Mountaineering Gone Wrong Marathon #2
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- A collection of some of the most popular Mountaineering stories to date.
0:30 The Sleeping Beauty of My Everest
14:08 George Mallory: First Summit Attempt of Mt Everest
32:42 Hanging in a Crevasse on Mt. Rainier
50:35 Green Boots: Mt Everest's Most Notorious Landmark
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That broke my heart about the kid begging his mom not to go.
The idea of slowly freezing to death over the course of five days on a mountain, where potential rescuers had found you twice but weren't able to save you without risking their own lives, is a special kind of hell.
A special kind of hell that they chose to be in.
Deserved for how they abandoned their kid
Stupid for a pretty untrained mountaineer to go oxygen free. I don't actually understand where the achievement is in climbing Everest- it's a deadly hike that attracts egomaniacs, where the children of these climbers have to go through months of worry even if their parents succeed, and a lifetime of bitterness when they fail. Wealthy narcissists should stick to experimental subs- at least they don't leave a mess and quite literally, feed the fish.
We have technology She Ignorantly refused
I feel like you'd feel so confused and out of it, not sure if the pain would be that overbearing?
“as no man had ever slept higher” idk man. my bong has something to say about that
Love watching these. Makes me feel so much better about the stupid things I've done in my life.
Saaaame
😂😂😂
I have mixed feelings about this, but I liked the comment anyway. 😶
I guess you can't be more stupid than climbing mountains like Everest lol
@@honor9lite1337 LOL why mixed?
Francys Arsentiev's last words were the same as her sons: "Don't leave me," she begged. "Please don't leave me.” No real plan for oxygen supplementation once hypothermia and cerebral edema (frostbite and oxygen deprivation) set in. Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd called off their own summit attempts and tried to help, but in the death zone, you can hardly help yourself.
Im glad they left her. She was so selfish do to this for herself that she deserved what came her way.
Are u saying she was selfish because she wasn't making the choice that best served her kids welfare or do u consider anyone who participates in dangerous activities selfish? I assume it's the first cuz otherwise ur not worth the reply. While yes she did put herself at risk and there by wound up caused her kids to lose her and there is no under playing how painful that loss was, you can't live your life or not live your life just because there's a risk something could go wrong. She could have not gone not been herself and slowly poisoned the kids with her misery at being unable to try and live a little
@@danielfox9461 Are u saying she was selfish because she wasn't making the choice that best served her kids welfare✓ or do u consider anyone who participates in dangerous activities selfish? ❌ I assume it's the first cuz otherwise ur not worth the reply. ✓💯%❗ While yes she did put herself at risk and there by wound up caused her kids to lose her and there is no under playing how painful that loss was, you can't live your life or not live your life just because there's a risk something could go wrong.✓ She could have not gone not been herself and slowly poisoned the kids with her misery at being unable to try and live a little✓-Absolutely χρησιμοποιήστε συμπληρωματικό οξυγόνο αγγλικά❗
@@danielfox9461 there’s a difference between avoiding risk and being in one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Just stop and think for a second.
For real... what a horrible person. Not even worthy of the title "parent".
I can’t believe that they left their child to go climb a mountain with no oxygen and subsequently left him an orphan.
Very selfish in my opinion. The child asked his mother not to go! If you want to risk your life in these kinds of pursuits why have children? I feel really sorry for the child, now adult.
Nothing more important for some in this world than indulging our pathetic little egos. Selfish
You don't no
@@debmoore9095apparently you aren’t a mountain climber and know the odds of dying on the mountain. Their main responsibility was raising their children and the fact that both parents took the risk was selfish.
Im pretty sure the child shared your sentiment, considering he left their bodies there.
