Everest 1996 Disaster · Mountain Without Mercy · Dateline
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- 1996 Mt Everest Disaster focuses on the deaths of several adventurers who attempted to climb to the top of Mount Everest past their turn around time.
The program opens by noting that it was not until the mid-1980's that climbing Mount Everest became a sort of status symbol, despite the fact that die-hard climbing enthusiasts have been scaling Everest for years.
It costs tens of thousands of dollars to acquire the necessary permits and equipment, Forest Sawyer the host, explains, so only the wealthiest adventurers can make the trip to Nepal and up the mountain. Sawyer then proceeds to talk about the people involved in the 1996 mountain climbing trip. Climbing veterans Rob Hall and Scott Fisher, who opened competing businesses as mountain guides and were each leading a team up to the top of the mountain. Sawyer explains that each of the men's teams contained a member of the media, thus making the trip more high profile. Hall's team included "Outdoor Magazine" columnist Jon Krakauer, and Fisher's team included inexperienced climber and Manhattan socialite Sandy Pittman, who was reporting on the climb for ABC News. Sawyer briefly touches on the following idea that a number of people have had since the tragedy happened: if the media had not been present, the two guides might not have push their climbing teams so hard. Sawyer then provides details about the sudden and violent storm that took the climbers by surprise and ultimately took the lives of a number of the climbers. Sawyer interviews Krakauer, who had previously told his story in the successful book "Into Thin Air." Sawyer also talks to Texas businessman Beck Weathers, who managed to escape certain death at least three times on the climb; Weathers is shown recovering from the severe frostbite he suffered and the resultant reconstructive surgery he underwent. Sawyer also talks with David Breashears, a filmmaker who was on the mountain shooting footage for an IMAX movie when he witnessed the carnage on the mountain. Sawyer ends the program with the reflection that people continue to book trips to climb Mount Everest, despite the tragedy.
📼 Mountain Without Mercy: The Everest Story
Turning Point episode (season 4, episode 14)
Forrest Sawyer reports on survivors of a storm on Mount Everest
Air date: April 27, 1997
#Everest
I'm on my annual ''watch absolutely everything about Everest'' marathon
I'm experiencing that phase right now!
Good, iam not the only one here 😄
Me too
I have those too! And here I am
Did you summit yet ? 😅
Anatoli Boukreev is absolute warrior. I love his quote:
*"Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion."*
Oh I really loved and admired that guy. Quite a man.
That's so deep. It touches my soul. In Islam the prophet Dawood/David is known for his wisdom and that the mountains were worshipping God with him! I love mountains for this specific reason. They are giant, tough and harsh yet they are humble before The almighty creator. Hope humans could learn far beyond their ambitious and achievement there should lie their humbleness and wisdom.
Just fancy quote for ambitious people
A bit more about Burning Man. People can get dehydrated and crazy and leave no trace . It’s been 13 years since I attended . Perhaps the beautiful playa has piles of oxygen cans everywhere for me to trip on now. Bye the way It’s been co-opted……$$$$$$$$$$
That Russian guy who went out 3 times into literal hell. Dude is an absolute BEAST
And never used any oxygen... Supernatural human!
And he was done dirty in that book by krakauer into thin air i also read the climb by anatoli boukreev the man was an absolute hero
@@NYCfrankie Сейчас уже знают ,что там на самом деле случилось, и как и кто себя вел на горе, кто герой , а кто трус.Кракауэр -последний.
Anatoli Boukreev. Sadly passed away a year later on the beast that is Annapurna.
@@Misados Agreed 👍
I think not enough praise goes for the Nepalese pilot who risked his life and flew up to the camp. His incredible courage saved two souls that day.
I agree. He needs his own short film.
Westerns just talk about themselves. Everyone else is dispensable. Look at the history
I agree! True courage and skill!
@@cindys9491 he deserves a national medal of valour
Stud
These old school documentaries about the Everest are pure gold!
old school
Twice a year I watch these 96 Everest disaster documentaries. For like the past 4 years. And I watch the same ones over and over. 😂
Me too. Sometimes I let them run in the background at work. As far as the Everest movie goes, I keep hoping maybe they will somehow make it.
Try books - more interensting details
This is your annual reminder calling you back to the mountains so you can live vicariously through these brave souls.
Into Thin Air , is an amazing book. I never knew a nonfiction could be so good. It’s all about this climb.
No idea why I watch all these while studying for major exams. Maybe as a point of reference to put my own impending doom into perspective 🤔
My utmost praise goes to the Sherpas, without whom most expeditions would not succeed.
