The Notorious Woman Only Expedition that Ended in Tragedy | Lenin Peak Disaster

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  • čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
  • In 1974, over 170 climbers were going to be attempting to climb Lenin Peak. This included an expedition of 8 female climbers...but they were underprepared, ill-equipped, and failed to follow instructions. All of these factors led to the most notorious woman-led expedition in mountaineering history....This is their story.
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  • @FluffyFerretFarm
    @FluffyFerretFarm Před 2 měsíci +23

    The contest of "being the first.." of anything, is always an invitation for disaster.. goals are skewed and decisions are clouded

  • @jenniferbreaux7385
    @jenniferbreaux7385 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Hell yeah. I was just looking for something to watch and ur video showed up like a gift.

    • @CuntNuggets
      @CuntNuggets Před 2 měsíci

      How was your comment posted 10hr ago when the video only came out 31mins ago

    • @demsu8600
      @demsu8600 Před 2 měsíci +2

      my was 10 hour later

  • @rih128
    @rih128 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Music is tastefully done, allowing for non-disturbed or no stress watching. Thank you very much!

  • @Aspasia2929
    @Aspasia2929 Před 2 měsíci +13

    All I know about mountaineering is from watching videos on CZcams, but it seems as if once in the grip of altitude sickness most people die even if they make it to a camp. I don’t wish to appear insensitive, however I don’t see the nobility in dying just to stay with someone who is GOING to die. People who take on such dangerous pursuits have to take responsibility for the inherent risk that’s involved INCLUDING death. I wouldn’t want someone who could save themselves to die alongside of me out of a sense of obligation, and I think most people would feel the same way. When preparing for the climb it should be discussed how situations like this should be handled. The only person I’ve seen beat the odds was Beck Weathers, whose survival was MIRACULOUS, and he made it down on his own!

    • @beckyowens2586
      @beckyowens2586 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Beck's story is bananas. That dude had to be part Terminator or something. I totally agree btw. While there's that "I have a duty to my team. I made the bad decision that is killing them." I too would not want someone to risk their life trying to save me or even keep me company till the end. Save yourself. I knew what I was getting into and if I really thought the decision was a bad one at the time and didn't voice my opinion, it's also my fault. People blame the 40 some odd people who passed David Sharp on Everest, but he made bad decisions. Only two canisters of supplemental oxygen, waving off help more than once when he was mobile enough to be saved. The man essentially killed himself and now those people who did try to help, have to live with the knowledge that they "let" a man die when it isn't their fault. They can tell themselves he was his own worst enemy, but they're still going to live with that. Save yourself. My corpsecicle will be fine right where it is.

  • @lauren9004
    @lauren9004 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Gosh this is so tragic

  • @johnrossford7927
    @johnrossford7927 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Wow. That was definitely heartbreaking. Even with the Soviet female fighter pilots, they struggled with antiquated equipment. If they were provided the same equipment as their male counterparts, they likely would've had a better chance at survival. But again, hindsight is always 20/20.

    • @makarklyuev1317
      @makarklyuev1317 Před 2 měsíci +3

      The video unfortunately missed out on a crucial part maybe due to time, but Shatayevas team had the gear but it was completely blown away by the chaotic wind....so they had the necessary equipment which proper mountaineers use but they were completely swept away, leading to their tragedy.

    • @johnrossford7927
      @johnrossford7927 Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@makarklyuev1317 the video mentioned all that except the gear. Other teams had concerns about their gear and found it antiquated. However, getting caught up in the hurricane winds seemed to have done the most damage.

    • @alatielinara
      @alatielinara Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@makarklyuev1317 tents werent' suitable for this weather, that's why they were blown away. I've read a book in russian about it from another mountaineer. Other groups were there and survived. And several groups noted inadequate equipment. Another factors may be: the path that was chosen, additional stop (possibly due to sickness), allegedly late communication about sick person (all radio messages written from memories), there are also theories that one woman could've died before the storm and morals were very low.

  • @herbiii8158
    @herbiii8158 Před 2 měsíci +6

    You the man bro!! Keep ‘em coming!!

