The K22 (Saser Kangri) Expedition Disaster
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- čas přidán 14. 10. 2023
- In late August of 1995, one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters ever at the time of its occurrence would take place on Saser Kangri's slopes, but would go largely unnoticed not only by the mainstream media, but also by the mountaineering community at large. This is the story of that fateful expedition.
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Thank you for covering this. So many disasters of all kinds that happen in India go unnoticed by the world. I’d never heard of this one, it’s so sad that the leader was trying to be safe and it led to disaster. I’m glad they’re remembered and celebrated locally.
Disasters in India go unnoticed? Wtf? Domt you read the world news? While waiting for a plane I read bbc world news back to august 30th, about 50 pages, and on nearly every page there was one or more Indian disaster, train crashes, poisoning, etc.
@@bathhatingcat8626 Perhaps you didn’t read the part where I said ‘so many’ and not all? There are also incidents beyond count that get zero press while the western world gets global coverage of the most trivial things imaginable. This is true of other non-western countries as well, but this video literally pertains to a major disaster in India that got almost zero attention, which was the point I was making. I don’t know what your ties to India are, but the incidents that make the papers that you’re talking about are a drop in the ocean.
Heartbreaking that the eminently sensible decision to descend ended in tragedy- the more so as it was scarcely remarked by the world at large. Bless the good people of Panamik, for their efforts in the recovery mission and their annual remembrance of the lives lost.
The distinguished gentlemen over at the Royal Geographic Society agree whole heartedly that Dr. Longstaff was, and shall remain evermore the "O.G." of expedition climbing
Tom George Longstaff reminds me of a Monty Python skit.
His wife's nickname. 🤣
Biggus...
I bet he was popular with the ladies.
While I am a big MP fan, let's remember that these men died.
I'm just quietly thankful that his parents were sensible enough NOT to name him Seymour or Harold... ;o)
Man, your presentation has improved dramatically. You were a bit hesitant and tentative at first. But your narration and writing improved with each post. Until now you're one of my favorite channels on CZcams. Excellent work!
Yikes......that's a scary-looking mountain. Too much ice.
Really enjoy your content - really good storytelling with no nonsense or drama :)
Dope channel! all these stories are always a trip! they are truly tragic and sad. may their souls rest in peace . Real journalism ..!! keep rockn , cheers!
After being addicted to this channel it’s the best of its kind I almost feel sorry for all the “mountaineers “ climbing the SAME PEAKS for the upteenth time Morbid Midnight thankfully reveals an entire world of never before climbed peaks - or only just once . He’s an encyclopedia and if I knew I had nine lives I would train and try to climb them knowing full well it’s a suicide run at best .
The thing is, it is a lot more easy to summit a hard peak already summited by other people, because that you can take leverage of the routes, previous info, expeditions, etc. But to summit a never summited hard peak, you must be a really top level montaineer.
Thanks Morbid! You've been killing it on the consistency with these uploads, I love the 8,000ers but it's so cool to hear about less popular peaks too. I'm reading "The Shining Mountain" right now on a recommendation in one of your other vids- I would love to know what you find so fascinating about these mountaineering disasters because I'm struggling to understand my new obsession too!
Velocity and ferocity… you really tell a story well…. I’ve been a fan for a long time. Thanks for covering these…
omg TRAGIC. he even made the call that it was dangerous and not to ascend :(
love videos on the Karakorum
Everyone and their mother seems to climb Everest today, but thanks to your channel, I know it’s some of the lower peaks that are truly spectacular and require so much more skill and luck to conquer than Everest does.
Buried alive in an avalanche - terrifying.
Spoiler alert
My man!!! Almost 60k!!!!!! Keep it going
I've always wondered about that Saucer Congri thing. Good to clear it up.
Your channel is the best, please do more videos on scuba diving incidents. Aspiring divers like me (open water) learn a lot from your retelling of the events in these disasters.
always well researched an well presented and respectful of those lost
Another fine video Midnight,,thxs.