During this tragedy a swede called Göran Kropp bicycled unassisted to mount everest from Sweden , and then started to climb. Failed first attempt, came back to basecamp to recharge. And during that time this disaster happened. A couple days later, he managed to climb to the top without extra oxygen, came down and then bicycled back to Sweden.
In my opinion the greatest human accomplishment, and a bit mental.
He made it to the south summit on May 3rd and turned around because it was too late in the day. He summited roughly three weeks later on May 23rd. Then biked part of the way back home to Sweden. But nevertheless he was quite the adventurer and his story is amazing!
@@barbaralamson7450 Ultimate high:My Everest Odyssey
Wow, what an accomplishment, even if he did turn back before summit (I've read different versions of his story, but I don't care: I've never thought summiting was the most important part of climbing/adventure). If anyone is interested in great adventures, there's a Korean young woman who cycled >80000 km around the world. Her name is Jin and she has many videos on youtube. Cycling around the world, or something, the name of her channel.
I read Göran Kropps book. In Germany the title was „Allein auf den Everest“. Göran also helped people to make it down to the camp. It`s too bad that he wasn`t mentioned in this documentary. Sadly Göran died in 2002 because of a climbing accident.
I read Göran Kropps book. In Germany the title was „Allein auf den Everest“. Göran also helped people to make it down to the camp. It`s too bad that he wasn`t mentioned in this documentary. Sadly Göran died in 2002 because of a climbing accident.
"The mountain will reveal the real you, and sometimes that ain't pretty" Beck Wethers
Life in general does that...
@@toekafrank6998 Just like 'dying to pursue your passions." At the end of the day though, you're still dead!
I love Beck Wethers!
Everest reveals the real me while I'm in bed in England and Everest is in Nepal.... 😁
Friday night after a hard week, tucked up in bed with the dog ,binge watching Everest videos,my strange new obsession!
So many stories of 1996 but almost nil recognition for Anatoly. The guy was a hero!!
I started avoiding the base camp area in 1996. Once I got near I would turn left and cross the pass into Gykyo instead of endure the crowds of brightly colored ski pole swinging trekkers. The whole area had become a circus and most of the rest of Nepal was still a wonderland where I could wander hundreds of kilometers of trails. Lucky me never was a climber just a mid altitude wanderer.
My aunt and uncle did the exact same thing. They are experienced hikers...now in their 70s. They got to base camp...saw a hoard of mountain 'tourists' and hated it.
People are so strange - you'll see much more beauty on the safer hikes - why risk your life & others to summit for a few minutes 🤷♀️
I always wanted to see the mountain from base camp and just photograph the scenery and do some star gazing do you think is a bad idea ?
I was thinking I’d prefer to be like you before I read your comment. An analogy for me would be , I love to sail , why would I EVER want to try a submarine ride to the bottom of the Pacific ? Leave me at the surface always .
@@lhandlott I don’t think you can see the summit of the mountains from Everest Base Camp.
When I watched the story I thought, this guy (Anatoli), was super human; Super Hero status. Who does that? Putting their life on a razors edge to save others. What determination, What tenacity, what resolve, what value he had to have for human life. His muscles and lungs had to be screaming at him “DON’T GO BACK OUT THERE! But he wasn’t going to sit in relative comfort while people were freezing to death. Those who do such things are usually recognized worldwide for their heroism and humanity. This guy should at least be in the Guinness book and in the history books; at least.
And on the other end of the spectrum, you have Beidleman. The cause of most of these deaths.
Totally agree with that sentiment regarding Anatoli.
I felt that this program didn’t highlight the heroic feats of Anatoli enough.
Anatoli aint nothing but a punk....That nite whn he got bck to camp 4 after the storm had hit' he asked folks 2come help him' but all the folks he asked said NO & they were all on robs team... So the first pile of folks Anatoli comes across whn he goes backout is: sandy, beck, yasukos group,,,,,,,& so he saves the 3 "mountain madness" folks & then leaves the 2 "adventure consultants" folks 2die,,,,,tht dont sound like A hero 2me.. 'He was hatin'
@@__DIRTROAD.DANK.GROWERR__ Because he didnt save EVERYONE he is a punk? Ask the people he saved what they think of him.
What did everyone else do?
Why did Krakaeur stay in his tent when Anatoli asked him to help - TWICE.???
