How Dangerous Is The Mount Everest “Death Zone”? | To Live Or Die On Everest
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2022
- See what happens when a crew of explorers venture into the treacherous conditions of the Mount Everest “Death Zone”.
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I was half way up Everest in 1991 … it was proper freezing . I came back down and have never tried again .
Respect! I think turning around was a wise thing to do
Did you put on a coat?
Had all the gear m8
I climbed at the very top oNcE, it was very difficult. Never doing it again.
Must have been the best decision you took in your life. Long live and enjoy your life.
Waiting in line at the top of the world would be so unimaginably frustrating
Definitely, especially when oxygen is limited.
Yeah. Who wants to wait in a cue with the biggest narcissists on the planet.. “Paging Karen. You’re hot cocoa is ready” (Everyone turns to look)
@@DevinSheaProductions 🤣🤣. So true.
The Sherpas deserve more credit than anyone else. A lot of “experienced” mountaineering guides from the West travel to Everest and act like they know everything. But Sherpas have been living in that land for centuries. That region is their home. I’m pretty sure Sherpas know how to navigate the mountain (and deal with calamities) better than anyone else - even better than people from the West with “proper training”. And don’t even get me started on the pay - western guides make at least 20 times what Sherpas make, when Sherpas are usually the ones doing the real work. It’s a disgusting business. Give the people back their land and pay them well.
They are over rated scam artists
Duh man, duh.
Not only Sherpas know best how to behave safely on a high mountain; but the physiology of their bodies is much more adapted to theses conditions. I would trust their judgement and guidance much more than anyone else - albeit 'experienced' but not born there. These people should be valued much more.
@@robinzsu wrong
@@JoeKyser As if you know any better. Go eat your burger and fries.
That person taking a smoke break is wild lol
Smoke break at 26,000 feet LOL
I have climbed 5000m.. people don’t understand how little oxygen you have at those altitudes, walking more than a few steps, especially if you’re not acclimated, will leave you completely breathless, as if you ran 1km instead of walked 3m… the stamina you need to climb to nearly 9000m is absolutely mind blowing to me. A beautiful sport that deserves respect, the mountain is unforgiving and unpredictable, and if you aren’t physically ready, even on “small mountains” at 5000m, it can be very dangerous.
Acclimatization is a wonderful thing. With acclimatization, 5,000 m is not difficult. Humans have survived for two years at 5,950 m which is the highest recorded permanently tolerable altitude. (This makes me wonder what they doing at that altitude for 2 years.) The highest permanent settlement known, La Rinconada, Peru, is at 5,100 m.
You are super cool dude. You walked on a rock.
What’s so worthy of respect about it?
These people put themselves through a situation that demands a lot on every front, from resources to physical and psychological endurance, all for NOTHING.
Just an ego trip and a selfie.
You don’t make the world a better place for doing this and it’s evidently not fun. It’s cornyAF
@@mightytaiger3000 You clearly have to respect the environment you’re in… the nature that surrounds you. We don’t belong on mountains, our bodies were not created to be on them… so we must respect an unforgiving and unpredictable environment. Not too hard to understand, and definitely not worth of your snarky comment.
@@DevinSheaProductions😂😂
Sounds like they need to start regulating how many people hike up the mountain at a given time.
They won't
It's a business
Money making
They do already they issue permits
It’s a poor country every climber brings 10s of thousands of dollars
@@mattschm5486 I think is the only tourist attraction in Nepal the main reason people fly to Nepal. They made millions and millions out of this in all these years and it's the only reason people even hear about Nepal. Otherwise Nepal would've been a country that people know it exists but have no idea about. They won't stop it I am assuming this is by now protected by their government. A poor country like that stopping their only source of travellers from outside ? you must be kidding
That’s the solution, just throw more government at it.
I can’t think of anything worse than putting my mind and body through this.
Cave exploration way worse
I'd never do it
@@SRC267and deep sea diving.
Those underwater cave dives come close.
I've yet to figure out why I even glimpse at those videos.
@@SRC267 Exactly! Especially underwater.
Imagine being a person on Everest complaining about all the people on Everest...
