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  • The Hillary Step was a nearly vertical rock face with a height of around 12 metres (40 ft) located near the summit of Mount Everest, about 8,790 metres (28,839 ft) above sea level. Located on the southeast ridge, halfway between the "South Summit" and the true summit, the Hillary Step was the most technically difficult part of the typical Nepal-side Everest climb and the last real challenge before reaching the top of the mountain. The rock face was destroyed by an earthquake that struck the region in 2015.
    Climbing the Hillary Step had the danger of a 3,000-metre (10,000 ft) drop on the right (when going up) and an 2,400-metre (8,000 ft) drop on the left. An unaided climb was rated as a Class 4 rock climb-but in the death zone. One expedition noted that climbing the Hillary Step was "strenuous" but did offer some protection from the elements.
    In some climbing seasons after heavy snowfall, the rock face could be bypassed with snow/ice climbing.
    Anatoli Boukreev found a body hanging from ropes at the base of the step in 1996, according to his book The Climb.
    Reference Information: Wikipedia. Bloggers.

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  • @dsz3199
    @dsz3199 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    I have always loved the comfort of my bed, after this video I love it even more!

    • @culliganculligan9560
      @culliganculligan9560 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      This is the most ridiculous way to recreate & a "major gamble" with life. How does this serve mankind? (Just self serving,😮 maybe!) Insanity in my book!

    • @Bob31415
      @Bob31415 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@culliganculligan9560 Well somebody has to do it.

    • @timthomas5623
      @timthomas5623 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I love the views and climbing from my Barca Lounger!

    • @Dodgers-sw2uk
      @Dodgers-sw2uk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And you will wake up one day 65-70 years old and realize life passed you by while you were sitting on your arse

    • @Dodgers-sw2uk
      @Dodgers-sw2uk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@culliganculligan9560 how does you being on TH-cam “serve mankind”? Yet you do it. These people love the mountains, and they are doing what makes them feel alive.

  • @doreendaykin6693
    @doreendaykin6693 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    This video is absolutely outstanding in quality & content. It is the best footage of the reality of Hillary Step I have ever seen. If it is not used in presentations by companies organizing climbs, people with all levels of training thinking of or planning an Everest ascent then it should be! I know myself, my strengths & weakness therefore Everest would never make my list. I know I could not handle the Khumbu Ice Fall, the ladders…I also know I could never do Hillary Step with the lineups, over crowding and all skill levels of sometimes oxygen starved climbers. I would put myself & others at risk.
    Gratitude for this amazing presentation. Well done🙏🙏🙏💙

    • @stargazer4625
      @stargazer4625 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I will agree with you. How do they video and climb at same time. Even tho it's a go pro. It takes time and energy to mess with it.

    • @Ramenscooter
      @Ramenscooter ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well done video tech. However what can be said of the human race. Ridiculous credit card cocktail party fodder.

    • @derekibison6644
      @derekibison6644 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Ramenscooter Spot on. Another canapé?

    • @lisastiles1408
      @lisastiles1408 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If only more people were as sensible as you.

    • @aylincarosielliilekriminal9229
      @aylincarosielliilekriminal9229 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's very true! I watched a video by a company that is organising climbing tours to Everest. My first impression was 'oh it doesn't look that bad, maybe l can do it' But in reality l would be the one who died there.

  • @13bathory1986
    @13bathory1986 ปีที่แล้ว +692

    Respect to the Sherpas who put up the ladders and ropes for those tourists.

    • @Ernesto1317
      @Ernesto1317 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      For those idiots

    • @user-yk4yh5sn5m
      @user-yk4yh5sn5m 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Shouldn’t it be mountain climbers 😂

    • @DonKeeheehaaw
      @DonKeeheehaaw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Sadly, the Sherpas don't get the respect they de$erve

    • @langietor
      @langietor 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So many Sherpa. They would have climb themselves with little groups

    • @TheSaxon.
      @TheSaxon. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Who do you think taught them how to do that and how to climb? Westerners! The tourists provide them with an income they could only dream of before.

  • @nyguy5370
    @nyguy5370 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    In younger days I went to the mountains for solitude. I climbed with one or two friends and though we did see others, it was nothing like the lines here. May as well ride the New York subway at rush hour. That crowd takes away everything that I think of when climbing a mountain. Sad.

    • @revekat2053
      @revekat2053 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You should try meditating.

    • @Neithie
      @Neithie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They look like a lot but they're only two teams he passed... it just looks like a lot because of the bottleneck part of the climb. So no lines really... just teams making their way up slowly and carefully while his team finishes up and heads down again.

    • @dac.40
      @dac.40 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ok but no one is climbing mt everest for peace or solitude. I assume most people do it purely for the achievement

    • @Koooles
      @Koooles 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      that must be some empty ass New York subway if some 20-40 people is your idea of "rush hour".
      I always find it funny when people speak as if this is some easy place filled with people and they always show Hilary Step.
      That's because it's most technically hard part where only one row can pass through. And people can only climb Everest for a short window (few weeks) and even within that short window you often have good weather only for few days and you have to be on top within 1-2pm. So yeah this small section is "busy", but the sum total of people climbing Everest is not many through the rest of the track you could be hours apart from other people. Hilary step isn't entire Everest...

    • @eucliduschaumeau8813
      @eucliduschaumeau8813 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The subway analogy is the first thing I thought of too. That is a disaster waiting to happen with the crowds.

  • @newhorizon4066
    @newhorizon4066 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    I'm so glad I watched this video, now I enjoy standing in line at Costco during holidays shopping so evermore. Thank you Everrest!

  • @colinwatterson6721
    @colinwatterson6721 ปีที่แล้ว +1376

    The number of people trying to summit is more than ridiculous it's just outright dangerous. If a real bad storm hits what chance have they.

    • @nicolem889
      @nicolem889 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Blah. Blah. blah.

    • @bigkings.8804
      @bigkings.8804 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      All for the fact of bragging rights.

    • @angelapetrie2418
      @angelapetrie2418 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, outrageously dangerous! Utter stupidity!

    • @grego10r
      @grego10r ปีที่แล้ว

      cooksuckerrrs

    • @michaelkenny7652
      @michaelkenny7652 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Yep would never even consider this mountain with so many people.......its completely commercialized.

