I climb up Mount Holyoke almost every year. Ok, it's only 1000 feet high, but at least I don;t have to worry about my friends dying on the moutain either
@@benghazi4216 Here's another recommendation: Nanga Parbat. Hermann Buhl made the ascent alone, and returned on nothing but balls of steel, surviving an entire night standing in the middle of the mountainside.
Keep in mind that these are warehouses, they exist in some similar form in most of Europe. Asia and Africa too, but not as preserved unless currently in use
Tbh we kinda did expect it, they announced this series and the few after it in the Teddy the Trustbuster Lies video, next series is the Thirty Year's War
Which is worse; Falling to your death, being smashed against the rocks & ice with snow and the cold preventing you from dying right away, or watching that happen to *TWO* of your friends & coming home to constantly be told how it was your fault & be forced to relive it over and over to "prove" your innocence. Great sport, that one.
@@PianoSpeaks difficult but damn fun :D my partner wrote a big blog about it. Google "renpoint project matterhorn" as I don't think URLs can be placed in youtube comments
The story speaks to me in a different way, as members of my family immigrated to America from Switzerland (though we came from Canton Ticino rather than Canton Valais, where the Matterhorn resides, but we're right next to them). The Matterhorn is as much sacred as it is legendary. It's still home to spirits and monsters who will make your life hell if you fail to tread carefully
And yet if Croz could find a hold maybe the two other, experienced mountaineers could have too and then the inexperienced could have been guided to grab on to something This is the problem with survivors guilt and tragedies. There’s always a “what if”
3 minutes ago? Last time I was this early, the Swiss Matterhorn was only about as tall as the Disneyland Matterhorn, because the collision between Africa and Europe was still beginning.
My grandffather actually was a mountainclimber, het loved the mountains and he asked my grandmother the scatter his ashes there.. And we decided to do so on the Matterhorn after he died. We (as a family from the Netherlands) still hike up the Matterhorn every 5 years to honour him.
I don't think I've ever found a history channel as diverse as EH, you guys are awesome!! I know I'm not a patreon (yet) but can I suggest the Birkenhead drill for an episode?
Everytime I hear Matterhorn I think of the famous expert mountain climber Reinhold Messner who is very critical of tourism on such high mountains. In the 80s a German TV Show called „Verstehn Sie Spass“ did a prank on him by placing a souvenir shop on top of the Matterhorn (with a little help by a helicopter) just before he did a tour there. He was furious... I remember seeing the skit on TV as a child. Did not understand the travesty / parody behind the idea but still it was very funny.
Something @Extra Credits didn't mention was how hard the altitude is From my experience (mountaineering is a hobby of mine) taking a step at 12000 feet makes you feel like you have just sprinted 100 METERS! Altitude is the killer of mountaineering Also fun fact Matterhorn and Everest are not the hardest/most dangerous mountain to climb That would be Annapurna 1 it is 26000 feet or so and has a fatality rate of 30% so good luck climbing that!
I vizeted the climbers grave yard in zermont it is vary sobering for a climber to see. I have been climbing for 10 years all over the country dert bagging is the best
not just nice to hear about mountain climbing but about this era in general and how they experienced it versus how we see it today with all our advanced gear and procedure that we ultimately have this era to thank for
This is super nit picky, but the Italian side should get more direct sunlight than the Swiss side. I found the reference for that drawing and only the top is in shadow. Might not be important for the story, but it’s one of the things that makes the Matterhorn deceiving. I have heard the last part of the Italian side was really dangerous.
The part about the rope is actually more complicated. When running to the top, the good rope was cut. That's how they ended up using a weaker rope. This hunted the older guide all his life (but it was not his mistake).
I m from switzerland, and i watched a documentary of the matterhorn accident. And it has been reported, that whimper cut the rope a bit, as he tried to be the first on the peak. respect from 🇨🇭 for this series.
YEESSS !!! Finaly an episode featuring Switzerland. Now I have an occasion to write my suggestion. I cureently have two on my mind: 1. The connection of the nazis and Switzerland. 2. An extra mythology episode about Willhelm Tell (national hero of Switzerland)
There is something magical about mountaineering. It's hard, and often dangerous. I've had close calls myself. But I'm not surprised by how the deaths spurred on more climbers. People die every year on my local mountains but people still flock to them every year. These first climbers were incredible, doing what they did with such limited gear and knowledge.
