Ryan is such a likable person especially when he tells the story. Brave man to take a job in one of the poorest (my home country) to fly a helicopter risking his own life. He must surely love mountains or love helping people.
@@johntate4638 The AS350 or H125 which is this helicopter is one the helicopter which has the highest service ceiling and it also holds the record for highest flight with a helicopter i believe. Its got alot of power for its size.
@@rednecked7462 all of these pilots are great, Pakistani pilots have rescued peoples from K2, K2 is second highest, but way more dangerous than everest.
If they would have been ready and waiting for the chopper they might have been organized enough to grab the most important of their belongings into their many pockets instead of carrying on bags. They would have had their passports and wallets etc. Idiots that they made the chopper wait so long.
Few factors there...They are oxigen-starved at this altitude and can't think clearly and fast. Also sherpas not speaking fluent English. So as you can see he doesn't blame them for trying to put bags in. Great movie by the way and those pilots are highest class.
People and their f-ing bags. I remember about reading a case of an emergency landing and people suffocating, being burnt alive in the back because people in the front were starting to take their bags out.
You kept your head you stayed steadfast with your conviction and everything worked out and I can see that you had a nice clear path at about 2,000 ft Maybe everything above was just crazy just solid wall good job
Woo! Awesome awesome airmanship Andy. You sir are an absolute credit to your profession, and a bit of an inspiration actually! Not that I want to fly like a cowboy in IFR conditions for the hell of it. I could feel your white knuckle grip on the control stick and feel the hyper focus state if mind just as taking off. Very glad you're here to tell the tale 😉😁👍🏼
That reminded me of a college humor sketch when a girl is hanging from a cliff and she won’t take off her backpack. She is to heavy to pull up but eventually she just has the person trying to help her pull up her backpack instead.
Used to be american climbers were like that, just flip a phone and call a chopper if you get in too deep, but these days the yanks ,for the most part are pretty organized and follow the protocols , IE, be ready at the pad, luggage, time, making it easier for the pilot to do his job.. I spoke to a guy that flew up there, he said the worst prepared and most arrogant were from countries with no mountains to speak of... or Balkan's, who seem to think the chopper is their limo once they paid for it, and argue in spite of endangering others.. he claimed Indian groups tried to bribe him to overload the ship, thinking cash beats physics, and has had to physically throw them out of the cabin.. he swears he will never take another S/A group ever, he claimed arrogance beyond arrogance, and they way they treated the Sherpa... He said amature swiss and Austrians try to pass themselves off as aces, though when smoking and hauling up cases of beer, in lieu of equip, he knew he would be seeing them soon enough, besides most just want to party at base camp, and follow the legends like Stek, etc up the mountain, most don't even manage the khumbu Ice fall..shit themselves...some Aussies he said get testy when the chips are down, but are generally like Canadians, and are pretty selfless and good team work when lives are at stake.. He said by far the worst organized and amaturish expedition was from Taiwan, way to much gear, six men with gear enough to overload an mi 8, would not listen to reason, just wanted to adhere to the plan on the clip board.. and as soon as the pilot tried to check the aircraft, they tried to load more useless cargo on the bird..he finally kicked them off, and left them in Lukla ..had they taken off at that weight, they would be dead by now.. he said the leader of the expedition was so incompetent he had no control of his own men, and tried to get the pilot to land at everest, though they only had a permit for Cho Oyo.. and no sherpa help...this meant they were gonna bootleg attempt everest on other peoples ropes, and o's, and on the backs of sherpas they were going to temp away from other teams with a fee extra bucks.. He reported them to Nepali authorities , checked credentials, and not one had set foot on a mountain prior, had they landed in Base camp they would have died in a few days from hape, not having acclimated, and the Sherpa's would have driven them off the mountain had they attempted to bribe them away from other teams..for playing fast n loose with their lives for a few bucks..besides, they barely had enough money for the expedition, so who knows how they planned to pay the Sherpa, the leader said he was going to appeal to them as being an Eastern People , and they they should help them free of charge because of their common origins.. most of these incidences are never made public, he flies rescue out of Yellowknife these days as there are too many himalaya dreamers that think it's safe now due to heli support.. Shriya Shah-Klorfine being one of the best examples of this.. hiking the Toronto ravines in no way prepares one for conditions above Camp 4, though she claimed many times it was safe as a chopper will fish her out of any trouble.. she perished in the death zone where choppers cant fly, Camp 2 on a perfect weather day if yer lucky..yer on yer own till then... prepare, prepare, train, equip, plan for losing part of your team as it will happen at some point, have an emerg contingency plan in place, and obey the orders of the pilot...should it come to that.. these bag loaders represent the worst in mountaineering
I'm surprised the chopper would lift off at all with testes that big! Must be a powerful bird. Kudos pilot! Kudos. Question; Do you have to get your pants, shorts, underwear custom made to support those ballz? Damn!
