How the Northlight Expedition Turned DEADLY on K2
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2023
- The North light expedition arrived on K2 during the summer of 1993. 5 climbers would test their luck against the savage mountain in hopes of reaching the summit. This is their story...
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#mountaineeringgonewrong #mountaineeringtragedy - Zábava
This is a sad example of "summit fever".
I came here to say just this.
Most of mountaineer deaths are “summit fever” I’m noticing
A lot of stories are in some form!
Weird how this video, as well as your top comment were pretty much posted word for word a week or two ago 🤷♂️
It’s the climb down that gets you
I don't remember where but I read that "submitting isn't even half the work it's closer to 1/3" meaning the descent is actually much harder.
You're right that the chances of dying are far higher the later the summit is reached. People don't/shouldn't start climbing K2 without having accepted that by statistics one fifth of the group is likely to die, those that reached the summit during/after sunset didn't feel elated because they knew getting down would likely be their death.
Descending on technical terrain is overall usually harder than ascending, doing it in darkness even more so. Being a climber I can understand the summit fever very well (adrenaline rush from getting close to the summit, it calling to you, just a few more steps), combined with the overall exhaustion and the lack of oxygen it's extremely hard to judge your remaining energy reserves and time it takes to reach the next step etc... as well as the subsequent hardness of the descent without adrenaline from the summit gleaming in your sight pushing you forward, exhaustion really kicks in yet you're only half way.
I think it's very important to have a time limit eg. 3pm which by you must reach the summit or turn back.
Those endorphins should be the best ever because I can’t imagine wanting to do any of this. It’s miserable!
1 on 4 dies not 1 on 5 ...25% death rate
Isn't summiting at 8 pm the WAY too late? As they say, the ascent is optional, the descent is mandatory.
It's sort of amazing to hear for how long some of them still manages to keep going.
Some might say its superstition, but they have to listen to the mountain. First storm they lost all their gear. On top of that there are no fixed ropes. Then they decided to continue. Those signs were the mountain telling it was not ready. Theres a reason all locak sherpas say you have to listen to the mountain. They listened to their ego. On k2 thats a death sentance in itself.
I completely agree. Thanks for watching!
I agree and nature will sometimes pull out a can of “whoop ass” just to remind the human ego who is really in charge…….must show respect to nature.
Some people might call it the wisdom of experience.
Been waiting for another K2 story! Thanks for the vid, Cheers
I watch stories that say reaching the summit at 2 pm is the absolute latest
3:44 - excellent decision as you've lost much of your necessary equipment and so far your trip has been plagued with bad weather, you'll get to live another day and another chance to climb this mountain.
3:49 - so we'll just trust and use the backup equipment of another climber(s) and ignore the bad weather to make an attempt at an ascent.
I haven't watched past this yet, but I have a feeling I know when/where the "expedition turned deadly".
Kirghiz Bukreev?
Are you for real?
That was Anatoly Boukreev!!!
One of the best mountaineers of all time (and the "Russian" guy in the Everest movie).
Kirghiz wasn't his name!!
That's un unbelievable mistake in a video about climbing mountains.
Yeah, I could understand the confusion if he was a Kyrgyz, but he was actually a Kazakhstani mountaineer.
Thanks! I came here to say that.
@@cupatelj born in Russia, lived in Khazhakstan until he died in 1997..or when he wasn't in the mountains. Anatoli was a GOAT
Relax dude. People make mistakes.
Great footage of K2, seeing all of the massive avalanche zones so clear was amazing. best footage ive seen in any of the stories i have watched. again thanks
Thank you!
Love the videos voice of an angel to out me to sleep gettin u dat adrevenue throughout my slumber 👌 keep up da great vids terror twins👍
Another excellent episode Sir!!!🙏😢🏔️❣️
I've heard that one in four people dies climbing K2 so I guess don't ever climb with more than three people in your group
Love this! Fools and their follies!
Terror is correct. The terror of risking or losing a loved family member. For something absolutely worthless…..
I agree! I’ll never understand it.
Good job!
Man, Kermit the frog doing the voiceover really adds to the feel of dread
Can I just hike to the base camp and not climb the mountain
Some ppl do for the scenery
@ 6:40 Why do you posit that air was heavier above the Bottleneck? was there a measurable drop in water vapor content that was observed and recorded? Air is less dense the higher the elevation.
😂 heavier in the bottle neck when everyone knows the air is thinner the higher up you go,especially in the bottle neck
@@markwebster5749 yeah it’s quite strange to have that glaring an error
"Heavier air, more difficult to breathe @ the bottleneck" is adsurd 🙃
he was reading from their journals.
K2 is a killer🥵
A question for anyone who mountain climbs...if you are not afraid of heights at all, does it still feel dangerous as you climb beside long drops or does it feel like a normal day to you?
I climb but I also do have very natural fear of heights so not sure if I qualify to answer 😆. TL;DR; Yes, that's part of the thrill/experience.
Usually when I'm climbing something in my comfort zone it doesn't even enter my mind, you're focused on the rock and going upwards. Only when you stop to look around, set up an anchor, face a tough crux etc does it enter in to the equation, then it's a matter of trust in the gear, willingness to push past the perceived limit etc. There's always some danger in climbing and you're very much aware of the exposure (the chance of injury/death from a fall) most of the time (at least for me), you just "block the fear" through experience, knowledge, trust in your gear, belief in yourself, sheer willpower etc..
The above answer is more related to rock climbing as the question seemed that way to me originally, regarding mountaineering at least for me it's very much the same thing. Yes I do feel the danger and challenge, and I think that's part of the reason I do it. If I'm quite confident that I can accomplish it but it'd be pushing my limits, then I'll want to push my limits, they've already been pushed so far from the original that I want to see where they actually stop.
And yes I do realize that the likely point where pushing my limits stop is my "unnatural" death on a mountain or smth, I'm fine with that, I'd be dead inside anyways if I didn't do this.
PS. Anyone that starts climbing K2 without having accepted that one fifth of the group will likely die shouldn't be climbing K2.
@@novadea1643 , its dangerous to cross the road 😉.
I heard they started to sweat and froze to death
i been once high in the mountain i remember that dam god air was low in oxygen it was such an effort move any part of me and not in the death zone
im thinking bout these try hard mountaineer that must be hardcore
Like how hard was it to breath an how high up were you? I've always wondered what it felt like.
@@anthonypalazzi6255 i was a smoker we was saying me the summit is near but my smoker lungs said prevent me have enough energy to get to the top so stayed in the bus walking is such an effort
I knew it was an adema
They all fell off the mountain they loved!!
There's something i don't understand while watching these mountainire videos. Why does not every climber have phone, or walki talki? I reed several times, Sherpas had to decent to the next camp for getting or arrange some help and lost therefore hours. If anybody know about, ler me know pls. Than you ❤
You're still saying "cannot be understated" when you mean the opposite.
Why did you hide Anatoli Boukreev's identity? Or was it an honest mistake?
Why do you use so much footage about different mountains than K2, mostly from the alps? This is very disturbing.
It’s like telling a story about New York while showing footage of Little Rock, Arkansas.
beautiful view? sure.
beautiful campsite?😆nope.
lots of errors and speculation in this video, thumbs down
Oh really, lots of errors where's the proof???🤔😵💫🏔️
I have watched dozens of these 8,000+ meter mountain climbing videos. Unusual for a narrator to give his (or her) opinions. Is this narrator an experienced climber? If you haven't done it yourself, keeping your videos focused on facts, rather than your personal (subjective) opinions, is probably a better way to keep viewers.
You do your videos your way.
Don't watch them then , do your own vids...