Why The Alps Are Getting More Dangerous
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
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Further Reading:
Dahr Jamail - The End of Ice: www.dahrjamail.net/the-end-of...
National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/en...
UNEP - Mer de Glace: www.unep.org/news-and-stories...
Britannica - Chamonix: www.britannica.com/place/Cham...
Britannica - Horace Bénédict de Saussure: www.britannica.com/biography/...
Summitpost - Mountain Guiding: www.summitpost.org/a-short-in...
St Gervais flood: www.newspapers.com/article/th...
www.newspapers.com/article/da...
www.newspapers.com/article/da...
2020 glacier evacuation: www.newspapers.com/article/ho...
www.newspapers.com/article/th...
Eos: eos.org/editors-vox/mountains...
Phys.org: phys.org/news/2022-10-glacier...
Archival Footage:
L'Ascension du Mont-Blanc, 1906: • The Ascent of Mont Bla...
Descending Mer de Glace, 1899: • Descending Mer de Glac...
Argentina glacier collapse: • Famous Argentine glaci...
St Gervais glacier: • Glacier's water pocket...
2022 heatwaves: • Europe's heatwave spre...
2022 Sahara dust storm: • Sahara dust storm blow...
Glacier at risk of collapse: • Rapidly melting chunk ...
Chamonix guides cancel ascents: • WION Climate Tracker: ...
Climate change on Mont Blanc: • Europe's most iconic m...
Dolomites glacier collapse: • Massive glacier collap...
Archival Photos:
Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/item/2017660860/
www.loc.gov/item/2022644001/
www.loc.gov/item/94513980/
www.loc.gov/item/94514113/
www.loc.gov/item/94513961/
www.loc.gov/item/94514921/
www.loc.gov/item/94513957/
www.loc.gov/item/94514125/
Maps/graphics:
Chamonix glaciers map: www.e-rara.ch/zuz/content/zoo...
Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassb...
www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.5...
Michel Gabriel Pacccard and Jacques Balmat: www.wiredforadventure.com/art...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure: scihi.org/horace-benedict-de-s...
Public Domain Review: publicdomainreview.org/collec...
publicdomainreview.org/collec...
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Sponsor
2:40 - The History
5:11 - Disappearing Ice
6:12 - The Mer de Glace
7:52 - Trekking Deeper
9:47 - Last Summer
12:09 - Melting Mountains
16:36 - Outro
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I was born in the Alps and now live on the opposite side of the world 🇦🇺 I was in Chamonix and hiked other areas during last year’s summer heat wave . It made me so incredibly sad. We had temperatures of over 25C at 2500m. I witnessed the total absence of mid altitude wildlife such as marmots as it was simply too hot for them. All the streams were gushing with glacial melts and you could literally see the imminent death of the La Grave glaciers in real time.
I was in the Eastern Alps last year. When we arrived at the summit (around 3800m) at 8 o' clock, it already had 8°C. The same path we used to climb the upper glacier was now covered by a small stream of water with a varying water level around 5-10cm. I agree, seeing this really makes one sad.
I flew over the Alps last summer and the sight was horrifying. I can remember before the glacial retreat really got going and the extensive summer ice coverage on the mountain range.
But do you still drive, eat animals, consume, travel? If yes, you are an utter detriment to all life on Earth and everyone's habitats.
I live at the foot of the Alps... and I love hiking. Seeing the soul of my home being baked away in record heat wave after record heat wave is just so sad.
Same I was born and raised in Switzerland and live on a mountain and I have seen the evolution first hand of the "glacier des diablerets" it made me so sad to see it split for the first time in 10000 years....
Never seizes to amaze me how much effort goes into these video documentaries. Aidin is one of the best, and most underrated creators on this platform by far.
Means the world my friend!
I couldn't agree more! The effort put in these videos, not just this one, is amazing. It has a professional vibe, if I can say so. Something not seen everyday. I am definitely going to share this so that others experience this masterpiece. Keep it up!
Totally agree, another masterpiece!
he is right
Absolutely agreed, I think Aidin will become one of the big names of this niche.
Thanks for sharing this documentary. My grandpa spent his entire life as a high mountain guide in Chamonix. After ten years of retirement, we surprised him with a helicopter ride to revisit his beloved mountains. But the changes devastated him, seeing the landscape he knew so well completely transformed left him profoundly sad.
Quite a controversial job. Depending on mass tourism which is further destroying the valley, but also so close to nature and its changes. I'd say helicopter rides are more than controversial though...
@@damsh6408 Guiding is not controversial, but the sur-consumption of the Mont Blanc is. For the heli rides I agree.