It was unfortunate and tragic that the climbers would loose their lives after making the right decision to forfeit their summit attempt and begin their descent. I'm not a mountaineer but judging from the pictures and those massive seracs on the western face it seems like the most dangerous route to take to reach the summit of that mountain.
its interesting how you can tell a creators inspiration by the narration of the content they make lol
With that nicely picked musical background, one easily gets hooked on listening to all of that tragedy into which smts we are led by ourselves, like those knights of altitude that charge to conquer the hoovering but invisible castles in the thin air just to liberate the captured beauty held there as hostage in that dream we share, we are in together... What to say but go on charging, you daredevils, and we will be following you like spiders from this net.....
2nd! A well-researched, informative video as always. Thanks!
Dang how many bodies are in this mountain region I wonder.
Is feet or meters? What is it?
Gonna save it for later (gotta sleep). I'm sure it will it will be great, like your other mountain climbing episodes!
Doesn't get any better!
Thank you for documenting this incident. May the climbers all rest in peace.
Can you do more true crime stuff also?? Love your videos . I’m happy you’ve done a few on mountains in New Hampshire . Nobody ever talks about them cause they aren’t really dangerous but thank you
that would be disturbed realitys channel
@@averagejoegrows welcome to disturbed realllllitttyyyyyy
New video, whoop!
Could you report on the Galeras volcano eruption 1993 which killed several volcanologist.
So crazy how the ice decided to fall at that exact time. Like what are the chances
I do wonder how often these events occur. It would be interesting to know are there studies done of surveillance footage, if there is any, giving statistics and possible predictions.
@@stephenmorris3696it's all about the shape and weight distribution of the feature and temperature fluctuation. Typically any kind of warming increases the chance of something breaking loose. Temperature drops typically make things more secure. Fresh snow piling up on top of a feature can increase the chance of something breaking off and when you have warming and snowfall you have the worst combination of factors.
Considering the weight of the extra snow, pretty good.
Avalanches are frequent.
That was a serious vlunder to try and descend after a huge dunp of snow. They could at least have held a distance of 100m between each man, some would have survived if they had followed basic rules of travel in avi terrain.
Yeah. I suppose they could have been hit in their camp too, but I think they were better off taking their chances in the storm (assuming they had the supplies to wait for a few days).
Wouldn't surprise me if they were all roped up with fifteen feet between them!
Longstaf, such a great porn name
Wow.
8:10 Haha "obfuscating" - that's claiming the summit of wordsmithery!
Bad ass script. Bad ass content. Bad ass channel. Your voice is hypnotic and mesmerizing.
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i love the content
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i can't get past the cadence
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the added pauses
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make it difficult to know the end of a sentence
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the beginning of another
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If you’re a native English speaker it doesn’t matter how many times he pauses or breaks up his words. You can tell where one sentence ends and one begins
Play it 1.25x speed. That’s what I do.
It's called a natural cadence of speaking. I didn't have any issue, why did you?
John George LONGSTAFF
Guy ... which is east and which is west? Do you expect us to know? A label isn't that hard, is it?
I put a compass at the bottom right of the screen during the section where I was talking about the east and west. I'll do something give it a little more 'pop' next time I use it though!
@@MorbidMidnight ---- Thanks, I had not noticed the compass. Many mountaineering videos neglect to show north. Just commenting here, but one of the things that somewhat surprises me is that most if not all video makers and probably writers too, don't mention how huge those mountains are just in terms of acreage. It's common talking about deserts, and how easy it is to take a wrong heading. I have been on easy mountains (huge single hills, really) with very, very easy orientation points visible all the time, and still, it is possible to lose orientation and get lost. On more difficult mountains, I imagine it's quite easy to get lost - I believe one of the two Messner brothers - at the pinnacle of legendary mountaineering - suffered that. I'm not talking about finding the right hand-holds on cliffs, I'm talking about seemingly endless expanses of featureless snow, up one hill, down one valley, and suddenly, even in great weather, one isn't so sure which slope to take next, because they all go up, and one wants down.
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The music in the background is very repetitive and annoying. It adds no value. Please delete it and stop using in future.
Absolutely not! The music is a big part of what I love about this channel. Go somewhere else if you don't like it.
Boo
@@garman1966 it’s not repetitive? Really?
I also really like the music so I guess you’ve been outvoted. The music stays 🧑⚖️
Obviously a compromise is in order earplugs ?