You may have seen Nirmal Purja鈥檚 photo of the huge line of climbers queued up on their way to the summit of Mount聽Everest and thought, 鈥淲ow, I wonder if I could do that someday?鈥
Well, you can. Not climb Mount聽Everest, necessarily, but you can definitely wait in line to do something. Here are eight other epic lines that you can access much more easily than you can that line of climbers in 8,000-meter suits just below the Hillary Step on Mount聽Everest.
- The line at a music festival Porta-Potty: No matter what, there will be a line when you get there. Longer if you鈥檝e postponed peeing for 30 minutes to an hour because you were waiting for your favorite band to finish a set, and exponentially longer if you have to go Number聽Two, badly. It鈥檚 tough, but not as tough as being above Camp IV on Everest, where there are no enclosed restrooms.
- The line to deplane when you鈥檙e in seat 38F on a domestic flight: Don鈥檛 even get your hopes up when the plane stops taxiing, or when you hear the ding signaling that the Fasten Seat Belt sign is turned off. You are in a window seat, at the back of the plane. Give up all hope. Read another chapter of a book, or take another nap.
- The line at Shake Shack in the Theater District, New York City: As of 2014, Shake Shack customers had waited more than , which is basically the modern-day equivalent of .
- The line of cars waiting to get into Yosemite National Park on a summer weekend: . And speaking of hunting, when you finally get in, where will you park?
- The line of cars waiting to get out of Red Rocks Amphitheater after a show: Sure, it鈥檚 tedious, but compared to Everest, the waiting in the parking lot is pretty safe. And hey, at least the lines for the restroom weren鈥檛 that long.
- The security line at the airport on December聽23: Travel experts recommend getting to the airport at least six hours before your flight departure time this holiday season. And have some patience. Oh, are you in seat 38F, too? Happy holidays indeed.
- The line for :聽In the longest wait time reported by Disney for this ride, you could watch Frozen at least twice. When people in line start questioning why you鈥檙e all waiting so long for Space Mountain, just reply: 鈥淏ecause it鈥檚 there.鈥
- Whichever checkout line I pick at the supermarket, or anywhere, really:聽Hi, if you get in line behind me at the supermarket, you might wonder: Is that other line moving faster? Yes, it is. Every time.