I’m just finding out this is a thing 🥴
High altitude irony at its very best
Their egos make them believe that 😂😂🤣
Your comment really says it all 😁
I literally think this about traffic and drivers . I complain about traffic and that there’s too many cars on the road yet I’m one of those cars on the road contributing to traffic 😭
If you haven’t mountaineering experience you shouldn’t be there - respect the Sherpa’s and their families
1st sensible comment on here 👍😊
It gives me chills looking at all the people setting up camp knowing a couple of them won't come back....😔
Its very dark when your up there. I’m an experienced mountaineer who has summited 5 8000 metre peaks including Everest and it’s hard to say it but I’ve had to leave people to save myself
@@alessio2968 that’s actually crazy to think about, any backstory?
@@alessio2968In a situation like that I can only imagine how hard that must be. 😢
It's pretty fascinating trying to understand the psychology of why these people willingly put their lives at risk like this. Is it for adrenaline, ego, pushing yourself beyond the norm or something else? I will never understand it.
Sense of achievement
Like John Kennedy said regarding the Moon program, "We don't do these things because they are easy but because they are hard". It's similar type of motivation. It's innate to human nature, to venture into the unknown and difficult circumstances. That allowed humans to spread all over the planet. The islands in the Pacific, for example, were populated by people in the ancient times who used primitive rafts to travel to the unknown land for hundreds of miles in the ocean. Something drove them, and mountaineering is similar, it's the last "final frontier" of a kind on the planet. Then there is space, but space exploration is unavailable to the broad public. On the contrary, mountains are.
It’s really not that difficult to understand. It’s to accomplish something and push yourself outside your comfort zone.
@@andrewmilles3177 Not really. It's fascination.
@@tommyharris5817 we’re on the same side numb nuts
If you can’t run 2 miles carrying a 25 pound backpack under 12 minutes at sea level you have no business even stepping foot at base camp
No one can do that
And that is just b.s. I have never ran anywhere except when forced yet I have no difficulty at 6000m altitude (higher than either of Everest Base Camps.) It is a test of endurance - not a two mile sprint.
@@Longtack55 endurance is based on vO2 max. I guess he calculated something based on energy spent with a bag on your back with around 60-70mlO2/kg of oxygen uptake.
Great analogy
Bro science on point
I think it is worth noting that Everest is a gentle mountain stroll compared to K2.
Have you ever even been to base camp? Its obvious K2 is true mountaineering but Everest is not a stroll in the park.
@@silveringots I was referencing someone who climbed both..... They went a little further than base camp.
@@stokes8626 I think it can be safely said that all 300 would not have summited K2.
@@philcliffe6909 no true, who are you to say any of the 300+ havnt already summited k2 or everest prior? Bit of an assumption from someone watching videos on YT
@@anubis4496 Everest is probably top3/4 hardest mountain in the world, this is explicitly said by the ones that climbed both k2 and annapurna among everest too.
some people blame the Nepalese authorities for not enforcing a limit on how many are allowed to climb, and theyre right. The Nepalese authorities obviously value the revenue over climbers safety. However, climbers also know this, yet they still choose to make theyre attempt at the summit. Both parties are at fault here
Probably doesn't help that some people have tried 12 times.
their
@@woutkoopman you are incorrect. "They're" is the correct version one would use here. perhaps you should learn the difference between "their" and "they're" before you start correcting others. It'll be less embarrassing for you haha
@@teddyperkins3406 their attempt
@@teddyperkins3406 so there
On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary from Newzealand and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Mallory could have been first, we'll never know
It’s a tourist industry now.
Has always been
Says someone who probably never was above 4.000m. If you think it's a walk in the park, think again
@@kzsposeidon3121 it isn't..if it were people wouldn'tve died there
No…. It wasn’t. For the most experienced climbers in the world.
@@kzsposeidon3121i think you misunderstood the comment
That’s to many people at one time, someone gets in an accident then delays everyone, can’t have a line of people like that that’s ridiculous
F all of them.
Ya, not that I'm capable but if I was there's no way I'd attempt this knowing all those people were going up too. One person has serious issues and it endangers everyone's life. No way...
Why don’t they have multiple lines?
That's pretty much the point of the video, it would seem. :-)
Great summary
This is not on my Bucket list!
Why tho? You go up just to go down smh
@@ronaldinhogaucho5460 Bragging rights.
