I had a feeling Bian wouldn't make it when he couldn't carry his own pack and kept falling down. I give him HUGE kudos, though, for giving it his all!! Good job!!
I had my doubts about Brian Blessed from the beginning, he seemed a complete liability to the team and could cost others their lives. But his charm and charisma absolutely won me over. Every expedition should have a Brian Blessed with them. He's hilarious and ridiculous and profound all at the same time. I love him. He put his big fat love into the expedition and though he smartly turned back, he summited my heart.
I can't help thinking that he could have lost a bit more weight before trying it. Himself of all people with his want for adventure, to want to 'go where Mallory went' and to be 59 which is harder at that age but doable if you pre plan properly which he seems to have not. He must have been one of if not the heaviest people to try it. Every ounce he could have lost should have been lost before he left. At least he made the right decision to turn back.
Wow, this is the origin of Green Boots. Rob Hall and Scott Fisher are guiding their last climbing party on the southern side. God Speed and Rest In Peace!
They are already dead on the south side of the summit.Paljor died the same night as Scot Fischer and Yasuko Namba. Rob hall passed the next evening the beast of a man actually survived without oxygen and in the blizzard at the south summit.
it takes more spirit to call it quits knowing your past your capabilities, than endangering a sherpa party, or rescue party, and going up knowing you will be a costly casualty , eating up mass resources on the mountain.. better to give up, and free up rescue personell for people who are caught in weather, or in serious physical distress rather than just being too tired.. A Canadian Nepalese woman marched around Toronto in preparation for a climb, didn't take the climb seriously enough.. she died up there, and almost took three sherpa with her , she was urged to turn around at 2:00 pm, but pressed on despite being ordered to turn back.. selfish .. I think if you decide to go on past 2:00 pm which is the latest time one can summit safely.. one should forfeit rescue..
@@planegaper They not only get "summit fever" up there, but many think since they paid so much to climb, they cannot allow a failure to summit! The other danger is the hypoxia makes you brain-addled and you cannot intelligently make a decision that should be made. So they die, but, sadly, they often take others (like sherpas) or other members of the team, with them! One in seven die on the mountain, mostly because they are inexperienced, not acclimatized, have inferior equipment, and do NOT have the sense to quit before they did!
Dana Davison correction her sister said she was too lazy to walk a few blocks. Her husband is who the real victim in that story was. The Sherpas even told him if she climbed the mountain she would die up there. That whole story is just like what the actual........
One of the 3 climbers on the Indian expedition team(mentioned in the video) who made that doomed, late summit bid. Would soon be known as the infamous "Green Boots".
@@mercoid I thought I heard that on request of his family his body is removed. Not recovered but probably tossed over some ridge. It is impossible to bury sombody in the death zone.
He came out on top in my opinion. Challenging himself when they said he couldn't, accepting himself and recognizing the accomplishment for trying his hardest. I really enjoyed this documentary. Thank you for sharing it!
Well, things WERE real then! Today, we have graphics and things are Photoshopped to the extent you never know what is real and what is trick photography today!
@@jimhurst82 So true! With "simulation," graphics, Photoshop and other screen tricks now, you never know what is real and what is trick photography or props!
Mr Blessed is indeed blessed. On the other side of Everest the youth and major experience of Scott Fisher and Rob Hall couldn’t save them. 1996 as always Chomolungma decides who makes it up and back down.
From what i read in the book, written by the camera man, the party of Brian (most especially Alan) decided not to climb the morning of the 10th as they did not like the shape of the few clouds. Scott Fisher and Rob Hall were not so wise as Al and did go. Al made right decision after right decision (turned brian around), and the camera man (Matt) got to the top, but only because of the insight Al had and all the right decisions he took
I remember watching this when it was shown back in 1990's.. I so wanted things to work out for Brian.. But he's not fit enough..He's still alive today though! Good genes.
as heartbreaking as it is to turn away from being so close to the summit, his love and deep respect for the mountain saved him. besides having a wonderful team by his side, it was almost like the mountain itself came alive through him and granted one last opportunity to turn away or to otherwise meet an untimely death. in the end, we’re always at the mercy of nature. whether it’s on land or on mountain, we’re always at its will.
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Blessed art thou. It's when you see the long shots, the tiny ant-like figures up on the snow face that you really get a true sense of the enormity of it all. Great upload, many thanks,
Gerald Berliner You couldn't have stated it better sir! The enormity of it all will most definitely humble the mightiest of souls and can-do types out there... I being first in line... not that I am mighty but one who had a can-do lifelong theme or attitude towards impossibilities like Everest until I saw how huge and desolate a real estate that mountain is in comparison to man.
In 2003, I had just met my husband and after an adventurous summer full of climbing in Scotland, we went to our allotment in the winter, which had a hand-build shed. We had no hot water, very little electricity, just enough for a bit of light at night. It was freezing cold in Berlin but we'd decided to stay in that shed for four weeks, all we had for entertainment was books about this very expedition. By Matt Dickinson, and others, too. We also had cards, and played until our fingers were frozen. But seriously, this expedition, and also the amazing endurance of the sherpas and the charming Brian Blessed, who is a friend of my father-in-law is close to me. I'd never seen the documentary until now, it was the books we read and the story of Rob Hall and Scott Fisher, too. Thank you for uploading, it somehow means a lot. I will never be able to climb Everest and have never been interested in summiting even when climbing in the alps. The summit means little to me, but the local people and the adventurers who do fascinate me. Thank you again! Great documentary.
snowy matrix met him several times when I worked in London many years ago... he really is. Such a nice and genuine person... he totally lived up to everything I thought of him and more... absolutely legend.
