@@julesgardet659no truer case for anyone with a job 😂 I’d do it for the money too if I had to do their job! They do care, btw, it’s just that I’d never expect anyone to do what they do and NOT receive compensation for it.
I've always believed David sharp went up there, knew he couldn't make it down, and died on the mountain. He told people he was fine, to leave him there. He CHOSE to go up without oxygen knowing he could die. Nobody should be responsible for saving you if you make bad choices.
@robertmitchell6080 women and men both. You choose to put yourself there, nobody else is responsible for getting you down. It's tragic for sure. But I'm not dying on a mountain because somebody else made a RIDICULOUS decision.
The Law of Life: You make a choice, you take the consequences. Our lives - and our deaths - are the result of the choices we have made. These people made the wrong choice, IMO.
I just cannot understand how anyone with a spouse and children would risk their lives on Everest. I get the “ challenge” and the adrenaline but Putting your family through this is just so selfish.
I assume you're talking about Rob Hall. The man had to put food on the table and his business Adventure Consultants was his mechanism to do that. He made some silly mistakes in breaking his own rules to try and save one man's life and ended up taking both of their lives but it's par for the course up there on Everest. I am sure his wife who also climbed Everest knew the risks and knew what she was getting herself into when she married him. Not an ideal situation but that's life, he died doing what he loved. His family has likely moved on a long time ago.
Absolutely. The thing is, almost all people living near mountains never felt the need to climb them. They are usually quite sceptical about the whole moutaineering thing. They understood that they do not belong there and have no need to climb them "just because"
None of these climbs would be possible without the expertise, load carrying, food preparation and life threatening risks taken by the Sherpas. They do not get enough credit, at all. Just the westerners names are known and lauded, and a few sherpas here and there. This aspect should be addressed more thoroughly & corrected. They summit the peaks too, time after time and ensure paid clients reach their goals. Their risks are not properly compensated either.
Those sherpas should probably make certain that they’re properly compensated before saving someone’s ass. Or are they forced by their government or something?
They are paid very well! If you summit, you are required to pay your Sherpa $1,500! And this is in addition to their base pay! You must also tip them every day, I believe it’s 10 or 20 dollars. Their base pay is around $6,000, per climb! They also are provided with insurance, clothes, boots, ect. and food/drinks! They actually have a Union now, so they are paid very well!
@ I don’t consider that much for risking ones life, time after time..plus how many actually go to summit? Most are doing the grunt work and don’t get paid much.
There are no “ethics” on Everest, no sympathy for people that purposely put their lives and the lives of others in jeopardy for whatever reason they do it. If anyone doesn’t understand the risks involved in climbing this shyte trap tuff
@@ZombieCat2025 Here in NZ there was this fool who wanted to be the first to canoe across the Tasman sea to Ausie , one of the most violent seas with currents coming straight from Antarticia . There is this horrendous video of his 4 year old son crying as he sails away never to return . It just makes my blood boil .
@@Lukejb2Butterworththis may sound very insensitive, but if that dude was actually stupid enough to attempt that, his son may be better off being raised by a stepfather.
I love the euphemism 'moved her to a lower spot on the mountain.' Because you know no one carried her remains down, he pushed her off the nearest cliff or into the nearest crevasse is what he did because its the only possible option to give the person some dignity. And that is still technically moving her to a lower spot so its not a lie.
For most, it’s just the simple fact that “it’s there, other people did it, so I can, too.” The mere existence of the challenge itself is enough of a lure.
Davis Sharp wasnt ignored. Multiple teams tried talkihg to him and spent hours trying to get him down. He also didn't have a team or tell anyone he was up there. He didnt ask for help and by the time people were trying to get him to walk it was too late and he couldn't. If you can't walk you can't get rescued, the altitude is too high, there was no way and others could have died.
It's called personal responsibility...no one is forcing these people to do this! Even if i had the need to do this, i would be horrified to see all the bodies!
As a Buddhist, I would absolutely love to go to Nepal and Tibet. I'm so conflicted about going to Tibet due to the CCP. I hope I can see Nepal one day, though 🙏☸️
People that become immobile and can't move under their own power at these altitudes are basically doomed. Others can't carry you down Everest if you are incapacitated, and them attempting to do do will only create additional victims in the process. People descending are already exhausted from 18+ hours of climbing with limited breaks and their bodies starved for oxygen. Self sufficiency is like a religion in high altitude mountaineering for this reason. You have to have the ability, at the bare minimum, to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Sitting here in my warm house knowing that outside right now it’s -1 F, I will never understand the desire to climb Everest and risk living to see your loved ones …
Very good and detailed video as always. I would be very happy to see a video about the blatant inaccuracies and fabrications in the book Into Thin Air.