@@hearmenow909 Among them
I love the loneliness of wilderness. I have spent many nights doing solo climbs on couloirs, ridges and mountain faces. It would never occur to me to wait on line and move like a snail clipped to a fixed rope. There are so many beautiful mountains all over be it in Alaska, Patagonia, the Andes or even in the Alps.
I never thought to go to a place like Everest. The climbing is not that interesting, the place is crowded and the objective dangers are just much higher because of the altitude. There are so many extraordinary mountaineers who have lost their lives in the Himalaya. The list starts perhaps with Mallory and Irvine…
I would go just for trekking through Himalaia but not at High altitude, searching fot quiet places and routes if there are any at this point of mointaneering. But there are a lot of places much closer, safer and also beatifull i guess. I totally agree wih you.
Anywhere else is not the highest point on earth. I understand the drive to climb Everest…it’s the other 8000’s where the questions arise as to why.
You are so cool brah.
Wait. Is that guy SMOKING at 5:03!?
I've seen too much.
Göran kropp biked from sweden 1996 to Asia and climbed Mt everest WITHOUT oxygen. He also climbed K2 alone without oxygen.
Crazy
I'm surprised they haven't installed an O2 bottle refill station on the summit (piped up from below). It would reduce the number of bottles left up there.
Who is going to pay for it? The people that run the expeditions do it for profit. Building an O2 pipeline would be incredibly expensive.
Hi, I am from Nepal. that would be so cool, but our government is so corrupted they wouldn't do it, even if they had the budget to do it. Even we feel horrible at times while traveling and trekking around mountains because of the poor regulations and infrastructures.
Vodafone got the nod instead!
How do people watch a video like this and still decide to climb Everest??
I get severe altitude sickness at anything above 5000 feet. Being born and lived my life at about 7-10 feet in Florida. You won’t ever catch me even trying that.
All of those deaths were 100% preventable.
All they had to do was not set foot on Everest at all.
The end.
yeah i have a hard time trying to feel bad for those people
I agree. Some mountains are just not meant to be conquered. Also, these people know the huge risks, yet they choose to go regardless. They value the experience over their life. Why should I value their lives if they don't themselves? There are not heroes, they are fools.
Yes there are risks that aren't worth taking but you can't always live your life in bubblewrap
Some people wanna get into the guinness records book lol.
Some of those people had families to feed.
My opinion is that the fact that you can’t breath at a certain point without oxygen means no human is supposed to be there . I now understand it’s impossible to bring someone down incase they need help . knowing myself I could not pass someone dying and not tell them so we would end up dying together. Before making a decision to climb this mountains I think people underestimate the many dangers and life changing decisions one is supposed to make . It’s sad but if one decides to go up the mountain then just know your not anyones responsibility. Personally I know I would not even survive base camp so those who make it with oxygen are just super human .
Sorry, what? Human's can't fly, so does that mean that we shouldn't use planes? Humans can't breathe underwater, does that mean that we shouldn't use submarines?
It’s possible to breath at this altitude. The city people can’t breathe because their lifestyle is catastrophic but people who lives in altitude in the mountain can do that without oxygen.
This is the dumbest thing I read on the internet today. Glad human ancestors never had this attitude. We wouldn't have survived.
people have climbed Everest with no supplemental oxygen.
@@MegaHariboboy How does climbing a mountain advance human life? Flying does.
A firend of mine went to base camp, he was too ill to go any further, was fit and young and said, I cannot believe my stupidity thinking I wanted to do this.
How come he was fit and couldn’t pass base 1
@@agreatd Got altitude sickness can happen even when fit
@@agreatd our human body is a mystery. There are people with 80+ age who have summited the everest then there are people in early 20s with great shape dying of low oxygen and hypothermia. Nobody knows why but i assume if you're city boy with no experience in mountaineering then your chances of survival definitely gets low compared to someone who have had lived doing treking most of their life. For example sherpas who climb these mountains with 20 - 30 kg weight on their backs have developed their body in a way that they are more resilient to low oxygen because they have been doing this job since centuries. Rigorous training sure do help before going to everest but there's no clear answer to why some people fail even after training and experience.
My theory is that some are just not meant for mountains and they should not take this on their ego. They should not risk their life just to impress few people.