Thank you for your sharing this rare treasure with us! I've always been mesmerized with the sheer magnitude of the Himalayas-even as a kid. I'm not a climber but wow am I still so drawn to it age of 51! Blessed be,thanks again!💜🕯🕊🌙♾
It takes more heart and courage to walk away and live then it does to carry on and die, in what will no doubt be your grave forever on a cold mountain side.
Indeed...believe Mallory himself came to this when they found a letter to his wife stating that he wanted to spend his life with her than die on a mountain (written before his death obviously, but while on Everest). This is more tragic than anything else to me. Insight came too late I guess.
Thanks for this video! I will be spending about three weeks in the villages surrounding Mount Everest later this year to help the people there. I just launched a TH-cam channel called The Summit Push and will be documenting all of it. I go to Nepal every year. Thanks again for your video!
2:45 What a statement!!!!! What a great guy! Speaks from my heart..... My poison were never the mountains but the deep sea as a diver. Cheers to all of you that share the spirit
blamhof thank you Mick, this is what I was hoping for to give others the opportunity to see this extremely rare documentary. I'm only sad that I recorded this in LP back in the day on VHS 👍
It is brilliant viewing. Some documentaries and films have watered down and glamourised Everest but this shows it at its brutal best. Thoroughly enjoyed it, once again thanks for the upload.
He (Brian Blessed) was so good in Flash Gordon (Prince Vultan), and again in Much Ado About Nothing (Signore Antonio). He's such a great actor, who did it all. Cudos and massive respect from Montana USA. EDIT: It's interesting to know that the climber now known as "Green Boots" was from India and died in 1996.
He is a living legend! My favourite has to be Vultan and that "GORDON'S ALIVE" scene! But being a teenage boy when I first saw Flash Gordon Dale Arden and Princess Aura stole the show back then!!😂😁😎
I came here to watch this video after reading book by matt dickinson..about this everest expedition ..really loved it .the book is realy great and detail ..only 5% on this video..great work ❤❤❤
Where are you finding these gems do you have a time machine or a portal back to the past? I remember reading the book into the death zone by Matt Dickinson the producer of this documentary and I was gutted I could not find the film anywhere. Suddenly it shows up, it's like Christmas for me. First an amazing doc on BASE and now I find a doc I have been longing to see for years. THANKS again, outstanding upload. Docs like these are simply not made anymore and it's sad that so few are ever uploaded.
sixbells99 haha, nothing as elaborate as a time machine mate! I was around and interested in outdoor stuff when these were first broadcast back in the day and recorded them on VHS tape. Later on I transferred them onto DVD and then even later on converted those DVDs into .avi .mpeg etc. I'm glad to share on TH-cam so others can see them!👍😎
I would like to see Everest. I’d like to trek in to see it on my own two feet. But I hate the idea of experiencing asphyxia, or of surviving but with serious disability, so I have no desire to summit it whatsoever.
Until you get summit fever that they talk about. Haha. I'm fascinated by it, but, have copd. I'd be a fool to try, but, I would love to see it in person.
Amazing to think that those devastated friends left without someone they knew intimately, by name and as a friend, to become someone known fleetingly, by green boots and as a waypoint. The 8 mentioned included Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. Great climbers and mountaineers Brian would be dead I believe had he gone any further. That Austrian is testament to that I believe.
At 40:46 -- what a mess. Such a shame to leave all that waste on the beautiful Mountain to taint her sides. Discarded tents, clothes, O2 bottles and poop all over to make an ugly mess. The Mountain does NOT deserve that! And the sherpas go up every April to set ropes and ladders and they do clean up the climbers' messes but NOT in the Death Zone -- those just stay. Terrible.
Yes...it's an uneniable disgrace...to go to a pristine snow and ice wilderness, piss on it, shit on it, leave trash everywhere, leave dead bodies to foul the water...then act like people should be impresed.
OMG! When you said Brian Blessed in your comment on your first vid, I was almost certain you didn't mean THE Brian Blessed! Thank you so much. Climbing to Muir Camp on Mt Rainier, I noticed my breathing was affected around 9,000 feet. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for him.
Gary Goes Hiking there's only one Brian Blessed, my friend!! 😄Yeah I know what you mean, I've been up to 10660 feet on the Hintertux Glacier in the Alps on a snowboarding trip and you can definitely feel the altitude!👍😎
snowy matrix Who the hell is brian blessed? I keep seeing this name and people saying he’s an actor, I’ve never heard of him. Guess I’m gonna have to google him cuz I’ve no clue who that is. Edit: googled him. The only thing I know him from is Robin Hood, but I don’t remember him and from Star Wars as the voice of boss nass. 🤷🏻♀️
The problem is that there is not clear line that they cross. Every person who attempts this has to ignore and push through their pain. Then added to that is a very real Summit fever. All of these things make it very easy for climbers to push past what they are capable of. It is just so much easier to die up there than it is to climb up or even down.
Hemmingway said " there are only three sports , mountaineering , motor racing and boxing . The rest are just games ." I'm only good at the last two , I am in awe of anyone who climbs , im in love with the Alps , I have skied them 34 of my 44 years . The majesty I feel is indescribable. I would love to see the Himalayas before I die , just once .