That's something you would have to work through before climbing any of the 7. It's almost impossible for rescue teams to do, even being prepared for exactly that before even starting.
At the end of the day, it's like any job site, you are responsible for your own safety. Can't expect people to save you when things go wrong in the "Death zone", consequence is right in the name.
What is the purpose of mountain climbing? The top is just bare rock, so why go up there? Especially a barren, icy mountain like Everest. Why risk your life for a patch of rock and ice? I love mountain hiking in the forests, but I don't bother going to the top, where there is nothing but bare rock. Total waste of time and energy. "Because it is there" is certainly no reason to risk your life.
I’d been busy with other stuff for a while. Yeah, I had been in the mountains but for hiking not climbing this time. Anyway, thanks for watching and remembering.
Out of respect for fallen climbers, others attempt to "busy" the dead by entombing them in cairns of rocks. If they're blocking narrow passages on the summit route. Sometimes the dead, when known, are covered with a sleeping bag or a flag of their country.
Fisher disrespected the mountain, Thinking of money, and making sure the elites in his group would summit..he was looking at praise and a growing business opportunities. And he tired himself out and payed the price.. Just like Hall, he basically didn't follow his own turn around rule to make sure Hanson summited..
Scott was trying to make Mountain Madness flourish, just as anybody in that position would try to do. What is wrong with trying to make your business work around something you truly love to do? Nothing. I doubt you knew Scott to be able to say those things about him. He did not tire himself out. He was very ill. Don’t assume you know somebody’s desires, dreams, motivations, or the like. Here’s a thought: Go learn the truth so that you’ll actually know what you’re talking about.
To anyone wondering, there's a theory/conspiracy that Irvine's body and the camera were brought down by the chinese, the camera's film was developped and was supposedly ruined. This because they went through the chinese side of the mountain, which the later chinese team summited, marking them as the first to summit that side. However, if Mallory and Irvine managed to summit, they'd take the grand first not only from Hillary and Norgae, but also the chinese team (and even if their summit story is very cool it wouldn't be as impressive if they were marked as "second"), and due to international PR reasons and national pride they wouldn't allow it. As far as my opinion on the debate, they did summit and fell on the descent.
Pure ego motivates many of them. I don’t think blind ambition should be so romanticized, you didn’t even mentioned that Frances’ son begged her not to climb Mt Everest but sadly failed to convince her. The worst thing is that plenty of amateurs who have no business going near such a high mountain, are able to attempt to reach the summit because of adventure companies that help them do it in exchange of lots of money
The human spirit may be unyeilding, the human body not so much. Because the mountain is there is not a real reason, nor is the hubris to have your name known a real purpose to climb it.
I saw a video where they have heavy lift, high altitude capable drones able to bring a few hundred pounds of trash down the mountain…they will eventually start using them to recover bodies is my guess.
There is nothing new about the above video. Those bodies were identified quite some time ago, George Mallory's body was a probable identification. Some of the more recent bodies have been moved off the normal trails to the summit but many bodies in the Death Zone are half-frozen down into the ice now so cannot be removed or relocated. E.g., "Green Boots's" body is half-way down into the ice now, which would prohibt it from ever being removed. As the sun comes out and temps warm up a bit, show and ice can melt somewhat and bodies can sink lower into the ice, then more snow comes, is melted over time and the body that is exposed becomes literally encased in ice and is frozen solid so can never be removed. What is responsible for taking the lives of climbers, is not just fatigue, HAPE or HACE, for which there is only one cure, to receive oxygen and descend as fast as possible to lower altitude in order to survive. Climbers without sufficient oxygen, become brain-addled and cannot think sensibly, plus their "summit fever" has a bearing on their one-mind situation. Every single year, there are deaths on Mt. Everest, it is NOT conducive to life without a lot of intervention and many do not fully comprehend when they are dangerously hypoxic! David Sharp probably thought if he just sat down for a minute near Green Boots, that he could go on, but he died sitting up. I understand that David Sharp's body was moved by several sherpas, to an area more off trail where climbers couldn't see him as readily. There will probably ALWAYS be climbers, every single year, who succumb to altitude and hypoxia, it's simply inevitable for some climbers. If the brain does not receive enough oxygen, it can become addled, numb, unable to function properly and that includes THINKING, and without intact mental capabilities, survival on the mountain is almost certainly nil, death will be a given for some and will inevitably occur! And in Mt. Everest's Death Zone, death will be certain for a oxygen-deprived human or two, every single year, and in the Death Zone, that will be their permanent grave. It would take a lot of money to hire the 8 sherpas to retrieve and bring down a dead body IF it is possible, and most families choose to NOT bear that expense and will say "leave him on the mountain, s/he loved! They hope that will give them some comfort.
