TURNING POINT - Mountain Without Mercy (27 April 1997)

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  • TURNING POINT
    Mountain Without Mercy:
    The Everest Story
    ABC.27 April 1997.AAC.720p.mp4
    ABC's news magazine "Turning Point" had two episodes on the 1996 Mt. Everest climbing season. The first episode aired on September 19, 1996, the season opener for the series. On April 27, 1997, "Turning Point" aired this show again, with a big difference. This newer episode included what had happened since September 1996, including footage of Beck Weathers and of the Nepalese pilot who rescued two climbers from the base camp on Everest.
    I have edited out the commercials in my 720p upload of this great "Turning Point" episode. 20 years ago, those were the days, when ABC News routinely turned out super news magazines.

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  • @followthewhiterabbit414
    @followthewhiterabbit414 11 місяців тому +137

    Everyone forgets, and this documentary shamefully doesn't even mention the heroism of Andy Harris who could have gotten himself down to camp 4 but instead when Rob and Doug reported over the radio that they were in trouble and needed help, Andy went back up the mountain, into the heart of the storm, carrying bottles of oxygen to try to help Rob Hall and Doug Hanson. And he not only tried, but he made actually made it to them, as Rob Hall reported that he was there, but that he had disappeared during the night. He was never seen again.

    • @micks6797
      @micks6797 10 місяців тому +29

      Andy wasn't just tired he was showing the early symptoms of a cerebral edema. As you have said it was a true act of unselfish heroism to retrieve the gas and climb back into that storm.

    • @rubensolis8442
      @rubensolis8442 10 місяців тому +32

      I can’t imagine what Andy must of felt in that moment. The decision to descent and survive or to go back into the storm to rescue his friend . True act of bravery and loyalty.

    • @juanitaduval9856
      @juanitaduval9856 6 місяців тому +1

      Very true Andy was a hero. He could have lived😢

    • @CountyLineForge
      @CountyLineForge 4 місяці тому +7

      He definitely went hypoxic after returning with the oxygen. They were frozen up so he no longer had air/energy to get himself, or anyone else back down. The movie everest claims he fell to his death, which is very likely...but it's all really speculation considering there were gaps of up to 12 hours between radio contacts with rob.

    • @CountyLineForge
      @CountyLineForge 4 місяці тому

      In all reality, Andy "Harold" Harris was already hypoxic. He claimed there was no full oxygen at the south summit, when there were actually 6 bottles. His regulator was fouled with ice so every time he checked a bottle, it read 0. They only weighed 6.5lbs full. so the only way to know thwir levels were to check them on the regulators gage. His decision to climb back up with a frozen up, half full bottle was due to hypoxia. Any climber of his skill wpuld have immediately noticed his regulator was bad, and he wasn't getting any oxygen from his own bottle. His brain was started. Had they not already been hypoxic, John k and Mike Grooms both would have realized it was a bad regulator and not empty bottles. He was trying to be heroic, but in reality, he was dead the moment his regulator froze and he was too confused from lack of oxygen to realize it. Had, he would have been thinking more clearly, never would have sent people on down with no oxygen, and never would have climbed back up, especially with a half empty bottle on a frozen regulator. The movie shows speculation but after reading the book "Into Thin Air" by John K, it was confirmed. He was past the normal acceptable levels of hypoxia before ever climbing back up.

  • @donaldminton9295
    @donaldminton9295 Рік тому +58

    Sadly Anatoli passed away the following year in an avalanche.
    He was a hero. Rest peacefully

    • @nashadhikari1171
      @nashadhikari1171 11 місяців тому +13

      also lapsang died in an another avalanche with in a year, seems lots of people on this trip were ill fated

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 8 місяців тому +4

      Almost all the greats pass sooner or later in that world

    • @averagejoegrows
      @averagejoegrows 3 місяці тому

      @@nashadhikari1171watch final destination, you cant escape death plan

  • @cradle652
    @cradle652 4 роки тому +173

    The number would’ve been higher but for the legend, Anatoli Boukreev who was the strongest high altitude mountaineer of his era.

    • @nagone11
      @nagone11 2 роки тому +15

      Died tragically in an avalanche some years later.

    • @cradle652
      @cradle652 2 роки тому +10

      @@nagone11 yes. A winter climb of the most dangerous face in the world - Annapurna South Face. The thought itself is so scary that most mountaineers wouldn’t want imagine before going to bed.

    • @kch7051
      @kch7051 2 роки тому +22

      Anatoli was a hero on that night

    • @nagone11
      @nagone11 2 роки тому +13

      @@kch7051 Saved lives...if he wasn't there that night, many more would have died. The man's a legend.

    • @kch7051
      @kch7051 2 роки тому +6

      @@nagone11 absolutely

  • @fennis26
    @fennis26 5 років тому +499

    I climbed the stairs in my house, starting at 1:00am, finally summited the second story at 6:00am, without oxygen. I’m ready for Everest.

    • @ForeverLumoz
      @ForeverLumoz 5 років тому +21

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

    • @fauxmanchu8094
      @fauxmanchu8094 4 роки тому +15

      fennis26 😂😂😂 comment of the year.

    • @janstroud8705
      @janstroud8705 4 роки тому +11

      😀😀😀 you go boy lol

    • @mommalynnette8190
      @mommalynnette8190 4 роки тому +11

      You beat my record!!!! Drat.....

    • @izzojoseph2
      @izzojoseph2 4 роки тому +43

      Just remember, it’s the descent that’s deadly. Keep energy for the return home!

  • @RobinMayhall
    @RobinMayhall Рік тому +73

    That Nepalese colonel and helicopter pilot is a beast. And a hero. I hope he has had a spectacular career. Hard to believe it’s almost 30 years since that day!

    • @MrSoumyaBanerjee
      @MrSoumyaBanerjee Рік тому +3

      His chopper actually crashed in 1997, but fortunately he survived.

    • @Tina06019
      @Tina06019 11 місяців тому +2

      He pulled off an incredible feat.

    • @mchandrashekhar4043
      @mchandrashekhar4043 Місяць тому

      Colonel Madan KC ...a Hero 🫡🫡

  • @rahtorres4305
    @rahtorres4305 Рік тому +99

    Wow that guide who went back into the storm 3 times looking for survivors is a hero!!

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +5

      He was just covering his butt because he shirked his duties and was the reason they were left up there. He was a super-strong climber and didn't have to go very far to find them, so it wasn't all that amazing. Notice he didn't rescue Rob or Scott, who were much higher up, that night.

    • @chrimony
      @chrimony Рік тому +35

      @@skeptigal2785 Nobody else was out in that storm and bringing back climbers. Easy to talk trash from the comfort of your chair.

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +8

      @@chrimony, nobody else a) was arguably the strongest climber in the world, and b) had rested all day in his tent drinking tea. Also, as the ONLY paid guide who wasn't lost or dying on the mountain, that was sort of his J-O-B...

    • @chrimony
      @chrimony Рік тому +21

      @@skeptigal2785 He had already fixed ropes and went up and summited that day. And you think he was the ONLY guide in those tents?

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +4

      @@chrimony , much EARLIER that day, ALONE, which is not what he was hired to do. He should have remained with the clients and helped them back. And yes, he was literally the only guide from either team back at the tents resting.

  • @incidentalist
    @incidentalist 5 років тому +131

    Wow, that pilot had balls of steel! Respect!

    • @JokersWild70
      @JokersWild70 4 роки тому +10

      I believe that it is still the highest helicopter rescue ever made. That guy definitely had some big, brassy ones.

    • @stephanieoliver8634
      @stephanieoliver8634 3 роки тому

      Yep, you can "see" how big they are. He was made for that rescue. Thank God for him!

  • @Tipperary757
    @Tipperary757 6 років тому +346

    The Nepalese helicopter pilot and Sherpa guides did extraordinary work! This story still rivets my attention decades later.

    • @borismuller86
      @borismuller86 5 років тому +5

      tipperary links absolutely. That must have been a hair-raising flight.

    • @Bribosome
      @Bribosome 4 роки тому +24

      if youre still interested in this tragedy, look into what Anatoli Boukreeve did that night. its nothing short of miraculous...and heroic.

    • @angguaa
      @angguaa Рік тому +1

      @@Bribosome Sure. Had he did his job as a guide, as he was being paid for, in the first place, maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't have to go out into the storm later! smh.

    • @mathildesteinberg7135
      @mathildesteinberg7135 Рік тому +2

      @@Bribosome 👍🙏🙏🙏❤️for Tolja!

    • @chamade166
      @chamade166 Рік тому

      @@Bribosome Sounds like a Ruissian 🖕

  • @nckruse
    @nckruse 4 роки тому +108

    Neal Biedleman is also a hero he helped all the others down to just outside camp 4 they could have all walked off the side of the mountain without him.

    • @kch7051
      @kch7051 2 роки тому +17

      Absolutely…..without Biedlman and Anatoli Both doing their work, everyone dies

    • @A.S.P.A
      @A.S.P.A Рік тому +9

      Neal was indeed a hero!

    • @followthewhiterabbit414
      @followthewhiterabbit414 11 місяців тому +3

      Everyone forgets, and this documentary shamefully doesn't even mention the heroism of Andy Harris who could have easily gotten himself down to camp 4 but instead went back up the mountain with bottles of oxygen to try to help Rob Hall and Doug Hanson, and he not only tried but he made it to them, as Rob Hall reported that he was there, but that he had disappeared during the night, and was never seen again.

    • @Mt.Everest.
      @Mt.Everest. 2 місяці тому +2

      and a looker😊 I would have had to have chased him! too bad! actually he's still good looking but indeed married 🎉❤

    • @mchandrashekhar4043
      @mchandrashekhar4043 Місяць тому

      True

  • @staceyshaffer180
    @staceyshaffer180 5 років тому +138

    It’s kind of ironic that Scott Fischer describes exactly how you die on the mountain if you push yourself and can’t make it down, then he dies from doing exactly that! Sad! RIP climbers.

    • @mellygibbs7011
      @mellygibbs7011 4 роки тому +8

      @gulag master but the weather is a major factor and must always be assumed. Saying that this was bc of a freak blizzard is incorrect. It is part of the deal

    • @noobzrule
      @noobzrule 4 роки тому +6

      If he hadn't help someone back down he be alive now

    • @ancaas7945
      @ancaas7945 3 роки тому +8

      @@noobzrule Actually, he was in very poor state the whole trip. Unfortunately, he was too stubborn and in competition with Rob. RIP both.