The Mountain is indeed beautiful, enchanting, a temptress that can kill you with her cold temps, 100+ mph winds, when she decides to burp a bit of snow the avalanche can cover you and you can fall into one of her cracks. But no one can say it isn't a challenge! It is an easy mountain compared to the other 8,000+ meter mountains, far less technically and strategically difficult.. But the draw causes inexperienced people to THINK they can safely climb her and often, they fail. About one in seven die attempting the summit. TODAY, is different. The mountain is way too crowded to safely climb, reach the summit and still make it down. The waits can cause you to lose body heat, use up valuable oxygen, and get too cold. And that is a real shame because it denotes GREED on the part of Nepal, who issues more permits than the mountain can safely hold now.
I remember watching him in the series, "I Claudius," Patrick Stewart played in it too. He was also a voice in the PBS program, "Pyramid." I'm glad he didn't push it. He is still alive after Everest. That's a good thing. He always was a class act.
Yeah I remember him from I Claudius too. At first I thought he was a liability to the team, but his charm, enthusiasm and charisma made me realize he was a total asset. He was hilarious, ridiculous, profound and ultimately smart enough to turn back. He's a treasure for any expedition.
Maybe being normal weight or very SLIGHTLY chubby, instead of skinny, is an advantage, because of the extreme cold..... but carrying up 30-40 extra pounds does not sound like a good idea.
@@Tina06019like it states in the documentary, the doctors and experts told him a man of his size would find it impossible to climb Everest, and they were right but it didn't stop Mr Blessed making 3 attempts to prove them wrong! Some people think it was his age 59 that held him back but a Japanese man of 83 has since climbed Everest and an 85 year old died a year or two later trying to reclaim the record...
I think his message at the beginning about conformity to standards of society is very true. Nice to see him do something that resonated with him. He just said yes to it. This is crazy hard, I’ve seen other documentaries but this is very raw almost. On another note, I was very pleased to see he was wearing his sunscreen while out and about! 😂
Diandra very true, this was his third and final attempt to reach the top of the world. By the end of it he understood that the summit was beyond him and always would be. Like the doctor said he was an overweight man of 59 so I think reaching the North Cole on Everest is still a legendary achievement! Mr Blessed also said he was glad not to climb higher than his hero, Mallory, but I'm not sure I believe him on that!😊
Diandra oh, always wear sunscreen!😂 I don't need it though, mostly because I never see the sun being from the UK and thanks to my Mediterranean heritage I just go brown in the sun on the odd occasion that it makes an appearance! But saying that we are in the middle of a heatwave in UK!!🤣😁😂
I would have thought if climbing Everest was Blessed's dream he would have got into physical shape for the climb. No doubting his heart and spirit though
I think if the weather had been with them more of Brian's team would have made it, if not BB himself. However 1996 was a horrendous year for weather and carnage as dramatised so well in the film Everest. Well done Brian (and t'others) for making the right decision to come down and continue making this World a better place for your being in it 👍☺
The filmer, Matt Dickinson wrote a book about that expedition. This very book opened the door for me for all the books and stories about the 1996 Everest desaster.
Thank you so much for posting this. Have just re-read Matt Dickinson’s ‘Death Zone’ and really wanted to see how the film ultimately turned out. Great post. 👍
38:45 “the reason why I didn’t make a summit attempt is because“ , NO Brian I’ll stop you there- it’s because your body couldn’t do it . The end. Full stop. Courage, smorage... Great documentary though and gives great insight into the mania and overreach of human endeavours and personalities to those climbers who make it and those who don’t. Brian made it - returned. the Austrian who died didn’t have the expert team, advice ,patience and hard decision making that kept BB alive.
Don’t put all the eggs in one basket. If your halfway up & it’s been decided to turn back because it’s too dangerous, You must turn back. Ambition can kill you by clouding your judgement. You can return another time to successfully scale it.
This is a classic example of the mountaineers ethos. After you have chosen your climb and your path, THEN choose your companions CAREFULLY. A wrong choice could be your final decision.
I say, climb as high on the mountain as you safely can, descend carefully, and go home proud of whatever your condition, and the conditions on the mountain, allowed you to accomplish. If you have children, you can be sure that they would rather have a parent who didn't summit but did come home to them than a parent who succeeded in reaching the summit but failed to come home.
I give Brian credit for trying and the pain and struggle he put himself through, but shouldn’t he have learned the impossibility of his goal after the first two trips to Everest? Is it stubbornness, male bravado, over confidence, privileged lifestyle? All part of summit fever, the deadliest feature of Everest. Brian should have better focused on getting in better shape prior to heading to Nepal and dropping about 50 additional pounds. Intensive preparation prior to leaving would have provided him the highest probability for his success. Why didn’t he take that more seriously? He had to pass off his pack to a Sherpa on the way to advanced base camp. I knew early on the only way he was getting to the summit was being carried there. Glad he didn’t continue to risk his life and those of his team.