Makes me mad all these people that step over bodies. leave sick people behind, but they take pictures of their "Conquests" without saying the guids and Sherpas that have conquried the hills so many times and these people pay them to haul stuff, take care of them and never say, "So and So made it possiable and carried my ass down!
Why any right-thinking person would want to risk their life to climb the top of a savage mountain, with sub-zero temperatures and paper-thin oxygen levels, that cannot support human life, much beyond a matter of hours, Is beyond me. Only those who take on the world's highest mountain would understand why they do it. The decision to ascend Everest is theirs to make, but under no circumstances should the lives of others be put at risk, if the climber, cannot make it down, under their own steam.
I’d uploaded the video without censoring Green Boots and other individuals, which resulted in UA-cam restricting the content and marking it as not advertiser-friendly.
I don't understand the hoopla of climbing a mountain, any mountain. It's suicidal, uncomfortable and BORING.... 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I wouldn't waste MY time doing that. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 MAXIMUM BOREDOM. 😖😖😝😜😝😝 These climbers knew the risks, now their bodies will remain there for thousands of years and end up like UTZI, dragged around by glaciers for the next thousand years. They all made unwise decisions.. They didn't think about their families, when they died up there, how selfish. 😖🙃
Rob Hall’s story (and many like it) are very sad bc they’re so preventable. Why push on when you can summit the next day? Turn back to camp, and attempt a summit tomorrow when conditions aren’t deadly. I’d trust the people that are acclimated to those heights and temps saying it’s too dangerous to continue. I know Rob stayed for his client, but I can’t help but feel he should have turned back. If they were running out of days on their expedition, I’d just accept that we didn’t make it to the summit. I also don’t understand the allure of having the title of summoning without oxygen. No mountain is worth your life.
Every person who dies climbing Everest, just like all other risk taking adventure seekers, has the same fatal personality flaw……an over abundance of self confidence.
Can we just take a minute to correct history, David sharp was not a tragic event , David sharp died because he frankly was a complete moron and should always be referenced as such and be used as the main case of exactly what not to do on an everest climb .
It is a testimony of people’s stupidity not preparing themselves before the journey to the top of Mount Everest . It is not so much the way to the top but their way down that is dangerous because of exhaustion from the climb. Why put their life at stake to reach a mountaintop when they are badly prepared.Worst is the cases without oxygen and their way down when they perish.
Help me understand why someone would when they know the odds r stacked against them. It's not logical. I don't understand why someone who knows the probability still pursue such a journey
They should shut it down for 5 yrs. PAY the sherpas to bring down the bodies they can and clean up the tons of garbage. When you reopen, only issue 1/2 the permits as before. It’s become too crowded & it’s ruining the mountain & the experience of climbing it.
Hall's wife was pregnant, the guy he was with was going to die anyway, instead of leaving the guy there,he stayed,costing him his life, that's just plain stupid.the little girl never knew who her father was
? what does race matter? the sherpas were being brave and heroic regardless of the race of those they were saving. they ALSO made the decision to climb the mountain, so why are so many people acting like the climbers are stupid and selfish when the sherpas - HEROES - do the same?
it always amazes me how cruel commenters are towards the climbers. yes, they knew the risks, but they didn't deserve to die just because they did it anyway? why is this risk so much more horrific than other risks? have some compassion
They push the bodies down the mountain slopes because many are left along the climbing route, climbers take photos with and share them on social media, adding to the grief of their families. This behavior is deeply disrespectful, as it ignores the humanity of the deceased and reduces their final resting places to mere obstacles or photo opportunities. The bodies were once loved ones, and treating them this way diminishes their dignity. In some cases, climbers may even push the bodies down the mountain slope to clear the route.
To give them dignity, so they dont become landmarks. Also its said they cant be brought down. Depends on the sex and how much the family are willing to pay.
YT channel True Crime Loser has the best takes on climbers. He talks about sherpas carrying people up the mountains while the eat candy bars while dragged up a mountain for a selfie at the top. Hilarious
The Sherpas are the true heroes!!❤
I AGREE!
