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Thanks for this explanation, I wouldn't have seen that part otherwise. At first I wasn't sure which peak you meant exactly, but once I picked the right one I fo

Thanks for this explanation, I wouldn't have seen that part otherwise. At first I wasn't sure which peak you meant exactly, but once I picked the right one I found it. None of those little ant people are really climbing though. Also, the resolution should have been much more than a gigapixel to make that part more interesting :) I immediately saw the HUGE tent camp in the front though.

btilly 14y ago
You're probably right about those little ant people. Climbing Mount Everest is more dangerous than attempting suicide!
- absherwin 14y ago
  Not quite but closer than I would have suspected: Suicide attempt fatality rate: 9% Everest attempt fatality rate: 2% Sources: Climber fatality from attempts through 2006: http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/EverestAgeFat.shtml Suicide estimate from NIH: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-and-prevention/index.shtml
  - gokhan 14y ago
    Actually, Everest is considered as on the easier side for an eight-thousander [1]. Annapurna got %38 (2007 figures) [2] and K2 got %25 [3]. For some interesting discussion on Everest fatalities, try this one [4]. "No shortcuts to the top" by Ed Viesturs and the well known "Into thin air" by Jon Krakauer are two good books on the subject, if you want to read more. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2 {4] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978295 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978295
    - JohnFromBuffalo 14y ago
      Yup, I've read that. The account by the reporter from Outdoors (?) was extremely graphic in detail (but disputed by others in the party). Sad all around, but through those deaths came better regulation which has led to a 1:7 ration of attempts/deaths vs. 1:4 in previous years.
  - btilly 14y ago
    I am sure that I read an article a while ago that claimed that climbing Everest was more dangerous. I guess I'm wrong. Thanks for the correction.
  - wooster 14y ago
    Some more stats I put together awhile ago: http://andrewwooster.com/everest.html http://andrewwooster.com/everest.html
    - sytelus 14y ago
      This is very good visualization. It brings out the fact that number of summits have exponentially increased by number of death only linearly and with very slight slop. This means w have gotten exponentially better at summiting over time.
  - dutchbrit 14y ago
    And I suspect that suicide fatality rate isn't 100% correct either. It's hard to really tell, if someone really failed trying to commit suicide, or if they just 'attempted' to get more attention.
glanch 14y ago
At first glance I thought the tent city was garbage and orange peels. Mind = Blown.

btilly 14y ago

You're probably right about those little ant people. Climbing Mount Everest is more dangerous than attempting suicide!

absherwin 14y ago
Not quite but closer than I would have suspected: Suicide attempt fatality rate: 9% Everest attempt fatality rate: 2% Sources: Climber fatality from attempts through 2006: http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/EverestAgeFat.shtml Suicide estimate from NIH: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-and-prevention/index.shtml
- gokhan 14y ago
  Actually, Everest is considered as on the easier side for an eight-thousander [1]. Annapurna got %38 (2007 figures) [2] and K2 got %25 [3]. For some interesting discussion on Everest fatalities, try this one [4]. "No shortcuts to the top" by Ed Viesturs and the well known "Into thin air" by Jon Krakauer are two good books on the subject, if you want to read more. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2 {4] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978295 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978295
  - JohnFromBuffalo 14y ago
    Yup, I've read that. The account by the reporter from Outdoors (?) was extremely graphic in detail (but disputed by others in the party). Sad all around, but through those deaths came better regulation which has led to a 1:7 ration of attempts/deaths vs. 1:4 in previous years.
- btilly 14y ago
  I am sure that I read an article a while ago that claimed that climbing Everest was more dangerous. I guess I'm wrong. Thanks for the correction.
- wooster 14y ago
  Some more stats I put together awhile ago: http://andrewwooster.com/everest.html http://andrewwooster.com/everest.html
  - sytelus 14y ago
    This is very good visualization. It brings out the fact that number of summits have exponentially increased by number of death only linearly and with very slight slop. This means w have gotten exponentially better at summiting over time.
- dutchbrit 14y ago
  And I suspect that suicide fatality rate isn't 100% correct either. It's hard to really tell, if someone really failed trying to commit suicide, or if they just 'attempted' to get more attention.

glanch 14y ago

At first glance I thought the tent city was garbage and orange peels. Mind = Blown.