I don’t feel like Everest is the same achievement it used to be… don’t get me wrong, it’s still a massive achievement and I probably could not do it (let alone afford to do it) but nowadays there are fixed ropes, guides, Sherpa and fixed ladders and camps set up, where as those parts with ropes and ladders would have been technical climbs to the likes of Mallory and Irvine, or Tenzing Norgay and that other bloke. Anyone who is reasonably fit and has a spare 50 grand can do it now 🤷♂️
I feel like there would be a big market for a bunch of locations like this in VR. Full on haptic suit and everything. Not for in home but go somewhere and reserve a "trip" like everest or Eiffel tower. Pay a couple hundred bucks or a pair/group rate for several hours and it's not gonna have you getting frostbite or starving.
As a person who has summited Annapurna and Choy Oyu, talking to seasoned guys on those mountains, literally everybody I talked to said the same thing basically. If you're rich and in relatively good shape you'll make it up. 8000's are no joke and make you question why the fuck you're doing it, but summit fever is honestly one of the deadliest things up there. Those first blokes up that mountain, I cant even imagine how hard it was. Just guessing every step that you're not going to fall into a crevasse must've been INSANE
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People are still constantly dying nearly every day there so it's still a massive achievement - if you view putting your life at great risk for 40k an achievement.
@@seanheany444 I am in love with Annapurna and K2! Congrats on summitting Annapurna and Cho Oyu! Annapurna is so under appreciated, and K2 is really only recognized as the technical monster she is by mountaineers: Annapurna still has the highest fatality rate in the world so HATS OFF to you!!! Everyone only wants to hear about Everest, which has become a disaster really. It’s heartbreaking!
I have an amazing photo taken of Annapurna by a friend of mine, he knows of my love of the Himalayas, it really means a lot. I’m 46 and on end of life care. I have had 14 ortho/spinal surgeries starting at 26 while I was in college, between the injuries and surgeries my climbing/hiking/trekking among other activities were halted before I had the time and finances to really get wild with it (I’m a clinician, recently “benched”). My oldest child started training climbing 🧗🏼 and has a gold to summit an 8K’er with a pinch of me! The rest will be in the ocean where I grew up, legally spread of course (I’m not becoming oceanic litter)! My youngest has his own plans, less physically demanding, ocean related.♥️ Anyways… blah blah blah… I just really appreciate the mountains YOU have summitted, know they aren’t appreciated the way they should be, and want you to know the stranger holds them sacred, understands your accomplishments and hard work, and particularly connects with Annapurna.
I live in the PNW, close to the base of Mt Hood and love the days when I can see both St Helens and Mt Hood! The Olympic [rain] Forest and west mountain offers an AMAZING view of the ocean! Pulling off the forested highway into a turnout and just staring over the Pacific Ocean! And of course Mt Raineer! I haven’t been to Mt Adams… these 3 are our beautiful, active volcanoes, with their own glaciers (not the Olympic Forest). We also have TONS of caving in a variety of caves, a lot of lava tubes, very cool if you like spelunking! Waterfalls that I enjoyed climbing just 3 years ago, excellent cliff diving and you actually have to climb the sheer cliff! Wonderful rivers, lakes, and coastline! If you’re in the US, I cannot recommend WA/OR and even very NorCal enough!
Namaste friend!
Brilliant parenting there. Since their son Paul begged them not to leave him to climb a mountain, I doubt he is impressed with their feat of mountain climbing. Having lost his wife, Sergi's priority should have been his son.
Tough choices.
His first wife also died during mountaineering. I've read an opinion that he wouldn't come back to not go through being blamed for her death again.
@@Sollinarei wish my first wife liked mountain climbing...
@@wizzyno1566 🤭
@@wizzyno1566 lol.
Can't get enough of these mountain climbing videos.
Thank you for watching!
You should try an indie game called "Mount Fear!" Its a mountain climbing sim with a horror twist. There's even a reference in game to the phenomenon sometimes called third-man syndrome climbers talk about
@Deerski I'm the same this last week I've been watching and listening to them in bed whilst drifting off.
