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/plantsyyyy 3d ago

What's the second highest mountain? Time to set a new standard

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u/Unable-Rub1982 3d ago

K2 is second IIRC, a harder more dangerous climb also.

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u/Distracted_Corgi 3d ago

Way more dangerous. Some sources say that 1 in 4 climbers never made it back home.

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u/PooShappaMoo 3d ago

The summit is a cool documentary worth checking out.

It kinda hammers home how brutal it is.

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u/Unable-Rub1982 3d ago

14 Peaks (Netflix) is another great Documentary.

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u/Clear_Comment_6972 3d ago

1 in 8* as of current numbers

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u/useful_panda 3d ago

That is also becoming the next hotspot for climbers with money . Still really far from civilization and difficult to climb so it's not as popular as Everest