    • @noobzrule
      @noobzrule 3 роки тому

      @@ancaas7945 You liar!!!!!! Stop ur lying now foo! 😠

    • @dana102083
      @dana102083 Рік тому +2

      @@noobzrule theres no way to know that.. But as Brashears said loosely "out of everyone, Fischer had no business being on the mountain that day". He was in rough shape and exhausted.

  • @VoxFelis
    @VoxFelis 4 роки тому +123

    1997 and people said inexperienced climbers shouldn't be up there.
    2019 and nothing has changed.

    • @niktravels7633
      @niktravels7633 4 роки тому +9

      Yeah but nepal is too poor and corrupt to stop giving out permits. They would hand out a permit to a 7 year old if that 7 year old had 35000 in permit fees to spend. Nepal government is the reason so many people die on everest. Greed is more important to them than peoples saftey or having regulations so that only experienced climbers are up there.

    • @rogerpattube
      @rogerpattube 4 роки тому +3

      How are you (or rather, a bureaucrat sitting in Kathmandu) going to determine "inexperienced".

    • @niktravels7633
      @niktravels7633 4 роки тому +1

      @Beverley Lumb so what? They know the risk of their job and get paid better than some westerners because of it.

    • @dotty1220
      @dotty1220 3 роки тому

      Shay Lawless 😔

    • @elysiumsnakefarm1185
      @elysiumsnakefarm1185 3 роки тому +2

      Nothing will, either. The tragedy won't stop.

  • @Despond
    @Despond 10 місяців тому +9

    "I thought if I die now, I die for my friend" Such honor and nobility, lots of respect.

  • @jamiegroth7651
    @jamiegroth7651 7 років тому +208

    This story remains in my heart and saddens me still. I love the live footage. RIP Rob and Scott and all who perished.

    • @00tonytone
      @00tonytone 7 років тому +28

      Jamie Groth Rob Hall died for 2 mistakes, letting Doug Hansen convince him to Summit past turn around time and then not abandoning Doug when he started getting hypoxia, for taking to long to summit ran out of Oxygen. Rob Hall should of known better.

    • @daltonhunt7334
      @daltonhunt7334 6 років тому +1

      Jamie Groth there is one called the summit and the climb K2 19 climbers went up. Only 8 only came down its the most dangerous mountain

    • @janstroud8705
      @janstroud8705 4 роки тому +1

      @@daltonhunt7334 Yes, K2 is a much more dangerous mountain than Everest.

  • @theringer2283
    @theringer2283 4 роки тому +174

    I am shocked that that helicopter could fly at all, with all the weight of that pilot balls! Beast mode!

    • @stephanieoliver8634
      @stephanieoliver8634 3 роки тому +11

      He made it in that helicopter cause he had the biggest set of balls ever. No room left for doubt

    • @elbaestridge6503
      @elbaestridge6503 2 роки тому +3

      Watermelons balls !

    • @tinadenning3186
      @tinadenning3186 Рік тому

      They stripped everything out of it.

    • @cindys9491
      @cindys9491 Рік тому +1

      Madan K.C. was a hero. Respect

    • @shonii119
      @shonii119 Рік тому +1

      absolutely best description of that guy ever

  • @Blaine10024
    @Blaine10024 4 роки тому +207

    Beck Weathers nearly dies and in the end gives up his seat to save the life of a stranger, that is the measure of a man.

    • @scentlessapprentice88
      @scentlessapprentice88 4 роки тому +10

      Lol he chose to go up there and leave his family behind. Hardly.

    • @ironwoodnf9128
      @ironwoodnf9128 3 роки тому +16

      @@scentlessapprentice88 I'm not gonna poke holes but.... Your cover is a us army seal... Y'all leave your family for 6+ months at a time. Ah yah keeping sheela safe from haji like a good American boi.

    • @annielafreniere4682
      @annielafreniere4682 3 роки тому +16

      The measure of a man who shouldn't have been on the mountain in the first place. Amateurs like him make Everest a dangerous place for everyone. If you can't look after yourself and don't have the experience of Anatoli Boukreev, Ed Viesturs or Reinhold Messner, stay the fuck home pal. But being the circus that it's become, all about money and fake prestige, almost anyone can head to Everest and be dead weights for sherpas and experienced climbers, risking everyone's life. That Beck Weathers was turned into some kind of hero is the stupidest thing ever. It just makes a good sensational story on tv, nothing else.

    • @nagone11
      @nagone11 2 роки тому +6

      He's got a lecture appearance that you can see right here on UA-cam...he's a remarkable guy, so lucky he survived because in all reality, he should not have made it.

    • @kch7051
      @kch7051 2 роки тому

      @@annielafreniere4682Gee...imagine if someone told that to Messner and Viesturs prior to gaining all there experience? if people listened to your dumb ass, nobody would ever be able to climb enough to GAIN the experience. I'll agree, Everest aint the place for that, but still, what you're spouting is nonsense

  • @RobinMayhall
    @RobinMayhall Рік тому +24

    I got to hear Beck Weathers speak about a year after the 1996 tragedy. At the time I didn’t know anything about the story, so I was riveted by him. He was still healing then and still looked pretty bad, to be honest. After that I read Krakauer’s article in Outside magazine, as his book wasn’t published yet. I’ve now read Into Thin Air about five times, as well as books by Beck himself, Anatoli Boukreev and Lou Kasichke (sp?). I think you only get a well-rounded picture by reading several accounts, but Into Thin Air is one of my favorite books. All that said, I was and remain stunned by Beck Weathers’ physical courage and will to live. He wasn’t perfect, but who is? That’s something we should all remember about ourselves as well as mountain climbers.

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +2

      Read David Beshears', too, and there's an excellent interview with Beidelman online that takes the place of his writing one.

  • @ozzyaarseth
    @ozzyaarseth 3 роки тому +55

    Rob was such a good guy. such a positive heart

    • @CountyLineForge
      @CountyLineForge 4 місяці тому +1

      I dont know what to think. The movie everest makes he seem like he's a great, compassionate man who cared more about client safety then success. Other documentaries claim that Doug didn't even want to leave camp 4 because he wasn't comfortable with the weather forecast. But Rob was competing with Scott and mountain madness, to get all their clients to thw top. So he pushed Doug to summit. If it weren't the case, he would have absolutely turned Doug around instead of waiting and helping him summit 2 to 3 hours past their scheduled turnaround time. Remember, he didn't go up to saveDoug. He waited for Doug and didn't turn him around. He was already disappointed that 3 clients turned back early and a 4th was slow blind and could t go any further. If not for Krakaur and Yasuko already submitting ahead of him, he would have had 0 clients summit that year. That is bad for business when all of Scott's team summited. He pushed Doug and it cost them all their lives.

    • @ozzyaarseth
      @ozzyaarseth 3 місяці тому +3

      @@CountyLineForge oh, i didn’t know that doug didn’t want to go. i’m surprised he would do that. are there any witness reports of him doing that? just curious

    • @Amanda-uc5jq
      @Amanda-uc5jq Місяць тому

      @@ozzyaarsethother people tell it as Doug was determined to go up so Rob went with him against his better judgement.
      Guess the full truth will never be known now.

  • @DJ-jn3on
    @DJ-jn3on Рік тому +27

    One of the best documentaries on Everest I've seen,and despite the awful tragedy of so many people losing their lives, it did show that the human spirit can prevail.

  • @christinejones944
    @christinejones944 6 років тому +180

    This is sad. I've seen it a 1000 times and It's still gets to me.

    • @drubber007
      @drubber007 5 років тому +2

      @Eva Ivy They new the dangers.

    • @narcosislethal6429
      @narcosislethal6429 5 років тому +10

      I watched all decumentarys about this tragedy and am still watching it idk whyyyyyyy ??

    • @janstroud8705
      @janstroud8705 4 роки тому +1

      It has had the same effect on me. It haunts me in a way.... the bad decision to break the 2 o clock rule, being caught in an unexpected storm, the fact that Hansen died anyway, the oh so remote places Rob Hall and Scott died, the way the rest died...

    • @Baskerville22
      @Baskerville22 4 роки тому +1

      1000 times ? Either a lie or you need help.

    • @somjasa
      @somjasa 4 роки тому

      Yeah... same here.

  • @epicscreenname989
    @epicscreenname989 6 років тому +201

    The Nepalese are really incredible people

    • @freestyle9368
      @freestyle9368 6 років тому +5

      Viesturs and Brashears too.

    • @mspixiedust100
      @mspixiedust100 6 років тому

      +Freestyle Freestyle, yes

    • @NiSiochainGanSaoirse
      @NiSiochainGanSaoirse 5 років тому +5

      @@freestyle9368 absolutely world class climbers, and true mountaineering royalty.

    • @NiSiochainGanSaoirse
      @NiSiochainGanSaoirse 5 років тому +3

      @Danny Branderson it's not subjective.
      Many sherpa have multiple summits of hardcore mountains such as Everest, K2, Makalu, Nanga Parbat, Shisha Pangma, Annapurna etc, and have shown themselves to be not only highly moral and ethical people but incredibly skilled mountaineers aswell. How you can even suggest this to be a spurious claim defies any measure of logic.
      (My edit was to correct a spelling mistake in mountain. I'd spelt it mountian and it bugs me to leave errors in my posts.)

    • @cyrene7784
      @cyrene7784 5 років тому +3

      I wonder what they think of these entitled twats?

  • @drishy94303
    @drishy94303 6 років тому +110

    I have read Into Thin Air and The Climb.. This is by far the best presented documentary on the 1996 Everest disaster. They got to the root of the problem. Major professional competition blinded the guides combined with summit fever and too many punters, celebrities, and distractions above 8000m. If they had turned around at 2pm likely nobody would have died. They would have all been below the south summit when the storm hit. Fixed ropes would have been visible. One of the major things that was not stated was that the storm obscured the fixed ropes to Camp 4 underneath fresh drifts, that was a major downfall of the storm. I have been out on Mount Baker in a storm up around 9000 ft. I can only imagine what similar wind and snow conditions are like 20,000 feet higher.

    • @MrPaddyo88
      @MrPaddyo88 6 років тому +4

      Blizzards don't help much, either.

