Why This 25,000 Foot Mountain Has Never Been Climbed

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  • @TessaAvonlea
    @TessaAvonlea Před 2 lety +3648

    What about the smallest unclimbed mountain? That seems more impressive. It must be pretty nasty for no one to have bothered even though it's not that big.

    • @Aroshan01
      @Aroshan01 Před 2 lety +253

      This might be a better idea idea than this video

    • @Nathansansfrontieres
      @Nathansansfrontieres Před 2 lety +360

      It's probably one of the smaller mountains in the Trans-Antarctic Mountain range, AKA The Mountains of Madness.

    • @thisisgettingold
      @thisisgettingold Před 2 lety +255

      I mean there's probably tons of smaller summits in Canada and Alaska that have never been climbed because they are remote and not noteworthy.

    • @coolest10293
      @coolest10293 Před 2 lety +15

      I would watch that video! Quick! Someone make a bot that spams their suggestions page with this suggestion!

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped Před 2 lety +61

      See that mild hillock over there... I'd climb it, but it's too damn cold and I'm hungry.

  • @christobalcolon6601
    @christobalcolon6601 Před 2 lety +1787

    Butan's most popular energy drink is Mountain Don't

  • @birb7841
    @birb7841 Před 2 lety +513

    *Summary of all mountains named:*
    Gangkhar Puensum (Butan, 7570m)
    Highest unclimbed mountain
    Attempted but the top was never reached
    Butan law now prohibits any mountain climbing due to lack of infrastructure and sacred land
    Muchu Chhish (Pakistan, 7452)
    Highest unclimed mountain you could legally climb
    Too dangerousdue to ice storms, narrow ridges and cliffs
    Not officially it's own mountain
    Sauyr Zhotasy (China, 3840m)
    Karjiang (Tibet, 7221m)
    The friends we made along the way (1.70m)

    • @Clateon
      @Clateon Před rokem +3

      @Half as Interesting tacky joke--flipping someone else's lore/revered mountain into a rice krispy joke? Nah

    • @Luki-xr2ih
      @Luki-xr2ih Před rokem +4

      Sauyr Zhotasy (West Taiwan)

    • @anareaforakinglikeme3029
      @anareaforakinglikeme3029 Před rokem +8

      Kailash mountain

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 Před 5 měsíci

      ​​​@Luki-xr2ih 🤡. Check any map and you won't find that to be true.

    • @eviljesus84
      @eviljesus84 Před 2 měsíci

      China? Never heard of it. Sauyr Zhotasy is in Dzungaria.

  • @westrim
    @westrim Před 2 lety +466

    Of course you can't just bring Nature Valley Bars!
    You also need Clif Bars.

    • @thePronto
      @thePronto Před 2 lety +6

      Because they stop you from falling?

    • @KJ4EZJ
      @KJ4EZJ Před 2 lety +3

      And Kind bars.

    • @AuraHero
      @AuraHero Před 2 lety +1

      No joke, when I climbed Mount Fuji a few years ago, I think I ate half a dozen of the Nut Butter Clif Bars.

    • @rajanranjitmistry
      @rajanranjitmistry Před 2 lety

      Where them Heath Bars at?

    • @derekw3069
      @derekw3069 Před 2 měsíci

      🤣

  • @Burbie
    @Burbie Před 2 lety +2235

    I love the people actually debating about Tibet...
    Wa- no don't stop
    It's boost in interaction!

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +62

      All going according to plan.

    • @bradybaylis1803
      @bradybaylis1803 Před 2 lety +98

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I have no idea what you believe about Tibet, random internet person, but what ever you believe makes you a terrible person

    • @Honival
      @Honival Před 2 lety +168

      China doesn't exist, its just northern Tibet.
      There I said it.

    • @bradybaylis1803
      @bradybaylis1803 Před 2 lety +146

      @@Honival China, Tibet, or “northern Tibet” don’t exist, it’s all just northern India

    • @Henry_D
      @Henry_D Před 2 lety +92

      @@Honival What you are talking about is called democratic Taiwan!

  • @PPUnknown
    @PPUnknown Před 2 lety +3518

    Wendover productions in a day: the logistics of climbing the worlds tallest unsummited mountain

    • @technicalamanullah7019
      @technicalamanullah7019 Před 2 lety +31

      Bruh typing a satirical comment on the alternative title by the Wendower productions is my job. You came here early and took away my job 🤧😭😭

    • @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038
      @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038 Před 2 lety +10

      Yea, Sam is always ripping off this channels content. Shameful ;p

    • @C.Dankertsen
      @C.Dankertsen Před 2 lety +19

      the logistics of making videos on the logistics of making videos on the logistics of making videos on the logistics of things

    • @TheJaguarHunter
      @TheJaguarHunter Před 2 lety

      @its fine is this the new Rick roll?

    • @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038
      @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038 Před 2 lety

      @its fine I hate it, thanks.

  • @KING-ll2mz
    @KING-ll2mz Před 2 lety +803

    Remember, "The truest unclimbed peak is the friends we made along the way."

    • @tnk4me4
      @tnk4me4 Před 2 lety +41

      That's the most pansexual sentence of 2021.