The bottom line is Anatoli is not obliged to do anything, like the rest of them. But he decided to risk his own life 3 times.
You can insult him or be envious of him if you wish but the fact is that Russian people are known for their strength of character and courage and so I am not surprised at what Anatoli did.
@@PetraKann 100000 % you are right!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Wow! How about that guy Anatoli, a mega hero. going up the mountain (Everest, no less), alone, in a storm, in almost 0-visibility, below freezing temperatures, 3- times, to save 3 lives, one by one; Legendary!!!
Add to that the fact he did the fixed ropes along with Neil Biedelmann (sp?) and also spent an hour and a half at the summit helping clients, makes it all the more amazing. It's OK that book blaming him for going ahead, but if you're putting ropes up for climbers to use, how can you not be ahead of them? The very nature of the job of fixing ropes puts you ahead. Add that extra hour and a half at the summit and helping clients to summit, then he had no choice but to descend then - had he not done that he would not have been able to mount that superhuman rescue that he did. I do think that if someone is diverted onto rope fixing, then to expect them to guide afterwards with no issues, for the length of time they normally would, is insane and grossly unfair as is criticising him for "climbing ahead" without acknowledging why he was ahead. Once he was diverted to rope fixing, then he shouldn't have been expected to (and criticised for not) guiding to the other guy's satisfaction. There's no mention here of Boukreev fixing the ropes either with Biedelmann.
Anatoli died in 1997. He was climbing Annapurna and an avalanche killed him. Annapurna I has the highest number of casualties of all the 8,000 meters mountains. My mother knows Sandy but I don’t know if they ever talked about this. I’m trying to go to Everest soon not to climb it I’m not that brave, but as a doctor to help those with altitude sickness and the experience. I really feel for Rob Hall’s family. He didn’t have to die.
@@lebronjames5601 Moro was extremely lucky to have escaped that avalanche..
I was so sad when Anatoli died. He saved so many lives... RIP.🌹
That's because Boukreev didn't fix the ropes. He gave Biedelmann the bottle of oxygen he wasn't using, so Biedelmann could go fix the ropes. The whole business is really quite extraordinary when you think about it, because Biedelmann was also the guy that waited to bring them all down again. I'm not sure if Biedelmann has any sort of book or memoir, he's featured prominently of course in various books and documentaries, but his role seems a bit over-shadowed by all the drama that took place.
The real heroes -Sherpas. They climb to live & all the others live to climb!
And Anatoli Bukreev
Absolute bullshit! The same sherpa you speak about never turned up to fix the ropes and teamed up with a completely different group....The sherpa involved caused these deaths!
Well said! Thank you!
@@donuttime2507 www.mountainzone.com/climbing/fischer/letters.html
@@donuttime2507 95 percent of the people who summit Everest could NEVER DO IT without the help of the Sherpas...
So more credit goes to these Sherpas than the paying clients that show up to climb...
Thank you Anatoly. Absolute legend helping those climbers!
May he rest in peace. He died not long after in December 1997 on the south face of Annapurna.
💓💓💓
RIP Anatoly....
Well not really he was actually the reason they were stuck up there I’m the first place.
He rushed down the mountain not helping the clients he was meant to and stayed in his tent for hours before the others struggled back to tell him they needed help
Beck is my superhero, badass, unstoppable!!! Respect for pilot
I have a hard time with Sandy pittman being credited with climbing Everest when she was hauled up a good portion of it
You are exactly right. It makes me wonder how many lives would have been saved had she not paid the Sherpa to short rope her. She is the reason why the ropes weren’t in place, which put all the climbers in jeopardy.
Makes my blood boil
Could she have paid (bribed) the sherpa to take her up and that's why she refuses to talk about it?
she is a person that everybody loves to hate, 8 people would still be alive if the sherpa had been on time with the rope
Same here
I’m laying in bed sick but feeling extremely blessed that I’m warm and safe. Rip to all the victims 🙏🏻
They put themselves in that situation. RIP BOZOS
Hopefully nothing serious and you are fully recovered by now 🙂
Hope you’re all better and still feeling grateful 🙏
Anatoli Bukreev saved three lives. A year later he got back and buried in stones those he couldn’t save in May 96. Recommend his book upon those events - The climb. Tragic ambitions on Everest.
I read The Climb. Fascinating..I couldn't put it down!
@@fligler I read it for two nights! Seems you are in love with the mountains.
Great book!