Yes, same- I have moved on from Cave Diving accident videos. Think I’ve seen ‘‘em all.🙂
@@wmelliott3802 that's exactly what I do. And I often play these videos in the background when I'm working at home 😊
Selfishness with a touch of insanity. Don’t understand how parents can take such obvious risks like that.
God bless Ian Woodall for doing what he did. That's what a hero looks like. :)
More like loser for going to third world country for ego. People are dumb. God is dumber
Climbing Everest is now a morbid circus.
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"No one could have predicted it...." Uh, yeah, I predicted it....
As a Brit, the idea Mallory and Irvine reached the top of Everest is attractive, and I hope it is true, However, it would never take away from Edmund Hillary's achievement of getting up and back down again.
Entirely agree! A successful climb is a summit AND descent! I DO believe Mallory and Irvine did summit, it’s just a mix of intuition and evidence breadcrumbs. Mallory certainly was a tenacious man! However, that takes nothing away from Sir Edmund Hillary’s and Tenzing Norgay’s confirmed summit and successful descent! They also showed tremendous dedication to their summit, and all of the challenges that came with that!
@@maximumeffort78 Look at the clothes Mallory and Irvine were in when climbing the mountain. They could have been going for a bracing walk in the English countryside rather than scaling the tallest mountain in the world! But they didn't have so many choices as in the 50s, Hilary and Norgay's achievement looks slick and professional by comparison.
The argument that they did reach the peak is simply because they died. Statistically, climbers that give up and turn back almost always survive. Those who push too hard beyond their abilities and reach the top - yeah. They never make it.
The photos of Noelle in the crevasse are horrifying. I've watched lots of mountain climbing videos but I've never seen anyone include photos like those. It seems that Noelle landing on the top of the crevasse, wedged in sideways, is what kept the whole group from sliding into it.
My best friend is a mountaineer. It is obsession. It is madness.
That’s not nice to say about your best friend
@@animula6908it's the truth, there are plenty of safe trails out there where you don't need to take oxygen tanks or risk other people lives in order to save theirs. The truth doesn't have to be nice nor pretty.
That Mt Rainier story gave me chills and finally goosebumps at the outro. I don't know what it is, probably the real images, but I got so caught up in this story. Thank you for visualizing and telling those stories!
You are currently the best out of all these types of channels because your editing and inclusion of video really makes it immersive as opposed to just pictures, a voiceover and some spooky music. Greetings from Sweden, keep it up and happy 2023
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Thank you for the kind words!
What are you talking about? The guy shows the same footage over and over and over
honestly , I wouldn't dare go climbing to these places even if I was offered a million dollars. Seems extremely tiring and awfully dangerous. Guess we are not all born same.
Agree. Seems a foolish choice to me -don't understand the attraction or desire....
It’s not mesmerizing for you to think about how incredible the views would be as you’re climbing the mountain passes?? I guess it boils down to different personality traits among people, because the thought of trying the journey would be a bucket list item for me if the financial requirements weren’t so extreme. Even just flying into the airport and hiking the journey to base camp would be the most awesome adventure ever. Camping on the tallest mountain in the world is one of the most beautiful adventures I can think of.
@@stephen_crumleyThere’s plenty of beautiful views at elevation without having to climb a mountain or enter the death zone for humans. Pikes peak is a good example you can drive up and survive without extra oxygen.
Everest is cool view but the risk to reward ratio makes it not worth it imo. There’s even safer peaks right next to Everest with similar views and without the 600 instagram millionaires blocking your route:)
@@stephen_crumleyThe truth is you are either born loving mountains or not and those two groups of people do not understand each other...
@@stephen_crumleyThe view from everest is apparently not even all that great since nearby mountains present huge obstructions to sight lines. As I understand it, the best view in the world is in the Pyrenees, since there's a sight line that goes all the way across a stretch of the Mediterranean and into France.
I can't get over the teddy bear, for some reason that got me.