    • @monti0120
      @monti0120 Před 2 lety +4

      @@tnk4me4 and it's inspired by a video on ethnostates

    • @TheWinjin
      @TheWinjin Před rokem +5

      However if you're friends with benefits, that peak becomes suddenly climbable

    • @bokuwautsu
      @bokuwautsu Před rokem

      ​@@tnk4me4 peaksexual

  • @deandeanmickayla5148
    @deandeanmickayla5148 Před 2 lety +246

    My friend was dealing with some Chinese players on arc invading his base and what not. They were streaming so my friends solution was to put a sign by their base saying "free tibet" and they immediately logged off. I lost it when he told me about it

    • @runnersshade6612
      @runnersshade6612 Před 2 lety +40

      *quietly puts this comment in my memory banks for when I'm getting tilted in a competitive match in a game*

    • @TheEDFLegacy
      @TheEDFLegacy Před 2 lety +12

      I'm surprised they didn't try to level it. Unless of course they were afraid of being caught by the internet police.

    • @EatRawGarlic
      @EatRawGarlic Před 2 lety +8

      I was under the impression that their strategy was to break down resistance by forcing you into mixed marriages.

    • @dansands8140
      @dansands8140 Před 2 lety +1

      @@EatRawGarlic This feels like the sort of weird comment a wumao who thinks racists actually exist would leave in order to divide Americans.

    • @benghazi4216
      @benghazi4216 Před 2 lety +18

      @@dansands8140 Sure he is an idiot, but racists don't exist? Wtf?

  • @morskojvolk
    @morskojvolk Před 2 lety +3292

    Tibet, as everyone knows, has been a part of West Taiwan since ancient times...

    • @colindupuis5585
      @colindupuis5585 Před 2 lety +260

      West Taiwan lol

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer Před 2 lety +138

      No it's part of Nigeria everyone knows.

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 Před 2 lety +144

      Ah yes, the sovereign nation of Tibet. As free and independent as Taiwan and Taiwan's singular rights to the EEZ of the South China Sea, I mean, South West-Taiwan Sea.

    • @Stroporez
      @Stroporez Před 2 lety +46

      Taiwan still lays claim on Tibet.

    • @rushthezeppelin
      @rushthezeppelin Před 2 lety +206

      Remember kids, Tibet and Taiwan are countries and the Tienamin Square massacre happened...

  • @AmoghA
    @AmoghA Před 2 lety +1947

    Next video on Wendover Productions:
    "Logistics Of Climbing Gangkhar Puensum" where Sam from Wendover only speaks about skydiving to that peak from an Airplane as there is no Sam without Airplanes.

    • @KnightOfEvil
      @KnightOfEvil Před 2 lety +10

      Not wendover. It's an perfect extremities episode

    • @TheArijitBanerjee
      @TheArijitBanerjee Před 2 lety +12

      Then Buddhist monks appear from nowhere and kungfu you out from the mountain

    • @najayanlama4048
      @najayanlama4048 Před 2 lety +4

      Lol I can see this mountain every morning from my home town and didnt know it was unscaled.

    • @wannabewallaby1592
      @wannabewallaby1592 Před 2 lety +1

      No skydiving, yes planediving. Can send more people on the peak faster than ever

    • @AmoghA
      @AmoghA Před 2 lety +2

      @@wannabewallaby1592 The comment section got dark real quick

  • @thebookwasbetter3650
    @thebookwasbetter3650 Před 2 lety +315

    Mount Everest does not have an escalator but they did install ladder a few years ago at a particular choke point. It really is amazing to see the line of people that hike it each day.

    • @christianesch5938
      @christianesch5938 Před 2 lety +36

      Also, I am unsure if the Rainforest Cafe is still open after the pandemic...

    • @Paakku97
      @Paakku97 Před 2 lety +30

      Its not that amount that hike it each day. The picture your referring to was taken in a situation where there was just two days of good weather for summiting in many months, so tons of people went up in a short time

    • @zorilaz
      @zorilaz Před 2 lety +8

      Each day ? Lol probably a month a year is when everyone is climbing it. The rest of the time the mountain is empty

    • @danielcervini2545
      @danielcervini2545 Před rokem +5

      And is it true that there’s also now a Starbucks about 3/4 of the way up?

    • @ajc94
      @ajc94 Před rokem +1

      I very much doubt that but give it 50 or 100 years...

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 Před 2 lety +1360

    If there was anyone in Wyoming I'm sure they'd be offended.

    • @jstan5802
      @jstan5802 Před 2 lety +136

      What's Wyoming? Never heard of it, it must not have exist.

    • @mcdrums87
      @mcdrums87 Před 2 lety +35

      How can anyone be in a place that doesn't exist?
      (Also I was like number 69 on your comment)

    • @Belboz99
      @Belboz99 Před 2 lety +27

      "If", too right.... Good thing there's really no Wyoming then.

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 Před 2 lety +35

      There's really no reason to wonder about such crazy hypotheticals, you know

    • @Flabulo
      @Flabulo Před 2 lety +20

      Oh they're there. I know because they come up to Montana to buy things without sales tax. They drive all over my city too slow and somehow get lost even though they're here all the time. Damn cowboys should stick to eating deer on a stick cooked over a campfire and stop plugging up the Winco in Billings!

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 2 lety +2079

    "Much like frosted tips, no one has dared attempt it since the 90's"
    Wonder how many people with frosted tips are watching this right now

    • @bruhz_089
      @bruhz_089 Před 2 lety +36

      Stop commenting

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 Před 2 lety +99

      I can prove that all people with frosted tips since the 90s must live in Wyoming, and therefore must not exist. However, the proof is too long to type here.

    • @SmokeyChipOatley
      @SmokeyChipOatley Před 2 lety +19


      Sadly… but I was 9yrs old and it was 1997. Give me a break.