  • @printer5518
    @printer5518 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    It’s so horrifying and sad really, imagine climbing for hours just to get to a line a quarter mile long, spending hours in the death zone waiting while people clip and unclip walking around you, then instead of summiting at 2 or 3 o clock you summit at 5 or 6 and then have to climb back down with nothing left,oxygen running out, and so anxious to just get down. The best part is you spent 60 grand to reserve your permanent resting place on the mountain. Plus it’s getting to a point where it’s like climbing at your local town dump pile, with dead bodies thrown in for good measure. So sad 😥

    • @frankd4875
      @frankd4875 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I'd decline to do this even if I were offered $250K to do it. Really can't imagine the "thrill" of this any longer with all the crowds in line to summit and the bodies of dead climbers strewn along the way, and the mountains of trash at base camp.

    • @WickedScott
      @WickedScott ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@frankd4875 It's only for ego and vanity at this point. There is no exploration or discovery element left.

    • @heatbill1261
      @heatbill1261 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The mountain is climbed in the poorest of style with no consideration of climbing ethics. Also, Ignoring the unwritten rule of, you pack it in, you pack it out is a reflection of attitudes. The place is a disaster waiting to happen.

    • @WickedScott
      @WickedScott ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@heatbill1261 I just watched a video with a Sherpa telling how some teams are cutting the tags off their tent and gears so they can leave them behind without consequence. Even camp 4 is a mess now.

    • @bobbowie9350
      @bobbowie9350 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Looks like a line at Disneyland

  • @unclee8936
    @unclee8936 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    And that my friends, is my dad’s exact recollection of how he traveled to school every day…… except he did it barefoot

    • @LernenhochzweiDeNachhilfe
      @LernenhochzweiDeNachhilfe ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @nickreynolds8391
      @nickreynolds8391 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @test-do1gc
      @test-do1gc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      uphill both ways!

    • @Bob31415
      @Bob31415 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@test-do1gc Thanks, I was looking for that comment.

    • @yosemitegirlCA
      @yosemitegirlCA 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Good one!

  • @leezirkle7840
    @leezirkle7840 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Thank you so much to whoever shot this video. I dream of going to Everest but it won't happen for me. It's nice to see what the Hilary Step is all about.

  • @windinthefirtrees8020
    @windinthefirtrees8020 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    The Sherpas are the true heroes, Bravo good men! ❤️🙏

    • @AKaczor2024
      @AKaczor2024 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe they are just enablers

    • @windinthefirtrees8020
      @windinthefirtrees8020 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@AKaczor2024 they got to make a living to, they get paid well. Not a fan of climbing Everest. There still good men

    • @sheilagarrido8204
      @sheilagarrido8204 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      YES!!!!!👍💯 The Sherpas are the real mountaineers. The others are playing. Nothing more.

    • @fedorpravov5372
      @fedorpravov5372 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sheilagarrido8204 I wish to see you "playing" on this climb

    • @kiwioffgrid2437
      @kiwioffgrid2437 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are doing it for the money.....

  • @jodyssey9921
    @jodyssey9921 ปีที่แล้ว +512

    Gotta be honest, if I climbed up there in a crowd like that I wouldn't feel like I accomplished anything. If everyone is doing it it's not special anymore.

    • @aintnodisco7127
      @aintnodisco7127 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      From what I understand, you can 'solo climb' it, even in a crowd. Sort of like an extra achievement in a game. If you basically do not use oxygen and do not take any sort of assistance, gear, food, water oxygen, etc from anyone else, you can rightfully call it a "solo" climb and get that rush of accomplishment. I think the presence of others who, assumedly, won't just let you die, is a bit of a pyschological crutch, but there ya go.

    • @X1xone
      @X1xone ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@aintnodisco7127 That assumption that people won't let you die is a stretch. If you watch closely you will see at least two dead bodies in this video.

    • @cloud9847
      @cloud9847 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@aintnodisco7127 you assume wrongly. It's not about them 'letting you die'. It's about them being in a personal fight for their own life and helping you drastically increases the chance that they die with you. It's like Skydiving. You can have 50 people inches away from you in the air but you're all up there 'alone'.

    • @N0N4M30
      @N0N4M30 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aintnodisco7127there are only a few who did that successfully and most of them were professional climbers

    • @Carriesue1982
      @Carriesue1982 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@aintnodisco7127There are been many cases of people being left to die. In that area, the dead zone.. if you go down, there’s nothing that anyone can do. There is a dead body on that stretch, he’s still there because it’s too dangerous at that altitude to remove him

  • @jcmore7971
    @jcmore7971 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    I need a therapist after watching this. I am not even there and I feel a panic attack looming. Incredible footage👌🇨🇦

  • @ElMistroFeroz
    @ElMistroFeroz ปีที่แล้ว +224

    "I'm the King of the world!!!"
    "Ok, your majesty, you're holding up the line, time to move along.

    • @cranberryeater7459
      @cranberryeater7459 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is ridiculous. It’s not a feat to boast about when everyone is doing it.

    • @deville.c
      @deville.c ปีที่แล้ว

      You'd have to do it the right way and make your own rt

    • @nickreynolds8391
      @nickreynolds8391 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂

    • @toddsmith1969
      @toddsmith1969 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@cranberryeater7459not everyone will do it.

    • @lisacolbert5987
      @lisacolbert5987 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And His Majesty says , “And vending machines ? On Mt. Fuji there were vending machines!” .

  • @theworldisavampire3346
    @theworldisavampire3346 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    The sheer number of people on this slope is soul crushing.

  • @marioscintilla8934
    @marioscintilla8934 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    You don't challenge the mountain, you are only challenging yourself. The mountain is always the winner. It wins on you in the very first moment you decide to climb it (time and again). ❤

    • @john-nx4xn
      @john-nx4xn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      What's the challenge here? The Sherpas do all the work starting months in advance of the season. They lay ropes, ladders, set up the tents and supplies.
      These rich spoiled people's only challenge is can they stand in line for hours on end.
      I swear I'd not tell a soul I "climbed" Everest 😢

    • @marioscintilla8934
      @marioscintilla8934 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the Sherpas the challenge is quite the same. I think they feel it differently, as their daily work (time and again was for them).

  • @johnconklin5180
    @johnconklin5180 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Done a lot of hiking, scrambling and some climbing. Everest was one of those faraway dreams that I knew I’d never get the opportunity but after seeing the beginning of this video I have to say no thanks. This is a disaster waiting to happen. I could not imagine waiting in a line like this.

