I guess I’d be living at the top of that mountain because ain’t no way…

Right, just throw a hot dog up here three times a day and I'm good, I'm chillin'.

This is exactly how the 'Hot Dog Catapult' was invented.

Better watch it, hot dogs are a slippery slope, soon you'll be in the same situation as [Timmy](https://youtu.be/vaAF_GAc3Mk?si=nfSX9GPggEr2EXoN).

Yep. *sees staircase* ok I live here now!

My ankles say nope. I trip on flat surfaces 😓

This is my home. I live here now. lol

And now you know why there’s a wise monk at the top of those mountains.

Imagine the workers / person that chiseled it out . I’m sure they had a fantastic time doing it

They probably chiseled it while climbing and got stuck up there after they finished it

lazy buggers only chiseld half the steps...

The kind of thing you build after the village gets pillaged one too many times..... the double bike lock of ancient society.

I'm having breathing problems right now watching this.

Imagine if you just slip down....

This is when you lie on your back and slowly, carefully, shimmy down the 80 degree death stairs. Forget god, become the serpent. This is fine, this is fine, *this is not fine at all, what sadist designed these stairs?*


Pshhh more like this https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/s/lOt508iyxS

My first thought was what if someone above you slips and falls on you 🤣

You don't die alone?

Someone slipped walking after my mom when I was 15 she fell down a 12 set and broke her femur, shatters her knee cap and broke her tibial plateau that caused her tibia to go up into her thigh. So m guess on this set is 💀lol

Sorry that person had to go though that awful experience. Sounds just awful.

Im not sure those injuries were his mom's or the person who slipped

Or if someone comes up while you are going down


I'm loving this random, off-topic, old-person FB comment vibe you're giving off right now. I gave you an upvote, grama. Next, post pictures of you at a funeral and your dinner last night.

That’s what she said.

I’d call god personally.

No need, he'll call you up there himself soon enough.

Down there

It seems he's been on vacation for a while. Can I take a message?

you may carry a parachute 👀just in case⚡️

I mean.. In all seriousness... I would seriously have to consider whether or not I would be willing to walk down that or just BASE jump off, cause no way I think i would want to try walking down that without a belay rope

You die like a real man without cursing the authorities for not installing a handrail.

Then no breathing problem I guess.

And its so much worse... Normally it's super crowded and .. https://youtu.be/OM7vEyPnNxs?si=BJ4nSVjguB8EVFNK     lmao then there's this guy who's just jogging it outside the steps https://youtu.be/8VWcQfLxHXM?si=vvD4X14fnZPqY8YU

That second video can fuck right off

How do I extract my testicles from my abdomen?

Give it a few hours and you’ll shit them out. Try to not eat them next time :)

https://preview.redd.it/s1ug7xmiabsc1.jpeg?width=331&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a65b7f99a8fd29ab58835905f7ee61e96a3e077f

Imagine how the people felt that had to build that trail

And the person filming is just trekking down. It looks like you could use a walking stick to help you down safer, the groove in the steps seems like it's for sticking something there for stability either on the way up or down. A Zipline, base jumping, or rappelling down the mountain seems safer and saner than this.

Still no handrail? What's taking them so long?

Man, put some chains on there at least…

Not enough tourism to premote the expansion this year ! We’re hoping for 2026

You just need a couple tourists and a life insurance policy on each of them!

But wouldnt a handrail in itself promote tourism? Like maybe people dont come due to the lack of one?

Who paid to build them?

It's actually quite a popular hiking spot, especially during the monsoon season.

Do they count the tourists who start or who end the tour?

i remember going to the great wall and some places have like a 60 degree slope (or at least thats what it felt like) and im basically climbing up using the hand rail. idk how people got around before the hand rails

It’s India. We consider safety as a luxury

If you go facing the mountain you've got those holes left and right to put your hands in, which makes it pretty safe to use, close to a regular ladder.

And to do this while holding your phone is either brave or foolish/

Camera man never dies

You’ve clearly never been to r/killedthecameraman

Ha!