    • @JoesFlips
      @JoesFlips Před 2 lety +2

      69

    • @bruhz_089
      @bruhz_089 Před 2 lety +2

      @@JoesFlips 420

  • @sundhaug92
    @sundhaug92 Před 2 lety +86

    Alternatively, Olympus Mons could be considered the tallest mountain never to have been climbed

    • @runnersshade6612
      @runnersshade6612 Před 2 lety +16

      As far as we're aware

    • @fredupstairs8234
      @fredupstairs8234 Před 2 lety +42

      Of course you pack Mars Bars, not Nature Valley Bars for that climb.

    • @differentfins
      @differentfins Před 9 měsíci +10

      Only in our solar system.... there are likely mountains somewhere else in the universe that are bigger than our entire planet.

    • @chacaabbaylee768
      @chacaabbaylee768 Před 3 měsíci

      It was climbed in the 4th cycle.....

  • @dionysuspicious
    @dionysuspicious Před 2 lety +22

    Mount Kailash in Tibet and Sarwali Peak in Kashmir are two unconquered Himalayan mountains, both with a great spiritual history.

    • @ss_avsmt
      @ss_avsmt Před rokem +4

      Not unconquered. Just not allowed. Get your facts correct. Kailash is a sacred place to multiple religions.

    • @dionysuspicious
      @dionysuspicious Před rokem +6

      @@ss_avsmt well, yeah…. Kailash is a holy mountain and people haven’t been allowed to summit it for the past few decades, but attempts have been made in the past.
      And Sarwali remains unconquered to this day.

  • @libberator5891
    @libberator5891 Před 2 lety +262

    4:46 "But Tibentually..." I see what you did there

    • @Menon9767
      @Menon9767 Před 2 lety +13

      What are you talking about? Nothing to be heard there?

    • @TheEDFLegacy
      @TheEDFLegacy Před 2 lety +7

      I didn't even notice it until I read this comment. Nice catch! 😂

    • @michaelxz1305
      @michaelxz1305 Před 2 lety +3

      He say's "but..... eventually", he hangs onto the t - maybe that's why it sounds like that to you

  • @RobJanousek
    @RobJanousek Před 2 lety +235

    At 4:30 "If you're going by ALTITUDE..." then you are applying a misnomer that only a mountaineering pedant might notice. If you are going by ELEVATION however...

    • @timothyodonnell8591
      @timothyodonnell8591 Před 2 lety +63

      Congratulations for contributing to HAI's 2022 corrections video.

    • @GiovanniRuffinengo
      @GiovanniRuffinengo Před 2 lety +6

      Wait, what's the difference?

    • @bicolnolas4780
      @bicolnolas4780 Před 2 lety +35

      @@GiovanniRuffinengo Elevation is the height above sea level, Altitude is the vertical distance between an object and the ground

    • @AnsibleAdams
      @AnsibleAdams Před 2 lety +14

      @@bicolnolas4780 Considering that mountains, hills and everything else not in the water is ground, then mountains, hills, etc. don't have altitude. They are all ground. I guess only things in the air can have altitude as they are not part of the ground.

    • @apburner1
      @apburner1 Před 2 lety +8

      @@bicolnolas4780 No. Aircraft have altimeters, not elevimeters.

  • @saml7610
    @saml7610 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I have no opinions on Tibet, since I'm a white boy with no stake in it, but I HAVE travelled there, and I'm happy to boost engagement by talking about the opinions of the people I met there.
    In Tibet, quite literally everyone I spoke to identified as Tibetan first, but they vehemently insisted that they were also Chinese, because China rescued the Tibetans from slavery, apparently. Those monks were up to some really bad stuff, putting everyone into brutal serfdom, so the Tibetan people weren't exactly upset that the Chinese rolled in and ended that. Ultimately, they were super autonomous. It didn't FEEL like I was still in China - it felt like I was in a sovereign state - despite knowing I was. China has it's problems, as all countries do, but Tibet didn't seem to be one of them, at least not when I visited.
    Also, if you wanna go the Dalai Lama route, I was told multiple times he was linked to the CIA, so when I got back to the states, I looked it up, and boy howdy... they were telling the truth. The Dalai Lama is on the CIA payroll (via a cut out agency called the National Endowment for Democracy, basically how the CIA openly funds stuff), or at least he was as recently as 2014. If the CIA is paying you, I just assume everything you say is a lie designed to make me want to blow up Muslim people. So, in short, I don't trust that bald child molester we call the Dalai Lama, and you probably shouldn't either.
    Before having opinions on Tibet, you should go there and speak to the people. Don't listen to immigrants from Tibet - there's always a reason they left, and they'll almost always lie to you about why, because they know it wouldn't make them look good (hint: their parents/grandparents owned slaves).

    • @gregxu5142
      @gregxu5142 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I appreciate the honest and objective information. This guys basically just wants people to post comments so he can benefit from the algorithm. It's also funny how everyone's so hyped up about Tibet, rejecting to call it Xizang, while nobody is calling Okinawa as its native name, Ryukyu, or saying "Free Ryukyu" or "Free Hawaii." Welp they're justing using their so-called "justice" as disguise for their shadily prejudiced self-interest.

  • @bossdude911
    @bossdude911 Před 2 lety +8

    “The Bhutanese government didn’t want the mountain littered with Nature Valley Bars…” 😂😂 too true, so great

  • @andybrinegar8861
    @andybrinegar8861 Před 2 lety +2071

    Here in Colorado, we have what are called 14ers. As the name suggests, these mountain peaks are at least 14,000 feet above sea level. I’ve done two, and it’s so breathtaking to be that high above treeline.
    But even at 14,000ft, you can feel the effects of thin air and altitude wearing you down. I can’t imagine doing something 24,000, that’s just insane

    • @OceanAce
      @OceanAce Před 2 lety +54

      Now you make me want to go mountain climbing in Colorado.

