It's eerie that his favorite story was The Little Prince. At the end, the Little Prince is bitten by a snake and dies, only for his body to vanish as if he was never there. The book's author, presumably, died in a plane crash. While his plane's wreckage was located in 2000, no trace of him was ever found.

@lincolnmasonhughes7452

Жыл бұрын

100% best fact I'll find today 👍

@annnee6818

Жыл бұрын

He defo died in a plane crash

@crispinroy9839

Жыл бұрын

Nah there's a gapped toothed mummy laying somewhere on mount everest.

@Veldtian1

Жыл бұрын

life imitating art.

@Veldtian1

Жыл бұрын

@@crispinroy9839 you're a very bad man.😆

Snowboarding down Mt. Everest? What a marvelous idea. What could possibly go wrong?

@joeycee2585

Жыл бұрын

Yes. And when it does, God gets blamed (by his sister).

@2ndTooth

Жыл бұрын

@@joeycee2585 blaming everything from luck to a mountain that's been there since the beginning of time... definitely couldn't blame the parents for buying their kid a ticket to death mountain not once but twice lol

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

@@joeycee2585 All powerful equals all responsible, sis is right everything is God's fault.

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

Sucker didn't even pay his debts. Shameful. 😁

@DD-qn8nj

Жыл бұрын

was he related to Rocco Siffredi?

Sister: "The mountain isn't fair!" Everest: "I'm literally just sitting here, minding my business..."

@lynette599

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@veenaagopala5083

Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@Evilsirkay

Жыл бұрын

I did a doubletake when they said 'His sister described him as a panty dropper'... What? Is this Arkansas?

@darreloutland4604

Жыл бұрын

They like to say because it's there, well they need to leave it alone and let it stay there!😇

@darreloutland4604

Жыл бұрын

@@Evilsirkay women love him and their panties drop for him cause he's so irresistible! A real lady killer! (Ladies man) it's a cologne Jean Paul Gaultier "Le male" is referred as "PD" for Panty Dropper by some women in America because the smell is so irresistible. I hope this helps answer your question..😁🤗

"his sister described him as a panty dropper" .... I don't even know what to say to that

@maryamtara2934

Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@208_treasure6

Жыл бұрын

Disgusting, if you ask me.

@Justicia007

Жыл бұрын

That's probably some kind of translation from a slang expression in his native language. Sometimes things don't translate so well 😆

@rubyred6954

Жыл бұрын

You too🤔

@ohsweetmystery

Жыл бұрын

🤢 She is implying many women wanted to have sex with him. I doubt that claim. He looks very un-masculine despite his daredevil antics.

His sister speculating he is still out there in the wild sounds more like an intentional coping mechanism to keep his spirit alive. The fact he was the second son/sibling to be lost was already too devastating to bear, so dealing with the added fact his body was not found must had made it impossible.

@villagelightsmith4375

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I like it.

@mathewbascom1811

Жыл бұрын

I can relate to that, my brother hung himself in a town a few hours away from me and sometimes I can almost imagine he's still out there somewhere just stuck in a high. Cuz it just doesn't make any sense, he would've called me or our mom or something, he was against suicide. It just doesn't make sense. F***in drugs man. 😢

@recessional5560

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. He’s living off the land in a cabin he built right off of camp 3. He also sells oxygen tanks and beef jerky to fellow climbers.

@erin24101

Жыл бұрын

@@recessional5560 😂😂😂

@drats1279

Жыл бұрын

some people have difficulty dealing with reality.

One January I was supposed to go kayaking on Lake Ontario with a friend but I couldn't make it. He said he was going out anyway. I told him a list of things to not do including not to go out past the concrete breakwater. the water between that breakwater and the shore was mirror calm. A number of hours later I got to identify his body. Turned out he'd ignored every single warning I'd given him. The only comfort that I could give his family was to tell them that he probably died very quickly when he capsized and couldn't right the boat. Sounds to me like Marco was another person who could not take a warning to heart or postpone something.

@PuffKitty

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you had to go through that 😞

@therougechipmunk8058

Жыл бұрын

Sorry about your friend, that had to be rough.

@sauronthegreat5799

Жыл бұрын

The Darwin Award is a very common award.

@elaineisabelle427

Жыл бұрын

So sad.

@albertawheat6832

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your friend...It's never easy having to break devastating new's.

I’ve found that parents who lose a child typically react in one of two ways with their remaining children- either they shelter tf out of them to try and avoid similar disaster, or they give them the world/ avoid denying them anything bc “tomorrow isn’t promised”. It’s hard to expect parents to act ideally and rationally whilst they’re simultaneously trying to cope with the worst pain imaginable. Of course, knowing the outcome, it’s easy to cringe at some of the enabling, somewhat careless decisions made by his parents. Marco was an adult. They couldn’t have stopped him. But they didn’t have to finance what was known to be a life-threatening, non-essential endeavor. They didn’t have to finance it a second time. But of course they aren’t to blame. Even if they were, they’re clearly paying a higher price than can be dealt by the condemnation of others. Maybe they wanted to “beat” the mountain. Mountains swallowed up their first son. Maybe they wanted to conquer the mountains in return.

@cami4974

3 ай бұрын

Yes, I can't help but wonder about the impact on the familial dynamic that had the brother dying from an avalanche, it's hard to not make a connection without pretending to be a psy. I mean even from Marco's perspective, wasn't he (even unconsciously) trying to replicate something here, litterally followikg his brother's steps. There's a common knowledge saying that you're condemned to repeat a pattern in a familly when a big traumatism isn't healed or aknowledged, like when there's a big taboo, as mournings often tend to provoke. Sure it's all conjectures, but there's just something into Marco's seek for danger which was not so far from suicide in my mind (even the way he said "Adieu" instead of "au revoir" 🤔). That must be so sad for parents loosing 2 children at young age, I can't imagine.

Anyone else think that describing your brother as a “panty dropper” is a little 🥴 That’s like someone saying “Describe your brother” and you say “F**kable” 🤮 She could’ve just said the ladies loved him or basically anything else.

