Never seizes to amaze me how much effort goes into these video documentaries. Aidin is one of the best, and most underrated creators on this platform by far.
I couldn't agree more! The effort put in these videos, not just this one, is amazing. It has a professional vibe, if I can say so. Something not seen everyday. I am definitely going to share this so that others experience this masterpiece. Keep it up!
I was born in the Alps and now live on the opposite side of the world 🇦🇺 I was in Chamonix and hiked other areas during last year’s summer heat wave . It made me so incredibly sad. We had temperatures of over 25C at 2500m. I witnessed the total absence of mid altitude wildlife such as marmots as it was simply too hot for them. All the streams were gushing with glacial melts and you could literally see the imminent death of the La Grave glaciers in real time.
I was in the Eastern Alps last year. When we arrived at the summit (around 3800m) at 8 o' clock, it already had 8°C. The same path we used to climb the upper glacier was now covered by a small stream of water with a varying water level around 5-10cm. I agree, seeing this really makes one sad.
I flew over the Alps last summer and the sight was horrifying. I can remember before the glacial retreat really got going and the extensive summer ice coverage on the mountain range.
I live at the foot of the Alps... and I love hiking. Seeing the soul of my home being baked away in record heat wave after record heat wave is just so sad.
Same I was born and raised in Switzerland and live on a mountain and I have seen the evolution first hand of the "glacier des diablerets" it made me so sad to see it split for the first time in 10000 years....
Thanks for sharing this documentary. My grandpa spent his entire life as a high mountain guide in Chamonix. After ten years of retirement, we surprised him with a helicopter ride to revisit his beloved mountains. But the changes devastated him, seeing the landscape he knew so well completely transformed left him profoundly sad.
Quite a controversial job. Depending on mass tourism which is further destroying the valley, but also so close to nature and its changes. I'd say helicopter rides are more than controversial though...
So heart breaking to see the glaciers receding each year you climb in the Alps. It used to be a joy to watch the seracs crack and fall on the Argentière glacier, now each time a cliff of ice tumbles, it's with a huge wave of sadness.
This is not a youtube documentary, this is movie quality documentary. Absolutely mental how you manage to create sich storytelling while maintaining the already insane editing structure that is so unique
@@latergator4154 perhaps your delicate sensibilities would be better served if you just skipped this content creator. Or you could fund him yourself and stop whining about how he chooses to make his money.
@@1GirlieGirl content creators who use their subscribers mental health issues to make money off of, are horrible people. everyone KNOWS Better Health is a SCAM, so I suggest you take several seats. The creators don’t even actually USE the services, when they say”I use better health”blah blah- yes, they’re using it as a money making tool. So come correct before you come for me. My comment to OP was polite, and informative. Yours was trashy, and uneducated. DO BETTER.
@@1GirlieGirl maybe they can make their money by NOT scamming their subscribers??? That ever cross those 2 brain cells that need a little more rubbing together..?
With my school in 2001 we went to visit the Mer de glace, I found it very stunning, already back then the local guides told us that it was melting and it won't be the same anymore, now that we can see the change, I feel grateful on one hand to have visited this 20 years ago, but I feel deeply sad regarding the tragic evolution...
Yeah, never heard of the Mer de glace until this summer when I went in the area. I got so disappointed when I walked there because there was not much left and many rocks above. I couldn't go further because I wasn't alone but in my head it was: "rip, you visited that place too late".
It is though. Not Climate change itself, but the rapid change of it. It takes a long time for a glacier to melt down like this. Also, do you think that by the way we are living today we don't have no impact on the enviroment at all?@@VestaJ17
@VestaJ17 This year for the first time I saw signs against open fire in forests around my city. I don't live in California. I live in a mild climate in Central Europe. And yet droughts are becoming an issue. There's a possibility we will have to start water rationing during Summer. Not to mention that mild winters don't kill off the bugs underground which makes them more of an issue for farmers. Both droughts and pests cause food prices to raise But there's no human harm caused by global warming Not to mention the new waves of refugees coming soon to Europe. This time they will be climate refugees. Equally desperate to move in inspite of the growing anti refugee sentiments. Yeah, sure. Political destabilisation of Europe historically has always ended well for the rest of the world
My mum was instructor for training Glacier guides in the 1960s in Norway. As a child I have been a few times with her on the glaciers. The whole landscape has completely changed from that time. None of the landscapes from the photos from that time still exists, it is all gone.
That’s because it takes a long time for the ice that built up during a Little Ice Age to melt. Has nothing to do with climate change, except that the climate change 200 years ago and made it warm enough so we didn’t have problems growing crops. Don’t let the propaganda get to you. CO2 is plant food and has never warmed this planet. There’s no evidence anywhere whatsoever, no peer reviewed paper it’s just pure nonsense. Look at the ice core data.
I've been going to the French alps on holiday every summer since I was 7 months old. I'm only 20 but even I have seen first hand how fast Mont Blanc and the glaciers have melted. This summer we went on a 3-day hike, we were between an altitude of 1900m and 2800m at 10 in the morning and the temperature were above 25°C. It's devastating and honestly really scary to think about these landscapes slowly disappearing.
In my childhood, my parents always took me hiking in the alps during summer. I've been to almost every town mentioned in this video, and while I've never been a mountain climber, I've hiked on and around Mont Blanc several times in my life. Knowing these captivating landscapes are dying and changing so rapidly feels genuinely heartbreaking.
As a glaciologist and mountaineer I think you've done really well to cover and explain all the key points here. It's tough watching something you love so dearly slowly die and fade into something so far removed from its former glory. With all the changes increasingly famous mountaineering routes are becoming significantly harder or untenable, which brings a sad sense of urgency to get on them before its too late.