    • @JimboRustles
      @JimboRustles Před 2 lety +145

      Colorado being in the US, there are two of those where you can just drive your car straight up to the top.

    • @Forestdude-be6ud
      @Forestdude-be6ud Před 2 lety +29

      @@AxxLAfriku Hey look, the dumb bot liked his own comment.

    • @johnchedsey1306
      @johnchedsey1306 Před 2 lety +28

      Driving to the top of Mt. Evans doesn't really count ;)

    • @Zman44444
      @Zman44444 Před 2 lety +31

      I’ve done one, and grew up in Colorado. I wish my family were hikers as a kid.
      You’re right. There’s something magical about being at that height. You’re cold, water is frozen, it’s windy. But you’re smiling from ear to ear.

  • @SoldiesBC
    @SoldiesBC Před 2 lety +375

    Short Answer: It's illegal.

    • @fourk_
      @fourk_ Před 2 lety +2

      lol

    • @abrarasif8215
      @abrarasif8215 Před 2 lety +1

      Lol

    • @eustache_dauger
      @eustache_dauger Před 2 lety +9

      Illegal to climb, so technically you can parachute onto the summit & descent? 🤔🤔🤔

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 Před 2 lety +5

      @@eustache_dauger _insert picture of black guy tapping his head_

    • @briant.
      @briant. Před 2 lety +2

      @its fine shutup

  • @QubaMichalski
    @QubaMichalski Před 2 lety +46

    FREE TIBET*
    *With a purchase of another Tibet of equal or greater value.

    • @real_dddf
      @real_dddf Před 2 lety +1

      damn US really got scammed, if they negotiated properly they would have gotten free Siberia with their purchase of Alaska.

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 Před 2 měsíci

      buy one tibet for 2, get another for free!

  • @salomonsandoval5919
    @salomonsandoval5919 Před 2 lety +14

    “A backpack full of nature valleys “ 😂🤣

  • @timgrewy4
    @timgrewy4 Před 2 lety +36

    Wow, that was a great area of land you showed - maybe it should be its own country?

  • @bcubed72
    @bcubed72 Před 2 lety +52

    _"Ain't no mountain high enough"_
    ...okay, maybe ONE.

  • @Miconazole
    @Miconazole Před 2 lety +58

    3:20 I would not be surprise if this Czech mountaineers just used slippers and a trusty rope.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +9

      I think that should be the rule for what counts as a mountain.
      A mountain is anywhere the Czechs show up to climb.

  • @mohitdhanwani6431
    @mohitdhanwani6431 Před 2 lety +35

    Mt. Kailash is also an Unclimbed Peak in recent history and is also considered holy by Tibetans, Indians and Nepali

    • @Assbeaterniggachad
      @Assbeaterniggachad Před 2 lety +4

      Well The government doesn't allow anyone to climb that mountain so...

    • @mohitdhanwani6431
      @mohitdhanwani6431 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Assbeaterniggachad It isn't in India but China right now and almost everyone who tried to climb it in recorded history has died so Chinese Govt has placed a temporary ban on it

  • @beast_boy97
    @beast_boy97 Před 2 lety +161

    I've always wanted to know, what is the tallest-appearing mountain? Like Everest is the tallest, but the surrounding landscape isn't at sea level, so does it seem very tall when you see it in person? I expect Mt Kilimanjaro would be more impressive because of the way it suddenly lurches out of the flat savannah. I'm guessing prominence has something to do with that.

    • @johndeaton4607
      @johndeaton4607 Před 2 lety +42

      denali in alaska i believe

    • @beast_boy97
      @beast_boy97 Před 2 lety +36

      @@johndeaton4607 That seems like it would make sense, since it's a granitic pluton. What got me thinking about this was Mt Whitney; seeing it in person from Lone Pine, CA, you can hardly make it out compared to the neighboring peaks. But I was surprised at how striking Mt Shasta and Mt Rainier are. I think it's because they're isolated volcanoes, not just another peak in part of a mountain range.

    • @ross9581
      @ross9581 Před 2 lety +4

      Maybe Aconcagua

    • @Felipe_Ribeir0
      @Felipe_Ribeir0 Před 2 lety +17

      I think that nanga parbat rupal face is the most impressive. I never saw it live, but its the biggest vertical wall in the world, it has 4.5km. So it must look very tall.

    • @jorgeospina611
      @jorgeospina611 Před 2 lety +9

      Cristóbal Colón peak, in Sierra Nevada Santa Marta colombia is the highest coastal mountain in the world, I mean you see this giant from sea level to the top, it's only 6000mt tall but you gotta climb all that shit

  • @TheVoidPhantom
    @TheVoidPhantom Před 2 lety +126

    Personally, I believe that Tibet is a place that is located on Earth.

    • @JonathanGiovannacci
      @JonathanGiovannacci Před 2 lety +18

      Nooo don't get politicaaal

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +10

      Ha, what a moron. Everyone knows Tibet is on Saturn.

    • @swumbles
      @swumbles Před 2 lety +7

      hey man, watch it

    • @teemusid
      @teemusid Před 2 lety +8

      Earth? Nobody believes that Earth exists anymore.

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Před 2 lety +2

      China wants to know if you want Ti-bet on it.
      Well, they would, but they're busy pretending they own the entire Western Pacific Ocean

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster Před 2 lety +395

    The highest mountain that has never been climbed is Olympus Mons.