@alexl832

Жыл бұрын

The sweet sound of banjo starts to play in a distance)

@Georgeanne17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah weird

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

Haha it was kind of odd but that was a funny label back then. But yeah now that sounds more like a serial rapist headline.

@datacipher

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083no it wasn’t - not for a sibling. You’re too young and immature to even know what. Stick to posting Avenger’s clips.

@billquantrill4960

Жыл бұрын

This whole family strikes me as a little sus one way or another tbh.

Imagine being the Sherpa who helped this guy lug all his equipment up the mountain and guided him to the top only to watch him snowboard down to his death

@b.pilpson9017

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure the Sherpa is indifferent. He gets paid either way

@pfadiva

Жыл бұрын

@@b.pilpson9017 I don't think the Sherpas are indifferent but they probably have seen too many failures to get attached.

@purple-headedyogurtslinger2683

Жыл бұрын

@@b.pilpson9017 Yeah but talk about culture shock for the sherpa

@Nmzc

Жыл бұрын

@@purple-headedyogurtslinger2683 The Sherpa told him not to go down at this time.

@larskullberg7292

Жыл бұрын

@@purple-headedyogurtslinger2683 Culture shock? You have no idea what you´re talking about.

Marco's sis states the mountain is unfair? No. The mountain is eminently fair. It just doesn't care. If you summit, you summit. How you choose to descend is up to you. If you fail, you fail, and thereby die; "Good-bye."

@carolyns99

Жыл бұрын

Yes, young man does everything he can think of to achieve an early death and is rewarded for his efforts. Quelle surprise.

@What_I_Think_Happened

Жыл бұрын

She blames God for it when her father is correct in saying he should not have given his son everything he asked for. This was a bit like buying your 23-year-old a Lambourghini and then telling him to drive safely.

@gabordrotos5602

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, a mountain is not evil nor good. It's just there, as Mallory said. it abides only to physics, not any man. If you go there twice, you double the chance you won't make it. Marco's achievement was already remarkable by summiting twice at the age of 23. He made a wrong decision to slide down at that late time and already tired. He should have listened to the more experienced sherpas. :(

@danielhicks4826

Жыл бұрын

Yah her I dont believe in God cause bad things happen quote was quite disappointing and trade school stuff really.

@sapphireshore

Жыл бұрын

Fair doesn't exist in Nature.

Facing a stormy ascent, the great climber, Walter Bonatti said "No mountain is worth so much as a man's life.

@Takatukata

Жыл бұрын

well said!

@Loralanthalas

Жыл бұрын

Yes. We certainly love to put ourselves on pedestals, don't we

@cremebrulee4759

Жыл бұрын

A wise man.

@gutgunstig7061

Жыл бұрын

Didnt his whole crew die on Mont Blanc?

I can’t imagine thinking that snowboarding down the highest mountain in the world was a good idea. 😬😵

@Loralanthalas

Жыл бұрын

Felt the same about the skier

@blacksheepdetecting

Жыл бұрын

I bet you don't imagine much apart from what you choose to Believe is true on the television

@atheistmom3591

Жыл бұрын

@@blacksheepdetecting - what does this even mean? Lol

@blacksheepdetecting

Жыл бұрын

@@atheistmom3591 what ever you want it to. Enjoy life in your box . Karen.

@shayla106

Жыл бұрын

@@blacksheepdetecting🤡

What a surreal scene: Group of climbers struggling up the life-threatening slopes. Ice axes. Ropes. Crampons. All bundled up, goggled and roped together - creeping ever higher. Oxygen. Suddenly a snow surfer goes whipping downward right past them on a board yelling "Cowabunga, dude!" and disappears downslope in a swirl of snow......

@FrancescaFrancesca

Жыл бұрын

Lmfao this comment is hilarious

@ObnoxiousCamoToe

Жыл бұрын

I'd turn around and go back down the mountain thinking I was suffering from hypoxia already

@irene_f.

5 ай бұрын

Madness!

My classmate died in an avalanche at age 14, because he was skiing outside of a safe skiing zone. His father had explicitly allowed him to do so. I can't imagine the father ever recovered.

@notgnar8506

7 ай бұрын

Where was this?

My youngest brother died in a tragic accident which was devastating to everyone and especially my parents. I was an active mountain climber who's next peak was denali with ambitions to climb all 7 summits. However, after my brothers death I promised my mother I would not climb anymore. This was my not my mothers request but my own choice because I didn't want to put her through the worry and stress ever again. Instead I find other challenges in life less risky and realize that climbing was always just a selfish ambition,, it always is. Now i have a family and children and cant think of not being there for them and actually my heart breaks even thinking of ever losing one of them in a tragic accident. Its sad this young man couldn't also put others before himself and his own selfish ambitions. Sorry for his parents and sisters loss.

@veenaagopala5083

Жыл бұрын

Very selfish ambition. Correct

@veenaagopala5083

Жыл бұрын

I lost my fiancee in kanchenjunga. He never bothered to tell me his plans. And even when so many people withdrew at the last moment due to bad planning of the organisation, he continued and met his end. People saved the lady climbers instead of him.

@reneebarnes1957

Жыл бұрын

I agree that the sport can be very selfish. That was my reaction to the death of Rob Hall on Everest. Leaving his pregnant wife to go climbing affected me as his commitment to climbing caused his daughter to grow up without a father.

@mikeaustin3485

Жыл бұрын

Siffredi was a childish narcissist who only thought of himself.

@elizabethdacosta5601

Жыл бұрын

You are who you are. He manifested that from his earliest days. Some people are very selfish, but I don’t think this was selfishness. He could no more stop doing what he did his whole life than I could stop breathing. I hope his family understood that. RIP

Respectfully, he was reckless & his family suffered greatly.

@elliebellie7816

Жыл бұрын

He was a narcissist. The world won't miss him.

@Leslie_Knope

Жыл бұрын

His father funded all of his adventures. Marco would have never been out there if not for his daddy's money. His father should have made him work for these trips. Marco may have learned responsibility and he may still be alive if he had.

