My father, Hamilton Warren, had Parkinsons, but he always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. He did it at 58. He was the oldest man on the mountain that day and the slowest. I waited for him at the hut below. I was so proud.
Seems totally normal. Looking up to a 20 meter climbing tower seems normal from ground level. Climbing it unsecured is absolutely terrifying for most people.
As an older man now looking back on his life and wishing he had done more, I salute you for your bravery and perseverance. What a fantastic experience! YOLO!
Maybe if you hadn’t believed in an eternal paradise after your life, subscribing to a belief system which literally idolises a character who was resurrected after his death, then you would have YOLO’d harder? Who knows. There’s still time for lot’s of good times without standing on a ridge line. Have fun out there!
On August 6, 2013 I reached the top of the Matterhorn with a friend in the same way, via the Italian Lion ridge route, which where we also the descent. Everything was normal, I had trained on difficult winter routes in the Dolomites: it seemed impossible that anything could happen. A month later, I slipped just five meters from the summit of a three thousand meter peak in the Dolomites, falling a total of 35 metres. I was in bed, in a wheelchair and on crutches for 6 months. Not only were the bones broken, the sense of invulnerability that animates us all was definitively gone, broken. Ten years later, with the fortune of still being alive and being able to walk (also) in the mountains, watching this compelling film I feel a sense of revulsion. I would never do it again, because skill and experience are certainly fundamental, but the luck component plays an even more important role. Life is too precious, this was the teaching I was given.
As I watched this epic climb I was scared the whole time -scaling up and on the very edge. Then the idea of actually coming down just doesn't even seem possible. You guys are true warriors!
Warriors? WARRIORS?? You forgot "heroes." "Band of brothers?" Maybe I was watching a different video, but to me it looked like a crew of frat bros hauling some brewskis to the top -- take a few selfies, then see who can piss the farthest off the summit.
Fabulous video. These images are so scary that sometimes I can barely watch. Walking on such a narrow edge with "nothing" on both sides is just unreal to me. Congratulations!
when i first saw this video, i must admit i was inspired. i have watched it probably 30 times. these guys are phenomenal. i watched all the patrick lateif videos. i first went to mt. elbert over 14000 feet and climbed it. now i am going to the pico de orizaba 18500 and climb it first week on november 2018. then the chimborazo in ecuador 20500. thank you patrick lateif and your friends. i am 60 years old and you gave me something to do for myself to accomplish physically. i have other spiritual interest that take first place. but this fills a small void in my llfe. the ability to accomplish this physical goal. if i am ever in Lebanon please have lunch with me.
Yes, I freaked out for a whole year before ascending the Matterhorn due to the fish-eye lens videos. Then on the mountain, everything was cool. wonderful and relaxed climb.
@@TheZedok Umm yeah sure...The Matterhorn is the mountain with the most deaths in the word, 1 in 300 people that attempt it die. It's not a walk in the park exactly.
@@jojodroid31 K2 and Annapurna have the most deaths in the world man what are you talking about bullshit One in 4 people who climbs K2 dies. On Annapurna from 244, 72 died. You don't compare the himalayas with anything else in then world. Lol you talk crap
Thanks for making the effort to film your epic climb. Yes there is some gear on the trickiest parts of the climb but, frankly, you still have to get your head around how exposed you are. The walk along the snow covered arete is mind blowing. Well done
@@EdoardoBonaccorsi I know nothing about it, however, there should NEVER, EVER be ANYTHING left up there by humans!! If you gotta have a 'fixed' rope.....go back to Romper Room!! Dumbass!!
It is dangerous. The ridge is so narrow, I could not walk even without ice. I stopped watching for a while, fearing you will fall any moment. Then realized that you survived. That is why I could see the video. Well done and congratulations.
Likely rappelled a lot of it on this mountain. One of the few mountains that is easier getting down. Still, Id like to see some of the descent work too.
@@ericjensen1740 doubt it, you'd have to get enough push off the mountain to utilize either efficiently, plus it's just another thing to carry on your back.
I am originally from New York but went to Zermatt in 1970 at age 16 after earning enough money working in a fast food place. I hiked from Zermatt to the Hornlihut with sneakers and then back down. It was a long but wonderful day. I could never make it to the top. Thanks for sharing this video. This is incredible and so difficult even with the modern equipment and the ladders in some locations. Of course I have respect for you but I think about the people who first claimed the mountain without the modern equipment etc. Wow!
Amazing! So much admiration for people who can do this. I am so afraid of heights I would die. So, Thank you for doing this so we can enjoy the sights. Amazing
My father is a retired climber who summited Everest and k2(and more) and after these he went and climbed egier and his parter wasn't as expierance and almost yanked him off the mountain. Thankfully he was anchored. I have climbed Denali(McKinley) and Mont Blanc I am planning on rainier in the next month. Egier is set in my sight after watching this:) it's really cool vid btw!
What a video, guys, great job! You were really lucky of the weather, that is one of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen, thank you so much for providing us this beautiful experience!
I just cried on this video. So beautiful. I feel totally scary by hights and my tallest mountain has been 1300 meters. Such feelings only by watching these wonders.