They do it for money. ☝️🏼
@@julesgardet659no truer case for anyone with a job 😂 I’d do it for the money too if I had to do their job! They do care, btw, it’s just that I’d never expect anyone to do what they do and NOT receive compensation for it.
The only thing bigger than Mt. Everest are the egos of some of the climbers
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Some? Correction > ALL.
An overinflated ego is your worst enemy
I've always believed David sharp went up there, knew he couldn't make it down, and died on the mountain. He told people he was fine, to leave him there. He CHOSE to go up without oxygen knowing he could die. Nobody should be responsible for saving you if you make bad choices.
Including women, but they seem to EXPECT rescue.
@robertmitchell6080 women and men both. You choose to put yourself there, nobody else is responsible for getting you down. It's tragic for sure. But I'm not dying on a mountain because somebody else made a RIDICULOUS decision.
The Law of Life: You make a choice, you take the consequences. Our lives - and our deaths - are the result of the choices we have made. These people made the wrong choice, IMO.
Agree
3rd attempt likely facing bankruptcy also.
I just cannot understand how anyone with a spouse and children would risk their lives on Everest. I get the “ challenge” and the adrenaline but Putting your family through this is just so selfish.
I would get a huge life insurance policy on them
Uninsurable
I assume you're talking about Rob Hall. The man had to put food on the table and his business Adventure Consultants was his mechanism to do that. He made some silly mistakes in breaking his own rules to try and save one man's life and ended up taking both of their lives but it's par for the course up there on Everest. I am sure his wife who also climbed Everest knew the risks and knew what she was getting herself into when she married him. Not an ideal situation but that's life, he died doing what he loved. His family has likely moved on a long time ago.
Better than slowly fading away in a nursing home forgetting everything about life and becoming a shell of yourself
@@silverado0938 Dying alone and immobile while people step over your body > growing old with your family
We are not meant to be up there.
Nothing is worth dying for if you leaving your wife, spouse, children behind.
Absolutely. The thing is, almost all people living near mountains never felt the need to climb them. They are usually quite sceptical about the whole moutaineering thing. They understood that they do not belong there and have no need to climb them "just because"
We are meant to be and totally worth it. Without the grasp for the impossible, risking everything, humanity would still live in a puddle.
Those friends and family are the ones who pick up the emotional tab for this stupidity and selfishness.
@@valentinfornieles2445Dude, we're talking about expensive unnecessary risks meant for ego boost. Not innovation.
@minshullmisako
What’s the difference between a wife and a spouse?
None of these climbs would be possible without the expertise, load carrying, food preparation and life threatening risks taken by the Sherpas. They do not get enough credit, at all. Just the westerners names are known and lauded, and a few sherpas here and there. This aspect should be addressed more thoroughly & corrected. They summit the peaks too, time after time and ensure paid clients reach their goals. Their risks are not properly compensated either.
No one forces them to take the dangerous job. They all are idiots IMO.
@@texasgirl6000LOL. Right.
Those sherpas should probably make certain that they’re properly compensated before saving someone’s ass. Or are they forced by their government or something?
They are paid very well! If you summit, you are required to pay your Sherpa $1,500! And this is in addition to their base pay! You must also tip them every day, I believe it’s 10 or 20 dollars. Their base pay is around $6,000, per climb! They also are provided with insurance, clothes, boots, ect. and food/drinks! They actually have a Union now, so they are paid very well!
@ I don’t consider that much for risking ones life, time after time..plus how many actually go to summit? Most are doing the grunt work and don’t get paid much.
I can't believe some people expect other people to kill themselves trying to save someone else who purposely put their life in danger
@@LastTacoBender Not only that but they put their lives in danger for nothing but bragging rights
@johnsepulveda443 totally agree
There are no “ethics” on Everest, no sympathy for people that purposely put their lives and the lives of others in jeopardy for whatever reason they do it. If anyone doesn’t understand the risks involved in climbing this shyte trap tuff
You put your life in danger everytime you leave your house, are they worthy of saving?
@@WIIGGYX perhaps you should ask the “mountain climbers “ that question. After all, they are the ones who choose to risk their lives to summit
climbers leaving behind small children are some of the selfish people ever
100%! You can’t take absurd risks when others depend on you. When you have kids, you have to sacrifice all the time
@@ZombieCat2025 Here in NZ there was this fool who wanted to be the first to canoe across the Tasman sea to Ausie , one of the most violent seas with currents coming straight from Antarticia . There is this horrendous video of his 4 year old son crying as he sails away never to return . It just makes my blood boil .
