Search for Andrew Irvine, 2004
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ม.ค. 2025
- Many of you asked for a higher-quality version of this video...I finally got it done! Still not great, but the best I have available. Here it is - same video, just better resolution: • "Mystery" Camp Discove... . Enjoy!
___________
Climber, Photographer, and Speaker Jake Norton discovers a "mystery" camp at 27,600 feet on Mount Everest's First Step in 2004.
Just to be at that elevation is one thing . To then narrate , film , and excavate all at the same time ? Unbelievable . Great perspective . Thank You.
It's astonishing he can still give a CLEAR running commentary at that altitude. Respect.
He is clearly struggling a lil bit, but I am impressed at the commentary as well. From what I can tell he seems very well acclimated. Great video.
I’m also amazed he’s not wearing anything to warm his face up that high
I actually appreciate videos of the exploration of Everest rather than watching millions of people shoving their way past each other going up and down the summit.
They're building a tram line to the topp.
@@jquest43 hahahaha, that would an engineering marvel, but prob only people that could operate at that altitude doing work like that are the sherpas, or people in the Aconcagua area. Much respect to the true mountaineers.
Thank you for sharing this.Without people like you I would never see or learn of the summit
Awesome!! I admire any climber that attempts Everest!! Be safe my friend!!
at 28k he's digging into a yard sale ! nobody else would be wasting precious minutes that high but I'm happy he did.. it's interesting and tells us alot
Yeah. Don't go for the 27,000 yeard sale!
You Sir r inspiring as hell...
Up where AIRLINERS fly...no O2..looking to answer the 'seemingly' unanswerable..
Hats off to you man
Thanks, M Hollman. Wild place to be, but incredibly wonderful, too, and fun to help tell some of their great story over the years!
@@mountainworldproductions1850 You invented vlogging on Everest.. You are a trendsetter dude
This stuff amazes me. Thank you on behalf of those of us who will never be able to do this ❤️we live vicariously through you
Thanks, and glad you enjoy the clips and videos!
Awesome to see a first hand view, thank you!
Obviously the PUNKS on here complaining about video QUALITY at 28,000 feet also were about 4 years old when this video was shot !!!!
Greg Appelgren we’re lucky to have footage at all since electronics hate 0 Celsius let alone -50
@All I can say is the comment when right over ur head goofy
I'm actually in my 40s and the video quality does suck.
@@shaunbrown85 this clip is taken from the video "Mystery camp on Everest" and in that video the quality is much better
and yet another typical man with vulgarity in his heart and ignorance in his mind. cleanse yourself bro.
I have great respect for this man! He has great fortitude to film, and try to breathe, filming up so high on the mountain! I've never been attracted to mountain climbing myself. But, I admire this man for his fortitude.
Deepest of respect to you - enough said.
I am apparently the only one who thinks it's cool that all this stuff was left on the mountain. It's like a time capsule. Then again I am an archaeologist so I make my living off finding ancient garbage.
LaurenAnyone I am a metal detector Hobbyist, I’m right there with you. It would be cool to swing a detector on Everest.
I'm with you Lauren, imagine he did find Irvine!
No, it's pretty cool, it's like being able to chart a visual history of the mountain. In 1000 years, new people may be wondering what the hell we were doing up there.
Looking for a 40 year old turd for my collection so you are not the only one.
I think it's cool too. Except the bodies and garbage have the potential to poison the water source of the people that live there.
Thanks for posting, very interesting! Really appreciate you looking for Irvine, hope they find him one day, or Mallory camera
I'm just a desert Rock climber but all I can say is Great Video man! Modern equipment, O2, Radios, Gortex it doesn't matter the risk and experience is there and the outcome is never sure. In the game that you guys play allow me to just tip my bandana. Good luck!
This is so cool! It's like going back in time! Gosh you need to know EVERYTHING about old mountaineering gear in order to puzzle pieces together to search for clues of where Irvine may have been last. Very exciting stuff! Recently I've become fascinated by Everest and might one day attempt to climb.. But as I have no exp. climbing yet I think I'll stick to something smaller, like Mt. Rainier, but maybe someday in the far future :) Hope you guys find Irvine!
