I find it mind-boggling that these folks do this year after year, stampede after stampede. You'd think they'd figure out some way to do a pilgrimage without getting themselves freakin' killed!
Cutlures without learning curves.
I thought that was the purpose. The lucky ones die early.
(Either that or Hajj for those with last names A-J in January, K-P in Feb., and P-Z in March.)