Beck said in an interview that he struggled with lifelong depression before that climb. His ability to survive and push himself when so many others died; that was something or someone showing him he had a lot to live for or it was his own epiphany to that fact.

@NewChiqueChloe

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like we found a cure for depression, just send inexperienced climbers up to everest

@harryflashman4542

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewChiqueChloe Sandy Hill is the reason they were late getting up. Beck is the reason they could not get down quickly. Those two got everyone dead.

@Peppermint1

2 жыл бұрын

After the disaster he said he realized he has been brainwashed by this 'Everest' thing. He kind of 'woke up' from that image he made out of this challenge. He also realized how crazy this climbing is for 'regular' persons, how hostile and risky is that environment.

@catalin_2746

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peppermint1 too late i'm afraid he lost his hands

@dianaedit

2 жыл бұрын

@@catalin_2746, and the nose.

RIP Tsewang Samanla, Dorje Morup, Tsewang Paljor, Rob Hall, Doug Hansen, Andy Harris, Scott Fisher and Yasuko Namba

@j.michaeljefferson60

3 жыл бұрын

All of them died in vain the results of pride

@ekbalam7488

3 жыл бұрын

@@j.michaeljefferson60 the price of the summit only a true climber understand, people below the mountain are death in life

@j.michaeljefferson60

3 жыл бұрын

@@ekbalam7488 What you are saying that 6 billion people who do not have any desire to do something that has been done already by many people. No one is ever going to be First again. Unless you want to be extreme and climbing blind with no legs. I think it's been done already.

@tikka300wsm5

3 жыл бұрын

@@ekbalam7488 these people are idiots... Climbing a mountain only to die, leave your body, along with all the trash for all the other idiots to see is asinine.

@AllDayEDC

3 жыл бұрын

@@j.michaeljefferson60 some people arent content with being disconnected sedentary fuckwits on youtube and want to push their bodies to the peak of human capabilites. You know to grow as a person and be stronger. They know the risks they take. Everest is even far from the most deadly mountain anyway. How bout dont be a judgmental prick and move on to your next video

Boukreev saved many lives that night going up and down the mountain in the night without oxygen. A real hero in my opinion and a very very strong climber.

@zachwillis4344

3 жыл бұрын

Died the next year in an avalanche

@barbaramejias2886

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachwillis4344 He died on Christmas day!

@ryanjofre

2 жыл бұрын

@@barbaramejias2886 Thanks. God bless him.

@nyrbsamoht

2 жыл бұрын

on the summit day he stayed high for ages helping everyone get to the sumit - very high for a long time - no oxygen. he decended back to camp 4. In the middle of the night Beidleman wakes Bourkeev saying half is team is lost on the decent to camp 4 - Boukreev tried to find help from the clients and guides resting in camp 4 - everyone is too hypoxic and tired Boukreev goes out on his own to try and find the lost climbers - twice - and physically draggs pittman back to the tents. absolute hero. then the next morning he ascends AGAIN to about 8400 meters where his boss Scott Fisher was last seen by 2 sherpas. Sadly Fisher was already dead. Boukreev died in December 1997 in an avalanche on an expedition to Annapurna

@elliotrose8836

2 жыл бұрын

@@zachwillis4344 Really? After all that and he died the following year, sucks

Never any mention of the sherpas. So weird. These guys hike 90% of the shit up for the climbers. They don't even use oxygen.

@elliott2678

8 жыл бұрын

+jagerx Damn right

@QueenB28348

8 жыл бұрын

yep

@elliott2678

8 жыл бұрын

Merlin1940 Wow. Blown away(lol)by your response. And I cant possibly argue against anything you just said. Nor do I desire to. That was very well stated. I do have one question? What happens to all the trash and waste in and around base camp? Advanced base camp? All camps for that matter? Ive seen horrid photos of the piles of waste. But you tell me not to believe them because I saw them in media. So that's why im asking you.

@cwx8

8 жыл бұрын

Merlin1940 What the hell come on man. I'm not racist. I'm white. I think the pursuit of this idiotic "feat" which is only even possible by the help of Sherpas is not worth the risk and incredible environmental damage. Nobody cares anymore about someone who ascends Everest by flying in on a helicopter and uses oxygen all the way up, is fed cappucino at base camp. There is nothing heroic about climbing Everest. It's risky as hell and requires training and people die. For what exactly? Bragging rights. It's stupid, and it should probably just be shut down if it wasn't such a great economic boon to Nepal. I'm supposed to "praise" people who climb Everest? Why? It's not noteworthy. It doesn't benefit society. It's pointless and causes more harm than good. And I should also praise the expedition organizers? Why? Do we praise Bill Gates for running a business? It's simply a business. Since you appear to be a climbing nut, you will never see the perspective of an outsider.

@Merlin1940

8 жыл бұрын

"jagerx" 18:26 « _I'm not racist. I'm white_ » Business as usual. People are only allowed to speak about racism where it never existed. And forbidden to speak about the only racism that ever existed, which is racism against some whites, by other whites - of which you are. « _Nobody cares anymore about someone who ascends Everest by flying in on a helicopter and uses oxygen all the way up, is fed cappucino at base camp_ » You cannot ignore that this is an utterly malevolent and dishonest twisting of what climbing Everest is. And you would NOT dare post such big lies if you weren't hiding under false identity on forums to better bash honest people - just like your friends thugs under balaclavas or helmets on the street to better shoot honest citizens. Now I guess the said lies above will continue below, under the same false names or others. Thu 26 May 2016 18:50 GMT

Just to be clear: Rob Hall was a climbing guide and one of the best. He had summited Everest multiple times and more than any non-sherpa at the time. His job was being a climbing guide. Rob Hall's death, no matter how you choose to look at it, was at least in part due to bad luck. Freak storms happen, especially up there. He died doing his job --and doing what he loved.

There is a fine line between heroism and madness.

@ThePennyPincher

9 жыл бұрын

Ad Mirer That was well said! Having served in the combat arms of the military, I'd say that is pretty well spot on!

@steffispann6482

9 жыл бұрын

Right. Absolutely agree...

@531katie

9 жыл бұрын

Ad Mirer well said yet foreign to me. I have to ponder this presentation right now, because it was so well-done as to leaving an incredible factual story unvarnished, took my breath away. The fine line must be huge to anyone fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of that heroism or madness... I'm sure I'd toast to madness if it saved my life. Here's to people who put the lives of others before their own. That's something beyond words.

@Greater98er

9 жыл бұрын

Ad Mirer I don't know if it is in-between exactly. They often overlap.

