I heard somewhere that it wasn't until 2004 that supplemental oxygen became the norm on K2 I get the impression that more people try K2 without oxygen compared to Everest. Why would one climb at those altitudes without oxygen? I understand if an extremely fit professional climber with loads of experience at high altitude would, but everybody else should use oxygen. K2 is 778 ft shorter than Everest, but still high up in the death zone.
Furthermore, the video clearly shows the climbing difficulty difference between K2 and Everest. These differences require increased climbing skills and physical performance. The video did an excellent job presenting the outrageous climbing angles one has to overcome, notwithstanding the chance of more avalanches and rock and ice obstacles. Just to get to base camp is an accomplishment in itself, by then many energy reserves have been sapped when needed the most higher up the mountain. I heard that Everest was described as a long trek, no way could you put that description on K2. My hat's off to those who have successfully climbed K2 and gotten back down safely.
RIP Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snori and Pablo Mohr who died in K2 WINTER EXPEDITION 2021. Three mountaineer went messing on 5th February, at the bottleneck area, when they left the C4 camp below the bottleneck, after search operation that last for 13 days, unfortunately their bodies were not found. Sajid Sadpara son of M.Ali sadpara was also part of this expedition, but he came back from C4 Camp because of leakage in his oxygen tank. He stayed for three slain climbers for 18 hour on 8200m altitude when they didn't make any contact with Sajid. Govt of Pakistan, Chille and Iceland declared three competent climbers dead on feb 18, 2021. Their slept forever on the top of K2 aka Savage Mountain. Our Pakistani hero, Muhammad Ali Sadpara was the first person in mountaineering history who scaled Nanaga Perbut (killer Mountain) in 2016 winter expedition. K2 has scaled successfully in winter for the first time in history by Nepalese team of 11 climbers headed by Nimral Pujra.
I love the mountains and in fact live in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. That being said being atop a 4,500 or 5,000 foot mountain in the summer is more my style. LOL! I'm in pretty good shape but I'm not a technical climber. Even if I had a hundred grand and could find a guide that would nurse me to the top of Everest I wouldn't dream of attempting it. That would be not only putting my life on the line but other lives too.
è un bellissimo video sul k2: oltre che mostrarti le parti più belle della scalata, fa un tributo all'alpinista italiano e allo sherpa morti nel 2007 sulla montagna. Complimenti a chi ha messo in rete questo video.
I'm a Pole, I don't listen to Czech music but this song fits here so much. I don't understand the lyrics but melody emhasizes humility towards the mountains where we are so weak and insignificant. Once more, great connection video and music!
The song's name is Tramtaryje (stands for 'abandoned location far away from here' in Czech slang) from a famous Czech band Buty. Lyrics are metaphorical, basically playing around with words... th-cam.com/video/j0CY6VDKM3w/w-d-xo.html
Sherpa Nema Nuru was a very good climber he had many summits on Everest and area mountains.He had much pressure on him as he was supporting many family members who were depending on him greatly as he pushed himself in the early morning darkness to set ropes for his team,sadly K2 claimed another as he fell into the night and I'm sure his unfamiliarity of this mountain contributed to his loss. R.I.P
@@mdfauwadulislam2632 Well, I think you never summited a stair. You dont know the basic words of mountaineering (no one "submitt" a mountain, people summit it) and the first Winter expedition to summit K2 was in January 2021. You look like someone who see a crampon and think its a hair comb. Try again. Cheers.
As a person who grew up in the foothills of Himalayan range, and who cannot (due to physical condition) answer the call of the mountain, I really feel like it is my personal achievement whenever I see a video like this and feel like crying in joy and cheering for the people who actually have gone there and did it.... As if I did it myself even if I canot. Awesome achievement guys. ❤ Would love to know the song in background, did not understand a word, but it's touching
Yes, that's the serac that collapsed in 2009, that swept away all the fixed ropes (and I believe 4 climbers) which were laid on the climb up. The climbers then had to traverse in the dark, on their way down (and exhausted) and several more lost their footing and were gone. The serac collapsed a second time sweeping away more who had come to rescue the people who were trapped by the first collapse. It was a mess. By the end of the climb 11 people had died.
I absolutely love the image at 4:50. Wish there was a T shirt with it. Giving it all for the love of it, almost dying for it, gratefulness, acceptance,
1, Performing the bottleneck traverse would be undoubtely highly demanding and dangerous feat even at the sea altitude. 2, Blizzards and freezing temperatures that are typical of the environment are easily lethal even at sea altitude 3, Snow blindness can make you incapable of simple movement, let alone the technicall perfection required for this section. 4, You are well above the death zone limit, your body is dying, altitude sickness comes with every minute you spend there ---------------------- Summed: every single successful climb+descent is a miracle
The bottleneck of K2 is so crazy, in some pictures it looks like it's not that steep and not that far from C 4 to top of bottleneck, but when pictured from the middle of the bottleneck or above it seems absolutely vertical. King of the mountains Reinhold Messner said a real artist made the K2.
always think that as well. The view from Camp 4 does not in ANY way convey the insane steepness of the Bottleneck or the sheer size of the serac. This one of the few videos that not only conveys that, but shows some footage of the portion of the Bottleneck past the traverse but before the final push, which is mind boggling (the photo at 3:55 is a view I've never seen before). The other thing that always gets me is how disturbingly unnatural the serac looks in its position It must be just the impression I get of it, but the pure vertical ice shelf in its rectangular formation perched so precariously on the ear of the mountain scares the shit out of me.