That book was written in response to Into Thin Air, in which he (correctly, imo) felt he'd been unfairly maligned. To Krakauer's credit though in a second edition of ITA he acknowledges the unparalleled heroism and staggering mental and physical effort it would have taken to pull off the rescue he did. It's ironic that Jon was so harsh on him when they both held pretty similar views about climbing Everest - too many barely-qualified people making the attempt, needing their hand held the whole way, was going to end in disaster eventually, and use of supplemental O2 should be reserved for emergencies only
I was on Everest many years ago in my youth. I miserably failed to summit, I didn't even come close, I was the weakest person on the whole damn Mountain, but it changed me forever. After Everest everything in normal life seemed much easier. That has never changed. After Everest you will never sweat the small shit in life ever again. After Everest my military basic training was like a vacation.
U didn't fail u attempted it
It’s an easy climb. More of a tourist attraction.
@@rl2769 said someone who I'm sure has summited...
Wow what was it like? What was the mental dialogue like up there??
Hey you did fine. You remind me of myself. I used to worry about everything. Then I had cancer and now I don't worry about any of the stuff I used to.
Bottom line-the leaders failed. Rob, Scott and Neal all ignored the turnaround time. Their decisions caused this tragedy.
Neil was not a leader; he was a guide. In the past, guides had been sued for “calling the shots”. Why didn’t Scott provide his guides with radios so he could have told them to go down? There’s a lot more to this story than is told here. Neil saved a lot of lives.
@@gracereed597 In interviews Neal admitted that they stayed on the summit too long. He bears some responsibility for the tragedy.
All of these people were adults and presumably had experience and skills. Each individual could have & should have kept to the schedule. While Rob & Scott had the biggest burden of responsibility, ALL of the climbers bear the responsibility of knowing the plan, sticking to the plan, and supporting the leader in sticking to the plan. But that's hard when you've paid $50,000 or $60,000 and have one chance to get to the top. Plans & rules start falling by the wayside.
That helicopter pilot is the real hero. He did what nobody else has done and get that helicopter to that height.
Early in the documentary - clip of Scott Fischer talking about knowing the risks and being careful, quote “you’ll never get asked to climb another mountain if you're dead” and “most people who die die on their way back down” - and he still pushed it too far and died on the way back down. He knew it, he knew how people get killed in the attempt, and he made the big mistake anyway.
Yes - most likely because he was (or felt) responsible for his clients?
@@giddygrub7176 actually I have to say in Scott Fischer’s case at least he only killed himself. None of his clients died - the dead clients & guide Andy Harris were all from Rob Hall’s expedition, and the other three fatalities were from the Indo-Tibetan border police expedition. I still think Fischer’s death is his own fault but he didn’t take anyone else he was responsible for down with him.
@@mglenn7092 agreed, as Anatoly got the Fischer team members back to camp. Otherwise there certainly would have been fatalities from his group. I do wonder if Scott wouldn't have proceeded, feeling unwell, if he didn't have clients still up the mountain. Sadly we'll never know.
Prayers for all who succeeded and Prayers for those who didn't.The Rob Hall expedition......
@@giddygrub7176 Scott's situation is a bit of a strange one because it gets into something that's rarely addressed in these stories, overexertion further down the mountain.
There's a balancing act to play between acclimatizing to the altitude which requires exertion and exhausting yourself before summit day so that there's just less left in the tank and less resources for your body to handle the slowly dying that you're doing above 8000m. From 'The Climb' it's suggested that while Scott was a very strong climber that shouldn't have been in any trouble given his overall capabilities and the conditions on summit day he spent a lot of time climbing up and down the mountain holding hands of clients that probably should have been turned back earlier and certainly should have not been dealt with just by Scott. Scott's feeling of responsibility for clients down the mountain meant he showed up to summit day far more spent then anyone should be and this ended up presenting itself in the worst way.
If Scott had just been tired he might have been able to self-report his issues, maybe hand off a radio to Anatoli, and head back down before summiting and probably save his life in the process. Instead he seemed to have had HACE which further impacts the already compromised thinking and that altitude and just can't think through the scenario he's in and keeps climbing long long after he should have turned back. The radio handoff also has a substantial chance of allowing Anatoli to save more then he did since he'd know about the client problems earlier and have a far better idea where they are. You could be down to just the Rob/Andy/Doug insanity near the peaks causing casualties on this side of Everest.
On the day of the climb at least Scott's clients didn't keep him on the mountain, we DO know that because he was still climbing when the last of his clients started descending, there was no purpose at that point to keep climbing, his role as 'sweep' ( help the last client climber along ) could now be filled by just following his last client down. Unfortunately high altitude and probably HACE kept him from realizing this so he kept going through the motions of what the plan was.