Jesus
is using helicopter that bad?@@damsh6408
I'll bet. Here in canada one of my favorite childhood hikes had an awsome snowpack we would boot ski down. My son now can see a small pond.
This is not a youtube documentary, this is movie quality documentary. Absolutely mental how you manage to create sich storytelling while maintaining the already insane editing structure that is so unique
Suh dude
So heart breaking to see the glaciers receding each year you climb in the Alps. It used to be a joy to watch the seracs crack and fall on the Argentière glacier, now each time a cliff of ice tumbles, it's with a huge wave of sadness.
Thx to weather modification
My mum was instructor for training Glacier guides in the 1960s in Norway. As a child I have been a few times with her on the glaciers. The whole landscape has completely changed from that time. None of the landscapes from the photos from that time still exists, it is all gone.
The landscape is still there there is just less snow genius.....
That’s because it takes a long time for the ice that built up during a Little Ice Age to melt. Has nothing to do with climate change, except that the climate change 200 years ago and made it warm enough so we didn’t have problems growing crops. Don’t let the propaganda get to you. CO2 is plant food and has never warmed this planet. There’s no evidence anywhere whatsoever, no peer reviewed paper it’s just pure nonsense. Look at the ice core data.
In my childhood, my parents always took me hiking in the alps during summer. I've been to almost every town mentioned in this video, and while I've never been a mountain climber, I've hiked on and around Mont Blanc several times in my life. Knowing these captivating landscapes are dying and changing so rapidly feels genuinely heartbreaking.
“Captivating landscapes are dying” 🤔 really??? 🙄
@@bthemediayes, really. Did you watch the video?
With my school in 2001 we went to visit the Mer de glace, I found it very stunning, already back then the local guides told us that it was melting and it won't be the same anymore, now that we can see the change, I feel grateful on one hand to have visited this 20 years ago, but I feel deeply sad regarding the tragic evolution...
Yeah, never heard of the Mer de glace until this summer when I went in the area. I got so disappointed when I walked there because there was not much left and many rocks above. I couldn't go further because I wasn't alone but in my head it was: "rip, you visited that place too late".
It's sad how many still ignore this change as a lie.
@@teijaflink2226the lie is that its a devastating impact of humans
It is though. Not Climate change itself, but the rapid change of it. It takes a long time for a glacier to melt down like this. Also, do you think that by the way we are living today we don't have no impact on the enviroment at all?@@VestaJ17
@VestaJ17
This year for the first time I saw signs against open fire in forests around my city. I don't live in California. I live in a mild climate in Central Europe. And yet droughts are becoming an issue. There's a possibility we will have to start water rationing during Summer. Not to mention that mild winters don't kill off the bugs underground which makes them more of an issue for farmers. Both droughts and pests cause food prices to raise
But there's no human harm caused by global warming
Not to mention the new waves of refugees coming soon to Europe. This time they will be climate refugees. Equally desperate to move in inspite of the growing anti refugee sentiments. Yeah, sure. Political destabilisation of Europe historically has always ended well for the rest of the world
As a glaciologist and mountaineer I think you've done really well to cover and explain all the key points here.
It's tough watching something you love so dearly slowly die and fade into something so far removed from its former glory.
With all the changes increasingly famous mountaineering routes are becoming significantly harder or untenable, which brings a sad sense of urgency to get on them before its too late.
Lofl you are really hilarious......
What do you do exactly and where do you do it as a glaciologist? That sounds super cool, I love mountains and climbing gyms, I want to summit mountains in the future and in the fall I'm going to college for geology
Very well done, and well researched video, Aidin. I am a mountaineering guide myself on Mount Rainier, here in Washington state. We are experiencing the same sort of thing as the Alps. Our glaciers here are similarly melting at an alarming rate, and it seems that every year, the climbing season where it is considered safe to take clients up onto the glaciers seems to shrink and shrink. Not long ago at all, we used to climb from April to October. Now, we’ve just had to shut down again in mid August because of no safe route to the summit. Most people don’t think of climate change too much, or if they do, they don’t personally see any way it affects them. Living near the mountains all of my life, and my hobbies and employment depending on them, I see the effects of climate change every year, and especially over the last decade or so, looking back. Unfortunately once the snow and ice melts, it never seems to come back, even on a very good snow year. The summers get warmer and warmer, as the freezing level climbs higher and higher. We can see every year new parts of the mountains exposed, that have been covered in ice for countless thousands of years. My hope is that we start voting for climate action now - not years or decades later before significant change in our trajectory is too little, too late.
These things are cyclical and it's not just caused by humans.