  • @colinmccarthy7921
    @colinmccarthy7921 Před 2 měsíci +5

    It is a sad disaster.The weather is the one thing that can change.

  • @FinnishLapphund
    @FinnishLapphund Před 2 měsíci +21

    At first it sounds like a case of get-there-itis, but on their terms only, which then developed into a case showing what can happen to mountaineers who absolutely refuses to leave anyone behind.

    • @johnrossford7927
      @johnrossford7927 Před 2 měsíci +9

      They had summit fever. As these videos showcased often, mostly with men, that fever can cause fatal hypothermia. Also, taking the optional rest day put them away from the men that otherwise could've rescued them.

    • @FinnishLapphund
      @FinnishLapphund Před 2 měsíci +7

      @@johnrossford7927Get-there-itis and Summit fever is to me different words for the same thing. They got so focused on achieving their goal that blinders made them ignore everything except what they thought would take them to their goal. But as you said, in the end that also took them one day further away from the other persons on the mountain which maybe could've helped them down.

  • @missunlovablee
    @missunlovablee Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you for the video I love them ❤

  • @Markjr778
    @Markjr778 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great story I really like the way you told there story!

  • @westyinzer4607
    @westyinzer4607 Před 20 dny

    Respect that they left no one behind. Very sad

  • @djohnson9083
    @djohnson9083 Před 2 měsíci +2

    First off, I liked your video because I like hearing your take on these expeditions. Was wondering if you’ve ever watched Archie’s Archives and his story about this subject. You might find it interesting.

  • @LaurenceDay-d2p
    @LaurenceDay-d2p Před 2 měsíci +2

    Failing to follow instructions is a guarantee of disaster for any project. And why were they underprepared, and without proper equipment? surely they must have been warned about the dangers of this high peak. Sounds like a careless group to me, who were asking for trouble - and they got it.

  • @f.a.y.makeithappen4069
    @f.a.y.makeithappen4069 Před měsícem +1

    RIP,,,,,,,, LADIES......
    YOU. DID. YOUR. BEST..... SUCH. COURAGE.... 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

  • @tanvikhare9710
    @tanvikhare9710 Před 2 měsíci +16

    I just knew there would be comments on the lines of 'women☕️'
    As if there arent twice as many videos on here about incidentally men-only groups of hikers facing worse ends

    • @tech5298
      @tech5298 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Correct. It was all due to a bad cup of woman coffee. Good call!

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci

      THANK YOU!

    • @somewhereinspace2166
      @somewhereinspace2166 Před 2 měsíci

      As soon as I saw the title that they were a women-only group, I knew there was going to be a bunch of beer gut men leaving sexist comments. There's too many insecure men who feel like women having anything to themselves is somehow a threat to men. These women just wanted to have fun together and set a record.

    • @CanMoose
      @CanMoose Před 2 měsíci

      Yep..that's true!

    • @danabreakforest1688
      @danabreakforest1688 Před 2 měsíci

      Yup. They kick the bucket the most.

  • @annettecantu3826
    @annettecantu3826 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wicked intro music😂

  • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
    @MikeHunt-fo3ow Před 2 měsíci +1

    got farther than i would...as soon as i got there and saw the mountain id say...im not going up there lol

  • @jameswillett2403
    @jameswillett2403 Před 2 měsíci +17

    They didn't die because they were women. They died because they were ill prepared in relation to the task at hand.

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yeah, that is called being a woman.

    • @MirandaSinistra
      @MirandaSinistra Před 2 měsíci +7

      I don't think this is necessarily true, them being women led to them being stubborn about leaving when they had the chance.
      They wanted to prove something to the men, that chip on their shoulder cost them their lives.

    • @jameswillett2403
      @jameswillett2403 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@MirandaSinistra you could sense their stubbornness when they were given the reprimand for not calling sooner. I just wonder if things would have been different had they brought better equipment. Guess we'll never know 😐

  • @anniehills3580
    @anniehills3580 Před měsícem

    Humans just love being labelled as so special😮

  • @tech5298
    @tech5298 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Amazing and brave!

