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  • Jodi Foster narrates in the wake of the 1996 Disaster that took 8 lives in a single day, scientists follow Ed Viesturs, David Breashears (Everest IMAX) Guy Cotter and Peter Hackett to measure, for the first time ever the toll high-altitude climbing takes on the heart, lungs, blood, and brain.
    Why do seemingly rational people make poor, sometimes fatal decisions as they approach the peak? And the danger doesn't end there as NOVA discovers during the descent, when one climber's respiratory illness takes a terrifying turn on the isolated mountainside. ''Even with the best technology, the best training,'' says team member, producer and director David Breashears, ''you can still end up frozen to death at 27,500 feet. That's what makes Everest Everest.''
    Get ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp at 17,600 feet; through the chilling, corpse-strewn Death Zone; to the very pinnacle of the the Earth, five and a half miles above sea level. For those brave souls who survive the harrowing climb to the top of the world, it is a transformative experience. But can the excruciating ascent through frigid cold, blasting wind, blinding sun, and severe lack of oxygen cause permanent, damaging changes to the human brain and body?
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Komentáƙe • 598

  • @ajaypalsinghgrewal2949
    @ajaypalsinghgrewal2949 Pƙed 2 lety +138

    Woow.... Amazing documentary...

    • @morelovenaresh
      @morelovenaresh Pƙed 2 lety

      My nearest death zone ap river dried season czcams.com/video/yszBpyTZoaA/video.html

    • @soniaalvarez543
      @soniaalvarez543 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Yes indeed

    • @MrC00lastic
      @MrC00lastic Pƙed 2 lety

      5uz5hggg

    • @bobjohns6935
      @bobjohns6935 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Back in the day I read into thin air and told my brother it'd be cool to climb everest and he said that the book was supposed to discourage me, not encourage me

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray Pƙed rokem +2

      Ppl dying for glory is always titillating. 😄

  • @Big_Tex
    @Big_Tex Pƙed 2 lety +1195

    These Everest videos motivate my lifelong dream of never, ever coming within 100 miles of Mount Everest.

    • @youtubecensors5419
      @youtubecensors5419 Pƙed 2 lety +149

      I believe in you, you can achieve that dream.

    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 Pƙed 2 lety +82

      Big Tex.... Anything you need... and I mean a n y t h i n g . . . just holler and we'll be right there to support you in your life long dream. We got you buddy. LETS DO THIS !!!!!

    • @bobbowie5334
      @bobbowie5334 Pƙed 2 lety +36

      Do it to impess Jodie.

    • @Beemer917
      @Beemer917 Pƙed 2 lety +76

      You the man! You could start smoking to help you train for not climbing the mountain.

    • @susanosky1
      @susanosky1 Pƙed 2 lety +70

      That comment made me chuckle :) watching this from the safety of my quilt covered bed!!

  • @designchik
    @designchik Pƙed rokem +91

    Even if I wanted to climb Everest, one look at a ladder across a crevasse, and I’d be saying, “Nope, I’ll meet you back at the lodge.”

    • @mikenaggar8802
      @mikenaggar8802 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

      Yup!

    • @BowersOptimal
      @BowersOptimal Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      😂 check out our most recent episode with a crazy mountaineer!

  • @ralphaverill2001
    @ralphaverill2001 Pƙed 2 lety +299

    I am a retired construction worker. I would have a VERY hard time trusting those flimsy aluminum ladders placed horizontally across the crevasses. But then, I would never put myself on the Khumbu Icefall to begin with. I have accidentally put myself near death several times in my life. I would never enter or even approach any "death zone" willfully.

    • @williamcobbett4943
      @williamcobbett4943 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Agreed made. Can't they build something safer?

    • @ralphaverill2001
      @ralphaverill2001 Pƙed 2 lety +21

      @@williamcobbett4943 Metals, especially aluminum, get very brittle in the cold. One wonders if those ladders ever get picked up and inspected for cracks.

    • @williamcobbett4943
      @williamcobbett4943 Pƙed 2 lety +20

      @@ralphaverill2001 I swear we have better regs on building sites than they do, it makes my assehole twitch watching them cross those ladders. In the off season, if it were me, i would have got something built with smaller gaps, if any, for the feet.. something with proper locking nuts . Baffles me.

    • @KathleenMahaney
      @KathleenMahaney Pƙed 2 lety +10

      Those flimsy ladders are scary - like what if the knots don’t hold or if the end slips on ice and falls. Fall in crevass and instant burial vault

    • @nstl440
      @nstl440 Pƙed 2 lety +19

      @@williamcobbett4943 the ladders are thin to be lightweight. It's a lot of work to get them installed in the first place. It's not like you can walk around the crevasse

  • @annettecantu3826
    @annettecantu3826 Pƙed 2 lety +48

    I don't like hiking, snow, scared of heights, don't like being cold. So whyI am fascinated with these documentaries??