    • @siddharthssvlogs
      @siddharthssvlogs Před 2 lety +31

      Musk is working on making it happen

    • @NoNameAtAll2
      @NoNameAtAll2 Před 2 lety +45

      the highest mountain _we know so far_

    • @wyqtor
      @wyqtor Před 2 lety +8

      Musk is gonna land a rocket on top of it just to spite everyone.

    • @queeny5613
      @queeny5613 Před 2 lety

      Yep

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero Před 2 lety +17

      @@wyqtor B-but that's not climbing anymore...

  • @milseq
    @milseq Před 2 lety +37

    Bhutan passed a law prohibiting mountain climbing? Well, how's little Johnny going to come home from school then?

    • @spudowmahbrethren9392
      @spudowmahbrethren9392 Před 2 lety +7

      You see, the Association of Bhutan's Schools (or ABS) found a legal loophole, where it's only illegal to *climb* a mountain.
      Therefore, all Bhutanese schools are required to have a catapult with minimum dimensions of 4m by 6m, and it should be mobile, obviously, you need to be able to target every home in the village.
      Therefore, once the bell for hometime rings, little Johnny and his friends get on the catapult one-by-one, curl into a ball, and enjoy the world's worst rendition of Angry Birds (like c'mon, there's no Angry or Birds).
      And no, you cannot use it, as the catapult is forbidden for tourists.

    • @milseq
      @milseq Před 2 lety +2

      @@spudowmahbrethren9392 I see.

    • @creativedesignation7880
      @creativedesignation7880 Před 2 lety +6

      No, it's fine, since they are punished by meters of elevation climbed daily. Since that way to school goes up and down the mountain the daily meters of elevation climbed up and down average out to zero.

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Před 2 lety +4

      Question, what about rolling up mountains?
      Not in a vehicle, but in a fetal ball or a cartwheel.
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      Or how about mountain falling, involving parachuting from a high-altitude balloon to the peak, then just kind of letting gravity do its thing.

    • @milseq
      @milseq Před 2 lety +1

      @@MonkeyJedi99 pretty sure that is the Far Cry 4 plot

  • @ericfielding2540
    @ericfielding2540 Před 10 měsíci +10

    There must be a huge number of peaks in the Tibetan Plateau that have never been climbed, since the interior of the plateau is about 800 km (500 miles) from the nearest road and the valleys are about 5000 meters or 17,000 feet above sea level.

    • @prince0panda914
      @prince0panda914 Před 2 hodinami

      Yeah like most of the himalyas are unclimbed because the 14, 8 thousand meter peaks outshine them.

  • @ultra_gagayay
    @ultra_gagayay Před 2 lety +232

    "it's no longer legal" LAWS PREPARE TO BE IGNORED

    • @briant.
      @briant. Před 2 lety +1

      @its fine shutup

    • @CIARUNSITE
      @CIARUNSITE Před 2 lety +4

      Guy who never heard of Buhtan 6 minutes ago tries to make joke that only exhibits his ignorance of what the country actually is.

    • @ultra_gagayay
      @ultra_gagayay Před 2 lety +2

      @@CIARUNSITE "angry buhtan man pissed because of a joke about climbing a mountain"

    • @perkwunos2499
      @perkwunos2499 Před 2 lety

      @@ultra_gagayay He is American??

  • @Noba46688
    @Noba46688 Před 2 lety +123

    25,000 feet is equal to 7.62 kilometres, by the way.

  • @nlabonte
    @nlabonte Před 2 lety +39

    Congrats, Sam! I'm the first one to tell you that you're now wrong and that the highest unclimbed peak is [*insert name of newest, highest unclimbed peak here when it eventually happens*]

  • @treeman5263
    @treeman5263 Před rokem +5

    “Places people have never been: the vast expanse of space, the majority of the ocean floor, Wyoming” 😂 that was a good one.

  • @Mr.ChadRodriguez
    @Mr.ChadRodriguez Před 2 lety +84

    "We not only made friends along the way....We made a FAMILY!" - by Dom [maybe]

  • @evanbrowne4029
    @evanbrowne4029 Před 2 lety +40

    Tibet is rightful Mongolian territory!
    There that should solve the discussion.

  • @Thoughtatnight
    @Thoughtatnight Před rokem +8

    I recently did a 3515 meter climb and it was not that bad if you take it slowly. Just don't rush into it and enjoy the scenery.

  • @MrDlt123
    @MrDlt123 Před 2 lety +7

    What most non-climbers dont know is that for most climb-able mountains in the U.S., climbers generally pack their poop in a bag and carry it back down the mountain to be properly disposed of. We do that so that the mountains dont become a toxic waste dump. Also, we melt ice up on the mountain to drink, and no one wants to drink ice that may be laced with some previous climber's sh**. As long as you also stay away from the yellow ice, youre golden...or er...youre not.

    • @s1lv3rfir3
      @s1lv3rfir3 Před 11 měsíci +1

      that little joke at the end cracked me up

  • @imathreat209
    @imathreat209 Před 2 lety +46

    I climbed it, no one was there though to witness

    • @MangoMonkey
      @MangoMonkey Před 2 lety +4

      Including you

    • @RacTac
      @RacTac Před 2 lety +17

      It's true, I was the mountain

    • @imathreat209
      @imathreat209 Před 2 lety +8

      @@MangoMonkey you was there with me, you don't remember?