"For company"
Thank you for more content, these stories make my present situation more comfortable that's why I like these videos, I think to myself it can always be worse.
Thank you for your support!
That’s exactly why I enjoy these videos!
It was refreshing to hear you detail about everest and Mauna Kea. I don't know why but it really annoys me when other channels don't mention it, it also bothered me when my boy got knocked down a marks in his homework when doing a project about the tallest, they had a choice on tallest building, mountain ect and starlight away the teacher said, after just resding the title of "Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain known" that he needed to do it again as everyone knows its Everset. I rang and requested a meeting with said teacher.
He said from the 'base of the mountain". Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak at more than 33,500 feet [10,210 meters] so it is the tallest on earth but not the tallest if you only count the level above sea level. Hope that helps you understand why he said that.
Highest point on earth would be better phrasing
*just because you can reach the top, doesn't always mean you should*
And just because it's THERE doesn't mean you should
I live in Washington and remember vividly the tragedy on Mt. Rainier. You covered it beautifully. Thank you.
🙏🙏🙏For Nick Hall & thousands like him who give their all to save lives of countless climbers.PIP
can you imagine being the 11y old child whose parents were so selfish that they chose entertainment and death over him?
It seems so totally unappealing to be trudging along, staring at the ground in front of you and waiting for the queue in front of you to shuffle along.
It would be more fun to go well prepared and have a picnic in an alpine meadow with a spectacular view of snowy mountains in the distance.
For me, the sense of accomplishment came when I finished my Masters Thesis and it was approved by the advisory committee. Now, that was an accomplishment, for me! The very best part, I didn’t have to fall down a mountain. To each their own.
Your degree must’ve brought you really far in life if you spend your whole day hate-watching mountaineer-videos and embarrassingly bragging about being smart.
No one cares about a masters degree, everyone and their dog has one.
_May green boots rest in eternal peace._ ❤
How sad, a child lost his parents because of their ego.
Thank you for this video. I knew of most of the stories, but I appreciate very much, that you have researched that it's most probably Tsewang Paljor, resting there as for all the climbers he is rather referred as way point green boots. I hope the sherpas don't refer the same way to him. As for the name he seems to be a Tibetan native Rest in peace, beautiful🙏
But the info isn’t correct. 1st story…the child did NOT tell his mother to not go. There’s literally an interview with him saying this.
Green boots is missing so it’s speculated that someone took his body off the mountain.
@avivapadrutt7952 He was from India, a member of an Indian Police Exhibition
Akk .. it makes me chuckle.. ive seen and enjoy loads of these everest.. k2..annapurna ect climbing vids. Yours are great cz i love your narration. And must admit i relax and fall asleep often while listening to you. Thanks for that. Meanwhile.. my chuckle is because i see the yellow suit guy again.. haha... ive seen loads of vids but ive never worked out who that climber is or when. But lots of channels use clips that have that yellow suit guy.. whoever he/she climbed with was great at getting the camera out and taking quality clips!!! They pop up all over... whoever that person is.. well done and thanks and no vid is complete without a cameo of yellow suit guy. Thankz to this channel for all your vids !!!
It's surreal to finally hear about the story behind the green boots and see the face of the man. It's sad.
Not going to lie, but that second trip to mount everest where 7 "porters" died whilst the British survived. I felt like it was so carelessly mentioned and that mallory would still consider their expedition a success just because no western lives were lost.
Plus I'm pretty sure it said he was the cause of the avalanche but he got to walk away and that was fcked up
British cost cutting
Expect 0 help in the death zone. Its suicidal to try to help someone else when you are slowly dying above 8000 metres
Are Francis and Sergi legendary climbers? Perhaps. Legendary parents? Not so much.
Neither. Selfish cow. Her son will now spend the rest of his life resenting her after asking her not to go.
Agreed!
