Google Maps’ New Mountain Summit Street View Lets You Peek Off the Peaks You’ll Never Climb

Face it , you ’re no mountaineer . Unless you are , in which pillowcase congrats . But for the rest of us , there ’ll be no mountain - top revelations to make our souls take flight . Not in literal living anyway . ButGoogle Map ’s raw summit shotsare the next good matter .

Google ’s Dan Fredinburg , program manager and mountaineer , guide Google Mountain Enthusiast teams up Aconcagua in Argentina , Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania , Mount Elbrus in Russia , and up to the Everest South Base Camp in Nepal . But they did n’t bringthe endearingly goofy trekker backpackalong for the drive , rather choose for a lighter apparatus of just a tripod and camera with a fish - eye lens .

Unfortunately the squad show up just a little too ahead of time in the time of year to make it all the way to the top of Everest , and had to settle for base cantonment cite their guides ’ literal word of advice of certain decease on the way to the pinnacle , Fredinburgtold Wired . But top of Everest or not , the peck are still amazing , and have never been quitethis promiscuous to see for yourself . So go ahead and knock that of your inclination of things to see vicariously before you die . [ GoogleviaWired ]

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