@walterharris6050

9 жыл бұрын

You're right, this is insanity. Ijs

Wow, a great guy...human being, as well as doctor apparently. The book “Into Thin Air” is one of THE BEST books I’ve ever read. It puts you right there! I do admire the writing talent of John Krakauer for sure. I will add: No mention of Everest should EVER be made without including the Sherpas that make ANYTHING possible! Period...

@alanaharris8624

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Hatch just read it.I actually new Mike Groom when he was a teen.I worked for his Dad.

@govelasco

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanaharris8624 Mount Everest is the biggest shit pile and it attracts the worst people. There is a whole beautiful world of mountaineering that has nothing to do with Everest or the ass holes that it attracts.

@laminsillah5999

Жыл бұрын

I read this too, a gripping book indeed.

Nothing about the Russian that summited without oxygen then after alone climbed back in the storm and saved 3 people

@allybally0021

4 жыл бұрын

That would be a good movie.....very brave.

@user-yy2wv1yh3m

3 жыл бұрын

His name is Anatolii Bukreev (+1997)

@cindys9491

3 жыл бұрын

There's an audiobook called The Climb written by him (Boukreev).

@Andrew-Hawk

3 жыл бұрын

This is because this piece of sh.t krakauer who did not do anything to help Bukreev to save people up there upon his request, went to sleep, but then made everything to downgrade Anatolii’s role in rescuing people in an absolute bravery . Krakauer did everything possible to make Bukreev seem the guilty part but not a rescuer. He was making himself secure to make some good money on a “brilliant story selling” later.

@jerrydoolittle9747

3 жыл бұрын

@@cindys9491 It's a great book. My version is on Kindle

Boukreev had found Yasuko Namba still alive (barely) during his solo rescue actions but due to exhaustion was unable to make an additional attempt after rescuing three climbers who were lost on the South Col. In his book he had huge regrets about not being able to save her. He did return in 1997 to cover her body with stones and mark the location with two ice axes. I found Kamler's discussion on the brain and how Weather's brain may have looked during his survival ordeal quite interesting.

@Peppermint1

2 жыл бұрын

No one could have helped her move if she could not even stand up by herself. But maybe someone could have carried a sleeping bag to her place and wrap her up then come back on clear weather with the other climbers. I was surprised how those climbers were left laying down with their face and even hands unprotected from the winds.

@hazelmoore2976

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peppermint1 I didn't know they were found lying like that. They could have been standing the fell back and collapsed with something and landed that way, or pushed back by the wind. Or due to AS not realising they were in danger in the end due to the sickness affecting the brain as it gets smaller. If none of those it is odd.

@auralplex

2 жыл бұрын

@@hazelmoore2976 they were told to lay down and huddle together because the winds were so high. The closest to the ground, the better, to protect from wind and hail.

@Gustavo-mb6rt

2 жыл бұрын

If other members go with boukerevv they can carried to camp 4 a yasuko even scott fischer

@mariannesouza8326

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gustavo-mb6rt No, if you can’t even stand on your own, you can’t be helped; you can’t be carried.

he does not mention that Beck was also left for dead again ..laying in his tent they thought he was dead again.. and left him

@brianpeters7847

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Washford Lol lol lol

@incontruth4116

4 жыл бұрын

You can’t pack people out of Everest. There’s dead people along the route.

@aliceradmacher3955

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianpeters7847 2

@johnnations5932

4 жыл бұрын

Beck Weathers is a doctor. Wtf was Kamer saying, "i was the only doctor on the mountain"? In 1996 there were at least 6 doctors on Everest, both as climbing clients and as Base Camp doctors. Man, so many Everest climbers are egotistical shitebrains.

@tbugher62

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnnations5932 Beck is not a doctor,he tests blood samples.

"We're both listening." Enough said.

I’ll never understand the fascination with being cold, and unable to breathe 😐

@4viruz

3 жыл бұрын

It's a spiritual journey. Something only who did the climbing understand.

@mclovin4974

3 жыл бұрын

Challenge, sense of accomplishment? Its the highest point on earth and thats good enough reason for a lot of people to try to reach it.

@deeeeeeeench1209

3 жыл бұрын

John a Fagerquist some people have different goals and some try to shoot them down in a KZread comment section how very sad.

@smith9197

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnafagerquist8235 meanwhile you just hide behind a screen knowing you will accomplish nothing in your life, pathetic.

@feeltheillinois

3 жыл бұрын

@@smith9197 I don't think validation and accomplishment only comes from mountain climbing lol

Into Thin Air is one of the best books I've ever read. Once I started it I could not stop and I stayed up all night to read it. The call from Rob to his wife and the virtual resurrection of Beck Weathers are absolutely devastating.

@LauraP2501

3 жыл бұрын

I read it right now I will not sleep until I finish it!

@andyroid5028

2 жыл бұрын

*Honest to God, I was going to post something here... but when I saw your post, I realized you had already posted almost precisely what I had already been thinking of posting. ✓* I also felt the very same way upon completing the book (although, I read it in 2 nights, instead of 1). *I read it back around the year 1999 & yet, I don't think I'll ever forget this sad, yet riveting, true story.* *RIP to all that have perished on Mount Everest.*

@BroadswordNYC

2 жыл бұрын

I've read the book 3 times!

@adriatic.vineyards

2 жыл бұрын

Yessss

@jasonmitchell31680

2 жыл бұрын

Is tht book about rob and tht climb?

"We're both listening..." *awkward silence*

@Anewevisual

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@muniraja386

3 жыл бұрын

Rob indirectly said i can't leave them. He ia a great man.

@chelereyes3305

3 жыл бұрын

Muni Raja I think he felt guilty because he convinced Doug to come back after failing the previous year.

@lenac3587

3 жыл бұрын

Some people just can't summit no matter how much they tried and when pushed to the limit end up dying. How do you abandon a friend who depends his life on you unless Doug tells Rob to leave without him but he didn't

@simplyrin210

2 жыл бұрын

And they both died.

He told this story so well! I was captivated, cheering, crying. So many emotions.

I'm a little upset he didn't mention the fate of the Sherpa with severe frostbite. No name no nothing.

@monixism

5 жыл бұрын

Amelia Zen it was't sherpa, that was member of another expedition - Makalu Gao, he btw was the first one to be airlifted before Beck

@joenewbould2314

5 жыл бұрын

monixism either way.. there’s no mention of any Sherpa and without them there fucked.