Not that it makes it much better but I think Francis first husband was her son’s father so he still had his father
@@Katie-pc5yg I am glad to hear that for the sake of the child because it was so sad that the child begged his mother not to go. I'm a mother and there is no way I would ever go risk my life in a situation for sport when my son begged me not to.
@@Justicia007 , you are exactly what a mother is! Loving and self sacrificing! You have lucky kids ❤
Great work Terror Twin. well researched and documented
As a parent I cannot imagine leaving my child in order to risk my life climbing a mountain. Humans can be so thoughtless and arrogant. Considering the tons of trash and excrement these climbers leave behind, not to mention all the corpses, it’s kind of a disgusting endeavor.
Frankie and her son had a close relationship.. you are too judge her.
Try selfish
Like none of you ever did something you really enjoyed. Getting in a vehicle and driving can be dangerous. All the things everyone does for fun has a risk. Stay in your house and don't ever go anywhere then. Boring AF!
@@wyomingadventuresYes, but no where near as dangerous and risky as climbing Everest.
Most climbers are selfish, egotistical , and arrogant. Some are fake. Also, many are just plain stupid, in addition to these traits. You can clearly see the selfishness when they do not help their fellow climbers, and when they see someone on the ground still alive, most (not all) just ignore them and keep going!! In some cases, their fakeness and huge egos cost them their lives!!
Her son begged her not to leave she told her it was just a dream..And after him telling his mom about the dream he had 😢 So selfish 😢
Imagine love a dream more than their kid. I wish we could know how he is doing?
Thank you for bringing us these awesome stories!
Thank you!
“We have always been fascinated by climbing mountains.” Speak for yourself! 😆😂
Most people could not care less.
Absolutely brilliant upload man, your channel is simply outstanding! What a stunning presentation!🔥🔥
Thank you so much!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I am pretty sure Francys and Sergei died before Green Boots.
It may be just my way of thinking but if I were Francis laying on the mountain in my last resting place, I would not want to be pushed over the edge. I would want to remain right where I breathed my last breath. As far as in site of climbers, it isn't like my family can visit my grave site on the mountain, but the climbers can and did for nine years. I believe every person who loses their life on the mountain should not be removed just because they can be seen by other climbers. If anything, it is a grave reminder of what can happen if you make bad choices or bad timing (which is still a bad choice). If a climber cannot stomach the site of the bodies, then they don't belong on the mountain to begin with. Just my opinion.
I hope Francis wasn't aware of being left not once but twice by potential rescue 😭
They did what they had to do to survive I'm sure but that still breaks my heart so bad
Ian didn't have to go back, I hope he knew that it wasn't his fault and that he found some peace in laying her to rest properly
What I don't understand is why neither of the two separate groups that found her, called it in? She was ALIVE not a dead body, rescue teams exist and could've maybe easily saved her
@@sassyscorpio5537 I don’t know about easily. Rescue attempts are rare for a reason, especially in the death zone.
@@sassyscorpio5537 No, an attempted rescue of anyone who is not capable of moving on their own is extremely dangerous to any would be rescuers. That's why so many bodies are left on mountains = it's just not worth another life to try and bring the body down.
I understand that some people love mountaineering, but when you have a small child you need to put them first. Francis last words were, “Don’t leave me” “Please don’t leave me,” she begged of those who try to help.
@@lebronjames5601Anyone attempting a climb into the death zone should be aware of the risks, and not put emotional pressure on those who are unable to save them.
If you're not prepared to die doing such things, then you really shouldn't go. IMO
She should have listened to her son. The boy's dream being SO vivid was similar to 'gut feeling'.
In addition to watching mountaineering videos and movies, I've read countless books; from Anatoli Boukreev to the life of Bradford Washburn. These adventurers are many admirable things, but they are not heroes. What they do is for themselves. The only heroes in these stories are the men and women who are willing to put their lives on the line in an effort to save those that can't get back on their own. Heroes sacrifice for others, not for adventure, or ego or self-driven need.
a thoughtful and sometimes sensational channel
6:32. Holy shit, that is a lot of stuff that they are carrying!