Showing your hand and feet placements in the same near shots were beautiful and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you, beautifully done, thanks for taking us with you!
They climb there voluntarily. It's their free choice, and if they're not complete idiots, they have to reckon with the worst. It's just dangerous. So his death doesn't excite me much. This mountain takes about five lives each year. From my point of view, they are all a bit suicidal.
Thank you very much for this impressions. The pictures are good and give me a small piece of the feeling that it has to be up there. I am not tough and skilled enough for this and so I am deeply impressed. respect
Much better than those high production videos that show people at base camp, then walking in some snow and summiting.. maybe showing a drone clip of actual climbing. This is superior. Thank you Patrick.. and GoPro
+Chuck Norris The trick is the guy in front must always fall first so the back guy knows which way to jump. Not a functional technique the other way around.
+TheJohanNorway I guess we have to ask one of them, the experts. These guys replying to your question have no idea why. Jump on the other side if you of them falls that sound like crazy talk to me. Plus they are connected on all the areas not only on the summit. It won't work and they would both fall in the same way because it will not be enough time to realise what happened. The rope is not that long. I fall you come with me! in seconds.
There are actually two techniques. One is where the mountain guide is holding the client with a very short rope. This is purely for being able to hold him in case he would stumble a bit. If he starts really falling, both would fall. The other technique is with where the guide keeps some buffered rope in his hand. If the client falls, the guide would either jump to the other side of the ridge or would try to find a place where he could hook in the rope. He basically throws the "extra" rope away which gives him a bit of time until the rope would span and start pulling him. Disadvantage is that the impulse and energy will obviously be much higher. It is not possible to tell whether being roped or not is the safer way of climbing. Many clients are simply climbing much better believing that someone is securing them. It is a psychological thing more than anything else. It's one of the many reasons that people pay for mountain guides.
This is a great video for demonstrating spectacular scenery and terrifying technical skills. While climbing can never be made "safe" it can be made "safer." Fast does not have to be deadly. These guys got away with something here.....
Sweaty palms: "..Your nervous system automatically triggers your sweat glands when your body temperature rises. Sweating also normally occurs, especially on your palms, when you're nervous. The most common form of hyperhidrosis is called primary focal (essential) hyperhidrosis.." Amazing footage!
now i know this was a joke however, one of the symptoms of altitude sickness can be swollen gut which in turn will give you the runs. This actually happened to a climbing partner of mine in Colorado and he was less than satisfied when he had to wipe with a rock on the summit of this mountain.
@@thomashodgkinson8319 -- these are things that happen IRL, imagine that happening in front of a woman climber (apineist) . the runs will dirty up a climbing suit real quick but more importantly, the smell is overwhelming and people have to distance themselves and they tell others of this and then it goes to social media and then the ridicule starts (and the embarrassment), pucker up butter cup.
Incredible footage, maybe drop the music and just have the sounds of the walk. A lot of "oh hell" moments, well I actually said something else but hey :)
OMG! God Bless the climbers. This video took us right with you. Thank you 4 your courage and sacrifice. God created an awesome mountain in Matterhorn, and many others..jj
Many may think due to matterhorn being „only“ 4‘400m you don‘t have trouble with the thinner atmosphere. I went up from 600 to 4‘000m at jungfraujoch in a short time and man, the altitude knocked me out. Strong headache and dizziness.
Madonna complimenti! Sei riuscito a trasmettermi tutte le emozioni, dalle vertigini allo stupore con un video!!! Bravissimo! Abitando ai piedi del matterhorn è incredibile vederlo così!
Just one question: How do you walk along the edge of a razor without thinking you could fall? This is my fear of heights, it happens every time I am high like a cliff, and I start thinking I am going to fall. I wish I could do what you guys are doing. Your so lucky!
Geert Mijer Well, apart from the fact that it was a knife edge requiring perfect balance, it was icy and uneven exposed rock, requiring perfect coordination. So I get your point that a lot of the perception of danger is in the mind, and due to lack of focus. But that is not a place I would want to take anyone who didn't possess the agility of a mountain goat.
AWESOME!!! I love these videos, it takes me up the mountain with you (i get butterflies just watching) and i'm amazed at everyone's bravery, because i could not bring myself to do this, i wish, but no, just can't be up that high. But the video is amazing and what dreams are made of...BRAVO to all who can climb the mountains!
@@danieljensen2626 ok, so thats why the simulator has a hard time getting to the top of Matterhorn, or at least it takes a bit of maneuvering and time.
Terrifying just to watch. Amazing camera work especially seeing the sheer narrowness of the ridge and the drop on either side. Their climbing and roping technique seemed an incredibly fearless if a somewhat lackadaisical approach to climbing such a formidable peak!
Ok, I am preparing for that climb and I believe that guide did a pretty miserable job. Traversing on a snowy/icy ridge with crampons but no ice/walking axe? What was the point of being roped together - only to fall together if anybody slips?
It's probably not my place, as I know zilch of how to climb a mountain, but I have seen other videos where the guide has done exactly this - using the crampons? Don't know but it's just my guess
Crampiq You cannot self arrest properly without an axe... Then the rope is just to make the climber feel safe and the guide less safe. Doesn't matter as I know my instructor/guide would never allow this as he values his own life :)
Awesome dude!!! i never climbed any mountian, but if i can choose one definitely this one! Thanks for making this movie. The Matterhorn is so amazing to see! Bin to Zermatt for a week and walked many trails around it, so nice! Thanks mate!!