@katid571

5 жыл бұрын

@@monixism makalu lost his fingers

@OsamaBinBmxin

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like it is common knowledge in this field that the sherpas play a vital role in these accents. Im sure the sherpa community isn't upset in the slightest that they weren't mentioned in this presentation lol

@patmuzz2492

5 жыл бұрын

That’s how they treated sherpa like shit ass,disrespect, not listening. They concern only themselves

i live in canada, winters here are cold as hell, i was walking back from work at -35'C, i was halfway and my legs were hurting so bad, i cant imagine what it must be like to be stranded in the cold on such mountains

@grimmerMD

10 жыл бұрын

I briefly had a job that had me outside in a Canadian winter for 12 hour shifts. It's painful as hell at first, but if you're dressed correctly it seems your body does get used to it and learn to manage. In a case such as those described here it would be severely painful, but generally the nerve endings would freeze, numbing much of the body, and the victim would pass out and die from hypothermia. In some cases though, the victim experiences mania, euphoria, many people who have frozen to death have been seen paradoxically undressing, complaining of heat. Sometimes to the point where bodies have been found frozen to death, their clothing removed by themselves. So for some it wouldn't be too terrible.

@BloodyandEnchained

10 жыл бұрын

we have to keep in mind that oxygen levels get lower as you ascend the mountains, making it harder to move continuously and keep warm, so some must just lack the necessary equipment.... i know i do, -35 is -35 but id find it much more comfortable with good stuff on rather than a simple winter coat with jeans and adidas tennis shoes :P

@grimmerMD

10 жыл бұрын

BloodyandEnchained I really wouldn't know about climbing mountains, it seems like a hell of a feat and every one of those people have my respect. But in regards to equipment, we were provided all the same gear as the cops we were working with, damn warm and really comfy, but we didn't have the luxury of hopping in the cruisers and watching DVDs in the warmth every time we got a bit chilly. It's all a matter of getting calories in your body and keeping active.. But I'd prefer to stay inside with a cup of cocoa...fuck winter and every second I have to spend outside in it. Worst job of my life, that was...well, second worst...

@BloodyandEnchained

10 жыл бұрын

***** what was your worse job?

@grimmerMD

10 жыл бұрын

BloodyandEnchained Pretty much the same thing. A security gig with long hours, no breaks, but with terribly thin uniforms in freezing rain.

When one tempts fate and death, one can't be surprised when death appears.

@damienfrancois5703

4 жыл бұрын

The art of mountaineering is to move SAFELY in dangerous places. YOu armchair-internet adventures will probably shit your sorry pants when a mouse queeks!

@GARRY3754

4 жыл бұрын

Ego and adrenaline can be exhilarating and deadly.

@orls9068

4 жыл бұрын

@@damienfrancois5703 🤣 if you have a family its a selfish endeavour, besides the sherpas do the heavy lifting

@damienfrancois5703

4 жыл бұрын

@@orls9068 You write it, I don't have a family... My cat is very patient, my mother loves what I do. You are an armchair adventurer, right?!?

@KindMeg

4 жыл бұрын

We all “tempt fate and death” by living and we are one and all “surprised when death appears.”

My heart goes to tenzing and Edmund who are the real heroes I consider. They were just clueless, they had no one to take a reference, not knowing the path uphill, not knowing where the trenches are, no ladder crossing with rope kept for them, only knowing one thing - those who climbed more, never came back. It was such a raw climb, it would be the toughest climb ever without knowing what. Winners make a path for others to follow. Tenzing and Edmund, everest would have surprised by your courage.

@stephensouness9356

3 жыл бұрын

Tenzing Norgay Sherpa was a member of the 1952 Swiss team which reached 28,00 feet on Everest, thats why he was there with Hillary, he knew the way.

@brontewcat

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite - two British climbers. Bourdillon and Evans, had climbed to 100m of the summit the day before (just below the Hillary Step). They reached this part about 1.00pm, which may have been their turnaround time. I think they may have up some ropes or climbing equipment as well. The only unknown part of the climb was the Hillary Step, which apparently is technically the most difficult. The conquest of Everest was very much a team effort.

I climbed Crane Mountain in the Adirondacks alone last winter and I was not prepared for the icy conditions. I ended up slipping on a rock face that was covered in ice beneath the snow and slid about 20 feet. The only thing that stopped me from falling off the side of the mountain was a small shrub growing out of a crack of the rock face that I managed to grab on to. Without that shrub, I don't know what would have happened to me. It was easily the most scared I've been while hiking. My son was 1 year old at the time and while Crane Mountain is no Everest, the thought of him pushed me to do the rest of the descent slowly and methodically so that I could see him again. I can't imagine what these people must be thinking when faced with Mt. Everest staring back at them. And to do it while your wife is 7 months pregnant is just sheer stupidity

Amazing story, you can tell the pain still lasts with this man every day of his life. May he find some sort of comfort, someday. Thank you for this.

Cant imagine how brave George Mallory and Andrew Irving were. 1924 so primitive gear.

@yungballsack2083

3 жыл бұрын

@Steven Levernier not everyone is a native speaker. Have some respect.

@ilovebadkitties

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they had oxygen back then when they did their climb...??🤔🤔🤔🤔

@katana5562

3 жыл бұрын

Steven Levernier Another grammar gulag overseer 😒

@PaulZink

3 жыл бұрын

@@yungballsack2083 Or at least some kindness.

@PaulZink

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilovebadkitties Yes but very primitive oxygen technology for weight, capacity, etc. It would run out much sooner than today's lightweight high capacity bottles .

21:12 In Picture Right Side you are missed Yasuko Namba R.I.P.

@MR-hq5yf

4 жыл бұрын

:(

@robalom1517

4 жыл бұрын

Who DAT bro

@deendrew36

4 жыл бұрын

Rob Alom one of the climbers on this expedition who did not return.

@jasonshields515

3 жыл бұрын

😢🙏 very sad

@harryflashman4542

2 жыл бұрын

She was the true tragedy of this disaster. Three American clients got everyone else killed because they wanted to summit when they were not capable of it. Namba died because rescuing them meant she froze. Her life was not worth as much as an American.

"Either way, you fall for the rest of your life..." Lol. True.

@TheJer1963

5 жыл бұрын

It"s called taking the grand tour.

@damacknificent151

5 жыл бұрын

Word is, they are still falling. Not sure when they will stop the fall.

@michaelgreene7810

4 жыл бұрын

Falling for a few seconds isn't long for the rest of your life to be ...

@WithDiameter

3 жыл бұрын

m o o d

@fireinthenight9028

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgreene7810 they're falling until their bodies are found.

Came back after watching Everest movie.