    • @sfarrell71138
      @sfarrell71138 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci +2

      You’re attracted to what you don’t like. Many failed relationships?

    • @brendashumard7241
      @brendashumard7241 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +3

      Same! 😂

    • @jameswillett2403
      @jameswillett2403 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

      If you're like me it's because you don't understand the point/ motives behind it. Paying thousands of dollars for the "privilege" is outrageous!!!

    • @penelopejoann
      @penelopejoann Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

      It’s fun to watch fools do their dance. lol 😝

    • @RahimaKhan-mk9gy
      @RahimaKhan-mk9gy Pƙed 19 dny

      Same here 😭😭😭

  • @Stingray-ly2om
    @Stingray-ly2om Pƙed 2 lety +26

    I can't get enough climbing documentaries, and at the same time I'm fascinated by something I am way too chicken to ever attempt.

  • @chericoffman6321
    @chericoffman6321 Pƙed 2 lety +240

    I can’t imagine what motivates someone to do this, but I’m fascinated nonetheless.

    • @davesmith5656
      @davesmith5656 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Some people think that high altitude climbing is evidence of pre-existing conditions.

    • @williamhickey9200
      @williamhickey9200 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      Glory. Pride. Everest is the ultimate achievement to mountaineers.

    • @takicutie
      @takicutie Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Endorphins is as addictive as morphine.

    • @morelovenaresh
      @morelovenaresh Pƙed 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/yszBpyTZoaA/video.html

    • @kevm3075
      @kevm3075 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Sense of adventure

  • @elainewalls1965
    @elainewalls1965 Pƙed 2 lety +46

    I have always had a fascination with Everest. Read and watched everything I can get my hands on. I have no desire to try summiting. I am a spectator, never will be a participant in this insanity.

  • @Hope-uq1vn
    @Hope-uq1vn Pƙed rokem +12

    I do love watching these documentaries huddled up in my bed with a hot drink. Cannot get enough of them at the moment, I think I have summit fever.

  • @barbaral743
    @barbaral743 Pƙed 2 lety +14

    I watch these to see the beauty of the mountains from the warmth and safety of my home.

  • @aprilmurphy42
    @aprilmurphy42 Pƙed 2 lety +41

    I can't imagine standing somewhere for a few minutes no matter how thrilling is worth all this. Possible brain damage, losing limbs, ultimately dying. I have too many other things to live for.

    • @wiretamer5710
      @wiretamer5710 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      really? name one

    • @Fitheach81
      @Fitheach81 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      How often do you get into a car? Nearly 40,000 deaths in the US with nearly 5 million injured just from automobile accidents. You don't need to imagine putting yourself on a mountain to take on those risks

    • @MillerGenuineDraft1980
      @MillerGenuineDraft1980 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      You sound very sensible!! I am fascinated by all the 8000 Meter peaks. However I would never set foot on any mountain.

  • @kevinbrooks1104
    @kevinbrooks1104 Pƙed 2 lety +44

    Jody foster has a very very pleasant voice

  • @maff2008
    @maff2008 Pƙed 2 lety +82

    As a mountaineer with 30 years plus experience I can see the thrill of being on the highest peak on earth but at the same time I can see the stupidity of it. On average, for every six people summiting there is one death, those odds are a no brainer. You can die at base camp from avalanches and ice falls or sickness. You can die on the icefall by falling into a cravasse or being hit with falling ice. The avalanch risk at camp I, camp II and camp III especially is horrendous. 27% of Everest deaths are avalanches. Camp IV on the south col has little risk geologically but you're in the death zone and risk of sickness from various illnesses is massive. Between camp IV and the summit is a real high risk factor through falls, sickness, bad weather but the down side is if you fall ill there is little help in the death zone and back at camp IV.
    All in all you have to be a huge risk taker and not value your own life much to attempt.

    • @Matthew...1979
      @Matthew...1979 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      I never knew that avalanches were such an issue there. I've watched several pieces on Mt. E and have never heard any peeps mention that! Thank you for sharing that... Pertaining to the sickness you mentioned; are you referring to "altitude" or like "a cold" sickness?

    • @maff2008
      @maff2008 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@Matthew...1979 Pulmonary edema is a common illness and accounts for many deaths and injuries at high altitude. Basically your lungs fill with fluid similar to pneumonia. Acute mountain sickness is very common too, not really a known killer but it slows you down and puts you at risk from other factors such as frost bite and fatigue.

    • @yespls4184
      @yespls4184 Pƙed 2 lety +8

      I definitely know that I would be one of those deaths if I ever attempted this lol. So I will definitely NOT ever attempt this. I wouldn't mind at least visiting Everest, but admiring from a safe distance.

