Mount Everest Climbing

Comments frequently reference climbing or summiting Mount Everest as an analogy for difficult, risky, or seemingly pointless achievements, often in tech or AI contexts.

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wetmore Jan 19, 2018 View on HN

Reminds me of the difficulty of measuring the heights of mountains like Everest.

tinix Jan 24, 2024 View on HN

summiting a mountain seems like a better idea...

kwertyoowiyop Oct 5, 2022 View on HN

It's at LEAST as useful as climbing Mt. Everest!

excuse-me Jun 4, 2012 View on HN

Like climbing Everest - because it's there !

ondra Aug 14, 2025 View on HN

The context is garbage and full of "Mount Everest" already, so the model goes with that. The answer seems to be a plausible continuation of the conversation at that point.

s0rce Jul 1, 2022 View on HN

There are mountains in the way though.

micromacrofoot May 14, 2022 View on HN

yeah because you're way up a mountain!

reidjs Feb 15, 2023 View on HN

Except that Mount Everest is full of people supposedly.

bbgm Jan 13, 2018 View on HN

As high as Mt. Everest. Crazy!!

panching Dec 29, 2017 View on HN

traveling to Everest base camp sounds cool.