@Tashi_v4

8 жыл бұрын

Same I just got done

@rene82339

8 жыл бұрын

+Rave Fear same, morning after watching it

@andrewh8233

8 жыл бұрын

+Rene Saulnier same

@UniversalisLogica

8 жыл бұрын

+yasaswy nagavolu Was the movie any good?

@yasaswy

8 жыл бұрын

Erin N Well it was ok. I kind of liked the way they could reproduce the weather conditions etc from this accident.

Ken I know even after all these years, this experience still profoundly effects you. God bless you for all of your efforts and selflessness in an almost impossible situation.

Wow !! Beck is so awesome, after being left for dead a couple of times . He is a survivor . Heart felt sympathies go out to the families , of the ones that didn't make it . Sherpas are the real heroes & the Doctor & the guy that went and saved 4 climbers . Much love for Rob . He couldn't leave a fallen man . Thanks for sharing.

@StarBuck411

Жыл бұрын

Per Beck, prior to the climb Beck was a major Type A Assho.......and after he was a different person. He literally changed his whole life. He was first in his life prior to climb, he totally appreciates that if it were not for everyone who helped him and his wife who arranged his rescue he would have died. Period. Gave a great talk, saw it around 5 years after the climb.

@shereef3823

6 ай бұрын

Rob was the hero. The Doctor, Beck, was a burden that because of his EGO...refused to accept the fact that he was NOT able to do it, and put so many others not only in danger, but to their deaths!!!

The helicopter was only able to stay in the air because the pilot bounced his enormous balls repeatedly off the ground. He’s the true hero in this story

@Roscoe.P.Coldchain

Жыл бұрын

😂

@maryjanedodo

Жыл бұрын

😂🚁🏔️🏀🏀

@UlaNelle646

10 ай бұрын

Brilliant 😂😂😂👌

I've been fascinated while watching different documentaries on conquering Everest. I read "Into Thin Air" years ago and watched "Everest", the 2015 movie this week. Thank you for this wonderful presentation.

Glad you made it!! Been watching a lot of EVEREST and other mountain vids this week. Very interesting stuff! So, ty for taking the time to speak about it, A LOT of people are thankful! Have a good one and stay safe! And yes, Beck surviving was amazing, the human body can really do crazy things at times! And, sometimes NOT

I would like to think that if I were Doug Hansen, I would have told Rob Hall, "Go! Save yourself" when I heard the other guides telling him to leave me there. He had to have known there was no hope, and that if Rob stayed, two would die instead of one. Of course, I've never been in a situation even remotely like that so I don't know what I would do. But I really hope I would prefer that someone else live if I am going to die anyway.

@CharlesBrusch

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I hope I wouldn't condemn another person to die with me, just because of a fear of dying alone. To do so is unbelievably selfish. That being said, I too, have never been in a dire situation like that, and for all we know, maybe Hansen DID try to get Hall to go, but he refused. We'll never know.

@giddygrub7176

2 жыл бұрын

Doug may well have said that.

@harryflashman4542

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt he gave a damn.

@sansnom1606

2 жыл бұрын

spot on, Scott Fischer suffered with edema but he still had ability to know what to do,he forced Lopsang who was with him ready to die together to went down and save his life.Lopsang refused so Scott threatened to jump if he won't go down, Lopsang listenend and went down and he was alive but died in avalanche a year later.

@sansnom1606

2 жыл бұрын

@@giddygrub7176 we don't know..Doug didnt listen when a sherpa told him to turn back,he pointed his finger to the top means he would go up to the top no matter what.

This presentation gives a quick and clear summary of that terrible 1996 tragedy.

The movie Everest brought me here!

@matthewcolvin9721

8 жыл бұрын

Same!

@kamuii82

8 жыл бұрын

same

@NanoForest

8 жыл бұрын

+Aniba Maat Het-Heru same

@anibamaathet-heru3582

8 жыл бұрын

Hey yall. Watch Touching the Void. you can find it here on KZread or Netflix. Epic mountaineering survival story!

@fr3shgreen858

8 жыл бұрын

same

Krakauer certainly wants to tell a story, and it seems like he made Boukreev out as more of a villain than he was. It wasn't a good idea to climb without oxygen as a guide, I think, but Boukreev made the right choice (whether because of self-preservation or not) to go down. And let's not forget that he went back up into the death zone to bring stranded climbers back. I think the truth is somewhere between Krakauer and Boukreev.

@coryCuc

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely correct.

@cmf4706

2 жыл бұрын

What u mean by the truth ?? I need to know

@Karin_Allen

Жыл бұрын

@@cmf4706 I just reread Into Thin Air, so I can give you an unbiased, factual description of what Krakauer and Boukreev said. Krakauer was sharply critical of Boukreev because (in Krakauer's opinion) Boukreev wasn't acting like a proper guide. He says Boukreev chose to climb without bottled oxygen, which could have made him less able to help other climbers; and he took off alone after summiting, abandoning his clients in order to reach the tents at Camp 4 ASAP, where he could get warm and rest. His attitude, Krakauer says, was that he wasn't there to baby weak climbers. Yet Krakauer did describe Boukreev's two long journeys in the midst of the storm to find and rescue the climbers who were stranded outside of camp. After Into Thin Air came out, Boukreev hired a ghost writer to write a book from his own point of view. He/the ghost writer said Krakauer refused to help search for the lost climbers (Krakauer said he was passed out from exhaustion at the time, and no one could even wake him up until the next morning). Boukreev also said he'd gotten permission from Scott Fischer to descend early, taking only one client with him. This is a critical issue since Krakauer said Boukreev *didn't* get permission and just did what he wanted to do. Krakauer rebutted Boukreev's arguments in an afterword to a later edition of Into Thin Air, saying the ghost writer had failed to interview the people who played the most important roles in the disaster and who criticized Boukreev's attitude behavior. For instance, the ghost writer didn't interview the sherpas on the scene, whom Krakauer said were critical of Boukreev. Krakauer also said Boukreev couldn't keep his own story straight within his book. Finally, here are two more unbiased facts from Krakauer's book. 1) Krakauer describes Boukreev's rescued of the lost climbers in great detail, and 2) Krakauer talks about himself helping in other ways throughout the climb and feeling literally nauseating guilt that he couldn't help them during the storm. Make what you want of all that. As for me, I tend to agree that the truth lies somewhere between these two accounts.

@reginaworthey1401

Жыл бұрын

krakauer told it like it happened. Boukreev was hired and paid to guide. He didn't guide. He went up and down quickly and was resting in his tent when the shit hit the fan. This is a fact. Later, he rose to the occasion and saved people. This is also a fact. Would more people have come down safely if Boukreev had actually done what Rob Hall paid him to do in the first place?

