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What Makes the Polish Line on K2 so Deadly?
In the summer of 1986, Jerzy Kukuczka and Tadeusz Piotrowski embarked on an extraordinary ascent of K2’s treacherous south face-a climb that tested the very limits of human endurance. Conquering this formidable route demanded unparalleled technical skill, mental resilience, and survival instincts. Yet, despite their heroic push to the summit, their journey ended in tragedy. This video chronicles their remarkable story of ambition, courage, and sacrifice, offering a profound glimpse into the perils of high-altitude mountaineering and honoring the enduring legacy of these unsung heroes.
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The Haunting Stories of Famous Bodies on Everest
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Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain and a beacon of extreme adventure, stands as the ultimate symbol of human ambition and resilience. However, its icy slopes tell a chilling tale-one of lives lost in pursuit of glory. Many climbers who set out to conquer this treacherous peak now rest forever in its frozen grip, their bodies preserved by the mountain’s relentless cold. From George Mall...
The 2006 K2 Disaster | How Climbers MET THEIR END on the Mountain?
Переглядів 4,6 тис.5 місяців тому
In the 2006 climbing season, bad weather kept climbers from reaching the summit of K2 during June and July. A series of snowstorms made it impossible to climb K2. Only four climbers successfully climbed and descended K2 that year, two Italians and two young Japanese. They were the first to climb K2 since 2004. Warm weather on K2 that year prompted climbers to retreat under the threat of avalanc...
How Wanda Rutkiewicz disappeared on Kangchenjunga?
Переглядів 11 тис.7 місяців тому
In May 1992, Wanda Rutkiewicz, one of the best female Himalayan climbers in history, disappeared on Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world. She was 49 and had already climbed Everest, Nanga Parbat, K2, Shishapangma, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Cho Oyu and Annapurna.. Kangchenjunga was her 9th 8000-meter mountain. This is the story of her last climbing expedition. Timestamps 00:...
Are the bodies of Scott Fischer, Rob Hall and others still on Mount Everest?
Переглядів 57 тис.9 місяців тому
In May 1996, five climbers died high on Mount Everest’s south side. They were from Adventure Consultants and Mountain Madness teams. The climbers were caught in a murderous storm while descending from the summit. Four members of the Adventure Consultants expedition lost their lives, including Rob Hall, Andy Harris, Doug Hansen and Yasuko Namba while Scott Fischer was the sole casualty of the Mo...
Worst Climbing Disaster on Mount Pumori
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Pumori is an elegant, pyramidal peak. It straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet. It rises up to 7,161 meters above sea level. Pumori is often called Everest’s daughter. It casts a long shadow over the Khumbu Valley. Pumori is a technically difficult seven-thousander and, really, a peak of great beauty. Its avalanche-prone slopes and history of tragedies makes it a rarely chosen option for...
How the Greatest Climber Jerzy Kukuczka fell to his Death on Lhotse in 1989?
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Jerzy Kukuczka was a high-altitude climber from Poland. He is widely considered one of the greatest climbers of all times. In the mid-1980s, he won the Crown of the Himalayas and Karakoram when he became the second man in history to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders. He achieved this remarkable feat on 18 September 1987, when he climbed Shishapangma, just eleven months after Reinhold Messner...
The Mount Temple Disaster
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Mount Temple (3,543 m) is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta. It's located in the Bow River Valley between Paradise Creek and Moraine Creek. Mount Temple is the highest peak in the Lake Louise area. It was named by George Mercer Dawson in 1884 after Sir Richard Temple who visited the Canadian Rockies that same year. Mount Temple was the first peak to be climbed...
Albert Mummery: The Man Who Dared Nanga Parbat
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Albert Mummery was one of the greatest alpine climbers of his time. He is widely considered the father of modern mountaineering. His views about climbing were absolutely in advance if compared to his time, the late 19th-century, and his cutting-edge climbing concepts really anticipated the 20th-century. Mummery was innovative not only for being one of the first mountaineers to break with the tr...
The 2008 K2 Disaster: Eleven people TRAGICALLY died on the mountain