  • @hipqtpi
    @hipqtpi ปีที่แล้ว +187

    The terror of seeing those small narrow ledges with all of those people stacked up. I was holding my breath through this entire video. I just thought of those brave sherpas that installed the ropes at the beginning of climbing season. What an amazing video.

    • @RCJH2022
      @RCJH2022 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It was Probably safer for the Sherpas! Think about it, no one in the way, slowing you down or clogging the track.

    • @jeremyrhansen6637
      @jeremyrhansen6637 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why?? They are attached to a line??? This looks so boring and uneventful! I should post my next trip at a Walmart line! At least they are not linked to a rope!

    • @IshankChoudhary
      @IshankChoudhary 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jeremyrhansen6637then you have a story of Walmart and they have a story of Mt Everest highest mountain in the world 😅😅u looser

    • @bcatblues725
      @bcatblues725 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too! It amazes me that people put themselves up there. No thanks.

    • @bcatblues725
      @bcatblues725 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jeremyrhansen6637😂 maybe they should be

  • @560with112xs
    @560with112xs ปีที่แล้ว +93

    This is the first video ive watched that really shows how a rescue through that would be impossible! "If you're stuck up there, you might as well be stuck on the moon!"

    • @realmister7
      @realmister7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've been to only 5500 metres and the moon is exactly how I'd describe it - like another planet. The remoteness is mind bending.

    • @dawnolivo9645
      @dawnolivo9645 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      -Rob Hall😊

  • @senseimateo207
    @senseimateo207 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for posting this video. Most of us won't even dare climb this mountain, but this video will be the closest thing for me to experience this journey without the risks.

  • @brianpino5962
    @brianpino5962 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The fact people spent 20k to 70k to climb Everest and not sure if you’re gonna survive is just insane !

    • @augustmoon0004
      @augustmoon0004 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The fact that people spend 20k to 70k on their car, but aren't sure if they're gonna survive is insane!

    • @MuffelamMorgen
      @MuffelamMorgen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Every step in a plane or helicopter is the same ;-)

  • @Phantastikal
    @Phantastikal ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Watching this shows how crazy it is to commit to climbing these mountains. Not only is it dangerous as hell, but look at all the commercial traffic up there! Crazy!

    • @loopforwhile
      @loopforwhile ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a necessity for a country that sources better part of their gdp from travel and permits etc. Lost lives (mostly foreigners) is a small price to pay for them.

    • @itsallspent
      @itsallspent ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is not what I thought when you said we were getting high

    • @CommViewer
      @CommViewer ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @loop….. over 100 sherpas ( a third of all deaths) have died on the mountain - hardly a ‘small price’

    • @heatbill1261
      @heatbill1261 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CommViewer Im not being a snotty dickhead or anything but could you provide a source. id like to confirm that fact. ty

    • @XRIDER-qm1kw
      @XRIDER-qm1kw ปีที่แล้ว

      @@itsallspent😂😂😂😂

  • @annesion
    @annesion ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This is the best footage I have seen of what it would be like on Everest. So much admiration from my comfy home. I hate heights.

    • @Vertikala-pc5ig
      @Vertikala-pc5ig ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes definitely best video. I have seen countless videos but in this one you can see it how tight and steep it is

  • @jaydowling213
    @jaydowling213 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The number of people up there - that's insane!

    • @govindagovindaji4662
      @govindagovindaji4662 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes. If I were a mountain climber, Everest, with all the help they get, and all the crowds would kill my idea of it being a 'must climb' mountain. It's like a tourist trap now and a deadly one at that.

    • @NatNitzki
      @NatNitzki 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Similar to nowaday's overtourism that exists in so many places you might sadly name this extreme"overmountaineering"!
      It seems to me that our species has lost its admiration and therefore respect towards nature.Watching this video made me really sad - couldn't watch it til the end anyway!:'(

    • @kiwioffgrid2437
      @kiwioffgrid2437 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's greed

    • @thoscar02
      @thoscar02 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve seen less people on London’s Oxford Street on a Saturday morning!

    • @PrzemekZapart
      @PrzemekZapart 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The weather window is a few days from mid-May, including 1 to 2 days with guaranteed weather, hence the queues

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
    @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The wind just roars ceaselessly. I wonder what climbers feel, fighting wind, how it fills their ears.
    Also are there scents or tastes associated with the mountain, having climbed it.
    I tend to recall things very much with all my senses, so I'm curious about aspects that don't get on film.

  • @2HitWonder
    @2HitWonder ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Wow...your video really shows the traffic jams in practical detail and how much it slows down the climb. Scary!

  • @annemacleod1421
    @annemacleod1421 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I can’t help but think this is catastrophic…a queue of climbers (some more tourist than others) queuing to summit a mountain that looks and is precipitous. You must hope all climbers know the etiquette that is involved. It is their sherpas who are doing the navigating. They are the true heroes and climbers in my opinion. 🇳🇿🇳🇿🐑🐑NZ

    • @hsingholee1058
      @hsingholee1058 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Still extremely hardcore even as tourists. Takes tremendous courage even with the aid of Sherpas.

    • @N0N4M30
      @N0N4M30 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hsingholee1058takes a whole lot of narcissism to go destroy nature at the highest point

    • @bcatblues725
      @bcatblues725 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I watched a documentary that said that a lot of people that lack the real experience that they need to go up there don’t have it.

    • @JorgeFernandoPombo-zs6mj
      @JorgeFernandoPombo-zs6mj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Los sherpas son los del comércio solamente

  • @stewieuk1276
    @stewieuk1276 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    I’m not a climber and I have great respect for those who do. That being said, this human traffic jam isn’t adventure climbing, it is a series of bad decisions and greed to let this many people on the mountain at one time, especially summit attempts. How many deaths before better regulations are provided by the host country? I hope that everyone is safe and makes it off the mountain alive!

    • @jonloftness5210
      @jonloftness5210 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I watched a documentary recently where they discussed that issue. Apparently the country is so poor there is little chance they will start limiting the permits. Personally, I think the risks are way too high even in the best of circumstances.