In May 2005 helicopter pilot Didier Delsalle landed an Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel on top of the 8848 m high summit of Mount Everest... 🧐 twice, on May 14 & 15 World Record !
It might be distasteful - but if the Sherpas are prepared to take you I don't see a problem. Remember, they raise themselves out of poverty with the fees paid by tourists. Brave men. Very brave.
if there weren't any mountains to navigate around, couldn't the chopper fly just outwards and downwards in relation to the mountain until visibility improved?
About 18,000' is the limit most helicopters can fly, the thin air does not provide needed lift, the cold can freeze hydraulic and other fluids in the engine, and it's just dangerous. Most helis will shed all non-essential weight and have extra-powerful engines for high altitudes. Then, they have to add the weight of whoever they are picking up! Weather is always a factor, you can't just fly IFR (on instruments) there, you have to see in order to land where the injured are. I heard him say 21,000' so he must have a special helicopter. Only one heli has made it to the summit and he had larger rotors and a very special powerful engine besides shedding ALL unnecessary weight! He was test pilot Didier Delsalle from France. It's very chancy to fly up there, it is windy and clouds can close in on you in very short order.
No visible line of sight. A whiteout. He's flying instruments only. An everyday occurrence for commercial and private pilots. But the sophisticated systems which guide them down to airport runways are largely unavailable on Everest. I'm guessing he's essentially using the most accurate GPS fix available. Radar. A few other technologies. But in those conditions? It's Russian Roulette. Eventually you're going to land on the loaded chamber ...
Pilot needs to be armed. Desperate people likely to pig pile into the craft killing them all. Many think they are tough enough for Everest until they see a ride home all of a sudden!
Anyone know why people that are just frostbitten get choppered off? I thought it was only be for emergencies, like hypoxia. They can clearly walk, don't look very sick. Also, incredible bravery by the pilots!
Astrii lol, he meant choppered off as in a helicopter...not actually "chopped" off..lol, I thought that's what he meant though too the first time I read it..
I hope the climbers being rescued are complete novices for not understanding why the pilot cannot risk being stranded there. He would need to be on oxygen the entire time. He has just flown up there without any time to acclimatize to the altitude. No experienced climber should be that dumb.
Is this Liam Neeson narrating? I don't know who you are. I do know what you want. If you are looking for rescue, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me an angel for people like you. If you let me know you're safe, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will rescue you.
A good illustration of the reality. A random crowd of confused idiots that refuse to follow instructions meant to save their lives. They’ve paid a fortune to go up there so they can afford to lose their packs they don’t need anymore and he has to throw their damn bags out about 4 times. I would have really done some yelling at the stupid ***** so maybe not the job for me. Ryan looks like the actor on a TNG episode playing a villainous collector.
A comment sometimes is just a comment, the pilot with dark glasses and helmet look cool but without head gear looks nerdish. Note to self....get helmet.
the drug Cártels pilots are among the best and reckless as they can land in the mountains where only a helicopter probably can do it very short dirt runaways but sadly because instead of use their skills to help rescuing people they are dedicating trafficking drugs
Then why would a middle age man do such a thing thinking hes being a man and he can take it to go up the biggest mountain and hes probably rich and never did nothing like this before just wants to try it because he has nothing else to do so he puts his life at risk. Idiot I would have charge him to get on the helicopter like 20000 grand Im sure he has it .
