Spare a thought for the over 700 Muslims who died in that

[jberryhill]

8. They have to do a sequence of rituals over the course of a few days

This one is the 'stoning of the devil', which used to cause all kinds of problems.

They finally built a facility through which people can stream on several levels and throw pebbles at the thing they are supposed to throw them at.

The stampede happened a ways back from there, where the red circle is:



I suppose it moves pretty slow during the day, so early on there must be a rush to get in line quickly.

Kind of like being first in line for Space Mountain when Disney opens in the morning. From the picture, it looks pretty organized once people are out of the camp area.