@Fui Gebhardt1 but we won't mention any names like Sandy Pittman, will we? There were many mistakes made on Everest that year, but allowing her to bring all of that crap and then needing to be short roped up and back took vital resources and people away from where they needed to be just to babysit her. But hey, *she* made it up and back, so it's all good, right?
what a shame how polluted such a beautiful place is should be a law if you bring it up you bring it back i know it is probably impossible than maybe we don't belong there
People desperately trying to find a reason so many died in the storm as a way to separate themselves from the possibility of the same fate. "Left too late in the day". "Tried for the summit in a storm". etc. Truth is they did everything any one of those climbers would have done. "Unlucky", like that one guy said. A human must always, it seems, look for a reason. A reason that means they can avoid the same fate. Human nature is funny.
haha some funny comments. I love brian, I think it is that grizzly bear look and his humour. But he has that kind man aire about him. (however you spell that word)
I had a feeling Bian wouldn't make it when he couldn't carry his own pack and kept falling down. I give him HUGE kudos, though, for giving it his all!! Good job!!
I had my doubts about Brian Blessed from the beginning, he seemed a complete liability to the team and could cost others their lives. But his charm and charisma absolutely won me over. Every expedition should have a Brian Blessed with them. He's hilarious and ridiculous and profound all at the same time. I love him. He put his big fat love into the expedition and though he smartly turned back, he summited my heart.
I can't help thinking that he could have lost a bit more weight before trying it. Himself of all people with his want for adventure, to want to 'go where Mallory went' and to be 59 which is harder at that age but doable if you pre plan properly which he seems to have not. He must have been one of if not the heaviest people to try it. Every ounce he could have lost should have been lost before he left. At least he made the right decision to turn back.
@Beverley Lumb They prefer clients who pay their wages. Climbing ability was never a part of it. Humour is appreciated.
@@fuglbird they also prefer clients who aren’t going to get them killed trying to save them, that was the OPs point.
The mountain didnt want Him😂
Wow, this is the origin of Green Boots.
Rob Hall and Scott Fisher are guiding their last climbing party on the southern side.
God Speed and Rest In Peace!
They are already dead on the south side of the summit.Paljor died the same night as Scot Fischer and Yasuko Namba. Rob hall passed the next evening the beast of a man actually survived without oxygen and in the blizzard at the south summit.
Sometimes you just have to know when to stop. That is not cowardice. That is choosing to not put others at risk by becoming a casualty.
it takes more spirit to call it quits knowing your past your capabilities, than endangering a sherpa party, or rescue party, and going up knowing you will be a costly casualty , eating up mass resources on the mountain.. better to give up, and free up rescue personell for people who are caught in weather, or in serious physical distress rather than just being too tired..
A Canadian Nepalese woman marched around Toronto in preparation for a climb, didn't take the climb seriously enough.. she died up there, and almost took three sherpa with her , she was urged to turn around at 2:00 pm, but pressed on despite being ordered to turn back.. selfish .. I think if you decide to go on past 2:00 pm which is the latest time one can summit safely.. one should forfeit rescue..
He should never have been up there in the first place.
@@planegaper They not only get "summit fever" up there, but many think since they paid so much to climb, they cannot allow a failure to summit! The other danger is the hypoxia makes you brain-addled and you cannot intelligently make a decision that should be made. So they die, but, sadly, they often take others (like sherpas) or other members of the team, with them!
One in seven die on the mountain, mostly because they are inexperienced, not acclimatized, have inferior equipment, and do NOT have the sense to quit before they did!
Dana Davison correction her sister said she was too lazy to walk a few blocks. Her husband is who the real victim in that story was. The Sherpas even told him if she climbed the mountain she would die up there. That whole story is just like what the actual........
Shriya Shah-Klorfine This is who we are talking about. Her story is in a documentary on the Fifth Estate. Be warned it's pretty heart breaking.
One of the 3 climbers on the Indian expedition team(mentioned in the video) who made that doomed, late summit bid. Would soon be known as the infamous "Green Boots".
But his body is not there anymore.
roden70 ....i don’t think he’s been removed. Rather I believe other climbers have buried him under rocks.
@@mercoid I thought I heard that on request of his family his body is removed. Not recovered but probably tossed over some ridge. It is impossible to bury sombody in the death zone.
I thought green boots dies on the side
Scott Fortier He dies in a small cave, sheltering from the cold and wind as best he could.
He came out on top in my opinion. Challenging himself when they said he couldn't, accepting himself and recognizing the accomplishment for trying his hardest.
I really enjoyed this documentary. Thank you for sharing it!
there is something nice about documentaries done in the 80s and early 90's. just like in the movies it seems people were more real.
What I wonder is why don't the sherpas use four wheelers with to carry stuff below base camp
I think they use yaks to transport some stuff lower down the trail.
Well, things WERE real then! Today, we have graphics and things are Photoshopped to the extent you never know what is real and what is trick photography today!
Yeah nowdays they have to put on some fake drama. Good documentaries document raw, real events. Everything is so scripted anymore its sickening.
@@jimhurst82 So true! With "simulation," graphics, Photoshop and other screen tricks now, you never know what is real and what is trick photography or props!
Green boots in very much good condition, and I think it's the very first video to capture him.
RIP green boots.
42:50
You are right
He died in 1996, the same year
He died in the same blizzard in which Scott Fischer and Rob hall died. They were on the south side and Paljor was on north side.
Mr Blessed is indeed blessed. On the other side of Everest the youth and major experience of Scott Fisher and Rob Hall couldn’t save them.
1996 as always Chomolungma decides who makes it up and back down.
