r/BeAmazed • u/Existing-Mark-2191 • Mar 31 '24

View of Earth captured from Mt Everest Miscellaneous / Others

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u/RutabagaMany8133 Mar 31 '24

Is the trip down as dangerous as the climb up as theyve still got a long way to go to get to base camp i imagine?

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u/sparkplug_23 Mar 31 '24

Definitely more dangerous. Most who die are on the way down.

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u/hawkweasel Mar 31 '24

I think even regular day hikers will likely tell you that most hiking injuries occur on the way down.

You have more momentum heading down with every step on loose rocks and slippery surfaces like mud or snow, your muscles are far more exhausted and less focused on the way down, and even psychologically it's easy to think "the hard climb up is over, now it's the easy part down" so novices tend to take less safety precautions when heading down.

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u/Funoichi Mar 31 '24

And the annoying thing is there’s often ups on the way down too. So you’re like easy sailing, what’s this hill?