Caro Uher, il tuo supporto video è bellissimo. Quello che mi ha colpito di più è che hai pensato ai due sfortunati: lo Sherpa e Stefano. Complimenti perché oltre la tua grandissima impresa hai dato onore a chi "c'è l' ha fatta" a metà. Bravo ! Con affetto salutissimi. Salvatore da Salerno.
Absolutely undeniably breathing.... Excellent footage..lighting.. Exquisite.. Thank you for allowing those of us whom would never have the privilege of seeing this ... Very well done
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. With around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities, about one person dies on the mountain for every four who summit
I read Ed Viesturs book on K2. There was a guy who made an attempt {an ill fated attempt} on K2 in 1939 who was so afraid of the huge ice serac at the top of the bottleneck that when he and his sherpa camped on "the shoulder" they slept tucked off to the side out of the way of it and then instead of going directly up the bottleneck this guy went up the rocks which lead to the traverse. In other words he climbed that "face" to the left of the bottleneck which was incredibly hard. Fritz something.
Very few videos show the decent . I imagine it would be due to higher focus going down than up . Not to say the focus isn’t intense going up , but the decent is where the extreme difficulty can occur more often and prone to more accidents , great video of the summit here . Congrats 🎉 very few will ever see what you did !
@@jimc.goodfellas After making it to the summit you have to be spent physically, physiologically, mentally and psychologically. Every aspect of body and mind is performing at amazingly sub-optimal levels and in fact is slowly dying due to altitude, not to mention temperature and wind chill factor. I believe 80% of deaths on K2 are on descent.
That guy slipping in the Bottleneck at 3:11! I know he was good on the fixed ropes and all...but still scary. Interesting route up the Bottleneck BTW, going to the far right of the rock, instead of the usual direct line up the middle. Great vid!
The next year a Serbian climber on the traverse unhooked himself from the rope to go around another climber. He fell backward & slid hundreds of meters down through the bottleneck, he stood up but then fell again to his death. Then 4 men experienced trouble while attempting to bring the Serbian climber's body down to camp-4, a bad idea which resulted in a high altitude porter falling 1,000s of meters to his death.
i logged in just to congratulate you on such an amazing expedition and video. it's definitely one of the best videos on big peak mountaineering that i've seen, including amazing photography and route diagrams - really made me feel close to the adventure! you guys made it look so easy but it's only when i read about Stefano that i realised it couldn't be further from the truth. appearances are dangerously deceptive on k2. perfect weather suddenly changing into a violent storm, ending in tragedy
Wunderschöne Bergwelt, so ein tolles Video! Es erinnert mich allerdings auch an die Lebensgefahr - Habe gerade "Kein Weg zurück - Leben und Sterben am K2" von Graham Bowley gelesen und auch The Summit geschaut. Danke für die tollen Impressionen, ich hoffe, ihr seid auch gut wieder heruntergekommen! Für mich hat jemand den Berg nur dann bezwungen, wenn er auch gesund wieder unten angekommen ist.
I always think that as well. The view from Camp 4 does not in ANY way convey the insane steepness of the Bottleneck or the sheer size of the serac. This one of the few videos that not only conveys that, but shows some footage of the portion of the Bottleneck past the traverse but before the final push, which is mind boggling (the photo at 3:55 is a view I've never seen before). The other thing that always gets me is how disturbingly unnatural the serac looks in its position . It must be just the impression I get of it, but the pure vertical ice shelf in its rectangular formation perched so precariously on the ear of the mountain scares the shit out of me.
Just seen this and I must say it is very impressive! K2 is a monster and only the best of the best can get it done and get down safely! Really enjoyed this video!
I dont know why Mt. Everest gets all the glory, it's so commercialized now (for the most part). K2 is much harder to climb technically. Simply amazing that ppl can get themselves to the summit of this mountain- God bless every one of you guys. cheers
Serac fall is the problem in both Annapoorna and k2. It is absent in Everest except for the relatively lower altitude of the Khumbu ice falls on the south side. However weather related issues are present in Everest also. The 1998 blizzard and the 2014 earthquake casualty bear testament to this.