To give the world content like this, while clearly gasping for oxygen... extraordinary.
Thanks again - it was fun to search around up there, and to share it all!
One man's trash is another man's treasure . archeologist. And big respect to George Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine. No proper clothing much more heavy equipments as compare to these days climbers used. And no rope was fixed before to reach the summit.
It's just amazing Jake; your not even moving and it sounds like you just finished swimming the 1500M freestyle in the Olympics!
Damn Ive been really taken in by this whole mountain climbing culture (via the internet). I dont think I could actually do the extreme kind of altitudes that Ive been reading / watching about on the internet. Just hearing you huffing and puffing after exerting only limited energy is enough to give me a panic attack. Anyways much respect to you mountaineers, takes a special kind of person.
Man thank you so much for taking your time on the mountain to search for him. I want to so badly myself. Irvine has to be found so we can find out Everests greatest kept secret.
Anyway, thank you again for doing that it is honestly a greatly appreciated effort by many!
Now THIS is really exciting. Summits are amazing, but this is much more interesting. High altitude archaeology!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
@@jake_norton Hey, Jake! So I talked with Thom. I was right - the hole - he said it was through-and-through…definitely Chinese tampering with Mallory, had to have been… those sons of bitches. That really pisses me off. I’ve seen crime scenes staged and tampered with ‘for a reason’, but to have bodies tampered with just for the hell of it - I get the whole ‘world first summit’ and ‘first summit from the north’ motivations prior to 53 and 60, respectively, but what a shame, what disrespect. Oh!! …was thinkin about na’shuk and Tariq mir as preparation for k2/Everest in the preceding season (knew a team that was going to go in ‘22, had permits (LOL!!!!) not anymore😳 ahhhh…the world is CRAZY!!! we’d have to roll strapped and I don’t wear that uniform anymore 🤔 couldn’t imagine a firefight at 25000 ft, brother…. not sure wtf that would do for ballistics, but we all know what it does for layers of snow that aren’t adhered well…
FINDING MALLORY IS & WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN CLIMBING HISTORY, INCREDIBLE IT WOULD BE SO GREAT TO FIND SANDY'S EFFECTS JUST INCREDIBLE WAY TO GO BY THE MALLORY TEAM & AS WELL JAKE
I strongly recommend you get tech assistance and re-upload these at the highest quality possible before the original recordings degrade (if you can still find them!). This is at a low-quality film at 240p. Thanks for considering it.
Fuck off. Go watch something else. You should be thanking the uploader! even if he uploaded an old VHS rip. WHO CARES!!!!...UPLOADER MANY THANKS BRO FOR LETTING US VIEW THIS EXCELLENT DOC.
@@andisadler2897 thanks for you kind feedback. I see you have vulgarity in your heart and ignorance in your brain. Bit-rot is real, look it up. If he still has the original, there is a chance he can preserve this precious footage in a higher-quality. Its not his fault that he didn't notice the upload bit-rate. Hey Sad, Don't cut-into subjects that you are ignorant of please. thx! you are no-fun to converse with and I will not be responding to further comments from you. Even from watching it 4 years ago it has degraded some. Jake Norton & Mountain world never responded, too bad.
@@fastpctv2012 Vulgarity in my heart? Am i the one moaning about watching a free video? Uploader took time to edit and upload this video and you call it. Your a joke pal, if you want 4k top quality videos why you on TH-cam? Idiot.TH-cam is full of VHS and DVD rips,I watch loads of old VHS rips and there very interesting whether 720p 1080p 4k or old 8mm film who cares?
Respect to all mountaineers. Especially like the one who's up there for searching the remains of fellow greatmen
Thanks, Khurram!
@jrndai
I read your article " What Really Happened to George Mallory & Andrew Irvine?" and have come to believe that you may very well be correct that the two split up at the second step after Irvine gave Mallory a shoulder stand in order to allow Mallory to make a summit dash.
Jake I can't tell you how much I admire you guys for what you are doing. And you are one hell of a writer and critical thinker.