Hearing what these amazing mountaineer achieve makes me feel so small.Incredible to watch.
Mallory and Irvine I feel in my soul reached the summit 1st. Once they find Irvine the pictures will be a big bombshell to the mountaineering community! They will one day I hope in my lifetime someone will find Andrew Irvine😁
They won't find it. China already found it and removed it. There's a very very small chance it's still there. The whole reason the United States even spent billions of dollars to go to the moon was because we didn't want the Communists to get to the moon first. And that is the mindset that communist China had (and still has) when they scaled the mountain. They made for 100% sure there will never be evidence found of anyone before them. I guarantee you the government threatened them into removing it and taking it off the mountain. Maybe they even placed the picture further down to be safe. But it won't be found at the top. I believe they did summit it.
@@WhitneyDahlinI'll still hope even so someones gotta...
The Chinese found his body and have the camera. The film is not good.
hell na, the died way before. those specs were illusion. they died where found
@@jonbridge6442 They only found one. Also, no one dies trying to reach the top. They realize things are going poorly, and turn around, then die on their way down.
The best christmas present. Keep up with the amazing content!
Thank you for watching!
The kid knew 😢
Good stories I love the guy in his backyard shoveling snow as an example of a guy in the Himalayas but if you want to see really good documentaries watch the Everest the hard way and Annapurna the hard way with bonnington and the boys. Doug Scott , Don William's, Nick escort and the others were the real climbers😮
I never understood the fascination with risk in one’s life to do something that in the greater scheme of things does it mean a goddamn thing
As an alpine climber i have never climbed a mountain with the goal of reaching the summit. The past 25 years i have enjoyed the beauty, respected and accepted the concequences of this harsh and unforgiving environment. There is nothing to conquer, no victory and no heroes. There is only life and death. When I return to the valley down below I am not happy nor proud. When I return I am humble and thankfull towards life,death and my existence. What happened in the pioneering days and what happens now on Everest and many other mountains is just an example of how sick,rotten and disturbed humanity has become.
I am a mountain ranger-mountain rescue team. The hardest thing to learn in mountaineering is to when to come back and when to continue. There is one japan saying "Come back so you reach" Respect mountain and it will respect you. There is no shame if you don't reach any summit. The nature is so beautiful at mountains.
Such a white knight
The goal is always to return down.. I admire you for your humble approach to climbing. I only go hiking but try to embrace the same. The mountains are of such beauty, power and call for respect that some people need to learn. The mountain will have the last word. Last time I went on a hike, I dug out a small thyme for my garden and thanked the mountain for it. Might sound crazy, but I felt I had to do that.
Noel and Odell is one person, Noel Odell, you can watch his interview as an old man describing his last sighting of Mallory and Irvine.
Wasn't Noel Odell one man, and John Noel (expedition photographer) another? Confusing.
I'd rather have an encounter with bigfoot, including shooting photos, than climb Everest.
Every time I here the story of the first couple I'm more disgusted. If you want to spend your life taking extreme risks because you like the feeling it gives you, fine. If that's how you and your partner want to spend your lives, great, enjoy yourselves. Perhaps think twice before having children, a child became an orphan because his parents were more involved in climbing mountains than they were in raising a child. I lost my father when I was 12 because of his military service. That was devastating, but he had no choice. The idea of both parents of an 11 year old child deciding that their time, money, and potentially their lives were best spent on Mount Everest is more than disturbing.
Exactly. It makes me so angry. Obviously Frances must have had a huge ego and that made being the first woman to climb Everest with no extra oxygen for the fame more important than being there for her family.
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agree 100%
Excellent content
The thing that makes me most glad overall, is that because I’ve had a heart attack I medically can’t be forced to climb Everest, even for charity. It’s a shame though that Machu Picchu is also out of my reach. I wouldn’t last 48 hours in Kathmandu before I keeled over 🪦
And sky-diving, that’s another no-no, yay 😎👍🏻
Once and for all, none of us climbers consider any Hawaiian mountain to be taller than Everest.