Matterhorn definitely a challenging climb but to say it is "more dangerous than Everest" is fatuous in the extreme. Maybe more people have been killed on the Matterhorn, but many more people have gone there for many more years. I don't think most of these guys would b e able to hack Everest. I've only been up Island Peak (6,2100 m. and kind of half way between Everest and the Matterhorn, but I can tell you our rope technique was a lot more cautious than what I just saw here!
You dont think they could hack Everest??? do you know them? does not Everest manly demand stamina over technique from a climber? from your answer it seems you have som experience in high altitude climbing 6200 m is not a joke, just asking.
depends on the route, anything on the South west face or Kangshung face or West Ridge etc is far more difficult than anything the Matterhorn has- maybe not technically but weather, altitude etc
If the way these two climb is indeed the model for how this route is done, then there is little wonder why it is one of the 'Most Dangerous'. What ever happened to anchors? What ever became of putting a piece of gear in every now and then? I get the thing in Alpine where you have to move fast...but...really? I was gripped seeing how these two climb with nothing between them but an untethered cord, which was useless in many places, acting more like a trip line than a factor for safety. There were numerous places in this film where had one climber fallen, the team would have been stripped from their stances, yet always available were cracks in the rock to place gear. I don't get that. If you have one climber fall off any of those knife ridges and the other in unanchored, what do you do?...flick right off with them like click-clacks? If this is how people limb the Matterhorn, then it is of little wonder so many lose their lives there.
Gyntster Hey mate, I consider climbing Matterhorn myself but I am a beginner in climbing, doing well on trekking though. How should I prepare myself for such of an adventure? I went skying in Breuil-Cervinia this spring and Matterhorn left a print in my heart and mind that is drawing me toward it and I consider getting on top of it some day... Thank you!
***** Knowing what I do from the limited view I have of how this route is "Guided", I would think long and hard about doing such a climb. Under normal situations, and operating in the highest level of safety, the climb would be done in pitches that utilize anchored belay stances to do both the ascent and descent. This is not the way it is guided. For much of the climb both the guide and the client are simul-climbing with no anchors in place, so if one falls, they both go. If you intend to do a major alpine ascent, such as the Matterhorn, then you should be in top cardio condition, have many, many days of experience climbing on mixed rock/snow/ice terrain, and are able to move fast with little or no protection. Walking across a snowy arete atop 6,000 foot drops in the wind unanchored is not something you should even consider unless you have many, many days of experience in crampons at altitude. Good luck with your training Sergui, and do not take this dream lightly.
Thank you very much! I hope I will get on it eventually... Casey Stoner told Valentino Rossi one time, "Your ambition exceeds your talent!" This usually has deadly consequences... I see this in these guys.
Alpine Crags I get the tech on the "dead man" belay, and I assume that is well understood by both before the situation comes to be; however, that looks like a recipe for cutting the rope or sustaining injury by jumping into the abyss. Have you ever actually had to pull that move? I have implemented a similar approach while belaying climbers of dangerously run-out climbs by unclipping from the anchors and committing to a jump from the stance to shorten the fall the leader was going to take...but...I never had to actually take that leap. The Alpine Game ushers in a whole different set of rules, and many of these are just necessary to move fast and beat the weather/dark...rules like simul-climb with little to no gear in. It takes a lot of balls to play that game, a set I never had. So kudos to you for getting out there and doing it...I just hope you live a really long life, and never have to take a core-shot in your rope when you jump off the opposite side of the ridge. Peace
Pretty much all helmet cameras are action cameras. When doing something like this, you want as much as possible to end up in the footage. That's why these action cameras use a fisheye lens. The lens is convex, not concave :). And yes, it does distort the image quite a bit in order to fit more image into the shot. So yeah, the camera makes it look steeper aswell as taller. Look near the edges of the video, everything is curved and slightly distorted. Makes you seem more badass for climbing such a mountain when you show this video to your friends.
10:46 if you look at the horizon you can see how much its bending. In the beginning you see pictures from a helicopter and it seems more roomy at the top than it does from the head cam. Still very impressive but it does make it look more dangerous.
There are very few highs as amazing as standing on the summit of a big mountain. Especially one like Matterhorn. Someday I'd like to climb partway up. I lack the technical skills to summit it. Just being on the mountain is special. Some of my best memories are sitting at the tops of mountains.
Just amazing!!! I think you have to have at least a couple screws loose to do this but I do admire the courage, athleticism and adventure seeking. The adrenalin rush would kill me in my tracks up there, literally. What I have never understood is how they keep a level head when a simple slip could mean falling what looks like thousands of feet, and that is what I mean by screw loose.. the lack of fear of heights is something I always wanted.. I tried skydiving... didn't work.. Congrats that these guys lived to enjoy their experience for the rest of their lives and to post this great documentary of their adventure.
Ali Frazier alot of the climbers will parachute back down, you know their sense of adventure is unmeasurable, these people are brave as hell, and the though of decent is scarier than climbing up if you ask me.
