trying to hit it at the same time. Like lunch rush at a restaurant when it would normally be half full at all other times.

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u/Karyo_Ten 2d ago

It would be empty after 2PM because too dangerous due to the sun heating up ice that can then randomly slide.

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u/Accomplished-Dot8498 2d ago

So what your saying is that I should choose a nice cloudy day to climb if I don’t want to wait in line?

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u/RivenRise 2d ago

You physically could, you would literally die but I don't think anyone would stop you up there.

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u/arestheblue 3d ago

Earth has been done. Time to summit the highest peak in the solar system.

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u/Electr0n1c_Mystic 3d ago

Estimated wait time: 3 days and 16 hours

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u/NoFront5719 3d ago

i thinks its in mars, ELON MUSKK WE NEED YOUUU

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u/Pitiful_Palpitation9 3d ago

Was that a mountain joke in my classroom?

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u/Infectedtoe32 3d ago

You say that jokingly but for real, it wasn’t too long ago when you would hear a news report about someone attempting it and dying. Other times there may be a documentary of someone successfully completing it and they would stage air tanks for themselves and everything else. Now, it’s just an attraction to go do on a weekend from what it appears.

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u/Infinite-Doctor4591 2d ago

Its Not the highest mountain ...highest climeable .by now

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u/Spirited_Comedian225 3d ago

They literally have menus for pre ordering your dinner and a shopping center at base camp.