Best Wishes Jake
great video and commentary Jake! Very infornative
Great video...thanks for posting, adds to the story......
This could be de interlaced .. was it VHS c or VHS . The interlacing is easy removed
Good point, and thank you. I want to do some more with this old footage, so will work on de-interlacing it - just need to find the time, which is the eternal challenge!
@@jake_norton send it to me.
Any time, or sure good luck with that. It's very exciting work . Thanks for sharing.
I'm in awe of these guys.
lot of snow that year compered to today , what does the glacier at the end of the great col look like today jake ?
Just listening to his shortness of breath gives some idea of the kind of mental strength you need to ascend to those kinds of altitudes.
Every step must be exhausting. I can't imagine what it must be like trying to fight your way through a blizzard in -30/40c in that condition.
Plus the risk of altitude sickness etc. If you are incoherent and unable to walk in the death zone you're as good as dead. Anyone that can't accept that should never attempt it.
awesome video man! you must be a strong lad to take a detour to see that! would love to try and climb everest someday !
Do you see a face in the mountain at 9:12. Or is it me.
Where?
@@aeiou9054 Right beside the climber on the right . Looks like it's got a snear on it's face . Def weird .
Jake this is truly an amazing video.
You are a Beast of fitness to do this.Thankyou for your amazing determination and pursuit of the truth to find Irvine...Please be careful in future attempts.
God Bless you and guide you to Irvine resting place ...so we may know
Thanks, Sim One. Much appreciated. Please check out the better quality version of this video as well: th-cam.com/video/S3auMLZZ2KU/w-d-xo.html. Thanks again, and be well!
MountainWorld Productions thanks Jake for the link
Excellent quality ...you certainly
get the feeling and scope of the place....safe travels
Cheers
When they found Mallory his body was partially covered by rock falls over the nearly hundred years he's been lying there , it could be Irvines body has been covered completely by the continuous rock falls that happen ,
This is my dream to go to the top to explore bring up something special to leave behind to pay my respects to all who didn't make it and who did.
God I'm out of breath listening to this guy who I have great respect for 👍
On that part of Everest you're never far from an edge, or drop off. It is a ridge, with drop offs on both sides.
dude that was incredibly risky to film and talk in the death zone.
amazing they can even explore and and make videos in such an extreme invironment... amazing physical conditioning.
Someone has gotta find Andrew!
Well what are you waiting for?
He probably fell in a ice Crevasse or he fell some where off the mountain.
@@Bella.216 Chinese most probably or the crevasse theory; if the latter, the body parts that come out of the ice falls periodically need to be checked…dna!!!
Any new information on Andrew Irvine? It will be great for Everest history when (if) Mallory's climbing partner will be found. I don't think Mallory or Irvine get as much recognition as they deserve to in the general public. Apropos, great stuff and thanks for the video!
Nope nuthin, not a Dickie bird for 98 years.
Que hermoso video algun dia se sabara la verdad de que mallory e irvin fueron los primeros en llegar ala cima. Me hubiera gustado ser montañero y explorar el veverest creo a mi edad ya no me alcansa para de perdido ir aunque sea verlo y tomarme unas fotos
Pretty incredible climb and video. thanks for posting.
Just the size of the mountain is amazing. From the bottom the top looks small and cramped and like where to heck do u put a tent up there on that skinny little ridge!! Well it's like a whole other world once u get up there. A little tiny spot from below is like a football field once u get there. Just amazing.btw. I have never been but I've have watched a lot of this 8000 meter mountain ⛰ stuff lately there's a lot of good footage from up there on TH-cam.
It is a pretty vast place once you get up and into it - deceiving, indeed!
I don't think Irvine's body is anywhere near Mallory's. Irvine probably fell and Mallory turned around and fell too or the other way around. Pure luck to find Irvine although it would be pretty neat if they do.
T Q Pham
LMAO~That's where I live:)
A question from someone who doesn't do what you do
The oxygen you are breathing from the tanks,Is it Pure Oxygen? Just plain compressed air?