@princesadelaos

Жыл бұрын

@@elliebellie7816 he was an asshole to sherpa that werent on his team too

@fabs8498

Жыл бұрын

@@elliebellie7816 sorry but you don't understand the passion.

@victoriadicastroh

Жыл бұрын

@@princesadelaos lol source??/

Having snowboarded back country in the Rockies extensively in my 20's, I can say, if you're already exhausted on what could have been a 20-40 miles descent depending on his route, there's no chance. Even if everything went perfectly, he wouldn't have had the strength to endure the complete descent.

@theofontaine5564

Жыл бұрын

This supports what the parents said about him probably stopping to rest/falling asleep

@notever_everytime5074

Жыл бұрын

But he had already made one successful descent of Everest, just a year before his death. Obviously was capable of doing so. But when the conditions are against you, and your body is spent, one should make the decision to try again another time. In this, his youth worked against him, feeling like it was now or never. He should have descended on foot and tried again another time from the coulier he dreamed of. But this does not detract from the fact that he was capable of the snowboarding descent, because he had already done it.

@FRLN500

Жыл бұрын

@@notever_everytime5074 his first descent was on an easier route. He may not have been capable of making the descent of this route. Running one mile does not make one capable of running 2 miles.

@lollymanna

Жыл бұрын

@@notever_everytime5074 His first decent was an easier route.

@benzun9600

Жыл бұрын

Yup but on those mountains you never have a perfect day. Delusional but highly motivated person

He offered his snowboard in puja ritual to a mountain and mountain took it , literally.

@Georgeanne17

Жыл бұрын

NEVER do this.

@CutmeMick

Жыл бұрын

I hear that, pure facts 😂

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering how he still had his snowboard after offering it. I can relate to the mountain for taking the it literally.

It's just stupidity. I'm so tired of seeing how many people summit Everest every year, trashing a beautiful place in the process.

@marchellochiovelli7259

Жыл бұрын

Not to worry, the mountain always claims its pounds of flesh. Did you see all of those flags?

@eriktatos

Жыл бұрын

It’s because it’s there…mrs preachy preach

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

I bet your subscription list is full of mountaineering/tragedy channels, you're wearing a mask right now and you're 99% of the time in safe climate controlled places. Come on now, confess.

@crystalbluebutterfly

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Bunch of human superiority ego complexes. That’s all that’s happening with every single mountain climber trying to summit and conquer mountains.

@twistoffate4791

Жыл бұрын

@@eriktatos Mother Nature doesn't like the trash these idiots leave behind.

He thought too much of himself. Arrogance, stubbornes and cockyness is a deadly combination.

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

Or maybe you're not too familiar with the terms "projection" and "Irony". Look them up.

@gabriellea7124

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. It’s very tragic that he passed away but it was difficult to find him likeable.

@marcomiranda9476

Жыл бұрын

@Mig Mig Johnson He wasnt projecting anything-- those were obvious characteristics of the young man-- and it's you doesn't seem to even know what irony means.

@roycemartin9068

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083 this kid was an egomaniac. The fact that he wanted to quit after he heard thag the other guy completed the snowboarding down the mountain tells me all I need to know.

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

@@roycemartin9068 By that logic every one who wants to break a record is an “egomaniac”.

Parent; I could not bear losing another son. Promptly finances said sons suicide mission.

@goldx-mf1qh

Жыл бұрын

he was gonna do it one way or another, with or without their help :/

@firsttimeisawjupiter1031

Жыл бұрын

@@goldx-mf1qh Then just don't give money to him and have a bit of a clear conscious

@billallen4793

Жыл бұрын

@@firsttimeisawjupiter1031 this is a tough one for me, as I'm a former adrenaline junky, who became disabled in 2003. My mom wouldn't buy me anything that burned gasoline, and wouldn't watch me play anything rougher than soccer, and had to beg for that. She explained later, it was she couldn't watch me get hurt, so it was out of love. She did however make sure I had good protective gear, as gifts...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇲🤠

@rubyred6954

Жыл бұрын

It’s tragic but you said it, smh RIP Marco

@teijaflink2226

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like the dad couldn't say no to him but still even if Marco was talanted he took way too huge risks so I would totally feel huge guilt if I was the dad.

When his sister said that the mountains were not fair, all I could think is that it’s nothing but fair. The mountains do not choose who lives or who dies under bias but pure circumstance. How long would it have been expected that Marco play with the threat of death before it overcame him? It’s incredibly sad but at the same time, this is absolutely the result of hubris and desiring to accomplish something incredibly dangerous without taking the proper precautions 😔

@thebluemoonlady

8 ай бұрын

Yes, for me this is not about the mountains nor God. Sometimes, it just simply has to be acknowledged, that our actions have consequences. Marco must have been an extraordinary man but I think, what happened wasn't unexpected. Constantly looking for new, more demanding challenges, his reckless approach... I don't think he was a person "destined" to die from an old age nor to live a "down to earth" kind of life. There are people like Marco and there's a huge chance, that they would die rather young. It's their decision to live such life though. Marco died doing what he wanted and loved. Of course, it's a tragedy for his family but not many people have a chance (courage) to live like Marco, even for a day. I try to put aside the notion that his courage equaled stupidity for many people. Maybe for me too. But there's also a sense of admiration. Sometimes I catch myself wanting to have at least a tiny little bit of this reckless courage that makes you feel more alive than ever for a moment. But, not in this life, I guess. For me, cycling is enough of an extreme sport, so thank you very much lol

@MyGodZach

8 ай бұрын

There is no proper precautions that would make up for stupidity, it's not climbing nor snowboarding, just an expansive suicide.

@notgnar8506

7 ай бұрын

The key to mountaineering is to only take what the mountains give you, instead of imposing your will. Especially not imposing your schedule on the mountain, rather letting the mountain set your schedule. We can never eliminate risk though, only mitigate it.