Remember when news organizations used to do this quality and depth on many or most stories? I miss those days....
Pepperidge Farm remembers....
@@mrwdpkr5851 I think even they have forgotten ...
Very true
Amen.
that pilot is an absolute legend.
I’m not a climber, but have become really interested in Everest over the past week. Just one suggested video and I’ve watched lots now. I’ve learnt lots I didn’t know and now have so much respect for anyone who even tried to climb it. I didn’t know how dangerous it was and the time it can take to climb til I watched this video and other vids. RIP to all those who died wile trying. So glad I watched a suggested video.
It is my dream of a lifetime to NEVER attempt to climb Mt Everest. Somehow, I think there's a really good chance that my dream will come true.
One of the things to learn is never make someone promise to wait. If Beck Weathers had accepted some of the offers he had for an escort to Camp 4, he would have been safely in the tents before the storm hit. Maybe having one less partially-disabled climber would have helped the others move more quickly so that the Japanese woman would have survived.
I agree
Also if they all had radios that would have been better
Right. I wish somebody would have thought of the fact that they could've radioed up to Rob Hall stating not to look for Beck, he has gone back down already.
@@cathyizzo7886 I don't think Rob Hall ever came far enough down the mountain to look for Beck. He left Beck much lower than the spot where he became stuck.
I need to stop binge watching these Everest videos every few months. I’m starting to recognize individual snowflakes on the mountain
That chopper pilot is a beast,definitely a brave man.
Stud
I was surprised that Lene Gammelgaard the Danish climber did not get mentioned once in this film. She was a member of Scott Fischer's team, and by summiting, became the first Scandinavian woman to climb Mount Everest. Considering the mayhem unfolding on the mountain, she survived relatively unscathed. She published a book Climbing High, about her experiences of those fateful days on Everest.
Wow. I’ve watched at least a dozen versions of this, starting with the book, Into Thin Air, and the movies, podcasts and footage and wow, I’ve don’t remember her mentioned and that is a shame. She got overshadowed by the story of the century,
PBS documentary mentions her.
same about schoening
There are so many different stories it makes me wonder how embellished they all must be
@@dannydevito5729 Unless it's prior to 1996, I believe them. So much of the 1996 climb was videotaped, so you can't really argue with that. And today? My god, everyone tapes everything.
I watched a documentary about 2019 on Everest, where 11 people died (versus 8 in 1996). The documentary showed video of Anjali Kulkarni arriving at base camp, doing regular hikes with her husband, being further down the mountain than him, and then her dying. If you've seen a clip of a woman in a bright green or yellow (I forget) outfit getting pulled up by two men in red outfits, you've now just witnessed Anjali's last moments. And if you see the bottleneck, you'll understand why people ran out of oxygen and died.
So much can happen in the death zone, which starts at 26,000ft. Everest is 29,032. That's over 3,000 feet just vertically, probably several miles on foot. If you're held up or any sort of storm hits, you better have the oxygen. So I tend to believe any story that's from 1996 onwards.
Lt. Col Madan K.C. Hell of a pilot , with a massive and brave heart. Anatoli Bokreev. Hell of a climber...with a massive and brave heart.
After absorbing anything new about Everest,I am now rewatching them all again! I don't want to climb Mt Everest yet I read and watch so much about it ? What's wrong with me 😂
Very well done. The best telling of the story I have seen. No stretching of the story to add to the suspense, no backstories that go on and on.
not really, a lot of facts left out
Had no idea so much 96 footage existed. Incredible
I'll be quite frank. If you're paying someone for your survival to Everest, then you're not capable, nor should you be there. Commercial mountaineering erodes the integrity of the mountaineer - it's not a life style, it's not trendy, it's something you are.
Agree
So, Sir Edmund Hillary was not capable?
Interesting take.
Sherpas are the ones almost every Everest climber has paid to help them survive.
Without these paid aids almost no one would have made it.
Almost every climber who has ever summited Mt. Everest has paid others to help them survive.
The paid aids are called Sherpas.
Going by your narrow view not even Sir Endmund Hillary was capable enough to climb Everest.
“If you want to change them, you shouldn’t marry them” smart woman.
Thank you, love the name also.
Does insurance pay for the bills?