No way I'd do that without a gun. I could see climbers swarming your chopper and refusing to get out or let go and you end up crashing or having to take off without anyone. Arm those poor dudes. I also HIGHLY question the emergency that climber was supposedly going through that he needed an immediate medivac. If you're worried about dying or losing your hands and feet, you wouldn't give a millisecond of thought to your stupid bag of climbing gear. Then once they were in the chopper they looked in pretty decent shape to me. Both could move their hands just fine. I'd be mad as hell if I were that pilot.
Weight. They were at such high altitude with such low air density that you want to take off with as minimum weight as possible. Even a bag could make the helicopter harder to fly at such altitude.
Ryan is such a likable person especially when he tells the story. Brave man to take a job in one of the poorest (my home country) to fly a helicopter risking his own life. He must surely love mountains or love helping people.
Man and machine taken to the limit. my respects to these pilots.
Can they not make a more powerful helicopter for high altitude or is there just not enough air?
@@johntate4638 The AS350 or H125 which is this helicopter is one the helicopter which has the highest service ceiling and it also holds the record for highest flight with a helicopter i believe. Its got alot of power for its size.
Plus they get really expensive to fly really quick with size
They are real life angel...
This guy ananda Thapa is a super hero
The Nepal mountain pilots have to be the most daring aviators ever..............I salute them.....................
Ananda Thapa the best of all
Nepal second.
Vietnam chopper pilots #1
@@rednecked7462 all of these pilots are great, Pakistani pilots have rescued peoples from K2, K2 is second highest, but way more dangerous than everest.
@@bigtaco4362 that take's big ones
You sir, knowing the danger and confronting it to do your job, is a true hero.
This is my country😍😍😍nepal such a natural beauty
I was there few month ago and i felt what is actually fear
Sounds great, fear...
That pilot has the patience of a saint. I would have taken their bags and left their asses there.
pretty damn selfish the type of climber that puts others at risk & then feels entitled ..disgraceful .
That's a millennial climber for yah.
@John Smith I don't even have to say what everyone else is thinking about your comment. Go ask your mommy if there are any house chores to do.
What part of " NO BAGS " DO YOU CLODHOPPERS NOT UNDERSTAND !!!! 4:24
If they would have been ready and waiting for the chopper they might have been organized enough to grab the most important of their belongings into their many pockets instead of carrying on bags. They would have had their passports and wallets etc. Idiots that they made the chopper wait so long.
Few factors there...They are oxigen-starved at this altitude and can't think clearly and fast. Also sherpas not speaking fluent English. So as you can see he doesn't blame them for trying to put bags in. Great movie by the way and those pilots are highest class.
Always some one else's fault
Yeah, like little children they try it again and again.
The pilot is a little baby girl
Very big respect for you my fellow pilot, take care brother
i love everst rescue series
People and their f-ing bags. I remember about reading a case of an emergency landing and people suffocating, being burnt alive in the back because people in the front were starting to take their bags out.
You kept your head you stayed steadfast with your conviction and everything worked out and I can see that you had a nice clear path at about 2,000 ft Maybe everything above was just crazy just solid wall good job
Woo! Awesome awesome airmanship Andy. You sir are an absolute credit to your profession, and a bit of an inspiration actually! Not that I want to fly like a cowboy in IFR conditions for the hell of it. I could feel your white knuckle grip on the control stick and feel the hyper focus state if mind just as taking off. Very glad you're here to tell the tale 😉😁👍🏼
The pilot done wonderful job,thanks for sharing very impressive video 🙏really great 👍
That reminded me of a college humor sketch when a girl is hanging from a cliff and she won’t take off her backpack. She is to heavy to pull up but eventually she just has the person trying to help her pull up her backpack instead.
