Climbing Everest: Patrick Hollingworth at TEDxPerth
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2014
- What does it take to climb the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest? Through photography, videography, animation and old-fashioned story-telling, mountaineer Patrick Hollingworth gives us an insight into what climbing Everest is really like.
Overcoming a fear of heights and a near-fatal pulmonary edema, Patrick's is a story of the value of teamwork and pushing one's own limits.
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on a very brief note he mentioned his sherpas, finally I said, they deserve better recognition to make your adventure safer and easier than if you are to do it alone. First they geared up your route to the top with ropes and ladders so that when you go up you are safe. They carry all your tents and sleeping materials so that when you arrived at the camp all you have to do is to just eat and sleep like a baby. They carry your spare oxigens so that when you run out of it they can hand it over to you right away. Sherpas are climbing with about 25 plus kilos on their back while you almost carry nothing. My point is thank your sherpas, give them the proper recognition and don't take all the credits for yourself. Yes you paid them but they put their life at stake so that their family can live and to me that is priceless....
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but he did acknowledge the sherpas... this is still a huge accomplishment you don't have to tear down his accomplishment to praise others.
I think it's sad that they have to risk their life just so that people can climb it.
@@amandag5388 your comments resembles your pocket
Just think if the sherpas decide one day that it's not worth it and they stop doing what they do and choose an alternative lifestyle. The climbers would reduce by atleast 85%.
Outside your comfort zone. Most important thing. Thank goodness I don't have to climb Everest to get out of my comfort zone. I can just talk to a stranger.
this is kind of wisdom. not climbing everest. unfortunately people are recognized about climbing mount everest not talking to a stranger xD haha
Lol seriously, like pretty sure I can grow by talking to a therapist or something ..not sure I need to be on a freezing mountain where I can’t breathe mate
Agreed Cris Brackett! I don't know why these people think this is an accomplishment when it serves no purpose whatsoever and just an ego boost for themselves. I don't know do some charity work in the world, thats going out of comfort zone, and money well spent rather than spent/wasted being escorted up a mountain that you possibly can't climb on your own.
I like how everyone in the comments agree on how important the Sherpas are and how little recognition they often get. None of these climbers would be able to do this if it wasn't for them.
They don’t become Sherpas for recognition. They are enormously well-paid and they essentially facilitate years of mass-murder on that mountain. So many people out-of-depth have died.
Did you watch to the end?
Oh come on.....MABYE 3 people could lol
Hillary did it with his partner, who was a Sherpa, but they did it as partners.
Kilian jornet did it alone with no fixed ropes.
There are still some real mountaineers
No sherpa no climb
Patrick Hollingworth is a true mountaineer and prepared well for this opportunity. If only these were the kind of people that were permitted to climb Everest there would be less danger for the Sherpa's, less crowds and less polluted mountain. Thank you Patrick!
I feel like the audience has zero clue how insane being able to climb mt Everest is
VERY MUCH so....ZERO clue.
its not "insane." its a tourist trap, and the guides just take you up if you pay enough money. this is a total farce.
@@orthopraxis235 At the end of the day regardless of how much money you are willing to pay nobody will make them steps for you. You still got to do it yourself. All money does is make your time on the mountain more comfortable, the physical exertion is still the same. I'm sure the people who have died pushing themselves to the physical limits wouldn't agree it's a "farce" and neither would I.
@@Oddmen1 don't forget, you're in the death zone while at the summit, that's scary enough lol.
You are right. HE was the only one in that day at those hours in the peak. And he didn't even use oxygen to climb. And he did it all alone. He didn't even had the help of 4 or 5 guides.
Great talk. I greatly respect the incredible work, endurance and spirit of the courageous Sherpas. It's also fascinating to hear the first hand experience of this young climber. He took us up the mountain with him and gave us an intriguing taste of what that fierce journey must be like. I especially appreciated his simple yet profound take away. Best to all.
Just got back from Base Camp. Cool experience. Summit is a whole other level.
Hey Yamid Garay, where are you from, how many in your party, and how much did it cost.
