Climbed Aconcagua in 2011. It’s not technical but I saw a lot of high altitude pulmonary edema and a few cases of cerebral edema. No doubt people can die there if they push beyond their limits. I had a pulse oximeter and my oxygen saturation was 77% at the summit, which is pretty typical. Saw people that needed to be guided down at night in the dark and freezing cold.
I was missing the mountaineering stories so much! Thank you @Morbid Midnight . Please, never change your style, music, volume of videos, narration style, nothing! The videos are also very well edited. This channel is absolutely perfect! Thanks so much!
Some people's bodies simply cannot acclimatise to very high altitudes .. and unfortunately I've had to accept that I am just one of those people. I've shared a love climbing with my Dad since I was a child, but the highest peaks will forever remain outside of my capabilities due to persistent altitude sickness. Even the trek to Everest Base Camp can turn back the youngest, healthiest, and fittest of bodies, and the highest point on the trek is 'only' 5,364, with most of it being at lower altitudes! Mountain Sickness is no joke, also known as High Altitude Sickness, or HAS. A mountaineer can summit Everest nine times without ever suffering from the illness, only to suddenly pass away on the 10th attempt. Just one example of this is the case of Namgyal Sherpa, who was a mountain guide who had worked his way up from a porter and cook to guiding his own clients to the summit. But he was also a passionate champion of cleaning up the mess left behind on Everest by decades of climbers before him. Apart from being a very talented mountaineer and downright nice guy, it's for that reason that to this day, I still regard Namgyal as one of Everest's truest Sherpa heroes. At the end of each season he would take a team of mostly Nepalese climbers up into the DZ to clean it up, and each year they would bring down thousands of kilograms of trash for disposal, including DB's - and these guys were up in the DZ without any O's for 28 days straight during that process!! But no one is immune to Altitude Sickness - not even Sherpa. It can strike anyone, at any time, and without warning. So on 16th May, 2013 after Namgyal had successfully guided his client to the top, and summited Everest's peak for the 10th time himself, he suddenly became ill on his descent, stopping to rest just above Camp 3 and alerting his friend and fellow Sherpa to his sudden illness by pointing to his chest ... and then he died! It was later determined that he had suffered from sudden onset of HAPE - aka High Altitude Pulmonary Edema...or swelling of the heart due to fluid. HACE is also prevalent among climbers, aka High Altitude Cerebral Edema, or swelling of the brain. There are other forms of Mountain Sickness also, but it's all related to the lower oxygen levels at higher altitudes and how one's body copes with it. This is why climbers don't just turn up at 8,000'ers and head for the summit. Instead, they must first spend 6-8 weeks doing 'rotations' - ie, climbing up and resting in the higher camps to allow their bodies to acclimatise to the high altitude, before coming back down to lower altitudes to recover. Finally they are ready to head for a summit push. But if H.A.S. persistently makes one ill at just 5,000 meters, then one can pretty much forget about any of "the big ones". I've always been envious of climbers who can cope with high altitudes. Best wishes to you all, and safe climbing : ) And Rest In Peace, Namgyal Sherpa - 16th May, 2013 .. Always remembered.