The glaciers will grow exponentially again in the future and drastically melt again.just like they have since tectonics made it a mountain.wether humans are around to document it or not.
@@brandonkoch3852
Please get a grip of actual science. It doesn't depend on "humans being around to document" something. We can measure into the past way beyond live documentation. We have mapped the relevant cycles far into the past and we can measure the speed of change now and compare it to the speed of change then.
Your notion that denying basic physical constants and laws is in any way helpful is noted and dismissed.
I've been going to the French alps on holiday every summer since I was 7 months old. I'm only 20 but even I have seen first hand how fast Mont Blanc and the glaciers have melted. This summer we went on a 3-day hike, we were between an altitude of 1900m and 2800m at 10 in the morning and the temperature were above 25°C. It's devastating and honestly really scary to think about these landscapes slowly disappearing.
Omg clueless.....wtf???
These glaciers are still melting from the Little Ice Age that ended 200 years ago. Stop the nonsense about climate change for God sakes.
This is next level storytelling...huge respect what you are doing❤❤❤❤
It's hard to believe you don't have more subscribers. I love your storytelling. Soo much re-watch value. Keep it up man 👏
Living at the foot of some of the highest peaks of the Alps, this ideo actually managed to bring me to tears. It's so heartbreaking to see my home melting away.
As a climber, this is such a well told story. I've lost a few friends to falling rocks - all caused by melting permafrost. It's a crazy feeling, seeing this wonderful environment slowly wither away, and feeling the danger of it. Thank you for telling the glacier's story, and telling ours.
bla bla bla, Rocks fall because of mass wasting. Not melting. Study geology if you want to know the truth.
I`m really sorry that your friends lost their lives on the mountains. They died doing what they loved but I still feel sad when people lose their lives in accidents on the mountains as from many of the accounts I`ve read many lives could have been saved if they`d turned back or stayed away when there was weather or avalanche warnings. Sometimes with even the most amount of careful preparation, freak accidents happen where people are in the wrong place at the wrong time and nothing could have prevented their deaths but I somehow feel there are too many gung ho risk takers nowadays who are overly confident about their skills, terrain, weather etc etc and lose out. Because of the popularity of Bear Grylls and other idiots like him, too many people think they`re invincible and think nothing will happen.
I was at Mer de Glace in May. From the end station, looking at the valley where just 20, 30, 100 years ago was a glacier, but now is just rock and soil, was one of the most depressing sights and feelings I've been into over the last several years.
We are frogs, just sitting and slowly boiling ourselves alive. :(
Incredible visuals and camerawork as usual! The lack of snowfall in my area is very evident over the last decade, sad to see.
In my life time I've gone from yearly snow on the ground to snow being unusual.
The cinematography, lighting and everything in your videos are jaw-dropping and excellent
Thanks so much!
I have been fortunate enough to climb all the 4000m peaks & ski in the Alps for 30+ years. I have witnessed the shrinking of the Mer de Glace with my own eyes, annual photographs and sore muscles from the additional metal steps year on year.
In February this year I skied the Vallee Blanche for what I believe will be my last time. The lower half now resembles a polished ice rink with the rubble field and the metal steps to finish. 5 days ago I took my young children to Cham’ to see Daddy’s mountains and had the realisation that I may never stand on the summit of Mont Blanc wih them. The same scene was apparent on a trip to Zermatt, looking up from Randa & Tasch towards the Mischabel chain. Where once there was ice, now crumbling rock.
Heartbreaking.
Wow, I climbed this mountain without any experience half a month ago with two of my friends. I quit at the Gouter Hut because of a tragic accident which opened my eyes. Seeing this brings back these memories in an instant. Thank you for uploading this masterpiece Aidin!
I'm climbing it on Wednesday
Good luck pal, enjoy!@@thomasmason2926
@@thomasmason2926 Good luck with the climb and stay safe!
What kind of person says half a month? Why not two weeks?
@@RDJ2 What kind of person cares enough about something so pointless to write a comment about it?
As a kid around '95 I was at the Mt Blanc, took the train up, and from the deck in the distance we saw a small ice and rock avalanche. Only one I've seen in my life but man, for such a small one it was quite impressive.
The storytelling was so beautiful, at the end the music with the drone shots showed how beautiful the snow/glaciers on the mountains were mixed with "this isnt going to be here forever"
Just got back from New Zealand's southern alps, Fox Glacier and Franz Josef glacier and what I saw compared to ten years ago was shocking. The glaciers have receded massively. Landslides littered the roads, whole mountainsides had collapsed in landslides, what snow fell fell incredibly late in the season, and their was a dusting of snow on the majority of the alps where once there was thick, persistent snow on these mountains for months on end. I was shocked how warm it was. Most mountaineering and trekking routes are becoming more unstable. I felt palpably that climate change is here and it's only just getting warmed up.