Already the first climbers of K2 in 1954 used supplemental oxygen! The drama about envy at the time is interesting, since the expedition (organized in a the military-style) did not allow the best mountaineers to climb the summit, but those with the most nationalistic attitude were 'allowed' to go to the top. Times were different! In the clip we can see how much the altitude influences the technical difficulties of climbing. Apart from the danger of the seracs, the climbing is so easy that almost every K2-climber would see it as easy and quick to manage at a lower altitude. But it's probably the highest point on a peak where real climbing is required. (The short, difficult mixed section on the way to Everest via the North-Col (Tibet) is fixed with a ladder.)
You should watch the everest videos by this guy named OSM adventures on TH-cam. It made my body tingle with fear just looking at how high up and on their own they were while climbing. I've been obsessively looking up videos about mountain climbing the last few days, and I have a newfound respect for the sport. I always figured it was pretty easy and as simple as not being stupid. WRONG. This stuff is hard. And I always figured it takes 1 or 2 days to reach the top. WRONG again. Months.
I don't think anyone can be told how it is to actually do anything at these altitudes even with oxygen. K2 is just awesome, can watch movies about daredevils climbing this for hours lol. Everest is so crowded now, and seems to get more and more visitors each year. Can't find many movies about Annapurna summits tho but i guess that's understandable since 1/3 of the people loose their lives.
Rusty White ..GETTING DIZZY? NO PROBLEM? JUST TAKE A PIECE OF MAMAS LAUNDRY ROPE, TIE IT AROUND YOUR WASTE LINE AND FIX THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE ON A HOOK OF THE NEAREST WALL PICTURE. WITH THAT, YOU WILL BE FINE AND ABLE TO WHATCH ANY NUMBER OF MOUNTAINEERING VIDEOS. NOTE: FIXING THE ROPE END OVER A MOUNTAIN PICTURE OR PAINTING, WILL INCREASE YOUR HOME CLIMBING EXPERIENCE TREMENDOUSLY. TAKE CARE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT A PILLOW ON THE FLOOR JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE A FALL FROM THE CHAIR.
What was the route up ... Cesen or standard Abruzzi ridge ? BTW , this is THE best K2 summit video on the entire Internet . I bet I've watched this 1000X .
From Viesturs book. When the italians climbed K2 in 1954 the summit team {Lacedelli + Compagnoni} camped to the left of the start of the bottleneck on a rock shelf because Compagnoni was paranoid that Bonatti {the great climber} would somehow "steal" the summit. Bonatti and a sherpa brought up oxygen for those two guys and their summit push. Instead of meeting them on the shoulder Compagnoni told them to drop the oxygen and descend. They had to bivy at 8,000 ft. The sherpa had severe frostbite.
This video is nice. It is at least a guide for us to fantasize of what might be or what might have been. For many, magnificent opportunities such as this are out of reach due to health, finances, or obligations. For many, they just don't know about these opportunities soon enough, or desire them soon enough, until they're too old. I can't imagine the contentedness of climbers who achieve these dreams, while others are held back by buckling joints, diseases, or a duty to stay safe for their kids.
btw ...2 guys shown in video - Stefano Zafka died when descending and Sherpa died when ascending the same day they reach the summit. The icy serak and altitude...killing combination. The guy who made it to summit and safely descend says he woud not try to reach K2 summit again.tooo risky
3:06 What is the name of the ice wall we see? Spectacular to look at but it also looks like a big piece could fall off at anytime and sweep away anything below it, like the climbers.
and just below it is the bottle neck, almost vertical gulley thar funnels falling ice into it from the serac, these as well as house' chimney n the black pyramid are the most difficult parts of the abruzzi ridge, oh and the balto ice fall is a killer too at the base.. n that is basically the whole climb, so it's trying to kill u all the way up.. yer only really safe after traversing the serac, but yer well into the death zone then so yer dying anyways.. fun place..dont even start on the weather..plus no sherpas to save yer ass if u fuck up..yer dead..
+plane gaper yea, Climbing k2 is probably the most dangerous risk one can attempt on earth. besides playing Russian roulette with 2 bullets in the chamber..U would have to come to terms with death before attempting.
Annapurna is considered to be even more dangerous. Its not necessarily harder technically but has a very high risk of avalanches. Although it is normally only tried by very experienced climbers (in contrast to Everst and Cho Oyu which are very popular) the death rate is still very high with well over 30%. In other words for every 3 skilled climbers that succeed there is one dead. K2 ist not far behind that but is supposed to be less luck based. You can only do so much in preparation but if get hit by an avalanche you cannot do anything since the ascend is pretty exposed without many safezones.
If you want to feel intensely deep feeling of dancing nature at the top of the Godwin Austin (K2) I advice an idea...that is to smoke some hashish there and begin to talk with the might and fight of the mountain and feel the talking and whistling wind there that kisses your face every moment and lend your ears to the extreme silence and it will tell you lot of stories that occurred there...even you would go millions of years back in time when the first ball of snow fell on the head of K2. It is easily available in Skardu, Gilgit or even in Skoley and Hushey.
