Has CLIMBING MT EVEREST lost its mystique?

[AviatorTom]

Mt Everest

Mt Everest, 29,305 feet (8,850 meters) high, is the tallest mountain in the world. Since it was first scaled in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, it has been summitted 10,657 times.

The K2 mountain, 28,251 feet (8,611 meters) high, is the second tallest mountain in the world,. It has been summitted only 355 times.

Has climbing Mt Everest lost its mystique?

[DonkeyDan]

No not at all, lots of people have climbed, but a few reach the summit, considering around 800 people try every year only a ⅕ make it to the summit. I do a little mountaineering but there is no way in hell I would ever consider attempting Everest or K2 for that matter, way too hard core for me.

[DonkeyDan]

Thanks for the MHO 👍🏻

[exitseven]

I don't think so. Anyone who has scaled it is pretty hardcore in my book.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[NamerOfStars]

Well, it must've, if it's claiming to be taller than Mauna Kea now. Sad to see such a stately landmark falling to clickbait fights.

[AviatorTom]

@NamerOfStars Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain above its base, which is very deep under water.

[NamerOfStars]

A six foot man in a ditch is still taller than a five foot man on a ladder. Everest is *higher*, not taller,

[AviatorTom]

@NamerOfStars You are correct sir.

[TommyMountainFigure]

If it has, blame the Sherpas. They make it easy for anyone with a reasonably good fitness level and warm clothing to get at least somewhere near the summit.

[Wise4myage]

It sure has in my opinion and its ridiculously expensive to begin with, not to mention the chances of dying or even getting a chance to reach the summit.

[Iron_Man]

No it’s still very powerful hard to climb you have to have oxygen up there