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It's more that Everest is the highest peak in the world. If there was another mountain 10m higher than Everest, Everest would get 5-10% of the traffic it curre
by bitreality 7y ago
It's more that Everest is the highest peak in the world. If there was another mountain 10m higher than Everest, Everest would get 5-10% of the traffic it currently does.
How many people know the second highest mountain in the world? It's K2, most people have at least heard of it. How about the third highest? Kangchenjunga. Never heard of it, had to Google it.
So for people who want a recognizable achievement, Everest is pretty much the top. Not just in climbing, but any physical achievement. Unless Nepal restricts the number of climbers, it will only get worse.
- gamblor956 7y agoK2 and Kangchenjunga are also much harder to get to than Everest. For example, the Indian government does not permit access to Kangchenjunga, and the northern routes from Nepal are in (relatively, for Nepal) remote areas. K2 is so remote that there was no local name for it (hence, the designation K2).
- orpep90nxkfo 7y agoIt’s a subjective life goal, is my point. The article says so many people are doing it, the techniques are so well known, there’s little new info to glean in the activity itself, so it’s basically Xbox achievements for people with excess money as far as my subjective take on its value. Our economy is so ridiculously hung up on gamifying FOMO and statistics to satisfy yet another gameified endeavor in financial economics. And we rip tons of resources out of the ground each year to support our generation diddling their novelty button. All I mean is I’m pretty done supporting the marketing BS of a bunch of aristocrats.