+Ryan Jurasek why would anyone carry a ton of food to the summit? you leave it at base camp and only carry a summit pack with enough food for one day and water. The only gear that is required for this climb is a harass, ropes, a screw gate and maybe a belay device. since there are bolts and rappel stations in the critical spots on the matterhorn there is no gear really needed than the standard mountaineering staple.
My father, Hamilton Warren, had Parkinsons, but he always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. He did it at 58. He was the oldest man on the mountain that day and the slowest. I waited for him at the hut below. I was so proud.
Crazy how it goes from looking so normal near the base to absolutely terrifying as the summit gets closer
Yeah, right on..amazing..
Seems totally normal. Looking up to a 20 meter climbing tower seems normal from ground level. Climbing it unsecured is absolutely terrifying for most people.
Some of the best footage of a Petzl headlamp I've seen in some time.
I guess this comment is underrated lol
lmao!
ahahhahahahahahhaa
Reminds me of my hang gliding footage where you can hear the lens cap blowing in the wind hitting the microphone the whole time. Oh well.
brilliant.
As an older man now looking back on his life and wishing he had done more, I salute you for your bravery and perseverance. What a fantastic experience! YOLO!
Maybe if you hadn’t believed in an eternal paradise after your life, subscribing to a belief system which literally idolises a character who was resurrected after his death, then you would have YOLO’d harder? Who knows.
There’s still time for lot’s of good times without standing on a ridge line. Have fun out there!
@@bimfred you must be fun
Thought this was a difficult climb....it has ladders 🪜 😂😂😂
On August 6, 2013 I reached the top of the Matterhorn with a friend in the same way, via the Italian Lion ridge route, which where we also the descent. Everything was normal, I had trained on difficult winter routes in the Dolomites: it seemed impossible that anything could happen. A month later, I slipped just five meters from the summit of a three thousand meter peak in the Dolomites, falling a total of 35 metres. I was in bed, in a wheelchair and on crutches for 6 months. Not only were the bones broken, the sense of invulnerability that animates us all was definitively gone, broken. Ten years later, with the fortune of still being alive and being able to walk (also) in the mountains, watching this compelling film I feel a sense of revulsion. I would never do it again, because skill and experience are certainly fundamental, but the luck component plays an even more important role. Life is too precious, this was the teaching I was given.
Surely. I can understand some people have that challenge, but potentially reward is much lesser than the consequences. Risk here is too big.
I'm glad that you are alive.
As I watched this epic climb I was scared the whole time -scaling up and on the very edge. Then the idea of actually coming down just doesn't even seem possible. You guys are true warriors!
Warriors? WARRIORS?? You forgot "heroes." "Band of brothers?" Maybe I was watching a different video, but to me it looked like a crew of frat bros hauling some brewskis to the top -- take a few selfies, then see who can piss the farthest off the summit.
@@OslerWannabe ok, but they're also warriors. he didn't say heroes, bro
Fisheye lens. Check out the right side horizon at 3:22.
Completely agree. WOW!!
They use a GoPro camera with fish-eye lens (same as NASA uses) this makes things look much steeper and curved than they are.
Fabulous video. These images are so scary that sometimes I can barely watch. Walking on such a narrow edge with "nothing" on both sides is just unreal to me. Congratulations!
Soooo, cool..
I have a hard time even watching the video without freaking out. I'll erase that off my bucket list.
when i first saw this video, i must admit i was inspired. i have watched it probably 30 times. these guys are phenomenal. i watched all the patrick lateif videos. i first went to mt. elbert over 14000 feet and climbed it. now i am going to the pico de orizaba 18500 and climb it first week on november 2018. then the chimborazo in ecuador 20500. thank you patrick lateif and your friends. i am 60 years old and you gave me something to do for myself to accomplish physically. i have other spiritual interest that take first place. but this fills a small void in my llfe. the ability to accomplish this physical goal. if i am ever in Lebanon please have lunch with me.
Thank-you for taking me to a place (the summit) where I will never get to go.....
The fish-eye lens is really making it way more dangerous than it is, still terrifying even without the effect though lol
Yes, I freaked out for a whole year before ascending the Matterhorn due to the fish-eye lens videos. Then on the mountain, everything was cool. wonderful and relaxed climb.
@@TheZedok Did you go up the Hornli ridge? If so is it obvious where the first party fell at? Wondered if they had it marked or anything.
@@TheZedok Umm yeah sure...The Matterhorn is the mountain with the most deaths in the word, 1 in 300 people that attempt it die. It's not a walk in the park exactly.
@@jojodroid31 K2 and Annapurna have the most deaths in the world man what are you talking about bullshit
One in 4 people who climbs K2 dies. On Annapurna from 244, 72 died.
You don't compare the himalayas with anything else in then world. Lol you talk crap
@@jojodroid31 your respect for mountains inspires me thank you
Thanks for making the effort to film your epic climb. Yes there is some gear on the trickiest parts of the climb but, frankly, you still have to get your head around how exposed you are. The walk along the snow covered arete is mind blowing. Well done
You know it's narrow when you call it an arête instead of a ridge.