    • @rm_steele
      @rm_steele Před 2 lety +1

      your father wasn't there to see your best accomplishment, but you know who is here for you? dashlabe

    • @MangoMonkey
      @MangoMonkey Před 2 lety

      @@imathreat209 xD

  • @matthewdrummond1340
    @matthewdrummond1340 Před 2 lety +11

    3:03 Make baby yeeting an Olympic event. ~ Matty 2021

    • @SeanRPS
      @SeanRPS Před 2 lety

      I vote in favour. Do we want to use beanie babies? And can we throw it like a Frisbee?

  • @danieldeng6439
    @danieldeng6439 Před 2 lety +103

    It would be interesting to know the shortest unclimbed mountain!

    • @jameslarkin4567
      @jameslarkin4567 Před 2 lety +11

      You’d have to argue on the exact elevation a mountain starts being a mountain also that wouldn’t be interesting at all

    • @saitamabeach2200
      @saitamabeach2200 Před 2 lety +30

      I once walked up the world's tallest hill. I took me 8 minutes and I munched on a Mars Bar about half way to keep up my energy.

    • @clomino3
      @clomino3 Před 2 lety +5

      Different organizations consider different heigts for things to be called mountains. Sam actually alludes to that in this video when he mentions the 300-meter rule. So it would be whatever mountain is closest to that height without being below it

    • @erikharaldsson2416
      @erikharaldsson2416 Před 2 lety +1

      I was also wondering about that question.

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Před 2 lety +4

      That brings to mind the question I heard in a Moxie Fruvous song, "Which (US) state has the lowest highest point?"
      (Meaning the highest point is that state is lower than the highest point in the other 49 states)
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      It's Delaware, if you want to know.

  • @Journeyman.71
    @Journeyman.71 Před 2 lety +13

    A video I'd like to see is one on the most out of place skyscraper. Say, if there happens to be someplace where there's maybe an 80 story building, but everything else in the area is, maybe, 15 floors or fewer! Or maybe a 30 story building where there's nothing else taller than 2 or 3 stories.

  • @GeneraI_Motors
    @GeneraI_Motors Před 2 lety +34

    As someone who lives in Daytona Beach, Im pretty sure nobody wants to move here

    • @gabrieledri5710
      @gabrieledri5710 Před 2 lety +3

      Unless they're NASCAR fans

    • @GeneraI_Motors
      @GeneraI_Motors Před 2 lety +5

      @@gabrieledri5710 I literally live less than a mile from the speedway, I used to love NASCAR. Used to...

    • @PFBM86
      @PFBM86 Před 2 lety +3

      At least housing prices should drop soon due to the governor genociding the entire state through lack of covid safety measures

  • @JGamingTV
    @JGamingTV Před 2 lety +7

    LETS RAID THE 25000 FT MOUNTAIN | 7/25/22 | THEY CANT STOP ALL OF US

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 Před 2 lety +8

    The truest unclimbed peak is the top of your own head.

  • @striveknight4782
    @striveknight4782 Před 2 lety +5

    That's probably where the Yeti be hiding his gaming den.

  • @LeadPen
    @LeadPen Před 2 lety +26

    you know were in the endgame where he does not start his video off with "This is a Half as Interesting Video made possible by Squarespace"

  • @nachopascual96
    @nachopascual96 Před 2 lety +25

    PLUTO IS A PLANET... wait, that wasn't the question

  • @themostfearedbagelman6709
    @themostfearedbagelman6709 Před 2 lety +37

    God, I love Tibet. Such a pretty place. I sure hope they have personal rights there.

    • @alphaforest
      @alphaforest Před rokem

      What? What are you talking about? Is it somewhere in South America?

  • @AVRiegel
    @AVRiegel Před 2 lety +11

    I believe Reinhold Messner still has a valid permit by the Bhutan government to climb Gangkar Puensum, but he said that he will not use the permit in the future. Still - technically he could summit it legally, though he is pretty much the only one and declined to do so.

    • @bburkie55
      @bburkie55 Před 2 lety +1

      I wouldn't expect him to attempt a climb anytime soon. He's 77 years old.

    • @jjhrkel
      @jjhrkel Před rokem

      Hes old

  • @SoggyCoffeeAddict
    @SoggyCoffeeAddict Před 2 lety +16

    I've climbed on my friends, and now I don't have any. So I don't think it's that 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Alexmarr14Blogspot
    @Alexmarr14Blogspot Před 2 lety +32

    I love how the Title Changes in different countries between metres and feet

    • @Ethan5I5
      @Ethan5I5 Před 2 lety +3

      How does he do that?

    • @zawarudo8877
      @zawarudo8877 Před 2 lety +1

      It doesn’t work for me though, it’s still in feet even though I use the metric system

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 Před 2 lety

      I wonder what unit of measure they use in the country of Tibet?

    • @zawarudo8877
      @zawarudo8877 Před 2 lety

      @@LaGuerre19 pretty sure they use metric, only a few countries use the imperial system

    • @TheKazragore
      @TheKazragore Před 2 lety

      My tab header says 25,000ft while the video title says 7,500.

  • @angelcavegti4131
    @angelcavegti4131 Před 2 lety +4

    Bhutan: you cant climb this mountain. its really sacred and something else you will die and we cant save you because its going to be expensive etc etc etc
    Mountaineer finding this mountain: *going around tibet*

  • @Gormathius
    @Gormathius Před 2 lety +10

    2:53 This makes me think of the "prestige" of owning an item that's no longer obtainable in an MMO. Good job, you played during a specific time frame, I'm sure that took a lot of skill on your part.

