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Mount Everest and the Law of the Big Number - Adventure Mountain

Summary by Abenteuer Berg
Looking at Mount Everest (l.) and Lhotse (2019) In probability calculation, there is the law of the big numbers. If I die for example 10,000 times, I get closer to the probability that I roll a six in every sixth attempt than if I try it only 100 times. Also in mountaineering there is the law of the big numbers: the more often I climb high peaks, the greater the probability that I will be noticed. On Mount Everest, where the season is approachin…
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Looking at Mount Everest (l.) and Lhotse (2019) In probability calculation, there is the law of the big numbers. If I die for example 10,000 times, I get closer to the probability that I roll a six in every sixth attempt than if I try it only 100 times. Also in mountaineering there is the law of the big numbers: the more often I climb high peaks, the greater the probability that I will be noticed. On Mount Everest, where the season is approachin…

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Abenteuer Berg broke the news in on Sunday, May 25, 2025.
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