@_ayushmehta_

Жыл бұрын

😭

Grateful to hear Neal's perspective. Thank you for inviting him and thank him for going over it all again for the thousandth time. Been stuck trying to understand the Everest incident for years. Where I live, lots of people die in the mountains every year, but this was different and a lot harder to grasp. I appreciate getting another piece to the puzzle--a huge, important piece.

I was one of the climbers who climbed mt Everest in dutch expedition in 2007, this mountain is far from a joke. Ever climbed 100-200m steep mountain, if you did you will notice it sucks all the energy out of you. During the Mt Everest climb you will fill that your body is very heavy, your muscles aren;t working properly even if you feed them with high glygemix food like chocolate. Syringes filled with steroids, pain killers are used but won't do that much, and if you're not clothed properly you won't feel any frost bite and that your skin/body is slowly dieng. I didn't reach the Summit in 2007 and i still regret even with so much experience i couldn't reach it. I believe people who reached this mountains summit without any oxygen supplies are true superhumans.

@juttamaier2111

6 жыл бұрын

E- Mail i could never understand why people want to go up there. In my eyes, they are selfish idiots, who disregard that the mountain is a holy place to the locals. They litter the mountain with oxygen bottles, gear and corpses. How would we feel if Asians would flock to the st. peters dome and othe cathedrals to climb on top of it, and litter the place the same way?

@GG-ll6zx

5 жыл бұрын

6.5% of those who set out to climb Everest die. K2 is 25%. Take from that what you will.

@christopherbartley9123

5 жыл бұрын

E- Mail incredible.. thank you for sharing that.

@dutchman063

5 жыл бұрын

The mountain is far from a joke but the people who climb it are a joke

@Maarten8867

5 жыл бұрын

There is nothing super about them. Climbing that hill is like playing Russian roulette, the idiots who make it do so because they got lucky and climbed under favourable conditions. The idiots who don't make it climbed under poor conditions like the ones in 1996.

Everest wasnt listening? I think its the other way around, you didnt listen to everest.

@scottedwards58

5 жыл бұрын

That’s it....Mother Nature always gives warning....you didn’t take notice!

@MJLeger-yj1ww

5 жыл бұрын

Mt Everest only listens to Mother Nature and does what she tells her to do, and Everest can be a naughty lady when she wants to be!

@robertkelly9772

4 жыл бұрын

What language does Everest speak...Tibetan, Chinese, or maybe it's Esperonto?

@zippsepp3010

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertkelly9772 Sign language...

@thedynastycontinues945

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertkelly9772 Obviously a language that those fucktards couldnt understand.

That mountain is one big graveyard. Pure madness to go there.

@concernedcitizen780

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Sometimes we need an external challenge to remind us of what’s really valuable and important. Sometimes an external challenge is needed to bring us back to reality. Sometimes we need to know how small we are. How fragile we are.

I climbed a bigger mountain in skyrim. Had to deal with frost trolls as well. It was very difficult but i had a bourbon and chips

@jestersdead6995

7 жыл бұрын

Hahahah

@sandhyabehera3419

6 жыл бұрын

Seriously . Hahaha

@sandhyabehera3419

6 жыл бұрын

Please send your name to Guinness book of records for having bourbon and chips on a mountain bigger than Mt. Everest

@nonmihiseddeo4181

6 жыл бұрын

Been there, done that. But then, I'm a weapon in human form.

@justinl8028

6 жыл бұрын

I could have gone to the summit of Everest, until I took an arrow to the knee...

Absolutely heartbreaking. Not my place to judge, and I do get the adrenalin rush. However, I cannot understand how anyone would risk their life for this.

@rc198028

2 жыл бұрын

I must confess ... the potential risk part of the reason why I am considering climbing one of the worlds highest peaks. 😁

@antonioacevedo5200

2 жыл бұрын

Everest is the highest mountain and those that risk their lives to climb it reach a similar level of stupidity.

@Zarglog

2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine climbed Matterhorn and said: "You know the feeling when you almost got really hurt? The adrenaline rush and excitement of being alive? The summit of a mountain will give you that feeling tenfold". I'm obsessed with mountaineering and stuff like that, and I was a pretty good rock climber in my teens. But I could never do something like this because I know how ruined my family would be if I passed.

@ChezzaAU

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zarglog ... Look, I admire those explorers/adventurers, I do. It would take months of preparation, but it just frightens me enormously.

@OkayNiceOne

10 ай бұрын

I hear the same sentiment from a lot of people. It’s very sad that humanity as a whole has become less adventurous. You see all of these pathetic people wondering why they would risk their lives for something like that, but the only reason they’re wondering that is because they are pathetic and would never do something like that.

I just finished reading Into Thin Air a few days ago. The book has a haunting after-effect so seeing these photos and listening to the narration was especially moving for me. I tried to imagine what it would be like to be alone up there buried in a blizzard with no oxygen, wind chills minus 100 degrees and no chance of being rescued. I couldn't and I won't pretend to understand why anyone would want to subject themselves to such hardship-body and mind. But I don't judge either. Bless them all.

Beck Weathers is a true miracle!

What an absolutely great video. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and for sharing this adventure with the human race... Well Done and may God Bles you...

Its unfortunate that sherpas don't receive the credit they deserve. If it wasn't for them, climbers wouldn't have the camps ready or the ropes set up etc. It would be sheer chaos on the mountain

@MJLeger-yj1ww

5 жыл бұрын

Most people who attempt to ascend Everest do NOT LIVE at high altitudes. Many train by going to high altitudes to acclimate their bodies, but it is NOT the same as living in those conditions like the sherpas of Nepal do. Sherpas make more money in ONE CLIMB than they are capable of making in one YEAR at the usual jobs around Nepal, and the mountain is the primary source of income for Nepal as a country! Fewer lose their lives today than say 50 years ago because we have better equipment and clothing now, but human beings just are NOT bodily equipped to survive at extreme altitudes where oxygen is 1/3rd of what it is at sea level! Those who do summit have a lot of help with modern equipment, clothes, more compact O2 containers, boots, etc. But it is ALWAYS going to be chancy due to the weather, avalanches, crevasses and other dangers on the mountain. (In my opinion, it isn't natural to pump yourself with steroids, CNS stimulants, etc. in order to climb, but I guess people will do it any way they can, BECAUSE IT'S THERE! Rather inane to risk your life for something that is no longer very noteworthy. Today, if you say "I climbed Mt. Everest to the top" it just isn't as phenomenal as it was many years ago. People shrug, "that's nice" and go on with what they were doing!! They have NO IDEA of the true risk, tortures, stamina and hardship that it takes to accomplish climbing "The Mountain!"

