Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

Post by usefulcat » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 10:53 PM UTC

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I always thought about doing Everest if I could ever afford it. You know, one those idle "I'll do that someday thoughts" we all have. Once I hit the "I could afford this" point I started researching Everest...read Into Thin Air, Dark Summit, No Shortcuts to the Top, etc., watched every documentary I could get my hands on, even talked with one of the climbers featured on the Discovery series that featured Russel Brice…

Mountaineering is a great time, but I agree with you about Everest. If you want to do something fun, challenging, and not quite so dangerous or commercialized check out climbing 14ers. Climbing all the ones in the state is a common past time in Colorado. They all have varying degrees of difficulty and depending the peak and time of year you may have a beautiful day climb completely alone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

Post by RockyMcNuts » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 11:00 PM UTC

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For anyone who is still looking: http://f.cl.ly/items/3w2j2h0a1a3h0M1K0i3l/ppl.jpg (you can only see the people at max zoom-level, they are really tiny)

You can also see a small tent city at the base of the on the grey part net to the ice flow at the bottom left of the. And some buildings on the right side of the image. But oddly no real roads, so I guess it's all air lifted in, or mule trains.

Post by yRetsyM » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 11:16 PM UTC

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I've found this lonely guy http://cl.ly/image/221I0N1x1c1Y

I don't know but I think that might be two people. That, or he's hugging a small bear. https://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/1d7328b2-960d-4728-b9af...

Post by absherwin » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 11:21 PM UTC

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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 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.

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

   Suicide attempt fatality rate: 9%
   Everest attempt fatality rate: 2%

    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

Post by gokhan » Thu, Dec 20, 2012, 12:05 AM UTC

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

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