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Thousands of people summit Everest every year. This is not 'bold', it is a dumb marketing stunt. I guess I'm aware of their ICO now, and my likelihood of buying
by sulam 8y ago
Thousands of people summit Everest every year. This is not 'bold', it is a dumb marketing stunt. I guess I'm aware of their ICO now, and my likelihood of buying their coins can't go below zero, so they didn't hurt their chances, but this is still sad.
- unfunco 8y agoIt's less than that, it's in the hundreds. Roughly 4,000 people have climbed Everest ever.
- schoen 8y agoInteresting, I would have thought it was a lot more! Here's a page with a lot of statistics http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/12/17/everest-by-the-numbers-2018-edition/ http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/12/17/everest-by-the-nu.... It's primarily based on analysis of http://www.himalayandatabase.com/ http://www.himalayandatabase.com/, plus some other history recounted by the blog author.
- Symmetry 8y agoIt's a few hundred who attempt it every year and something like 5% of them die.
- sulam 8y agoCan't edit now, but yes, it's hundreds, not thousands. I misremembered the stat. However, this is still a dumb marketing stunt. :/