***** not while you are on the way but when you reach the top and that too a puff or two only so that to feel every thing from the depth of soul which however is not possible during normal condition.
agreed. it's just my comment to it, and it was my thought. now, i wish people was like you. in the same way they enjoy risking their lives like that i don't. but they don't need to bash me for not agreeing with them. and i didn't mock nobody's dream, I just commented how someone can find enjoyment in such manner that no one can enjoy, because they all say how hard it is to go up that mountain, and everybody makes it look like it's the best thing in the world, and when i don't agree with them
I heard somewhere that it wasn't until 2004 that supplemental oxygen became the norm on K2 I get the impression that more people try K2 without oxygen compared to Everest. Why would one climb at those altitudes without oxygen? I understand if an extremely fit professional climber with loads of experience at high altitude would, but everybody else should use oxygen. K2 is 778 ft shorter than Everest, but still high up in the death zone.
Furthermore, the video clearly shows the climbing difficulty difference between K2 and Everest. These differences require increased climbing skills and physical performance. The video did an excellent job presenting the outrageous climbing angles one has to overcome, notwithstanding the chance of more avalanches and rock and ice obstacles. Just to get to base camp is an accomplishment in itself, by then many energy reserves have been sapped when needed the most higher up the mountain. I heard that Everest was described as a long trek, no way could you put that description on K2. My hat's off to those who have successfully climbed K2 and gotten back down safely.
Almost all people who climb the K2 are professional climbers
Because this is the true way to climb a mountain, and K2 attracts the best of the best.
Talal and still over 20% who attempt it, never make it down alive.
@@JohnS916 Exactly. K2 and Everest are not comparable
I feel this is the best k2 video thats out there, the footage gives a real scale as to how hard k2 really is to climb
F Haque True!
I’ve seen many K2 videos but this video shows real close look of bottleneck... scarrrrry
You can die just by looking at this video.
@@jansnauwaert1785 😂😂😂
It is a great video. Scary stuff
That traverse at 3:10 is outrageous. My guts churn just watching that. My respect goes to anyone who steps out onto that.
"I'm dying" is the chorus I'm hearing in the music following this timestamp 🤣appropriate
The bottleneck - pretty dangerous part of K2
The Bottleneck and Traverse look insane. You guys have some real balls
@dearjohnny Also, during night!
Not balls, just they are ready to die....that’s all it really is
MidnightRyder and being ready to die doesnt require balls?
Has anyone ever got laid up there ? Or thought about it , that if u can get it up in the brisk ya!
Apparently Everest is a piece of cake compared to K2. Joking... much respect to all of the climbers.
RIP Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snori and Pablo Mohr who died in K2 WINTER EXPEDITION 2021.
Three mountaineer went messing on 5th February, at the bottleneck area, when they left the C4 camp below the bottleneck, after search operation that last for 13 days, unfortunately their bodies were not found. Sajid Sadpara son of M.Ali sadpara was also part of this expedition, but he came back from C4 Camp because of leakage in his oxygen tank.
He stayed for three slain climbers for 18 hour on 8200m altitude when they didn't make any contact with Sajid.
Govt of Pakistan, Chille and Iceland declared three competent climbers dead on feb 18, 2021. Their slept forever on the top of K2 aka Savage Mountain.
Our Pakistani hero, Muhammad Ali Sadpara was the first person in mountaineering history who scaled Nanaga Perbut (killer Mountain) in 2016 winter expedition.
K2 has scaled successfully in winter for the first time in history by Nepalese team of 11 climbers headed by Nimral Pujra.
Jen skromně závidím. Moc pěkné. Jste borci pánové. Také bych se tam někde rád dostal. Hory jsou jedny z mých mála lásek v životě.
Yes belief
Everest for mountain lovers
Mighty K2 for Professionals.
I love the mountains and in fact live in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. That being said being atop a 4,500 or 5,000 foot mountain in the summer is more my style. LOL!
I'm in pretty good shape but I'm not a technical climber. Even if I had a hundred grand and could find a guide that would nurse me to the top of Everest I wouldn't dream of attempting it. That would be not only putting my life on the line but other lives too.
è un bellissimo video sul k2: oltre che mostrarti le parti più belle della scalata, fa un tributo all'alpinista italiano e allo sherpa morti nel 2007 sulla montagna. Complimenti a chi ha messo in rete questo video.
Absolutely amazing!! They are even above the clouds.. They are a rare breed
From the statistics it looks like the descent is the true challenge ...
I'm a Pole, I don't listen to Czech music but this song fits here so much. I don't understand the lyrics but melody emhasizes humility towards the mountains where we are so weak and insignificant. Once more, great connection video and music!
Agree with you.
The song's name is Tramtaryje (stands for 'abandoned location far away from here' in Czech slang) from a famous Czech band Buty. Lyrics are metaphorical, basically playing around with words...
th-cam.com/video/j0CY6VDKM3w/w-d-xo.html
Caro Libor Uher, questo tuo video l'avrò visto 100 volte, e 100 volte mi ha emozionato! Grazie !