    • @niniv2706
      @niniv2706 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Polite way of saying it :) Thanks

  • @binarydigit0942
    @binarydigit0942 Před 2 měsíci

    They made it to the summit, and if not for the terrible weather they would've been fine. Happens to the best of 'em.

  • @giedriusat.7116
    @giedriusat.7116 Před 2 měsíci +1

    It sounds bizarre as the narrator gives the husband of Elvira Shatayeva a .. feminine Slavic surname

  • @rih128
    @rih128 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Like many all men groups who also died from being unprepared. It is not about sex, it is about being prepared, and lucky. You can do everything right and still die.

  • @bevsopinion
    @bevsopinion Před 2 měsíci

    Like your videos but the voice is irritating in that it is fast paced and never pauses, so my mind has a hard time absorbing the info.

  • @katietyler8865
    @katietyler8865 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much for this video. I work as a wilderness caretaker in the Adirondacks and I love to see the way you covered women in the mountains 🙏🙏🙏. I am privileged to work in the woods in remote outposts and as a woman I am proud to do it. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @RuminatingWizard
      @RuminatingWizard Před 2 měsíci +1

      What does being a woman have to do with it?

    • @katietyler8865
      @katietyler8865 Před 2 měsíci

      @@RuminatingWizard if you have to ask you don’t know lolololol

  • @jakemocci3953
    @jakemocci3953 Před 28 dny

    I would’ve saved Elvira

  • @frankblangeard8865
    @frankblangeard8865 Před 2 měsíci +15

    8:10 "Many doubted the women's ability". Doubts confirmed!

    • @JustTryingToYoutube
      @JustTryingToYoutube Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah it was the mid 1900s

    • @STEPHANIEH70
      @STEPHANIEH70 Před 2 měsíci +1

      No matter what ugly looking feminist say, we are the weaker sex.

    • @jonesmorales-tu6kq
      @jonesmorales-tu6kq Před 2 měsíci +5

      ​@@JustTryingToCZcamseven today . The world is not Charlie's angels ....

    • @niniv2706
      @niniv2706 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@JustTryingToCZcams - ... Mid 1900's ... And what does that imply . Women are weaker, less resilient, always desire a consensus and are too EMPATHIC to be top competitors in a man's world . Mid 1900's is my generation ... I am a 64 years old farmer and arborists and have never crossed paths with a female that can pull my job . I am married to a woman that is exceptional and can out work any woman you prob know ... And she knows not to compete toe to toe with any of our sons and male employees . These women died of idiocy .

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Like many men’s 😂😂😂

  • @LordVulcan93
    @LordVulcan93 Před 2 měsíci +1

    See what happens when people step out of their lane?

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci +2

      What lane is that exactly?

  • @evilcat7661
    @evilcat7661 Před 2 měsíci +9

    How ironic thou, tried to show how independent and strong they are and then just died

  • @ishaqmuhammad5095
    @ishaqmuhammad5095 Před měsícem +1

    Female Rightsicles 🥶

  • @tabiaj962
    @tabiaj962 Před 2 měsíci +1

    they just sit there watching everyone die and do nothing?

  • @kelly2714
    @kelly2714 Před měsícem

    I hate to make anything about race and/or sex but some of the comments 😂😂 guys many more men lives unfortunately end in tragedy with these climbs calm dwn

  • @spazzypengin
    @spazzypengin Před 2 měsíci +1

    The jokes write themselves 🤣

  • @faithwilkins9902
    @faithwilkins9902 Před 2 měsíci +1

    The real tragedy is that these self serving women put themselves before their children. You have a kid, the welfare of that son or daughter comes first.

    • @1tyorganist44
      @1tyorganist44 Před 2 měsíci

      Just stop it.People like you who criticize clibers for their huge agos ,havr the same agos,but unfulfilled..You simply dont have a gut to do something like that and "children" is not an obsticle..Its good that they have kids after them otherwise it will be sad,no continuetion.

  • @niniv2706
    @niniv2706 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I bet they washed their hair with the water they had left before freezing to death .

  • @RuminatingWizard
    @RuminatingWizard Před 2 měsíci +1

    "One that is rarely given to women."
    You mean one that is rarely earned by women.