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K2 is one of the world's toughest climbs and has claimed the lives of more than 80 climbers. Mountaineers call it the Savage Mountain. It is both physically demanding and technically difficult, with a notorious couloir or gully towards the summit known as the Bottleneck that has traditionally been a major challenge for even the most experienced climbers. K2 is a lot steeper than Everest. Basica...
Yasuko Namba: She was frozen to death on Everest in 1996
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Yasuko Namba was a Japanese mountaineer. She was the second Japanese woman to climb the Seven Summits. She worked as a businesswoman for Federal Express in Tokyo, Japan, but her hobby of mountaineering took her all over the world. Yasuko Namba first summited Kilimanjaro on New Year's Day in 1982, and summited Aconcagua exactly two years later. She reached the summit of Denali on July 1, 1985, a...
They mysteriously DISAPPEARED on the deadliest mountain of New Zealand
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Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand at 3,724 meters. Although small when compared with global behemoths like Mount Everest - which is almost 2.5 times its height - Mount Cook is a technically challenging mountain. Its height and level of glaciation attract climbers from all over the world. But its difficulty is often underestimated. The climb involves sustained glacier travel, wit...
Doug Hansen: The Mailman who Climbed Everest but TRAGICALLY died on the descent
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Dough Hansen was a postal worker from America. He was born 28 May 1949 in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and moved to Renton, Washington as a teenager with his family. Hansen learned to climb by climbing Mount Rainier, in the 1980s. He graduated from Renton High School in 1967 and had worked for the post office since then. He loved spending time outdoors, river rafti...
The Tragic first Ascent of the South Face of Annapurna in Winter
Переглядів 4,1 тис.Рік тому
Annapurna is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 8,091 meters above sea level. It’s one of the deadliest mountains on the planet and is well known for the difficulty and dangers involved in its ascent. Annapurna poses grave threats to climbers through avalanche danger, unpredictable weather and extremely steep nature of its climbing routes. The south face of Annapurna is renowned as one o...
The HIGHEST RESCUE on Mount Everest
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In May 2017, a climber and his Sherpa guide were trapped in the infamous death zone high on Everest. They spent the night at 8,650 meters, dangling between life and death. They were unconsciousness. Miraculously, in the wee hours, they awoke to the sound of other passing climbers who perceived them dead. Many climbers passed by, believing they were dead, but eventually a group of Sherpas stoppe...
Hindu Kush: The TRAGIC fall of two climbers on Tirich Mir
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Hindu Kush: The TRAGIC fall of two climbers on Tirich Mir
The HORRIBLE Cerro Torre mountain climbing tragedy
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The HORRIBLE Cerro Torre mountain climbing tragedy
How Andy Harris died a Mysterious death on Everest in 1996?
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How Andy Harris died a Mysterious death on Everest in 1996?
The 1995 K2 Disaster: What Went Really WRONG ?
Переглядів 31 тис.Рік тому
The 1995 K2 Disaster: What Went Really WRONG ?
POLES on Nanga Parbat: A brief HISTORY
Переглядів 4,9 тис.Рік тому
POLES on Nanga Parbat: A brief HISTORY
They Perished in a DEADLY Avalanche on Everest
Переглядів 4,2 тис.Рік тому
They Perished in a DEADLY Avalanche on Everest
She went MISSING for months before found DEAD on a remote Chinese mountain
Переглядів 6 тис.Рік тому
She went MISSING for months before found DEAD on a remote Chinese mountain
POLISH LINE on K2: A Tale of Triumph and Tragedy
Переглядів 17 тис.Рік тому
POLISH LINE on K2: A Tale of Triumph and Tragedy
What happened to the British explorers in Antarctica
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What happened to the British explorers in Antarctica
How Hilaree Nelson died a TRAGIC death on Manaslu
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How Hilaree Nelson died a TRAGIC death on Manaslu
Story of the first WINTER ASCENT of Everest
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Story of the first WINTER ASCENT of Everest
Who was Anatoli Boukreev? How he rescued several climbers on Everest in 1996 ?
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Who was Anatoli Boukreev? How he rescued several climbers on Everest in 1996 ?
What ordeal Rob Hall went through before his death on Everest?
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What ordeal Rob Hall went through before his death on Everest?
She died on Kyrgyzstan's remote mountains
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She died on Kyrgyzstan's remote mountains
She fell to her DEATH on one of Colorado’s 14ers
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She fell to her DEATH on one of Colorado’s 14ers

