I'm blown away by the quality of the images. Even extremely zoomed everything is very crisp, and from 2009! I can only imagine the advances in the tech since then. Thanks Jake for sharing this, and pointing out what we're looking at. It's like a guided tour in high def from here at sea level! I'm following a friend of a friend currently staged for a summit bid in the next 2 days. Inspiring stuff! Cheers Geoffrey
Thanks, Geoffrey! Glad you liked the imagery and the detail in there. I just wish I could go back in time and shoot some of those again, with today's cameras, and with the thought of creating panoramas. Ah, hindsight! Anyway, thank you again, and good luck to your friend - hope they will be safe and successful!
Thanks Jake for making this possible. For many of us who arent mountaineers yet still appreciate the spirit of adventure, this is an awesome gift. Any thoughts about taking another shot at the West Ridge?
Thanks, Steve, and glad you enjoyed it! Man, I'd love - in some ways - to try the West Ridge again. It's such an amazing route, and incredible what Hornbein and Unsoeld did (along with all the others) in 1963. That said, the wimp in me is kind of done with the Khumbu Icefall - had enough close calls in there over the years, and I'm not a huge fan of extreme objective hazard. So, I doubt I'll go back - unless I can teleport through the Icefall to Camp 1 and start from there!
any plans on returning to mt. everest and have an expedition again to find sir sandy irvine? thank you so much sir jake for replying! it's been really an horor to be replied by you! #amazed may god bless us all during this pandemic time take care always sir jake same goes to your fam.
@@jake_norton yeah man, super loving it. I seriously find it fascinating. Yes indeed let’s catch up in a while when you are all settled and sorted. Pedro said about doing a joint episode and discussing holy(un)holy. That could be super fun if you’re keen??
Thank you, Donnie - very appreciated! Not sure when I'll be back in the high Himalaya, but have some travels to Tanzania and Nepal coming up late-summer/early-fall. Thank you, and be well!
when you got to about 8400-8500 meters did you encounter any "older" debris? (specifically dating back to the 1970s, like Oxygen bottles, tents, "HEAD" branded stuff, etc.)
On the Southeast Ridge, or Northeast Ridge? If the former, I haven't seen anything, but there's a lot more snow on that side, so items get buried much more so than on the North. North side has a lot of artifacts in that realm, and I've found bottles from 1960 and 1975, and a lot more! Amazing place!
@@jake_norton I genuinely have no idea why I never replied, a thousand apologies for that anyway I meant the Southeast Ridge Not surprised as it seems there isn't too many places for stuff like that to still be "Extent" above the snow I am trying to find traces of the 1979 "Swabian Expedition" lead by Dr. Gerhard Schmatz of West Germany but so far all I've found are a single photo and unfortunately its of one of the Casualties, the Wife of Dr. Gerhard, Hannelore Schmatz. if it at all helps, most of the Items used seemed to have a very specific symbol stamped onto them, I have no idea what to call it but its a "circle" which almost looks like the sun or the moon reflecting off rippled water (Dr. Schmatz personal website had the logo as part of the homepage when it was still active many years ago)
I suspect it depends on the conditions of when the picture was taken, even if the location was officially know it could be covered by snow and ice or worse could have funneled to another position down the mountain due to thawing... I hope it is discovered someday as it would help to solve the mysteries surrounding the expedition. Great question I think.
@@scottyfenton2726 You are right. He is in a gully as seen from aerial photos. The climber who saw him said he was on his side in a sleeping position. If you assume he had some control he would have find a protected place and that is why he has been hard to find as the gully would be full of snow. Perhaps climate change will reveal him.
Hi all, unfortunately, I don't think we can say anymore that Irvine's location has been identified. Many of us thought we knew very roughly where he might be, but those areas have been searched to a large extent and turned up nothing, sadly. I'm not saying Irvine is no longer/never was up there in the Yellow Band, but I'm not sure we have any solid indicators anymore about where he may be. Always good, though, to keep the conversations going!
@@SuperGeorge1953 the michael tracy youtube channel offers a possible site of his body. However its hard to see anything definitive. As Jake says, it may difficult or impossible to find.
This is beyond exceptional. Jake, you're bringing Everest to any and all who cannot go there in person. Thank you!
Thank you for bringing Everest alive for us!
My pleasure, Judy! Enjoy!
I'm blown away by the quality of the images. Even extremely zoomed everything is very crisp, and from 2009! I can only imagine the advances in the tech since then. Thanks Jake for sharing this, and pointing out what we're looking at. It's like a guided tour in high def from here at sea level! I'm following a friend of a friend currently staged for a summit bid in the next 2 days. Inspiring stuff! Cheers Geoffrey
Thanks, Geoffrey! Glad you liked the imagery and the detail in there. I just wish I could go back in time and shoot some of those again, with today's cameras, and with the thought of creating panoramas. Ah, hindsight! Anyway, thank you again, and good luck to your friend - hope they will be safe and successful!
Thank you so much 😊 Mr. Norton .....Excellent production 🏔
.....watched many times on your 1999 interviews.
Thank you, and glad you're enjoying it all!