    • @ralphaverill2001
      @ralphaverill2001 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why should the government of Nepal limit the number of dopes trying to get to the top of that big rock? They get paid what? $30k-$40k? up front, from every climber just for a climbing permit. Add that amount again per climber pumped into the local economy for one thing and.and another and it's easy to understand why the Nepalese aren't going to jump to save a bunch of wealthy, to the Nepalese, westerners from their own arrogance and stupidity. Pretty soon people will realize that standing in a line with hundreds of others freezing in the Death Zone isn't much to brag about anyway.

    • @NazPhura2
      @NazPhura2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      As it stands now- you answered your own ? as long as the Int'l Touristy thirst for the summit-dream exists....the host's are stacked the piles of cash, basically to the highest bidder. It's a Cash Cow- & good 4them to CAPITALIZE for their society & reaping all monetized beni's from their 1 & only serious "agronomy".

    • @lisastiles1408
      @lisastiles1408 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ⁠@@NazPhura2I agree with your general concept. What people from wealthier countries pay in travel costs, permits, equipment, supplies, and guides to climb to heights our bodies are not able to handle anatomically, is more money than most Nepalese will see in a lifetime. There’s some appeal to such a Darwinistic wealth transfer, no? However, it’s my understanding that that the fees paid to the government don’t really benefit common citizens. Also, it disturbs me that a substantial number of the deaths are native Sherpas who die helping the ascents and descents of foreigners with wealth they can barely imagine, but without proper experience, strength, or critical-thinking skills for such an endeavor.
      I don’t know the right answer…

    • @KaL_Terow
      @KaL_Terow ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Money makes the world go around

  • @ADNZ35
    @ADNZ35 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've never seen footage quite like this, the brilliance and beauty of Everest and the all important descent. Just wow.

  • @briteeni7541
    @briteeni7541 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    You guys came thru like the guardians of Mount Everest.. set up shop and proceeded to ease everyone along seamlessly. Huge applause 👏!

  • @edkiely2712
    @edkiely2712 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    You would think it's "Black Friday" on the Hillary Step this year!

  • @kims8317
    @kims8317 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Not in a million years would you catch me doing this! But I love watching the documentaries and videos about the people who do.

    • @Django2424
      @Django2424 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too, I can enjoy the top of the world 🗺️ from my warm recliner

    • @kahyui2486
      @kahyui2486 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too. Thank u to all the ego driven rich people for risking your life for my entertainment x

    • @hml808
      @hml808 ปีที่แล้ว

      …. If I could I would leave tomorrow. I was blessed to have spent my 60th birthday at Basecamp.
      th-cam.com/video/HUVbXTNWJA0/w-d-xo.html
      That was a true adventure for me, but I couldn’t imagine spending over $100,000 on getting up there yet. It is thrilling to watch footage like this; it is one of the best I’ve ever seen. I’m absolutely in awe with Sagarmantha.

    • @maxi5784
      @maxi5784 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can one be sure each hook point was safe and secured???

  • @Jongsukk
    @Jongsukk ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Incredible! I've never seen Hillary step this close. Respect your effort and thank you for sharing.

    • @N_Georgia_Trout
      @N_Georgia_Trout ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's really not even a step anymore. That's probably one reason why there are so many more climbers nowadays. No stopping to wait at the step while folks climb up and down the ladder.

    • @astonzappa
      @astonzappa ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@N_Georgia_TroutLadder is on the NE Ridge at the Second Step put there by the Chinese. No ladders were on the Hilary Step.

    • @N_Georgia_Trout
      @N_Georgia_Trout ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@astonzappa I stand corrected. Maybe the crowded conditions are due to the increase in permits and gov't greed. THAT'S never happened before.

    • @zweed69
      @zweed69 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@N_Georgia_Trout there was an earthquake i think 2019 the big boulder at the top left of the step was dislodged and it is not as steep now in that area. This footage isn't actually of the step itself btw it appears to be all summit ridge. ✌

  • @РэджУайт
    @РэджУайт 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Спасибо за видео! Вот я и побывал на Горе не слезая с дивана😂.

    • @Grandizer8989
      @Grandizer8989 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Get off the couch and make Putin go away

    • @Kirill11-v9k
      @Kirill11-v9k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Мама твоя​@@Grandizer8989

    • @Grandizer8989
      @Grandizer8989 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ИринаТомарева-х1э Marry me please

  • @barbenoire9448
    @barbenoire9448 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    merci superbe vidéo je sus stupéfait de voir autant de monde c est de la folie ça dépasse le raisonnable

  • @tscott6843
    @tscott6843 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The dramatic vistas in this video helps me understand why climbers obsess over mountaineering. It also clearly captures how much the dangers are magnified by the numbers of people seeking this adventure on Everest. Thank you for making this video. It's raw sights and sounds come as close as can be to putting viewers right there.

    • @lamontcranston3177
      @lamontcranston3177 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is a close as I ever want to be. Actually this video was starting to get to me. The thought of actually doing this is out of the question.

    • @tscott6843
      @tscott6843 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lamontcranston3177 Sometimes when their camera pans, my body instinctively moves the other way way.

    • @k1j2f30
      @k1j2f30 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lamontcranston3177 I wouldn't mind doing it, if it wasn't so damned crowded! That's just ridiculous!

    • @lamontcranston3177
      @lamontcranston3177 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tscott6843 The GoPro lens exaggerates the perceptive. It makes you feel like your on top of Everest slightly drunk and stoned.

    • @mda1501
      @mda1501 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've flown over the Hindu Kush piloting a helicopter. Not quite Himalayas heights but no crowds, exciting views, and less risk.

  • @daminox
    @daminox ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Incredible footage. I had no idea that route was so narrow for such a long distance.

    • @doreendaykin6693
      @doreendaykin6693 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So true! So many photos show it from the base of the H. Step looking up ( actually pretty much all) & it is so deceptive in the narrowness & the length.

    • @N_Georgia_Trout
      @N_Georgia_Trout ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was even worse back in the day, when the ladder was necessary.

    • @astonzappa
      @astonzappa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is the Cornice Traverse before the Hilary Step

  • @gwhite7136
    @gwhite7136 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    This sich great quality content. Best footage I've seen of Everest up high. It also illustrates how much you have to keep focused on the lines and what you are doing. Clipping in and out must be done with foresite and the fullest of your attention and abilities.