    • @janstroud8705
      @janstroud8705 4 роки тому +9

      Yep. Broken rules and wasted time.

    • @robertx1603
      @robertx1603 3 роки тому +10

      The PBS/Nova documentary is also excellent.

    • @ruth4376
      @ruth4376 Рік тому +4

      I don't know if the professional competition was as much of a factor once they were up there, it seems to have been more a case of very poor preparation (the unfixed ropes, the empty oxygen) and the guides' determination to get specific clients up at all costs, either for publicity (Sandy) or friendship (Doug) and this stopped the whole process running on time for the others

    • @youtubeshadowbansme494
      @youtubeshadowbansme494 Рік тому +1

      @@ruth4376 $$$ money was probably a motivating factor for the guides.

  • @sahilsharma2483
    @sahilsharma2483 4 роки тому +115

    One fact that often goes unnoticed is that Sandy Pittman took one of the sherpa's to short rope her on the climb who was supposed to fix ropes with the other sherpa and that's why the ropes at Hillary's step were not fixed and it cost the teams an hour. An hour wasted in the death zone is like an invitation to death. A lot of casualties could've been prevented if that had not happened. Of course there were a lot of other bad decisions made that lead to the deaths but this one affected everyone summiting that day. Now she proudly sits there like a survivor who suffered at the hands of nature through no fault of her own.

    • @robertx1603
      @robertx1603 3 роки тому +20

      She did not ask to be short-roped up, it was Lopsang that felt getting her to the top was Fischer's number one priority, so he made that decision. A very costly decision as that hour was critical.

    • @washedupwarvet2027
      @washedupwarvet2027 2 роки тому +17

      @@meaningfulsongspoetry6269 Doug was told to turn around. Rob hall pushed him to continue. Robs death is his own fault

    • @jamesmichaels4979
      @jamesmichaels4979 Рік тому +10

      That was the fault of the Sherpa and the guide. Shes a client. Shes there to climb, not to make the big decisions like this one

    • @amaramilligan349
      @amaramilligan349 Рік тому +28

      Apparently Sandy Pittman also had a Sherpa carry up an espresso machine.

    • @adelaczaplinski1555
      @adelaczaplinski1555 Рік тому +29

      Pittman was selfish. That was not her paid Sherpa on her team, he worked for another team. She never even tipped them.

  • @gurungpritam5167
    @gurungpritam5167 4 роки тому +17

    Anatoli Boukreev is Superman. who saved peoples life. Boukreev was killed in an avalanche during a winter ascent of Annapurna in Nepal.In 1997 R.I.P Anatoli Boukreev. Lop Shang Sherpa , Neil vitale man and Pilot Lt. Col. Madan K.C are heroes . We Salute you guys.🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @terrismith9662
    @terrismith9662 5 років тому +410

    The real heroes in this disaster?? Anatoli Boukreev and the Sherpas.

    • @silviafarfallina
      @silviafarfallina 5 років тому +33

      Yeah, and at the beggining they make it sound as if the sherpas didn´t show up because they didnt want to, but as I read, one sherpa had altitude sickness and the other one couldnt work alone.

    • @kermitfroggo8444
      @kermitfroggo8444 4 роки тому +41

      No. The sherpas actually had some fault. Lopsang, Scott’s Sherpa refused to collaborate with Rob’s Sherpa because of some problems between the two and it affected the whole expedition because the ropes were not fixed and it caused more time to be lost

    • @Cor_Nelis
      @Cor_Nelis 4 роки тому +3

      @Ike Mike *himself. Hisself is not a word.

    • @Cor_Nelis
      @Cor_Nelis 4 роки тому +5

      @NEGUS MBARKA You are one hateful piece of shit deranged ape aren't you.

    • @gsfbffxpdhhdf7043
      @gsfbffxpdhhdf7043 4 роки тому +4

      NEGUS MBARKA they are not muslim u dumb fuck

  • @millieatr
    @millieatr 2 роки тому +13

    In the words of Harry Calahan " A man's got to know his limitations "

  • @Avenging_Archer
    @Avenging_Archer 7 років тому +360

    I think we can all agree the Russian is an incredible hero, regardless of how some media outlets tried to smear his name.

    • @frankkolton1780
      @frankkolton1780 6 років тому +24

      No, two of the most elite mountaineers in the world, David Breashears and Todd Burleson didn't think of him so highly as a guide. I would trust their opinions on his actions over anyone else.

    • @reallychosen8976
      @reallychosen8976 6 років тому +32

      Agree. He saved all those people

    • @lukasjohnson8385
      @lukasjohnson8385 6 років тому +43

      Frank Kolton No. (Stupid opening response anyway) Who actually cares what two cats who were miles away from anything at the time thinks? Like Krakauers clear smear job, these fools contribute nothing to anything...yet want an opinion of a dead man. You and your hero's are pathetic.

    • @frankkolton1780
      @frankkolton1780 6 років тому +29

      Lukas Johnson What heros? Opinion of what dead man? Both Burleson and Breashears are alive. The facts are Boukreev refused to do his job as a guide in the days before the tragedy according to multiply statements by those on the Mountain Madness expedition. Instead Fisher was stretched to the point of exhaustion because had to do the things that Boukreev was supposed to be doing. Boukreev is somewhat responsible for Fishers death. Boukreev was a blowhard that lacked social skills in dealing with the clients. Karma ended up getting Boukreev in the end.

    • @reallychosen8976
      @reallychosen8976 6 років тому +1

      Frank yep, it IS even better (if that's possible!!) on audiobook. Green light my man

  • @computern4me
    @computern4me 4 роки тому +36

    I like the helicopter pilot. The dude took care of business.

  • @mspixiedust100
    @mspixiedust100 6 років тому +226

    Beck wethers was amazing, his determination to live and return to his family, he wasn't even rescued, he rescued himself!

    • @truenorth7949
      @truenorth7949 5 років тому +4

      yup miraculous actually what he went through and survived.

    • @samidu492
      @samidu492 5 років тому +1

      Listen to his interview

    • @NiSiochainGanSaoirse
      @NiSiochainGanSaoirse 5 років тому +18

      It's miraculous, but he did get rescued. He was airlifted off the mountain from a then record altitude for helicopters.
      I don't wish to minimise his remarkable feat of gritty determination, but most other climbers with less financial resources at their disposal would have died descending from the altitude which beck wethers was airlifted from.

    • @georgethompson3763
      @georgethompson3763 5 років тому +30

      People risked their lives to try to save him when he was above camp 4, then people risked their lives to carry him down to camp 2, then the helicopter pilot risked his life to fly him down to a hospital. Yes, the Beck Weathers that woke up and dragged himself to camp 4 was resilient and strong, he was able to survive and he became a better man. But the Beck Weathers who climbed up the mountain was an irresponsible, selfish man.

    • @shawnmurphy9667
      @shawnmurphy9667 4 роки тому +3

      mspixiedust100 such a heart wrenching gripping story even to this day... a true testament of the human spirit and survival

  • @cat_lover007
    @cat_lover007 6 років тому +126

    Beck's willpower is as grand as the tallest mountain.

    • @MrPaddyo88
      @MrPaddyo88 6 років тому +2

      No doubt!!

    • @87dramarama
      @87dramarama 5 років тому

      ur hot

    • @janstroud8705
      @janstroud8705 4 роки тому

      @Ike Mike i totally agree.

    • @kurtvonfricken6829
      @kurtvonfricken6829 4 роки тому +2

      Ike Mike
      Pathologists are MDs. Yes they don't deal with live patients and their training is not as difficult as a surgeon but they are still doctors.

    • @walk-tall-hikes
      @walk-tall-hikes 3 роки тому

      @Ike Mike a pathologist is a medical doctor. They go through medical school and medical residency just like every other doctor. The only difference is they specialize in pathology when they're done. In fact in some ways a pathologist is more skilled than many surgeons. They're the ones that actually diagnose most cancers. If they get it wrong people die.

  • @romanshilmester5431
    @romanshilmester5431 3 роки тому +13

    Anotoli was that real hero Rest In Peace he was the best truly the best🙏

  • @croakingfrog3173
    @croakingfrog3173 5 років тому +69

    Definitely some hero's here. Beck Weathers is quite a phenomenal guy. Anatoli too. And then there's that brave helicopter pilot. And others.

    • @rosejaune6701
      @rosejaune6701 3 роки тому

      AND NONE OF THEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Jon Krakauer, author of the book “Into Thin Air” says, “You want to climb Everest? Talk to me, talk to Rob Hall’s wife, talk to Scott Fischer’s kids…” And still the idiots climb, and leave their feces and trash, and die miserable, excruciatingly painful deaths alone in the dark and sub-zero cold, so their bodies can rot and ruin the water supply of the Sherpa’s homes. And the armchair idiots say, “Respect, man!” "Heroes!" NO, Morons, all of them.

    • @croakingfrog3173
      @croakingfrog3173 3 роки тому +6

      @@rosejaune6701 You certainly have some harsh words for them. Sometimes we humans get ourselves into messes. Once we are in the mess, we can still choose to make the most of it or to give up and indulge in self-pity. If you have never gotten yourself into a mess, you are certainly unique.

    • @kch7051
      @kch7051 2 роки тому

      @@rosejaune6701 Relax Rose. Maybe you're the idiot who starts frothing over this? Bodies are frozen...you ever know anything to rot that was frozen? Exactly. Another blowhard Know nothing. Do you live up in that moral high chair, or do you ever come down to join the rest of us? You're silly with an anger problem

    • @followthewhiterabbit414
      @followthewhiterabbit414 11 місяців тому +1

      Everyone forgets, and this documentary shamefully doesn't even mention the heroism of Andy Harris who could have gotten himself down to camp 4 but instead when Rob and Doug reported that they were in trouble over the radio, Andy went back up the mountain, into the heart of the storm, with bottles of oxygen to try to help Rob Hall and Doug Hanson. And he not only tried, but he made actually made it to them, as Rob Hall reported that he was there, but that he had disappeared during the night. He was never seen again. Some of his equipment was found near Rob Halls final resting place.

  • @millieatr
    @millieatr 6 років тому +65

    Its amazing how humans can endure such pain and misery and in some cases
    cant wait to do it again

    • @jmackenroth
      @jmackenroth 4 роки тому +2

      We did it when Obama was elected.