What do you do exactly and where do you do it as a glaciologist? That sounds super cool, I love mountains and climbing gyms, I want to summit mountains in the future and in the fall I'm going to college for geology
I was at Mer de Glace in May. From the end station, looking at the valley where just 20, 30, 100 years ago was a glacier, but now is just rock and soil, was one of the most depressing sights and feelings I've been into over the last several years. We are frogs, just sitting and slowly boiling ourselves alive. :(
Very well done, and well researched video, Aidin. I am a mountaineering guide myself on Mount Rainier, here in Washington state. We are experiencing the same sort of thing as the Alps. Our glaciers here are similarly melting at an alarming rate, and it seems that every year, the climbing season where it is considered safe to take clients up onto the glaciers seems to shrink and shrink. Not long ago at all, we used to climb from April to October. Now, we’ve just had to shut down again in mid August because of no safe route to the summit. Most people don’t think of climate change too much, or if they do, they don’t personally see any way it affects them. Living near the mountains all of my life, and my hobbies and employment depending on them, I see the effects of climate change every year, and especially over the last decade or so, looking back. Unfortunately once the snow and ice melts, it never seems to come back, even on a very good snow year. The summers get warmer and warmer, as the freezing level climbs higher and higher. We can see every year new parts of the mountains exposed, that have been covered in ice for countless thousands of years. My hope is that we start voting for climate action now - not years or decades later before significant change in our trajectory is too little, too late.
These things are cyclical and it's not just caused by humans. The glaciers will grow exponentially again in the future and drastically melt again.just like they have since tectonics made it a mountain.wether humans are around to document it or not.
@@brandonkoch3852 Please get a grip of actual science. It doesn't depend on "humans being around to document" something. We can measure into the past way beyond live documentation. We have mapped the relevant cycles far into the past and we can measure the speed of change now and compare it to the speed of change then. Your notion that denying basic physical constants and laws is in any way helpful is noted and dismissed.
Living at the foot of some of the highest peaks of the Alps, this ideo actually managed to bring me to tears. It's so heartbreaking to see my home melting away.
Wow, I climbed this mountain without any experience half a month ago with two of my friends. I quit at the Gouter Hut because of a tragic accident which opened my eyes. Seeing this brings back these memories in an instant. Thank you for uploading this masterpiece Aidin!
I have been fortunate enough to climb all the 4000m peaks & ski in the Alps for 30+ years. I have witnessed the shrinking of the Mer de Glace with my own eyes, annual photographs and sore muscles from the additional metal steps year on year. In February this year I skied the Vallee Blanche for what I believe will be my last time. The lower half now resembles a polished ice rink with the rubble field and the metal steps to finish. 5 days ago I took my young children to Cham’ to see Daddy’s mountains and had the realisation that I may never stand on the summit of Mont Blanc wih them. The same scene was apparent on a trip to Zermatt, looking up from Randa & Tasch towards the Mischabel chain. Where once there was ice, now crumbling rock. Heartbreaking.
Just got back from New Zealand's southern alps, Fox Glacier and Franz Josef glacier and what I saw compared to ten years ago was shocking. The glaciers have receded massively. Landslides littered the roads, whole mountainsides had collapsed in landslides, what snow fell fell incredibly late in the season, and their was a dusting of snow on the majority of the alps where once there was thick, persistent snow on these mountains for months on end. I was shocked how warm it was. Most mountaineering and trekking routes are becoming more unstable. I felt palpably that climate change is here and it's only just getting warmed up.
As a climber, this is such a well told story. I've lost a few friends to falling rocks - all caused by melting permafrost. It's a crazy feeling, seeing this wonderful environment slowly wither away, and feeling the danger of it. Thank you for telling the glacier's story, and telling ours.
I`m really sorry that your friends lost their lives on the mountains. They died doing what they loved but I still feel sad when people lose their lives in accidents on the mountains as from many of the accounts I`ve read many lives could have been saved if they`d turned back or stayed away when there was weather or avalanche warnings. Sometimes with even the most amount of careful preparation, freak accidents happen where people are in the wrong place at the wrong time and nothing could have prevented their deaths but I somehow feel there are too many gung ho risk takers nowadays who are overly confident about their skills, terrain, weather etc etc and lose out. Because of the popularity of Bear Grylls and other idiots like him, too many people think they`re invincible and think nothing will happen.
As a kid around '95 I was at the Mt Blanc, took the train up, and from the deck in the distance we saw a small ice and rock avalanche. Only one I've seen in my life but man, for such a small one it was quite impressive.
amazing work Aidin, visually brilliant, educational and gripping. I myself have been trying to take on a more educational type of travel video format, so watching this was even more inspiring for me!
The storytelling was so beautiful, at the end the music with the drone shots showed how beautiful the snow/glaciers on the mountains were mixed with "this isnt going to be here forever"
I’m too broken down now but I spent years climbing and skiing in the Rockies. I moved to Canada in the 80’s and actually encountered serious glaciers and ice fields for the first time. The glaciers are retreating here as well and will eventually pose serious problems for agriculture and water resources for much of the region.
Same here in Austria. All predictions for natural water resources were always very much in favor of Austria compared to some of its neighbors due to the Alps covering much of its surface. What no one expected was how quickly the Eastern, less mountainous parts of the country would dry up after a "few" years of unusual heat. At this point, municipal administrations are considering restrictions on private swimming pools and "excessive" private gardening for hotter months. I guess it goes without saying that the more level regions in question are also the ones providing most of our national agriculture...
Very nice video, but there’s two things which constantly drive me mad with English-speaking content creators: 1) Not investing 15min to ask how places and people are pronounced correctly in local languages (Seriously - how often does he pronounce “Mont Blanc” wrongly? It’s painful…). 2) Favoring anglophone “locals” over any other ones.
This documentary hit me way harder than I ever expected. I really love the alps and seeing them fall apart this rapidly is just heartbreaking. It gives me even less hope for the future generations and the current one.