The reference to Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, at 8:39, does not go unseen! Great job 👏
Beautiful work! One of the best creators in this genre for sure. Great storytelling + beautifully filmed and edited!
The outro section sent shivers down my spine when the Dave said "I'll adapt."
Another simply beautiful cinematic experience from Aidin Robbins. Keep up the outstanding work!
I just found your channel 2 weeks ago and I’ve watched so many of your videos, and almost every frame is wallpaper worthy
What an amazing documentary - I'm a geography university student and aspiring mountaineer, and this video is such a great resource for all!
If you buy in to the one sided bullcrap.....
@@will7itsexactly… he probably bought the 15:00 warning about a town destroyed in 1892 due to climate change! Or global warming! One of those two existential fears.
@@bthemediaI’m confused because the comment you’re answering to is hidden/deleted - what are you talking about?
@@bthemedia ohh ok I see what you’re on about from the other comments you left - the accident in 1892 was not caused by climate change - it was much more likely just an extreme weather event - which, with climate change, are more likely to happen.
And no I didn’t “buy into it” I actually studied what happens by looking at cause and effect and now in uni were not taught that “omg look it’s so hot wow” but we actually do the calculations and meteorology basics to explain phenomena.
You could perfectly trust me to predict your weather but when it comes to climate you suddenly ridicule the science? Why? Because you don’t know even just the basics of it.
wild and amazing to see the level of production and detail in your videos grow. I'll keep saying this Aidin, you got a gift as a story teller, thank you for sharing that with all of us. keep crushing it!
Another great video with both stunning footage and great information. Thanks Aidin!
amazing work Aidin, visually brilliant, educational and gripping. I myself have been trying to take on a more educational type of travel video format, so watching this was even more inspiring for me!
I’m too broken down now but I spent years climbing and skiing in the Rockies. I moved to Canada in the 80’s and actually encountered serious glaciers and ice fields for the first time. The glaciers are retreating here as well and will eventually pose serious problems for agriculture and water resources for much of the region.
Same here in Austria. All predictions for natural water resources were always very much in favor of Austria compared to some of its neighbors due to the Alps covering much of its surface. What no one expected was how quickly the Eastern, less mountainous parts of the country would dry up after a "few" years of unusual heat. At this point, municipal administrations are considering restrictions on private swimming pools and "excessive" private gardening for hotter months.
I guess it goes without saying that the more level regions in question are also the ones providing most of our national agriculture...
Aidin, not only do I learn SO MUCH from your videos (this one felt like a short film); I just love looking at them.
Your color grading is always soooo beautiful. Well done.
I just came across your channel and every video so far deeply moved me. Your craft with its unique storytelling, love for detail, use of sound, and creative surprises is really the best I've seen so far! Thank you, Aidin!
(As a European and old-growth enthusiast I recently became aware of the fact we had rainforests and so your Scotland video drew me in. I was waiting for something like this, so thank you, again!)
Great video! The editing and sound design is so good. Strong storytelling and an important message. Well done!!
Awesome documentary! Such a spotted overview on the whole topic, very objective and valid.
Frames are just sublime, the overall flow of the video is just perfect, and the beauty of the shots is second only to the awesome narrative that Aidin develops through the story arc.
The composition and aesthetic of this is beautiful. Amazing work as always bro!
The pride you take in your videography and production is clear - such a well produced video!!!!
6th year of watching your videos. From talking about how travel videos are meaningless and now making videos in the same cinematic styles but with so much depth and understanding of the subject. Everything is so well-structured I can't appreciate enough. The script behind the video, the phrase like, "the years becoming closer together, and the signs becoming farther apart". Just WOW!! You can just tell by looking that it's an 'Aidin Robbin's Video'.
I wasnt expecting such a beautiful video. Thanks Aidin!!!
Your ability to make consistently professional videos is astonishing. Immaculate story telling and cinematography once again.
Just flat out incredible filmmaking on EVERY level. I love your channel so much
The editing and cinematography on this is incredible, can’t even imagine the amount of work that went into this. Immediately subbed.
Incredible cinematography, amazing story telling. Nailed EVERYTHING. Kudos and I can't wait until your next video pops up in my feed!
Amazing work Aidin! Great to work with you both on this. Hope everyone enjoys it!
From being randomly recommended your video "Sounds of the Pacific Northwest" to becoming my favourite channel on this platform. I've fallen in love with hiking and going to the mountains. I go once every year now. There's something that's just soothing up there. Something that makes me wanna throw my phone away and disappear up there forever. The thrill of looking down when I summitted my first and only peak is something I will never forget.