    • @Ellemerob
      @Ellemerob Pƙed 2 lety

      I think your calculations are well off. Over 11,000 summits against 310 deaths is not 6 summits per death.

    • @maff2008
      @maff2008 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@Ellemerob You're forgetting the many thousands that didn't summit. The stats are online.

  • @Reality_TV
    @Reality_TV Pƙed 2 lety +96

    Great documentary! Jodie Foster's voice is so incredibly soothing and calming! Great choice for narration! Excellent work!

    • @kalebkelso1
      @kalebkelso1 Pƙed rokem +2

      Thank you Dr. Lecter. Clarice appreciates the compliment.

    • @lrobichaud6
      @lrobichaud6 Pƙed rokem

      I was like, Scully!

  • @LupusLifestyle
    @LupusLifestyle Pƙed 2 lety +154

    I can relate to this. I'm about to climb out of bed 😭

    • @LupusLifestyle
      @LupusLifestyle Pƙed 2 lety +8

      @@DavidF9511 Haha! Next time I'll make sure to.

    • @nagone11
      @nagone11 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      lol..good one!

    • @amaramilligan349
      @amaramilligan349 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      😆😆😆 I can appreciate your struggle.

    • @alyzu4755
      @alyzu4755 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

      Make sure you take your time and listen to your guides! 😉

  • @penduloustesticularis1202
    @penduloustesticularis1202 Pƙed 2 lety +25

    Thanks to everyone who's done it or died trying. I can vicariously enjoy the experience on tv with a beer and a pizza in my living room, which has loads of delicious oxygen by the way.

  • @Muddy283
    @Muddy283 Pƙed 2 lety +58

    When I was young, I was told that I had a gift for climbing. I also loved, and still love, the mountains. It is one of my life's regrets that I never found the time to seriously take up mountain-climbing.
    However, regarding the world's highest peaks, the more I discover about the "death zone" and the general risks associated with ultra-high altitude climbing (crossing crevasses, etc etc), the more I conclude that attempting these sorts of peaks is just crazy, and a form of insane Russian roulette 😹. I take the same attitude to this as I do to marathons: our bodies were not designed to do this kind of thing.

    • @DavidThomas-qq4hf
      @DavidThomas-qq4hf Pƙed 2 lety +11

      That's not true at all. Our bodies were designed for marathons and more. Humans are the only animals that can and have hunted through "persistence hunting." This means literally running animals like gazelles to death. This was still practiced in Africa until at least the mid 1980's. When we keep the animals running while following it, it eventually overheats and dies on its feet, then u simply walk over and process the kill. Humans can run ultramarathons and there are guys out there who run 20 miles or more every day no problem. It's just that most humans are too unwilling to bear the conditioning it takes to do these type of things in today's world. But rest assured, we are fully capable and our bodies are designed for endurance and adapting to changes in altitude, temperature, activity levels, food scarcity, etc.

    • @Muddy283
      @Muddy283 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@DavidThomas-qq4hf Fyi I _have_ run a marathon.

    • @freddymustafa5020
      @freddymustafa5020 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I agree the human body not meant to those extreme excertions

    • @Tererami1991
      @Tererami1991 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@DavidThomas-qq4hf false from the get go. Wolves for example, do it even better. Cannot consider the rest of your idea as if faulted at the beginning. Next time will be better

    • @fastinradfordable
      @fastinradfordable Pƙed 2 lety

      Just cause someone’s body is never in good enough shape to run marathons.
      Has nothing to do with limiting your human potential by poor training and diet.
      After discovering Wim Hof
      (who climbed 7200meters of Everest without shoes, wearing shorts.
      And also disproved ‘death zone’)
      I run for avg of 2hr+ every day.
      With zero sore-ness. Often I run more just because my legs feel infinite.
      I know they’re not.
      But I’m not arbitrary limiting myself.
      And if you believe your body can not run for extended periods. 

      You’re limiting yourself without even trying.
      Now
      Is high altitude an
      Unnecessary risk!
      Yes!!!
      But conditioning your body is not risk.
      The risk comes from
      When you sit still watching tv for so long u start to spread your self-created belief- that human physical endurance should be restricted to a low limit.
      When you’re laying on your death bed you’ll probably be bitter.
      I know my body has already done many things- that impress the hell out of me.
      And now you’re spreading-to the next generation- to limit themselves. Because u were lazy- and maybe u haven’t discovered Wim Hof in cold water.
      Or you’re too lazy to try.
      But I feel sad for you.
      “No Human is limited”
      - kipchoge, ran a marathon in under 2 hours.

  • @fortisfortunaadiuvat9262
    @fortisfortunaadiuvat9262 Pƙed 2 lety +32

    I summited Everest in 92. I was thirty then. There were teams from several nations there that year. It was an amazing experience. The people, my two sherpas (who are still friends with me to this day) Nepal, Katmandu, the culture but it was much harder than i expected and took almost two months in total. Have old fashioned camera photos of it as we did not have smart phones or go pros then.