@@will7itsexactly… he probably bought the 15:00 warning about a town destroyed in 1892 due to climate change! Or global warming! One of those two existential fears.
@@bthemedia ohh ok I see what you’re on about from the other comments you left - the accident in 1892 was not caused by climate change - it was much more likely just an extreme weather event - which, with climate change, are more likely to happen. And no I didn’t “buy into it” I actually studied what happens by looking at cause and effect and now in uni were not taught that “omg look it’s so hot wow” but we actually do the calculations and meteorology basics to explain phenomena. You could perfectly trust me to predict your weather but when it comes to climate you suddenly ridicule the science? Why? Because you don’t know even just the basics of it.
6th year of watching your videos. From talking about how travel videos are meaningless and now making videos in the same cinematic styles but with so much depth and understanding of the subject. Everything is so well-structured I can't appreciate enough. The script behind the video, the phrase like, "the years becoming closer together, and the signs becoming farther apart". Just WOW!! You can just tell by looking that it's an 'Aidin Robbin's Video'.
wild and amazing to see the level of production and detail in your videos grow. I'll keep saying this Aidin, you got a gift as a story teller, thank you for sharing that with all of us. keep crushing it!
I watched this in awe and fear. awe for you and fear for the impact global warming has had and will have on us. Thank you for making this amazing film.
I visited real mountains for the first time last year, and went to see the Pasterze glacier in Austria, near the highest point at Grossglockner. I was nearly moved to tears when I saw what was left of it compared to what my parents had seen 20 years earlier. Seeing how much ice melted in the past few centuries makes my gut churn. I felt a deep sense of sadness when I visited.
greate video, chamonix, the summits and glaciers are my second home and it is sad to see that the glaciers are melting and that many tours are no longer possible or too dangerous :(. PS: does anyone know the name of the intro song?
This is such a shocking video, my daughter and I were on a ski trip to Chamonix in 2004, the Mar de Glace has changed so much in just that span of time it is unrecognizable, and just overwhelming how much the glacier has receded.
Have a close colleague who regularly goes there and does these things like Mont Blanc nightime climbing. Sometimes I make fun of him as if he is insane and suicidal, but I actually deeply respect this. It seems like an incredible way to spend your life. Mountains and galaciers are breathtaking even from "down there" for those of us, who cannot reach the peak... Anyway, Chamonix is definitely on my to do list. At least from "down there":-D
Please keep making these i you are an original content creator one of the only and amazing cinematography and colour editing also story telling is amazing i want to make something like this you go over the top for these videos.
Everest is the tallest in the world (which is as relevant as your comment) (Unless you’re exceptionally proud of Elbrus, and are just hoping to increase its popularity, in which case- carry on, it’s a fine mountain!)
We've taken our Goldilocks planet, which is not just perfect for life but stunningly beautiful too, and effed it up, pumping and dumping chemicals into the ground and rivers and seas, carbon dioxide into the air, and sprinkle so much toxic microplastics around that there isnt a place on earth where you won't find them. Really sad that we've allowed greed to take over at the expense of our marvelous planet
Global warming has affected the mountain regions and the animals living there. This year was the record high temperature in the district "solukhumbu" where Mt.Everest is at record high temperature of 11 degrees. It fees so bad that these white giants are dying due to us.
I almost missed this because the title sounds like click bait. What a great film, thank you from someone who has spent a lot of time in the mountains climbing.
People from all over the world flying in to see this landscape being one of the main reasons for its disappearance is very ironic to watch - what a dramatic change over the years!
I've so touched by every single frame of this mini-documentary. So painfully sad to see the glaciers retreat into the heights and perhaps be gone forever within my life's time. Thanks Aidin.
From being randomly recommended your video "Sounds of the Pacific Northwest" to becoming my favourite channel on this platform. I've fallen in love with hiking and going to the mountains. I go once every year now. There's something that's just soothing up there. Something that makes me wanna throw my phone away and disappear up there forever. The thrill of looking down when I summitted my first and only peak is something I will never forget.
Realy good filming and naritive . I was in Alaska in 1979 , ended up in glacier bay . Most of the glaciers i saw you cannot . They are either gone or have receded. Like the Alps . I Have bad news for you . The Bible says the world would become old and warn out like a used garment . All this climate change is by desighn . If you want to know God you go to a quit place and or room . Yhe king James Bible the best . And ask continuously respectfully serously . Thankyou for yhis well done vidio . Ill never get to the alps . So this was good to watch .
15:00 in the year 1892 town destroyed 😢 Global Warming! Climate Change! The end is near! No, but really… we should all read the Bible and prepare our souls for the prophesies of the 2nd Coming… we know neither the time nor the place! 🙏
But people will believe what all reputable science institutions on the planet have to say in detriment to what that "TH-camr that lives in Norway" says. Crazy, right?
I just hope this wasn't made as an effort to make me feel bad, like i own a factory or something, really, i am not part of the board direction of any giant manufacturing big corp, theres nothing i can do about global warming, oh excuse me, climate change, or future word pending, put subs in chinese if you hope for results.
Given we were in a warming period anyway, I'd love to see a comparison between the expected rate of retreat and the actual rate, i.e., how much of this is anthropogenic. The difference shown is stark, but even if we'd never had an industrial revolution, it still would have retreated some.
Hahaha, lol - you think this kid does any research on geological scale changes in climate and glaciers?? Obviously climate change causes the 1892 flooding at 15:00
I was going to subscribe, but immediately decided not to after being bombarded with the Better Health ad. Shame, was looking forward to these beautiful videos.
Beautifully told story. Even though the topic is a somber one, the scenery is still beyond comprehension. Stunningly captured shots of all those glaciers.
