I thought I'd crawled out of the UA-cam Mountaineer Rabbit-hole when this channel showed up in my feed and down I go again. These are some of the best mountaineering videos I've watched. I know some of the stories pretty well, but he is so good at explaining these sagas.
Great presentation. But it would benefit from a speaker (voice over) who has a proper English pronunciation. “Annafurna” should be pronounced “Annapurna”.
Ego or not, she still had more balls than you ever will. You wasn’t there, betting you have never climbed a mountain like that, so you really have no clue what you are talking about. She deserves more respect than you seem to understand.
@@matthewcollins5344 Wanda certainly was one tough climber but she took far too many risks. When she made it back to base camp in 1986 after 13 climbers lost their lives, her hands were severely frost bitten and she was not in good shape after escaping the mountain by the skin of her teeth [It took Wanda three days to make it back to base camp from high camp, a descent that would normally take a climber of her experience one long day] chronicler Jim Curran wrote how Wanda immediately started talking about summitting Broad Peak after a few days rest despite her frost bitten hands [that would have been terribly painful] Wanda was so obsessed in her determination to bag all fourteen 8,000ers that she took far too many risks. She went for the summit despite being ill, dehydrated, in high winds, deep snow and incredibly cold temperatures. Mexican climber Carsolio knew that he would not see Wanda again. Yes, Wanda was one tough lady but her obsession overrode her ability to make rational decisions that led to her inevitable death.
Wanda was quite a force of nature, by all accounts. And so is Kangchenjunga. What a spectacular mountain!!!
This is a great channel, and I really enjoy the content ❤
Thank you so much!
Why ?
Because it's there ! 🎉
I thought I'd crawled out of the UA-cam Mountaineer Rabbit-hole when this channel showed up in my feed and down I go again.
These are some of the best mountaineering videos I've watched. I know some of the stories pretty well, but he is so good at explaining these sagas.
Wonderful presentation…
I enjoy your videos. Very good!❤❤❤
Glad you like them!
Good work !
Great presentation. But it would benefit from a speaker (voice over) who has a proper English pronunciation. “Annafurna” should be pronounced “Annapurna”.
Her luck ran out
Hazadous envlroment
Should have had a backup!
Easy to say from that⌨️. She deserves more respect than an armchair or lowlanders hindsight suggestion.
Great climber but she got greedy (summit fever)
She ought to have come down with Carlos but her bloated ego prevented her
Ego or not, she still had more balls than you ever will. You wasn’t there, betting you have never climbed a mountain like that, so you really have no clue what you are talking about. She deserves more respect than you seem to understand.
Feminist tendencies!
@@matthewcollins5344 Wanda certainly was one tough climber but she took far too many risks. When she made it back to base camp in 1986 after 13 climbers lost their lives, her hands were severely frost bitten and she was not in good shape after escaping the mountain by the skin of her teeth [It took Wanda three days to make it back to base camp from high camp, a descent that would normally take a climber of her experience one long day] chronicler Jim Curran wrote how Wanda immediately started talking about summitting Broad Peak after a few days rest despite her frost bitten hands [that would have been terribly painful]
Wanda was so obsessed in her determination to bag all fourteen 8,000ers that she took far too many risks. She went for the summit despite being ill, dehydrated, in high winds, deep snow and incredibly cold temperatures.
Mexican climber Carsolio knew that he would not see Wanda again.
Yes, Wanda was one tough lady but her obsession overrode her ability to make rational decisions that led to her inevitable death.