From what i read in the book, written by the camera man, the party of Brian (most especially Alan) decided not to climb the morning of the 10th as they did not like the shape of the few clouds. Scott Fisher and Rob Hall were not so wise as Al and did go. Al made right decision after right decision (turned brian around), and the camera man (Matt) got to the top, but only because of the insight Al had and all the right decisions he took
Another AMAZING older upload. This time depicting the other stories of the 1996 Everest expedition.
I remember watching this when it was shown back in 1990's.. I so wanted things to work out for Brian.. But he's not fit enough..He's still alive today though! Good genes.
"World altitude record for overacting...." 😊😊😊
Brilliant doc. The unsung hero, the camera operator
Agreed!
There is a book written by the camera operator about the whole trip, taking in he and the other guide's summit, it's fantastic 🤗
@@ruth4376Yeap I'm reading it right now. "The Death Zone"
I know right !!! Why is it we never see the person behind the camera.
I am reading his book now
59 years old! I'd make it to base camp and call it a success 😂
joanna freedom, 71 and making it to this video was a success 👨🏼🦳
Base camp before 60 is on my bucket list 👍🏻
How on earth did he do that.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
crap id be happy if i made the flight from Canada
as heartbreaking as it is to turn away from being so close to the summit, his love and deep respect for the mountain saved him. besides having a wonderful team by his side, it was almost like the mountain itself came alive through him and granted one last opportunity to turn away or to otherwise meet an untimely death. in the end, we’re always at the mercy of nature. whether it’s on land or on mountain, we’re always at its will.
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Blessed art thou. It's when you see the long shots, the tiny ant-like figures up on the snow face that you really get a true sense of the enormity of it all. Great upload, many thanks,
Gerald Berliner You couldn't have stated it better sir! The enormity of it all will most definitely humble the mightiest of souls and can-do types out there... I being first in line... not that I am mighty but one who had a can-do lifelong theme or attitude towards impossibilities like Everest until I saw how huge and desolate a real estate that mountain is in comparison to man.
In 2003, I had just met my husband and after an adventurous summer full of climbing in Scotland, we went to our allotment in the winter, which had a hand-build shed. We had no hot water, very little electricity, just enough for a bit of light at night. It was freezing cold in Berlin but we'd decided to stay in that shed for four weeks, all we had for entertainment was books about this very expedition. By Matt Dickinson, and others, too. We also had cards, and played until our fingers were frozen.
But seriously, this expedition, and also the amazing endurance of the sherpas and the charming Brian Blessed, who is a friend of my father-in-law is close to me. I'd never seen the documentary until now, it was the books we read and the story of Rob Hall and Scott Fisher, too.
Thank you for uploading, it somehow means a lot.
I will never be able to climb Everest and have never been interested in summiting even when climbing in the alps. The summit means little to me, but the local people and the adventurers who do fascinate me.
Thank you again! Great documentary.
Outstanding upload. Thank you!
Jerry K. You're welcome!😎
Brian Blessed is The BOSS.... I love him. One of the best, most genuine people in show biz... he’s awesome.
A true living legend!👍😁
snowy matrix met him several times when I worked in London many years ago... he really is. Such a nice and genuine person... he totally lived up to everything I thought of him and more... absolutely legend.
Fantastic. I’m just going to watch it again. Thank you
That's great, you're welcome!👍
Im so glad you uploaded this....I've been looking for this for ages! Thanks!
You're welcome, glad you like the share and you found what you were looking for!👍
Wonderful. Thank you for posting. They do not make documentaries like this anymore
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Thanks so much for uploading. Just googled & Brian wrote a book about his earlier attempt…on my Christmas list now.❤
You're welcome Suzanne enjoy the big man's book for Christmas!
Thank you for your sharing this rare treasure with us! I've always been mesmerized with the sheer magnitude of the Himalayas-even as a kid. I'm not a climber but wow am I still so drawn to it age of 51! Blessed be,thanks again!💜🕯🕊🌙♾
You're welcome Carla! I'm glad to share! Thank you for your kind comments! 🙂
I have never been able to decide which I liked best; his Augustus or his Richard IV. Brilliant man.
Augustus, no question.
It takes more heart and courage to walk away and live then it does to carry on and die, in what will no doubt be your grave forever on a cold mountain side.
Indeed...believe Mallory himself came to this when they found a letter to his wife stating that he wanted to spend his life with her than die on a mountain (written before his death obviously, but while on Everest). This is more tragic than anything else to me. Insight came too late I guess.
Thanks for this video! I will be spending about three weeks in the villages surrounding Mount Everest later this year to help the people there. I just launched a TH-cam channel called The Summit Push and will be documenting all of it. I go to Nepal every year. Thanks again for your video!
You're welcome, I'm glad this share was of interest to you! I'll check out your channel and see how you get on in Nepal, good luck!👍😎
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2:45
What a statement!!!!!
What a great guy!
Speaks from my heart.....
My poison were never the mountains but the deep sea as a diver.
Cheers
to all of you that share the spirit
"THE HELL WITH THAT" as Mr Blessed would say😁
Good one him!
Is he still alive and kicking?
Cheers
from Germany
@@norbertschmitz3358 yes, Gordon's Alive!! He's still very much around. His Twitter account is hilarious!👍🍺😁
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Danke!
Thanks for uploading this.