    • @jennymcmillin5668
      @jennymcmillin5668 4 роки тому +2

      brad fiser Isn’t child birth just like that?

  • @ironlakcdn7349
    @ironlakcdn7349 6 років тому +354

    Sherpas are the real hero's of Everest and most other mountains

    • @arthurvandeliegh8681
      @arthurvandeliegh8681 5 років тому +17

      They live in that altitude so it's easier for them. There are plenty of them who are heroic, but there are plenty of climbers from other countries who are heroic as well.

    • @oneactionman
      @oneactionman 5 років тому +8

      No one is disputing that

    • @croakingfrog3173
      @croakingfrog3173 5 років тому +12

      Sherpas are hero's yes but there are other real hero's too.... You can't just say there is only one group that has all the "real" hero's.

    • @danial469
      @danial469 5 років тому +1

      @@oneactionman,k

    • @patmuzz2492
      @patmuzz2492 5 років тому

      Totally agree

  • @normatible9795
    @normatible9795 Рік тому +7

    The mountain is Everest. Ever rest. Forever rest in peace

    • @Larry_Harvilla
      @Larry_Harvilla 8 місяців тому

      While "EVV-er-est" has become the universally accepted pronunciation of the mountain's name, the man who was the mountain's namesake, a British surveying chief named Sir George Everest, pronounced his own surname "EEV-rist." Sir George originally objected to the adoption of his name for the mountain, in large part because he believed the "EEV-rist" pronunciation could not be duplicated in Hindi, but eventually relented. (The Nepalese language was not a concern to the British survey teams of the 1850s because Nepal was off-limits to foreigners at that time.)

    • @Garde538
      @Garde538 2 місяці тому

      Gay

  • @rosebudbaxter4671
    @rosebudbaxter4671 4 роки тому +20

    Does anyone else tear up when Beck Weathers stays in place like he said he would? It's so endearing. I always get teary-eyed.

    • @harryflashman4542
      @harryflashman4542 2 роки тому +2

      He refused to go back down when told to. He hoped his eyes would clear so he could summit.

    • @dana102083
      @dana102083 Рік тому +6

      @@harryflashman4542 not exactly, he needed to be short roped and the climbers descending didn't have one. He also promised Rob he wouldnt move from where he was. I havent seen any info state he wanted to clear his eyes to summit.

    • @sammysouth8372
      @sammysouth8372 6 місяців тому

      Yeah even he now admits that was foolish. Here’s this guy calls that stupid decision which nearly cost this guy his life endearing. Sheesh people are dumb.

  • @barbmoody4892
    @barbmoody4892 3 роки тому +13

    I have been a climber for over 50 years. The last thing I would want to do is to climb Everest, or for that matter any peak higher the Mt. Rainier - that was high enough for me. I think it takes a special kind of climber to tackle high altitude peaks. For me, give me some beautiful granite and sunny warm weather and I’m happy.

  • @losteden
    @losteden 6 років тому +174

    Anatoli is the best im gonna buy his book to honor him

    • @borismuller86
      @borismuller86 5 років тому +4

      RBG he was heavily criticised by other climbers that trip.

    • @losteden
      @losteden 5 років тому +9

      @@borismuller86 expedition leaders need more guides or sherpas!! and dont let go weak clients, Anatoli dont had radio and after waiting almost 2 hour at sumit he decide go down because something happend and after reach Fisher he agrees Anatoli goes to camp 4 to be prepared

    • @losteden
      @losteden 5 років тому +39

      Dear Mr. Bryant:
      I am writing you because I think Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air,” which appeared in your September, 1996 issue, was unjustly critical of my decisions and actions on Mount Everest on May 10, 1996. While I have respect for Mr. Krakauer, share some of his opinions about high altitude guiding, and believe he did everything within his power to assist fellow climbers on that tragic day on Everest, I believe his lack of proximity to certain events and his limited experience at high altitude may have gotten in the way of his ability to objectively evaluate the events of summit day.
      My decisions and actions were based upon more than twenty years of high-altitude climbing experience. In my career I have summited Mount Everest three times. I have twelve times summited mountains of over 8,000 meters. I have summited seven of the world’s fourteen mountains over 8,000 meters in elevation, all of those without the use of supplementary oxygen. This experience, I can appreciate, is not response enough to the questions raised by Mr. Krakauer, so I offer the following details.
      After fixing the ropes and breaking the trail to the summit, I stayed at the top of Everest from 1:07 P.M. until approximately 2:30 P.M., waiting for other climbers to summit. During that time only two [Mountain Madness] client climbers made the top. They were Klev Schoening, seen in the summit photograph (here-here) taken by me, and Martin Adams, both of them from Scott Fischer’s expedition. Concerned that others were not coming onto the summit and because I had no radio link to those below me, I began to wonder if there were difficulties down the mountain. I made the decision to descend.
      Just below the summit I encountered Rob Hall, the expedition leader from New Zealand, who appeared to be in good shape. Then I passed four of Scott Fischer’s client climbers and four of his expedition’s Sherpas, all of whom were still ascending. They all appeared to be all right. Then, just above the Hillary Step, I saw and talked with Scott Fischer. He was tired and laboring, but said he was just a little slow. There was no apparent sign of difficulty, although now I have begun to suspect that his oxygen supply was, then, already depleted. I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to Camp IV. I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to Camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers. Scott, as had Rob Hall immediately before him, said “OK” to this plan. I felt comfortable with the decision, knowing that four Sherpas, Neal Beidleman (like me, a guide), Rob Hall, and Scott Fischer would be bringing up the rear to sweep the clients to Camp IV. Understand, at this time there were no clear indications that the weather was going to change and deteriorate as rapidly as it did.
      Given my decisions: (1) I was able to return to Camp IV by shortly after 5:00 P.M. (slowed by the advancing storm), gather supplies and oxygen, and by 6:00 P.M. begin my solo effort in the�� ef onset of a blizzard to locate straggling climbers; and (2) I was able, finally, to locate lost and huddled climbers, resupply them with oxygen, offer them warming tea, and provide them the physical support and strength necessary to get them to the safety of Camp IV.
      Also, Mr. Krakauer raised a question about my climbing without oxygen and suggested that perhaps my effectiveness was compromised by that decision. In the history of my career, as I have detailed it above, it has been my practice to climb without supplementary oxygen. In my experience it is safer for me, once acclimatized, to climb without oxygen in order to avoid the sudden loss of acclimatization that occurs when supplementary oxygen supplies are depleted.
      My particular physiology, my years of high-altitude climbing, my discipline, the commitment I make to proper acclimatization, and the knowledge I have of my own capacities have always made me comfortable with this choice. And, Scott Fischer was comfortable with that choice as well. He authorized me to climb without supplementary oxygen.
      To this I would add: As a precautionary measure, in the event that some extraordinary demand was placed upon me on summit day, I was carrying one (1) bottle of supplementary oxygen, a mask, and a reductor.* As I was ascending, I was for a while climbing with Neal Beidleman. At 8,500 meters, after monitoring my condition and feeling that it was good, I elected to give my bottle of oxygen to Neal, about whose personal supply I was concerned. Given the power that Neal was able to sustain in his later efforts to bring clients down the mountain, I feel it was the right decision to have made.
      Lastly, Mr. Krakauer raises a question about how I was dressed on summit day, suggesting I was not adequately protected from the elements. A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest-quality high-altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.
      In closing, I would like to say that since May 10, 1996, Mr. Krakauer and I have had many opportunities to reflect upon our respective experiences and memories. I have considered what might have happened had I not made a rapid descent. My opinion: Given the weather conditions and the lack of visibility that developed, I think it likely I would have died with the client climbers that, in the early hours of May 11,1 was able to find and bring to Camp IV, or I would have had to have left them on the mountain to go for help in Camp IV where, as was in the reality of events that unfolded, there was nobody able or willing to conduct rescue efforts.
      I know Mr. Krakauer, like me, grieves and feels profoundly the loss of our fellow climbers. We both wish that events had unfolded in a very different way. What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains. I extend my hand to him and encourage that effort.
      My personal regards,
      Anatoli Nikoliavich Boukreev

    • @frankh.rockel5811
      @frankh.rockel5811 4 роки тому +10

      Boukreev was an excellent climber but a lousy guide. And in 1996 he was member of the Mountain Madness team as (the best paid) guide and not as a solo climber. He had massive responsibility for Fischer's clients and failed totally. Fischer knew this, Ingrid Hunt knew this, Dr. Caroline McKenzie knew this, and all clients also knew this. Irresponsible!
      April, 22th, 1996: Where has been Boukreev when sherpa of the Mountain Madness team Ngawang Topche collapsed on HAPE in camp 2 and had to be rescued?
      May, 7th, 1996: Scott Fischer advised Boukreev to guide clients from camp 1 to camp 2. Boukreev ignored his device, took a shower, and left the camp 5 hours later than his clients. The clients he was responsible for climbed without any guidance when Dale Kruse collapsed on a relapse of HACE. Scott Fischer had to ascend very fast to rescue Kruse. Because of Boukreev's indiscipline Scott Fischer had no day's rest. That was very important to prepare for summit day and is obviously one (of many) reason why Fischer had no power to descent on summit day and died on the mountain.
      May, 10th, 1996: The whole summit day Boukreev didn't care about any client. He climbed without additional oxygen. No guide has ever done anything like this before because the lack of oxygen makes helping others merely impossible in the death zone. Boukreev was no guide on summit day. He was a solo climber trying to become the first one reach summit in 1996. Unbelievable selfish!
      May, 10th, 1996: When Boukreev left Camp 4 to search for the missing climbers he climbed towards summit. The problem with his "heroic rescue mission": He didn't know who was in trouble? He didn't know where climbers were in trouble? And he didn't know what kind of trouble they had? He had no radio set. The truth: The clients he was resposible for (Madsen, Fox, Gammelgaard, Pittman-Hill and Klev Schoening) were already on the plateau of camp 4 only approx 200 m far away from the tents fighting against death. Sounds like irony!
      Remember: Mountain Madness team members think the same. David Breashers thinks the same. Ed Viesturs thinks the same. Reinhold Messner thinks the same.