Thanks, I hadn't seen that one! ua-cam.com/video/CRSsa2o6PDQ/v-deo.html
Used to be american climbers were like that, just flip a phone and call a chopper if you get in too deep, but these days the yanks ,for the most part are pretty organized and follow the protocols , IE, be ready at the pad, luggage, time, making it easier for the pilot to do his job.. I spoke to a guy that flew up there, he said the worst prepared and most arrogant were from countries with no mountains to speak of... or Balkan's, who seem to think the chopper is their limo once they paid for it, and argue in spite of endangering others.. he claimed Indian groups tried to bribe him to overload the ship, thinking cash beats physics, and has had to physically throw them out of the cabin.. he swears he will never take another S/A group ever, he claimed arrogance beyond arrogance, and they way they treated the Sherpa...
He said amature swiss and Austrians try to pass themselves off as aces, though when smoking and hauling up cases of beer, in lieu of equip, he knew he would be seeing them soon enough, besides most just want to party at base camp, and follow the legends like Stek, etc up the mountain, most don't even manage the khumbu Ice fall..shit themselves...some Aussies he said get testy when the chips are down, but are generally like Canadians, and are pretty selfless and good team work when lives are at stake..
He said by far the worst organized and amaturish expedition was from Taiwan, way to much gear, six men with gear enough to overload an mi 8, would not listen to reason, just wanted to adhere to the plan on the clip board.. and as soon as the pilot tried to check the aircraft, they tried to load more useless cargo on the bird..he finally kicked them off, and left them in Lukla ..had they taken off at that weight, they would be dead by now.. he said the leader of the expedition was so incompetent he had no control of his own men, and tried to get the pilot to land at everest, though they only had a permit for Cho Oyo.. and no sherpa help...this meant they were gonna bootleg attempt everest on other peoples ropes, and o's, and on the backs of sherpas they were going to temp away from other teams with a fee extra bucks..
He reported them to Nepali authorities , checked credentials, and not one had set foot on a mountain prior, had they landed in Base camp they would have died in a few days from hape, not having acclimated, and the Sherpa's would have driven them off the mountain had they attempted to bribe them away from other teams..for playing fast n loose with their lives for a few bucks..besides, they barely had enough money for the expedition, so who knows how they planned to pay the Sherpa, the leader said he was going to appeal to them as being an Eastern People , and they they should help them free of charge because of their common origins.. most of these incidences are never made public, he flies rescue out of Yellowknife these days as there are too many himalaya dreamers that think it's safe now due to heli support.. Shriya Shah-Klorfine being one of the best examples of this.. hiking the Toronto ravines in no way prepares one for conditions above Camp 4, though she claimed many times it was safe as a chopper will fish her out of any trouble.. she perished in the death zone where choppers cant fly, Camp 2 on a perfect weather day if yer lucky..yer on yer own till then... prepare, prepare, train, equip, plan for losing part of your team as it will happen at some point, have an emerg contingency plan in place, and obey the orders of the pilot...should it come to that.. these bag loaders represent the worst in mountaineering
Waow pretty full of insid info, thanks.
Insiteful
That was incredible reading! I'm actually going back to read it again just in case I might have missed something 😁
Thank you...you are one of the few that really understands the reality.
Great job.❤❤❤,marvelous
I'm surprised the chopper would lift off at all with testes that big! Must be a powerful bird. Kudos pilot! Kudos. Question; Do you have to get your pants, shorts, underwear custom made to support those ballz? Damn!
Respect to pilots at this altitudes.
Dudes paychecks must be glorious!
Nerves of Steel. I was freaking out just watching that.
He kept saying no bags, the kept pushing bags inside the helicopter... Wow.
In May 2005 helicopter pilot Didier Delsalle landed an Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel on top of the 8848 m high summit of Mount Everest... 🧐 twice, on May 14 & 15 World Record !
Awesome 🤘 got my heart racing too.
These are the same wankers who always insist on grabbing their luggage when the plane is literally on fire.
What city is the machine based out of for Everest rescue? What altitude is it?
Imagine needing to get rescued off mt Everest and f@#$!ng Bob Saget is piloting the chopper 😂
My utmost respect
Heroes
The real hero salute 🤙
Why can't they use some type of radar with with obstacle image in computer?