Good question! It's pure oxygen, but delivered (especially at that time, 2004) via a very rudimentary, constant flow system. As a result, you have very low efficiency on the oxygen supply, and so climb on a reduced flow rate; the max I used until very recently was about 2 LPM flow.
@@jake_norton is Flow regulated by valves operated by the user? Or is Flow 'Fixed'...is there problems with moisture/icing when using pure oxygen at those temperatures found at Everest?
@@jake_norton can you adjust flow as you climb? Or is Flow something you 'set' before leaving camp?...yeah, Marbles rolling around in my head
@@stephengreene1856 Yes, flow is regulated/changed by the user via a valve atop the bottle (on older systems) or down the hose and thus more accessible on more modern systems. The icing issue is a huge one, but not at the valve/regulator so much as in the mask itself.
Amazing, I hope to one day climb everest.
Thanks for the amazing vid
I was 7 when you wrote this comment
time flies
too bad they didnt have gopros in 2004
Yeah, or in the 1920's
not sure if you're a troll or jusy an idiot.
Alexandra Mourar It would actually be grest tho but cant be helped since all we can do is to improve hence why we have a go pro
I hope someday they will take there GoPro. That would be so awesome
define "them"
first gopro was sold in 04
Maybe he is under the snow. Would it be practable to use a metal-detector?
Indeed, a metal detector is useful up there, but the challenge is finding a reasonably small area of high probability in which to search. That is the hardest part it seems!
LOL, brother, the way you said that, ‘…that blue rope’s goooood…’ hell yeah that air is thin!!!
Hahaha.
Excellent quality! Thank you! So did you find Irvine?
No, not yet. Lots of new info popping up on that front.
I think I just discovered an old relic from 1994. It’s called 240p.
With the knowledge and experience you have, do you have any clue or rather guess in which other part of the slope, the body of Irvine might have been fallen? Had he fell with Mallory, would he be in the same axe? This legend and the quest is fascinating!
Never seen anything to compare with this at this altitude.
Thanks, Ken - was a fun day for sure!
Man I wish Jake had more videos
I hope someone finds Irvine one day and treats his remains with respect
If my memory serves me correct, Conrad anker said that the second step is unclimbable by conventional means, especially with the equipment of the day. He also said that their isn’t a way around it on that route. How did Mallory and Irvine climb the second step?
It’s possible, man. They’d have had to do it in stages, using Irvine as a stepping stool often so he (Mallory) could secure the rope higher. Personally, I think they did it, then fell apart on the descent. There are other crack techniques ppl don’t talk about - wedging stones equivalent to today’s nuts in cracks, creating slings to step in - there were a bunch of tricking little techniques back then, that, if climbers became good with - they could climb just about anything - a great example was Whymper on The Matterhorn in 1865. While obviously not as high, nor it’s prominence, as K2, it is as steep.
Admire your work and efforts
People would pay A LOT for these souvenirs of mountaineering history.
Brilliant and fascinating vid jake still no sighn of andrew poor boy ,do you think they will ever find him?
Keep looking and you're going to find him.
Good luck.
There was better quality camera's during ww2... But this guts a legend for even being up there!!!!
Hi man, very nice video of yours. I have just being introduced to this mistery and got motivated about this last step. After this 2004 expedition what else have been done over past 17 years to find Irvine? Tks
Thanks, Alex. There's been quite a bit of work done since 2004, but not much found. Jochen Hemmleb had several search expeditions, and Michael Tracy has done some great research on it all, uncovering new concepts and possibilities. I was back in 2019 leading a Discovery team (read about it and see the trailer here: aksportingjournal.com/discovery-channels-look-at-mount-everest-mystery-did-they-make-it-in-1924/), and National Geographic also had a team on the mountain that spring searching more in the Holzel areas. Anyway, a lot's been done, but nothing new really has been discovered, sadly.
@@jake_norton Tks for the reply Jake. Saw some participant of this Lost on Everest in a video here at TH-cam saying that during 2019 expedition at the base camp local people said that the chineses removed the body. Do you think this is possible? If you want to see that I can send you the link of this video. Seem to me not logical this argument but as this came from a crew man from 2019 expedition this might be taken into considerarion. Tks Alex
You need atleast a 1000 expedition to find the body with only 1 person is so less likely
Message for Jake - do you think Irvine's body is still up there to be found, or do you think that erosion has carried it over the side by now?