    • @DADKZ
      @DADKZ 4 роки тому +5

      @@frankh.rockel5811 Idiot. See Storm over Everest All Customers Mountain Madness back to base camp. It is main result of Boykreev job.

  • @Divchyk
    @Divchyk 4 роки тому +50

    Huge praise to the helicopter pilot Colonel Madan Khatri Chhetri (KC) and Beck Weathers, who retained his ability to remain a human being and let another to take first ride, even though this helicopter was dispatched for him. What is really mind boggling for me is. People are willing to pay more than 60K for this "experience" and unwilling to invest in proper preparation - training their own body and mind, practicing "oxygen" starvation" in a controlled environment and become at least somewhat experienced climber before you actually attempt Everest. Also greed prevents companies who provide guides to insist on mandatory experience, medical before being accepted. In addition someone like Sandra Hill should not be there at all unless she was provided individual extra help, so the ropes could be fixed! Staying more that an hour longer on the summit, passing the known deadline of 2 p.m. - pure stupidity, which can be expected form teenagers, but not from an adults and experienced guides! Greed and ego - reasons for that disaster. Very sad, especially because lessons were not learned.

    • @dennyhooper8987
      @dennyhooper8987 Рік тому +4

      Absolutely, massive props to Beck Weathers & the brave pilot, if not for Mr Weathers’ wife’s massive efforts, this story could have ended worse than it did . Beck later admitted that he felt depression was the driving force in his attempt to scale mountains. Everyone battles their inner demons in different ways, I guess.

    • @Tina06019
      @Tina06019 11 місяців тому

      @@dennyhooper8987 understand Beck’s motivation completely. The only thing that staves off my depression is exercise, and extreme exertion and a bit of danger helps me the most. Not surprisingly, alpine mountaineering is very attractive to me, but I know I am not capable of it.

    • @dandan4092
      @dandan4092 5 місяців тому

      @@Tina06019start small, build up your skills, knowledge and savvy day by day. Look for local climbs in your area, or country. There’s guides, classes, etc. that will usually have equipment. I’m in the UK, our highest peak is only just above 4400ft but there’s some amazing climbing. Hopefully the Himalayas lie ahead but if you want to start alpine climbing, no reason to tell yourself you can’t. I take huge satisfaction in summiting even the smallest walls. Best of luck!

  • @deekurtz46
    @deekurtz46 6 років тому +412

    The socialite millionaire Sandy Pittman-- who had the Sherpa carry her unnecessary gear and short rope her up the mountain when he was to be helping secure ropes at The Hillary Step--is to blame for the delay of both teams' ascents and descents. A selfish woman who in my mind never made the summit.

    • @Moishe555
      @Moishe555 5 років тому +20

      That is simply not true, what about the climbers on the north side, did she kill them too?

    • @CalopsitaVanderbilt1911
      @CalopsitaVanderbilt1911 5 років тому +18

      They follow the money as well. Sherpas are no gods.

    • @VagueMemory
      @VagueMemory 5 років тому +93

      @@CalopsitaVanderbilt1911 Of course they aren't gods but I know one thing for sure.. They are far braver than you or I and incredibly loyal. They take this job because it is one of the only ways to take care of their family in such a poor country without having an education. They only get paid around 5000K for 3 months of work and they put their lives on the line every single day to make this climb possible. On top of that, when the situation becomes dire and a westerner is on the verge of dying, they do everything they can to bring that person down, even to the point of nearly killing themselves. Far more decent, courageous people than you or I. They may as well be a god to you.

    • @CalopsitaVanderbilt1911
      @CalopsitaVanderbilt1911 5 років тому +10

      Mad Pierrot yes, you’re right

    • @RK831
      @RK831 5 років тому +57

      Had there been no storm Sandy Pittman would be exonerated, but we can at least say this: her selfish actions did not help the situation.

  • @naturalist7022
    @naturalist7022 Рік тому +30

    Information mentioned in the book "The Climb" that has not been spoken about in these documentaries was that David Breashears had state of the art weather mapping equipment and knew the ferocious storm was heading in. This was the reason he and his team headed down. It was reported in the book that Breashears advised Rob that there was a window for the summit before the storm would hit. David himself would climb after Rob's return as to avoid crowding. It sounded like Breashears knew the window was small, that he didn't want to risk being caught up in the storm and that he wanted the mountain free of "commercial climbers" for his advantage. I know no-one can be held solely accountable for this tragedy and many factors came into play but this information doesn't sit well with me and he got a documentary out of it. If only Breashears had said to Rob "With how the weather map is reading I wouldn't recommend you climb till after the storm has passed."

    • @vihockeyguy1
      @vihockeyguy1 Рік тому +6

      The window was small, but still doable. Due to the small window, they needed pretty flawless execution of setting fixed ropes ti maintain a timely climb, and the discernment to turn around if they weren’t going to summit before the turnaround time.
      Of course, none of those things happened, and the consequences were grave.
      If anything, the knowledge that Brashears spread about the impending storm makes all the decisions that everyone else made which slowed them down, and then not turning around when they missed their summit window that much more egregious by all climbing parties involved. They knew the elevated risks, yet they were irresponsible, and many paid with their lives.
      Brashears gave them the requisite knowledge to cling safely, but at the end of the day, it was up to everyone else to execute the climb safely

    • @ThatGuy2005.
      @ThatGuy2005. Рік тому +4

      Information presented in "the climb" is greatly disputed. Especially by Jon Krakauer himself in the book "into thin air". I do not think that the climb has accurate information

    • @ThatGuy2005.
      @ThatGuy2005. Рік тому +1

      Summit days were also pre determined to reduce crowding. They met beforehand to determine when each expedition would summit. May 10 was for adventure consultants and mountain madness.

  • @48laveo
    @48laveo 6 років тому +60

    As a doctor, how could Beck not know about the effect of high altitude on the eye? Crazy.

    • @TeeLBCify
      @TeeLBCify 5 років тому

      Ignorant.

    • @Duke_Togo_G13
      @Duke_Togo_G13 5 років тому +10

      He's a pathologist... Totally different from M.D.

    • @primus7776
      @primus7776 4 роки тому +12

      Speaking as a Garbage Collector, I can affirm that the low 02 / High Altitude effects of a post-operative Radial Keratotomy procedure to correct Myopia were not an area of (then) current optometric research.
      Probably due to a lack of subjective test cases.
      I think.
      Probably.
      I could be wrong.

    • @robertx1603
      @robertx1603 3 роки тому +8

      Radial keratotomy was a pretty new procedure at the time, and there were probably no studies on altitude side effects.

    • @walk-tall-hikes
      @walk-tall-hikes 3 роки тому +13

      @@Duke_Togo_G13 no actually a pathologist is an MD They go to medical residency after medical school just like every other doctor... The only difference is they specialize in and become pathologists in the end. In some ways he should have known more about the human body than the average doctor because they study it extensively. They're the guys that examine cells and diagnose you when you have cancer. Believe me he would have known a lot about the human eye and the effects of altitude on it after surgery. He admitted in later interviews that he kept the information about his failing eyesight from Hall for quite some time. He was well aware of what was happening to him before it got to the point that it did and he should have left the mountain as soon as he realized what was happening. He risked other people's lives by staying up there.

  • @cpchehaibar
    @cpchehaibar 5 років тому +57

    Taking measures for being able to watch movies in your tent and actually watching them must be the most idiotic thing ever. It's missing the entire point of camping/climbing.

  • @kathrynmasters6854
    @kathrynmasters6854 3 роки тому +6

    the Real Hero's of Mt. Everest....The Sherpa's & Col. Anatoli Boukreevi Who flew a Helicopter into where none have ever flown before & did it 2 X'S...!! I Salute You Too...!!

  • @msullivan85
    @msullivan85 6 років тому +159

    Is it me or did they not mention Andy "Harold" Harris who climbed back up the mountain to try and help Rob and Doug at all? Id have to watch it again but I don't remember hearing anything about him. Pretty messed up to leave that out.

    • @martinturtak4901
      @martinturtak4901 5 років тому +14

      no they did not mentioned him suckers !!

    • @davidreardon3068
      @davidreardon3068 5 років тому +17

      No the only thing they mentioned was the Sherpas that tried to rescue him the next day and had to turn around and come back because of more bad weather they never mentioned Harold going back up there to try to save Rob Hall and Doug

    • @PaultheSheik
      @PaultheSheik 5 років тому +15

      You’re right. Sloppy and disgraceful reporting. That’s completely unacceptable. They also didn’t give a follow up on where Anatoli Boukreev was although it appears may have been recorded before his passing in December 1997.

    • @ladyjane747
      @ladyjane747 5 років тому +9

      I made the same comment. They completely left Harris out of this story.

    • @georgethompson3763
      @georgethompson3763 5 років тому +10

      But it's a 1997 documentary, barely a year after the disaster, more is known now.

  • @Navyyy9
    @Navyyy9 3 роки тому +21

    Rob hall shouldn’t have died💔😭 such a pure soul😞

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 8 місяців тому

      Doug shouldnt have been on been allowed back on after what happened the first time. He was a known risk

    • @teewoods4886
      @teewoods4886 3 місяці тому +1

      He left his unborn baby , he should of stayed home

  • @blinderII
    @blinderII 7 років тому +71

    Thanks for the post. A fascinating story. I've seen just about every documentary on this tragedy, and this, in my opinion, was the best told.

    • @chatman2a
      @chatman2a 7 років тому +8

      I wholeheartedly agree. This production was, quite simply, the best.

    • @blinderII
      @blinderII 7 років тому +3

      This was even better than the movie, which I was very disappointed in.

    • @jenifferkiruki1695
      @jenifferkiruki1695 5 років тому +2

      Forrest Sawyer voice makes it all better..

    • @itwasflavor-aid
      @itwasflavor-aid Рік тому +2

      Storm over Everest is really good, made by David Breasears.

  • @WhyAreTheyOverHere
    @WhyAreTheyOverHere 6 років тому +223

    I conquered EVEREST. If you don't believe me, just ask my sherpas who carried all my gear and attached the rope to the summit.

    • @a.walters123
      @a.walters123 6 років тому +33

      "I have no business being on this mountain." -Sandy Pittman (socialite, not climber).