    • @joanneevertz2295
      @joanneevertz2295 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Fortis, what an amazing feat to accomplish. Congratulations. Even if I could do it I wouldn't. The bodies would freak me out. Going to Base camp would be cool though. 😎

    • @michelletwomey5355
      @michelletwomey5355 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Fantastic achievement Fortis! And great how you are still in touch with the Sherpas. It's something I could never imagine doing, nor would I ever want to, but I love watching these documentaries and have a lot of admiration for the people who have climbed Everest.

  • @k2keller199
    @k2keller199 Pƙed 2 lety +53

    Thanks David! I’m a new sub.
    I can’t imagine wanting to do this, but like a train wreck, I can’t stop watching the people who can do this.

  • @snorkielou4289
    @snorkielou4289 Pƙed 2 lety +33

    I must say, this is by far the best channel on the subject of high altitude mountaineering.

  • @Docochoco39
    @Docochoco39 Pƙed rokem +20

    Ed and David are such phenomenal climbers! I could really see the depressed and saddened demeanor during the 1996 tragedy! They both did so much to help. I also like how David spoke so honest about 8,000 meter peaks are not for novice/inexperienced climbers.

  • @Guyzer1010
    @Guyzer1010 Pƙed 2 lety +25

    If you read Ed Viesturs’ book “No Shortcuts to the Top”, he writes about this Nova expedition and says that Rob Hall’s body was no longer on the mountain. Ed figured that ice and snow pushed the body off. If you haven’t read any of Ed Viesturs books, I highly recommend them.

    • @Mt.Everest.
      @Mt.Everest. Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      He is the Man!! all 14 without suplimental Oxygen and he submitted up to the tippy top of all the mountains Messener missed one. sadly 😱

    • @miguelpereira1262
      @miguelpereira1262 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

      Probably covered by snow but there is an old picture of his body online.
      Its not uncommon bodies disappear and appear again when the snow melts.

  • @petervaczovsky9211
    @petervaczovsky9211 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    Barry Bishop, who was one of those who successfully climbed Everest in 1963, participated in an expedition to Ama Dablam, another mountain in the Himalayas, in either 1961 or '62. I don't remember the exact date. In any case, medical checks were a constant thing. In Bishop's own words, he felt like a 150-lb. man being forced to carry a 250-lb. man! The Death Zone is well-named and it seems like no matter how you train, it's Everest that makes the rules.

  • @nenblom
    @nenblom Pƙed 2 lety +40

    Imagine climbing up to 29,000 feet. It’s fascinating!
    David Brashears and Ed Viesturs are living legends!
    RIP David Breashears ❀❀

    • @heiroot
      @heiroot Pƙed 2 lety

      I've bought all of Ed's books on audiobook and listen on my 10.5 hr days at work

    • @DD-d6d3
      @DD-d6d3 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      More like the Sherpas that got them there are legends

    • @ferreira8649
      @ferreira8649 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +2

      @@DD-d6d3Dude, these guys are not tourists and amateurs who join guided expeditions to climb the Everest. They’re pros who have been doing it since the 90s. David helped to bring Beck Weathers down the mountain in 96 on the then deadliest day in Everest.

  • @24934637
    @24934637 Pƙed 2 lety +17

    I actually work with a guy who was part of one of the British Army teams that climbed Mount Everest a few years ago, I've heard enough about it to know without ANY doubt that climbing it is FAR beyond my physical capabilities, even when I was at my top fitness level aged about 22 and also in the Army, it would have been beyond what I would have been able to do. I've been to 15,000ft in an un-pressurised skydive plane, and breathing is no problem whatsoever, however when I've been at a similar altitude climbing up a mountain, it's a TOTALLY different situation! Breathing feels like you just aren't getting any oxygen, and everything you do feels hard work, even walking up a gentle slope requires a rest after EVERY step, and that was at just over HALF the height of Everest! Even if I trained for a year with an Olympic coach, I'd still never get up that mountain as I'm almost 50, and my lungs are damaged from years of smoking, but massive respect for the people who do have the fitness, and skills to go there.

    • @fastinradfordable
      @fastinradfordable Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Please try Wim Hof in cold water for improving the function of your lungs.
      50 is not old.
      50 is closer to peak performance than a 20yo

    • @Hope-uq1vn
      @Hope-uq1vn Pƙed rokem +3

      A Japanese reached the summit aged 80!!!!

    • @tezd2985
      @tezd2985 Pƙed rokem +1

      No way 😼

    • @Mt.Everest.
      @Mt.Everest. Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      It a Mental game up there because the pain is forcing you down. Doug Scott the great mountaineer once said "There was no oxygen so we just pushed thru anyway" and all of the climbers at base camp laughed because they all understood what he was talking about.

