Most people have heard of Mt. Everest. The world’s highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level according to Wikipedia. But what a lot of people don’t know about Everest is how many people have died climbing it.
There have been 219+ fatalities since the first expedition in 1922. The bodies line the sides of the climbing trails and certain bodies are used for landmarks. (It’s nearly impossible to bring a dead body down without risking your own life.)
In a way it reminds me of business. They say that nine out of ten new businesses fail in their first year and almost all of them fail by their second.
The path to the peak is littered with the hollow shells of shattered dreams.
When you hike it you’ll notice some poor souls shivering or dying on the side of the trail but you’ll be too busy trying to stay alive yourself to be able to help…
When you get closer to the top, you may just want to take a brief nap. But you know that the minute you slump your shoulders is the minute you die.
It would be insane to climb Mt. Everest without a map. Yet, every year tens of thousands of business owners try to climb their own mountains.