Sherpa Nema Nuru was a very good climber he had many summits on Everest and area mountains.He had much pressure on him as he was supporting many family members who were depending on him greatly as he pushed himself in the early morning darkness to set ropes for his team,sadly K2 claimed another as he fell into the night and I'm sure his unfamiliarity of this mountain contributed to his loss. R.I.P
Even the ones totally familiar with K2 perish.
Its ok he was black.
@@bastogne315 their face is dry, it protects them from frost bite
"k2 is difficult because there are no Sherpas"🤔
@@bastogne315 very bad
That Serrac makes the Hillary Step look like nursery school.
In photo or video, yes. In the real world, you could poop your pants face to face with the Hillary Step.
:)
@@mdfauwadulislam2632 Not professional but a fully commited amateur who summited Everest in 2011. Cheers.
@@mdfauwadulislam2632 Well, I think you never summited a stair. You dont know the basic words of mountaineering (no one "submitt" a mountain, people summit it) and the first Winter expedition to summit K2 was in January 2021. You look like someone who see a crampon and think its a hair comb. Try again. Cheers.
@@caravaggio31 nobody's pooped his pants by looking at the Hillary Step. And yes it's nothing but a joke to the Large Serrac.
Libor Uher
I have never met you but just being born in the same region of Czech rep as you makes me proud in a way .
Huge respect man
Love this video
As a person who grew up in the foothills of Himalayan range, and who cannot (due to physical condition) answer the call of the mountain, I really feel like it is my personal achievement whenever I see a video like this and feel like crying in joy and cheering for the people who actually have gone there and did it.... As if I did it myself even if I canot.
Awesome achievement guys. ❤
Would love to know the song in background, did not understand a word, but it's touching
Crazy, that traverse right under the face of the Serac, no thanks.
certainly can get a better view from an airplane with cocktails and less struggle. I really dont get it. Are these people in a some sort of pathology?
Yes, that's the serac that collapsed in 2009, that swept away all the fixed ropes (and I believe 4 climbers) which were laid on the climb up. The climbers then had to traverse in the dark, on their way down (and exhausted) and several more lost their footing and were gone. The serac collapsed a second time sweeping away more who had come to rescue the people who were trapped by the first collapse. It was a mess. By the end of the climb 11 people had died.
2008😊
Yep 2008
I absolutely love the image at 4:50. Wish there was a T shirt with it. Giving it all for the love of it, almost dying for it, gratefulness, acceptance,
Jsi borec Libore, díky za nádherné záběry, přeji pevné zdraví i nadále super zážitky
Great photos and videos of K2 and scenery. Reason I watch many of these is for the photography-awesome account, thank you👍
1, Performing the bottleneck traverse would be undoubtely highly demanding and dangerous feat even at the sea altitude.
2, Blizzards and freezing temperatures that are typical of the environment are easily lethal even at sea altitude
3, Snow blindness can make you incapable of simple movement, let alone the technicall perfection required for this section.
4, You are well above the death zone limit, your body is dying, altitude sickness comes with every minute you spend there
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Summed: every single successful climb+descent is a miracle
The bottleneck of K2 is so crazy, in some pictures it looks like it's not that steep and not that far from C 4 to top of bottleneck, but when pictured from the middle of the bottleneck or above it seems absolutely vertical. King of the mountains Reinhold Messner said a real artist made the K2.
always think that as well. The view from Camp 4 does not in ANY way convey the insane steepness of the Bottleneck or the sheer size of the serac. This one of the few videos that not only conveys that, but shows some footage of the portion of the Bottleneck past the traverse but before the final push, which is mind boggling (the photo at 3:55 is a view I've never seen before).
The other thing that always gets me is how disturbingly unnatural the serac looks in its position It must be just the impression I get of it, but the pure vertical ice shelf in its rectangular formation perched so precariously on the ear of the mountain scares the shit out of me.
Pictures don’t do it justice but this video shows how terrifying it really is.
K2 is one amazing peak. Likely the most difficult of all the 8000m mountains, and arguably the most majestic...
RIP Nema Nuru and thanks for your service. You made the journey for many climbers safe and your tragic lose is so incredibly sad....
C est magique et envoutant a la fois , merci atous ces hommes au courage immense et formidable
im speechless infront of this beautiful mountain.
Caro Uher, il tuo supporto video è bellissimo. Quello che mi ha colpito di più è che hai pensato ai due sfortunati: lo Sherpa e Stefano. Complimenti perché oltre la tua grandissima impresa hai dato onore a chi "c'è l' ha fatta" a metà. Bravo ! Con affetto salutissimi. Salvatore da Salerno.
Absolutely undeniably breathing.... Excellent footage..lighting.. Exquisite.. Thank you for allowing those of us whom would never have the privilege of seeing this ... Very well done
It does not even come close to what they are feeling during those moments ❤️
Love the footage of the bottleneck and the traverse. Great video
The scenery is beautiful.