Yet another masterpiece. Always loved your storytelling, visuals.
Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Great work!
Awesome video and Storytelling! Its so captivating and the visuals are insane!
This documentary hit me way harder than I ever expected. I really love the alps and seeing them fall apart this rapidly is just heartbreaking. It gives me even less hope for the future generations and the current one.
haha you are totally lost.....lol
So much value! Well Done!
Been searching for this type of content thanks 💎
Very nicely shot and what a powerful story. Thanks Aiden!
Been a fan of your work and a subscriber to this channel for quite a while now, but this is next level. Incredible work. One of the highest quality youtube short documentaries I've ever seen. Beautiful.
Amazing work, thanks for inspiring me over and over again❤
greetings from Switzerland!
Saw one of your vids a while back, and it’s made its way back into my feed. Such great work. Truly. Your videos are a feast for the eyes and mind.
Well done! Amazing documentary.
Gorgeous production. It gave me a great sense of sadness...but I'm glad I watched this.
dude, your content is always fresh, captivating and well-produced. the time and passion behind each video is evident. very impressive. ty.
So good Aidin! Phenomenal storytelling and videography👌🏽
This is definitely one of my favourite videos you did. I Love everything about it!
Beautiful story telling! So well done!
This channel is so underrated 🙏🏼
What an incredibly well presented doco. Very inspiring work, well done Aidin
Aidin, well done. I remember your channel as just videography tips and tricks, which were great. Although your travel videos are top notch. Great content and production. I love your choices of music too. Keep up with amazing work!
ur videos never disappoint, beautifully told and filmed/edited
Amazing documentary! Informative and with some stunning cinematics.
Awesome video! I was hooked from the very beginning 🤩
Great resolution, thanks!
Amazing Storytelling, Appreciating Your Efforts!
Amazing Storytelling and Videography! Loved every second of it - it went by me waay to quick. Keep up the good work!
Hey Aidin, I am following your channel for many years and I am happy for you because I think you found your OWN Style making videos.
Beautiful video 🤍
Happy to have stumbled upon your channel.
Can't believe i've only just found this channel. Videos are phenomenal and cinematic. Great story telling too. I've learnt a lot from it!
Great documentary! Subscribed!
superb level editing, glad to see you, your improving day by day. thanks for providing us epic videos, keep it up. it motivates me
Wow Aidin you keep leveling up every time, worth the wait ❤
I've so touched by every single frame of this mini-documentary. So painfully sad to see the glaciers retreat into the heights and perhaps be gone forever within my life's time. Thanks Aidin.
I almost missed this because the title sounds like click bait. What a great film, thank you from someone who has spent a lot of time in the mountains climbing.
Stunning work and great storytelling
Randomly stumbled across this video and the footage quality along with how this has been made is impeccable!
your skills are somehow getting better... this video was incredible. keep it up!!
Your shots and coloring are mind blowing.
I visited real mountains for the first time last year, and went to see the Pasterze glacier in Austria, near the highest point at Grossglockner. I was nearly moved to tears when I saw what was left of it compared to what my parents had seen 20 years earlier. Seeing how much ice melted in the past few centuries makes my gut churn. I felt a deep sense of sadness when I visited.
Its called mental illness, call your shrink.
Just visited GSMNP because of your videos, was fantastic. The way you told the stories of the area made my experience even better. Keep it up
What a beautiful video, thank you very much !
Truly appreciating the time invested into this level of editing. My respects bro🤝🏻
Your videos are always amazing and i love every one of them! Love the content
HE’S BACK 🥳
Gotham needed some videos 👨🎨
Huge fan of your work Aidin learn everything from your videos.
Your storytelling is unreal with those moody color grade always gives me goosebumps keep up the good work.
I love your Storytelling and cinematography!
cinematic masterpiece. Unreal how much time and effort goes into making these but man its worth it. keep up the good work!
I really loved this video. It got me thinking...A lot. Thank you
just found this channel and this is amazing keep it up ❤
I look your outlook, it's so refreshing. You are very talented, keep up the good work.This channel is going to be huge!🇬🇧❤
Love this channel. Informative and visually stunning...
Mad respect and appreciation for what you're doing. These films take a immense amount of work, time and money, but, in the end, when it all comes together, I believe it is all worth it. Incredible subject choice, filmmaking and storytelling. You easily became one of my favorite YT channels. Keep rocking it! Much love from a engineer Brazil :)
This is really well made dude!
Beautiful work. Never clicked and subbed so fast.