  • @kathleenthomas1971
    @kathleenthomas1971 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    bravo to the cameraman! great clear video, perfect

  • @hanswache1240
    @hanswache1240 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Wahnsinn,da stehen sie auf dem Gipfelgrat Reihe in Glied,wie früh an der Kaufhalle,wenn sie aufmacht.

  • @langdalepaul
    @langdalepaul ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Having to pass this many people on a walk through fields would annoy the hell out of people. I can’t imagine how frustrating it is when your one step from oblivion at the top of the world.

    • @heatbill1261
      @heatbill1261 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This style of climbing is not what its all about. I climbed to get away from the "chuckle heads"

    • @SilverLady52
      @SilverLady52 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right?? What the actual heck.

    • @Leira6267
      @Leira6267 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Dont forget that they have to wait as well, knowing every minute, second is counting on the oxygen.

    • @derekibison6644
      @derekibison6644 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Leira6267 Opportunities to text, tweet and take muggies

    • @SandhillCrane42
      @SandhillCrane42 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Excuse me, pardon me, coming through, watch that serac!

  • @robinmcdaniel5905
    @robinmcdaniel5905 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    When ya'll were passing each other on that tiny ledge I literally felt sick to my stomach. That is just insane. 😱

  • @donniedye2716
    @donniedye2716 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    My friend passed there in 2019 after making summit. Not sure if due to long lines and ran out of oxygen or simply a health issue. Either way watching these videos makes me feel closer to him. Its beautiful there.

    • @thegsid-yt
      @thegsid-yt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      7:41 there is a dead body of us person don cash

    • @xcreeseseater38
      @xcreeseseater38 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      thanks was wondering who that was no one seemed to mention the body right at the side of trail like that. crazy reminder of life and death up there @@thegsid-yt

  • @ЛюбовьПеплау
    @ЛюбовьПеплау 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Это просто жесть - столько раз отцепиться и столько раз прикрепиться. Большое спасибо, ни за какие деньги!

    • @Padoinky
      @Padoinky 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Looks like the early morning queues at a Disney world attraction

  • @mikecronan550
    @mikecronan550 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    In a place where speed is essential to minimize your time in the death zone (so you don't die) , the sheer number of people in line is not only appalling but totally irresponsible on the part of the outfitters as well as the Nepalese government for issuing so many permits. Greedy.

    • @josejo507
      @josejo507 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      fact

    • @ms.sherlock
      @ms.sherlock 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sheer insanity to climb under those conditions!! Lines on Everest - bodies everywhere - Exactly why is it worth $60 thou to do this???? Really beyond all rational thinking. The yearly death toll was 23 in 2023! It will just get worse.

    • @raerae6422
      @raerae6422 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I wonder how many people dont die on the mountain but walk away with brain injury, frostbite or other permanent health issues because of the extended queue time in the death zone?

    • @TheFrogfeeder
      @TheFrogfeeder 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you should write a letter to Nepal and tell em how they should run things, a strongly worded letter at that. I mean, how dare that 3rd world country capitalize on its main/only reason for tourism…

    • @hoopsmccann9228
      @hoopsmccann9228 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly.

  • @Atin_Abdillah.
    @Atin_Abdillah. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mengerikan sekali antriannya, bikin jantung deg-degan. Tapi pemandangannya sangat menakjubkan. Itulah mengapa, selalu menyenangkan nonton vlog pendakian Everest, meski mengerikan

  • @greggkerber1936
    @greggkerber1936 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Why ANYONE would do this with crowds like this is beyond me.

    • @arebee9024
      @arebee9024 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      they need to make an escalator that can increase the volume of people who make it to the top. pay 60k for a ride. ride up there, dump some rubbish to leave your mark, ride back and then tell your friends about it/post it on social media.

    • @robloxvids2233
      @robloxvids2233 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bragging rights for white men who weren't good at actual sports.

    • @crczr
      @crczr ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​​@@arebee9024Well, not escalator. That would be impossible. May be a cable cart, solar powered. That would help bring back the trash the rich people leave up there, along with their shit.

    • @elizabethnovak4088
      @elizabethnovak4088 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Greed..

    • @bcatblues725
      @bcatblues725 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don’t get it either. Plus they’re trashing the hell out of it with equipment and dead bodies.

  • @ratedz9188
    @ratedz9188 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    felt like i was there. awesome video.

  • @a.m.9466
    @a.m.9466 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I have skied some steep and scary slopes, this mountain climbing and scaling along snow ledges is on a whole different level of scariness

    • @heatbill1261
      @heatbill1261 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yup. surely is. focus is the key.

    • @gtr5860
      @gtr5860 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      people have skiing down everest 😂 K2 too

  • @wyomingadventures
    @wyomingadventures 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Congratulations! Amazing footage. Yeah I'm one of those who would love to climb Everest. I love mountains.

  • @dchall8052
    @dchall8052 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    7:42 that's my late mentor and friend Don Cash. He successfully completed the Seven Summits, Everest being his last, before cardiac failure above the Hillary Step. Rest In Peace brother.

    • @名-f7i
      @名-f7i 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      7:42 Don Cash did indeed reach the summit of Mount Everest, but sadly, he lost his life shortly after descending from the peak on May 22, 2019. He was part of a guided expedition attempting to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each continent.
      Cash reached the summit of Everest at around 5:30 PM local time, but he collapsed soon after due to high altitude sickness. His guides administered CPR and revived him, but the effort took a toll on his already weakened body. They managed to carry him down to the Hillary Step, a challenging section near the summit, but were unable to proceed further due to crowding on the fixed ropes.
      Despite receiving oxygen and medical attention, Cash's condition deteriorated further, and he eventually passed away around 10:30 PM that same day. His body remains on the mountain as his family decided it was too dangerous to attempt a recovery.
      Don Cash's death highlights the extreme risks involved in climbing Mount Everest. Despite significant improvements in equipment and preparation techniques, Everest still claims dozens of lives each year. His story serves as a reminder of the dangers and challenges faced by those who attempt to conquer this iconic peak.
      Here are some additional details about Don Cash and his Everest climb:
      He was a 55-year-old sales executive from Utah.
      He had already climbed six of the Seven Summits before attempting Everest.
      He was known for his adventurous spirit and his determination to achieve his goals.
      His death sent shockwaves through the climbing community and prompted questions about the safety of commercial expeditions on Everest.
      Credits: A.I

    • @Padoinky
      @Padoinky 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Assume that before undergoing such a dangerous and taxing adventure, the companies that organize these expeditions require all clients to have a complete physician exam and cardiovascular stress assessment?