As far as hospital
@angel Gil dont try to blame your lack of personal growth on the women you've fucked lol
Marry me
It's so haunting to hear Scott Fisher talk about people push themselves to the summit and die going down. He pushed to hard and went without oxygen and he paid that price. So 😔
Everyone thinks "not me though, won't happen."
Of course the human loss is devastating, but I hate that the amount of discarded oxygen tanks left by previous hikers was just glossed over. I understand a climber wants to reduce their load as much as possible, especially when that item is of no use anymore. I just think it's sad that we leave a trail of rubbish wherever we go.
Exactly , I do think same
Hippies. Maybe start a program to climb up there and clean the area up. Or just get over it?
@@user-sz2px8pv3f or maybe I could go through TH-cam videos and harrass people via comments that express opinions I disagree with hey bud?
Yeah i felt a little the same but in the end is not like there is life up there, i think that try to clean at the death zone is impossible xD
@@user-sz2px8pv3fI’m going to invent robots to do it in the future.
Omg, it’s 25 years already... I was in Nepal that spring. In Kathmandu, everyone was talking about the tragedy. So sad
Oh whoa!!! Were you vacationing there?
@@exposingliars9824 no, not really. I did part of my internship (for medical school) in Nepal
The main mistake that day was forgetting that:
*Climbing up is Optional…*
*while*
*Climbing down is Mandatory!!!!*
In my English class, we just finished a snippet of the book into thin air and then watched the 2015 movie Everest. After watching the movie and reading the book it really makes you look at things differently. RIP to all the climbers who sadly passed while climbing.
Should be called, "The mountain that doesn't cater to fools"
Love all those mountaineering video, thanks so much for posting mate !🙌
This is my first annual marathon… I just finished every single Cave Diving video ever made. Took a year…. I’ve moved here to Everest, waiting for new cave videos. 💚😊
Nepalese army pilot colonel Madan KayCee, and the honorable Anatoli Boukreev, the unsung heros who went above and beyond the call! Truly a rare breed of men willing to put their lives at risk, so others may live. May God shield you, and shine His Grace upon you all the days of your lives!
It is a heart breaking to see Rob and Scott ‘ s bodies up on the mountain they both loved
One of the best documentations, I have seen about this tragedy, because it is first hand and filmed not long, after all happened.
You can still see the drama and what happened directly in their faces....!
I’ve watched many Everest 1996 programs over the years. I am always impressed with Ron, Neil, Andy, Mike, Anatoli, and Beck. Beck attempted to summit Everest and returned a changed man. Peach Weathers! I want her on my team! And the hero helicopter pilot who saved lives. Wow! I would never climb Everest. I like my fingers and toes too much. There is much to learn in the Everest documentaries. Life is so precious.
Man that ice fall and ladders are what stops me wanting to climb Everest, iv climbed every mountain all over Ireland to which some are very dangerous but don't even come close to even the smallest peaks in the himalayas I can only imagine how difficult of an ascent and descent everest is,hats off to all that have successfully and attempted to climb Everest even to make it past the ice fall is a mission and a half in itself, and the work the sherpas as carry out also you would truly need balls of titanium for this expedition
I know it sounds weird, but as a boy I was very fascinated by mountain climbing. Until I found out they used ropes, tents, oxygen and things. It just seemed like cheating to me, and I lost all interest. if my unreasonable standards were kept though, most mountains in the world would still be unclimbed. Which would be a good thing if you ask me. Not sure if it was a joke or not, but I read that the Chinese are planning to build a spa on top of Everest with an elevator going up. Whatever wonders Mt Everest still holds, if any, would surely be lost among all the wobbly and sexually frustrated 55 yar olds listening to pan flute music with cucumber slices over their eyes.
I sometimes think we need a nuclear war or something...
Hats off to anyone who wasn't "hauled up", anyway.
Been watching so many documentaries on this recently. And then all of the sudden this pops up in my feed. Instant click
These emotional and terrible stories are very helpful when you get through a hard patch in life. I can't justify why, but feeling someone that was in worse situation and pulled it through, is more helpful than anything else.
I have been on this Everest rabbit hole from 10pm to now 7am 😂
Makes me so sad. Hall was doing his best to help Hanson achieve his goal. Hall desperately tried to bring Hanson down, but could not do it. The Sherpas were very brave trying to reach Hall. Sadly, everyone who died that day was a tragedy.
Doug had turned around went back down to camp 4 because he was so behind. Rob convinced him to turn around and go back up to try to summit. Had Rob let Doug go back down, both would had likely survived the storm. Rob made the wrong decision and both Doug and Rob paid with their lives.