Criminal
@@Lukejb2Butterworththis may sound very insensitive, but if that dude was actually stupid enough to attempt that, his son may be better off being raised by a stepfather.
having kids doesn't mean stop living your own
These shots are absolutely stunning, brilliant work my friend!
Thank you! Cheers!
The May 10 1996 disaster also had the insane story of Beck Weathers. He was assumed dead twice!
I love the euphemism 'moved her to a lower spot on the mountain.' Because you know no one carried her remains down, he pushed her off the nearest cliff or into the nearest crevasse is what he did because its the only possible option to give the person some dignity. And that is still technically moving her to a lower spot so its not a lie.
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I have never understood why people risk their lives to climb a mountain in such dire conditions.
For most, it’s just the simple fact that “it’s there, other people did it, so I can, too.” The mere existence of the challenge itself is enough of a lure.
Not to mention leaving all their trash and equipment behind for others to clean up.
Why does anyone do anything?
Davis Sharp wasnt ignored. Multiple teams tried talkihg to him and spent hours trying to get him down. He also didn't have a team or tell anyone he was up there.
He didnt ask for help and by the time people were trying to get him to walk it was too late and he couldn't.
If you can't walk you can't get rescued, the altitude is too high, there was no way and others could have died.
You can't go to the equivalent of the moon on a budget trip .That's what David Sharp did.He went on a shoe string budget which cost him his life
It's called personal responsibility...no one is forcing these people to do this! Even if i had the need to do this, i would be horrified to see all the bodies!
I lo❤e my country nepal and himalayan ranges , we don't feel horrific , we nepalese love mountains where we grew up❤❤❤🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
Stay and live your life!
As a Buddhist, I would absolutely love to go to Nepal and Tibet. I'm so conflicted about going to Tibet due to the CCP. I hope I can see Nepal one day, though 🙏☸️
Nepal seems like such a beautiful country!!
You should!! I only hope your countries continue to thrive and rely less and less on tourism- it deserves to stand with its own merit!!
People that become immobile and can't move under their own power at these altitudes are basically doomed. Others can't carry you down Everest if you are incapacitated, and them attempting to do do will only create additional victims in the process. People descending are already exhausted from 18+ hours of climbing with limited breaks and their bodies starved for oxygen. Self sufficiency is like a religion in high altitude mountaineering for this reason. You have to have the ability, at the bare minimum, to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
I wouldn’t call their deaths anything other than stupidity
Exactly!
Some says they conquered the mountain but in truth you are just there as a visitor or worst as a part of the mountain.
Great video 👍 it’s interesting to hear some of the personal stories of those who are part of the mountain.
Glad you enjoyed it
Well done, I love stories of Everest.
Sitting here in my warm house knowing that outside right now it’s -1 F, I will never understand the desire to climb Everest and risk living to see your loved ones …
Once a dangerous mountain has been climbed there's no reason for more people to climb it. They should be closed off except for scientific research.
Very good and detailed video as always. I would be very happy to see a video about the blatant inaccuracies and fabrications in the book Into Thin Air.
Great suggestion!
Logically I understand why people can't help, but on an emotional level, i really don't think I could just leave someone.
That's something you would have to work through before climbing any of the 7. It's almost impossible for rescue teams to do, even being prepared for exactly that before even starting.
Same. I'll stick to watching content about mountain-climbing from the comfort of somewhere warm and lower in altitude.
At the end of the day, it's like any job site, you are responsible for your own safety. Can't expect people to save you when things go wrong in the "Death zone", consequence is right in the name.
What is the purpose of mountain climbing? The top is just bare rock, so why go up there? Especially a barren, icy mountain like Everest. Why risk your life for a patch of rock and ice?
I love mountain hiking in the forests, but I don't bother going to the top, where there is nothing but bare rock. Total waste of time and energy. "Because it is there" is certainly no reason to risk your life.
The idea is not many ppl have summited this mountain so I am super human, forgetting 99.99999% of ppl never tried.
Hey, good to see you posting a vid! It's been a while. You must have been climbing a huge mountain or something : )
I’d been busy with other stuff for a while. Yeah, I had been in the mountains but for hiking not climbing this time. Anyway, thanks for watching and remembering.
Hall's body is under snow on the S Summit, it was covered within a year and the next year David Brearshears pointed out where it was
Why?
Shut the mountain down, clean it up and leave it closed.
Out of respect for fallen climbers, others attempt to "busy" the dead by entombing them in cairns of rocks. If they're blocking narrow passages on the summit route. Sometimes the dead, when known, are covered with a sleeping bag or a flag of their country.