    • @heightsofsagarmatha
      @heightsofsagarmatha 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@user-du1bd5xl6u his death probably didn't send shockwaves through the climbing community. Extreme conditions kill some ppl and 55 isn't young

    • @edinson1613
      @edinson1613 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cardiac arrest failure? As opposed to cardiac arrest success? It's just a cardiac arrest.

  • @misterlove6225
    @misterlove6225 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    It's hard to imagine they're almost at cruising altitude of airliners.

    • @prisonmike3605
      @prisonmike3605 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Isn’t peak summit already considered airline altitude?

  • @FreyjaJ
    @FreyjaJ ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Well done, and really great footage of the reality of climbing Everest today. The traffic jams always freak me out, but the general goodwill between most climbers is still nice to see. RIP to all who did not survive the mountain.

    • @kowalski3769
      @kowalski3769 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You mean besides stepping over the dead and dying people on their way up to glory? Yea fuck that.

    • @FreyjaJ
      @FreyjaJ ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kowalski3769 Sadly, that is part of the reality. I think it's important for people to see that it isn't necessarily what they might imagine, and that it does sometimes cost lives. Videos like this one are a crucial counterpoint to romanticized notions about climbing famous mountains.

    • @backlogbrood2451
      @backlogbrood2451 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@FreyjaJ I think the point is more that we have to change the narrative of mt everest climbs from some romanticized ideal which doesnt exist anymore to something that reflects the exploitative and damaging reality up there. I.E. stop congratulating these people for contributing to it. These people are nothing compared to mountaineers who don't lean on the sherpas for everything from food, to toilets, to literally taking each step up the mountain in some cases.

    • @FreyjaJ
      @FreyjaJ ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@backlogbrood2451 I don't necessarily disagree with you. That said, videos like this might do more to accomplish the goal of dispelling the most absurdly fantastic ideas about mountains such as Everest than (sometimes justifiably) scolding those who exploit the local people to climb it - sadly because the local government relies so heavily on tourist money, and keeps so much of it from the Sherpas, which is outrageous, as they are the ones taking the greatest risks. No one, not even those who climb on their own, get there without at least some support from the local people.

    • @kahyui2486
      @kahyui2486 ปีที่แล้ว

      You won't say goodwill when they leave you for dead 😂.
      And before someone says "they only do it to save their own life's".
      No they don't, literally multiple stories of how people still summited whilst leaving people for dead when they could have descended and potentially saved them or bring them to rescue level. The guy who had a stroke on the Michael Mathews expedition is an example. To selfish climbers still ascended whilt a man had a stroke n the Sherpas carried him to ground base evel 💀

  • @threethrushes
    @threethrushes ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Seeing the zero margin of error, my respect to Sir Edmund Hilary and Norgay Tenzing has gone up several-fold. Insane. Utterly insane.

    • @swirvinbirds1971
      @swirvinbirds1971 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Ikr... All these guys use ropes and ladders that are already fixed to the route. It's nothing today compared to what those men did.

    • @kahyui2486
      @kahyui2486 ปีที่แล้ว

      Respect? 😂

    • @gerhardmoeller774
      @gerhardmoeller774 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hilary and Tensing did the North approach….. much harder. I believe Sir Edmund reached the summit!!

    • @jimmywrangles
      @jimmywrangles ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@gerhardmoeller774 No sir, Hillary and Norgay climbed Everest via the South East ridge route on May 29th 1953.
      The Chinese were the first to ascend via the North ridge route in May 1960.

    • @TheTrueMendoza
      @TheTrueMendoza ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimmywrangles were there any successful summits prior to 1953?

  • @christinagutierrez7694
    @christinagutierrez7694 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This has best education on Hilary step. I was holding my breath for all of you and sending safety prayers for all of you. Your skill and bravery are amazing. All the respect I have for the rescue crew. Please if push comes to shove, do not sacrifice your precious lives❤❤❤❤❤

  • @НадеждаБатяева
    @НадеждаБатяева 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Смотрю на всех этих альпинтстах в ковычках и понимаю здесь герои только Шерпы, настоящии альпинисты , сильные, Браво❤

    • @tanitaT34
      @tanitaT34 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Корова в стойле не думает, что траву, которая сама растёт ещё надо скосить, высушить, обогатить , упаковать и ей принести. Она просто её жрёт.

  • @raidersofexploration6907
    @raidersofexploration6907 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Those sights are breathtaking!!

    • @alcaholic9559
      @alcaholic9559 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And you got em for free : )

  • @gloriaa.garcia3985
    @gloriaa.garcia3985 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Wow, all of those climbers have to be real patient with the back & forth movement on that ledge!!!! Great footage, the step is so narrow it must be like walking on a balance beam.

  • @humanbeing2420
    @humanbeing2420 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    If I had very high quality video of myself climbing the highest mountain on earth, I'd definitely post it to TH-cam with no explanation other than "Full Video".

  • @korntikasrithananan1101
    @korntikasrithananan1101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love my life too much to go up there....I admire those people who want to summit, but not for me. Thank you for the video.

  • @Chris-ge7pt
    @Chris-ge7pt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Sad but truly breathtaking. May all who travel here make it home safely. Peace be with you

  • @kellycaraway-j7f
    @kellycaraway-j7f ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I’m gobsmacked by this video…so in awe of Everest, but damn-all these climbers. It’s a traffic jam up there.

    • @derekibison6644
      @derekibison6644 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Give it a few years and they’ll have a MuckDonalds at the summit

    • @XRIDER-qm1kw
      @XRIDER-qm1kw ปีที่แล้ว

      @@derekibison6644😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯

    • @Guide4Ever
      @Guide4Ever ปีที่แล้ว

      @@derekibison6644 HillaryDonalds, serving fresh and cold.

    • @derekibison6644
      @derekibison6644 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Guide4Ever With an unlimited range of novel frozen meats.

  • @Al-oe8ib
    @Al-oe8ib ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Hard to imagine how difficult it must have been, back in 1953 when Sir Ed did it without all the modern equipment and clothing, and no track to follow

    • @heatbill1261
      @heatbill1261 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Climbing Purity is mostly non existent on Everest and also climbed in the poorest of style. Many have soloed Everest Alpine style and with no O'S. Yes Hillary was a lung with legs.