Typical overblown GoPro footage I'm afraid....
This is absolutely beautiful footage. Great climbing and great clips of the ridge. Absolutely amazing. Thanks for posting this.
Look at wind blowing him, flippin narrow track..
This was legendary! I’m so lucky to live a part of this summit trought your video, thanks and keep up!
Matterhorn is my favorite mountain! It's fantastic, congratulation to you guys! :) The video is very great with songs!
5:25 that guy is rather crazy...
5:39 and then this hapenned in the spot where he was walking. Lucky
Jojoselavi safe to say they all were walking with death on both sides. To them it’s just a walk in the park.
Can someone explain me why there aren't any fixed ropes there?
@@EdoardoBonaccorsi I know nothing about it, however, there should NEVER, EVER be ANYTHING left up there by humans!! If you gotta have a 'fixed' rope.....go back to Romper Room!! Dumbass!!
It only hurts for a second! Terrible belay just after that!
damn music.. all videos with the background music... I would want to hear the sound of the winds and mountain
It is dangerous. The ridge is so narrow, I could not walk even without ice. I stopped watching for a while, fearing you will fall any moment. Then realized that you survived. That is why I could see the video. Well done and congratulations.
Nice exposed drops there. Whats with climbing videos never showing the descent? Its the most difficult part where most of the accidents happen.
Michael Farrier ....ya we wannna see fucking accidents!!! People falling to their death. Where is it?!?!
Likely rappelled a lot of it on this mountain. One of the few mountains that is easier getting down. Still, Id like to see some of the descent work too.
A wing suit would make quick work of the descent on this mountain! With a parachute of course.
@@ericjensen1740 doubt it, you'd have to get enough push off the mountain to utilize either efficiently, plus it's just another thing to carry on your back.
And here I thought climbing Mt.Borah in Idaho was scary!
I am originally from New York but went to Zermatt in 1970 at age 16 after earning enough money working in a fast food place. I hiked from Zermatt to the Hornlihut with sneakers and then back down. It was a long but wonderful day. I could never make it to the top. Thanks for sharing this video. This is incredible and so difficult even with the modern equipment and the ladders in some locations. Of course I have respect for you but I think about the people who first claimed the mountain without the modern equipment etc. Wow!
Amazing! So much admiration for people who can do this. I am so afraid of heights I would die. So, Thank you for doing this so we can enjoy the sights. Amazing
Right , I feel like I could reach the top ,,but I would surely freeze up at the summit ,I wouldn’t be able to climb back down I’d be stuck in fear
Yes, I would flying down by now, with no parachute..ha..
@@nancytestani1470 we’d fall together then lol
My father is a retired climber who summited Everest and k2(and more) and after these he went and climbed egier and his parter wasn't as expierance and almost yanked him off the mountain. Thankfully he was anchored. I have climbed Denali(McKinley) and Mont Blanc I am planning on rainier in the next month. Egier is set in my sight after watching this:) it's really cool vid btw!
Love it, got goose bumps just watching it! Brave men!
Beautiful footage ... a daring climb. It really reminds me why I so much love being in a kayak on a beautiful clear New Hampshire lake in any season!
What a video, guys, great job! You were really lucky of the weather, that is one of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen, thank you so much for providing us this beautiful experience!
All mountain climbing videos while their on those thin ridges give me the oogie boogies
I just cried on this video. So beautiful. I feel totally scary by hights and my tallest mountain has been 1300 meters. Such feelings only by watching these wonders.
This is fantastic.. I just can assume what feelings these guys experienced there at the summit.. two thumbs up!!!
What's with the music? I'd rather hear the wind and natural sounds. It just kills the vibe.
Seems to be a fad among UA-camrs. Drown everything of documentary footage in inane music.
I muted it and put A Winged Victory For The Sullen on instead. Completely different experience.
I commented something similar just now. Then I scrolled the comments. I knew I wasn't alone!
Shitty music is the plague of UA-cam videos.
They're focused on their own ego, on portraying themselves as incredible. You're supposed to come away from the video completely awestruck.
Showing your hand and feet placements in the same near shots were beautiful and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you, beautifully done, thanks for taking us with you!
Back in 2011 a Greek team lost a climber due to an old rope that was fixed already there.The young climber, used it, and it broke, killing him. RIP.
Theokondak thanks for that I guess
You know what happens when you assume????
He should have free solo it
They climb there voluntarily. It's their free choice, and if they're not complete idiots, they have to reckon with the worst. It's just dangerous. So his death doesn't excite me much. This mountain takes about five lives each year. From my point of view, they are all a bit suicidal.
Some serious balls to do this, nothing but admiration, you are living......
Simplesmente espetacular, estive em Zermatt no final de 2017, lugar mais lindo da Terra, e Matterhorn de tirar o fôlego
This is just so beautiful and emotional. Some portions are just pure craziness. Well done and thanks for sharing.
This gave me heart palpitations watching from my nice cosy warm bed. Kudos to you and thanks for sharing the vid it’s awesome!
Incredible guys!!! Just got back from Zermatt trail running.
this mountain is beautiful .
Jesus, its like walking along a knife edge. But a knife edge 4000 metres up covered in crumbly snow! Props guys. Very impressive.
