mount everest The closet I have ever been to mountain climbing is forging up the side of a mountain on a hiking trail. While I have gone pretty high up there, it is nothing compared to actual mountain climbers who use hooks, ropes and carabineers to traverse rock faces. It never seemed like something I really wanted to try but after watching the summit view from Mount Everest video below I completely understand why people risk life and frozen limb to conquer the world’s tallest peak. Talk about conquering a summit unlike anything else on the planet.

 

What blows my mind about this Mount Everest video is they are at such an elevation that it almost looks like you can see the curvature of the earth. For some I think that is reason to do something so dangerous. Seeing the world from so high really must put life into perspective. The brave climbers who took this video were literally the highest people not in an airplane in the world at that moment. There are only hand full of people who can say they climbed Mount Everest and by the looks of this video it makes sense why.