A finer detail would be that Wimper cut the better rope they had in the beginning when racing up the mountain to be the first of his party, as he was bound behind the frenchman. Which was said better rope.
Ahhh the Swiss. Neutral in wars, but always adventurous and ready in case of emergencies. Not to mention some pretty nice people from what I’ve heard. I’d like to head to Switzerland, just to take in the views and look at some of their history.
Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman. It was later adapted into the Disney movie Third Man on the Mountain, which is why so many Disney parks have a Matterhorn ride.
i came in here with the intent to make a "not with that altitude" pun. But after wracking my brain for a solid ten minutes im stumped. The fact english isnt my native tong doesnt Alp
This was obviously before the invention of horses, as Skyrim shows us that's all you need to ascend vertical surfaces.
Ha! As if!
@@christophersudbrink4946 Magestic and magical creatures.
ua-cam.com/video/tuqnqJSBDbA/v-deo.html
Also in MC
Can confirm, accurate historic event
Even tho the Skyrim horses are slow, they have the supernatural ability to stand on the steepest ledges
Not to be confused with the Murderhorn, the tallest mountain in Springfield which is conquered by Homer Simpson.
Thanks to PowerSauce Bars!
@@harrisonlee9585 PowerSauce Bars? Those are nothing but apple cores and old newspapers!
Came here for this. Was not disappointed.
Huh Deng Xiaoping died...
@@harrisonlee9585 “Wake up Homer, that stuff is junk! It’s just made of Apple cores and Chinese News Paper!”
It’s fun to see a mountain story that isn’t Everest
I recommend looking for stories around K2. The proper over 8000m peak.
This mountain honestly makes everest look like childs play. No comparison.
I climb up Mount Holyoke almost every year. Ok, it's only 1000 feet high, but at least I don;t have to worry about my friends dying on the moutain either
@@unsubme2157 Oh come on, the Matterhorn has no death zone where you just leave people who fall over to die.
@@benghazi4216 Here's another recommendation: Nanga Parbat. Hermann Buhl made the ascent alone, and returned on nothing but balls of steel, surviving an entire night standing in the middle of the mountainside.
Zermatt is so beautiful. Especially interesting how they have their houses on stilts to stop bugs from getting in.
Keep in mind that these are warehouses, they exist in some similar form in most of Europe. Asia and Africa too, but not as preserved unless currently in use
This is a historical action movie in animated UA-cam form.
A real Cliffhanger!
@@euansmith3699 pun intended?
@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Always :D
Even the Spanish Inquisition didn't expect this.
Tbh we kinda did expect it, they announced this series and the few after it in the Teddy the Trustbuster Lies video, next series is the Thirty Year's War
*Tread carefully Arbiter, for what you say is heresy*
Which is worse; Falling to your death, being smashed against the rocks & ice with snow and the cold preventing you from dying right away, or watching that happen to *TWO* of your friends & coming home to constantly be told how it was your fault & be forced to relive it over and over to "prove" your innocence.
Great sport, that one.
I remember watching a film in German class about this and can say your version is way more interesting
Having climbed Matterhorn via the same route (Hornligrat) the story becomes very visual as you have an idea where exactly the tragedy happened...
How was the climb?
@@PianoSpeaks difficult but damn fun :D my partner wrote a big blog about it. Google "renpoint project matterhorn" as I don't think URLs can be placed in youtube comments
The story speaks to me in a different way, as members of my family immigrated to America from Switzerland (though we came from Canton Ticino rather than Canton Valais, where the Matterhorn resides, but we're right next to them). The Matterhorn is as much sacred as it is legendary. It's still home to spirits and monsters who will make your life hell if you fail to tread carefully
If the rope hasn't snapped, they all probably would've died. But that's just the tragedy of survivor's guilty.
And yet if Croz could find a hold maybe the two other, experienced mountaineers could have too and then the inexperienced could have been guided to grab on to something
This is the problem with survivors guilt and tragedies. There’s always a “what if”
This one seems really polished! Well done on animating this one.
3 minutes ago? Last time I was this early, the Swiss Matterhorn was only about as tall as the Disneyland Matterhorn, because the collision between Africa and Europe was still beginning.
as an extra history topic can you do the legendary commando raid on st nazaire
Go to baz battles he covers it in depth
PLEASE!