Amazing documentary, first time I see your videos, certainly one to add to the list of "must watch". Just one comment, Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe, by far Elbrus (5,642 m) vs Mont Blanc (4,810 m). "Mount Elbrus and its glaciers are part of the European Continental plate. This is what makes it the highest peak in Europe, and therefore one of the Seven Summits." Also, Elbrus is one of the "Seven Summits" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Summits
Very nice content. Stunning images. Strong message that is not repeated enough. It would be great if you could recognize the locations you visited. Most of the interview is recorded at Monzino hut with the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey on the background, or the Innomonata ridge and the Aiguille Croux, which are landmarks of vol Veny in Italy. Thanks.
You didn’t make your point! The video showed wildlife thriving, people everywhere in the mountains and the alps. “The Alps are growing just as quickly in height as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result comes from a new study by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists. Due to glaciers and rivers, about exactly the same amount of material is eroded from the slopes of the Alps as is regenerated from the deep Earth's crust. The climatic cycles of the glacial period in Europe over the past 2.5 million years have accelerated this erosion process.” This throws excuse the pun cold water on you erosion due to climate, it’s says ALL the erosion is from ice and or water. So cold or hot the mountains will crumble like we’ve seen happen throughout history. You climate crisis is BS.
@@thiscommunityisgarbage8581 yup. Ad hominem attacks, sorry it’s difficult processing facts.
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Been a fan of your work and a subscriber to this channel for quite a while now, but this is next level. Incredible work. One of the highest quality youtube short documentaries I've ever seen. Beautiful.
Huge fan of your work Aidin learn everything from your videos. Your storytelling is unreal with those moody color grade always gives me goosebumps keep up the good work.
I dont believe the mountains are getting more dangerous. Just many more people there, the bar on their compitence is getting lower every year. And we now have hundreds of thousands of camara's present, to film all the dodgy choices they make for insta shots etc. So it looks like its more damgerous and more people getting hurt, but in reality, there are just way more tourists, with ever shrinking attention spans and lowering IQ's.
Mad respect and appreciation for what you're doing. These films take a immense amount of work, time and money, but, in the end, when it all comes together, I believe it is all worth it. Incredible subject choice, filmmaking and storytelling. You easily became one of my favorite YT channels. Keep rocking it! Much love from a engineer Brazil :)
Aidin, well done. I remember your channel as just videography tips and tricks, which were great. Although your travel videos are top notch. Great content and production. I love your choices of music too. Keep up with amazing work!
This is VERY interesting… I hadn’t noticed a lot/thought alot about the retreat of glaciers & effects of climate change on the mountain climbers & folks living there!! I live in Kansas farmland, & literally it is one of the opposite social & physical worlds apart!) It is very disturbing that they have signs posted every year where the glacier WAS the year before….!! (BTW, is is a great video/ I’m new here, & LOVE this type!! 10/10!) 🙂🙂❤️
Never seizes to amaze me how much effort goes into these video documentaries. Aidin is one of the best, and most underrated creators on this platform by far.
Means the world my friend!
I couldn't agree more! The effort put in these videos, not just this one, is amazing. It has a professional vibe, if I can say so. Something not seen everyday. I am definitely going to share this so that others experience this masterpiece. Keep it up!
Totally agree, another masterpiece!
he is right
Absolutely agreed, I think Aidin will become one of the big names of this niche.
I was born in the Alps and now live on the opposite side of the world 🇦🇺 I was in Chamonix and hiked other areas during last year’s summer heat wave . It made me so incredibly sad. We had temperatures of over 25C at 2500m. I witnessed the total absence of mid altitude wildlife such as marmots as it was simply too hot for them. All the streams were gushing with glacial melts and you could literally see the imminent death of the La Grave glaciers in real time.
I was in the Eastern Alps last year. When we arrived at the summit (around 3800m) at 8 o' clock, it already had 8°C. The same path we used to climb the upper glacier was now covered by a small stream of water with a varying water level around 5-10cm. I agree, seeing this really makes one sad.
I flew over the Alps last summer and the sight was horrifying. I can remember before the glacial retreat really got going and the extensive summer ice coverage on the mountain range.
But do you still drive, eat animals, consume, travel? If yes, you are an utter detriment to all life on Earth and everyone's habitats.
I live at the foot of the Alps... and I love hiking. Seeing the soul of my home being baked away in record heat wave after record heat wave is just so sad.
Same I was born and raised in Switzerland and live on a mountain and I have seen the evolution first hand of the "glacier des diablerets" it made me so sad to see it split for the first time in 10000 years....
Thanks for sharing this documentary. My grandpa spent his entire life as a high mountain guide in Chamonix. After ten years of retirement, we surprised him with a helicopter ride to revisit his beloved mountains. But the changes devastated him, seeing the landscape he knew so well completely transformed left him profoundly sad.
Quite a controversial job. Depending on mass tourism which is further destroying the valley, but also so close to nature and its changes. I'd say helicopter rides are more than controversial though...
@@damsh6408 Guiding is not controversial, but the sur-consumption of the Mont Blanc is. For the heli rides I agree.
Jesus
is using helicopter that bad?@@damsh6408
I'll bet. Here in canada one of my favorite childhood hikes had an awsome snowpack we would boot ski down. My son now can see a small pond.
So heart breaking to see the glaciers receding each year you climb in the Alps. It used to be a joy to watch the seracs crack and fall on the Argentière glacier, now each time a cliff of ice tumbles, it's with a huge wave of sadness.
Thx to weather modification
This is not a youtube documentary, this is movie quality documentary. Absolutely mental how you manage to create sich storytelling while maintaining the already insane editing structure that is so unique
Suh dude
Please don’t advertise for Better Health. They’re getting under a microscope for their shady business practices..
Ok Karen. Then YOU replace the funding he gets from them.
@@1GirlieGirlpeople shouldn’t let shity/shady organizations fund them, plain and simple.
@@latergator4154 perhaps your delicate sensibilities would be better served if you just skipped this content creator. Or you could fund him yourself and stop whining about how he chooses to make his money.