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @KonradEttl
    @KonradEttl 5 годин тому

    This is Peter Boardman Clown 👻

    • @epicadventurearchives
      @epicadventurearchives Годину тому

      Peter Boardman was died on the Northeast Ridge in 1982. He wasn’t climbing from the south side.

  • @KonradEttl
    @KonradEttl 5 годин тому

    This is not Hannelore Schmatz. It s Peter Boardman who s sitting there at 8.200 m

    • @epicadventurearchives
      @epicadventurearchives Годину тому

      Peter Boardman had died on the Northeast Ridge not on the South side.

  • @Hppjohg
    @Hppjohg 13 годин тому

    The May 10 1996 disaster also had the insane story of Beck Weathers. He was assumed dead twice!

  • @mikes8948
    @mikes8948 13 годин тому

    "The dead know only one thing: it is better to be alive." ~ Private Joker

  • @andreasandremyrvold
    @andreasandremyrvold 14 годин тому

    0:20 When it comes to climbing K2, phrasing it like "an exciting opportunity" is the mother of grifts.

  • @PlymouthVT
    @PlymouthVT 16 годин тому

    I'm not haunted they were all f'ing ego maniac jackasses who could give a shit about anyone else to accomplish there meaningless stunt.

  • @jamie-ox8sg
    @jamie-ox8sg 17 годин тому

    Respectfully pushed him off cliff ?

  • @fedupwitumboth
    @fedupwitumboth День тому

    Sitting here in my warm house knowing that outside right now it’s -1 F, I will never understand the desire to climb Everest and risk living to see your loved ones …

  • @emwu86
    @emwu86 День тому

    Great stuff man

  • @maryowl6016
    @maryowl6016 2 дні тому

    Makes me mad all these people that step over bodies. leave sick people behind, but they take pictures of their "Conquests" without saying the guids and Sherpas that have conquried the hills so many times and these people pay them to haul stuff, take care of them and never say, "So and So made it possiable and carried my ass down!

  • @Dressagevids
    @Dressagevids 2 дні тому

    Hall's body is under snow on the S Summit, it was covered within a year and the next year David Brearshears pointed out where it was

  • @stephensheridan6332
    @stephensheridan6332 2 дні тому

    There are actually 22,000 bodies on Everest.

  • @stephensheridan6332
    @stephensheridan6332 2 дні тому

    All of them, nuts. What a pointless waste of lives.

  • @anthonymendoza6210
    @anthonymendoza6210 2 дні тому

    Stupidity and Hugo Egos. White folk have no shortage of either.

  • @Liliane-e3s
    @Liliane-e3s 2 дні тому

    What accent is this?

  • @teddystauffer4614
    @teddystauffer4614 3 дні тому

    bla bla bla

  • @DBoonful
    @DBoonful 3 дні тому

    Your channel is excellent.. so tired of lazy mountaineering channels spreading poor unresearched information -thank you for being better!!!

  • @lvl6611
    @lvl6611 4 дні тому

    They ALL know the Risk of Climbing that Mt.

  • @biggiebaby3541
    @biggiebaby3541 4 дні тому

    They're making these idiots sound like heroes....they're just egomaniacs.

  • @robbiet8583
    @robbiet8583 4 дні тому

    Didn’t Sleeping Beauty’s husband die too up there??? Sergay???

  • @kellytrimble7019
    @kellytrimble7019 4 дні тому

    They should shut it down for 5 yrs. PAY the sherpas to bring down the bodies they can and clean up the tons of garbage. When you reopen, only issue 1/2 the permits as before. It’s become too crowded & it’s ruining the mountain & the experience of climbing it.

  • @mashokaise6881
    @mashokaise6881 4 дні тому

    A lot of Darwin Awards up there. . . .

  • @alfredschug8926
    @alfredschug8926 4 дні тому

    Alpinists at the age of 80 years are wise and good climbers. Others die earlier. It is the instinct, that says to you, return and go back to base. You are save, when you are drinking a Weizenbeer in a warm Hütte (Refuge, Rifugio, shelter, etc.)😂😂😂. Best whishes from Bavaria, West Germany

  • @raytreherne26
    @raytreherne26 4 дні тому

    I fear that so many of the deaths are due to too many people climbing at a tie forcing people to take chances on windows in storms

  • @ReolSPro
    @ReolSPro 4 дні тому

    i love that perspective 1:02

  • @lindapiper5577
    @lindapiper5577 5 днів тому

    It's time it was stopped

  • @johnjohnnyconcrete2224
    @johnjohnnyconcrete2224 5 днів тому

    Play a stupid game.....And when a stupid prize!