@anthonyhunter6882

7 ай бұрын

God uses the power of the the natural world to show the virtue of humility. Respect allows great things to be accomplished. The arrogance of thinking you can conquer it leads to self destruction

I think he fell down into a little crevasse and that a small avalanche filled it in. The surfaces can change very quickly up there, and glaciers move. Too bad he couldn’t temper his death wish a little longer so that his parents didn’t have to lose two sons. When I was a kid, my sister acted up and rebelled, so I made sure to be good so that my mother wouldn’t kill herself. It’s nice to think of others, sometimes.

@astridselka5435

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@andrewg3257

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@CATNAPREAL1188

Жыл бұрын

I just posted a similar message. I wonder how a parent doesn't end up hating a child of theirs for having a Death Wish ? I'm Sorry he died but I'm personally kinda pissed at him for being So Selfish. His poor parents.

@misselanys1219

Жыл бұрын

Yes going over and falling nto a crevace or just snowboarding right off the edge. It looks like solid ice or snow but its actually just a ledge of breakaway.

Seeing so many people in that single file line at the beginning of the video on top of Everest makes the magic and wonder and the lore really fade away. I definitely am absolutely in awe of mountain climbing and this really struck a cord because it's Everest and it looks so commercialized and boring now

@LathropLdST

Жыл бұрын

Yet people still die in it.

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

Yes! My thoughts exactly. It's a matter of time for technology to catch up enough for a climate controlled welcome center to be built right around the peak, with a movie theater, trinkets shop, dining facility, and right at the center, 10 feet of the peak itself with a glass roof and a big sign below it reading "Final Stretch! Tickets on sale for $10,000 ($5000 for club members!) we take VISA/MC/AMEX"

@nunyabiznes4471

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083 I think they should figure out how to install a tram to the top. It’s so commercial and the sherpas do all of the work…🤷🏻‍♀️

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

@@nunyabiznes4471 Yeah, the places where you can connect with nature, let alone do so without being expected to pay some kind of tax/fee are slowly going away. Mt Everest is a joke at this point when compared to what it was so it’s no wonder this kid felt like being carried to the top wasn’t much of an adventure.

@jonnygranville281

Жыл бұрын

Looks like the line at Disney World

I completely agree with what the father said. You should never buy your kids everything. It’s a shame he learned that too late.

@edwigcarol4888

8 ай бұрын

So at the time he / she has spared enough money for the project, years have passed and a bit of insights has been gained or interest lost

Parent's couldn't say no, son never learned responsibility, sister delusional. Glad the sherpas got back okay.

@shannonhill3356

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934

Жыл бұрын

Short and sweet

@LathropLdST

Жыл бұрын

At least they have a grave to bring flowers to.

@mikekraut7643

Жыл бұрын

Sounded like they did say no, but what do you suggest they do? Beat him up and physically restrain him? Deny him any support and make him hate them?

@connie7128

Жыл бұрын

@@mikekraut7643 Deny him funding, force him to support his own adventures and therefore also grow up. He was immature and spoiled. If he ended up hating his parents for that, then what's the difference? He's currently dead. Think that's a better choice? Come on.

If the father didn't pay the $50.000, he would still be alive. Also he already did it once, but wanted to push his luck even farther. Yet now it's suddenly God's fault for just "taking him" for no reason?!? Talk about being delusional.

@Yeonha.a

Жыл бұрын

You also seem to be off medication

@circomnia9984

Жыл бұрын

@@Yeonha.a Why? Did I say something that isn't true? What a weird comment.

@LathropLdST

Жыл бұрын

@Zarp Sterr my parents lost one, I still do not want to live and life is a burden to me. I live as long as my mother is alive, to spare her. After that... I do not care.

@connie7128

Жыл бұрын

Correct. God has nothing to do with this. These are decisions made by humans. People who had faith and then suddenly hate God and deny its existence strike me as mentally unbalanced. I'm an atheist, so I find all of it strange. I respect the faith of others, but I chuckle at their mental gymnastics when people they love die. People die. That's the cycle of life. Good grief.

@angelaberni8873

Жыл бұрын

@@LathropLdST don't talk like that PLEASE. Life is precious and beautiful. You can make it to be whatever you wish it to be. If you don't like it ,change it. Move to another country meet new people. Most of all you must realise this...when you feel that bad about living ,it cannot get any worse only better. So buckle up and do something positive in your life. A change is as good as a rest they say. Pray for God's help,he will never refuse genuine prayers. I know,believe me. Good luck.

Descending the mountain in any direction away from the established route was so incredibly reckless we can only assume this man wanted to die alone out in the cold on Mt Everest

I feel bad for Marco's family. Poor folk. And the mountains are fair. They don't ask people to climb them.

@LathropLdST

Жыл бұрын

They raised him and he came out like that because he was a good for nothing (if he was so good in snowboarding, why did he not have any sponsors?) spoiled by them. Not sorry for them, they got this coming.

@datacipher

Жыл бұрын

@@LathropLdSThe had no judgment, no self-discipline and was reckless. The sister is obviously very dim…. Unfortunate, but this family is not bright.

@Loralanthalas

Жыл бұрын

@@LathropLdST wtf? You think "sponsers" are a thing? Honey there's all of 7 in the entire climbing world. Try harder.

@melindacadarette3447

Жыл бұрын

@@Loralanthalas Why do you think there are very few sponsors in mountain climbing? Did you not thought it was due to the risk?

the safest way not to die on everest is to stay home.

@jackoh991

Жыл бұрын

Yep I've never died on everest. Seems to be a fail safe option

@larskullberg7292

Жыл бұрын

The safest way not to die on everest is to believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior. Praise Him!!!

@zatchbell5678

4 ай бұрын

Also the cheapest option, these things seem like simple decisions for me

Wow he seems very reckless - not surprised this happened.

@AndriaBieberDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Impulsive. Selfish. Immature. Doesn’t think about consequences etc

@veenaagopala5083

Жыл бұрын

very reckless more of a stupid

@blacksheepdetecting

Жыл бұрын

He was living life on his terms.hardley selfish. He lived more then most. Have a nice day at work Erin.