The Mt Rainier accident really hit me in the feels! Damn.
It's incredible to me,that with all the pain and suffering in this world,that there are those,who spend thousands to suffer deliberately,when they wouldn't have to.
Just to climb a damned mountain,and get their fifteen minutes of fame.
The whole controversy surrounding the alleged body possibly “removed” from Everest stems from sightings by two different Chinese climbers that saw bodies in that rock gully near the summit. Both pre opening of Tibet to western climbers and before any other possible bodies would have been present that high on the mountain. One claimed he saw a body of a dead climber “wearing braces (suspenders)” but died in an avalanche the next day, so no one ever confirmed the story, and the other is a man that’s still living and was (I believe) in charge of the 1960 Chinese expedition. Also saw what he believed to be a deceased English climber around the same area that the other man saw. The 1960 sighting didn’t come out until the 2000s, but a writer that has covered Mallory and Irvine, Graham Hoyland, has written that he was aware of it since 1998. I think that was just posturing for clout since Mallory’s body was found only a year later. So there’s this whole question of whether these alleged sightings of this potential body are true, and if they are, where is this person? And is it Sandy Irvine? That’s where the myth about the Chinese “removing” (which doesn’t even happen anyway, bodies that high can’t be brought down, they’re just pushed over the side bc nothing else can be done) the body from the peak. Not sure where the bit about the camera also being found and thrown out as well came in. I suppose bc so many are obsessed with the possibility of finding this VPK camera and getting it to Kodak, and somehow magically there will be a perfectly preserved image of M&I on the summit or something. The reality is that camera probably fell and tumbled down the north face when they fell, and will never be recovered. If anyone would even recognize it as what it is. Same with the photo of Ruth that George said he was going to leave at the summit, that would just be a tiny blank sheet of white paper now, bleached out by sun and moisture from snow over 100 years.
I don’t think anyone located Irvine, because these sightings of a “dead English” were never even really confirmed to begin with. If they did see him, his body is probably still there, but covered in enough snow pack that he’s completely hidden. That or he is nowhere near that gully, and he’ll be found when people stop looking where they assume he will be based on those two statements from the Chinese climbers.
Well, if we know where Mallory was found and that it’s pretty clear he’d been there for a while and that there’s basically no other person who’d been that high and died except Irvine, unless we want to presume that two different Chinese climbers mistook a body for a rock or something, Sandy Irvine’s body was seen on Everest and it’s no longer there.
It’s a big place, surely, but these are climbers who weren’t on a tourist jaunt and who’s recollections about the single most important event in their lives should be credited as true. Irvine’s body had been there for something like forty years. It wasn’t weather that came along to move it and the expedition looking for Mallory had to use code lest the Chinese be tipped-off to what they were doing and shut them down.
Now, I’m not sure about any conclusions relating to Mallory’s photo or the camera or any of that. But I’ll credit the Chinese climbers that they saw an English body and the living climber knows where he saw it. If so, then something happened to that body afterwards that forty years on Everest couldn’t do.
I think Everest could more appropriately renamed Mt. Darwin.
I couldnt believe it when I found out how many climbers had no experience - just money
Terrible thing for a child to have their parents happiest moment in life be immortalized by their smile on top of a mountain, & KNOWING that was so much more important to that parent then them.
As a mother, I understand it can be hard to put things in the backseat for awhile, but she SHOULD have at least waited until the kids was 18.
I LOVE your videos. They give me a newfound fear and respect for these amazing mountains and those that climb them. But, I have never heard of a camp 6 on Mount Everest. Only 1-4 and base camp. Where on Earth would a camp 6 even be located? Thanks!