    • @jeredhoff3
      @jeredhoff3 Před rokem

      However - the clip of the condos/beach is actually Naples FL, rather than Daytona.

  • @Eeveeguru
    @Eeveeguru Před 2 lety +22

    "A two state solution would work for the China situation"
    I don't know about that, 2 Taiwan's seems like a lot of Taiwan's but ok

    • @leofisher407
      @leofisher407 Před 2 lety

      hear me out, neither side wins and we restore the qing dynasty

    • @klebdapleb3928
      @klebdapleb3928 Před 2 lety

      @@leofisher407 no wait...
      He's got a point

  • @veganmonter
    @veganmonter Před 2 lety +29

    Getting the 50-cent Army to comment is a great way to boost engagement!

  • @martineldritch
    @martineldritch Před 11 měsíci +1

    Mons Huygens is the Moon's tallest mountain at 18,046 ft. Unlike Mars humans have been to the Moon but have never bothered to climb Mons Huygens yet.

  • @Kjca_1998
    @Kjca_1998 Před 2 lety +1

    I got all the way to Tibet and realised I'd forgotten my jar of climbing cream.

  • @adisario
    @adisario Před 2 lety +160

    How did you determine the number of mountains on Earth? I want a video on that!

    • @MetallicMutalisk
      @MetallicMutalisk Před 2 lety +51

      you go to a mountain and mark it down. then you count the marks after you've seen them all

    • @DJFPhantomPhan
      @DJFPhantomPhan Před 2 lety +9

      @@MetallicMutalisk If there was an agreed-upon definition of what a mountain is.

    • @MetallicMutalisk
      @MetallicMutalisk Před 2 lety +48

      @@DJFPhantomPhan i know one when I see one

    • @CTSFanSam
      @CTSFanSam Před 2 lety +2

      I have to assume each one has a name as well. That is a lot of names. I hope they are no duplicates.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +41

      There was a census. Every mountain in the world had to fill out a form saying they're a mountain.

  • @lolake7594
    @lolake7594 Před 2 lety +93

    I never knew that the activity was called “mountaineering”. You learn something new every day.

    • @columbus8myhw
      @columbus8myhw Před 2 lety +3

      About as silly as "engine-eering"

    • @PFBM86
      @PFBM86 Před 2 lety +16

      I thought it was called "finding creative new places to leave my Nature Valley Bar wrappers"

  • @cameron.t
    @cameron.t Před 2 lety +7

    In times of “the world is ending” media being everywhere, this channel needs to be renamed twice an interesting. Such a breath of fresh air (haha), this video is

  • @ashutoshmourya4748
    @ashutoshmourya4748 Před 2 lety +2

    It's Tibet which is supposed to be an independent country, which was occupied by China

  • @winspaarkiebarkiebarker
    @winspaarkiebarkiebarker Před 2 lety +9

    Free Tibet (you’re welcome Sam)

  • @shreerajvasistha419
    @shreerajvasistha419 Před 2 lety +8

    The footage of happy Tibetans frolicking around in a marketplace(4:20. No joke)? Pretty sure that is somewhere in Nepal.

    • @aa6eheia156
      @aa6eheia156 Před 2 lety

      Yes, that's in Taumadhi square, Bhaktapur where Nyatapol temple is located

  • @superr_zz
    @superr_zz Před 2 lety +6

    Why does every informational channel I watch post on about the same week every couple of weeks, it's like a cult

    • @ernstschmidt4725
      @ernstschmidt4725 Před 2 lety +1

      i guess is people having schedules. or it's really a clique of channels or something cultey like that.

  • @MacTac141
    @MacTac141 Před 2 lety +5

    What’s China? Do you mean West-Taiwan?

  • @Tuxedoed
    @Tuxedoed Před 2 lety +38

    Well, I didn't make any friends along the way... what's the tallest unclimbed peak now?!

  • @dristor2
    @dristor2 Před 2 lety +41

    Free Tibet!*
    .
    .
    * - with purchase of another Tibet of equal or greater value

    • @benghazi4216
      @benghazi4216 Před 2 lety

      "Purchase" ... How cute. Theft is the name of the game.

  • @adamandracheloconnor2920
    @adamandracheloconnor2920 Před 2 lety +3

    The truest unclimbed peak is the friends we made along the way.🤣

  • @yousefal-nassar7279
    @yousefal-nassar7279 Před 2 lety +1

    The fact that you included Karjiang in your video shows that you did your homework, Kudos!

  • @xXbarnProductionXx
    @xXbarnProductionXx Před 2 lety +7

    Who's Tibet?

  • @eikejung572
    @eikejung572 Před 2 lety +8

    4:57 sounds about right xD

  • @CG-zi5ku
    @CG-zi5ku Před 2 lety +2

    That diagram @1:13 is very misleading. Although mountain heights are measured from sea level to their peaks, by the time you get to the base camp of any mountain to start your climb you are already at least 5000m up from sea level, so for example for Everest you only actually climb from 5,400m to 8850m (i.e. 3450m) - so that diagram actually shows height from base camp to the top.

  • @cmd31220
    @cmd31220 Před měsícem

    I would love to see someone try and summit these giant mountains the "easy" way, by simply skydiving onto them

  • @njdevilku1340
    @njdevilku1340 Před 2 lety +11

    I've been to Wyoming!!! It DOES exist.

    • @mofumyon
      @mofumyon Před 2 lety +7

      You're in on the conspiracy!

    • @njdevilku1340
      @njdevilku1340 Před 2 lety

      @Martin Shaw 46 down 3 to go.