@blacksheepdetecting

Жыл бұрын

@@AndriaBieberDesigns lol get a grip of yourself. Just because you live in a box doesn't mean others are selfish. I feel for people like you who can't see past the end of there nose. Hope your fall from your high horse isn't too painfull.

@lollymanna

Жыл бұрын

@@blacksheepdetecting you funny

'adieu' literally means 'to god' as in : next time we'll meet it'll be in heaven . Not a good sign when someone tells you that out of nowhere :/

@gregkosinski2303

Жыл бұрын

It literally means good bye. In terms of etymology, it comes from shortened phrases wishing that God be with a traveler when they left you.

@jellomiki

Жыл бұрын

@@gregkosinski2303 dearest, not really ? The many ways we say goodbye in french often comes in the form of à+something. À demain = to tomorrow = see you tomorrow; à la prochaine = to the next one = see you next time; à l'année prochaine = to next year = see you next year. Adieu = shortened form of à Dieu = to God = see you when we're with God. It has very very little to do with 'good travel' we literally say 'good travel'. Adieu is only ever used when you're positive you're never gonna meet someone ever again, as in, at least one of you gonna die real soon. Or maybe, maybe is someone moves to the other side of the globe and has no intentions of coming back, even then, we'll most often say 'au revoir' = to next time we see each other

@0CaptainOats0

Жыл бұрын

@@jellomiki Exactly. For a sec I wondered if the people of Chamonix said "adieu" like Swiss ppl do (in certain parts of Switzerland, they say it as a means of saying "hi" so why not) but clearly this was unusual for him to say that so...altitude sickness and anxiety probably made him feel he wouldn't make it. Triste :(

@jellomiki

Жыл бұрын

@@0CaptainOats0 yeah, if he was from another french speaking part of the world, it could just be the way he speaks, but from what I heard of his speech, it seem pretty 'metropolitan' to me. And my though exactly, mountain sickness can f**k with your head a fair bit

To blame the mountain for this death is not right . This kid is all to blame . He didn't listen to others who knew much more than he did .

@gabriellea7124

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree

@fabs8498

Жыл бұрын

He explained it in a interview.

@fabs8498

Жыл бұрын

This kid was a mountainer. 7h to climb to the everest summit is not for tourists. And he already successed the everest snowboard descent.

@blinderII

Жыл бұрын

Blaming God isn't right either. I think the decisions he made were to blame.

@Here_Today_

Жыл бұрын

Maybe they should credit the mountain instead

Just looking at his photos gives me a stomach ache. All about him screams Darwin award.

Wondering how far down the comments til I see “at least he died doing what he loved” with reply saying “pretty sure he didn’t love falling down a mountain….”

@Simp_Zone

2 ай бұрын

Probably didn't love breaking his legs falling down a crevasse and dying in pain...

What is baffling about this case is Marcos ability spend his parents money.2000$ for one fucking phone call!

@connie7128

Жыл бұрын

LOL - I thought that too. My parents would have actually killed me if I ever did something like that. Well, I wouldn't have been there in the first place, because they wouldn't have paid money for something like that. I'd have heard - Earn your own money! Get a job!

@juhopuhakka2351

Жыл бұрын

@@connie7128 And what if he had succeeded?Do you think that daredevil would have work whit out pay for his parents next 5 years or would he have had a another dream about something more glamorous than cleaning toilets?

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

@@juhopuhakka2351 Connie's not that bad. She just wants to be everyone's mom. I told her to get off the computer and I think she logged off.

@juhopuhakka2351

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083 Connie is a good person and caring mother.

@nunyabiznes4471

Жыл бұрын

@@juhopuhakka2351 what if he had succeeded? How many people have climbed Mt Everest? The sherpas do all of the work. Who really cares he went up Everest? Trying to snowboard down it was a dumb idea. If he had done it successfully, so what? Who would really care? This death was completely avoidable, but it was free will, I do feel badly for the parents and do hope his soul is at rest.

I’m personally agonostic and was an atheist most of my life but I definitely wouldn’t say that his death is proof of no god he went down Mount Everest on a snowboard on a more difficult path than the first time if anything he was taunting death. If you want to use death as a reason for no god there are fates that were much more unreasonable and traumatic I’m sorry but he knew the risks and he probably should have made sure his family did too

@danielhicks4826

Жыл бұрын

Of course its not proof, the " God cant be real cause bad things happen" is grade school nonsense, even more lame then " well if God is real he's a jerk cause he allows bad things to happen" I hear this kinda nonsense all the time and its ridiculous.

@toscadonna

Жыл бұрын

It could be proof that God helps those who help themselves and that those who do foolish things are on their own.

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

I used to be an agnostic before I became an islamo-christian, and wouldn't say death has anything to do with the existence of God and vice versa. In fact it only makes sense our role here is to find out version of Him, which was easy, and live by the rules He set for us, which isn't so much.

@datacipher

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s weird, I was sure if there was a god I could just jump off a cliff… lol.

@zukosmom3780

Жыл бұрын

If God allows children to die from cancer, he certainly isn’t going to help a stupid young man

Imagine it's WWII My oldest uncle was in the China-Burma-India campaign flying the "hump" over the Himalayas. He was the only survivor of one mission and he never got over survivor's guilt. Horrible time in history. I watch these hikers who choose to go and risk their life. Think of the many that didn't have a choice. You don't hear much about them. My father was in Korea. Thousands died in the battles in North Korea mountains. Chinese soldiers volunteered to assist N Korea. Some hid under white sheets but all froze to death whole companies of soldiers frozen into "ice sculptures" in their battle positions. Some froze half-standing rifles ready. Thousands died. Almost 5,000 missing. All sides, American, Korean, Chinese. We mourn for today's climbers but so many others are just forgotten.

@Claudia.888

8 ай бұрын

I love you comment!