This is just frigging fantastic, my friend. Thank you so very much for working so hard on this project.
My pleasure! So happy folks are enjoying watching and interacting with it as much as I did creating it all!
Fantastic, Jame. So inspirational on many levels. Himalayas are calling ....
Thanks, Denisa, and yes they are indeed! Soon to come!
Thanks Jake for making this possible. For many of us who arent mountaineers yet still appreciate the spirit of adventure, this is an awesome gift. Any thoughts about taking another shot at the West Ridge?
Thanks, Steve, and glad you enjoyed it! Man, I'd love - in some ways - to try the West Ridge again. It's such an amazing route, and incredible what Hornbein and Unsoeld did (along with all the others) in 1963. That said, the wimp in me is kind of done with the Khumbu Icefall - had enough close calls in there over the years, and I'm not a huge fan of extreme objective hazard. So, I doubt I'll go back - unless I can teleport through the Icefall to Camp 1 and start from there!
Thanks so much for making this accessible to us. An incredible resource and incredible detail of the mountain.
Cheers Alex Kearns
Thank you, Alex - so glad you're enjoying it!
Wow amazing 360 views Jake Dai , thanks a lot for sharing with us
Dhanyabhad, Bikram Bhai! Hope you're doing well!
this is so cool!🥰 thank you for sharing. hoping one day irvine will be found!
Glad you liked it - I hope he'll be found someday, too!
any plans on returning to mt. everest and have an expedition again to find sir sandy irvine? thank you so much sir jake for replying! it's been really an horor to be replied by you! #amazed
may god bless us all during this pandemic time take care always sir jake same goes to your fam.
Oh my goodness jake, this is so cool
Thanks, Wibbs, and glad you're liking it! Let's reconnect soon, too, re: your podcast. Life has been crazy recently, but getting caught up!
@@jake_norton yeah man, super loving it. I seriously find it fascinating. Yes indeed let’s catch up in a while when you are all settled and sorted. Pedro said about doing a joint episode and discussing holy(un)holy. That could be super fun if you’re keen??
Nice job man you're killing it
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it all!
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Ill spread your channel as much as possible bro. When is your next scheduled trip? God bless
Thank you, Donnie - very appreciated! Not sure when I'll be back in the high Himalaya, but have some travels to Tanzania and Nepal coming up late-summer/early-fall. Thank you, and be well!
@@jake_norton thanks. Looking forward to seeing the adventures.
when you got to about 8400-8500 meters did you encounter any "older" debris? (specifically dating back to the 1970s, like Oxygen bottles, tents, "HEAD" branded stuff, etc.)
On the Southeast Ridge, or Northeast Ridge? If the former, I haven't seen anything, but there's a lot more snow on that side, so items get buried much more so than on the North. North side has a lot of artifacts in that realm, and I've found bottles from 1960 and 1975, and a lot more! Amazing place!
@@jake_norton
I genuinely have no idea why I never replied, a thousand apologies for that
anyway I meant the Southeast Ridge
Not surprised as it seems there isn't too many places for stuff like that to still be "Extent" above the snow
I am trying to find traces of the 1979 "Swabian Expedition" lead by Dr. Gerhard Schmatz of West Germany but so far all I've found are a single photo and unfortunately its of one of the Casualties, the Wife of Dr. Gerhard, Hannelore Schmatz.
if it at all helps, most of the Items used seemed to have a very specific symbol stamped onto them, I have no idea what to call it but its a "circle" which almost looks like the sun or the moon reflecting off rippled water (Dr. Schmatz personal website had the logo as part of the homepage when it was still active many years ago)
Sir ami jate chi kintu ki kore jabo ki6u bujte par6e na sir help me sir
Not sure how I can help, but happy to if I can!
Given that the approximate location of Andrew Irvine's body has been identified can you use this technology to search for it?
I suspect it depends on the conditions of when the picture was taken, even if the location was officially know it could be covered by snow and ice or worse could have funneled to another position down the mountain due to thawing... I hope it is discovered someday as it would help to solve the mysteries surrounding the expedition. Great question I think.
@@scottyfenton2726 You are right. He is in a gully as seen from aerial photos. The climber who saw him said he was on his side in a sleeping position. If you assume he had some control he would have find a protected place and that is why he has been hard to find as the gully would be full of snow. Perhaps climate change will reveal him.
Hi all, unfortunately, I don't think we can say anymore that Irvine's location has been identified. Many of us thought we knew very roughly where he might be, but those areas have been searched to a large extent and turned up nothing, sadly. I'm not saying Irvine is no longer/never was up there in the Yellow Band, but I'm not sure we have any solid indicators anymore about where he may be. Always good, though, to keep the conversations going!
@@SuperGeorge1953 the michael tracy youtube channel offers a possible site of his body. However its hard to see anything definitive. As Jake says, it may difficult or impossible to find.
@@alexk2652 Thanks.
Neat
Thanks
No additional oxygen needed
Makes it a bit more enjoyable! :)
TYPHOON APPROACHING INDIA. 15% CHANCE OF IMPACTING MT. EVEREST.
Yes, and mainly worried for the impact it is wreaking on India and later, Nepal.