@@olympiclinic Hi, I went by myself. From my experience, I booked my flight from dubai to Kathmandu, (I'm currently working in Dubai). Than I went outside the airport. Many local agencies ready to help you, book everything.
Don't book anything until your there,
Don't even hire a porter or Shepard.
If your fit, you can carry your own bag and just follow the road once your in Lukla.
Is just trekking all the way to Basecamp. Plenty of tea houses along the way and people you will meet and see time to time. is one road.
My cost was about 600 us dollar.
I had meat, most people dont. they just eat the local meal I think is call dalbat. Might have miss spelled it but yeah is rice and beans. I'm Colombian American.
The airfare from Kathmandu to Lukla round trip was 200us.
Don't book anything until your there.
Book both tickets separate.
You might take longer to get to Basecamp or less.
Is quiet easy to book your flight with the hostels/ hotels / tea houses. They are very helpful.
Weather can change and airport can shut down by the hour.
Yeah enjoy the views.
Pack light, if you feel sick from altitude, just decent for the day.
Took me in total 12days.
Enjoy bro 🌍
Very inspiring. Bravo !
I’m 14 and I’ve had the dream of climbing everest for 3 years now. I hope one day to actually do it.
Don't dream, make it happen, no one else will.
I hope that you’re the youngest climber who summits Everest!! I’m cheer up you girl 👧🏻 ✨
Nannapat Pinsuwan damn thanks a lot. I really wish I could try to be. My parents would never support me w doing it. it sucks but i can wait till I’m old enough 🙂 one day I’ll get there🧡
@@mariachase2384 Start doing it already, when you turn 18 youre ready to go. I am 18 too and preparing to climb it soon, I will have to find sponsorship for my project tho.
I was totally glued to the talk, really gripping tale of human spirit and the worth of living a life full of meaning. We all live and die but only few of us know the true meaning of life, you are one of those people
Fantastic story! Very good to see he climbed Everest after gaining plenty of experience.
Most excellent, rewinds tape and watches it all again. :)
19:10 LOVE those lighting strikes in the distance!!
People climb Everest so they can one day be given an opportunity to overcome their fear of public speaking and give a Ted X talk.
ajjajaja exactly
Without the Sherpas there will be no summits ever in the history of human. I do not understand why many western climbers never really mention what Sherpa did for you.
I think it is ashamed that the tourist on the mountains are taking all the credits!
true that. They are better stronger than most world-class ones, just poverty stricken
I just don't think many actually know what the Sherpas do to enable you during the expedition.
??? The real climbers dont take sherpas as a help, but the tourists who never really climbed before on high alt. need them
not true
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Almost every mountaineer becomes a public speaker 😂
Fantastic, didn't realize how much went in to climbing Everest. In here you said " do away with complacency" truer words were seldom said.
Fabulous talk, many thanks, fascinating insight, with the help of the great filming, into the complexity of the mountain. Well done, loved it 😁
Teamwork. Take yourself outside your comfort zone. Thank you, Patrick.
Fascinating subject, very well executed talk. From start to finish, I was amazed. Excellent job, sir.
Hi Patrick your descrption one of the best. Especially the pictures and 3d map. Have seen so many videos on everest but every time it was hard to imagine the scale. Even best documentries have failed to show the exact scale. Fortunately your pictures reveal alot and help to understand
extraordinary story..and on point
thank you for explaining and sharing the visual affects of climbing this mountain. I will never understand why but there must be a reason people feel the need to go through blistering cold weather for days and nights, in danger ... to reach a top of a mountain for about 10 minutes of your life. It sure looked beautiful, but too dangerous.
I am not currently anything in particular as I am a minor and I am not independent financially, but I don't mind elaborating on the rationale if you want. I've always wanted to be an adventurer as a side hobby
Excellent video, and presentation, thank you for posting this!!
That was very nice, but i feel as though he could have said a little bit more at the end, trying to tie together what he learned from the mountains and life to the average person. Other than that it was a Great speech and i was primarily here for the expedition part anyway that was just my final thought :) Thanks for the upload!!