I've read lots of comments about Marcos sister claiming he is still snowboarding... The way the narrator tells it, it sounds like she was dead serious, but in fact you should read the book about Marco and you can understand what she meant... This is not a theory, it is just a way to remember his life because he would always do crazy things so that would be the last one - the craziest. If you read the book you will see that an avalanche almost killed him some time before he went there - the guy just lived like he was invincible, not caring too much, but can you blame him for being so young and not understanding? Lots of people do crazy stuff, he just did something that is still being talked about, especially because his body hasn't been found. A fun fact for his funding; while he was looking for a sponsor he got an offer by a company that wanted to use his surname for some condoms marketing :D. Anyways, hope this made it a bit clearer about his sisters statement. He lived for the snow and snowboarding, he died doing what he loved. Was he to live longer, Red Bull would made him rich probably....

@reallynotyourbusiness1659

Жыл бұрын

Yep, red bull would of been his ticket.

@edwigcarol4888

8 ай бұрын

There are seemingly some disorders concerning the protective warning system of a life being."fear" . if that system fails, that life comes soon to an end... Someone knows about that ? If he were unable to feel fear ? If instead he felt excitement.... This would be fatal The ability to experience fear in some circumstances is a useful s.k.i.l.l First it warns you, then you can try to assess the risks.. and decide to face it, or not. But if there is no warning at all ?

Good job most parents couldn't afford the costs or there would be a lot of snowboarders resting on Everest.

@firsttimeisawjupiter1031

Жыл бұрын

His parents were just enablers

@fabs8498

Жыл бұрын

He was working to pay everything.

So far the most hear touching story ever heard on Mt Everest. My heart is filled with pain for Marco. But some kids are born to be wild and they choose what they love most. Probably Marco is one of them. He chose to be rested in Everest. There is no better place ever I could have imagined. Rest in Peace Marco.

@Simp_Zone

2 ай бұрын

He chose to be stupid lol.

Man I love an adventure and some thrills but some people take it to far to where it's more a death wish. I grew up on the ocean and it demands respect. On a little hike in the French alps I learned respect for the mountain. It can kill you fast. If you want to do backcountry skiing or snowboarding, go to Chile or Argentina. Superong rides and a hell of a lot safer then 1 of the most dangerous and hard to get help to in the world like the Himalayas.

@Justicia007

Жыл бұрын

Yes death wish was the phrase that came to me in the beginning of this story. Such a shame, sounds like a young guy with a lot of gifts. Too bad he wasn't reigned in a little when he was younger. May he RIP. 🙏

@veenaagopala5083

Жыл бұрын

true. there are no technologies to recover a person. a poor nation cannot be trusted with your safety.

@stevenchristy3175

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to get out there sometime. Two things I love Latina’s and fresh powder.

I have been looking for this documentary for some time. I originally saw this with some buddies at an extreme skiing movie festival in Portillo, Chile. Crazy dude. Amazing to think that he actually made it down Everest once, he didn't disappear until his second trip.

@Georgeanne17

Жыл бұрын

Whoah

@oreocarlton3343

Жыл бұрын

Its all gay.

@nineteeneightynine432

4 ай бұрын

​@@oreocarlton3343 .nothing wrong with that

It's odd to hear how he could see that plan A wasn't a good idea the first time, and change to another plan, but the second time, it's as if he had blinders on, and plan A was his only option, ignoring such things as how much the snow depth had slowed down their summiting etc. Anyhow, I don't think it was wrong of Marco's father to sponsor his dream, but it would've been better if Marco e.g. had been required to first figure out how to profit from his first achievement, and his father maybe had said "I'll help with half of it". That said, I don't think it would've changed the outcome.

George Mallory's body was eventually found on Everest, Alex Lowe's body was found on Shishipangma, I'm sure that Marco Siffredi will eventually be found, too, perhaps after an earthquake. Condolences to Mr. & Mrs Siffredi on the loss of Pierre and Marco.

@sage6336

Жыл бұрын

They never found irvine from 1924

Just imagine hundreds of years from now the bodies buried in the snow get washed down in a torrent of meltwater similar to how the bodies of some ancient hunter gatherers have been discovered.

@sookie4195

Жыл бұрын

25% of the glaciers has melted. It will not take 100s of years.

@newshodgepodge6329

Жыл бұрын

@@sookie4195 Maybe, maybe not. The glaciers are not high altitude peaks that frequently extend into the jet stream.

He sounds like a person who cared more about his adrenaline high than he did about his family or for the safety of others.

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

Why would he care about everyone else's safety? You do know his snowboard only carried one person right?

@X737_

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083you do know Sherpas lives were risked looking for him don’t you? Also he could cause avalanches with his actions and his actions caused great emotional harm to his family. You do understand this right?

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

@@X737_ You do know Sherpas have free will right?

@X737_

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083 it’s clear you don’t know any Nepalese people right?

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

@@X737_ It's clear you are dodging my question. Do they or don't they?

Sad. He really seemed to just wanna "live" his life wild and free. But he was way too young and immature to do Mount Everest. The fact that they even spent 50k on a 22 year old to kill himself is beyond me! He was impulsive and it's a really sad story. He clearly had some mental issues, and the parents just wanted to support him. I guess he convinced everyone he was invincible but he couldn't even take tooth pain?🙄 Smh. Just FOOLISH

Marco Siffredi may be lost to his lifelong passion, but luckily his brother Rocco (a well known speleologist) lives on, exploring the darkest caves in their deepest sections ❤

@moonorange9358

Жыл бұрын

O mio dio

@rogerwilliamson7161

Жыл бұрын

Rocco became very rich and is still alive! 😂

@HarryFlashmanVC

8 ай бұрын

😂😂

@mattiariff

8 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Touching story, he could had just accepted his first descent success, lived with the glory and tried other mountains. The wise knows when to and when not to take the risk. Greediness and obsession after a specific idea for long is destructive.

@LouieBeethoven

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he summitted Everest twice. But that wasn't enough.

