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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by yifanl on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:16AM (#20000060)
The problem with any advice to avoid the tourist crowds is that it doesn't scale. If everyone avoids tourist season, then you've just made tourist season year-round ;)
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by drukenemo on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:31AM (#20000410)
Not really, as many people are tied to school summer break schedules, especially families.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by Iv on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:13AM (#20001709)
Not really. Dilute a crowd of 1000 during two weeks in a whole year and you suddenly get down to 40 people on average. Totally different experience.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by yifanl on Friday May 24, 2019 @12:30PM (#20003156)
Peak tourist season is more like 2 months, and its not like the streets are totally dead in the rest of the year.

If we let T (tourists/day in peak season) = 3t(tourists/day in regular season), then we have about 1.3t if it all smooths out.

Of course, depends on where you travel, but the places I've visited have been pretty busy in the off-season already, adding another 30% of them would be pretty hectic.

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