Very sad. Spending 28 days up high is so dangerous, Namgyal must have known that as well as anyone. Pulmonary edema affects the lungs actually [not the heart] where excess fluid fills the air sacs [alveoli]
@@paulgrey8028 True - and thank you for the correction : ) But it causes the heart failure, which is the eventual actual cause of death. And yes - Namgyal definitely knew the risks of H.A.S.. He brought down enough DB's of climbers who had succumbed to it. He and the 30 or so members of the Nepalese team which he led up the mountain at the end of several seasons in a row to clean up, mostly in the DZ & without supplement oxygen for up to 28 days - were so extraordinary! - not to mention the approx. 2 tons of trash they brought down with them at the end of each season! But they would also bring down several deceased climbers on each expedition, & in 2010 he single-handedly brought down a body from high on Lohtse, by himself, all the way down to Camp IV, which the two peaks share as their high camp. He almost died from sheer exhaustion & exposure in that process himself. So yes, he'd handled the DB's of quite a few climbers who had succumbed to H.A.S.,and he knew better than most. But he was so very passionate about cleaning up the mountain, & if he were still here I believe he would have worked tirelessly to solve the problems of trash etc - both on the mountain and at nearby Gorak Shep, which is where all of the rubbish & human waste from EBC is transported to on the backs of Yaks, where it's tossed into deep pits. These huge pits can't be seen on the trek in or out of EBC, as they're hidden out of sight behind higher ridges, but the contents of those trash & waste pits are known to be leaching into the Khumbu River - which is the water source for millions of people downstream. Samples show that even micro-plastic are present in the water. Namgyal was so committed to cleaning it up that after working his way up from a porter & cook up to a guide, he started his own Everest expedition company (called "Mountain Consult") so he could both support his family & give them a better life while he could also continue to fund the cleanups of the mountain. But sadly he died after having successfully guided his client to the summit, which was also his own 10th achievement. On this occasion he was 'only' in the DZ for around 18 hours & not 28 days - however I don't know if he was supplimenting with O's. And yet he succumbed so quickly. His climbing partner & friend said that he'd shown no signs of illness - until he pointed at his chest & passed away shortly after. I really admired him for his commitment to his hopes & goals for the eco-health of the Everest & Khumbu region, & I've no doubt that it would be a much better & cleaner environment now, were he still in the world. His passing is testament to the serious nature of High Altitude Sickness, & highlights my point that it does take lives, and it does not discriminate. Some of the greatest climbers in history who have never suffered from mountain sickness before have been cut down by high altitude sickness. H.A.S. is no joke, and my point is that it can strike any mountaineer at any time - regardless of who they are or how many 8,000'ers they've conquesd without suffering the catastrophic ill-effects of H.A.S. beforehand. And sadly, there are far too many of them that have : (
Correct. I am fortunate to not have felt anything at all on the Inka Trail, highest point 4200m, also felt nothing on nearby Rainbow mountain 5500m. It felt like a hike at sea level. I'm actually curious what altitude sickness feels like!
I have been on every climb in the Alps. I never had a problem with acclimating but on my 20th birthday, I took the Diavolezzabahn up to 3300 m. I became almost immediately ill and needed medical care. Even on the descent back to the station Diavolezza, I needed medical care. This was the first time I used another transportation than my own feet. Ever since I have been very cautioned to use these kinds of rapid transportation.
True, but it will be considered a step-up to the really difficult climbs. Even a so-called beginners mountain that's supposedly easy to climb can be deadly when things go wrong.
The sudden whisper and the lady popping up in the video is just so funny to me and your thoroughness in research and fact checking is truly impressive.
FYI… you mention no ice ax required, however there is a snowfield you cross just before the final gully to the summit (Normal Route) that most certainly does require an ax and crampons (although you don’t rope up). A slip here without an ax to arrest your fall would send you and a very long, and likely fatal, slide down the mountain.
I climbed Aconcagua a few years ago straight from base camp - 5 days in total. Too many beginners there and I saved someone from death who had no clue he was dying from severe mountain sickness. For some reason the central Andes always gave me problems probably because the air is dryer than usual. I miss that continent very much.
Great video! It would be cool if you made a video about the 1998 Aconcagua tragedy with the brazillian climber Mozart Catão and his team, when they tried to climb the mountain’s south face, the much harder and more technical part of the mountain
As a Norwegian, for future reference, the name of the Norwegian man in the first story is Øystein (first name) Moi (last name). Øystein is a fairly common first name
@@shadetreader it can be a little annoying sometimes across the platform, but there are plenty of words in other languages that I wouldn't be able to pronounce correctly only with the help of Google either, so I always appreciate the attempt when it's there, personally! :)
@@morriskaller3549 People from every country butcher the pronunciation of other culture's names. Americans are far from the worst (British are the worst)... I was born and raised in Japan, and am still amazed at how badly Japanese speakers mangle simple American names. Scandinavians do the best with English.