Beautifully videotaped. Excellent resolution. Thanks for posting this gem.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. With around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities, about one person dies on the mountain for every four who summit
I read Ed Viesturs book on K2. There was a guy who made an attempt {an ill fated attempt} on K2 in 1939 who was so afraid of the huge ice serac at the top of the bottleneck that when he and his sherpa camped on "the shoulder" they slept tucked off to the side out of the way of it and then instead of going directly up the bottleneck this guy went up the rocks which lead to the traverse. In other words he climbed that "face" to the left of the bottleneck which was incredibly hard. Fritz something.
Hear that Wind at 2:08 wow ... thank You for sharing this.
Amazing vid, I'm glad that in celebrating your outstanding achievement, you also honored the memory of Stefano and Nima. Greetings from Italy.
Very few videos show the decent . I imagine it would be due to higher focus going down than up . Not to say the focus isn’t intense going up , but the decent is where the extreme difficulty can occur more often and prone to more accidents , great video of the summit here . Congrats 🎉 very few will ever see what you did !
Yeah I'm curious what happened to the two who died and if it was on the way down? I always think, man the way down might be harder
@@jimc.goodfellas After making it to the summit you have to be spent physically, physiologically, mentally and psychologically. Every aspect of body and mind is performing at amazingly sub-optimal levels and in fact is slowly dying due to altitude, not to mention temperature and wind chill factor.
I believe 80% of deaths on K2 are on descent.
Great photography! People don't realize how steep that traverse is. Congratulations!
Beautiful, it must be surreal to wake up above clouds. Amazing achievement. Keep it up!
Love this! K2 eats Everest’s lunch! Nice editing as well!
That guy slipping in the Bottleneck at 3:11! I know he was good on the fixed ropes and all...but still scary. Interesting route up the Bottleneck BTW, going to the far right of the rock, instead of the usual direct line up the middle. Great vid!
The next year a Serbian climber on the traverse unhooked himself from the rope to go around another climber. He fell backward & slid hundreds of meters down through the bottleneck, he stood up but then fell again to his death.
Then 4 men experienced trouble while attempting to bring the Serbian climber's body down to camp-4, a bad idea which resulted in a high altitude porter falling 1,000s of meters to his death.
i logged in just to congratulate you on such an amazing expedition and video. it's definitely one of the best videos on big peak mountaineering that i've seen, including amazing photography and route diagrams - really made me feel close to the adventure!
you guys made it look so easy but it's only when i read about Stefano that i realised it couldn't be further from the truth. appearances are dangerously deceptive on k2. perfect weather suddenly changing into a violent storm, ending in tragedy
WTF, all those clouds!? I would freeze up at the bottleneck, no way in hell I could do it! Mad props!
Wunderschöne Bergwelt, so ein tolles Video! Es erinnert mich allerdings auch an die Lebensgefahr - Habe gerade "Kein Weg zurück - Leben und Sterben am K2" von Graham Bowley gelesen und auch The Summit geschaut. Danke für die tollen Impressionen, ich hoffe, ihr seid auch gut wieder heruntergekommen! Für mich hat jemand den Berg nur dann bezwungen, wenn er auch gesund wieder unten angekommen ist.
Awesome!
6:15 - He's name was Nima Nurbu.
It is band from the Czech Rep called Buty,and the song is "Tramtarie"
I see what all the fuss is about. Those are some breathtaking views.
The Huge Serac looks different from every angle you look at it
respect
I always think that as well. The view from Camp 4 does not in ANY way convey the insane steepness of the Bottleneck or the sheer size of the serac. This one of the few videos that not only conveys that, but shows some footage of the portion of the Bottleneck past the traverse but before the final push, which is mind boggling (the photo at 3:55 is a view I've never seen before).
The other thing that always gets me is how disturbingly unnatural the serac looks in its position . It must be just the impression I get of it, but the pure vertical ice shelf in its rectangular formation perched so precariously on the ear of the mountain scares the shit out of me.
Song is Buty - Tramtáryje, spent half a year looking for it
Czech climber Libor Uher = Czech music group Buty. :-) th-cam.com/video/v-rEp6a1HIQ/w-d-xo.html
Just seen this and I must say it is very impressive! K2 is a monster and only the best of the best can get it done and get down safely! Really enjoyed this video!
Wow
I stand and salute you guys
Again wow
From a Pakistani mountaineer living in uk
I dont know why Mt. Everest gets all the glory, it's so commercialized now (for the most part). K2 is much harder to climb technically. Simply amazing that ppl can get themselves to the summit of this mountain- God bless every one of you guys. cheers
because its the highest peak in the world?
WOW WOW and WOW........ Like Nard said,,,, Real Balls.... I wish I can make it to just Base camp once in my life
Respect from Ukraine,brothers!
Serac fall is the problem in both Annapoorna and k2. It is absent in Everest except for the relatively lower altitude of the Khumbu ice falls on the south side. However weather related issues are present in Everest also. The 1998 blizzard and the 2014 earthquake casualty bear testament to this.
but K2's serac is not just another serac.