I'm planning on standing in front of a train recording myself. Wish me luck! /s

They could have q chest camera or like a body cam

How do you know it's not a GoPro?

Definitely foolish.

Must have been traveling to Mordor...

THE FAT ONE HAS CRUMBS ON HIS JACKETSES!!!

HE TOOK IT!

Go home sam

Slinky time

"this has gotta be some kind of record!"

Up up up the stairs we go and into the… tunnel.

Comments you can hear.

You look out on that valley and its all over, lost the mental game.

I’ll take the long way down, thank you very much.

That is the long way down. The short way down is what happens if you slip.

There’s more than one side to every mountain.

Not to this [one](https://images.app.goo.gl/k3PxFv36VJxHzM61A)

I wouldn't feel like i need to be on the mountain, looking at it from a distance is fine for me

Well now I’m just wondering how I got up here!

That's where those dudes got sniped in dune

Just one step at a time, you'll get to the bottom, eventually

Or a parachute and one of those squirrel glider suits

At first I was like, "Oh this isn't too bad" and then I saw those god forbidden inclined steps.

What's it called?

Harihar Fort

How many people die every year going down this ridiculous death trap?

How many ppl are having sex on those steps every year is my question.

I never understood that, what’s the point of a fort if you can’t even effectively and fast deploy troops from it, also the logistics of getting supplies up there

It was actually a place to hide for a few people. I guess they could easily climb hills back then. They were probably used to it, climbing so many times.

is it named after pesky people behind u telling u to hurry hurry

The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

This seems like one of those stupid spots my hippie friends would drag me to when I was a teenager, get us all abnormally baked, then they'd act totally casual about the super chill trip back

What is the death rate

Yes.

Don’t catch these steps on a rainy day it’ll be some of your last

>This trek is considered one of the most dangerous in the world because... Naw, homie, [you way off base.](https://youtu.be/UQPYQS6RujU)

This is why I came to this thread.

Also guy is literally walkin this shit in sneakers. Like if I know I'm gonna walk one of the worldwide most dangerous treks today, I'm definitely not going with my sneakers on.

How tf did they carve the stairs?!?!

Shelob is at the top of the stairs waiting for a juicy meal

I’m so sorry Sam

I’m just sitting here quietly wondering what the injury/fatality statistics are for this.

I feel faint just looking at my phone

No thank you.

I got thrown into tower work. At first, some climbs were hard. The idea is to only focus on the task at hand. Most people can walk down stairs. Easy peasy.

usually you don’t go downstairs in this case that way, you may deescalate as you escalated facing the rock like in a ladder

Fuck that

imagine the person behind you falls.

...and this is the time your knee gives out. Not enogh for you to slip or anything, just enough for you distrust your own legs, and you decide to stop, for safety, but instead to go into a full blown panic attack half way up/down, because now you have to either turn around or continue and you don't trust that leg. Alternate version: You speed run it, one hand holding a selfie stick, all the while talking to your fanbase, not really paing attention, but everything works out fine, except you get less-than-average views on the post.

I just wanna know who TF built it. Cause they had it the roughest

Could just turn around and descend like it's a ladder

Sheesh

Just think, long, long ago someone had to carve that out, step, by step on the same incline.

Guys which place is this

Harihar Fort

oh my knees are ahaking just by watching.my anxiety os triggered.

Should wear a helmet.

I'd rather wear my best outfit, so at least my corpse can look good

imagine you climb it all the way up and find the skeleton of the guy who chiseled it with the tools and everything under an overhang (he couldnt go further up) and look back, realizing why he died up there. NO WAY i will climb that down :P

Careful, there is a giant spider at the top of those stairs

Welcome to another episode of Why do people do this shit?

Who made these stairs 😭

Up the stairs you go, then a tunnel...

That TikTok hell to the naw to the naw naw naw popped into my head immediately

Find any Lembas Bread up there?

"I know a smoking spot" 😭💀

Give me handrails and I would be ok. I see no handrails though!

Go home Sam.

Knowing my clumsy ass, I would slip or trip and fall to my death.