  • @user-ub5kd7vr9j
    @user-ub5kd7vr9j Před 2 měsíci +2

    All female team? Good idea.........wait!

  • @whotube357
    @whotube357 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Frozen beaver

  • @DJNAZZZZTY
    @DJNAZZZZTY Před 2 měsíci

    Why were they all getting sick ? Food poisoning?

    • @unusualbydefault
      @unusualbydefault Před 2 měsíci +4

      altitude sickness as well as severe hypothermia

    • @DJNAZZZZTY
      @DJNAZZZZTY Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@unusualbydefault
      Ok, gotcha. Thanks

  • @Menstral
    @Menstral Před 2 měsíci +3

    There's a bunch of pandering rubbish in this video

  • @czarcastic1458
    @czarcastic1458 Před 2 měsíci +54

    Frozen feminists

  • @geraint8989
    @geraint8989 Před 2 měsíci +3

    If only they had a man with them.

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci +2

      They’d still died like others 🙄

    • @tatbaz1
      @tatbaz1 Před 28 dny

      Only if he wasnt in charge

  • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
    @MikeHunt-fo3ow Před 2 měsíci +2

    why not pick a fun hobby though?

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci

      Same thing I said about make climbers 🙄

    • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
      @MikeHunt-fo3ow Před 2 měsíci

      @@TriniLush7 male? yea it wasnt a dig at women...even if you make it back down itt doesnt sound very fun and it can cost like 40k$ to have a bad time lol

  • @lunam7249
    @lunam7249 Před 2 měsíci +2

    uh, ya....its about oxegen debt....men climb mountains easier than women..identified at birth😂🎉😂🎉😂

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci

      So that’s why a lot of men died? 🖕🏾

  • @cynicalbuddha1660
    @cynicalbuddha1660 Před 2 měsíci +5

    "... women's contribution to mountaineering, goes back centuries"? Silly sentence winner!

    • @sapphicgeek24
      @sapphicgeek24 Před 2 měsíci +5

      It's pretty well documented. Hell, one woman reached the top of Mount Ventoux and literally popped a bottle of champagne in the early 1800s.

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci

      I heard you climbed 🖕🏾

    • @danabreakforest1688
      @danabreakforest1688 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@sapphicgeek24 those people was built different back then. They worked out more by traveling in horrible weather conditions at home. Now people are lazy and use vehicles everywhere. Because of that, our bodies are not ready for these horrible conditions now.

  • @johnrossford7927
    @johnrossford7927 Před 2 měsíci +13

    For those who keep making misogynistic comments about the women, you do realize the vast majority of the casualties in these videos are men, right? Cut them some slack. They made the same classic mistakes as we saw with the men, and it costed them. Understand it for what it was and let the sexist nonsense go.

    • @EnlightenedRogue24
      @EnlightenedRogue24 Před 2 měsíci +4

      Um, ok. Now go make me a sammich. 🥪 👌🙄

    • @d.i.m.eproductions6925
      @d.i.m.eproductions6925 Před 2 měsíci +3

      No one is going to sleep with you for saying this

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci +1

      They’re too busy glazing men to care 😂😂😂

    • @tripwilnau3563
      @tripwilnau3563 Před 28 dny

      You're right, many more men do die. Something these women would have known and should have prepared for. Instead they dug their heals in and died for nothing but stubbornness and their own egos.

  • @ZootyZoFo
    @ZootyZoFo Před 21 dnem

    Mountaineering is the one women’s sport Trans are not trying to take over. 😂

  • @wilkatis
    @wilkatis Před 2 měsíci +7

    There are many, many points that can be raised about the Soviets being absolute PoS, but gender inequality is not one of them. Trying to apply some American standard to this just makes the entire video feel rather disingenuous.

    • @johnrossford7927
      @johnrossford7927 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Nah. If you study the Soviet female fighter pilots, they were some of the most lethal battalions in the air, but took heavy casualties because of their antiquated planes. As much as the Soviets touted equality, there was plenty of lingering sexism. This is just one of many examples.