@@1GirlieGirl content creators who use their subscribers mental health issues to make money off of, are horrible people. everyone KNOWS Better Health is a SCAM, so I suggest you take several seats. The creators don’t even actually USE the services, when they say”I use better health”blah blah- yes, they’re using it as a money making tool. So come correct before you come for me. My comment to OP was polite, and informative. Yours was trashy, and uneducated.
DO BETTER.
@@1GirlieGirl maybe they can make their money by NOT scamming their subscribers???
That ever cross those 2 brain cells that need a little more rubbing together..?
With my school in 2001 we went to visit the Mer de glace, I found it very stunning, already back then the local guides told us that it was melting and it won't be the same anymore, now that we can see the change, I feel grateful on one hand to have visited this 20 years ago, but I feel deeply sad regarding the tragic evolution...
Yeah, never heard of the Mer de glace until this summer when I went in the area. I got so disappointed when I walked there because there was not much left and many rocks above. I couldn't go further because I wasn't alone but in my head it was: "rip, you visited that place too late".
It's sad how many still ignore this change as a lie.
@@teijaflink2226the lie is that its a devastating impact of humans
It is though. Not Climate change itself, but the rapid change of it. It takes a long time for a glacier to melt down like this. Also, do you think that by the way we are living today we don't have no impact on the enviroment at all?@@VestaJ17
@VestaJ17
This year for the first time I saw signs against open fire in forests around my city. I don't live in California. I live in a mild climate in Central Europe. And yet droughts are becoming an issue. There's a possibility we will have to start water rationing during Summer. Not to mention that mild winters don't kill off the bugs underground which makes them more of an issue for farmers. Both droughts and pests cause food prices to raise
But there's no human harm caused by global warming
Not to mention the new waves of refugees coming soon to Europe. This time they will be climate refugees. Equally desperate to move in inspite of the growing anti refugee sentiments. Yeah, sure. Political destabilisation of Europe historically has always ended well for the rest of the world
My mum was instructor for training Glacier guides in the 1960s in Norway. As a child I have been a few times with her on the glaciers. The whole landscape has completely changed from that time. None of the landscapes from the photos from that time still exists, it is all gone.
The landscape is still there there is just less snow genius.....
That’s because it takes a long time for the ice that built up during a Little Ice Age to melt. Has nothing to do with climate change, except that the climate change 200 years ago and made it warm enough so we didn’t have problems growing crops. Don’t let the propaganda get to you. CO2 is plant food and has never warmed this planet. There’s no evidence anywhere whatsoever, no peer reviewed paper it’s just pure nonsense. Look at the ice core data.
This is next level storytelling...huge respect what you are doing❤❤❤❤
It's hard to believe you don't have more subscribers. I love your storytelling. Soo much re-watch value. Keep it up man 👏
I've been going to the French alps on holiday every summer since I was 7 months old. I'm only 20 but even I have seen first hand how fast Mont Blanc and the glaciers have melted. This summer we went on a 3-day hike, we were between an altitude of 1900m and 2800m at 10 in the morning and the temperature were above 25°C. It's devastating and honestly really scary to think about these landscapes slowly disappearing.
Omg clueless.....wtf???
These glaciers are still melting from the Little Ice Age that ended 200 years ago. Stop the nonsense about climate change for God sakes.
In my childhood, my parents always took me hiking in the alps during summer. I've been to almost every town mentioned in this video, and while I've never been a mountain climber, I've hiked on and around Mont Blanc several times in my life. Knowing these captivating landscapes are dying and changing so rapidly feels genuinely heartbreaking.
“Captivating landscapes are dying” 🤔 really??? 🙄
@@bthemediayes, really. Did you watch the video?
As a glaciologist and mountaineer I think you've done really well to cover and explain all the key points here.
It's tough watching something you love so dearly slowly die and fade into something so far removed from its former glory.
With all the changes increasingly famous mountaineering routes are becoming significantly harder or untenable, which brings a sad sense of urgency to get on them before its too late.
Lofl you are really hilarious......
What do you do exactly and where do you do it as a glaciologist? That sounds super cool, I love mountains and climbing gyms, I want to summit mountains in the future and in the fall I'm going to college for geology
I was at Mer de Glace in May. From the end station, looking at the valley where just 20, 30, 100 years ago was a glacier, but now is just rock and soil, was one of the most depressing sights and feelings I've been into over the last several years.
We are frogs, just sitting and slowly boiling ourselves alive. :(
Very well done, and well researched video, Aidin. I am a mountaineering guide myself on Mount Rainier, here in Washington state. We are experiencing the same sort of thing as the Alps. Our glaciers here are similarly melting at an alarming rate, and it seems that every year, the climbing season where it is considered safe to take clients up onto the glaciers seems to shrink and shrink. Not long ago at all, we used to climb from April to October. Now, we’ve just had to shut down again in mid August because of no safe route to the summit. Most people don’t think of climate change too much, or if they do, they don’t personally see any way it affects them. Living near the mountains all of my life, and my hobbies and employment depending on them, I see the effects of climate change every year, and especially over the last decade or so, looking back. Unfortunately once the snow and ice melts, it never seems to come back, even on a very good snow year. The summers get warmer and warmer, as the freezing level climbs higher and higher. We can see every year new parts of the mountains exposed, that have been covered in ice for countless thousands of years. My hope is that we start voting for climate action now - not years or decades later before significant change in our trajectory is too little, too late.
These things are cyclical and it's not just caused by humans.
The glaciers will grow exponentially again in the future and drastically melt again.just like they have since tectonics made it a mountain.wether humans are around to document it or not.
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Please get a grip of actual science. It doesn't depend on "humans being around to document" something. We can measure into the past way beyond live documentation. We have mapped the relevant cycles far into the past and we can measure the speed of change now and compare it to the speed of change then.