  • @john-brady
    @john-brady 5 днів тому

    Why? Shut the mountain down, clean it up and leave it closed.

  • @annanardo2358
    @annanardo2358 5 днів тому

    I don't understand the hoopla of climbing a mountain, any mountain. It's suicidal, uncomfortable and BORING.... 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I wouldn't waste MY time doing that. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 MAXIMUM BOREDOM. 😖😖😝😜😝😝 These climbers knew the risks, now their bodies will remain there for thousands of years and end up like UTZI, dragged around by glaciers for the next thousand years. They all made unwise decisions.. They didn't think about their families, when they died up there, how selfish. 😖🙃

  • @gerryvandepol7630
    @gerryvandepol7630 5 днів тому

    For more on the 1996 debacle on Everest I invite those that are interested to check out Michael Tracy’s UA-cam articles… very thorough and some of it tough to hear… and very well done… and yes he takes a dump on John Krakauer.

  • @annanardo2358
    @annanardo2358 5 днів тому

    What happens on the mountain, stays on the mountain..😐

  • @totally-not-bat
    @totally-not-bat 5 днів тому

    3:23 Where did you get this image from? Is it a website or something?

  • @12345fowler
    @12345fowler 5 днів тому

    Very solid video

  • @bonefishboards
    @bonefishboards 5 днів тому

    Rich, bored people.

  • @KlausToth
    @KlausToth 5 днів тому

    This is super quality content, and i immediately subscribed to your channel. May the soul of brave high altitude mountaineer Tadeusz Piotrowski rest in peace in the icy embrace of the mountain, he loved so much.

  • @RonL-y3v
    @RonL-y3v 5 днів тому

    You call them famous bodies, I call them lousy climbers.

  • @drake0074
    @drake0074 5 днів тому

    There are 200 bodies on Everest? Wow!

  • @MrKveite1
    @MrKveite1 5 днів тому

    what makes it so deadly are all the stupid people that go there...

  • @marjan6008
    @marjan6008 6 днів тому

    I have to say that I only feel sorry for the families that are left behind. The climbers chose to take great risks.

  • @morrisd9
    @morrisd9 6 днів тому

    All these people acting like a couple AI photos is ruining anything! There were like 6 and they were obviously illustrative. Given the huge number of REAL photos that I’d never seen before, I’d say this is an amazing video! I understand the knee-jerk reaction to seeing an AI photo, but I would call this the correct usage.

  • @hamakhoshnaw4391
    @hamakhoshnaw4391 6 днів тому

    Thanks for the video

  • @Damidas
    @Damidas 6 днів тому

    Everest is actually a giant ancient melted building

  • @SonofIce514
    @SonofIce514 6 днів тому

    Respect🙏

  • @rombohnallavan1861
    @rombohnallavan1861 6 днів тому

    Many sherpas have died trying to save white dudes. That is really sad

  • @MonkeyFocker-v3z
    @MonkeyFocker-v3z 6 днів тому

    I know what makes it deadly. The line leads up a mountain

  • @matthewcollins5344
    @matthewcollins5344 7 днів тому

    “Adjusted photo”? That means AI🤣🤦🏼‍♂️🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @robinmikulan5550
    @robinmikulan5550 7 днів тому

    I understand, die on the mountain, stay on the mountain, but if the bodies were found and moved, why not bring them home? Just asking.

  • @John-vp2jq
    @John-vp2jq 7 днів тому

    Has there been any commentary made regarding why both of Piotrowski's crampons fell off at that time?

    • @epicadventurearchives
      @epicadventurearchives 6 днів тому

      Dehydrated, exhausted and not drunk for days, Piotrowski didn’t fasten his crampons properly when leaving their last bivouac. That’s why his crampons fell while descending the Abruzzi Spur route.

  • @DianaDeLuna
    @DianaDeLuna 7 днів тому

    I appreciate the graphics in your recent videos. I love that you show the whole mountain and use arrows to indicate where everyone is. It's helpful in the complicated stories that involve a lot of people in a lot of different sections of K2 at the same time.

    • @epicadventurearchives
      @epicadventurearchives 7 днів тому

      Thanks! I agree the stories can be difficult to follow without the graphics.