@CD-pk7xr

5 жыл бұрын

They get paid very well. Stop grand standing. We all know you really don’t give a shit. You just have to make yourself appear “holier than thou” like you have a big heart or something.

@dineomokgosi411

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@incidentalist

5 жыл бұрын

@@CD-pk7xr Yes, it's called BLEEDING HEART. They try to sound more "woke" for their woke brethren, then they ALL REPEAT THE SAME SHIT lmao - new generation man, sick sick people!

@profd65

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean they don't receive credit? Every other comment on this fucking page is about the Sherpas. And at this point how much credit is anybody entitled to for climbing Everest? As climbs go, it's not that difficult.

Was good to get an insight into what climbing Everest was really like. Intriguing also to get a feel for what it is like to be in one if the few places on earth where you can't be rescued. Getting down the mountain is entirely down to an individual being able to return under their own steam. It is a rich man's folly though. No one forced them up there....

@davehughesfarm7983

2 жыл бұрын

I have watched enough videos of Everest and can tell ya. You would have to pay me $100,000 just to go to base camp..

Saw the movie. What I learned is Discipline is extremely important in extreme circumstance.

@AnovaNina

8 жыл бұрын

+Kris B , your photo, David Brent (Ricky in "the office" ), I can't help feeling how pathetic he is... every time saw his face... what a character...

@OmmerSyssel

7 жыл бұрын

Anovena Read about Scott's catastrophic expedition to the South Pole? Lots of discipline but zero knowledge.. Skills & theoretical knowledge, or at least healthy intuition is other parts of a worthy concept successfully challenging nature

@TheNWaite

5 жыл бұрын

''Plan the climb and climb the plan'' . They got into trouble for numerous reasons..the biggest reason was them suffering not from HACE or HAPE or snow blindness or anything else...it was because they were afflicted with '' got-to-get-there-itis''

@govelasco

3 жыл бұрын

I learned that most of these people are fame seeking deuchebags.

@johnnybird7593

3 жыл бұрын

And climbing Everest is for bell ends...

I watched Everest this evening on sky box office and I was very fascinated about others versions which have now been cleared up by this mans speech. Absolutely brilliant!!!

He survived because he remembered his family and what he had to live for... Some of us don’t need to be near death to know what we have to live for, and that’s why we would never put ourselves in such a dangerous situation over mere ego.

@fredajordan5704

3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Pardell _ So very true. Not only do these fanatics risk their own life, no, they risk the lifes of resquers as well. I have no sympathy for them at all.

@MsLouisVee

3 жыл бұрын

So true. that’s why I think it’s very very selfish for men with pregnant wives or children and loved ones to do this. for the thrill of it bullshit. I think that raising your family day by day being with them that’s the true hero

I think you're like one of those who, after reading a medical book, claims to teach one of the most skilled surgeons in the world how to be a doctor ... if you really want to pass judgment on the decisions taken by Anatoli in 1996, remember this: No client of his expedition died

@elfanarion

3 жыл бұрын

@brodie johns leader of the team was not a client.

There's a very fine line between hero and fool. When you do this with a 7mo. pregnant wife waiting,,, I would lean towards fool.

@adrianqx

10 жыл бұрын

True , it has to be said his move was foolish!

@kimberlyvinson8386

10 жыл бұрын

mehfoos I agree with you 100%. Most people would have left Doug Hansen behind and saved themselves, and I'm not judging that, but for Rob Hall, he could not leave a dying client behind. I admire him a lot for that actually.

@gookskywalker

10 жыл бұрын

I would say more like selfish.In reply to Jackle61

@thomasjones6907

6 жыл бұрын

Foolish to try and save someone’s life, who also has a family? You’re a real piece of shit, I hope you know that.

@nealteitelbaum8660

6 жыл бұрын

Selfish, in my opinion. Foolish for not sticking to his 2pm cut-off time to accommodate Doug Hanson

Beck was actually the 2nd person evaked, the pilot came back for another run.

@sportsmediaamerica

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, how he could skip over that I'll never know.

@cindys9491

3 жыл бұрын

That was Makalu Gau who went first, right?

@MtGuyful

3 жыл бұрын

Pilot had balls to land 400ft above the heli ceiling.

@gregparrott

3 жыл бұрын

@@MtGuyful You missed a zero. The helicopter flew 4000 feet above its rated ceiling, not 400. 18:58

@halamomslife6947

3 жыл бұрын

Also in his interview, Beck said it was his wife who relentlessly called everyone she could and that lead to that helicopter rescue possible.

what a beautiful presentation. thank you Ken Kamler

thank you for posting. I've seen Dr Kenneth Kamler on a few documentaries on the Discovery channel over the years. I've read Into Thin Air, and The Climb and have become quite obsessed about that 1996 climbing season. This was a very valuable addition to my appreciation of what went on during that fatefull season. I would of liked to of been at that lecture.

It's not really about leaving people for a chance at the summit, but rather the risk of moving the person. They are most likely unable to move or help at all and trying to move them within the death zone pretty much spells death for yourself. In the book "Into Thin Air" the author talks about how a sherpa broke his femur far below the death zone, and it still took days for a 30 person team to move him 500 meters down the side of the mountain to the closest camp

This was eye-opening... the brain portions ...thank you ... my condolences to you for the friends you lost... thank you for blessing us out of your experiences.

I know this is an old video, but I am just now learning about this disastrous year for people on Everest. I've never understood the need to climb mountains and risk life to do it, but I'm learning about it and finding people who risk it so very interesting. In a very small way, I can experience those things through them and their stories. Very interesting video.

@alexanderk7776

Жыл бұрын

u understand it when u go climbing.

@komorokiwi, Rob Hall made at least one egregious error in the storm of '96: he didn't turn his clients around at the pre-arranged time. Many believe this led to his own death, that of Doug Hansen (a client), and that of Andy Harris (a guide). Also, Rob was trapped above Hillary Step trying to get Doug down, so he was unable to lead anyone to safety. Rob was a great guy, but he made a terrible decision that day. We can respect his memory without giving credit where it isn't due.

I read the book 'Into thin air.' What a disaster that was. For all who died on Everest up to now. R.I.P.

@cmclovesnkotb

4 жыл бұрын

Great book. I couldn't put in down.

@rawrs937

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it’s the same story

@izzojoseph2

4 жыл бұрын

Also read The Climb by anatoli boukreev Same event better perspective

@ebriggs3498

3 жыл бұрын

Kong Thao so did I. Great book; can’t put it down! People keep saying that he tried to make himself out as a hero. I disagree; I felt he was terrified and knew they were doomed right at the start.