I see videos on this subject & the comments are largely left by people who although some of them seem intelligent enough, they have no experience of that kind of altitude. I'd be interested to hear your opinion on the matter, as you know what it's like up there.
Ty for the reply & for the link. This story has stuck in my mind ever since I read about it in the press ahead of the release of the "Lost On Everest" documentary in 2000. I've always been fascinated by people who push the limits of human endurance, particularly pioneers from times when the technology of today was in its infancy.
Nice to hear from someone who's really been there for a change. Too many comments get left on videos featuring climbing by people who have absolutely no idea.
Thanks for doing this kind of thing, and super thanks for putting it on youtube. I'll never see these places firsthand.
@@jake_norton Well it's been 14 years so break time is over, time to get back up there.
I was on pikes peak in Colorado and had truble breathing idk how TF you do this at 28k feet😮
AVRAHAM BREA everyone that climbs Everest has to spend at least a few weeks at high altitudes there to acclimatise and get their lungs used to thin air (except the Sherpas of course because they live there).
I'm only at 7500' in CO, and I breathe like this just walking from the garage to the house!
It would appear, with that much old gear, most of it still in some degree of service , recovering that and selling it on Ebay for the Everest souvenir hunters could probably stand a pretty good chance at success. Then, take the proceeds and turn them around for yet more recovery of stuff.
I wonder if they ran into bad weather on the way down looks like it's following them up the mountain
Afternoons tend to have weather rise up from the valleys below. We did get caught in it that day, as one does most days up on the hill.
Hehe, I noticed that you didn't seem to drop that bottle of pills from the 60's, Jake. ;)
Mack Mack
Except for the reds mixed in with them ;).
People take speed in a syringe with them now, why wouldn't dudes in the 60's take jelly caps of bennies or Dex?
lesterclaypool1 dex is vasoconstrictive right? Wouldn't that be a horrible drug to consume in that environment?
Probably a detoxicant, amphetamines would kill the fuck out of you at that height
I was thinking the same thing.
@@mcparts7249 It is. It wouldn't be my first choice, but in a 3rd world hell hole it may have been one of few options?
Michael Tracy, I hope you're watching a real climber here.
Excellent
Have you got any more videos?
When they launch another couple of expeditions like the one that found mallory, if the condition permit, they will find him
My name is John Irvine (please, the name is not pronounced to rhyme with "line", but as in Lyn). I have a son who has a remarkable likeness to a photograph of Andrew. I am of Scottish and Irish extraction -Irvinestown in County Fermanagh and Irvine in Ayrshire.
The aluminum part that Jake thought is part of an oxygen apparatus used by the French, is actually part of a Gaz stove that is of French design.
@tonysmile1 : no but in 2011 there is a new mission planned to retrieve him because they found something by examinating photos. Look google for "irvine search".
So with some luck, Irvine's body will be found next year in 2011.
Too bad we can't have a high resolution picture of Everest now with new technology, instead of relying on old pictures.
First of all.. Congratulations on all you have achieved here, very inspirational. My question is, you say it costs a few hundred thousand. Is this for a solo expedition so to speak? As apposed to one organized through one of the more mainstream company's such as explore Himalaya who appear to run trips from $40,000 mark. Granted other charges may be inn cured but surely not hundreds of thousands? Not to doubt what you say but a bit more detail would be interesting to read. Thanks a lot :)
I'd bet 5 bucks the Chinese team from the 60s found Irvine and told no one
100% agree.
Your stewardship of the stars is something to strive towards good sir.
Thanks!
Mr Norton , I'm sure he is still up there and he will be found someday . I only hope that is you the one who finds him . I sincerily do .
armando cardenas me too, he deserves everything that comes with the discovery, fuck the summit, I want to know who really reached the top first is his look at it and that's what I call passion
his breathing makes me anxious.