  • @barryodonnell4860
    @barryodonnell4860 Pƙed 2 lety +24

    I just want to say thanks for continuing to add quality mountaineer programs and doc's to your channel; I look forward to all your new uploads!

    • @Mt.Everest.
      @Mt.Everest. Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +1

      way too many commercials!! I mean before and after but in the middle is just way to much I object!

  • @jdude759
    @jdude759 Pƙed 2 lety +46

    I love these documentaries. Thank you for uploading so much!

  • @daverobertson623
    @daverobertson623 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    I recently climbed up a 6000m peak in Bolivia, got caught in the middle of an electrical storm and had to "rush" down as quickly as possible despite being virtually unable to walk better than my toddler. I'm done.

  • @luciad5988
    @luciad5988 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    David is a warrior! Incredible.

  • @scmarine843
    @scmarine843 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    As a trucker some of the downgrades I've traveled in inclement weather is enough mountain thrill I need. Some of the county roads of Oregon, Idaho, Washington, I-17 Phoenix to Flagstaff, Pennsylvania, even Vermont during the winter will have you on high alert with 40k+ pushing you 😆.

    • @heiroot
      @heiroot Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Isn't Washington beautiful?

    • @scmarine843
      @scmarine843 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@heiroot Indeed it is.

    • @Mt.Everest.
      @Mt.Everest. Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      Phoenix to Flagstaff is no great push?? Tell me what's dangerous about it?

    • @scmarine843
      @scmarine843 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      @@Mt.Everest. Play with 17 if you want. I'm sure you know it's not flat.

  • @ckerspilo
    @ckerspilo Pƙed 2 lety +27

    I love to watch but I would never ever put myself in that situation.

  • @martiwoodchip4518
    @martiwoodchip4518 Pƙed 2 lety +12

    What is even more amazing is that there are Ravens flying around up there!!! WTF are they eating?.....and how on earth are they getting drinking water when everything is froze solid?. One must admire these birds for being so tough, they put people to shame on the survival scale without any doubt!.

    • @tilesetter1953
      @tilesetter1953 Pƙed 2 lety

      Is that true????

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray Pƙed rokem +1

      Geese fly over the top of it all, they evolved as the mountains slowly lifted.

  • @littlebitlost
    @littlebitlost Pƙed 2 lety +26

    I love these videos, but those ladders over crevasses cause me extreme anxiety!

    • @legitbeans9078
      @legitbeans9078 Pƙed rokem +2

      Yeah they look so dodgy 😳

    • @alyzu4755
      @alyzu4755 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

      You'd think, by now, there'd be a better way.

  • @ObssessedwithGermany
    @ObssessedwithGermany Pƙed 2 lety +36

    Andrew Irvine and George Mallory had to do all this without any modern-day ladders, fixed ropes, helicopter, or any late 20th century technology whatsoever! Respect ✊

    • @yespls4184
      @yespls4184 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Well, both died 😬 I'm sure both would've rather had the modern technology if they could've lived

    • @Fitheach81
      @Fitheach81 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      you know they were using oxygen tanks

    • @wendellthomas464
      @wendellthomas464 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      You sort of forgot about the Sherpas that got them up there.

    • @I_Art_Laughing
      @I_Art_Laughing Pƙed 2 lety +2

      They dead though.

  • @TheWolvesinthewoods
    @TheWolvesinthewoods Pƙed rokem +5

    I didn't know Jodie Foster did docs. I love her voice.

    • @legitbeans9078
      @legitbeans9078 Pƙed rokem +1

      Is that really her? Sounds about right, very cool if true

  • @Samurai78420
    @Samurai78420 Pƙed 2 lety +16

    What's up Dave? Look man I'm convinced that you are 100% incapable of posting anything less than amazing videos. You take all of us right there, but we're in the comfort of our own homes, lol. You're the man, Bro.

  • @coachgladyscruz343
    @coachgladyscruz343 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Mr. Snow..excellent documentary..
    Thank you
    Interesting on how important and vital is to have these climbers in tip top shape.
    Again we so appreciated your channel.

  • @lucye5752
    @lucye5752 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    I wish I had the courage to climb Everest but I just don’t and binge watching these vids is making me realize that even more! Great video x

  • @talkinghead3169
    @talkinghead3169 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    Everyone should make the effort to bring down at least 1 empty O 2 bottle, could clear the mountain in a few weeks

  • @snorkielou4289
    @snorkielou4289 Pƙed 2 lety +11

    Well, we now know that Ed could not resist the pull of Everest and did it again, and again and again. 😀

  • @ingehumphries8039
    @ingehumphries8039 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    Great documentary ! Very informative and interesting. I felt bad for David. I have Asthma and sometimes my throat feels constricted. Like breathing through a straw. When that happens I used to get very anxious. I think David probably had some type of anxiety attack. They handled the situation very well and I’m glad he is ok. Congratulations to the team and thank you David for sharing.