Thank you very much for this impressions. The pictures are good and give me a small piece of the feeling that it has to be up there. I am not tough and skilled enough for this and so I am deeply impressed. respect
Hallo
Amazing mountain, walking through the clouds.
I dont understand how yall can trust that snow so much. I feel like there's a high-percentage chance that a piece of ice/snow just breaks off.
It can but at that altitude it is always frozen. I climbed the matterhorn in 2012 and it was scary as hell but fun.
Much better than those high production videos that show people at base camp, then walking in some snow and summiting.. maybe showing a drone clip of actual climbing. This is superior. Thank you Patrick.. and GoPro
Unglaubliche Bilder , Wie klein der Mensch doch ist.
Ein mal beer bitte
Wow, what a view..don’t FALL..still amazing mountain..
can someone explain this rope technique, is it to kill both of u if one falls?
If one falls off, the other one jump off at the opposite side, so neither of them have to die
+Chuck Norris The trick is the guy in front must always fall first so the back guy knows which way to jump. Not a functional technique the other way around.
+Steve Crane Actually the first guy is licensed mountain guide and he knows what to do ;)
+TheJohanNorway
I guess we have to ask one of them, the experts. These guys replying to your question have no idea why.
Jump on the other side if you of them falls that sound like crazy talk to me. Plus they are connected on all the areas not only on the summit.
It won't work and they would both fall in the same way because it will not be enough time to realise what happened. The rope is not that long. I fall you come with me! in seconds.
There are actually two techniques. One is where the mountain guide is holding the client with a very short rope. This is purely for being able to hold him in case he would stumble a bit. If he starts really falling, both would fall. The other technique is with where the guide keeps some buffered rope in his hand. If the client falls, the guide would either jump to the other side of the ridge or would try to find a place where he could hook in the rope. He basically throws the "extra" rope away which gives him a bit of time until the rope would span and start pulling him. Disadvantage is that the impulse and energy will obviously be much higher. It is not possible to tell whether being roped or not is the safer way of climbing. Many clients are simply climbing much better believing that someone is securing them. It is a psychological thing more than anything else. It's one of the many reasons that people pay for mountain guides.
Just got back from Zurmatt ! It was amazing and nothing compares the the Matterhorn! BEAUTIFUL!
This is a great video for demonstrating spectacular scenery and terrifying technical skills. While climbing can never be made "safe" it can be made "safer." Fast does not have to be deadly. These guys got away with something here.....
Sweaty palms: "..Your nervous system automatically triggers your sweat glands when your body temperature rises. Sweating also normally occurs, especially on your palms, when you're nervous. The most common form of hyperhidrosis is called primary focal (essential) hyperhidrosis.." Amazing footage!
Thank you Patrick.Tomas from Poland
So Beautiful, my ultimate respect for these people put it all on the line - in the name of adventure
I'm not even there and my hands sweat when I watch this :(
So beautiful at the Summit. My breath was taken away.
"Where will you be when diarrhea strikes?"
Natajlja, on your period are we? take a fucking joke. You must be fun at parties
now i know this was a joke however, one of the symptoms of altitude sickness can be swollen gut which in turn will give you the runs. This actually happened to a climbing partner of mine in Colorado and he was less than satisfied when he had to wipe with a rock on the summit of this mountain.
@@thomashodgkinson8319 -- these are things that happen IRL, imagine that happening in front of a woman climber (apineist) . the runs will dirty up a climbing suit real quick but more importantly, the smell is overwhelming and people have to distance themselves and they tell others of this and then it goes to social media and then the ridicule starts (and the embarrassment), pucker up butter cup.
Walking from a Taco Bell parking lot.
Excellent climb and beautiful filming. Perfect climb and conditions. Perfection.
So beautiful - my mountain :-) My great-great grandfather Taugwalder was the first one up there :-) Well done :-)
@Forrest Trump actually it was Peter taugwalder
It was a joke a dopey badger shagger
Bit like your sense of humour Daniel, you fucking prat!
:-)
Edward Whymper too!
Superbes images, super musique. Merci d'avoir partagé votre expérience ! Magnifique !
Incredible footage, maybe drop the music and just have the sounds of the walk. A lot of "oh hell" moments, well I actually said something else but hey :)
Astonishing... My best regards to the team!
Congrats for reaching summit ..woow.!Greetings from Canada! 😉 😊 😋 😎
Every time I feel like climbing I take a nap until the feeling goes away...
OMG! God Bless the climbers. This video took us right with you. Thank you 4 your courage and sacrifice. God created an awesome mountain in Matterhorn, and many others..jj
very nice, impressive pictures from my home country. thank you, guys !
I’m laying down and still felt like I was about to fall.
I have a natural (irrational) fear of heights and never thought I’d get the sensation watching this on my iPhone!! Epic video! Thank you for sharing!
why didn't you mention your guide in the video...?
Michele , you answered your own question perhaps?
Its you?
Because they are idiots
@@swayjaayy5495 how are they 'idiots'
Shadowwalker0408 guides are just glorified mules
Many may think due to matterhorn being „only“ 4‘400m you don‘t have trouble with the thinner atmosphere. I went up from 600 to 4‘000m at jungfraujoch in a short time and man, the altitude knocked me out. Strong headache and dizziness.