Much respect to the deaths of the ones who tried to save lives or died during the hour of their duties in mt. everest like Mr. Green Boots.
All this does is reinforce the notion that it's not worth giving you your life to save someone who isn't going to make it.
Fisher disrespected the mountain, Thinking of money, and making sure the elites in his group would summit..he was looking at praise and a growing business opportunities. And he tired himself out and payed the price.. Just like Hall, he basically didn't follow his own turn around rule to make sure Hanson summited..
Scott was trying to make Mountain Madness flourish, just as anybody in that position would try to do. What is wrong with trying to make your business work around something you truly love to do? Nothing. I doubt you knew Scott to be able to say those things about him. He did not tire himself out. He was very ill. Don’t assume you know somebody’s desires, dreams, motivations, or the like. Here’s a thought: Go learn the truth so that you’ll actually know what you’re talking about.
I have to say that I only feel sorry for the families that are left behind. The climbers chose to take great risks.
"The dead know only one thing: it is better to be alive." ~ Private Joker
To anyone wondering, there's a theory/conspiracy that Irvine's body and the camera were brought down by the chinese, the camera's film was developped and was supposedly ruined. This because they went through the chinese side of the mountain, which the later chinese team summited, marking them as the first to summit that side. However, if Mallory and Irvine managed to summit, they'd take the grand first not only from Hillary and Norgae, but also the chinese team (and even if their summit story is very cool it wouldn't be as impressive if they were marked as "second"), and due to international PR reasons and national pride they wouldn't allow it.
As far as my opinion on the debate, they did summit and fell on the descent.
What are these people thinking especially those with young families their driven by selfish ego dont have any remorse just for their loved ones
Better than being stuck paying child support
who cares dude get a job
@@1ElonFan, then don't have kids at all. Smh
@@texasgirl6000 I use abort as birth control it's how I roll
Anatoly was and is a HERO........
Absolutely.
And even regretting the horrific things he said to him later, Krakauer is a monster for the emotional abuse he put him through.
Was just going to say the same exact thing!
I can't believe he went back up to try to save Fisher even when everyone said all hope was lost. How many times did he go up and down.
Pure ego motivates many of them. I don’t think blind ambition should be so romanticized, you didn’t even mentioned that Frances’ son begged her not to climb Mt Everest but sadly failed to convince her. The worst thing is that plenty of amateurs who have no business going near such a high mountain, are able to attempt to reach the summit because of adventure companies that help them do it in exchange of lots of money
The human spirit may be unyeilding, the human body not so much. Because the mountain is there is not a real reason, nor is the hubris to have your name known a real purpose to climb it.
How about "to each his own".
@johnreilly8672
Exactly, and I expressed "my own".
To each his own doesn't apply to rescue operations of this size, anything like Oceangate should be forced to sign off on no rescue effort.
Obsession!!!Without knowledge!
"Because its there" ,,,what a stupid statement.
A lot of people climb mountains.
You sound like a coward.
the statement is simply perfection,if you dont get it why are you watching? please refrain from viewing as you dont belong
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I saw a video where they have heavy lift, high altitude capable drones able to bring a few hundred pounds of trash down the mountain…they will eventually start using them to recover bodies is my guess.
Love this vid.. :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Honestly, some of these climbers seem to have a “death wish”….very selfish of them, especially IF they have spouses and children
There is nothing new about the above video. Those bodies were identified quite some time ago, George Mallory's body was a probable identification. Some of the more recent bodies have been moved off the normal trails to the summit but many bodies in the Death Zone are half-frozen down into the ice now so cannot be removed or relocated. E.g., "Green Boots's" body is half-way down into the ice now, which would prohibt it from ever being removed.
As the sun comes out and temps warm up a bit, show and ice can melt somewhat and bodies can sink lower into the ice, then more snow comes, is melted over time and the body that is exposed becomes literally encased in ice and is frozen solid so can never be removed.
What is responsible for taking the lives of climbers, is not just fatigue, HAPE or HACE, for which there is only one cure, to receive oxygen and descend as fast as possible to lower altitude in order to survive. Climbers without sufficient oxygen, become brain-addled and cannot think sensibly, plus their "summit fever" has a bearing on their one-mind situation.
Every single year, there are deaths on Mt. Everest, it is NOT conducive to life without a lot of intervention and many do not fully comprehend when they are dangerously hypoxic! David Sharp probably thought if he just sat down for a minute near Green Boots, that he could go on, but he died sitting up. I understand that David Sharp's body was moved by several sherpas, to an area more off trail where climbers couldn't see him as readily.