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I've read about this but never seen it. Great upload. Thanks for sharing. Mick.
blamhof thank you Mick, this is what I was hoping for to give others the opportunity to see this extremely rare documentary. I'm only sad that I recorded this in LP back in the day on VHS 👍
It is brilliant viewing. Some documentaries and films have watered down and glamourised Everest but this shows it at its brutal best. Thoroughly enjoyed it, once again thanks for the upload.
blamhof very well said! You're welcome!👍😎
Is this who i think it is m
He (Brian Blessed) was so good in Flash Gordon (Prince Vultan), and again in Much Ado About Nothing (Signore Antonio). He's such a great actor, who did it all. Cudos and massive respect from Montana USA. EDIT: It's interesting to know that the climber now known as "Green Boots" was from India and died in 1996.
He is a living legend! My favourite has to be Vultan and that "GORDON'S ALIVE" scene! But being a teenage boy when I first saw Flash Gordon Dale Arden and Princess Aura stole the show back then!!😂😁😎
Wasn’t he in Scrooge as one of the ghosts..?
he was in black adder :)
I came here to watch this video after reading book by matt dickinson..about this everest expedition ..really loved it .the book is realy great and detail ..only 5% on this video..great work ❤❤❤
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Where are you finding these gems do you have a time machine or a portal back to the past? I remember reading the book into the death zone by Matt Dickinson the producer of this documentary and I was gutted I could not find the film anywhere. Suddenly it shows up, it's like Christmas for me. First an amazing doc on BASE and now I find a doc I have been longing to see for years. THANKS again, outstanding upload. Docs like these are simply not made anymore and it's sad that so few are ever uploaded.
sixbells99 haha, nothing as elaborate as a time machine mate! I was around and interested in outdoor stuff when these were first broadcast back in the day and recorded them on VHS tape. Later on I transferred them onto DVD and then even later on converted those DVDs into .avi .mpeg etc. I'm glad to share on TH-cam so others can see them!👍😎
The doc very good quality for being recorded on VHS. Thanks for uploading it! I'm obsessed with these mountain climbing doc's.
@@alicet5123 you're welcome, glad you enjoyed the share!👍🙂
I would like to see Everest.
I’d like to trek in to see it on my own two feet. But I hate the idea of experiencing asphyxia, or of surviving but with serious disability, so I have no desire to summit it whatsoever.
ready 2fly have you? And if not, why not?
Until you get summit fever that they talk about. Haha. I'm fascinated by it, but, have copd. I'd be a fool to try, but, I would love to see it in person.
Amazing to think that those devastated friends left without someone they knew intimately, by name and as a friend, to become someone known fleetingly, by green boots and as a waypoint. The 8 mentioned included Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. Great climbers and mountaineers Brian would be dead I believe had he gone any further. That Austrian is testament to that I believe.
42:54 - The first ever recorded footage of the corpse known as "Green Boots", who had just died that year.
Good Old Green Boots at 42:57. I guess this was his doomed expedition. Those macabre green boots are still there as far as I know.
I believe he was taken off that spot. Wiki: " In May 2014, Green Boots was reported missing, presumably removed or buried."
The segment at 2,44 encompasses why the man is such a beloved British legend.
Love it! Thanks. And by the way, this is not a documentary about Brian's weight.
At 40:46 -- what a mess. Such a shame to leave all that waste on the beautiful Mountain to taint her sides. Discarded tents, clothes, O2 bottles and poop all over to make an ugly mess. The Mountain does NOT deserve that! And the sherpas go up every April to set ropes and ladders and they do clean up the climbers' messes but NOT in the Death Zone -- those just stay. Terrible.
M.J. Leger I totally agree. Bangkok-Johnnie
straight up on 4G from THAILAND
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Yes...it's an uneniable disgrace...to go to a pristine snow and ice wilderness, piss on it, shit on it, leave trash everywhere, leave dead bodies to foul the water...then act like people should be impresed.
Oh shit, 42:57 This old man was on the expedition that found green boots a few days after he died.
Thanks a alot for sharing this with us....
You're welcome 👍
Met Alan Hinkes last week up in Cumbria an amazing man! He eventually did all the 8000m Peaks,
That's cool! :-)
What a rare film! Thank you!
showing some more love and giving some watch time. Thank you for the video.
SkinnyGPanda you're very kind thank you much!😊
He is something else. great doc , one of my favs. tks for sharing :)
You're welcome 👍🍺
Thank You for posting this🦅☀️🦅🙋🏽♀️🦅
You're welcome, glad to share, it would have been no use to anyone but me stuck on my VHS tape!👍😁
R.I.P. Hannelore Schmatz, who by 1996 had been "sitting" on the Mountain for 17 years.
1996 was a tragic year on Everest. Glad he made it back. To quote Brian Blessed in Robin Hood: "The good will overcome... GOD and King Richard!!!"
OMG! When you said Brian Blessed in your comment on your first vid, I was almost certain you didn't mean THE Brian Blessed! Thank you so much. Climbing to Muir Camp on Mt Rainier, I noticed my breathing was affected around 9,000 feet. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for him.
Gary Goes Hiking there's only one Brian Blessed, my friend!! 😄Yeah I know what you mean, I've been up to 10660 feet on the Hintertux Glacier in the Alps on a snowboarding trip and you can definitely feel the altitude!👍😎
snowy matrix Who the hell is brian blessed? I keep seeing this name and people saying he’s an actor, I’ve never heard of him. Guess I’m gonna have to google him cuz I’ve no clue who that is.