“Do away with complacency.” Excellent motto. Really good talk.
i watched the joe rogan podcast that had a guy who summited everest with his BLIND friend and now i have obsessivly for 2 days done nothing but watch mountain climbing documentries! id regret it if i didnt try it now.. starting small of course!! amazing!
casey keyser yeah I literally cannot stop watching documentaries about this subject
Same
casey keyser: That's how it starts; I did Kilimanjaro, and now all I can think about is Aconcagua. Addicted after one mountain.
i did a small hill in my backyard, it was 70 degrees out but i struggled through and made it! ready for next challenge
The Everest wormhole is hard to get out of. I've Been in it for 2 weeks. haha
Don't have to climb a 29,000 foot mountain to get out of my comfort zone. . . . but I love doing all my mountain climbing here on CZcams, scenery is breathtaking.! :)
he left out the part about bodies everywhere.
Not many bodies are still there, its not the 90s anymore but theres still a few that are impossible to move from high elevation. Its not 'littered' with bodies like people believe.
Sko Bird there are over 200 bodies left on Mt Everest. It almost impossible to find them
Yes thats kinda what i meant but i worded it poorly, theres definitely a lot of bodies still but theres not a lot just lying around near the trails in plain view, you would have to go look at the foot of some cliffs and dig even to find them all. But theres still the few that are impossible to move from higher up like green boots and whatnot.
I think that was intentional, He wanted to talk about courage not about mourning. Not to mention in such an open forum of students in the audience I highly doubt the university would let him flash pictures of decomposing corpses on the mountain
+ Sko Bird Apparently Green Boots has been moved i.e no longer in the little cave everyone has to walk past on the north side.
Very real sobering step by step guide supported be photos and videos. Thank you very much.i consider these people are one of the modern day gladiators.
what an inspiring talk. bravo.
Thank you for a very nice talk on preparing to climb Everest!
great great video! thanks for posting.
290 bodies are still on Everest......My human challenge is to lay on every tropical beach on earth....FIJI is next!
Thanks for making the people of world know about our beautiful country Nepal and Our Sagarmatha (Mt Everest).
A fear of heights is perfectly rational.
World B. Gilbert Gottfried it’s more like the fear of falling from heights, I think that’s what he meant because the fear of heights itself is irrational
+Sean53 well I think that when people are afraid of heights the think that they will fall and that’s why they are afraid
I think he meant as it is more about the confidence about your coordination-movement.
Considering hpw many people have fallen off mountains, yes, perfectly rational.
Wonderfully done .....you're a great speaker... Loved your vids and pictures .... Stay safe
Well done. Great message.
A great talk, well done Patrick...
beautiful exp . . . God Bless
Sherpa's do all the hard work. They Carry everything and make it possible. Feel sorry for these guys risking their lives so this "hero" can do a Ted talk.
Shows you the shallow times we live in. Where everything is about the picture, not about what is Behind. I am loving this comment section, we are bashing this clown.
i think Ted is a hero as well. he worked hard to get to that point. Maybe you can try. I dont think Sherpas do all the work, they get paid $50,000 in whatever it took to get up and back down, where a normal worker would make only $400 a year. you see Ted carrying stuff as well. he did the training. The Sherpas do the training everyday. like Ted said, he went out of his comfort zone... the sherpa didnt do the walking for him.
@@JoseGuerrero-xn5kv the sherpa did not do the walking for him. Ted trained for that moment for years. He carried alot as well. Sherpas do this for a living, they get paid $40000-$50000 for each person. in their country a regular guy would make $400/year.
I don't think that someone should feel sorry for them, but wait, I explain you why: I have a friend of Kathmandu and he told me that the mai business of the country is the tourism because of the mount Everest. They risk life, I agree, but sherpas are also very respected by the society and can guarantee a good life (for nepalese standards) to their family 😊
They dont get credit but these dudes get all the attention
Thank you for sharing this! I am a hiking, climbing, and outdoor enthusiast altogether. I love the thought of accomplishing personal feats such as reaching the summit of a mountain! I hope to someday reach the peak of Mount Hood as my first climb with a professional guide!