There will probably ALWAYS be climbers, every single year, who succumb to altitude and hypoxia, it's simply inevitable for some climbers. If the brain does not receive enough oxygen, it can become addled, numb, unable to function properly and that includes THINKING, and without intact mental capabilities, survival on the mountain is almost certainly nil, death will be a given for some and will inevitably occur! And in Mt. Everest's Death Zone, death will be certain for a oxygen-deprived human or two, every single year, and in the Death Zone, that will be their permanent grave.
It would take a lot of money to hire the 8 sherpas to retrieve and bring down a dead body IF it is possible, and most families choose to NOT bear that expense and will say "leave him on the mountain, s/he loved! They hope that will give them some comfort.
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Where did you get this image from? Is it a website or something?
I created this image using FCPX and AM.
Makes me mad all these people that step over bodies. leave sick people behind, but they take pictures of their "Conquests" without saying the guids and Sherpas that have conquried the hills so many times and these people pay them to haul stuff, take care of them and never say, "So and So made it possiable and carried my ass down!
Why any right-thinking person would want to risk their life to climb the top of a savage mountain, with sub-zero temperatures and paper-thin oxygen levels, that cannot support human life, much beyond a matter of hours, Is beyond me. Only those who take on the world's highest mountain would understand why they do it. The decision to ascend Everest is theirs to make, but under no circumstances should the lives of others be put at risk, if the climber, cannot make it down, under their own steam.
I'll never understand what the point is. Climbing because it's there isn't reason enough to kill yourself.
There is body of unknown climber in sitting position., his hand on his knees… Do you know who was he?
First guy discussed, named David Sharp
The Thinker... 🤔
Mallory and Irvine are in the records as the first to die and be forever up there.
They found both of them
At least what was left of Irvine. And Mallory and irvine weren't the first to die there@@marvinunderwood7676
You don't need to blurr Green Boots, There are dozens of channels showing his body just fine. Stop with the ridiculous self censorship.
I’d uploaded the video without censoring Green Boots and other individuals, which resulted in UA-cam restricting the content and marking it as not advertiser-friendly.
@@epicadventurearchives That doesn't make any sense. (Because the other ones that show it have made money )
Climbers should show him the same respect as Francis and remove his body so its not another marker for all to see. After all isnt everyone equal?
@@robertmitchell6080he was moved 10 years ago
@@epicadventurearchivesgood for you for having respect for the dead 🙏🏾💙
I don't understand the hoopla of climbing a mountain, any mountain. It's suicidal, uncomfortable and BORING.... 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I wouldn't waste MY time doing that. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 MAXIMUM BOREDOM. 😖😖😝😜😝😝 These climbers knew the risks, now their bodies will remain there for thousands of years and end up like UTZI, dragged around by glaciers for the next thousand years. They all made unwise decisions.. They didn't think about their families, when they died up there, how selfish. 😖🙃
6:59 character as a leader? What about his family? The people he was actually supposed to lead... He was a shit leader.
The mountain is beautiful but people have left so much trash there. They need to take their trash with them
Rob Hall’s story (and many like it) are very sad bc they’re so preventable. Why push on when you can summit the next day? Turn back to camp, and attempt a summit tomorrow when conditions aren’t deadly. I’d trust the people that are acclimated to those heights and temps saying it’s too dangerous to continue. I know Rob stayed for his client, but I can’t help but feel he should have turned back. If they were running out of days on their expedition, I’d just accept that we didn’t make it to the summit. I also don’t understand the allure of having the title of summoning without oxygen. No mountain is worth your life.
These climbs take months and months. Do any of these climbers have jobs? I would be laughed at by my manager if I asked for a year vacation request.
Every person who dies climbing Everest, just like all other risk taking adventure seekers, has the same fatal personality flaw……an over abundance of self confidence.
Can we just take a minute to correct history, David sharp was not a tragic event , David sharp died because he frankly was a complete moron and should always be referenced as such and be used as the main case of exactly what not to do on an everest climb .
Do one for the Sherpas!
Thanks
It is a testimony of people’s stupidity not preparing themselves before the journey to the top of Mount Everest . It is not so much the way to the top but their way down that is dangerous
because of exhaustion from the climb. Why put their life at stake to reach a mountaintop when they are badly prepared.Worst is the cases without oxygen and their way down when they perish.
They ALL know the Risk of Climbing that Mt.