Very thin air up there, hard as hell to breath
@@apriljewell7450 especially without bottles oxygen
He's doing quite well for the elevation. We just aren't used to needing to gasp to get adequate oxygen.
He is indeed doing extremely well without oxygen. You are literally DYING up there. The heart and brain aren't getting enough oxygen.
When are you going back Jake ? is there still a big area you have not seen ? or is he entombed in ice ?
Shouldn't Irvine's body be kinda above directly of Mallory's..? Generally people fall straight down from where they were.. I'm looking for some dialogue, I find this fascinating...
It appears mountain climbers turn pristine environments into a junk yards.
+Pat isallyouneed There have been several expeditions that have gone up there specifically to clean up the mountain.
+Thomas Carroll She is right though. I've seen footage of the cleaning crews they have to send up there, trying to take tons of trash down. there is trash everywhere, it's disgusting. They just leave their empty O2 tanks all over the place. It is kind of sad that clean up crews have to risk their lives just to clean up what others leave behind.
Zaanjo I know how difficult it is, it's a challenge just to survive up there. That's why dead bodies are left up there. Does that still make it ok? Have you seen what it actually looks like up there? Check it out for yourself. It looks pretty disgusting now.
Beth G. Of course I've saw what it looks like, and like shrimpflea said there have been many expeditions to clean it up. No ones going to stop climbing it, and leaving their shit up there, so i suggest to just stop worrying about it.
And where does your trash you throw away go? In a landfill that if it wasnt burried a little bit every few years, would be just as tall if not taller than Everest
Curious what the temps are there when you did this and what camera gear you use under such harsh conditions ? Thanks for contributing this piece.
Very sadly, this appears to be the lowest quality and frame rate video on the whole of TH-cam. Jake, please go back to the original video and encode it at high quality at native resolution, and re-upload.
i hope you do another search in 2024 for the 100 year
So I would take a metal detector up and skouer where he went up and fell I'm sure theres metal hooks and metal spikes on the body and foot.
do you ever bring some of that stuff down with you as mementos? Like that carbiner?
Well couldn't you please upload it again?
That will happen by accident , it is like trying to find half a needle in a 29 000 feet high , windy , oxygenless , frozen haystack .
ez how much stuff is up there ???
Quite a bit!
Such a magnetic mystery .
Why doesn't he take some of the small pieces down with him? I get that he's struggling to breathe , but I don't think a couple ounces would make a difference.
Hi Jake, Great job filming up there,You're a champ! You make it look too easy, haha. I'm curious about something, does it get easier for you to be above 26 thousand ft the more you do it? I mean mentally and physically of course. Do you find that you are able to do more and stay up there longer now that you have done this so many times? If so, is it mostly easier now due to equipment getting better with modern tech, or because of experience , or both?
A reason I ask is because, a company I work with is doing a small research conference about high altitude devices and the future of their limits and design. So during my research I am in encouraged to collect from as many sources as I can studying the science and current data about human physiology above 26,000- Any info you could give me would be so helpful, the findings and data of this study will be utilized in the future when our company is granted more funding for new projects in design & engineering.
Using the results of the study and many other forms of current data, our company has ambitions of attempting to invent & engineer new equipment and tools for higher altitude climbing to allow the climbers, rescuers, Sherpas & Scientists better access, more time, and better maneuverability. Like you I am someone who aspires to question the boundaries and limitations of what can be done with an extra dose of will power! if you are too busy I completely understand. if not send me an email and I can ask you a few questions. thanks mate.stay safe,keep moving up. Cheers
jclancyexpo@hotmail.ca
They should have had a diary with them and made some notices like ....we reached the summit at ...p.m.
Wouldn't that be nice!
it's almost 100 years ago he probably fell in a hole and his body covered by a single snow slide
The very first climbers of Mountain Everest most have the big cojones to do that Respect for those Man.
Indeed - they were pretty amazing folks, and most of them fresh out of World War I and the front lines.
At that altitude, Every single climber caves her/his own grave with every step they take going up or down the summit. Some of the climbers pass by while others stay there
Yes, not the most hospitable place on earth!