  • @shughy1
    @shughy1 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I could watch these videos all day long as a binge day

  • @ravenlooney2487
    @ravenlooney2487 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    đŸ„¶đŸ˜Ź I love watching all the MT Everest documentaries,so beautiful up there,I always think about the bodies just laying up there for years,aloneđŸ˜„ and it just blows my mind people pay over 50,000 maybe more now, to try and reach the top. Just amazing,29 thousand ft up.Mind blowing.

    • @fastinradfordable
      @fastinradfordable Pƙed 2 lety

      5000 miles
.
      Um maybe more
      Like 50 miles

    • @ravenlooney2487
      @ravenlooney2487 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@fastinradfordable ummmmm you are close,,almost 43...who knows where I got 5,0000 😂😂😂😂✌

  • @kamalshankar3608
    @kamalshankar3608 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    Thanks for uploading this, lots of information is here ✌

  • @laurabell48
    @laurabell48 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Thank you for uploading this video, David.

  • @alainkentsachoupo1901
    @alainkentsachoupo1901 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    These are beautiful and educating videos. Congratulations.
    More to this mountains are big challenges

  • @markfitzsimmons7544
    @markfitzsimmons7544 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I climbed Mt. Whitney in in the Sierras in 2018...14,505 asl. At 12,500 I was leaning on my poles counting pebbles at my boots when I snapped out of it and kept trudging. Atop Whitney I stared up at some imaginary angle with the realization I was almost exactly half the altitude of Everest. I can't imagine but would love to find out what the Himalayas are like. Kudos to every person who has summited there, and RIP to those who died trying.

  • @holliann4193
    @holliann4193 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    This is just something I would never want to do. It seems like a nightmare. It doesn't look appealing at all. Props to the people who find this kind of thing enjoyable. They're tougher than me.

  • @golden1789
    @golden1789 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Thank you so much for the great quality video. I have watched this so many times...as I do all of them. I love to see that ridge before the Hilary Step.

  • @gwenifyer
    @gwenifyer Pƙed 2 lety +7

    I would love to someday see these huge mountains in real life. I can’t imagine how beautiful this must be. I live at the bavarian alps, so our highest mountain is the zugspitze with 2.962m 😅 but i would never like to climb everest.

  • @thegamerboneless2864
    @thegamerboneless2864 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    I think people need to remember, going up is a quarter or half the journey, making it down is a whole different thing. And now that it’s a tourist trap and basically any idiot with legs can go up.. so dangerous

  • @susanosky1
    @susanosky1 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Thanks for the upload!! Mesmerised by these videos. Id love to have the courage to do something like this. Life long dream to sleep at base camp!

  • @MsJoybird1
    @MsJoybird1 Pƙed rokem +4

    Why humans want to go through this not only endangering their lives but the lives of those who are sent to rescue them I will never know! It is crazy!

    • @RacieMae
      @RacieMae Pƙed rokem

      Because it is there.

  • @v.britton4445
    @v.britton4445 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    They have the same crazy as astronauts.

  • @duvidl
    @duvidl Pƙed 2 lety +17

    David, have you ever interviewed Reinhold Messner? He climbed Everest alone with no supplemental oxygen!

    • @legitbeans9078
      @legitbeans9078 Pƙed rokem +3

      My dude, messner climbed all 14 8kers with no oxygen. He's built different

  • @Blue2crows
    @Blue2crows Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I love the thrills from my IPad screen.

  • @robinwatkins8528
    @robinwatkins8528 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    Why do documentaries about Everest never seem to focus on the amazing fitness and abilities of the Sherpas?

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray Pƙed rokem

      They do and it's old tired virtue signaling to harp on it.

  • @nenblom
    @nenblom Pƙed rokem +2

    NOVA is a wonderful channel

  • @swiitchy511
    @swiitchy511 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    I had always known that it must be an incredible feat to scale this mountain, but THIS....I had no idea it was like this.

  • @mareewalker1096
    @mareewalker1096 Pƙed 2 lety +11

    Dave are you ever going to run out of these magnificent videos?? Your the youtube snow mountain master!!â„đŸ—»

    • @heiroot
      @heiroot Pƙed 2 lety

      Don't you dare jinx us

  • @dianeaustin2414
    @dianeaustin2414 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    When Ed Visteurs panics, you are in very real trouble...

  • @mistyraye8911
    @mistyraye8911 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    I like watching these Everest videos from my warm bed

  • @pinlight97
    @pinlight97 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    As a Canadian I can do the cold-that comes down to layering and proper gear, the hiking as I’ve worn crampons and hiked across frozen lakes as well as snowshoed, but the altitude no as I’m in a low lakes region. I’m happy to challenge myself with my local terrain and at-times wild weather.