You can’t pay those Sherpas enough for the the task they perform!
The Ruskie was the hero of this story. Sounds from the details of the story the sherpas failed in roping the route from the top of the hillary step which cost 2hrs on every person that summary.
They don’t pay enough just sad, because them egomaniac climbers spend a lot just to climb!
There's a great tendancy online to ass-kiss the Sherpas constantly. No one forces them to climb, or porter. They do it for monetary reward, which relative to their economy is worthwhile. If they don't want to do it or it's not worth it for them- they won't.
Its not their job to save inexperienced and out of shape Climbers.
You are so right and they don't pay them enough.
The feeling described sounds similar to being "air hungry" with asthma, COPD etc 😭very scary and painful. God bless them. Amen
I first experienced this when I had the distinct misfortune of having COVID pneumonia in both lungs. Scary is an understatement.
It is still a status egotistical symbol. Unfortunately some people put their own lives and the lives of the sherpas in danger because they want to summit at all costs.
Thank you for uploading these Everest videos from 1996. So much stuff I've never seen before.
This documentary is the perfect example of just how frustrating and insane TH-cam's blocking negative votes really can be. It would be interesting to note how many agree and how many disagree with individual comments on documentaries such as this. Especially on comments discussing trading the mountains, individual responsibility for one's own death etc.
Beck Evans… what an honourable and courageous man. As much an inspiration on that mountain as off of it. Thank you for sharing your story mate.
We're covering the story on my podcast. I'm a climber and trail runner and have been obsessed with Everest stories forever and have been a subscriber of yours for awhile. I am absolutely stoked to see you put this on your channel. You rock, brother!
It's still beyond my comprehension to put so many in danger to save you bc you want to climb a mountain.
all responsibility lies on Rob and Scott, as group leaders, they both made this mistakes which lead to this disaster, but they paid for it with their lives, unfortunately and with lives of some Rob’s clients, none of Scott’s clients died thanks to Anatoli (RIP), and bad luck with weather of course, not considering any other explanation of this tragedy as a truth
This is more informative than any of the movies. In the movies it just shows the mistakes but this explains how they happened and who was at fault. Mistake after mistake compounding the disaster, for all the talk of the jog the sherpas do the Ruskie was the real hero in this tragedy. RIP brave mountaineers.
Amazing story with such tragedy involved thanks for sharing 👍
An incredible story. So much is learned from tragedy. That's why stop lights are finally put at intersections, cleanliness was finally added to surgery, etc. This too is filled with lessons from tragedy. My heart goes out to them all and to their families.
I can’t believe they left that guy waiting for hour and a half, while they were celebrating at the summit!
Great videos I've been climbing for many years I'm old now I've always put a lot of thought into what I do I turned around more times than I've made it to the top that's for sure for my safety but I would never want to put anyone else's life in jeopardy because of my you have to be responsible for yourself number one rule more than once I've had climbers pass me where I'm turning around I bet you're there in trouble when I climb with my heart but my brain is in charge
What a pilot.
Amazing.
Not meaning disrespect to the dead, but beck says rob said " my main goal is not the summit, its getting you back safe" well he broke every climbing rule, including that one, he should have insisted everyone turn around at 2, but nope he pushed on, and paid for it dearly
For the last time... Sandy DID NOT climb Everest!!! Her Sherpa did!!!
Ikr
In some sort of way Sandy can be blamed for the deaths of at least some people.
Louder for the people at the back!!!!
She is to blame for a few deaths. She had to be saved by several people. One woman had to give sandy hill her oxygen. Worthless human being who wants to be something she is not.
@@daddad1062 yep.
She disrespected the locals at base camp, but didn't stop there.
I think she should rectify this publicly by revealing which part of Everest she actually climbed herself.
I believe there's a woman named Charlotte who was on the same expedition, different team, who actually climbed to the top and back down... mad respect 🙏
Anatoly was the hero of this whole story
I've got so much respect for these people who go above and beyond to save others. they are a only a few who fit that humble and selfless acts ✌🏻🇬🇧👍🏻
Chopper pilot, a hero for sure. Love and respect from Texas
Great reporting from abc... why does Sandy Pittman refused to share her reasons/comment over the situation that changed that sherpa and Scott Fisher's original duty to fix the ropes? She's left on a really bad side, questionable morals... Sure not her fault the final decisions from each individual, but she sure contributed to the chain of events that resulted in this tragedy
I don’t believe at all that she was personally dragged up the mountain by a Sherpa. Not even a Sherpa could drag her up the Hillary Step if she wasn’t able to do it herself. So clearly she was able to get up and down the HS alone. If she was capable of that, she was also capable of climbing the rest. She was more capable than Doug Hansen, for example, she since was up to the summit and en route back down, just a few metres from camp. She was still able to walk when Anatoli came to rescue them from the huddle. That suggests she was pretty physically capable. I can’t imagine why others have to gain from placing blame on this woman….