I'm sure they are using radar. But radio waves bouncing off snow yield very low resolution images. And there's a hell of a lot of snow up there.
When Bob Saget is your last hope your screwed .3:26
hahaha
-no bags
-ok here's a bag
-no bags!
-k here's another bag
-no bags goddamn
Incredible
First life and second is Bag.
Olny bags on that chopper is the ones between his legs.
1:23 dosent the chopper have radar ?
i mean even the quadcopter have obstacle sensors
What u will do with radar u dumb. U want to install SAR on this heli? U cant see or locate anything in this weather.
Everest is not a tourist attraction where they should offer guided tours.
It might be distasteful - but if the Sherpas are prepared to take you I don't see a problem. Remember, they raise themselves out of poverty with the fees paid by tourists. Brave men. Very brave.
How much does it cost them to be rescued???
`"take the bags out" Jeezzzzzz
if there weren't any mountains to navigate around, couldn't the chopper fly just outwards and downwards in relation to the mountain until visibility improved?
If your not scared it will kill you one day. Amazing rescue.
Brave pilots. Why push your luck with that attitude climb at your own risk.
Bet that is terribly expensive getting rescued up there.
Where do I sign up for this job? 💪
come Nepal
Have 5000 hours of Mountain Experience and be lucky enough to land a job.
Radar buddy, this shows lol
No Bags! Kept throwing bags into the chopper.
To be fair their brains are oxygen starved. They aint thinking straight. You see this kind of thing all the time with people suffering hypoxia.
Ice below looks like hungrier fangs there's.
Covid has brought me to such interesting places
About 18,000' is the limit most helicopters can fly, the thin air does not provide needed lift, the cold can freeze hydraulic and other fluids in the engine, and it's just dangerous. Most helis will shed all non-essential weight and have extra-powerful engines for high altitudes. Then, they have to add the weight of whoever they are picking up! Weather is always a factor, you can't just fly IFR (on instruments) there, you have to see in order to land where the injured are. I heard him say 21,000' so he must have a special helicopter. Only one heli has made it to the summit and he had larger rotors and a very special powerful engine besides shedding ALL unnecessary weight! He was test pilot Didier Delsalle from France. It's very chancy to fly up there, it is windy and clouds can close in on you in very short order.
Haha yes you could see no seats. Completely gutted. To bad he doesn't have a good gun to assure his own safety.
What does flying blind mean? If he was flying blind wouldn't he crash in 4 seconds?
No visible line of sight. A whiteout. He's flying instruments only. An everyday occurrence for commercial and private pilots. But the sophisticated systems which guide them down to airport runways are largely unavailable on Everest. I'm guessing he's essentially using the most accurate GPS fix available. Radar. A few other technologies. But in those conditions? It's Russian Roulette. Eventually you're going to land on the loaded chamber ...
They should have rescue dogs on Everest to locate people.
The dogs would die quickly of the cold and the altitude.
Pilot needs to be armed. Desperate people likely to pig pile into the craft killing them all. Many think they are tough enough for Everest until they see a ride home all of a sudden!
Adding a weapon to an already dangerous situation is begging for catastrophe. You're there to save lives. Not take them.
Its hard to see haven. but iam sure. if u see this u will reach the netural haven.
don’t pay these guys enough
Anyone know why people that are just frostbitten get choppered off? I thought it was only be for emergencies, like hypoxia. They can clearly walk, don't look very sick. Also, incredible bravery by the pilots!
Skulls Ain't Dead their fingers naturally fall off due to being excruciatingly cold
If they are willing to pay, they will get picked up is what I'm assuming..
Astrii lol, he meant choppered off as in a helicopter...not actually "chopped" off..lol, I thought that's what he meant though too the first time I read it..
NO BAGS!!!
I hope the climbers being rescued are complete novices for not understanding why the pilot cannot risk being stranded there. He would need to be on oxygen the entire time. He has just flown up there without any time to acclimatize to the altitude. No experienced climber should be that dumb.
Maybe they should just build a tram up to the summit. You wouldn’t need to risk lives like this.