Your notion that denying basic physical constants and laws is in any way helpful is noted and dismissed.
Living at the foot of some of the highest peaks of the Alps, this ideo actually managed to bring me to tears. It's so heartbreaking to see my home melting away.
Incredible visuals and camerawork as usual! The lack of snowfall in my area is very evident over the last decade, sad to see.
In my life time I've gone from yearly snow on the ground to snow being unusual.
Wow, I climbed this mountain without any experience half a month ago with two of my friends. I quit at the Gouter Hut because of a tragic accident which opened my eyes. Seeing this brings back these memories in an instant. Thank you for uploading this masterpiece Aidin!
I'm climbing it on Wednesday
Good luck pal, enjoy!@@thomasmason2926
@@thomasmason2926 Good luck with the climb and stay safe!
What kind of person says half a month? Why not two weeks?
@@RDJ2 What kind of person cares enough about something so pointless to write a comment about it?
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I have been fortunate enough to climb all the 4000m peaks & ski in the Alps for 30+ years. I have witnessed the shrinking of the Mer de Glace with my own eyes, annual photographs and sore muscles from the additional metal steps year on year.
In February this year I skied the Vallee Blanche for what I believe will be my last time. The lower half now resembles a polished ice rink with the rubble field and the metal steps to finish. 5 days ago I took my young children to Cham’ to see Daddy’s mountains and had the realisation that I may never stand on the summit of Mont Blanc wih them. The same scene was apparent on a trip to Zermatt, looking up from Randa & Tasch towards the Mischabel chain. Where once there was ice, now crumbling rock.
Heartbreaking.
Just got back from New Zealand's southern alps, Fox Glacier and Franz Josef glacier and what I saw compared to ten years ago was shocking. The glaciers have receded massively. Landslides littered the roads, whole mountainsides had collapsed in landslides, what snow fell fell incredibly late in the season, and their was a dusting of snow on the majority of the alps where once there was thick, persistent snow on these mountains for months on end. I was shocked how warm it was. Most mountaineering and trekking routes are becoming more unstable. I felt palpably that climate change is here and it's only just getting warmed up.
As a climber, this is such a well told story. I've lost a few friends to falling rocks - all caused by melting permafrost. It's a crazy feeling, seeing this wonderful environment slowly wither away, and feeling the danger of it. Thank you for telling the glacier's story, and telling ours.
bla bla bla, Rocks fall because of mass wasting. Not melting. Study geology if you want to know the truth.
I`m really sorry that your friends lost their lives on the mountains. They died doing what they loved but I still feel sad when people lose their lives in accidents on the mountains as from many of the accounts I`ve read many lives could have been saved if they`d turned back or stayed away when there was weather or avalanche warnings. Sometimes with even the most amount of careful preparation, freak accidents happen where people are in the wrong place at the wrong time and nothing could have prevented their deaths but I somehow feel there are too many gung ho risk takers nowadays who are overly confident about their skills, terrain, weather etc etc and lose out. Because of the popularity of Bear Grylls and other idiots like him, too many people think they`re invincible and think nothing will happen.
As a kid around '95 I was at the Mt Blanc, took the train up, and from the deck in the distance we saw a small ice and rock avalanche. Only one I've seen in my life but man, for such a small one it was quite impressive.
Beautiful work! One of the best creators in this genre for sure. Great storytelling + beautifully filmed and edited!
The cinematography, lighting and everything in your videos are jaw-dropping and excellent
Thanks so much!
amazing work Aidin, visually brilliant, educational and gripping. I myself have been trying to take on a more educational type of travel video format, so watching this was even more inspiring for me!
The storytelling was so beautiful, at the end the music with the drone shots showed how beautiful the snow/glaciers on the mountains were mixed with "this isnt going to be here forever"
I’m too broken down now but I spent years climbing and skiing in the Rockies. I moved to Canada in the 80’s and actually encountered serious glaciers and ice fields for the first time. The glaciers are retreating here as well and will eventually pose serious problems for agriculture and water resources for much of the region.
Same here in Austria. All predictions for natural water resources were always very much in favor of Austria compared to some of its neighbors due to the Alps covering much of its surface. What no one expected was how quickly the Eastern, less mountainous parts of the country would dry up after a "few" years of unusual heat. At this point, municipal administrations are considering restrictions on private swimming pools and "excessive" private gardening for hotter months.
I guess it goes without saying that the more level regions in question are also the ones providing most of our national agriculture...
Another simply beautiful cinematic experience from Aidin Robbins. Keep up the outstanding work!
The outro section sent shivers down my spine when the Dave said "I'll adapt."
Very nice video, but there’s two things which constantly drive me mad with English-speaking content creators:
1) Not investing 15min to ask how places and people are pronounced correctly in local languages (Seriously - how often does he pronounce “Mont Blanc” wrongly? It’s painful…).
2) Favoring anglophone “locals” over any other ones.
This documentary hit me way harder than I ever expected. I really love the alps and seeing them fall apart this rapidly is just heartbreaking. It gives me even less hope for the future generations and the current one.
haha you are totally lost.....lol
Mount Blac have seen 100s of climate changes and lot warmer climate periods than what we have now....and the glacier is there, so nice try
What an amazing documentary - I'm a geography university student and aspiring mountaineer, and this video is such a great resource for all!
If you buy in to the one sided bullcrap.....
@@will7itsexactly… he probably bought the 15:00 warning about a town destroyed in 1892 due to climate change! Or global warming! One of those two existential fears.
@@bthemediaI’m confused because the comment you’re answering to is hidden/deleted - what are you talking about?
@@bthemedia ohh ok I see what you’re on about from the other comments you left - the accident in 1892 was not caused by climate change - it was much more likely just an extreme weather event - which, with climate change, are more likely to happen.
And no I didn’t “buy into it” I actually studied what happens by looking at cause and effect and now in uni were not taught that “omg look it’s so hot wow” but we actually do the calculations and meteorology basics to explain phenomena.