    • @shephherd
      @shephherd 6 років тому +6

      Ashley Burgia ...nice one. Seriously

    • @a.walters123
      @a.walters123 6 років тому +2

      Bhavesh Athawasya I do what I can ;)

    • @mspixiedust100
      @mspixiedust100 6 років тому +30

      Sherpas seem like the real heros

    • @Yuffie191
      @Yuffie191 6 років тому +29

      mspixiedust100 damn right, that nigga lopsang not only conquered the mountain, he dragged a lazy business woman up, and dragged his guide down, true beast

  • @bebebrunette007
    @bebebrunette007 6 років тому +140

    Watching this in bed makes me feel really over privileged and spoiled. Then again I don’t have 65K to spend on this either

    • @jonwayne70
      @jonwayne70 5 років тому +3

      Yeah, but most these people were bored and privileged! Most of them spent a small fortune on being able to climb that mountain.

    • @marlagarrason2005
      @marlagarrason2005 5 років тому +8

      Over privileged are the ones on the mountain. You're smart enough to not do something so stupid and selfish. Even if you had the money. Money doesn't buy intelligence.

    • @John-ji9bh
      @John-ji9bh 3 роки тому

      It’s 100 k now

    • @ozzyaarseth
      @ozzyaarseth 3 роки тому

      $69,000 on adventure consultants website for the 2021 climb

    • @warshipsatin8764
      @warshipsatin8764 3 роки тому

      there are plenty of difficult climbs you can do without 65k

  • @christophercolumbus1169
    @christophercolumbus1169 5 років тому +97

    I keep wondering, if Sandy Pittman wasn’t there, would they have summited hours earlier and made it back safely?!

    • @lauramartel5297
      @lauramartel5297 4 роки тому +10

      The failure to turn back at 2 was the problem. I took mountaineering classes that helped turn me back six times on mediocre Mount Princeton, in CO. Thunderstorms were coming in each time antd the 14er had monuments to the famous dead killed in thunderstorms. The 2 pm problem triggered almost everything else for this group. The pressure on Rob to go against Mountaineering 101 was obvious. Did she add to the main problems? Yes. You shouldn't expect or have to be babied along with short roping. I probably would have needed it, but I gave up my Seven Summits Dream a few years before 1996 because I saw what Russian Roulette was involved with the sport, relative to my mediocre ability.

    • @lisahertel2415
      @lisahertel2415 4 роки тому +4

      No. She is not the cause of these deaths. Krakauer made that storyline

    • @-ShootTheGlass-
      @-ShootTheGlass- 4 роки тому +2

      Turn back at 2pm... why the F have that rule if it only gets ignored! Turn back and the risk is lowered, go on and the risk multiplies. I don’t get it to be honest but I wasn’t on the mountain so I guess I never will.

    • @ironwoodnf9128
      @ironwoodnf9128 3 роки тому +4

      but the girl came with a TV!

    • @robertx1603
      @robertx1603 3 роки тому +5

      No it was Lapsong's decision to short-rope and tow Sandy up from Camp 4, as he understandably but unfortunately decided getting her to the summit was the number one priority, ahead of fixing ropes. That decision cost everyone an hour at least, and put them into the jaws of the storm.

  • @dirkdarwin2571
    @dirkdarwin2571 3 роки тому +6

    I'll always remember my expedition back in '97 with the (now legendary) Ken 'Eddie' Kennedy of the Downtown Nepal crew. We left camp 4 at about 10pm and made it as far as the Zabriskie Doormat. Then the weather suddenly worsened. At that time you couldn't use online weather radars. We ground to a halt and it took another hour to make it to the middle of Sumner's Handbasket, which was one of the most icy points. By that point, and without the benefit of a piste map or any salt buckets, we decided it was best to turn back.
    There would be no summits that day. But one thing's for sure, being in places I'd only ever heard about, was definitely something to think about. And I still do, to this day. RIP Kenny boy. You're the man.

  • @deniseassissilva4511
    @deniseassissilva4511 6 років тому +30

    The mountain isn't guilty of anything ..please! It had never called people to climb there...

  • @travislocklear8316
    @travislocklear8316 4 роки тому +62

    When his wife said they talked about their unborn child I lost it so sad this happened to someone that was so experienced. RIP Rob Hall

    • @Joelswinger34
      @Joelswinger34 Рік тому +3

      It wasn't sad so much as angering for me . He chose to risk his life on that mountain, knowing he might leave his pregnant wife alone and never be a father to his child. How incredibly selfish.

    • @cathyizzo7886
      @cathyizzo7886 Рік тому +2

      @@Joelswinger34yes I feel the same way. I lost my father when I was 10 and and it was miserable. It would not have helped me feel better if someone had told me my dad died living his dream. Also, I was diagnosed with cancer when my kids were toddlers. I fought so hard not to die on them and here are people who have the opportunity to stay alive and they just throw that chance away.

  • @cbstevp
    @cbstevp 3 роки тому +11

    They don't mention Andy Harris, another New Zealand guide with Rob Hall's team, who died trying to go back and rescue Hall and Doug Hansen. Perhaps his family refused to let his name be used in the report.

  • @Dutchinvegas
    @Dutchinvegas 6 років тому +43

    This disaster and the 2008 K2 disaster are fascinating for me, what went wrong, why, how, who, etc. I'm not a climber.

    • @FoamingPipeSnakes
      @FoamingPipeSnakes 5 років тому +3

      Theres a good book about it. You should check it out.

  • @LuckyDogGaming
    @LuckyDogGaming 5 років тому +13

    Thanks for leaving the Nissan commercial in! Lmao

  • @PaultheSheik
    @PaultheSheik 5 років тому +9

    A Little Story About Rob Hall
    In late May 1989 Rob Hall and Gary Ball came down to Kathmandu, exhausted, after a failed expedition to Everest via the South Col route and Artur Hajzer came down from Messner expedition on Lhotse South Face. They got a note that some Poles had been avalanched on Everest West ridge - 5 were killed but Andrzej Marciniak was alive, badly smashed up, blind, stranded near the Lho La and about to die.
    Hall, Ball and Artur Hajzer tried to have a heli but it failed, so they immediately sorted a jeep and permission to enter Tibet (the border was closed because of the Tiananmen Square protests), drove to Zhangmu, swapped into a truck and drove to Everest BC. They did this trip pretty much in a day or so, though it is breathlessly recounted as some great and interesting intrepid adventure by most Everest 'climbers' on their websites nowadays.
    They then immediately hiked up the central Rongbuk, into the basin and up to the Lho La from the north, where they found Marciniak (camp II on 6100m), treated him, carried him down and out to EBC and back to KTM. The whole thing took 4 days (100 hours)."

  • @MarimbaBuddy
    @MarimbaBuddy 4 роки тому +11

    After seeing the episode of this from "Seconds from Disaster," it amazes me just how much younger some of these people looked in their interviews, particularly Neil Beidleman.

  • @freestyle9368
    @freestyle9368 6 років тому +75

    This whole episode is like a Greek tragedy. Krakauer had a very good climbing career years before this, about which he wrote eloquently, yet recieved little money or fame. Then he gets caught up in this ordeal, expresses noting but regret, and teh resulting book becomes a bestseller, making him the richest climber in history, while all the other protagonists are dead or disfigured. Even the couple who took over Mountain Madness ended up dying within ten years. I'll take my nice rock climbing vacations in the warm southwestern sandstone or Mediterranean limestone, thank you.

    • @NiSiochainGanSaoirse
      @NiSiochainGanSaoirse 5 років тому +14

      That's just the way the cookie crumbles chief. You can't hold it against krakauer.

    • @garymingy8671
      @garymingy8671 5 років тому +5

      Dude , don't climb on limestone! , It's weak , it fractures , it melts in the rain, the layers are lines of weekends , every obvious layer , is weak. Lord I hope you know what your doing , godspeed!

    • @ancaas7945
      @ancaas7945 3 роки тому +4

      @@NiSiochainGanSaoirse You can. Krakauer's book is all misinformation and lies.

    • @NiSiochainGanSaoirse
      @NiSiochainGanSaoirse 3 роки тому +8

      @@ancaas7945 says who?
      You werent there, but he was, so I'll believe his real time story over your hater drama

    • @katana5562
      @katana5562 3 роки тому +12

      Anca AS Stop spreading misinformation. Krakauers Book is the most accurate version of what truly happened. Boukreev left his clients behind in the Death Zone while descending, and made himself comfortable at camp 4. He only moved his a** when the catastrophe was long on the way. He was responsible for them. So saving at least a few of them later was his effing duty. He messed up. Don‘t tell people bs, I have read both books. While Krakauer interwieved everybody afterwards to create the most accurate picture, Boukreev and his publisher conveniently „missed“ to ask tons of people for their version what really happened. He only wanted to deliver one thing: A version of the story that made himself not look as bad. He never took any responsibility for his faults, the only thing he was is defensive. Does not make him look good. At all. With his book and his attitude he only did one thing: he proved Krakauers point. Boukreev was way too self centered to be a reliable and responsible guide.

  • @dennyhooper8987
    @dennyhooper8987 Рік тому +45

    Anatoli saved people & was still made out to be the bad guy ( by some) He was one of the few that actually had any business or ability to be up there.

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +7

      Well, he was hired as a guide, and yet went up and down initially completely alone -- and w/o oxygen, which is irresponsible when you're supposedly responsible for others. So he deserves criticism for that.

    • @omusialo
      @omusialo Рік тому +6

      He also was the first one (or one of the first back at camp 4 from what I read) and some criticized him for his possible intentions to only help himself. He claimed that he did it to rest, get hot tea, oxygen and warm up for when he needed to go back up and help others (which is exactly what he did) - but I suspect that Russian/American relations and his alpha bravado were factors in how others on the mountain that day perceived him - naturally leading them to make judgements about him.

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +1

      @@omusialo, except that while he was resting and drinking tea in his tent, he didn't have a radio. How would he even know if anyone needed rescuing? Boukreev was all about Boukreev. It was dishonest of him to agree to be a guide (and take money for it) when he had no intention of performing as one.

    • @seekingtruth1856
      @seekingtruth1856 Рік тому +3

      @@skeptigal2785 in the end however, he was a lifesaver to multiple ppl. So he played a quite valuable role. If it weren’t for him those he saved would’ve perished

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +1

      @@seekingtruth1856 , it can be argued with equal logic that had he stayed with the group and DONE HIS JOB, they wouldn't have ended up lost and stranded on the mountain in a storm. The Antoly worship is strong here...