Is this Liam Neeson narrating?
I don't know who you are. I do know what you want. If you are looking for rescue, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me an angel for people like you. If you let me know you're safe, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will rescue you.
wow my himalayan contrary Nepal
The real heros are Nepal army rescue team there and sherpas
I can barely run half a mile
No BAGS!!!!! WOW
You have every right to go off on those climbers. You risked your life to save them. And they want to take there shit with them?!!!
What the f*** they can't understand about no bags
A good illustration of the reality. A random crowd of confused idiots that refuse to follow instructions meant to save their lives. They’ve paid a fortune to go up there so they can afford to lose their packs they don’t need anymore and he has to throw their damn bags out about 4 times. I would have really done some yelling at the stupid ***** so maybe not the job for me.
Ryan looks like the actor on a TNG episode playing a villainous collector.
A comment sometimes is just a comment, the pilot with dark glasses and helmet look cool but without head gear looks nerdish. Note to self....get helmet.
Tom Risar
Get helmet and a helicopter. LOL
I'm fucking agree with both of you 😉😂
Aviation Nut .get helmet and a helicopter u kill me bruhhh
O essencial é invisível aos olhos,não vejo problema algum de estar sem óculos e tal,até prefiro.
I can't explain this old post, I don't remember the context, possibly myself calling myself nerd like???
PHEW!!!
I feel bad for the other climbers they might die
king Python abdul world they won’t they’re acclimatised to the atmosphere and are to be honest being selfish trying to put the bags on
Better 1 than 4 unfortunately
Its not a fucking TAXI ffs, I would have left them.
*NO BAGS* *NO,NO,NO BAGS*
Is there a reason climbers don't wear heated gloves and socks? They have those now and heated coats.
They only last for a certain time, not days at a time.
The pilot said 20 time no bags, and they put bags in heli, is they are not normal, they had understood English
Daring always
I hope they have to pay huge bills after the helicopter rescuing them out of their selfish & stupid "hobby"
Wow. Do they not understand English. Thank you
I would of said bye and left
CFIT
the drug Cártels pilots are among the best and reckless as they can land in the mountains where only a helicopter probably can do it very short dirt runaways but sadly because instead of use their skills to help rescuing people they are dedicating trafficking drugs
Then why would a middle age man do such a thing thinking hes being a man and he can take it to go up the biggest mountain and hes probably rich and never did nothing like this before just wants to try it because he has nothing else to do so he puts his life at risk. Idiot I would have charge him to get on the helicopter like 20000 grand Im sure he has it .
who the fuck is ryan? the pilot was a nepali officer
Son of gorkhali
Capt Ryan, you are just perfect aviator
unspeakable stupidity people trying to save gear
No way I'd do that without a gun. I could see climbers swarming your chopper and refusing to get out or let go and you end up crashing or having to take off without anyone. Arm those poor dudes.
I also HIGHLY question the emergency that climber was supposedly going through that he needed an immediate medivac. If you're worried about dying or losing your hands and feet, you wouldn't give a millisecond of thought to your stupid bag of climbing gear. Then once they were in the chopper they looked in pretty decent shape to me. Both could move their hands just fine.
I'd be mad as hell if I were that pilot.
Hypoxia makes you act like you’re severely drunk. They might not even notice the gun and if they do they might react irrationally.
Camp 2?! Not rly heavy. I thought rescue from near summit.
Arrogance. Don't go unless you are 150% ready to climb. I don't care how much you paid as a thrill seeker.
over acting
Anup Dhakal you’re obviously not a pilot?
Hes American, what do you expect 🤣
I bet it’s a white guy.
I don't understand why he doesn't let them carry their bags if there is enough room. On Mont Blanc the pilots carry all the rescued equipment.
Weight. They were at such high altitude with such low air density that you want to take off with as minimum weight as possible. Even a bag could make the helicopter harder to fly at such altitude.
@@junrenong8576 Yes, that was certainly higher. I think base camp is already higher than Mont Blanc.
That isn't Mont Blanc, totally different altitude.