The Eagle's Nest!
Jeremy Clarkson documentary on it is great, it's on youtube in full (The Greatest Raid of All Time)
This week on Extra History: a subject you never really considered before, & how it's going to engross you for the next month
I think this is not long series but a two parter that’s often in the end of series (sometimes it’s one parter).
Wasn't expecting mountain climbing. But i love this video.
An unexpected series, but I'm intrigued already.
There is a battalion of Italian Special Forces named after the Matterhorn.
The “Alpini Paracadutisti Battaglione Monte Cervino”
What does paracadutisti mean and alpini
@@bypy3544 paratroopers & alpine (of the Alps)
@@Spacemongerr thx
Gaulic tribes that used to live in the Alps : Am I a joke to you?
Edit:THIS IS A JOKE
Live?
Used to live?
Julius Caesar: "Yes."
Nobody lived on top of the Matterhorn.
They lived in the valleys, no need to climb mountain peaks.
"i won, but at what cost?" fits that man so much
My grandffather actually was a mountainclimber, het loved the mountains and he asked my grandmother the scatter his ashes there.. And we decided to do so on the Matterhorn after he died. We (as a family from the Netherlands) still hike up the Matterhorn every 5 years to honour him.
Whatever
Loving these small scale stories in between the massive epics! Keep it up
the Matterhorn is quite the impressive view from a distance, cant imagine actually climbing the thing, quite amazing
LOVE THE EXTRA HISTORY OF MOUNTAINEERING! I NEED A LOT MORE!
Do one of King John II of Portugal who is also called the perfect prince. He took control of the crown even before his father died.
I don't think I've ever found a history channel as diverse as EH, you guys are awesome!! I know I'm not a patreon (yet) but can I suggest the Birkenhead drill for an episode?
Amazing story! I love how you look into history that isn't as common.
Everytime I hear Matterhorn I think of the famous expert mountain climber Reinhold Messner who is very critical of tourism on such high mountains. In the 80s a German TV Show called „Verstehn Sie Spass“ did a prank on him by placing a souvenir shop on top of the Matterhorn (with a little help by a helicopter) just before he did a tour there. He was furious... I remember seeing the skit on TV as a child. Did not understand the travesty / parody behind the idea but still it was very funny.
Something @Extra Credits didn't mention was how hard the altitude is
From my experience (mountaineering is a hobby of mine) taking a step at 12000 feet makes you feel like you have just sprinted 100 METERS!
Altitude is the killer of mountaineering
Also fun fact Matterhorn and Everest are not the hardest/most dangerous mountain to climb
That would be Annapurna 1 it is 26000 feet or so
and has a fatality rate of 30% so good luck climbing that!
I love the reference to a painting at 0:13
My grandad has the same one on his wall
You mentioned the Northwestern pass... Does that mean will get a series on the infamous Franklin expedition???
I love history.
I love climbing.
I will love this series!
The closest I’ve gotten to this is using Old Spice “matterhorn” deodorant in my middle school gym class. It was an equally challenging experience.
Please, make a video on temerlane!
I remember Rob saying he wants to do a series on mountain climbing.
I read 'Banner in the Sky' as an 11-year old. I was fascinated by mountain climbing. But, alas, I'm nowhere near coordinated enough to go very far.
meanwhile, the mad lad Hannibal: "Hmmm....what if we marched some elephants through here tho?"
God I'd love to see you guys cover the Northwest Passage, with both the failed and successful ships!
that intro was great
Remember when they did major historical events
Mountain climbing now? I didn't expect that. I am happily suprised.🙂
5:02 ...thus beginning a century of rumors about human-like apes who throw rocks at climbers and hikers...lol
Plutarch once stated:
"No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune"
What a fucking unusual topics Extra History is picking this year.
I vizeted the climbers grave yard in zermont it is vary sobering for a climber to see. I have been climbing for 10 years all over the country dert bagging is the best
not just nice to hear about mountain climbing but about this era in general and how they experienced it versus how we see it today with all our advanced gear and procedure that we ultimately have this era to thank for
I live in Colorado and climb a lot of mountains from the early spring through fall
I'm geeking out a bit right now
Awesome stuff!