Must be some variables in the human body. For example, 23 & me rates some people as having muscle structure similar to elite athletes.
I will never get it , risking your life just to be on top of a dangerously cold mountain, some people have no respect and value for their own lives.
You could say the same about people doing base jumping, sky diving, marathons, iron man, canoe, kayaking, riding motorcycles, driving super fast cars, sea diving, it's part of human nature crave for adrenaline and these hobbies will remain until the end of time
It’s a dream of mine to climb everest. But unfortunately I don’t see that happening.
Remember Hannelore Schmatz and Francys Arsentiev.
Wow so lovely.I love it
The best mountaineer of my country (Hungary), Szilárd Suhajda tried to climb Everest a couple of days ago without Sherpas,without Oxygen, without any help. Last GPS signal was sent by his device from 8700+ meters and then we lost him. Not clear if he reached the summit or not. Next day other climbers said in radio that they saw him , they could indentify him by his cloths for sure but he had frostbites and high altitude hypobaric hypoxia (braindamage) so they couldnt help, they passed him. Next day 3 best sherpas in the world was sent up to rescue him but they couldnt find him or his body. Even with helicopter they couldnt find him. Its so sad and tragical, he left a loving wife and a young child behind :( Rest In Peace
Very unfortunate, but doing all that even with all the help is extremely difficult. Doing it without the oxygen is just asking for trouble
@@Lamb0vaRice Exactly ,and he knew that but still took the risk. He climbed K2 and Lhoce and reached their summit in the same way, no sherpas,no oxygen,etc.,etc., so he thought he can pull this off... well he couldnt.
Dummy
How did he suffer from hypoxic brain injury when it seems that he doesn’t have a brain?
Up there smoking a cig 😂 that's awesome, Sherpas are awesome 😎 wasn't for them no one would be going up
@discoveryaustralia is there a full length version of this documentary?
Tourist climbers think it's an effing Disney world ride.
1/5 stars
Tourists for climbing have turned Everest into a quek for a fast-food experience. Disgusting.
The tourists did it single handedly. The locals had absolutely nothing to do with it. Ya got ya buddy. I think your perception is absolutely twisted 200%
@@JoeKyser
Just WHERE did he mention ANYTHING about the Locals??!!
I think your reading comprehension is absolutely twisted 200%!!
@@kimrice6978 thats too funny
Wonderful, so how do they come back? Or they have plans that will bring them?
As a wannabe expert mountain climber summiting Annapurna was my greatest imaginary achievement
The way they describe all things one can experience, the horrid weather conditions that one has to battle - all this is to make the endeavour appear more heroic. But it isn't. It isn't because you chose it and you took the risk knowingly. Heroes rise in difficult situations when they are needed. This is an exercise in vanity, egotism and arrogance.
I don’t believe this is the case for all climbers
💯
@@kgstarz oh, so you’re saying someone is coerced or forced into climbing it?
Completely agree.
it may not be heroic, but it is very brave nonetheless
Climbing Everest is something I will alway thing of but will never do. Maybe do the multi day hike the first base camp. But the base is as far as I’ll go.😊
They make this look so dramatic, but when you look at recent videos and people queuing for hours just to get a picture of them on top of the summit makes the video look funny haha
You have No idea
@@lindasapiecha2515 legit
@@lindasapiecha2515 there are literal queues to get a picture of the summit lol
6:22 what is that behind you guys...? That looks absolutely terrifying
I think it's an oxygen canister
Me and my dog climbed Mount Everest on the weekend and I have to say it was very hard!
I went to space for the weekend with my cat. It was peaceful.
@@revekat2053 🤣🤣🤣
oh sure, your dog had to carry you back down too.
@@rockhard9369 spiritually and emotionally ...... yes!
I often wonder about the loved ones of these people who put their lives through an unnecessary risk. It's not like they're firefighters or police officers, etc. I think it is a little selfish, i'm sorry. Nothing more difficult than losing someone.
Agree
What happened to regulations and seasonal climbing with a number of people per Sherpa in a group
5:02 guy is smoking with no regard for the consequences of weakened lungs, he's apparently the leader of an expedition too
Is this the 2022 climbing season it was recorded in??