@beatbless5752

Жыл бұрын

If he did wise choices he would've never gotten the first decent either.

wow, what an effort to make this documentary! thank you a lot for that, i really appreciate your work!:)

Is there seriously know one that knows what color black fades to under exposure conditions?? Like really??? At this altitude the percentage of UVa and UVb light is significantly higher. UV light degrades the chemicals black paint uses to not reflect the 3 major parts of the color spectrum Red Green Blue (same colors that are used to make up light projecting to your eyes from the screen you are reading this on). The first color that BLACK color sticker/paint/etc.. will FADE to is PURPLE. This is rudimentary science, people! They found his board, unless it is positively identified to be a different board via the other indicators, COLORS SHOULD NOT BE USED.

@cathyizzo7886

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing about the purple color.

This reminds me of the female kayaker who went to the Brazilian Amazon on her own. The locals told her not to continue cause they knew of gangs in the Amazon who killed people for everything they have. She was determined to continue on her journey and ended up murdered. Her body was never found. Rip Emma Kelty

Good video. The theory of exhaustion appeals more than the others. Fell asleep and died/froze.

Disappearing in an attempt to snow board Everest isn't baffling at all. Hell it's one of the most likely outcomes. Dude's probably at the bottom of a crevasse cuddled up with his Darwin award.

@sunsetlights100

Жыл бұрын

Harsh but accurate

@juhopuhakka2351

Жыл бұрын

And parents look at the bill from the satelite calls to girlfriend and mama.He spent his last battery to casual call to a friend,what an idiot.

@ursulasoames8602

Жыл бұрын

Brutally well said 🤭.....

@silversobe

Жыл бұрын

@@juhopuhakka2351 So he was still alive but got stranded somewhere?

@juhopuhakka2351

Жыл бұрын

@@silversobe No.I just meant over all that he did not care how much his parents money went to his dreams.

I gotta say, I can’t imagine ever even thinking about trying anything this reckless after watching my parents go through the loss my brother and then doing anything that could possibly put them through that a second time…. This seems like one of the most selfish things you could possibly do…

@danielhicks4826

Жыл бұрын

Thats a fact. Shame so many men cant be fulfilled being good men and fathers/husbands these days.

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

Yet in a single day this guy spent with his loved ones he shared more joy and happiness than you'll probably never be able to share your entire life from the comfort of your high horse. How's that for an irony?

@LathropLdST

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083 he was at the level of becoming a mere laughing face as a memory. Yet his life was tracks in the snow. Wipable, forgettable, a cautionary tale. He got a record, yes, but let's say nothing of value was lost with him.

@connie7128

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083 How do you know that? You don't. It's best to not comment something like this if you're simply doing it to be cruel to a complete stranger. Shush.

@dougavers7082

Жыл бұрын

Eeeeeeck

Great video, narration, and content as always!! Thanks Archie😎

You mess around doing something stupid, sooner or later your luck runs out.

Excellent video. Tragic and senseless ending to a talented young man.

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

What makes it senseless? I found it to all follow a perfect pattern.

@fink2990

Жыл бұрын

@@migmigjohnson6083 probably the senselessness of the guy

What an awesome deep-dive! Hope you keep making videos ❤️

I really like your videos. They are so well made. Been following you for a long time and look forward to every single one of them.

5,000 years from now, they'll wonder about our strange religion and burial practices. What drove our culture to deposit our dead on the world's highest mountain? Wasn't it dangerous? Well, apparently, the Cult of Everest had a strong grip on ancient people.

@sookie4195

Жыл бұрын

A strange grip on human ms with money.

@hymnodyhands

11 ай бұрын

The Cult of Everest would make a heck of a book... just saying...

Great job covering this story!

Very fine video, well researched, providing details about the people, the timeline, the progression of events. A lot of work and attention evidently went into making it. Thank you.

Nobody saw this outcome coming. His sister needs some deep trauma therapy. Regardless of what you believe, we are responsible for our own actions, free will sometimes has tragic consequences.

Thank you for covering his story in such detail - I knew his story but you covered so much more than what's out there. Much appreciated

I wouldn’t say brave, I say stupid there’s a difference between brave and stupidity and stupidity. Always rules over brave

The mountains did NOT take the brothers!! The mountains are inanimate objects…the brothers CHOSE to dice with danger/ death, and sadly didn’t ‘win’. The mountains didn’t have anything to do with their loss. They CHOSE to push every limit possible, not the mountains!! Heartbreaking, especially when you hear about all the warnings Marco was given, and ultimately chose to disregard them all. His poor parents and family, my heart breaks for them all 💔

In flying, it's said, "There are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots. The same could be said of mountaineering snowboarders.

I don't understand why this channel doesn't have more subs. It always shares fascinating stories!

@roryrousseau111

Жыл бұрын

It'll pick up no doubt

@poutinedream5066

Жыл бұрын

I LOVE this channel. It's one of the few that when I see a new video, I abandon what I was watching and and go to it

@stee8345

Жыл бұрын

Probably bc up until the past 2 or 3 months he was uploading erratically--sometimes only once a month and sometimes skipping uploading for months altogether. I believe if he keeps his more recent regular upload schedule and continues to upload more frequently the subscribers will follow.

@A.Girl.Has.No.Name.

Жыл бұрын

@@poutinedream5066 Me, too... i forgot what it was I was even watching when i got the notification this a.m., but it was obviously far less interesting than this! I also enjoy Archie's voice... there's something about his cadence, and his voice in general that is very soothing to listen to, despite the subject matter being tragic.

@MetsterAnn

Жыл бұрын

He needs to learn to pronounce words though. I get it might be hard to do words from another language, but deity and atheist are pretty basic words. No reason to get them wrong. Narrators should look up pronunciations.

I don't see how anyone would be "baffled" that he disappeared after attempting to snowboard off the top of Mount Everest...🤦‍♀️

@kittygirl_thetortie498

4 ай бұрын

He succeeded the first time though

Not sure the sister understands the consequences of free will.

