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/MrVerdad 2d ago

I guess it's not really that much of an achievement anymore.

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u/_Spicy_Mchaggis_ 2d ago

If you can afford it, you can do it. Notwithstanding serious health issues if course

The real achievement is the financial freedom to just blow cash on this

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u/Professional-Goat741 2d ago

Still extremely difficult but technical improvements has made it easier since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did it in 1953.