I'm way too clumsy to be going up this mountain
our team is going to take a close look at why people play these odds
this information is valuable to us here in vegas
Why would anyone want to jeopardize his/her life just for a merely 20-minute stay at the summit?
So they can brag about it lol
dad lore
Yes
To post it on IG?😅
I wouldn't climb a ladder .... Scared of heights
i know you will say is not same, but by watching many videos of climbing Everest, i feel like i have climb it too.
02:10 The seldom-photographed *Mushroom Rock* is visible in a notch of the ridge line.
I understand it's about halfway from the First Step to the Second Step.
This view from high on the mountain looks southwest and everything is noticeably foreshortened; the Third Step appears to be right on top of the Second Step.
I'm guessing that the location of this point of view is just past the First Step, looking at the traverse to the Second Step.
Wow I cant wait to climb everest......NOT
i love my life too much to scale such height, beside i got nothing to proof
Waiting for a taller mountain, ill wait on that new Hawaii Mt thats just above sea floor currently
Bro just by a casket, it’s cheaper than this expedition
Such a scary name for a space that should be easy to avoid
This wud be on top of my bucket list of
Things NOT TO DO 😂
You've to be strong to manage this
So people going up there to just slowly dying for fun? I believe in reincarnation but I still love this one life, man.
The Sherpa smoking a 🚬 had me 🤣🤣. Bro has zero f$#*$ given.
Why in the world would people want to climb that?
How do I watch the full series?
at the end of the video he said there's gonna be a lot of deaths this season, and that's true the most deaths in history accord this year with 23 people at ones
I'll wait for Elon to build a tram and hotel first!
There should be entry and exit route in Mt Everest imo
U won the world cup today 💥
Nims Purja done it in 2019 on 22-23 May and He Done Lhotse & Manaslu too within 48 hrs.
My EGO needs this in its LIFE!
Reason Nims Purja is a Super Human
Name of this show?
How long can you survive?
Lol the dude smoking is legit
This was obviously not meant for humans to summit. But can't tell humans that🙄
The name kinda gives it away.
Thats madness
Can you please also use the metric system? I've no idea how high 26 000 Feet is
I pray for their souls!
is there a hospital up there?
I agree that inexperience is a major problem; however, experienced climbers climbing WITHOUT oxygen and/ or guides is also a problem!
People go ahead despite Sherpa informing them not to go n yet push forward.
I think anybody who wants to spend a ridiculous amount of money for this trip already has impaired cognitive abilities (more money than sense). I don't have a lot of sympathy for them. I do have sympathy for the families they leave behind and the rescuers who risk their lives to drag them back down.
Its just currency they type into existence on a database, its no real value.
Yeah, I just kind of shrug 🤷♂️ Same with race car drivers and wing suit flyers
It's called challenging yourself, you probably won't understand
They don't get dragged back down if you watched the video you'd know thatt they get left there
@@kzsposeidon3121 no it's not because they are way more technical more difficult summits at lower altitude...it's just a pure ego and show off thing being on the highest
If I wanted to be in a crowded and garbage filled place while spending fraction of the money I would just go to a concert
Been on the summit a couple of times. I climbed by myself though, so no drama with the tourists.
In the future, there will be crowds wearing little portable oxygen generators, huffing constantly on O2 and jogging up Everest, they’re going to have tea houses all the way to the summit…
oh i cant make a payemnt for my trip.. let do discovery
It would be cool if they had an RV park on top of the hill.
I can’t even climb the stairs without trying to catch my breath is actually portraying myself climbing the Mount Everest is an irony 😂
Why anyone would do this is beyond me
How many people have made it to the top?
Maybe this sounds cold, but I don’t really feel that bad for people that died on Everest. I mean, they unnecessarily risk their lives just to say they did something.
😱😱
Evn watching through the screen give me Sinusitis, Headache, cold feet's, 😅
Imagine using your life savings to go on this journey just to lose your life on the way up or even more tragic losing your life on the way down after surviving the journey up
The northern route looks much more interesting and intriguing.
Wish me luck guys this year i am going for mighty Chomolungma (Mount Everest)
If I had the money... I'd find a way... no matter how difficult it may be... to have someone drop a cardboard cutout of myself up there for a photo op.
Sherpas my heroes in everest.
A trading post with oxygen bottles would do pretty well.
What’s fun about this?