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Are the bodies of Scott Fischer, Rob Hall and others still on Mount Everest?

29:13

Worst Climbing Disaster on Mount Pumori

15:53

How the Greatest Climber Jerzy Kukuczka fell to his Death on Lhotse in 1989?

20:59

The Mount Temple Disaster

28:53

Albert Mummery: The Man Who Dared Nanga Parbat

44:17

The 2008 K2 Disaster: Eleven people TRAGICALLY died on the mountain

1:12:32

How Wanda Rutkiewicz disappeared on Kangchenjunga?

In May 1992, Wanda Rutkiewicz, one of the best female Himalayan climbers in history, disappeared on Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world. She was 49 and had already climbed Everest, Nanga Parbat, K2, Shishapangma, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Cho Oyu and Annapurna..
Kangchenjunga was her 9th 8000-meter mountain. This is the story of her last climbing expedition.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:28 Kangchenjunga ascents until the end of 1991
02:17 Expeditions to Kangchenjunga in 1992
03:43 German expedition to Kangchenjunga in 1992
04:19 First summit push of the Mexican-Polish party
06:21 The second summit push by Carlos Carsolio and Wanda Rutkiewicz
08:32 Summit push from Camp 4
11:36 No more news from Wanda Rutkiewicz
13:28 The team left base camp
14:02 Aftermath: a body was found on the mountain in 1995
15:33 Wanda lives
18:11 Women climbers who died on Kangchenjunga
19:19 The firs woman to summit Kangchenjunga
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Are the bodies of Scott Fischer, Rob Hall and others still on Mount Everest?

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Jerzy Kukuczka was a high-altitude climber from Poland. He is widely considered one of the greatest climbers of all times. In the mid-1980s, he won the Crown of the Himalayas and Karakoram when he became the second man in history to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders. He achieved this remarkable feat on 18 September 1987, when he climbed Shishapangma, just eleven months after Reinhold Messner...

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The Mount Temple Disaster

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Albert Mummery: The Man Who Dared Nanga Parbat

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Albert Mummery: The Man Who Dared Nanga Parbat

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The 2008 K2 Disaster: Eleven people TRAGICALLY died on the mountain

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The 2008 K2 Disaster: Eleven people TRAGICALLY died on the mountain

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Yasuko Namba: She was frozen to death on Everest in 1996

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Yasuko Namba: She was frozen to death on Everest in 1996

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Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand at 3,724 meters. Although small when compared with global behemoths like Mount Everest - which is almost 2.5 times its height - Mount Cook is a technically challenging mountain. Its height and level of glaciation attract climbers from all over the world. But its difficulty is often underestimated. The climb involves sustained glacier travel, wit...

Doug Hansen: The Mailman who Climbed Everest but TRAGICALLY died on the descent

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Doug Hansen: The Mailman who Climbed Everest but TRAGICALLY died on the descent

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Dough Hansen was a postal worker from America. He was born 28 May 1949 in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and moved to Renton, Washington as a teenager with his family. Hansen learned to climb by climbing Mount Rainier, in the 1980s. He graduated from Renton High School in 1967 and had worked for the post office since then. He loved spending time outdoors, river rafti...

The Tragic first Ascent of the South Face of Annapurna in Winter

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The Tragic first Ascent of the South Face of Annapurna in Winter

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Annapurna is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 8,091 meters above sea level. It’s one of the deadliest mountains on the planet and is well known for the difficulty and dangers involved in its ascent. Annapurna poses grave threats to climbers through avalanche danger, unpredictable weather and extremely steep nature of its climbing routes. The south face of Annapurna is renowned as one o...

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The HIGHEST RESCUE on Mount Everest

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In May 2017, a climber and his Sherpa guide were trapped in the infamous death zone high on Everest. They spent the night at 8,650 meters, dangling between life and death. They were unconsciousness. Miraculously, in the wee hours, they awoke to the sound of other passing climbers who perceived them dead. Many climbers passed by, believing they were dead, but eventually a group of Sherpas stoppe...

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Hindu Kush: The TRAGIC fall of two climbers on Tirich Mir

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The HORRIBLE Cerro Torre mountain climbing tragedy

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The HORRIBLE Cerro Torre mountain climbing tragedy

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How Andy Harris died a Mysterious death on Everest in 1996?

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How Andy Harris died a Mysterious death on Everest in 1996?

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Today we are about to dive into the tragic story of Andy Harris whose unwavering willingness to aid others, ultimately led to his early demise on Everest in 1996. Andy Harris was a respected mountain guide from New Zealand. During the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, he found himself in a tragic situation on the mountain. Despite the possibility of his survival, he made the decision to go back and ...