Goddangit Extra History now you have made me want to climb the Matterhorn..
This is super nit picky, but the Italian side should get more direct sunlight than the Swiss side. I found the reference for that drawing and only the top is in shadow. Might not be important for the story, but it’s one of the things that makes the Matterhorn deceiving. I have heard the last part of the Italian side was really dangerous.
Love the new animation
Imagen a mount Everest video.
why? k2 would be much better. it has taken more lives.
The northwest passage would be a great one
Climbing without 2021 equipment somehow is much more impressive.
While I understand the appeal of mountaineering, I've never been able to muster the courage for it myself 😅
Why does this need to be a movie
thanks for the vid
The part about the rope is actually more complicated. When running to the top, the good rope was cut. That's how they ended up using a weaker rope. This hunted the older guide all his life (but it was not his mistake).
And this is what hubris looks like.
Can u make a video on Ahom Dynasty (Mong Dun Shun Kham)?
When you taunt your competition you taunt chance, because chance is always moments behind.
Love the video, keep the awesome workvup!
Ah yes, the Toblerone mountain
Love you guys’s content keep it up I love it
I can so see this being a movie!
My favorite ride I was on after the incredibles coaster🗣🗣🗣
2:14-2:31
Sometimes safety should be left at home, but alcohol, never.
I m from switzerland, and i watched a documentary of the matterhorn accident. And it has been reported, that whimper cut the rope a bit, as he tried to be the first on the peak. respect from 🇨🇭 for this series.
Brilliant work as always!! Great job
Matterhorn: I'm the Death Mountain
Eiger: Hold my Sauser
damn. only back then when you actually had real feelings for someone dying, even when you barely knew eachother. F to pay respects.
People can have feelings too now. It depends on the person.
Amazing as usual. Liking and sharing immediately :-)
YEESSS !!! Finaly an episode featuring Switzerland. Now I have an occasion to write my suggestion. I cureently have two on my mind:
1. The connection of the nazis and Switzerland.
2. An extra mythology episode about Willhelm Tell (national hero of Switzerland)
You should do the story on sir edmund hillary climbing mount everest
Can you guys do an episode on the franklin expedition?
Can the patreon people vote to have Do the 2nd crusade it's always overshadowed
Goat UA-camr
So this the mountain the LEGENDARY Lorenzo Von Matterhorn is from
Can you do an extra history topic on emperor Ashoka?
To everyone reading this: have a nice day :D
Everest before 1950s: “Really”
yes
Can you update you history playlist because I can’t find some eps there that should be there
They forgot to mention the danger of Harold the Yeti.
I thought Yosemite Sam was the first to climb it. Bugs Bunny was right behind him.
“Far over the misty mountains cold”
The tragedy only makes it more appealing... sounds like cave diving. "The most dangerous sport in the world" always has people lining up to try it.
Every frozen corpse on a mountain was once a highly motivated person. Stay lazy my friends.
This story is evidence of why bravery & stupidity are, very often, the same damned thing.
There is something magical about mountaineering. It's hard, and often dangerous. I've had close calls myself. But I'm not surprised by how the deaths spurred on more climbers. People die every year on my local mountains but people still flock to them every year. These first climbers were incredible, doing what they did with such limited gear and knowledge.
Do Operation Chariot: The Raid On Saint Nazaire next!
A finer detail would be that Wimper cut the better rope they had in the beginning when racing up the mountain to be the first of his party, as he was bound behind the frenchman. Which was said better rope.
Ahhh the Swiss.
Neutral in wars, but always adventurous and ready in case of emergencies. Not to mention some pretty nice people from what I’ve heard.
I’d like to head to Switzerland, just to take in the views and look at some of their history.
Nice
Could’ve sworn Death Mountain had less snow and more lava.
they should make an episode about Bear Grylls
That mountain looks yummy ... wait, isn’t it the Toblerone mountain?
so is this the mountain drawn on tobleron packaging?
there's a book about this called red banner in the sky or something like that
Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman. It was later adapted into the Disney movie Third Man on the Mountain, which is why so many Disney parks have a Matterhorn ride.
A surprise to be shure, but a welcome one
i came in here with the intent to make a "not with that altitude" pun. But after wracking my brain for a solid ten minutes im stumped. The fact english isnt my native tong doesnt Alp