@iaincphotography6051

3 жыл бұрын

@@izzojoseph2 Antotoli was disrespected in Thin Air and the Author walked past and left Beck. I threw his book into the bin where it belongs. Lets be honest most of these people should not be on that mountain. If you can't do it without Oxygen then stay off it.

That prefrontal cortex bit really fascinates me. I was in a backcountry situation & literally felt my brain turn on. Not like fight or flight/adrenaline either.

SHERPAS Are the true climbing gangsters!

@coryCuc

2 жыл бұрын

Blah blah blah. Yes we know.

Great additional insight. Read the books, saw all the documentaries (not yet iMax). This was a great slice from a doctor's point of view.

This is a terrible and horrific situation. GOD BLESS EVERYONE! Thank you, Doc, for saving lives.

I can not begin to comprehend the horrors that you faced at that time and even now. Thank you Dr Kenneth Kamler and Thank you God for giving him to the world

Dr. Kamler - you deserve a medal for your work and compassion.

I remember seeing the ads by Rob Hall and Scott Fisher in the back of climbing magazines in the months before the climb. I had wished that I would some how be able to afford the cost & have a chance at the summit with either Rob or Scott's team. I know I would not have been one of the strongest and probably would have perished. None the less I could feel nothing but sadness for the fallen climbers and their families. My respect to all who attempted and all who did not get a summit bid but tried

@albondigas9549

Жыл бұрын

😆 lol you really think the $ was the only thing that held you back? im guessing you weren't anywhere close to being a candidate.

Prayer Flags by Makalu Gau (Ming Ho Gau): a first-hand account on the 1996 Everest disaster. It is harrowing, personal, and exposes some of the greed and corruption in a sport that nearly took his life.

@morningtrees2090

2 жыл бұрын

Where can I find this book translated into English?

Great lecture. Just totally interesting Read Into Thin Air, over and over, right when that book first came out. Here I am today, STILL completely intrigued

Thank you for answering my wondering why mountaineers climb at night, I had heard it was because they wanted to reach a summit in the middle of the day but your explanation makes a lot more sense, to avoid blocks of ice that can melt and fall. I had heard about the Khumbu Ice Fall being so dangerous, but I didn't exactly know why. I had heard that the ice fall (or glacier) moved about 3 feet every day, but I didn't realize chunks could fall on you (I guess it's not as flat as it looks)! And I know about seracs coming loose and falling off the mountain but that ice fall seems very scary also! (And I would be down on my hands and knees crossing a ladder over a crevasse!) Good luck; and safe climbing to you in your future climbs!

I just wonder how amazing the summit can be when your brain is swollen to the point of blindness with your fingers and toes burning off. It must be exquisite, the fact that people listen to these stories of painful desolation and death, yet pay tens of thousands to attempt it anyway.

@thomasjones6907

6 жыл бұрын

“When your brain is swollen to the point of blindness” “fingers and toes burning” Why climb the mountain? Because it’s there.

@zmohan69

6 жыл бұрын

Everest has a death rate currently close to only 1% clearly u have no clue what you're talking about

@declannolan1422

5 жыл бұрын

Zach m death rate less than 1% yes, but summit percentage is no where near that.

@SF-fb6lv

5 жыл бұрын

Ever climbed one? You'll see why people do it. You find out that limits you thought you had don't really exist, and that you are more capable than you thought you were, by, like, a LOT.

@leelizardwilcox6271

5 жыл бұрын

S F I DONT NEED TO PUT MY LIFE INTO CRITICAL DANGER BY CLIMBING EVEREST TO KNOW I CAN DO ANYTHING IF I HAVE TO.

This is the most controversial event in mountaineering history. so many actions to question, so much to learn from. Heroism, exhaustion, and above all else, controversy is what is so intriguing about this disaster.

What a Caring Physician and Lovely Man !! I Feel So Proud, to be a New Zealander. Sir Edmund Hillary .. And In Absolute Awe, of Rob Hall. A True Hero, in Every Sense of the Word.

A great presentation - thank you

I just finished reading Into Thin Air, I feel like I need to grieve, its such a sad story, when Rob Hall died I was crushed, as well as Yasuko, and so many others.

@johnnations5932

4 жыл бұрын

Follow Sarah Arnold Hall, Rob's daughter, on KZread. She will cheer you up. She is a motivational KZreadr , positive and beautiful.

I believe in the rule of "never judge someone until you are in his place" so I am not judging Hall. He deserves the highest esteem for his cleanup efforts and respect for his mountaineering acheivements. I am simply stating that the failure to turn around at the pre appointed time or even a bit later (as 3 of his clients did without any prompting) was the main cause of the disaster.

He didn't mention the sherpas once.... At the end of the day they don't really have to save your life. So you should be thankful for their help.

@amirahmohamed7672

3 жыл бұрын

Do they do it for free?

@mariakiwi1428

3 жыл бұрын

@@amirahmohamed7672 I think they should be payed more tho

@joannafreedom7914

2 жыл бұрын

The Sherpas will always help because they don't want dead bodies on their Mother Goddess.

@morningtrees2090

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was sad and pathetic that he did not focus on anyone in this talk who was not western. Yasuko Nanba got a one-time mention.

Watched Everest many times; watched Into Thin Air; watched many other accounts of this disaster. This is a great addition to the disaster - really appreciate this post

Watch Storm Over Everest (1996). It has interviews with many of the people who were involved in the disaster. Its really interesting.

@govelasco

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you realize how selfish and pathetic many of them are especially with their fellow climbers. People who climb Everest rank at the bottom among true adventurers such as the rest of the mountaineering world who would never have anything to do with the shit pile that Everest has become and the shittier people that it attracts.

@johnnicholson8345

3 жыл бұрын

@@govelasco agreed. People like Lipton were practically carried up the damn mountain. No coordination between groups and tons of people being on the mountain who have zero business being up there. The bottlenecks at Hillary's step and others is the killer.

@shantnushekhar860

3 жыл бұрын

That username though

I would like to hear more about the 3 heroic men of this story. Anatoli Buukerev who went out by himself 3 times on that night and saved 3 lives. Beck Weathers who endured the worst hell imaginable and was left for dead. That part of his story we know. And then there is the pilot of the helicopter. He did what was thought to be impossible twice. The first time he had flown up to evacuate Beck. But Beck gave up his ride so that another climber could be taken down first. That someone who endured what he did. To have the injuries he had. To give up what might be your only chance to be taken to safety is the greatest act of selfless humanity I have ever heard of.