You don't need a guide to summit mt hood. I'm not a hiker at all. I have never summited a mt before. I am a 20 yo dude that snowboards and is Athletic. One day I went to REI with two of my friends and rented mountaineering gear. Did some research on forums and went up and summited mt hood the next day. It is not that difficult. Physically the hardest thing I have ever done but I wouldn't say it's very technical. Just be smart and be prepared to push yourself. 500 times I debated whether I should turn back do to strong wind and no visibility. If you're dedicated. You will do it. Best of luck.
+Dima Vakulchik wtf
+Mr. Swag Hey Jordan L
+TomTom11 wassesssssuuuuuuuppp
na, later
nothing but respect...well done this is a true accomplishment
I really enjoyed this, thanks
Respect to Patrick Hollingworth.
a good TED talk for a change. props
Respect! Incredible story, Thank you for sharing!
Great lecture!
Brilliant presentation
scariest part of climbing everest is the fact that you just hired a sherpa. a sherpa that’s about to take all of the risks for you. the sherpa doesn’t want to, but has to to support their family. does anyone else feel bad about hiring a sherpa?
It makes them have a good life
Amazing achievement! Hats off to you 👍
The acclimatization rotation is wild.
That alone sounds extremely difficult and exhausting.
I really enjoyed that.
This was fantastic!
Great storytelling right here
You will not see that many people on top of K2 lmao! I climbed Everest 4 times out of 5 attempts... And only climbed K2 1 out of 4 attempts! Such a hard mountain to climb! Money can't buy your way to the top of K2!
You taught us a lesson. Respect.
Extremely interesting story man!
Wo, outstanding!
I don't get all the negative remarks. I agree that only experienced alpinists should attempt any of the 14 tallest mountains, but I still have great respect for anyone who summits and survives to reach base camp. I respect those who reach camp 3 or 4 and have to turn back; whether because of weather or personal illness. Altitude sickness can strike anyone. I don't use the Sherpas or having the best guide as an easy excuse for saying that people are hauled to the summit. If you spend any time at all on researching this; you will see that it is up to the individual to get themselves up the mountain as well as back down. Climbers frequently get separated from their guides and the Sherpas. The frozen, dead bodies along the way, attest to the fact that nobody is going to hold your hand or give up their life; to save yours. God bless anyone who has the fortitude to attempt this. climb.
Amazing
Superb video
Very interesting!
wow...nice talk
my only wish is to climb the everest... hopefully i do it one day
wow the movie everest did a good job. looks really similar to this footage..
+Julie Nicole (JulieSays) I know, the Hilary step looks so similar. So do the camps and icefall.
Great talk. I agree that it's now a commercial operation with associated bragging rights for those with the cash to throw at it. The tantalizing aspect remains however. It's mostly pain, but I can only imagine how fantastic it must feel to overcome the difficulties, and translate the success into one's day to day reality.
Primus 777 it's funny that the 7 summits challenge is easier to do than if you chose to climb each continents seconded highest peaks.
I think K2 would beg to differ. And also that doesn't even make fucking sense, the second highest peaks on some continents are among the 8000m peaks.
Without the sherpas I don't think you'll make ascent successful honestly. The Sherpas deserve all the credit they deserve. And shame on the Nepalese government for collecting hundreds of thousands, many millions by now and allow all sorts of climbers besides the true mountaineers endangering the Sherpas and polluting this sacred and amazing peak. No one should claim they climbed Mt.Everest (IMHO only Reinhold Messner did a solo ascent) without naming each Sherpa in true respect who were the major force behind the expedition. Thank you.
Not the downplay the vital role sherpas play, quite a few professionals lead expeditions without the help of sherpas
I Agree Sherpas are the heros they grew up Nepal there body already adjusted too climate they risk there life's for inexperienced clients
fab talk
"99% hard work" and a spare $40-80,000. Thanks mate.
A ten year project. He was dedicated.
and 20 sherpas to help
@@TuNguyen-jl7sh no. You don't need Sheras.
@@TuNguyen-jl7sh You must hire sherpas. But they are not needed if you are PRO.
@@joopajoo4152 you have to climb a mountain at least 20k+ feet before even attempting everest, they're pros to begin with.