    • @whywontmymousework
      @whywontmymousework ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Don't forget, he wasn't alone - he did it with Tenzing Norgay. But yes, an incredible feat with the equipment (or lack of) available back then.

    • @notapilot1
      @notapilot1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      On the other hand, no tall guys in the way

    • @kshitizyadav3174
      @kshitizyadav3174 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@whywontmymouseworkTenzing was selfish bastard while Edmund was gracious , read more kid

    • @crczr
      @crczr ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@kshitizyadav3174Could you explain?
      How was Tenzing a bad person?

  • @climbeverest
    @climbeverest ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The clarity of this camera and the ability to see in HD the hillary step is incredible

    • @jars7774
      @jars7774 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      GoPro or go nowhere

    • @kdum8
      @kdum8 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which part is the actual Hillary step?

    • @holden88
      @holden88 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Hillary step is gone. It is not seen in this video (despite the title).

  • @chefgarrin
    @chefgarrin 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow that's crazy and incredible. Respect for filming this for the world.... Needs to be seen something this beautiful.

  • @icalamatiranmusik
    @icalamatiranmusik 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The best, respect❤❤❤❤

  • @zyaneric1
    @zyaneric1 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Seems like there are more folks like Stockton Rush out there, willing to take money to lead to Mt Everest, does anyone remember 1998?
    It’s just not the same, that “Being first,”. Now it seems as if you got the money you can be carried there. Where is the pride of accomplishment?
    We all, or at least I hope so, want to be first, let’s level it down to being our best of whatever we can be. Be the first to mount your own Mt Everest, you can do it, don’t wait in line or let someone carry you. You can do it!

    • @backlogbrood2451
      @backlogbrood2451 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed. None of these people should be proud. They show little skill by relying so much on Sherpa guides. They don't give a shit about these peoples' lives. In this day and age, you can't decide to summit Everest AND also say "I care about these peoples' lives". You can't have it both ways.

    • @AshleySpeaks09
      @AshleySpeaks09 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @bari2883
    @bari2883 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The amount of people just standing around waiting is criminal. Something needs to be done like a certain amount of climbers each year. This is not my idea of fun but still am in awe of those who accomplish it.

  • @nathankennedy4263
    @nathankennedy4263 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    7:53 you can catch a glimpse of a dead body still attached to the fixed line. (Lower left side)

    • @rpglennj
      @rpglennj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And at 9:45

  • @koreanature
    @koreanature 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Awesome... Full watched. Thanks Have a happy day!

  • @DC10418
    @DC10418 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Disneyland called. They’re closing down the Mount Everest ride for repairs.
    I would absolutely flip out having to just stand on that ledge using up my oxygen due to crowd congestion.

  • @ramtron1775
    @ramtron1775 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    All those people up there, you can't even immerse yourself in the moment. 😂 That would absolutely ruin it for me.

    • @5PercentTint
      @5PercentTint ปีที่แล้ว

      Selfie 🎉

    • @bcatblues725
      @bcatblues725 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right? I don’t like standing in line at Disneyland.

  • @markmark2080
    @markmark2080 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks for posting this, I'm not one for standing in lines... At least the view is great, can't imagine what Hillary would think...

  • @Jewdacus
    @Jewdacus ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Holy hell I didn't realize how narrow it is and how steep the fall. I wonder how long the wait is to summit? Also I know they are wearing the best clothing but how cold is it up there?

    • @nickreynolds8391
      @nickreynolds8391 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Temps near the summit hover anywhere from -35 to -55. Can get worse. Winds that can punish the higher parts of the mountain to the tune of 100 mph. Add those two up (real temps & wind chill) and you'd have temps that feel like -80.

  • @VERY_VARIOUS_VIDEOS
    @VERY_VARIOUS_VIDEOS 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    WOW!!!!! EVEREST!!!!! Super video !!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @ra6648
    @ra6648 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely fantastic video of the summit day . Now Imagine doing that at night if you get stranded there !

  • @Heike0815
    @Heike0815 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    ein wunderschönes Video, vielen Dank fürs Einstellen. Hoffentlich erschreckt es nicht nur mich, sondern v.a. planende Everest-Touristen und hält sie von diesem Frevel gegenüber dem Dach der Welt ab. Denn es sind so viele wunderschöne unerschlossene 7000er dort zu sehen, wohin echte Alpinisten ohne Menschenmassen wie im Kletterpark zur Erkundung aufbrechen können.

    • @handzimbo6224
      @handzimbo6224 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Dach der Welt" eher ein riesen Eiterpickel

    • @MuffelamMorgen
      @MuffelamMorgen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Das Dach der Welt ist wie der Rest der Welt nur noch ein einziger stinkender Müllhaufen. Vielleicht wäre es besser Putin und Nato freie Hand zu lassen und die Massenbevölkerung der Erde ein Ende setzen.

  • @kathleenmccallum5081
    @kathleenmccallum5081 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing. Best I've ever seen. I wonder how many just fall off the side of that step. It seems so easy to do.

  • @ghpjerry
    @ghpjerry ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is the most amazing video I've ever seen of Everest...WOW! What a pov. TY! That being said, as much as I've always been an extreme adventure seeker since a child, Everest is something I wouldn't even consider, not because of the cost, I could cover that, it's that my life is dependent on a McDonald's Drive-Thru line when they relaunch the McRib (which is gross, I don't understand how people love it). I'm not letting my life be decided by some rich arsewhole that has more money than talent. It's a joke now, lines like an amusement park in the most dangerous situation you could ever be in. No thanks.

    • @doreendaykin6693
      @doreendaykin6693 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Share your feelings.

    • @heatbill1261
      @heatbill1261 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its a big sht hole because most of the climbers aren't real climbers. You can see the chuckleheads stumbling of balance and catching themselves. Sherpa clipping in the climbers protection/rigging. The climbing rout clearly marked with fixed lines that the Sherpa set up. WTF

    • @darylsmith1203
      @darylsmith1203 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed. The amount of litter on that mountain is not sustainable, something needs to change or there will be more deaths, not to mention what the garbage is doing to a beautiful place.