I moved to Hawaii when I was 21 to surf big waves, while everyone said it would be disastrous and that I probably wasn’t good enough. Well not only did I, but I’m still here 35 years later. Having raised a family and becoming a home owner and successful at business. I’ve had a lot of close calls though but I’ve always been cautious, and trained hard while having respect for the ocean. I got over big waves after a point came where I just didn’t feel that I was up to it anymore and the odds were against me. I’m just a regular guy surfing small waves now and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve lived the dream and even though I never became famous or set any records, I’m totally fine with that. Do what you love and follow your dreams relentlessly, but never push when it doesn’t feel right.

@cathyizzo7886

Жыл бұрын

That's good for you. I've always wanted to learn to surf but unfortunately grew up in Chicago. Then I got to raising a family, then cancer and some other health problems. Recently at a trip to California, over 55 years old, my first time holding a surf board and it was to heavy for my arms weakens from surgery etc. I will never be able to do it 😢

@edwigcarol4888

8 ай бұрын

I do understand i listened to surfers in Lazarett answering an interviewer on their training Incredibly tough . Their muscles all over the body are highly performing when i think of the adductors... The foot-arches, the whole hip's muscle groups.. Athletes of world level

I do wonder if this is some type of suicidal behavior. Like, ignoring all warnings. Doing something obviously deadly without proper security etc. Like some depressed people go "party hard" with a "fuck it" mentality and sort of, kind of hoping to die while at it. I've known people like this.

@edwigcarol4888

8 ай бұрын

In Le Mans France (Formel 1 event) 6 Motobikers at night with 2 Promille alcohol in blood having fun at a speed of 180 or 200 km/h... 6 fatalities My friend from back then, a motobiker, reported that saying "stupidity killed them ; i have NO sympathy"

You have a good voice and narrate very very well👍 hard to find that plus good content..good job all the way around dude! 🙌

New subbie, I appreciate your reports. As a former Backcountry backpacker, I/we always studied weather and safety. His attempt was just crazy.

That story about the chicken feather jacket says EVERYTHING you need to know about this person!!!

What an incredible video! Awesome presentation and information, great pictures, videos! Wow!❤

Your narrative is excellent;you really get behind the people involved.definitely keep watching you xx

@vonrauenfeld

5 ай бұрын

It’s ai

@helenfelton2845

5 ай бұрын

@@vonrauenfeld are you??xx

You made me laugh with your beginning humour 👍🏻👍🏻 Sadly, challenging the Grim Reaper only ends one way.

This is like saying "he disappeared while swimming over Niagara Falls, what happened?"

I just realised what it’s been saying!!! SNOWBOARDING down EVEREST!!!! That boy has a lost what’s left of his mind!!! SNOWBOARDING down EVEREST!!! I just can’t wrap my head around the whole concept !! Surely this can’t have ended with smiles!! I’ve never heard of anything so crazy!! SNOWBOARDING down EVEREST!!! Nope…my brain just can’t fathom it

His sister's disposition towards him is very strange. Maybe there's a cultural barrier, or something lost in translation, but on its face, she says some really odd things about her brother.

His parents should have learned the word "NO". I think its similiar in every language.

I can just imagine the Sherpa and locals going like "this dude isn't gonna make it back." Just by how silly he was. They probably liked him at least a little, but there's no way they didn't sense that he was doomed.

@cathyizzo7886

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they're probably like "okaaay"

Great video man!

I remember that snowboarder kid. Wow, he had guts but, pride still killed him.

My parents have a good rule, they’ll never pay or help pay for anything that could harm me and my brother. For me it was action/extreme sports. That being said they are always supportive of us no matter which paths we decide to go down. Rest easy Marco

So he had already snowboarded down Mt. Everest once. But he just wanted to do it again and this time more dangerously.

I feel so awful for the sister. Of course she chooses to believe that he's still out there somewhere! It's much easier than having to deal with losing a second brother, I have two brothers myself and couldn't even imagine dealing with this - especially while pregnant!

"Known to be an atheist but treated other beliefs with respect" Wish we had more of those lol

@migmigjohnson6083

Жыл бұрын

Atheists don't exist. They're just people who have different gods/religions, and know the definition of neither. I learned that early 2020.

@nunyabiznes4471

Жыл бұрын

Hi doubt he’s still an atheist.

man, for a century we've been trying to work out if mallory summitted or not and archie over here apparently knows he reached the peak and casually drops that bombshell on us

That’s what happens when you don’t listen to the locals. Rest in peace

I would like to tell Marco’s sister to stop blaming God for the loss of her two brothers with all do respect it is about destiny the more we put ourselves to dangerous situations the more we put ourselves at risk THEY LEFT THIS WORLD DOING WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AND MOST IMPORTANT THEY WERE HAPPY FREE AND CONTENT 😢 your pain has to be gracefully admitted with the lovely memories that will never die 🌷

@christinewatson1989

Жыл бұрын

Marco: *Dies attempting one of the most dangerous climbs in existence and snowboarding down the world's tallest mountain* His sister: "why would god do this?!!?"

This video confuses madness with courage.

@cathyizzo7886

Жыл бұрын

Yes he completely reminds me of that one guy who thought he was "one" with grizzly bears and made a documentary of his interactions with them, the last one sadly recording him being killed and eaten.

We all make decisions about our lives…..god didn’t take Marco Marco took out Marco…..some people are luckily born with common sense, others don’t get any.

Yeah….snowboarding the Himalayas. If anything belongs near the top of the “death wish” list, this is it.

What is baffling is that you claim George Mallory “was one of the first to reach Everest’s peak”. What an odd statement.

I think Mt. Everest is fair at warning people not to climb it. The lack of oxygen, the scary-looking slopes, the insanely high altitude and bitter cold temperatures should make people abandon the idea. But sadly, many people abandon the idea of listening and taking heed of the dangers instead. I just wish he got satisfied with his first success. And his father did not give him any money anymore. RIP Marco.

@creatrixZBD

Жыл бұрын

I’m perfectly happy just to enjoy looking at it, tbh

What could go wrong Snowboarding down Everest ?