Thank you so much! The southern route on the mountain has 4 camps, but the northern route has 6. Although camp 5 and 6 on the northern route are typically very small and not fully established camps, groups will set them up as needed. Camp 6 is usually about 27,000 feet!
@@TerrorTwin Wow. Thank you so much! I need to be watching more videos. So much fascinating things to learn. You have a fan and subscriber for life. Cheers :)
i do not feel bad for anyone that dies like this lmao gotta be dumb gotta be tough
wow.... I've heard Frankie's story before, but this time moved me so much i teared up mid jog.
Probably a silly question. What tool or gizmo do mountaineers use to calculate their height above sea level? thanks ~
A barometric altimeter in conjunction with a map for calibration
❤Love this channel ❤❤
Nick Hall 😢😭 rest in peace, you are a hero.
Would you link the two videos you mentioned. I can’t seem to find them in your library. TIA
In certain cultures, it is believed that when death is coming, it's difficult for some individuals to heed the warning. Even after the dream the son had, it was as though the parents were being summoned to their death on the mountain. I do believe there's an entity on the mountain that causes that seems to be calling these mountaineers to their untimely end.
To be honest I always have bad dreams and a sense of "I might not comd back" before every mountaineering trip. It makes you be nice to everybody and you have a very rich appreciation for everything and everybody...
With respect: Ego, and cockiness win out over common sense. Their son an orphan at 11 and no doubt permanently traumatised by his ignored premonition.
I agree.
Not only that but he gave an interview in which she gave the final decision as to whether she would go to him. He said that he let her go because he knew it was her dream. Can you imagine the trauma?
nothing more sensical than a childs nightmare?
@@A_Baguette_ It wasn't just a child's nightmare. It was the reality of the possibility of dying on the mountain that I'm sure the mother was aware of, and ignored.
@@Justicia007 I don't buy children that can see into the future. Nightmares are often about a worst case-scenario, sometimes that scenario is what actually happens.
You're intro into was pretty light on facts
Poor 11 yr old child, forever knowing that he wasn't enough for his parents 😮😮
“You wouldn’t wish upon your worst enemy” yea I would lol
I think the ‘96 disaster was def the worst of Everest history. The movie they made was ok, if you like climbing disasters you should look it up. It’s called Everest.
Ngl cried on the first story soo deep 😢
stacy had long enough to snap some pics
That poor guy on the first step. Everybody walks past him literally everybody sees him on that first step :(
Oh my goodness. Nick is a hero. Went there and risked everything as well as the other recuers
Where are the interviews you spoks of that would be linked below?
It seems that porters and Sherpas aren't considered as humans, in this video.
I don't blame you for this, it's probably because of the age of the sources. It's almost like a time capsule. Back then, people would have just stepped over a dying porter on K2, without a care. Something like that would never happen nowadays,...
Such a sad story, but what a man...... of his age to go to her on that mountain, and do what he did with so much emotion. Respect to him without question...and may she Rest In Peace.
Beggars belief why these peculiar human beings attempt these completely pointless tasks. Ego trippers I suppose. No sympathy for any of them.
Beck Weathers. Lincoln Hall. Just…how? Miracles
How does one “ sit in the snow face down”. Like Francis was.
Thank you
Love your content and delivery
There are better hobbies to pick up, guys.
No.
Rest in peace nick hall, what a hero
Stacy needed to pick up a better brand of crampons.
Can you imagine ruining somebody's legacy just say you were the first to do something just imagine explaining that to whatever God you believe in
-Indian climbers ignore the rule about 2 p.m.
-Indian climbers ignore the weather warnings
-Indian climbers ignore leader's warning to turn around
-Indian climbers ignore leader's radio pleas to turn around
-Indian climbers die on the mountain
Mountaineering "community": "It'S tHe JapanEse ClimbErS fAuLT!!!!11"
I can’t wait til it gets paved, than I’ll go
Highest above sea level but not the tallest above sea level. From base to top, on land, the tallest on land goes to Denali.