@@realistgunner4613 Annapurna is deadlier
Great job climbing to the top of the greatest mountain on God's Earth !!
Beautiful view from the top. I wish someday I too can go for this kind of adventure.
"Is it that they fear the pain of death, or could it be they fear the joy of life?"
TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
Great video. I like how you show the route up at each stage.
Thank-you so much for not putting music! I love to hear the winds up there.
best video i have ever seen about k2 c4 and bottle neck.
Dave Watson story about bottleneck skiing looks a fairy tale
Incredible place to be. Strength and determination. 💪🙏
wunderbare Aufnahmen - grossartige Leistung - das ist echtes Bergsteigen
Best "Bottleneck" footage out there...hands down !
Anyone attempting K2, in my opinion, has to be a very experienced and skilled climber. Your life may depend on free soloing down.
What it comes down to is above 8,000 meters you basically are on your own.
What type of will power do you have to develop to convince yourself to keep going up during such exhaustion. Great video, thank you.
Already the first climbers of K2 in 1954 used supplemental oxygen! The drama about envy at the time is interesting, since the expedition (organized in a the military-style) did not allow the best mountaineers to climb the summit, but those with the most nationalistic attitude were 'allowed' to go to the top. Times were different!
In the clip we can see how much the altitude influences the technical difficulties of climbing. Apart from the danger of the seracs, the climbing is so easy that almost every K2-climber would see it as easy and quick to manage at a lower altitude. But it's probably the highest point on a peak where real climbing is required. (The short, difficult mixed section on the way to Everest via the North-Col (Tibet) is fixed with a ladder.)
How anyone can do this is way beyond me. I get dizzy just watching it on my computer.
+Rusty White I got dizzy once by standing up too fast. Twice. What ever happened with Y2K? Never mind. I agree.
We all do especially when i cast youtube on to my bigscreen u srart to hold onto things a little tighter..lol
You should watch the everest videos by this guy named OSM adventures on TH-cam. It made my body tingle with fear just looking at how high up and on their own they were while climbing. I've been obsessively looking up videos about mountain climbing the last few days, and I have a newfound respect for the sport. I always figured it was pretty easy and as simple as not being stupid. WRONG. This stuff is hard. And I always figured it takes 1 or 2 days to reach the top. WRONG again. Months.
I don't think anyone can be told how it is to actually do anything at these altitudes even with oxygen. K2 is just awesome, can watch movies about daredevils climbing this for hours lol. Everest is so crowded now, and seems to get more and more visitors each year. Can't find many movies about Annapurna summits tho but i guess that's understandable since 1/3 of the people loose their lives.
Rusty White ..GETTING DIZZY? NO PROBLEM? JUST TAKE A PIECE OF MAMAS LAUNDRY ROPE, TIE IT AROUND YOUR WASTE LINE AND FIX THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE ON A HOOK OF THE NEAREST WALL PICTURE. WITH THAT, YOU WILL BE FINE AND ABLE TO WHATCH ANY NUMBER OF MOUNTAINEERING VIDEOS. NOTE: FIXING THE ROPE END OVER A MOUNTAIN PICTURE OR PAINTING, WILL INCREASE YOUR HOME CLIMBING EXPERIENCE TREMENDOUSLY. TAKE CARE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT A PILLOW ON THE FLOOR JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE A FALL FROM THE CHAIR.
What was the route up ... Cesen or standard Abruzzi ridge ? BTW , this is THE best K2 summit video on the entire Internet . I bet I've watched this 1000X .
Thank you for posting this.
From Viesturs book. When the italians climbed K2 in 1954 the summit team {Lacedelli + Compagnoni} camped to the left of the start of the bottleneck on a rock shelf because Compagnoni was paranoid that Bonatti {the great climber} would somehow "steal" the summit. Bonatti and a sherpa brought up oxygen for those two guys and their summit push. Instead of meeting them on the shoulder Compagnoni told them to drop the oxygen and descend. They had to bivy at 8,000 ft. The sherpa had severe frostbite.
This video is nice. It is at least a guide for us to fantasize of what might be or what might have been. For many, magnificent opportunities such as this are out of reach due to health, finances, or obligations. For many, they just don't know about these opportunities soon enough, or desire them soon enough, until they're too old. I can't imagine the contentedness of climbers who achieve these dreams, while others are held back by buckling joints, diseases, or a duty to stay safe for their kids.
amaizing & scary video of crazy peoples .
greetings from from pakistan.
great video, now this is what i call steep. Thats my dream to do what you did..
The red one at the summit was Daniele Nardi?
btw ...2 guys shown in video - Stefano Zafka died when descending and Sherpa died when ascending the same day they reach the summit. The icy serak and altitude...killing combination. The guy who made it to summit and safely descend says he woud not try to reach K2 summit again.tooo risky
Ali Sadpara, John Snorri andJuan Pablo Mohr made bottleneck their home! Rest in peace.
we don't know that yet..