    • @kahyui2486
      @kahyui2486 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are u related to Ronald McDonald

    • @ghpjerry
      @ghpjerry ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kahyui2486 Sometimes

  • @Sukhumvit246
    @Sukhumvit246 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Im fascinated with Everest, Ive been climbing for years all over the world, I done the base camp trek last year but this is beautiful. I wish I had the money for this.

  • @kilokslr
    @kilokslr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That is some next level chit having to maneuver along that ridge with two way traffic!

  • @darklordlc
    @darklordlc ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The amount of people up there is staggering and there is barely any room to maneuver and pass each other in opposite directions. This seems very dangerous and such a roadblock for the experienced climbers where time is of the essence.

    • @deborahparise5566
      @deborahparise5566 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How is it that the passage of so many feet doesn't wear the snow down and make the snow ledge drop away?

  • @maramé.r
    @maramé.r ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What on Earth are all those people doing queuing up at the top of Everest. I'd never have imagined such a remote and hazardous place would be teeming with so many people. What a nightmare and how unrewarding it must seem

    • @deborahparise5566
      @deborahparise5566 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your only view is the backpacks and masked faces; you can't take time to appreciate the vista, or you get distracted and have an accident.

    • @PrzemekZapart
      @PrzemekZapart 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The weather window is a few days from mid-May, including 1 to 2 days with guaranteed weather, hence the queues

  • @jhernandez1045
    @jhernandez1045 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Been watching a lot of these videos I think I am prepared to do this I'm here in Texas mainly hills no mountainsbut I go up and down hospital stairs it's got six floors but we only have access to the 5th I go to the outside area where it used to be smoking area when it's 33° outside so it's probably like 27 degrees on the 5th floor, i use that abandoned area to get my body acclimated to the weather, if I can't utilize these options I'll just stand inside a bucket of ice water while I'm playing assassin's Creed climbing everything to stay consistent its all about technique and luck

  • @Hatbox948
    @Hatbox948 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It seems like the weight and movement of so many people would cause avalanches, ice bridge breakage, rock slides, etc. This is crazy and full of risks.

  • @BenTrem42
    @BenTrem42 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ... I'm gasping. I knew it was crowded, and I knew it too strength, but god! the patience!
    congrats to all

  • @Manhunt1966
    @Manhunt1966 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Congratulations on climbing Everest and the great shots! I have only one question: When I see the queue of climbers I wonder how much important time everyone loses until he is at the summit and back again. Under circumstances also a question of life and death or?
    Best regards from Germany

    • @SLCtica
      @SLCtica 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Excellent question I’m curious to know myself. From what I’ve read most deaths happen on the descent precisely due to prolonged exposure in the low oxygen environment of the death zone. Just how long is too long, is a crucial question.

  • @Ivey-nb3nk
    @Ivey-nb3nk ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No way not for all the money in the world. Please be safe all. Thank you for sharing

  • @tashideleg1
    @tashideleg1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It is sheer madness to scale Everest at the cost of your life. I have never seen such dangerous and close-up facts at such difficult heights. I think the guides should be paid double the current pay.

  • @worldtravelerforever
    @worldtravelerforever 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Outstanding video! Thank you!

  • @geoparkgalunggungchannel
    @geoparkgalunggungchannel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Extraordinary, it requires physical and skill as well as knowing the terrain, great struggle and caution

  • @sammich6389
    @sammich6389 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome footage! Appreciate the video.

  • @raegaenmc3582
    @raegaenmc3582 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful views but absolutely terrifying climbing up and down that very small ledge.

  • @catherinecole3978
    @catherinecole3978 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    After reading "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer, the whole lid was blown off on the adventure tourism 'industry'. Seeing this ideo of the debacle on the Hillary Step emphasizes it even more. The achievement of Hillary and Norgay at the time is brought into full focus. Without oxygen, modern cold gear, all the mods and cons of today, these men made a great achievement all on their own. There is a great difference between a mountaineer and a tourist. These foolish people with more money than brains are not only risking their own lives, but they are also risking the lives of those poor Sherpas! What must people be thinking about as they climb over the frozen bodies of former climbers!

    • @gizmoswr679
      @gizmoswr679 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Krakauer is a tourist who happens to climb. Read Anatoly's book or Groom's book. That's where Jon gets a lot of his information and then just starts to make things up.

  • @rvboondocker2559
    @rvboondocker2559 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outstanding video, thank you! We were just there last week. Humbling

  • @watdahek2
    @watdahek2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is absolutely nuts. Congratualations to all that have made the summit!

  • @lucassampaio2069
    @lucassampaio2069 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am not a mountaineer, but an admirer of this sport. What has been happening on Everest and K2 is absolute nonsense. People with no experience are climbing these mountains, as if they were going to Disneyland. Queues on the trail are criminal.
    It is sad to say, but I believe that a great tragedy could happen if so many unprepared people continue to climb Everest at the same time.

  • @stevo728822
    @stevo728822 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    To think there was no established path or ropes when Hilary and Tensing first climbed it.

  • @jfhoule8530
    @jfhoule8530 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    At 7:41, you can see what happens when you misstep (dead body)

    • @gparsr
      @gparsr ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sharp observation- didn’t notice at first pass. Things can turn against you so quickly, and at that location virtually impossible to assist in most circumstances. Top notch video.

    • @goldreverre
      @goldreverre ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still hooked on the current ropes. Hasn't been there for long

    • @lucasdegraaf4072
      @lucasdegraaf4072 ปีที่แล้ว

      i believe that that is donald cash (grey boots), and he collapsed there instead of having taken a misstep, people theorize it was a heart attack. he couldnt be saved up there, even with sherpas taking care of him for 2 hours and momentarily bringing him back. but it was not meant to be

    • @sandytighe4854
      @sandytighe4854 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s the body of Donald Cash from Sandy Utah USA died in 2019 on decent. He has an amazing view for his resting place.

    • @danielclement3916
      @danielclement3916 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No is Bruce Herrod ​@@sandytighe4854

  • @tanitaT34
    @tanitaT34 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing❤ it is a gut-wrenching footage. Every step could be the last. Everest is not for everyone. It is , actually, for no one. Just a few hundred people out of 8 billion can climb it. All of you are crazy. But I admire your willpower, agility, and courage.

  • @easygoer1234
    @easygoer1234 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video. Best one ive seen of the hillery step. And ive watched several.