For the same reason that people visit North Korea or Pripyat, they encountered it in popular or social media and added it to their bucket list. There will alwa

For the same reason that people visit North Korea or Pripyat, they encountered it in popular or social media and added it to their bucket list. There will always be dedicated mountaineers who view it (or K2) as the ultimate personal achievement but that number is joined more and more by the "wealthy instagram crowd". https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2024/12/16/everest-by-the-numbers-2025-edition https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2024/12/16/everest-by-the-n...