@@fantastischfish Well, she used far more ox then the others, she was helped by almost everybody else and yes, she went up with an assistance of Sherpa who had different duty.
Very little actually.
@@fantastischfishThey have nothing to gain. It's just the truth. She was fast-roped.
What a disaster. Litany of bad decisions, but the ropes not being set is ultimately what cost most of them their lives. And that appears to rest on Pittman.
That seems about right and the fact she passed up on doing a interview speaks volumes. 4 people in that lot should never have been near that mountain and she was one of them.
No, it wasn’t her fault. It was Scott Fischer’s - the guy who ran her group’s expedition. If he would have done the right thing and decided to tell his “high profile” client that she would not be allowed to continue beyond a certain point, the chain of events that led to this disaster could have been mitigated.
@@redbetty1284exactly Scott was responsible
Jane Arnold awesome lady & she understood her man & has made peace .. deep respect mam ! Rob Hall true legend .!! Anatoli savior .. true hero ....!! Beck Weathers .. shows Power of human love & emotions ... the drive to live..
An hour and 45 minutes at the summit is insane. Absolutely insane.
I just my notifications to ALL ❤️
This channel is awesome! Thank you for everything 💯
25 Years ago - it still gives me the chill‘s.
They know the risks. I don't understand the saying "I do it because it's there"! Perhaps I'm a coward but so far I've made it to 81 and hopefully many more. I just think of their families and wish the climbers thought more about them also. So sad.
I see nothing but success in the posture of the helicopter pilot! Wow! Is all I can say! Anatoli is a legendary HERO!
$65,000 for a lifetime of trauma? Idk if it’s worth it bro…
R.I.P Anatoli Bukrejew you was a real hero this day 🙏
Obsessovely watching videos of Everest. Never watched an interview with Rob Hall. What a handsome guy he was.
Every time I watch these documentaries, I still don't understand how people didn't learn from this expedition particularly.
Beck Weathers refused to die! It's incredible what the human mind is capable of accomplishing and motivating a frozen body to do.
I have so much admiration for Beck Weathers. He absolutely had a guardian angel that was watching over him💕
Thanks for this video
I knew early on when they showed Scott Fisher saying no better place to hang out than on Everest, that it wasn't gonna end well for him. Also, all that big safety talk during the team leaders meeting went right out the window once they started. SMH
Everest 2015 movie is based on this tragedy..what a Great movie..truly majestic views of Everest climbing teams by two rival team leaders..Rob and Scott..and this rivalry/ competition/urge/need to take maximum number of clients(not climbers) to the top of world, lead the two leaders to make wrong dicisions at 28000 feet...and 2015 movie -Everest tell about it, in a majestic & wonderful manner...
It is my favorite movie, by far.
These documentaries are better than the movie
God Bless Mr. Anatoli.
Im on an everest marathon too im so fascinated by these people who don't know when to turn around
Such a senseless tragedy! Sandy Pittman bears a great deal of responsibility for the deaths of those climbers.
Absolutely
What an absolutely ridiculous statement
@@fantastischfish not ridiculous at all
@@fantastischfish If she couldn't climb on her own up the mountain she shouldn't have been there
@@fantastischfish she was dead weight and a burden. She is most definitely a POS and to blame.
Good job 👍 Thank you 🌹
Who could imagine how something so beautiful, so sacred would also be so devastating, so tragic?
Storm Over Everest by Frontline is also a "must see" for anyone interested in this story.
About 40 to 50 years ago only real mountaineers dare to make it to Everest..climbing was in their blood....but now with ease of travel gears ,guides,fixed ropes,technologically advanced best gear & equipments, all the rich & money spoiled & stupidly enthusiastic bad boys are going there..They have nothing to do with the love of mountaineering...and this is happening all over the world at top tourist destinations...not for true love but just for a photo click or selfie of personal life...This has become nature of these modern people & so tragedy is inevitable...
Agree. And I am really sad that Everest has become large junk yard 😣