    • @TwoToedSloth
      @TwoToedSloth Před 2 lety

      Yeah, ok, I believe you, just like I believe that Bhutan is a country /s

    • @Bacopa68
      @Bacopa68 Před 2 lety

      I bet you are gonna say you went to Bielefeld next.

  • @ViliamDohnal
    @ViliamDohnal Před 2 lety +8

    To answer your question about Tibet, it has always been and continues to be an autonomous region of Bhutan

    • @talkingtree8166
      @talkingtree8166 Před 2 lety +2

      Wait, I thought it belong to Nepal?

    • @anupamtiwari5587
      @anupamtiwari5587 Před 2 lety +1

      @@talkingtree8166 Tibet has been separate from all 4, Nepal, Bhutan, India and China, although the Kingdom of Tibet once had control over a few territories of all 4. But as Buddhism spread from India to Bhutan and Nepal and then to Tibet, the cultures became fairly similar. On top of that, they all have quite similar climate and terrain so it may seem they were a part of each other.

  • @SirPrizeMF
    @SirPrizeMF Před 2 lety +1

    Ok but what are the lowest mountains that have never been climbed because I could really use a win right now.

  • @Nick-Lab
    @Nick-Lab Před 2 lety +2

    Pretty sure anyone willing to fight about Tibet's statehood is on the other side of the great firewall

    • @markwestaway7207
      @markwestaway7207 Před 2 lety

      It only happened because someone said "wanna bet" and China thought they said "Want Tibet?" and went OK! (That said, I'd prefer a free Tibet.)

  • @adamdapatsfan
    @adamdapatsfan Před 2 lety +13

    I'm so glad that people are taking his advice and choosing not to start arguments in the comments! So nice of him to selflessly sacrifice his engagement metrics for the sake of our mental wellbeing

  • @ethohalfslab
    @ethohalfslab Před 2 lety +26

    Tibet is a country :)

  • @22espec
    @22espec Před 2 lety +2

    The Andes also had a lot of unclimbed mountains, they are not hard to climb just hard to get there.

  • @literatemax
    @literatemax Před 2 lety +1

    0:40 to 0:51 is so amazing the wording and visuals, well done!

  • @anurag_anant
    @anurag_anant Před 2 lety +13

    That land is Tibet. Illegally occupied by China.

  • @TheGeographyBible
    @TheGeographyBible Před 2 lety +43

    I've actually climbed this mountain a few times, it's easy.

    • @Dan86130
      @Dan86130 Před 2 lety +3

      Who doesn't? Every day a walk is healthy

    • @ogedeh
      @ogedeh Před 2 lety +12

      Must be where that school was my grandparents talked about

    • @PPUnknown
      @PPUnknown Před 2 lety +7

      @@ogedeh yeah but they walked uphill both ways

    • @m00rem0ney24
      @m00rem0ney24 Před 2 lety

      barely an inconvenience

  • @d.aarrrreenn2127
    @d.aarrrreenn2127 Před 2 lety +3

    you thought no planes were involved until 1:44 (look at bottom right)

  • @charlesaugis7784
    @charlesaugis7784 Před rokem

    "Sending French guys in places where those guys are not supposed to be"
    Beautiful! :)

  • @larmax5882
    @larmax5882 Před 2 lety +4

    Czech mountain climbers? no wonder they didn't make it

  • @kenharris5390
    @kenharris5390 Před 2 lety +3

    There's an old Japanese saying that "only a fool climbs Mount Fuji twice."

    • @real_dddf
      @real_dddf Před 2 lety

      real samurai either die trying or seppuku because they failed.

  • @SirGnomes
    @SirGnomes Před 2 lety +2

    i cant belive how they climbed way back in the old days. its so dangerous

  • @MrCatwalkonramp
    @MrCatwalkonramp Před rokem +2

    Tibet is a free country. It has been forever free.

  • @justfrankjustdank2538
    @justfrankjustdank2538 Před 2 lety +4

    who says the friends we made along the way cant be climbed

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre19 Před 2 lety +16

    The incredible logistics of getting people to stop inserting "the incredible logistics of" into their comments would be nice. Almost as nice as seeing the country of Tibet in this video

    • @Manish-ud4sl
      @Manish-ud4sl Před 2 lety

      Tibet is a country??

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Manish-ud4sl oh ye gods yes, Manish. I'm glad you're in the know now.

  • @renscience
    @renscience Před rokem +2

    All countries should require two trips for each request of climbing a peak. The 2nd one is required to go up and collect all the trash you and others left and bring it down for proper disposal.

  • @timrizzo3941
    @timrizzo3941 Před 2 lety +1

    Ah, the old T**** Strategy of engagement, well played

  • @jutabant
    @jutabant Před rokem +5

    So in your opinion how hard of a climb would mt doom or lonely mountain be?

  • @-i1007
    @-i1007 Před 2 lety +4

    Tibet should be a country

  • @nicholasthompson2308
    @nicholasthompson2308 Před 2 lety

    this is one of your funniest in recent memory! good job sam from Wendover - i mean - sam from HAI!

    • @0037kevin
      @0037kevin Před 2 lety +1

      I hope you are kidding. These are the dumbest "jokes" my 12 year old nephew would'nt laugh at.

  • @Kaitou-ug5yi
    @Kaitou-ug5yi Před 2 lety +2

    I'm pretty sure they're less concerned about Nature Valley bars and more concerned with human litter-- and by that I mean corpses littering the mountain past the point where it's reasonable to attempt to retrieve them. Literally there are corpses that have been considered trail landmarks on Everest.