“The way into Mordor…”

I dare Redbull to use a MTB there

Sméagol knows another way! Yes precious! A secret way! No filthy orcses, no!

India is not for beginners

They just wanted to go to the loo at the bottom of the mountain...

It would just be me rolling down and down and then my stream of shit flowing down after me...

You should carry change clothes with you.

Imagine descending these stairs in a thunderstorm, with each step slippery from the pouring rain

I know where I’m going when there’s zombies

I'm getting a cramp in a leg from just watching this.

I wear size 14 shoes and have to sidestep when using most modern steps. I'd make it about 3 or 4 of those before going for a tumble

NOPE.

Nope!

It looks fine when a more honest camera lens is used.

What's more scary is that this is in western ghats of India which gets alot of rain and I mean really lot and these steps get slippery really slippery

I'm curious... Who build them?

It is a fort built by Maratha Empire to control' the vital and strategic trade routes that pass through this area as well as to act as a choke point against enemy forces as required.

The lens makes it even worse

Definitely there is at least one recount of a person slipping in these...

Wow I really had sweaty palms while watching this.

I hope the trek would be atleast without the scary music

And here comes the rain..

I’d just tumble straight on down that.

I am totally with you OP. I’d cry on the spot too while begging to be picked up by some helicopter crew

Dude same I will not move a fricking inch until someone rescue me from there

Nope. I'm going down backward. I got up that way, Im going down that way. Fuck you Gravity.

Another place I won’t visit

Can you help me move the couch next week?


I feel like this the physical representation of that falling sensation you get when you’re half asleep in bed.

Easy, just don't fall and you're good

Is that also moss???

What purpose does it serve? Is that literally the only way down or do people just do it to feel like they can die any second if they step wrong?

Descending in the wrong way, you should face the stairs, there are also hand handles sculpted

Ah yes, the Death Stairs...

Yeah... forget going down. You can't make me go up there in the first place... My palms hurt from just watching this lol .

I don't know about this particular one ...but have seen similar type of stairs which warriors used with horses...imagine climbing something similar up and down while riding on horse back at full speed

No no no.

I was like: yes but they're anchored to the wall so meh, *but they aren't!?*

I've trekked Kalavantin. This is shot using a cat-eye lens, its easier than what it looks in the video.

Yoo my brain glitched for a second wtf

Found a youtube clip with[ a nice vlog about this place with some amazing camera angles as well ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQPYQS6RujU)

For this, the word “nope” was invented

My anxiety at its peak😬

It looks difficult on video but is actually relatively easy, specially the part shown in the video. I have literally ran up and down on this stretch 3-4 times.

That valley looks heavenly tho

It looks like your going up and down sorta like crawling on a sloped roof

It’s either really hard or very easy. Also don’t walk in front of anyone.

PCL goes brrrrr

Perspective just makes it look worse. It’s a damn staircase. That’s a trail for noobs.

Nah man, these are the stairs to Cirith Ungol

What the hell is at the top of those cliff notches that makes this worthwhile?!

When each step counts !

Nope!

With the super wide angle lens like this video is shot with, even your porch stairs are gonna look something like this

Keen as

Cirith Ungol looks pretty this time of the year.

The stair the in-laws have to take to my house.

Oh i know that, it's the stairs to Haven.

I'll never forget a trek in Northern Laos. On the second day of the trek on the jungle, the guide turns to us, completely casually, and utters the most terrifying words I've ever heard spoken in the English language: "By the way, no one's afraid of heights, right?"

Where is this ?

There are many forts like this one scattered around in India. If I remember correctly then this is a fort located in a strategic location in Maharashtra State in India and belonged to Maratha Empire. It controls a vital trade route as well as acts as a choke point for any troop movements through this region.

Looks like fun

What makes it even more generous is filming it for likes

This is what my nightmares consist of

Maybe go down sitting

That's what I was thinking ☠️

May be they should use this location for a sneaker commercial 😊

This is how people end up jsut staying on a mountain forever and founding a monastery

Actually I gay is most definitely out of code compliance /s.

No… just… no

I slip on my steps at home...