  • @Lisa1111
    @Lisa1111 5 років тому +13

    When there is a human traffic jam at the top of Everest, it needs to cease immediately! Human destruction makes me sick.

    • @awnutz
      @awnutz 3 роки тому +1

      Too many people with too much money on the planet. We’re trashing everything on the planet. Personally, I feel for the yaks. Who’s looking after them?

  • @andrewrivera4029
    @andrewrivera4029 4 роки тому +15

    It’s nice to Remember when ABC wasn’t fake news...

    • @ethanpen3470
      @ethanpen3470 3 місяці тому +2

      I agree! And when Donald Trump didn’t have a Fake tan.

    • @andrewrivera4029
      @andrewrivera4029 3 місяці тому +4

      @@ethanpen3470 I agree! And when biden didn’t have to wear a diaper!

    • @susanlett9632
      @susanlett9632 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@andrewrivera4029 🙄 grow up

    • @andrewrivera4029
      @andrewrivera4029 2 місяці тому

      @@susanlett9632 never.

  • @87dramarama
    @87dramarama 5 років тому +35

    "The following day, there was a memorial service for Fischer, and the group talked about their grief and guilt. People were torn up about the deaths. Earlier they had made a pact that no one would talk to the press until they were all down from the mountain. Pittman ended her Web postings, noting, “I need to feel the impact of all this.” They also agreed that although they had lost their leader they had gone in as a team and would hike out as a team. Beidleman said, “Nobody wants to feel like they’re running from any of this.”
    But the next morning, when the team hiked down to Pheriche, the town below Base Camp, it was obvious that Pittman was in a hurry to split. She pled media obligations. A team member recalls, “She was worried about damage control.” First thing Friday, she chartered a helicopter to Kathmandu for $2,500, offering a ride to Madsen and the team doctor, Ingrid Hunt. For the same sum she could have chartered a large Russian helicopter to take everyone down.
    On Monday, May 20, Fischer’s team gathered in the Yak and Yeti garden for a group picture. Pittman, who had originally refused to pose for Vanity Fair (saying she didn’t “want to do anything to stand out from the group”), arrived fully made up, wearing a tight black miniskirt, a black blouse with mandarin collar, and an elaborate Tibetan headdress. The other climbers, most of them casually dressed, appeared taken aback.
    Throughout the evening, there was an almost palpable tension between Pittman and some of her fellow climbers. There were those who felt that she tried to keep her distance from Beidleman and Boukreev, the men who had risked their own necks to save hers. During the NBC interview and a lengthy background session with Newsweek the day before, Pittman never mentioned that she had been in serious jeopardy or that she would probably have died had she not been helped by Beidleman and Boukreev. In a subsequent telephone conversation, when asked about her apparent lack of appreciation toward the two gentlemen who had saved her life, Pittman responded tersely: “Which two gentlemen is that?”

    • @underthefallenstars2788
      @underthefallenstars2788 4 роки тому +7

      WOW 😑

    • @bnegs521
      @bnegs521 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you so much for that post.

    • @robertx1603
      @robertx1603 3 роки тому +1

      Interesting stuff.
      But re. helicopters, not sure that a large fully loaded copter could fly to/from base camp at 17500 ft. High altitude helicopters are a special breed.

    • @gabrielepresby9120
      @gabrielepresby9120 Рік тому

      She’s a rhymes with witch.

    • @andreamatheson5760
      @andreamatheson5760 Рік тому

      Jeez so Madsen flew off without his girlfriend Charlotte Fox. That seems so strange.

  • @Katwoman4318
    @Katwoman4318 4 роки тому +3

    No human should be on Mt. Everest. God Bless the people that do. Thank you Sherpas.

    • @MJ-fj9yv
      @MJ-fj9yv 3 роки тому

      And Sherpas can’t feed their families. Way to go you racist elite.

  • @stonno719
    @stonno719 5 років тому +109

    Why isn't there a mention of Andy Harris? He tried to save Doug and Hall but died during the night with Rob while Doug was already dead...

    • @jlgaming2540
      @jlgaming2540 4 роки тому

      AwayAttack that's not what actually happened

    • @noobzrule
      @noobzrule 4 роки тому +3

      Are u basing it on the movie 😹😂

    • @brittanymorris943
      @brittanymorris943 4 роки тому +2

      Jl Gaming rob had radioed in saying that Harris was with him to base camp

    • @jlgaming2540
      @jlgaming2540 4 роки тому +1

      Brittany morris rob hall radioed that Harris was gone and only his tools were left

    • @katana5562
      @katana5562 3 роки тому

      Jl Gaming Stop spreading misinformation. Harris tried to help them. Ger out of here!

  • @deputyVH
    @deputyVH 5 років тому +7

    Guide to Client..."If you want to reach the summit of this mountain today, we're both going to die. Are you sure you want to carry on?"

  • @juliejenkins2376
    @juliejenkins2376 Рік тому +5

    I wonder if they were able to buy that helicopter pilot a big enough chopper to carry his massive great balls?! Jesus christ, what a freaking champion!

  • @jmiller4280
    @jmiller4280 4 роки тому +14

    'After the Wind' by Louis Kasischke, client of Adventure Consultants has a read as good as 'The Climb' and 'Into thin Air'. Low on oxygen and and hitting the turn around time, he was about to keep going up, but "after the wind" he turned back.

  • @connormurphy7684
    @connormurphy7684 3 роки тому +4

    This is a polite version of what happened

  • @MrDlt123
    @MrDlt123 5 років тому +6

    And now the crowd on Everest is 3 times what it was in '96 during the climbing season....

  • @SUNANDSANDS590
    @SUNANDSANDS590 4 роки тому +3

    Dear Sir ,
    I belongs to India , a Capital of New Delhi ..and my name is virender. I am into the profession of Travel and Tours , along with the adventure tours , today I saw this movie EVEREST , a True Story ... this is really heart touching and I am sorry for lost there lives .However ...people are keep adventuring and do the summit.This movie is really directed very nice.

  • @momthree789
    @momthree789 6 років тому +90

    Why didn't Rob Hall follow through with his own rule about turning around by a certain time???
    As soon as he realized the lines weren't set, he should have turned around.

    • @borismuller86
      @borismuller86 5 років тому +17

      momthree789 altitude and summit fever, plus a bit of empathy for his friend Doug.

    • @nawfali2670
      @nawfali2670 5 років тому +13

      Poor judgment

    • @alexbraintree
      @alexbraintree 5 років тому +3

      indiscipline

    • @monixism
      @monixism 5 років тому +29

      his soft heart killed him

    • @monahawk
      @monahawk 5 років тому +5

      I believe he wanted to let his friend stay for a while since Rob refused to let the friend summit the year before due to bad conditions and a late start. I could be wrong but I think they imply that somewhere - if not in this video. So he thought he was doing him a favor I guess. Sad loss of all who perished...

  • @kaylamls5703
    @kaylamls5703 4 роки тому +11

    Jan Arnold and Beck Weathers... such incredibly strong and gentle souls. So inspiring. Have a feeling I will always be enamoured with this story and mountain.

  • @edbroaotearoa1198
    @edbroaotearoa1198 5 років тому +8

    I have nothing but respect for anyone that chase their dream. You want it then go for it, just don't trample on others for Your dreams

  • @jadedlove1345
    @jadedlove1345 4 роки тому +9

    This was a very good documentary. Well done!

  • @LynnRC1957
    @LynnRC1957 4 роки тому +10

    Beck Wethers has a heroic story of all that I have read... #1 ) the DEATH ZONE IS NOT A LIE...AND MUST NOT BE MINIMIZED . #2 ) is that the Summit IS Only HALF OF THE WAY #3 a Team Guide must be the Decision maker at SUMMIT TIME...

  • @Mnt2ride
    @Mnt2ride 3 роки тому +14

    Its so nice to watch journalists reporting great stories. We miss real stories without political narrative.

  • @Abnsdllnnlosnfd
    @Abnsdllnnlosnfd 6 років тому +13

    This is soooooooo 90s!!!

  • @stephanieleach2767
    @stephanieleach2767 5 років тому +1

    I am so happy right now, thank you for keeping my favorite commercial ever in the video. Come in dirty bird

  • @pug-man6861
    @pug-man6861 4 роки тому +10

    Anatoly in the Everest film defo didn’t get the props he deserved for going back out in to the storm multiple times saving 3 people

    • @katana5562
      @katana5562 3 роки тому +1

      Mr T What props? Boukreev left his clients behind in the Death Zone while descending, and made himself comfortable at camp 4. He only moved his a** when the catastrophe was long on the way. He was responsible for them. So saving at least a few of them later was his effing duty. He messed up. Don‘t tell people bs, I have read both books. While Krakauer interwieved everybody afterwards to create the most accurate picture, Boukreev and his publisher conveniently „missed“ to ask tons of people for their version what really happened. He only wanted to deliver one thing: A version of the story that made himself not look as bad. He never took any responsibility for his faults, the only thing he was is defensive. Does not make him look good. At all. With his book and his attitude he only did one thing: he proved Krakauers point. Boukreev was way too self centered to be a reliable and responsible guide.

    • @katana5562
      @katana5562 3 роки тому

      Mr T What happened before: Boukreev (a guide) left his clients behind in the Death Zone while descending, and made himself comfortable at camp 4. He only moved his a** when the catastrophe was long on the way. He was responsible for them. So saving at least a few of them later was his effing duty. He messed up. I have read both books. While Krakauer interwieved everybody afterwards to create the most accurate picture, Boukreev and his publisher conveniently „missed“ to ask tons of people for their version what really happened. He only wanted to deliver one thing: A version of the story that made himself not look as bad. He never took any responsibility for his faults, the only thing he was is defensive. Does not make him look good. At all. With his book and his attitude he only did one thing: he proved Krakauers point. Boukreev was way too self centered to be a reliable and responsible guide.

    • @pug-man6861
      @pug-man6861 3 роки тому

      Kata Na ahh fair enough I wasn’t aware of the full facts thanks for the info

    • @albertawheat6832
      @albertawheat6832 3 роки тому +3

      @@pug-man6861 Boukreev had actually taken a client to the top and returned with him to camp. smh at some peoples comments.