Il cervino ❤️
The best video on UA-cam, period!
Fantastic movie, thank you guys! I love also the soundtrack... beautiful :-)
Madonna complimenti! Sei riuscito a trasmettermi tutte le emozioni, dalle vertigini allo stupore con un video!!! Bravissimo! Abitando ai piedi del matterhorn è incredibile vederlo così!
Just one question: How do you walk along the edge of a razor without thinking you could fall? This is my fear of heights, it happens every time I am high like a cliff, and I start thinking I am going to fall. I wish I could do what you guys are doing. Your so lucky!
Imagine there is no height, why would you fall?
I am also wondering if people can actually get used to heights, or if they're just born like that.
Geert Mijer Well, apart from the fact that it was a knife edge requiring perfect balance, it was icy and uneven exposed rock, requiring perfect coordination. So I get your point that a lot of the perception of danger is in the mind, and due to lack of focus. But that is not a place I would want to take anyone who didn't possess the agility of a mountain goat.
Focus on what you are doing. If all your attention goes towards making the right moves, there is no room for fear.
AWESOME!!! I love these videos, it takes me up the mountain with you (i get butterflies just watching) and i'm amazed at everyone's bravery, because i could not bring myself to do this, i wish, but no, just can't be up that high. But the video is amazing and what dreams are made of...BRAVO to all who can climb the mountains!
Welcome to Switzerland :-)
Nice Video
I'll stick with the toblerone
Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
2:01 skull in the rock.. scary!
Now I see it too
Wow! It is breathtaking!
God bless you! Be always careful and always go safely!
Isn't it safer to ask helicopter pilot to drop them off at the top?
You do not climb for the view (only). The Way is the Goal.
And a helicopter cant fly so high i think.
@@maxi2247 -- yes , oh yes, it can.
@@harpoon_bakery162 Helicopters actually have a hard time hovering over about 3000m, they can fly much higher only if they are moving forward.
@@danieljensen2626 ok, so thats why the simulator has a hard time getting to the top of Matterhorn, or at least it takes a bit of maneuvering and time.
Terrifying just to watch. Amazing camera work especially seeing the sheer narrowness of the ridge and the drop on either side. Their climbing and roping technique seemed an incredibly fearless if a somewhat lackadaisical approach to climbing such a formidable peak!
Ok, I am preparing for that climb and I believe that guide did a pretty miserable job. Traversing on a snowy/icy ridge with crampons but no ice/walking axe? What was the point of being roped together - only to fall together if anybody slips?
It's probably not my place, as I know zilch of how to climb a mountain, but I have seen other videos where the guide has done exactly this - using the crampons? Don't know but it's just my guess
Crampiq You cannot self arrest properly without an axe... Then the rope is just to make the climber feel safe and the guide less safe. Doesn't matter as I know my instructor/guide would never allow this as he values his own life :)
Anton Vasilev well Godspeed
Awesome dude!!! i never climbed any mountian, but if i can choose one definitely this one! Thanks for making this movie. The Matterhorn is so amazing to see! Bin to Zermatt for a week and walked many trails around it, so nice!
Thanks mate!!
Matterhorn definitely a challenging climb but to say it is "more dangerous than Everest" is fatuous in the extreme. Maybe more people have been killed on the Matterhorn, but many more people have gone there for many more years. I don't think most of these guys would b e able to hack Everest. I've only been up Island Peak (6,2100 m. and kind of half way between Everest and the Matterhorn, but I can tell you our rope technique was a lot more cautious than what I just saw here!
not this route but the north face is
You dont think they could hack Everest??? do you know them? does not Everest manly demand stamina over technique from a climber? from your answer it seems you have som experience in high altitude climbing 6200 m is not a joke, just asking.
Cactus PK huhu
But there are also extreme routes on everest, wich have never been repeated yet. The Matterhorn's north face is repeated several times each year.
depends on the route, anything on the South west face or Kangshung face or West Ridge etc is far more difficult than anything the Matterhorn has- maybe not technically but weather, altitude etc
Incredible, Patrick. I think I had a half-dozen PVCs watching you walk the top ridge.
“Sail” “climb a mountain”
respect! never saw a video like this but now I understand you climbers! wow!
7:13 his left feet was unstable
I saw that too
wow!! thumbs up! and great video too.. it gives me the taste to go back to mountains...thanks!
If the way these two climb is indeed the model for how this route is done, then there is little wonder why it is one of the 'Most Dangerous'. What ever happened to anchors? What ever became of putting a piece of gear in every now and then? I get the thing in Alpine where you have to move fast...but...really? I was gripped seeing how these two climb with nothing between them but an untethered cord, which was useless in many places, acting more like a trip line than a factor for safety. There were numerous places in this film where had one climber fallen, the team would have been stripped from their stances, yet always available were cracks in the rock to place gear. I don't get that. If you have one climber fall off any of those knife ridges and the other in unanchored, what do you do?...flick right off with them like click-clacks? If this is how people limb the Matterhorn, then it is of little wonder so many lose their lives there.