You could perfectly trust me to predict your weather but when it comes to climate you suddenly ridicule the science? Why? Because you don’t know even just the basics of it.
6th year of watching your videos. From talking about how travel videos are meaningless and now making videos in the same cinematic styles but with so much depth and understanding of the subject. Everything is so well-structured I can't appreciate enough. The script behind the video, the phrase like, "the years becoming closer together, and the signs becoming farther apart". Just WOW!! You can just tell by looking that it's an 'Aidin Robbin's Video'.
The reference to Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, at 8:39, does not go unseen! Great job 👏
Tallest mountain in Europe is Elbrus in Russia btw
HE’S BACK 🥳
Gotham needed some videos 👨🎨
Isn't Mount Elbrus EU's tallest mountain?
wild and amazing to see the level of production and detail in your videos grow. I'll keep saying this Aidin, you got a gift as a story teller, thank you for sharing that with all of us. keep crushing it!
I watched this in awe and fear. awe for you and fear for the impact global warming has had and will have on us. Thank you for making this amazing film.
I visited real mountains for the first time last year, and went to see the Pasterze glacier in Austria, near the highest point at Grossglockner. I was nearly moved to tears when I saw what was left of it compared to what my parents had seen 20 years earlier. Seeing how much ice melted in the past few centuries makes my gut churn. I felt a deep sense of sadness when I visited.
Its called mental illness, call your shrink.
Very good and informative video, but the title is a bit miss leading. But wouldn’t Elbrus be Europe’s tallest mountain?
Yeah it is, it's taller and still in europe.
Isn't Elbrus technically in Europe?
I can barely type this comment because the waters are rising so rapidly! HELP, HAAAAALP!
Good. Why don't you do the world a favor and grab a cinder block.
greate video, chamonix, the summits and glaciers are my second home and it is sad to see that the glaciers are melting and that many tours are no longer possible or too dangerous :(.
PS: does anyone know the name of the intro song?
Your ability to make consistently professional videos is astonishing. Immaculate story telling and cinematography once again.
The pride you take in your videography and production is clear - such a well produced video!!!!
Amazing video, terrible problem. I hope people share these videos to their friends and families. Hopefully we can do our best to fix the earth. ❤🌍
This is such a shocking video, my daughter and I were on a ski trip to Chamonix in 2004, the Mar de Glace has changed so much in just that span of time it is unrecognizable, and just overwhelming how much the glacier has receded.
Have a close colleague who regularly goes there and does these things like Mont Blanc nightime climbing. Sometimes I make fun of him as if he is insane and suicidal, but I actually deeply respect this. It seems like an incredible way to spend your life. Mountains and galaciers are breathtaking even from "down there" for those of us, who cannot reach the peak... Anyway, Chamonix is definitely on my to do list. At least from "down there":-D
Please keep making these i you are an original content creator one of the only and amazing cinematography and colour editing also story telling is amazing i want to make something like this you go over the top for these videos.
My Elbrus is the tallest in Europe, my Blanc is the tallest in the alps
Everest is the tallest in the world (which is as relevant as your comment)
(Unless you’re exceptionally proud of Elbrus, and are just hoping to increase its popularity, in which case- carry on, it’s a fine mountain!)
Elbrus is not even in europe lmao
We've taken our Goldilocks planet, which is not just perfect for life but stunningly beautiful too, and effed it up, pumping and dumping chemicals into the ground and rivers and seas, carbon dioxide into the air, and sprinkle so much toxic microplastics around that there isnt a place on earth where you won't find them. Really sad that we've allowed greed to take over at the expense of our marvelous planet
Amazing work Aidin! Great to work with you both on this. Hope everyone enjoys it!
Global warming has affected the mountain regions and the animals living there. This year was the record high temperature in the district "solukhumbu" where Mt.Everest is at record high temperature of 11 degrees. It fees so bad that these white giants are dying due to us.
I just found your channel 2 weeks ago and I’ve watched so many of your videos, and almost every frame is wallpaper worthy
I almost missed this because the title sounds like click bait. What a great film, thank you from someone who has spent a lot of time in the mountains climbing.
Climate change? It's phalse premise is based on global warming, in the 70's it was global COOLING. HAHAHAHA
People from all over the world flying in to see this landscape being one of the main reasons for its disappearance is very ironic to watch - what a dramatic change over the years!
Oh great another better help shill. Do your due diligence. Horrible company. So many horror stories about them
Gorgeous production. It gave me a great sense of sadness...but I'm glad I watched this.
I've so touched by every single frame of this mini-documentary. So painfully sad to see the glaciers retreat into the heights and perhaps be gone forever within my life's time. Thanks Aidin.
Wow. Just like when the last ice age ended 11,500 years ago, it was super dangerous then too.
And you haven't evolved since then.
@@1GirlieGirl And you still have your eyes closed.....lol
I’ve always wondered what would be the narrative if there was global cooling like the ice ages before?
Just flat out incredible filmmaking on EVERY level. I love your channel so much
Another great video with both stunning footage and great information. Thanks Aidin!
to anyone who doubts climate change i would say get of your couch climb to a glacier and look at it and where it once was.
This is like national geographic documentary level but even better!
You see the same thing happening in Norway. Things have changed a lot in the last 20 years 😢
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From being randomly recommended your video "Sounds of the Pacific Northwest" to becoming my favourite channel on this platform. I've fallen in love with hiking and going to the mountains. I go once every year now. There's something that's just soothing up there. Something that makes me wanna throw my phone away and disappear up there forever. The thrill of looking down when I summitted my first and only peak is something I will never forget.
The tallest mountain in Europe is Elbrus at 5642m.
The glaciers will grow and be as massive again in the future.these things are cyclical .
