{"id":3394,"date":"2019-06-01T01:17:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T05:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T17:18:11","slug":"mt-everest-how-long-on-the-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=3394","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Everest &#8211; How Long on the Summit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I was thinking: how long does a climber get to stand on the summit of Mt. Everest?<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia says&#8221;summit&#8221; is approx. the size of a dining table.&nbsp; Est. 1.5m dia &#8211; 1.75m^2 area, so perhaps 4 people can stand on it at one time (they&#8217;re wearing parkas and such&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>How many permits \/ season?<\/p>\n<p>How many hours \/ season can humans stand on the summit?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-1024x612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"29819\" class=\"wp-image-29819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-750x448.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-1226x732.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1-675x403.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-everest-summit-how-big-2023-09-18-23-41-08-1.jpg 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"29821\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=29821\" class=\"wp-image-29821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line.jpg 792w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line-750x565.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line-675x509.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-1024x576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"29822\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=29822\" class=\"wp-image-29822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-1226x690.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/climbing-mount-everest-line_-675x380.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/chart-deaths-on-mt-everest-1024x702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/chart-deaths-on-mt-everest-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"29823\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=29823\" class=\"wp-image-29823\" 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href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-info-how-long-on-top-2024-05-24-20-31-43-1024x803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-info-how-long-on-top-2024-05-24-20-31-43-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"35334\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=35334\" class=\"wp-image-35334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-info-how-long-on-top-2024-05-24-20-31-43-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-info-how-long-on-top-2024-05-24-20-31-43-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-info-how-long-on-top-2024-05-24-20-31-43-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-info-how-long-on-top-2024-05-24-20-31-43-750x588.jpg 750w, 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https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-summit-trash-pile-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/everest-summit-trash-pile-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"35342\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=35342\" class=\"wp-image-35342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated.jpg 913w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated-750x492.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chart-everest-every-body-was-once-highly-motivated-675x443.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2023-09-18 &#8211; Monday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abox: bobadooey: I think this is no longer cool and actually falls into the category of shiatty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything about Everest is dumb now. People should be ashamed to go anywhere near it unless they&#8217;re using their skillz to haul trash off it or rescue stricken trash haulers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THIS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video answered one question I&#8217;ve always wanted to ask\u2026 how large is the &#8220;top&#8221; of Everest? How many people can all be at the top at one time? From the video (and the dozen others I followed down that rat hole\u2026) it&#8217;s pretty small. Looks like one person can be at the top at any one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other question is: &#8220;How long does one get to be that one person standing at the top of Everest?&#8221;. With those long lines and the short season (weeks?), I&#8217;m guessing the Sherpas probably shuffle their clients off fairly quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/www.fark.com\/comments\/12880260\/161936996#c161936996<br>ZestyMordant 16 hours ago<br>Target Builder: Yes, but there&#8217;s the still unique quiet solitude at the top of the world\u2026<br>About that\u2026. I know nothing about mountaineering. But I&#8217;m curious about two things specifically about Everest.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How large is the summit? How many people can be on the summit at one time?<\/li><li>How long are you allowed to be on the summit?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I was thinking: how long does a climber get to stand&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mine","tag-info","wpcat-376-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35343,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions\/35343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}