# Mt. Everest summit human traffic jam

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 26, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-summit-human-traffic-jam/834547 "2019-05-26T11:55:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-summit-human-traffic-jam/834547/101 "2019-07-14T18:00:30Z")

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> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#):
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> I ran across this piece of information the other day:
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> from the Nepal side, base camp to the summit is 12.5 mile hike.
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> from the Tibet side, base camp to the summit is a 22 mile hike.

I don’t think you summit from base camp.

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**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-summit-human-traffic-jam/834547/102 "2019-07-14T20:01:48Z")

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Most (pretty much all) summit attempts involve multiple acclimitization trips to get the body ready for the death zone. So you are climbing and reclimbing the same sections multiple times.

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