  • @cheryl5994
    @cheryl5994 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I SUFFER WITH A LUNG CONDITION & 3 WKS AGO I WAS HOME ALONE & LITERALLY, ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULD NOT BREATHE, THE AIR I WAS BREATHING IN DIDN'T SEEM TO BE GETTING PAST THE BACK OF MY THROAT, BOY DID I PANIC, (WHICH MADE IT WORSE) MY MEDS WEREN'T WORKING & I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS IT, I THOUGHT I WAS DYING. IT WAS THE WORST FEELING I'VE EVER HAD IN MY 50 YRS, OMG!
    SERIOUSLY, I WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON ANYBODY.
    I CALLED 999 & THANK GOD I DON'T LIVE FAR FROM OUR HOSPITAL, WITHIN MINUITES THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED, I HAD TO CRAWL TO MY FRONT DOOR TO UNLOCK IT & PRACTICALLY FELL OUTSIDE. I CAN ONLY PRAISE OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES & WHAT THEY DID FOR ME.
    SO I COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL FOR DAVID, I KNEW EXACTLY THAT SAME FEELING.
    I'M SO GLAD HE MADE IT SAFELY BACK HOME AS DID I.
    GOD BLESS YOU DAVID, FROM NOW ON KEEP YR FEET FIRMLY ON THE FLOOR! âœŒïžđŸ™‚

  • @margaretgrace5902
    @margaretgrace5902 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Beautiful photography.

  • @tammysims8716
    @tammysims8716 Pƙed rokem +1

    Perfect voice. The Female Narrator's voice is calm yet persuasive.

  • @Chef_Alpo
    @Chef_Alpo Pƙed 2 lety +5

    And have the lambs stopped screaming?

  • @spaceman8839
    @spaceman8839 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I can kind of understand the cold, I did a job in Utica New York back in 92/93 winter, the average temperature was 10 degrees. One weekend while we were there we had to go up right next to Canadian border to a power plant to take care of a small cpl hour job. The temperature up there was 0 and there was a 25 mph wind. we could only work outside for about 20 minutes before our faces started freezing and it was hard to talk because your face didnt want to work and our hands would not be able to use hand tools after 20 minutes as well so we would have to go indoors to warm up for about a half hour. A cpl hour job ended up taking all day to complete. According to the chart with the 25 mph wind the temp was -24 degrees. So I can even imagine being in -40 with a 100 mph wind !!!!! and on top of that low oxegen,...... no thanks

  • @cynthiamarston2208
    @cynthiamarston2208 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Kept taking a deep breath.

  • @debbiemurphy2512
    @debbiemurphy2512 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Thanks a lot for the upload

  • @MsTalkingbook
    @MsTalkingbook Pƙed 2 lety +7

    Sherpas should be rewarded more

  • @fnuppyfnup
    @fnuppyfnup Pƙed 2 lety +17

    what are the long term health consequences for people who climb everest and struggle with altitude sickness throughout?

    • @saffloweroyl3663
      @saffloweroyl3663 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Infarcts whether they're in your brain or lungs, are forever. Many people get minor altitude sickness as low as 5,000 feet, but coughing up foam or blood, disorientation, loss of sight, dementia means your circulatory system is in dire condition. You get down or you risk blood clots.

    • @fnuppyfnup
      @fnuppyfnup Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@saffloweroyl3663 is that what happens to people with altitude sickness?

    • @saffloweroyl3663
      @saffloweroyl3663 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@fnuppyfnup you feel better as soon as you go down, as close to sea level as possible.

    • @Bob-fz7pd
      @Bob-fz7pd Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@saffloweroyl3663 wouldnt a little oxygen take care of altitude sickness?

    • @fnuppyfnup
      @fnuppyfnup Pƙed 2 lety

      @Alfred Weber đŸ€ŁđŸ‘

  • @ohigill
    @ohigill Pƙed 2 lety +1

    am also think about the first who summit the evrest first .. it's also my one of the dream but because of 2 blunts a day habit i always afraid of my lungs which is the most important thing for this job

  • @dougfogarty2461
    @dougfogarty2461 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    There are two many dangers on Everest for me.

  • @raykleiner3151
    @raykleiner3151 Pƙed rokem

    These documentaries are incredible.

  • @miarena111
    @miarena111 Pƙed 2 lety +28

    looks like 90% of humanity has altitude sickness nowadays

    • @Samurai78420
      @Samurai78420 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Lol. I'm one of that 90%. I did a couple seasons as a Chef in Aspen, and lived in Snowmass Village. 8,209'. I just for whatever reason never got completely comfortable at that altitude. Bums me out because my bucket list includes the Everest Base Camp trek. It will never happen, lol. Anyway, all the best to you, ma'am.

