And you have to stand in line - literally - to go the last few yards. As my granddad used to say, “you can’t swing a dead cat” on Mt Everest without hitting a climber.
“And you have to stand in line - literally - to go the last few yards. As my granddad used to say, “you can’t swing a dead cat” on Mt Everest without hitting a climber.”
It’s far worse than that. There have been many photos over the years that show a very long, winding line of climbers just standing waiting for their “turn” to gain the summit; and that line stretches for hundreds of yards down the slope. A lot of the frost bite cases stem from climbers just standing in line for hours. Madness.