Edit: googled him. The only thing I know him from is Robin Hood, but I don’t remember him and from Star Wars as the voice of boss nass. 🤷🏻♀️
The problem is that there is not clear line that they cross. Every person who attempts this has to ignore and push through their pain. Then added to that is a very real Summit fever. All of these things make it very easy for climbers to push past what they are capable of. It is just so much easier to die up there than it is to climb up or even down.
Absolutely true. Just look at what happened to Scott Fischer and Rob Hall in 1996 even though they were among the most experienced climbers up there.
Hemmingway said " there are only three sports , mountaineering , motor racing and boxing . The rest are just games ." I'm only good at the last two , I am in awe of anyone who climbs , im in love with the Alps , I have skied them 34 of my 44 years . The majesty I feel is indescribable. I would love to see the Himalayas before I die , just once .
Great documentary! 👍
Brian Blessed is such an amazing man and icon of our modern age. So well spoken and such an honorable man I admire a great deal
Here's an interview with that basically turns in to an amazing hour long monologue from the great man!
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@@Tristan_again thanks Tristan .. I really have a lot of respect for Brian. He seems like such a gentle soul
Outstanding Upload Thank You
You're welcome, glad to share!👍🍺
always great video and thank you for sharing
thank you Senja, I'm glad you liked this old documentary! :-)
The Mountain is indeed beautiful, enchanting, a temptress that can kill you with her cold temps, 100+ mph winds, when she decides to burp a bit of snow the avalanche can cover you and you can fall into one of her cracks. But no one can say it isn't a challenge! It is an easy mountain compared to the other 8,000+ meter mountains, far less technically and strategically difficult.. But the draw causes inexperienced people to THINK they can safely climb her and often, they fail. About one in seven die attempting the summit.
TODAY, is different. The mountain is way too crowded to safely climb, reach the summit and still make it down. The waits can cause you to lose body heat, use up valuable oxygen, and get too cold. And that is a real shame because it denotes GREED on the part of Nepal, who issues more permits than the mountain can safely hold now.
thank you for posting VERY MUCH!!!
I just read Matts book and its amazing to see the film now and see all the scenes he describes in detail.
Fantastic thanks for the upload
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the share!👍
I am just now reading Krakauers book Into Thin Air and I definitely need some photos and video to follow the story.
I remember watching him in the series, "I Claudius," Patrick Stewart played in it too. He was also a voice in the PBS program, "Pyramid." I'm glad he didn't push it. He is still alive after Everest. That's a good thing. He always was a class act.
Yeah I remember him from I Claudius too. At first I thought he was a liability to the team, but his charm, enthusiasm and charisma made me realize he was a total asset. He was hilarious, ridiculous, profound and ultimately smart enough to turn back. He's a treasure for any expedition.
Experts nowadays say that being fit but having a few pounds too much, is a advantage in high altitude.
What a epic guy.
I think Brian would say himself he was carrying a lot more than a few pounds up there!😁
Maybe being normal weight or very SLIGHTLY chubby, instead of skinny, is an advantage, because of the extreme cold..... but carrying up 30-40 extra pounds does not sound like a good idea.
@@Tina06019like it states in the documentary, the doctors and experts told him a man of his size would find it impossible to climb Everest, and they were right but it didn't stop Mr Blessed making 3 attempts to prove them wrong! Some people think it was his age 59 that held him back but a Japanese man of 83 has since climbed Everest and an 85 year old died a year or two later trying to reclaim the record...
Very Special Indeed. They don't make 'em like this anymore. No Sir.
They sure don't, glad you enjoyed the share!
And taking that scarf to the top of the world and uttering some mumbo jumbo is WHY there is peace on earth today. Well done!!!!!!!!!
I think his message at the beginning about conformity to standards of society is very true. Nice to see him do something that resonated with him. He just said yes to it. This is crazy hard, I’ve seen other documentaries but this is very raw almost. On another note, I was very pleased to see he was wearing his sunscreen while out and about! 😂
Diandra very true, this was his third and final attempt to reach the top of the world. By the end of it he understood that the summit was beyond him and always would be. Like the doctor said he was an overweight man of 59 so I think reaching the North Cole on Everest is still a legendary achievement! Mr Blessed also said he was glad not to climb higher than his hero, Mallory, but I'm not sure I believe him on that!😊
Diandra oh, always wear sunscreen!😂 I don't need it though, mostly because I never see the sun being from the UK and thanks to my Mediterranean heritage I just go brown in the sun on the odd occasion that it makes an appearance! But saying that we are in the middle of a heatwave in UK!!🤣😁😂
@@snowymatrix a heat wave in the UK is basically like early spring in the US🤣🤣
A gentleman and a scholar
Great jobb for 59 years old Gentleman, even if you have not push to summit, you and athers are heros ❤
He's still alive today {25th March 2024}
The book written about this expedition called The Other Side of Everest, if I remember correctly, was also excellent. Hillary Onan.
Thank you very much for sharing that information!👍🙂
I would have thought if climbing Everest was Blessed's dream he would have got into physical shape for the climb. No doubting his heart and spirit though
Really great. I just subbed.
Thank you very much Tina much appreciated!👍🙂
I think if the weather had been with them more of Brian's team would have made it, if not BB himself. However 1996 was a horrendous year for weather and carnage as dramatised so well in the film Everest.