    • @miarena111
      @miarena111 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@Samurai78420 LOL, nice little story, but i was actualy talking about the confusion in ppls minds . why not go for your bucketlist ? you can do it, and if not, you had at least a nice hike in a beautiful area (before you get to basecamp, that is). you do know that the everest basecamp actualy looks like shite anyway ?

    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@miarena111 Why do you say that Kiora?

    • @jandedick7519
      @jandedick7519 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      @@Samurai78420 I was planning to do the trek to Mount Everest base camp too. When I started to plan my trip after a bit I thought to myself.. you will never be able to handle the đŸ„¶ cold. So I’m planning to go to Chernobyl instead.

    • @miarena111
      @miarena111 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@jandedick7519 LOL

  • @nrnoble
    @nrnoble Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    I remember watching this on PBS 25+ years ago.

  • @lucidhurricane
    @lucidhurricane Pƙed 2 lety +4

    1996 lesson (in my opinion) never break your own rules.

  • @111LMBL
    @111LMBL Pƙed rokem +1

    Great Documentary btw 
Anyone & Everyone that wants to climb mountains 🏔 should watch this Documentary first!!

  • @kathrynchamberlin3405
    @kathrynchamberlin3405 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    Why isn’t there a documentary just about Ed Viesturs?? I

    • @laurabell48
      @laurabell48 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I so admire Ed Viesturs!!

    • @simone8356k
      @simone8356k Pƙed 2 lety +1

      There needs to be one! I love him.

    • @azulgaia7782
      @azulgaia7782 Pƙed rokem

      I admire him, but doubt his decision to take Carter beyond Camp4. If he could have denied him. Don't know how that works, but he was supposedly the Guide. Also, it's sad that he was the one who showed brain damage.

  • @drtheengrumb4439
    @drtheengrumb4439 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    Love when you release a new video. Keep up the excellent content.

  • @Rugelacharugula
    @Rugelacharugula Pƙed 2 lety +2

    This is why it's safer to never leave the house.

  • @QueenofHeavenandGilgamesh
    @QueenofHeavenandGilgamesh Pƙed rokem +4

    I get the same feeling as these people when I’m flying comercial at 30,000 feet.

  • @Surge_LaChance
    @Surge_LaChance Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Fascinating. Thanks for the great content!

  • @mikehunt9884
    @mikehunt9884 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    damn watching this is giving me anxiety

  • @amaramilligan349
    @amaramilligan349 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Thank God (or whatever) that I am blessedly devoid of any desire to climb any kind of mountain, hill, pile o’ dirt, grassy knoll, whatever. Seriously, WTF is wrong with people that compels them to want to do this?

    • @howieduin915
      @howieduin915 Pƙed 2 lety

      Genius has limitations. Idiocy knows no bounds.

  • @Marcel-Marcel
    @Marcel-Marcel Pƙed 2 lety +7

    Please Insert comments on how sherpa's are the real heroes above or below

  • @deadastronaut2440
    @deadastronaut2440 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    They should have designed the experiment by conducting the control psychometric tests at sea level trough radio and in a wilderness setting as well

  • @mikehunt9884
    @mikehunt9884 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    39:52 apparently this place "the hillary step" is now gone, the landscape changed after an earthquake.

  • @SuperHyee
    @SuperHyee Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Thanks !

  • @booboomagoo1305
    @booboomagoo1305 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

    Jodie Fosters voice is so soothing.

  • @hornets06
    @hornets06 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Love NOVA and is this narrated by Jodie Foster?

  • @principecaprincipeca2243
    @principecaprincipeca2243 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Poor Lapka. He probably knew he wouldn't ever again work at Everest. That is a job that pays these poor people pretty well.

  • @maryjaneblues7712
    @maryjaneblues7712 Pƙed rokem +1

    I loVe Everest documentaries..I have asthma & I can almost feel it take my breath away from watching a video!😂

  • @TheLunacyofOurTimes
    @TheLunacyofOurTimes Pƙed 2 lety +17

    Rational people do not climb willingly into a zone that will kill them. Divers and spelunkers are the same. Nothing more than thrill seekers who's deaths are not tragic, but predictable. It's still fun to watch. *grabs popcorn*

  • @bobbowie5334
    @bobbowie5334 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    John Hinkley just *watched this* and threatened to *climb Everest* to impress Jodie Foster.

  • @MediaBuster
    @MediaBuster Pƙed rokem +3

    Yeah, this is a BIG NO from me...

  • @hudayikaya1442
    @hudayikaya1442 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @janetgood6332
    @janetgood6332 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Why don't they do the oxygen level of the sherpas? That would be interesting.

  • @alyzu4755
    @alyzu4755 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    I remember reading "Into Thin Air" before bed. I dreamed I was in the Death Zone and running out of oxygen. I woke up gasping, then realized I was in La Jolla. â˜ș