May Allah Grant them high rank in Jannat.Ameen
@@elegantfashion7144 Ameen
Is that all you ever say, no one cares
@@elegantfashion7144 I killed Allah
interesting to know - how it feel , while you sitting on the summit and think that you have 25% to die on descend.
Two of the guys in the video died on the summit day.
@@aluisious what their names ?
@@user-sk9hl7si7l their names are literally in this video
@@TheCrimsonBudgie stfu ,I've found that,)))
You can't look at it that way. It's more like 5% chance that your entire group will die which will add up to a 25% death toll of all climbers...
Great vid, top stuff. Love the song, & though I have no idea as to the lyrics, the tune has a very fitting feel to summiting.
extremement emu d,avoir vu cette video ,le k2 pour moi le + beau pic du monde et de loin
úžas nádhera klobúk dole a česť zahynutym
Gherghel Patricia it all starts with a dream ...a wish...great effort to get there...an experience that we can appreciate it with a click ..thanks
how was climbing down the bottleneck? give us some experience. thanks,
Must have been very difficult!
lol
3:06 What is the name of the ice wall we see? Spectacular to look at but it also looks like a big piece could fall off at anytime and sweep away anything below it, like the climbers.
I think it's called the serac if I'm right. A lot of deaths occur when the ice cracks and just falls on you.
+Draven 87 yes its called Serac due to wind, snowfall it is a fairly unstable pack, known to have taken a lot of lives
and just below it is the bottle neck, almost vertical gulley thar funnels falling ice into it from the serac, these as well as house' chimney n the black pyramid are the most difficult parts of the abruzzi ridge, oh and the balto ice fall is a killer too at the base.. n that is basically the whole climb, so it's trying to kill u all the way up.. yer only really safe after traversing the serac, but yer well into the death zone then so yer dying anyways.. fun place..dont even start on the weather..plus no sherpas to save yer ass if u fuck up..yer dead..
+plane gaper yea, Climbing k2 is probably the most dangerous risk one can attempt on earth. besides playing Russian roulette with 2 bullets in the chamber..U would have to come to terms with death before attempting.
Annapurna is considered to be even more dangerous.
Its not necessarily harder technically but has a very high risk of avalanches.
Although it is normally only tried by very experienced climbers (in contrast to Everst and Cho Oyu which are very popular) the death rate is still very high with well over 30%.
In other words for every 3 skilled climbers that succeed there is one dead.
K2 ist not far behind that but is supposed to be less luck based.
You can only do so much in preparation but if get hit by an avalanche you cannot do anything since the ascend is pretty exposed without many safezones.
@floofers Sadly, yes. I believe that Mina fell, and Stefano did not return to camp from the summit.
Wow, savage mountain... Nice video!
nothing is more badass than this
Do they climb back down or does a helicopter take them back down?
Getting up is a challenge. Going down is just staying alive.
Amazing video, Libor!!! Greatings from Bulgaria :-) Please, can you tell me, what is the name of the song?! It's fantastic and touching!!!
wonderful video! incredibile images about serac and traverse! how many minutes do you stay on the summit?
If you want to feel intensely deep feeling of dancing nature at the top of the Godwin Austin (K2) I advice an idea...that is to smoke some hashish there and begin to talk with the might and fight of the mountain and feel the talking and whistling wind there that kisses your face every moment and lend your ears to the extreme silence and it will tell you lot of stories that occurred there...even you would go millions of years back in time when the first ball of snow fell on the head of K2.
It is easily available in Skardu, Gilgit or even in Skoley and Hushey.
***** not while you are on the way but when you reach the top and that too a puff or two only so that to feel every thing from the depth of soul which however is not possible during normal condition.
***** K2 8611 meters.
Darmaan Khan yeah there's no fucking way you're taking a puff of anything when you're 8611 meters above sea level.
***** what a fucking style some people got...
+Kracklezz Um... Not the most dangerous. That would be Annapurna. K2 is actually like the 3rd or 4th most dangerous. :)
agreed. it's just my comment to it, and it was my thought. now, i wish people was like you. in the same way they enjoy risking their lives like that i don't. but they don't need to bash me for not agreeing with them. and i didn't mock nobody's dream, I just commented how someone can find enjoyment in such manner that no one can enjoy, because they all say how hard it is to go up that mountain, and everybody makes it look like it's the best thing in the world, and when i don't agree with them
Complimenti!!!! Sono un amatore del trekking non a livello pro ma credo che un traguardo come il vostro non lo raggiungerò mai forse per paura 🤣
Libor uher,great achievement!!Don bowie!and chris warner!thank you for saving libors life...
incredible dawn.... i wish i would have been there
Great video!!!
incredible factual video.....to me one of the very best relating to K2
stuart wood
The "last boss" of climbing:
K2, Polish Line, middle of winter, no oxygen, alpine style.
Magic line too is very difficult, but Kukucka´s is pure madness