Good on you mate 👍🏻
Mind blown
Really enjoyed this. Very well presented. Respect to you sir!
Without Sherpas, there will be 99% reduction on the climbers.
There are only few people who climbed 7k+ masl mountain without sherpas and oxygen tanks.
We climb Everest not to live there, but to live. Extreme results require extreme efforts. And remember - vids or didn't happen! Having said that I'm taking a rest day today for my scheduled tri-monthly rest week.
And also remember -- gripes and s**t go in opposite directions for a reason.
Chuck Norris runs up Everest every morning before breakfast
The photo from cho oyu was really cool
Excellent video buddy :)
man I think the scariest part would be crossing those gaps on the ladders
I wonder Kevin if they just pick those ladders up at the Tibetan Walmart for $25?
I would want a high tensile titanium ladder developed by NASA
Me too. I'd never make it over the ladder.
Same...just knowing i would have to do that disqualifies Everest from my bucket list!
Brave job man
This guy is so proud of him that he has to tell his story to everyone... Useless conference...
Please, Sherpas must do a TED.
Awesome bro and great footage
What a cool guy!!!!
I climbed a 4,000 meter mountain when I was 12. More of a hike then a climb but at the end it was a bit grueling to get to the top and I had a cloud about 10 ft from my head.
No way I would go there to meet 50 people on top ...
FUNNY. NO WAY I WOULD GO UP THERE, PERIOD
I'd go with a helicopter :)
Wrong.
The air is too thin fo a choper to fly up there.
It's been done with a high altitude chopper. There's even video of it.
And not one word about the sherpas who carried them all up the mountain. Without them there wouldn't be a single summit attempt. No ladders no ropes no oxygen waiting.
He did talk about the sherpas
At 3:44 girl falls in love with speaker
It's survival of the fittest on mount Everest!
I've done 'Thorong La' in winter without acclimatising in 14 days. Amazed seeing how much more challenging the Everest is. Does any one who know about a crazy Russian who did the entire way wearing Crocs ?
NEPSOUND there's a guy Apa Sherpa (also known as Super Sherpa) who has summited the Everest 21 times!!!!
Yeah, people are awesome!
He really makes it seem like he did all this hard work but he never showed the Sherpas carrying their gear, plus other peoples gear who can longer carry, plus the tents, plus the food and utensils, plus the rope, plus the oxygen tanks. These men make every step of this possible. Most of these climbers would not make it without the Sherpa
He did do all this
He would have payed the sherpas tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars just to climb it.. Sherpas carrying extra oxygen, food, clothes etc is all at the expense of the climber so put yourself in the climbers shoes, would you PAY SOMEONE to guide you to a place then give all your hard work and effort to that person once you got there?
They shouldn't be charging so much to climb a mountain any way, but they are so they can (politely) continue to re-stock the camps along the same route they have guided people for decades.
Not saying that the Sherpas don't do a damn good job at what they do, because they do and are obviously far more familiar with the mountain... but it's something for the westerners to achieve, not the Sherpas, the Sherpas are payed to be their by individual climbers...it's not like westerners are forcing Nepalis to go up their with them so they can carry all their stuff like slaves.. it is literally what they pay for so it is what thesy should get... so why shouldn't we take all the credit?
My Idol!
Myself and two very close buddies made it to basecamp and chickened out at the last minute. We never climbed.
Even with Sherpas its a great achievement for him to get there! Big up the Sherpas but I also admire his achievement. Not easy to come back from a near death experience.
I agree well said
Imagine being above 8000 m climbing a legendary mountain and having to queue :/
i'm gonna climb this in December with no o2 tank and no shirt
no shirt would be loads more impressive then no o2
+shane womeldorff and life.
I love being notified on comments I completely have forgot about
WillyT23 - this comment litteraly just did that to me.
You cannot climb the Everest in December.
An awesome display of the human ambition.....but I couldn't sleep in a graveyard of the forgotten and martyred dreams.
9:14 Wow, what a view
8:45 second from right is very cute. Oh, and cool story bro!
Dude with receding hairline...okay?
Great presentation. You are truly inspiring.