@shereef3823

6 ай бұрын

I cannot understan why you would call Beck Weathers a HERO, when all he did was put so many other peoples lives in danger...and ultimately, they lost their own lives trying to help him...while he LIVED!!! I do not wish that he perished as well...but, he was the reason others perished. He refused to accept reality, he demanded to be taken to the top...while putting others in extreme danger...ultimate death. if you have ever climbed mountains, life or death possibilities, you would NOT call Beck a hero. Un believable!

@eljimberinoq5518

29 күн бұрын

@@shereef3823 it's amazing they were able to do brain scans on Beck while he was on the mountain...

Very well done tutorial, appreciate the work put into it f

Someone should make a documentary about the sherpas of Mount Everest. If made with passion and skill, it would be nominated for an Oscar because it is such an untold story, it would spread like wildfire

The deadly attraction of a beautiful mountain. If I see the images, it looks awesome... but it's just as deadly.... unfortunately..

The sherpas do all the hard work like fix the ropes ahead of the climbers as well as the camps, tents, food, etc. They even cook. It seems like that takes most of the challenge away from climbers and turns it into a theme park waiting line.

@sumnermidgett4435

3 жыл бұрын

They do to get to base camp. They don't summit though

@deadspace2

3 жыл бұрын

For the some of the sherpas this is how they put food on the table for their families. Climbing Everest will always be a challenge because of the physical toll it takes on your body. Most of the sherpas summit Everest countless times. A lot of the climbers will most likely only summit once in their lifetime. The sherpas are strong and appreciated by the climbers I’m sure of it.

All that technology, warm and light body suits, climbing boots and tools. Now imagine how tuff the old school guys were who made it to the summit without fancy climbing gear

Forgot to say thanks for posting. Dr. Kamler tells an emotional story

what a stunning, compassionate and intelligent review of that climb. Thank you, and blessings to the families of the deceased.

Mother nature, often times, has the last word

@coletivating

4 жыл бұрын

Correction she always had the last word as our bodies return to nature in the end

Ive seen many documentary on this event amd tragedy BUT this has taken me onto some k8nd of undiscovered level. Ok he has left parts out but my god, so glad i accidentally stumble on this 15 yr old presentation really felt this xx

Fabulous presentation thanks.

I have just finished reading Into Thin Air by Kraukauer. I found it powerful, emotional and honest. I have every respect for those involved in that disaster. I struggle to respect the ill-informed opinions of those who criticise the protagonists involved. We weren't there. I don't know about you, but I've not experienced the debilitating effects of high altitude. It doesn't sound very pleasant. Anyway, let's respect the people who were there and think about those who lost their lives.

I have summited snowdon in North Wales twice an that was tough to make it all the way up and down and this is like more than 8x the size plus the temperature climate and the oxygen/altitude coming into account Its absolutely nuts how big this mountain is Big respect to people who dared to summit

I watched this video may be 10 years ago, & it remained in my mind as one of the best videos that described that tragedy

As soon as Rob Hall name was mentioned and the impossible situation he was in ,you could see Dr Kamler pause a little to gather himself top man sir

I never knew about this till the movie Everest...this is very interesting

Now I know why I see these little flags stringed along at various places, its so that a prayer can be written on them and the wind can take the message up to the mountain tops.

@Balanar6236

3 жыл бұрын

They just pollute thr nature. People cant admire anything, they just want to "own"

@DeadBelowZer0

2 жыл бұрын

@@Balanar6236 Lmao no life is up there to survive to be damaged by the flags. It’s not going to have an effect on the ecosystem. Chill

@Balanar6236

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeadBelowZer0 it looks disgusting

@DeadBelowZer0

2 жыл бұрын

@@Balanar6236 Because everyone’s going up to where it’s 1/3 oxygen and 40 below to look for the trash. You go clean it up then. BrUh there’s dead bodies there. Tf outta my mentions you’re stupid

@Balanar6236

2 жыл бұрын

​@@DeadBelowZer0 your level of processing thoughts is on a very low level. You can't understand the issue here and I feel bad for you mate so I won't explain any more. Maybe you should read through my text a couple of more times. If you agree with this, leaving trash wherever you can, out of some stupidity and ego, you're probably part of the problem. Of course there are bodies there, it's because people are stupid. Same reason for flags up there.

And today the Everest has become such a business.

powerful, thank you for sharing!

Moral of the story.... "Keep your ass off the mountain people!!!"

@juancarlos23alva

8 жыл бұрын

+MakeufamousNDZ You dont wanna know about K2

@MakeufamousNDZ

8 жыл бұрын

+SexyStereo .....Oh I'm aware of K2 as well.... mountain climbing is just not on my bucket list (LOL).

@juancarlos23alva

8 жыл бұрын

MakeufamousNDZ LoL I Dont blame you! I love mountain climbing, i have no fear to go if i have a chance to the Everest... but mate... The K2 truly scare me, i would love to see it tho! But i dont think i dare to climb it...it doesnt depend of you if you live or die in that mountaing.

Kind of sad that we still go to Everest and leave all our waste there. Nothing to prove. Pretty selfish way yo prove your self in such a beautiful land.

@kelly3014

4 жыл бұрын

I saw a special that said some are going to Everest solely to clean up the liter. They are getting the empty oxygen bottles from camp four and bringing them down the mountain. I find that more heroic than reaching the summit...

@orls9068

4 жыл бұрын

@@kelly3014 agree

@Anewevisual

3 жыл бұрын

@@kelly3014 agreed

No one ever talks about the fact that boukreev did NOT use oxygen above 8000m is what allowed him to go back up and rescue others during the storm. As any “true” high altitude climber will tell you, if you use gas and then run out that’s a very bad situation.

@aztronomy7457

Жыл бұрын

He made many dumb decisions as well as the rest of the guides. That’s just the way it is.

@elizabethdacosta5601

11 ай бұрын

It seems to me, what allowed him “to go back up” was the fact that he left his clients on their own while he went down, slept, rested, drank tea, THEN went back up. He was a guide, very strong climber, and if he had used Oxygen, he could probably have stayed with his clients, and more would have lived. From all I have read, I think it should have been against the rules for any guide NOT to use Oxygen (except for Sherpas who have lived there their entire lives).

@dawsonje

11 ай бұрын

@@elizabethdacosta5601 you probably read Krakauer’s book, like everyone else. He’s incredibly biased

Well, this is certainly the season, yet again. Most Mays I re-read "Into Thin Air," but I didn't this year. It's interesting to see how others who were there (or not) report on what went on up there 23 years ago. Indeed, the Sherpas deserve much credit, as do several others who were completely left out of this account.