Realy good filming and naritive . I was in Alaska in 1979 , ended up in glacier bay . Most of the glaciers i saw you cannot . They are either gone or have receded.
Like the Alps . I
Have bad news for you . The Bible says the world would become old and warn out like a used garment .
All this climate change is by desighn .
If you want to know God you go to a quit place and or room . Yhe king James Bible the best . And ask continuously respectfully serously .
Thankyou for yhis well done vidio .
Ill never get to the alps . So this was good to watch .
15:00 in the year 1892 town destroyed 😢 Global Warming! Climate Change! The end is near!
No, but really… we should all read the Bible and prepare our souls for the prophesies of the 2nd Coming… we know neither the time nor the place! 🙏
There's a TH-cam who lives in Norway who showed proof that the glaciers in her area are growing not shrinking
But people will believe what all reputable science institutions on the planet have to say in detriment to what that "TH-camr that lives in Norway" says.
Crazy, right?
The editing and cinematography on this is incredible, can’t even imagine the amount of work that went into this. Immediately subbed.
I just hope this wasn't made as an effort to make me feel bad, like i own a factory or something, really, i am not part of the board direction of any giant manufacturing big corp, theres nothing i can do about global warming, oh excuse me, climate change, or future word pending, put subs in chinese if you hope for results.
You do buy everything you own and maybe even work for the evil corporations lol but you guys never see that part of it do you?
Waited For this .........❤
Amazing & interesting Aidin 👌
Given we were in a warming period anyway, I'd love to see a comparison between the expected rate of retreat and the actual rate, i.e., how much of this is anthropogenic. The difference shown is stark, but even if we'd never had an industrial revolution, it still would have retreated some.
Hahaha, lol - you think this kid does any research on geological scale changes in climate and glaciers?? Obviously climate change causes the 1892 flooding at 15:00
I was going to subscribe, but immediately decided not to after being bombarded with the Better Health ad. Shame, was looking forward to these beautiful videos.
did it cross your mind.....you can skip the ads and still watch the video....I know...amazing, right, Karen?
Beautifully told story. Even though the topic is a somber one, the scenery is still beyond comprehension. Stunningly captured shots of all those glaciers.
Mountains and ice melting makes me sad too. Maybe we could be friends????
Amazing documentary, first time I see your videos, certainly one to add to the list of "must watch". Just one comment, Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe, by far Elbrus (5,642 m) vs Mont Blanc (4,810 m). "Mount Elbrus and its glaciers are part of the European Continental plate. This is what makes it the highest peak in Europe, and therefore one of the Seven Summits." Also, Elbrus is one of the "Seven Summits" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Summits
cinematic masterpiece. Unreal how much time and effort goes into making these but man its worth it. keep up the good work!
Incredible cinematography, amazing story telling. Nailed EVERYTHING. Kudos and I can't wait until your next video pops up in my feed!
Very nice content. Stunning images. Strong message that is not repeated enough. It would be great if you could recognize the locations you visited. Most of the interview is recorded at Monzino hut with the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey on the background, or the Innomonata ridge and the Aiguille Croux, which are landmarks of vol Veny in Italy. Thanks.
You didn’t make your point! The video showed wildlife thriving, people everywhere in the mountains and the alps. “The Alps are growing just as quickly in height as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result comes from a new study by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists. Due to glaciers and rivers, about exactly the same amount of material is eroded from the slopes of the Alps as is regenerated from the deep Earth's crust. The climatic cycles of the glacial period in Europe over the past 2.5 million years have accelerated this erosion process.” This throws excuse the pun cold water on you erosion due to climate, it’s says ALL the erosion is from ice and or water. So cold or hot the mountains will crumble like we’ve seen happen throughout history. You climate crisis is BS.
You should look into donating that extra chromosome you got there bro lmao.
@@thiscommunityisgarbage8581 yup. Ad hominem attacks, sorry it’s difficult processing facts.
Been a fan of your work and a subscriber to this channel for quite a while now, but this is next level. Incredible work. One of the highest quality youtube short documentaries I've ever seen. Beautiful.
Dude Elbrus is the Europe's tallest mountain...
Truly appreciating the time invested into this level of editing. My respects bro🤝🏻
Huge fan of your work Aidin learn everything from your videos.
Your storytelling is unreal with those moody color grade always gives me goosebumps keep up the good work.
I dont believe the mountains are getting more dangerous. Just many more people there, the bar on their compitence is getting lower every year. And we now have hundreds of thousands of camara's present, to film all the dodgy choices they make for insta shots etc. So it looks like its more damgerous and more people getting hurt, but in reality, there are just way more tourists, with ever shrinking attention spans and lowering IQ's.
Mad respect and appreciation for what you're doing. These films take a immense amount of work, time and money, but, in the end, when it all comes together, I believe it is all worth it. Incredible subject choice, filmmaking and storytelling. You easily became one of my favorite YT channels. Keep rocking it! Much love from a engineer Brazil :)
Jeez dude. Pick better sponsors 🤦♀️
Aidin, well done. I remember your channel as just videography tips and tricks, which were great. Although your travel videos are top notch. Great content and production. I love your choices of music too. Keep up with amazing work!
Amazing work, thanks for inspiring me over and over again❤
greetings from Switzerland!
This channel is so underrated 🙏🏼
This is VERY interesting… I hadn’t noticed a lot/thought alot about the retreat of glaciers & effects of climate change on the mountain climbers & folks living there!! I live in Kansas farmland, & literally it is one of the opposite social & physical worlds apart!)
It is very disturbing that they have signs posted every year where the glacier WAS the year before….!!
(BTW, is is a great video/ I’m new here, & LOVE this type!! 10/10!)
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My 72nd birthday today and I get this magnificent video to watch on my fire tv 🎉
Happy Birthday!
@AidinRobbins thank you. It's a privilege, and Im proud to know you.
The composition and aesthetic of this is beautiful. Amazing work as always bro!