Gyntster Hey mate, I consider climbing Matterhorn myself but I am a beginner in climbing, doing well on trekking though. How should I prepare myself for such of an adventure? I went skying in Breuil-Cervinia this spring and Matterhorn left a print in my heart and mind that is drawing me toward it and I consider getting on top of it some day... Thank you!
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Knowing what I do from the limited view I have of how this route is "Guided", I would think long and hard about doing such a climb. Under normal situations, and operating in the highest level of safety, the climb would be done in pitches that utilize anchored belay stances to do both the ascent and descent.
This is not the way it is guided.
For much of the climb both the guide and the client are simul-climbing with no anchors in place, so if one falls, they both go.
If you intend to do a major alpine ascent, such as the Matterhorn, then you should be in top cardio condition, have many, many days of experience climbing on mixed rock/snow/ice terrain, and are able to move fast with little or no protection. Walking across a snowy arete atop 6,000 foot drops in the wind unanchored is not something you should even consider unless you have many, many days of experience in crampons at altitude.
Good luck with your training Sergui, and do not take this dream lightly.
Thank you very much! I hope I will get on it eventually... Casey Stoner told Valentino Rossi one time, "Your ambition exceeds your talent!" This usually has deadly consequences... I see this in these guys.
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Follow your dreams, but do not allow them to become your nightmare, too...Preparation is key...
Alpine Crags
I get the tech on the "dead man" belay, and I assume that is well understood by both before the situation comes to be; however, that looks like a recipe for cutting the rope or sustaining injury by jumping into the abyss. Have you ever actually had to pull that move? I have implemented a similar approach while belaying climbers of dangerously run-out climbs by unclipping from the anchors and committing to a jump from the stance to shorten the fall the leader was going to take...but...I never had to actually take that leap. The Alpine Game ushers in a whole different set of rules, and many of these are just necessary to move fast and beat the weather/dark...rules like simul-climb with little to no gear in. It takes a lot of balls to play that game, a set I never had. So kudos to you for getting out there and doing it...I just hope you live a really long life, and never have to take a core-shot in your rope when you jump off the opposite side of the ridge. Peace
My legs are shaking and my heart is sinking when I watch this video...
Solid, but ladders should only be used to change a light bulb.
Very high quality video. Thanks for sharing.
Turn the volume off if you want to enjoy this video
It really does ruin it
Music is very nice👍🏾
@@ernsthaft3333 Music is very nice. Guess I am getting old. Guess it could of been rap
amazing video...amazing jurney.. well done to you all
Magnificent!
One question- Does the helmet camera make the image appear more concave thus making the climb look steeper than it actually is? Thanks
Pretty much all helmet cameras are action cameras. When doing something like this, you want as much as possible to end up in the footage. That's why these action cameras use a fisheye lens. The lens is convex, not concave :). And yes, it does distort the image quite a bit in order to fit more image into the shot. So yeah, the camera makes it look steeper aswell as taller. Look near the edges of the video, everything is curved and slightly distorted. Makes you seem more badass for climbing such a mountain when you show this video to your friends.
10:46 if you look at the horizon you can see how much its bending. In the beginning you see pictures from a helicopter and it seems more roomy at the top than it does from the head cam. Still very impressive but it does make it look more dangerous.
The helmet camera makes it look much much worse than it actually is
There are very few highs as amazing as standing on the summit of a big mountain. Especially one like Matterhorn. Someday I'd like to climb partway up. I lack the technical skills to summit it. Just being on the mountain is special. Some of my best memories are sitting at the tops of mountains.
8:06 - please tell me that isn't duct tape holding the rope ladder together!
Just amazing!!! I think you have to have at least a couple screws loose to do this but I do admire the courage, athleticism and adventure seeking. The adrenalin rush would kill me in my tracks up there, literally. What I have never understood is how they keep a level head when a simple slip could mean falling what looks like thousands of feet, and that is what I mean by screw loose.. the lack of fear of heights is something I always wanted.. I tried skydiving... didn't work.. Congrats that these guys lived to enjoy their experience for the rest of their lives and to post this great documentary of their adventure.
Okay... And then you have to DESCEND......
Ali Frazier alot of the climbers will parachute back down, you know their sense of adventure is unmeasurable, these people are brave as hell, and the though of decent is scarier than climbing up if you ask me.
+Jennifer Rodriguez hahaha they aren't parachuting off. they have so much gear and food they had to take up there is no room for parachutes.
+Ryan Jurasek why would anyone carry a ton of food to the summit? you leave it at base camp and only carry a summit pack with enough food for one day and water. The only gear that is required for this climb is a harass, ropes, a screw gate and maybe a belay device. since there are bolts and rappel stations in the critical spots on the matterhorn there is no gear really needed than the standard mountaineering staple.
+Ali Frazier The descent is easier on this mountain than the ascent (not always the case). You can rappel a lot of it if you want.
And then its a moment for life. You climed the stairs all year long they went up K2. See the difference
Been watching a lot of Matterhorn vids. Best one so far!
Am I the only one who thought of homer climbing the Murderhorn?
Gratuliere ! Super Tour ! Tolle Bilder und Eindrücke,die Ihr da hinterlassen habt.