    • @pug-man6861
      @pug-man6861 3 роки тому +3

      @@albertawheat6832 people will never cease at the chance to hate or put other people down! It’s the sad state of people today

  • @deborahromilly2766
    @deborahromilly2766 5 років тому +6

    Take $50,000 and three months to heal the world, improve lives, be selfless. Be remembered for that, life isn't a pissing match.

  • @johnny2929
    @johnny2929 5 років тому +10

    Is it really such an achievement to be short-roped up Everest? If you're not able to proceed from camp 4 on your own steam you should really be turned around!

  • @lovesallanimals9948
    @lovesallanimals9948 11 місяців тому +2

    I have to say the Pilot is freaking awesome!!

  • @nancyjones6780
    @nancyjones6780 4 роки тому +5

    Neil and Anatoly and the Sherpas are the unsung heroes of this tragedy! Beck was the miracle!

  • @nickenzio1
    @nickenzio1 5 років тому +6

    Sandy is too embarrassed because she came back telling her friends that she made the summit which when this film aired it showed how she lied lol.

  • @bnegs521
    @bnegs521 2 роки тому +4

    Charlotte Fox made it through all this on Everest and then later died falling down the stairs in her home. Life is that way sometimes

    • @SilhouetteSE
      @SilhouetteSE Рік тому +2

      God surely works in mysterious ways... Also, May 10 - the day of the disaster - was her birthday. In the PBS docu, she admitted to have resigned to dying that day, having summitted and fulfilled her dream.

    • @bnegs521
      @bnegs521 Рік тому

      @@SilhouetteSE I did see that doc. Yes she did. Her man did not let her give up.

    • @roamingirl
      @roamingirl Рік тому +1

      Oh, wow. That stings!

  • @amandajstar
    @amandajstar 6 років тому +5

    Wonderful story, and the Weathers family is as well. Thank you, Lt. Col. Madan KC!

  • @shanereynolds4276
    @shanereynolds4276 Рік тому +3

    That helicopter pilot is a true gangster

  • @wht-rabt-obj
    @wht-rabt-obj 4 роки тому +11

    I agree with the guy at 10:12, SO many people have climbed it, it’s not that rare anymore. Used to be you might be one of less than 100 people to have done it, but now, like he said “every Tom, Dick and Harry from all walks of life have done it”. Anyone who is somewhat fit and has enough cash, can get to the top of Everest, it’s just not that special anymore. That picture of the “traffic jam” at the summit a year or so ago just proved that too many people are on Everest.

  • @Motoko1134
    @Motoko1134 6 років тому +45

    Boukreev is a hero.

    • @robertx1603
      @robertx1603 3 роки тому +1

      Heroic yes. But if he had pulled his weight in the previous days, Fischer might have had the strength to survive.

    • @katana5562
      @katana5562 3 роки тому

      Joe Ran Not true. Boukreev left his clients behind in the Death Zone while descending, and made himself comfortable at camp 4. He only moved his a** when the catastrophe was long on the way. He was responsible for them. So saving at least a few of them later was his effing duty. He messed up. Don‘t tell people bs, I have read both books. While Krakauer interwieved everybody afterwards to create the most accurate picture, Boukreev and his publisher conveniently „missed“ to ask tons of people for their version what really happened. He only wanted to deliver one thing: A version of the story that made himself not look as bad. He never took any responsibility for his faults, the only thing he was is defensive. Does not make him look good. At all. With his book and his attitude he only did one thing: he proved Krakauers point. Boukreev was way too self centered to be a reliable and responsible guide.

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 8 місяців тому

      ​​@@robertx1603he was already ill. How could anotoli help that. Do explain? And it was already agreed with svott he was going ahead to get things ready at camp andnlaunch a rescue if need be. You seem to convenently forget that part

  • @Adarsh-sz5wu
    @Adarsh-sz5wu 2 роки тому +12

    I think Rob Hall's only mistake was to stick with Doug Hensen for long. He should have seen it coming. And hats off to Beck W. 😊

    • @helenal.7881
      @helenal.7881 Рік тому +2

      Doug Hansen should never have climbed. My husband is an ENT surgeon and said he doesn’t think that Doug told his surgeon that he was about to climb Everest. If his surgeon knew, he would have rescheduled either the surgery or Hanson’s climb. Sad.

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@helenal.7881after what happened his first go he was a known risk. Dont know why he was allowed back

  • @mspixiedust100
    @mspixiedust100 6 років тому +14

    Well that Neal Beiderman is a looker.

    • @georgethompson3763
      @georgethompson3763 5 років тому +2

      Still alive, he summitted Everest in 2011 and 2018.

  • @amberagee7294
    @amberagee7294 5 років тому +21

    That Russian sounded pretty badass, rescuing all those people.

    • @PaultheSheik
      @PaultheSheik 5 років тому +1

      He was. Google him.

    • @katana5562
      @katana5562 3 роки тому +2

      Amber Agee Boukreev left his clients behind in the Death Zone while descending, and made himself comfortable at camp 4. He only moved his a** when the catastrophe was long on the way. He was responsible for them. So saving at least a few of them later was his effing duty. He messed up. Krakauer interwieved everybody afterwards to create the most accurate picture, Boukreev and his publisher conveniently „missed“ to ask tons of people for their version what really happened. He only wanted to deliver one thing: A version of the story that made himself not look as bad. He never took any responsibility for his faults, the only thing he was is defensive. Does not make him look good. At all. With his book and his attitude he only did one thing: he proved Krakauers point. Boukreev was way too self centered to be a reliable and responsible guide.

    • @nickbrown9163
      @nickbrown9163 2 роки тому +8

      @@katana5562 it ain't Disneyland. I am reading his book. He said his English was bad. He was not social. He didn't have a radio. He took the job cause Fisher hired him. In the Marines we hold our leaders accountable. The only one who died on the mm team was Fisher. Rob Hall sure could have used the Russian to bring back his awful clients. Blaming the Russian with all the logistics issues is foolish.

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@katana5562he left them as was agreed upon with scott to go ahead and get things ready st camp and launch a resue if need be. Funny how you convenently leave that out😂

  • @raulkrump7738
    @raulkrump7738 7 років тому +11

    The music in these type of documentaries are always so creep.

  • @greatmystery9729
    @greatmystery9729 Рік тому +1

    The Seepa would be my God if I were ever to climb Everest.
    The only person that I'd listen to.
    He's not worried about getting likes on the internet!

  • @Bribosome
    @Bribosome 4 роки тому +10

    Beck Weathers is a true miracle. those with no high altitude experience just cant comprehend what an absolute miracle it is he survived.

    • @dana102083
      @dana102083 Рік тому

      Oh I can comprehend right from the comfort of my bed. Mind blowing, yes, to be left for dead twice and losing fingers and face..the quiet of a whistling storm and being alone. Do you live somewhere warm or something?

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 8 місяців тому

      ​@@dana102083😂 lol i can imagine being cold and alone also. Alone and cold on top of everest is probably even worse

  • @icecool2383
    @icecool2383 6 років тому +62

    It still frustrates me to this day why they didn't follow their own rules of, turn back by 2pm regardless of where you are. Rob should've been firm with Doug and said no, money isn't everything if it was he would be spending his now, and dreams are just that. Scott knew he was struggling as he was slow, why risk it for reputation, and that rich woman had no business on the mountain. Too many mistakes that should have been avoided... It's one thing to be killed by natural causes like an avalanche but to die with silly mistakes frustrates me as life is precious and we shouldn't gamble with it.

    • @davidgeisler9885
      @davidgeisler9885 5 років тому +1

      Highlander Cool they though they would still get away with it not knowing that terrible storm was coming

    • @brianwright1901
      @brianwright1901 5 років тому

      The paid for every single one though. This trip was all about money, and it showed.

    • @conors4430
      @conors4430 4 роки тому +2

      Highlander Cool you are right, but you are also forgetting that at those altitudes you can’t think properly either

    • @cathyizzo7886
      @cathyizzo7886 3 роки тому +1

      There is a specific thing regarding this that still bothers me. When Rob Hall told Beck Weathers to sit there and wait for him to come back, did the thought of Beck Weathers ever cross his mind again during the course of the rest of the day, like when Doug (allegedly) convinced to go up hours past turn around time, did Rob Hall ever consider the fact that Beck would just be sitting there for all those hours waiting for him? Doug wasn't his only client. According to BW's book, "Left for Dead". Rob was very explicit that he wanted Beck to wait for Rob to come back. Beck had asked that him if he could start seeing again, could he head down and Rob told him no. That is a shame because Beck had 2 chances to head down but he wanted to follow Rob's instructions because he know it would confuse things for him not to be where Rob expected to find him.

    • @skeptigal2785
      @skeptigal2785 Рік тому +2

      I agree it's very weird that both leaders acted so irrationally and out of character; I don't think apoxia can be blamed for all of that (they both used oxygen). Rob, especially, was adament about turning around at 2:00, then blatantly disobeyed his own order! It almost seems like the mountain possessed them in order to kill them. The whole thing reminds me of the movie, "Picnic at Hanging Rock," where the very mountain itself exerts a malevolent influence.

  • @Ruouiji
    @Ruouiji Рік тому +1

    Amazing documentary! I have always had great respect for those who brave the highest mountains of the world!

  • @christinestill1990
    @christinestill1990 5 років тому +5

    I have always thought this would be the last thing I would ever try. I got altitude sickness in Switzerland. They put me in a shack used by Olympic skier Jean Claude Killey to revive me! Feels like hell !

  • @davedipak8688
    @davedipak8688 5 років тому +6

    This tragedy is very sad. 1996 is sad to remember today. The team with Rob Hall and all the mountaineers is really brave. Which has been marked as a brave squad in history. His family is also very strong in expressing goodwill for him.Along with the Indigenous Border Police, were originally Indians who died.Seeing this film on the tragedy, the scene was very interesting, which was very heartbreaking.

  • @argosz3928
    @argosz3928 2 роки тому +8

    Personal TVs and gourmet food while climbing in Antarctica (that some body else has to carry) - crazy examples of how money and self-centredness combine to drive many deaths. There has been a fundamental loss by many (experienced or not so experienced) climbers of the necessary pro-human values required by mountaineers who want to come safely home - every time. Teams with appropriate Team Skills and values have given way in many cases to the wealthy Individual, whose ego focuses on their singular goal and glory to summit at any cost.