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Před 2 měsíci +3

      It was more about forcing women into menial jobs and breaking up family systems.. so brave and equal.. derp..

    • @Jake-bt3fc
      @Jake-bt3fc Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@johnrossford7927 If _you_ studied them you'd know they were bombers, not fighter pilots, and they flew those planes because they could fly incredibly slow and not stall so enemy planes couldn't follow them without stalling.

    • @johnrossford7927
      @johnrossford7927 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@Jake-bt3fc those are still fighter pilots. And you actually didn't disprove anything I said, just play semantics. They had more antiquated 'bombers' and suffered higher casualty rates than their counterparts, which they compensated for in their lethality. Stop trying to excuse obvious sexism.

    • @Jake-bt3fc
      @Jake-bt3fc Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@johnrossford7927 Fighter pilot means air to air. Bombers are fighting people on the ground.
      You're obviously very ignorant on this topic if you think bombers are fighter pilots. Learn a thing or two before you open your mouth next time.
      What planes did their male counterparts fly? Do you even know? Why would you give your best regiment the worst planes? Do you think the general was such a comically evil idiot he was trying to sabotage his best regiment to prove men are better and lose the war?

  • @sithlordhibiscus9936
    @sithlordhibiscus9936 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Didn’t have to die but were too foolish to wait and/or accept help bc of her staunch feminism.

  • @Menstral
    @Menstral Před 2 měsíci +3

    99% of anything ever created or invented has been done by a man.
    There is much work to do other than creation and invention. Creating something new or inventing something new is a very rare task, and invention or creation is usually the result of a lot of hard work, and requires intelligence and diligence.
    Some women achieve certain things.... and that is awesome, but most women want to enjoy life, and for that reason women often do the chores of the world, at home and in the workplace. Of course some women act like princesses and primadonna's, who think they should be handed everything they want for free. Whatever the reality of a particular woman, statistically women rarely creating something novel, and most women usually want an easy life.

    • @lukasbuzz
      @lukasbuzz Před 2 měsíci

      That statement only sticks of you are the best at something eg no matter the task/job there is a women out there that can do it faster better beat you or win
      The chances of you dying on this mountain is much higher than some women out there

    • @EnlightenedRogue24
      @EnlightenedRogue24 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@lukasbuzz- huh? 🤔

    • @lukasbuzz
      @lukasbuzz Před 2 měsíci

      @@EnlightenedRogue24 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @justkittensbeingkittens5892
      @justkittensbeingkittens5892 Před 2 měsíci

      Kindly stfu please. You can’t speak on behalf of most women. I can’t even speak on behalf of most women and I am a woman.
      It’s a hell of a lot more complicated than “most women want an easy life”. There’s a lot of societal bs to deal with. Yes some girls are like that but I think it’s the loud minority. Also, a man would like an easy life too if they could get it. Many men are too insecure to have their wife make more than they do because of our societal standards and that’s a large part of it. Men should not be forced to be the breadwinner while the wife stays home with the kids, being a househusband should be more acceptable if they want that but it’s really not yet.
      I also definitely wouldn’t say 99% of inventions are from men. There are more and more discoveries of how women’s work was taken by men and they got all of the credit.
      I know I sound like a crazy feminist but my feminism is actually being equal, not bashing straight white men for existing. Personally, I’m in college for my computer science degree and I plan to have a miserable but well paid job so my bf can do one he enjoys. My job will be from home because I don’t really want to be harassed at work (stem fields are really bad about that)
      TLDR: society is messed up and causes stereotypes people are expected to fill

  • @cumhugs
    @cumhugs Před 2 měsíci +10

    Women. Am I right? 😏

    • @Galaxie08
      @Galaxie08 Před 2 měsíci +2

      ?? 🙄

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Woman 4: Half (but it is really 75%) of us have died on this peak..
      Woman 11: When do we see the flowers?

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 Před 2 měsíci

      Men, am I right? 🖕🏾

    • @danabreakforest1688
      @danabreakforest1688 Před 2 měsíci

      More men die doing this you know. We are too fat and lazy to do these expeditions now.