I have no idea why anyone would even attempt reaching the peak of Everest. Just my opinion.
Lesson learned: Have at least ONE sherpa, have oxygen tanks, NO EGO and be careful. Also dont ascent ñate because then youll descent in the night
Did he say he climbed the mountain because it there????
IM HERE I DONT LET a. Lot of MEN CLIMB ON TOP OF ME 🙅🏽♀️🤦♀️
Maybe you should😂
@rickp3753 lol
Nothing original. But that's not really true.
Maybe they don't want to.
How many is not a lot?
Is it wrong that i laughed all the way through this😂. Not an ounce of sympathy or sadness for any of these selfish idiots
Help me understand why someone would when they know the odds r stacked against them. It's not logical. I don't understand why someone who knows the probability still pursue such a journey
Besides Sherpas doing 70% of the work, its too expensive, too crowded, too polluted, too sad.
There are 200 bodies on Everest? Wow!
WHY KEEP CLIMBING, MT. EVERETT IT HAS BEEN CLIMBED!!!!!! STOP THIS FOOLISHNESS!!!!!!!!!
What happens on the mountain, stays on the mountain..😐
Mountains be passing out Darwin awards left and right
All RIP 🙏🏽❤️💐🥺🙏🏽🙏🏽
They should shut it down for 5 yrs. PAY the sherpas to bring down the bodies they can and clean up the tons of garbage. When you reopen, only issue 1/2 the permits as before. It’s become too crowded & it’s ruining the mountain & the experience of climbing it.
This is not Hannelore Schmatz. It s Peter Boardman who s sitting there at 8.200 m
Peter Boardman had died on the Northeast Ridge not on the South side.
Everest is one ugly mountain. The summit is gross. Then again its made in China.
That's kind of cool
Great video! Sucks that you can die doing what you love.
Apparently May is not the best time to go to Everest.
After bodies have been on Everest for a few years, wouldn't they be freeze dried and weigh like a block of Styrofoam?
Good question
See ya!
Hall's wife was pregnant, the guy he was with was going to die anyway, instead of leaving the guy there,he stayed,costing him his life, that's just plain stupid.the little girl never knew who her father was
I fear that so many of the deaths are due to too many people climbing at a time forcing people to take chances on windows and storms
Everest is actually a giant ancient melted building
There are actually 22,000 bodies on Everest.
Many sherpas have died trying to save white dudes. That is really sad
? what does race matter? the sherpas were being brave and heroic regardless of the race of those they were saving. they ALSO made the decision to climb the mountain, so why are so many people acting like the climbers are stupid and selfish when the sherpas - HEROES - do the same?
@ white media obsessed with white causes. White dudes make videos for other white dudes
I believe her name is Jan Arnold, not Jane. Just fyi!
it always amazes me how cruel commenters are towards the climbers. yes, they knew the risks, but they didn't deserve to die just because they did it anyway? why is this risk so much more horrific than other risks? have some compassion
There’s new evidence that Krakauer was wrong and those oxygen tanks weren’t full. It’s believed the Taiwanese team took the oxygen.
Youre the only channel that blurs the pictures of the climbers bodies
It’s not, there are several others.
Why do they drop the bodies of the top when they die ? Why not leave them ?
They push the bodies down the mountain slopes because many are left along the climbing route, climbers take photos with and share them on social media, adding to the grief of their families.
This behavior is deeply disrespectful, as it ignores the humanity of the deceased and reduces their final resting places to mere obstacles or photo opportunities. The bodies were once loved ones, and treating them this way diminishes their dignity. In some cases, climbers may even push the bodies down the mountain slope to clear the route.
To give them dignity, so they dont become landmarks.
Also its said they cant be brought down. Depends on the sex and how much the family are willing to pay.
Don't want to become landmarks after death
Statues ppl lean on to smoke - am I a joke to you?
3:37 can anyone tell which country is Seattle? Where is it?
YT channel True Crime Loser has the best takes on climbers. He talks about sherpas carrying people up the mountains while the eat candy bars while dragged up a mountain for a selfie at the top. Hilarious
There are countless details missing in each of the tragedies, plus your way point graphics are way off.
You think my way point graphics are way off. Can you tell / suggest some examples of correct ones?
Nothing as important as getting to the top, just walked by and watch somebody die. But you gotta get to the top.
Mt . Everest, the biggest Cemetery and Thrash Dump!
Her ego cost her life. Summiting Everest was enough she had to do it without oxygen.
Respectfully pushed him off cliff ?
Minimum budget and no team support.....He Gone