Well done Brian (and t'others) for making the right decision to come down and continue making this World a better place for your being in it 👍☺
From the summit "For world peace" Well said soldier but the battle rages in the valley below. Where are you while you glory in yourself?
"To hell with that. I'm gonna live "
Utter respect but I think it was very clear from the off that that was an impossible task for him.
Agreed
The filmer, Matt Dickinson wrote a book about that expedition. This very book opened the door for me for all the books and stories about the 1996 Everest desaster.
Nice one, that book is also in my library
Finally found a little bit of info on green boots
even 20 years ago everest was a different place. more humane
Not really. This expedition took place in the year of the worst and most controversial disaster on Everest to date.
@@charliepeebles2531 2014 and 2015 were the years where most people died on the mountain.
Thank you so much for posting this. Have just re-read Matt Dickinson’s ‘Death Zone’ and really wanted to see how the film ultimately turned out. Great post. 👍
You're welcome, glad to share!🙂
38:45 “the reason why I didn’t make a summit attempt is because“ , NO Brian I’ll stop you there- it’s because your body couldn’t do it . The end. Full stop.
Courage, smorage...
Great documentary though and gives great insight into the mania and overreach of human endeavours and personalities to those climbers who make it and those who don’t. Brian made it - returned. the Austrian who died didn’t have the expert team, advice ,patience and hard decision making that kept BB alive.
Agreed. Fat people can’t climb Everest. Brian was delusional and completely lacked self awareness. He was a liability to everyone.
Don’t put all the eggs in one basket. If your halfway up & it’s been decided to turn back because it’s too dangerous, You must turn back. Ambition can kill you by clouding your judgement. You can return another time to successfully scale it.
The Indian climber is 'Green boots'. One of the most famous bodies out there.
This is a classic example of the mountaineers ethos. After you have chosen your climb and your path, THEN choose your companions CAREFULLY. A wrong choice could be your final decision.
Absolutely. I found out the hard way. Listen to Ed.
Does Brian Blessed have an indoor voice at all?
I say, climb as high on the mountain as you safely can, descend carefully, and go home proud of whatever your condition, and the conditions on the mountain, allowed you to accomplish. If you have children, you can be sure that they would rather have a parent who didn't summit but did come home to them than a parent who succeeded in reaching the summit but failed to come home.
he is so strong
This mountain is not for novices who put others at great risk due to their inexperience, lack of fitness and plain stupidity.
I give Brian credit for trying and the pain and struggle he put himself through, but shouldn’t he have learned the impossibility of his goal after the first two trips to Everest? Is it stubbornness, male bravado, over confidence, privileged lifestyle? All part of summit fever, the deadliest feature of Everest. Brian should have better focused on getting in better shape prior to heading to Nepal and dropping about 50 additional pounds. Intensive preparation prior to leaving would have provided him the highest probability for his success. Why didn’t he take that more seriously? He had to pass off his pack to a Sherpa on the way to advanced base camp. I knew early on the only way he was getting to the summit was being carried there. Glad he didn’t continue to risk his life and those of his team.
The lighter you are; the less mass you have to move up the mountain. I wouldn't want to lug up extra weight.
Good, informed and sensible comment👍
And the less favourable surface area to volume ratio you have which is why skinny climbers are more prone to frostbite from heatloss
@@Dressagevids also less "natural insulation"
@Fui Gebhardt1 but we won't mention any names like Sandy Pittman, will we? There were many mistakes made on Everest that year, but allowing her to bring all of that crap and then needing to be short roped up and back took vital resources and people away from where they needed to be just to babysit her. But hey, *she* made it up and back, so it's all good, right?
@@meemurthelemur4811 I agree with you she shouldn't have been allowed too. Must think she was very entitled.
Great my friend 👍👍
Sophia Greece thank friend Sophia from Greece!😁
what a shame how polluted such a beautiful place is should be a law if you bring it up you bring it back i know it is probably impossible than maybe we don't belong there
There is an unwritten law - leave no trace - but sadly it's not just on Everest that people leave their rubbish in the outdoors...
LNT goes out the door in life threatening situations. Sad to see litter and glad it's being cleaned
The rule now is you have to carry out 8kg of rubbish with you , just an up date on the filth
Had no idea Brian blessed was on everest for the storm of 1996, fascinating .
Enjoyed this video, was it Allan that summited, with cameraman ahead?
Yes it was glad you liked the share!👍
Brian is such a luvie God bless him 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
A true larger than life living legend!😁
It started at touching the void for me, ill never summit a mountain but they are by far my fav subject of documentary.
People desperately trying to find a reason so many died in the storm as a way to separate themselves from the possibility of the same fate.
"Left too late in the day".
"Tried for the summit in a storm". etc.
Truth is they did everything any one of those climbers would have done. "Unlucky", like that one guy said. A human must always, it seems, look for a reason. A reason that means they can avoid the same fate. Human nature is funny.
Did anyone tell him you need to get fit before climbing Everest?
He was too fat but very fit for a fat man 👍
Where are you getting these lol might sit down later and watch this love programmes like that
Sperrin Outdoors these are all from my once private collection my friend. There's one of my all-time favourites scheduled for tonight!👍😎
snowy matrix that your going to upload
Yep! Got a couple of days off so knocking a few off on to my channel lol :-)
haha some funny comments. I love brian, I think it is that grizzly bear look and his humour. But he has that kind man aire about him. (however you spell that word)
Ty for the share there
You're welcome! :-)