Statistically, you're more likely to die on the way down than the way up a mountain, especially on an established path and/or on a high altitude peak. Mostly because people push themselves and give it their alls to reach the top, and then don't have the energy to get back down. Moral of the story, don't push yourself to the breaking point before you're even halfway through your journey.
I admire that you tried to find a way to prove something which had been questioned, but I'll never understand the obsession with did he/she get halfway, or not. Mountaineering = ascend + descend. It's unhealthy to view ascend, and descend as 2 separate goals. Sure, it's an achievement to have reached the summit, but you don't win a marathon by being first to the halfway point.
At least the guides on this mountain bring their sick/unconscious/dying customers back down to attempt to get them medical help. If something happens to you on everest or one of the peaks in that mountain range. They're almost certainly leaving you to die.
Two words that dont go together "easy" "mountain" No matter the technical difficulties the common denominators? Weather, including, wind, blizzards, hypothermia, pulmonary and cerebral edema.
So what did his fellow soldier climbers say about what transpired? I'm assuming they were all together in the push for the summit. Did they reach the summit and pics taken also? I don't understand how their account of the situation was never heard.
Count me in on this…. Why haven’t the other 2 in the group clarified any of this story…? I love the comparison photos that showed him on the top, but the fact that the other 2 soldiers haven’t spoken up on his behalf surprises me
I was there that year. It was brutal with the snow, and what normally has no avalanche hazard accumulated more than 3 feet creating avalanche danger at the traverse. Only got as far a Colera. A bunch of injuries in addition to the tragic fatalities made 2023 an unfortunate year. Non-technical, but never underestimate an almost 23000 foot mountain.
Like some of the new things your exploring, but your mountain stories are my favorites. Glad you keep the old stuff coming out even as you explore different stories
Someone tell me how such challenges reak in money, if the absolute basic price of climbing the mountain for three persons is approximately 18 000 USD. Those men were not in their prime, so it would be more like 28 000 USD. Wouldn't it make more sense just to donate the money?
I believe the retired soliders wanted to take on these challenges, as a personal achievement. I'm sure they paid their own way and were simply raising money on behalf of the charity. Don Fallin lived down the street form me, and I played soccer with his son for yeas. They're a great family and I doubt he would accept them paying if not raising multiples or just paying his own way.
Most mountaineering videos just show random mountain images, knowing that most of us can't tell one mountain from another; we don't spot it until we recognize images in one video supposedly from wildly other locations. My uneducated opinion is that this guy respects us enough not to do that; I think his images of expeditions are authentic, not just cut-and-paste images of people or mountains from other years and places. Correct me if I'm wrong...
Does anyone else hear a whisper in the background of the narrator right around 11.01, during the story of the Johnny Mac climbers? If so, can you understand what the voice is saying? I wear hearing aids so cannot ascertain what the whisper is saying.
I'm glad I can listen to 1.25x on TH-cam because it seems you speak slower and slower by the video. Why drag out every word? You did not talk that slow before
Definitely seems to be dragging out to get TH-cam monetization. Not only has his speech become unbelievably slow, but instead of saying narrations like “his social media team reported everything was ok” he ends up reading entire lengthy social media posts at snail’s pace. Used to be a fan of the channel but I hate when YT channels do cheap stuff like this.
@tony9146 maybe he was just oxygen deprived and exhausted from his acclimatization process. His other vids weren't like this and his summit vid has spectacular views on the way up!! Ryan is a self made millionaire by age 19 so he's not nefariously trying to gain some TH-cam pennies by speaking slower... lol 🤣
I dont understand how the reports can be completely different. Why would the guides lie? The photo does not appear to be photoshopped.. Doesnt make sense.
I see all kinds of terrain there that would need pins ropes crqmpons and ice axe if you got off route. I'd at least take the last two i think, even on a guided trip.
He never made it to the summit, he was photoshopped over another mountaineer, they didn't want the story to get out that the other 2 men went to the summit after he died.......
Your attempt to end the two narratives about the army veteran's summit attempt is not rigorous enough to persuade a doubter. Not only do you need to show that the photo was taken at the summit of Aconcagua, but you also need to show that the climber was there when the photo was taken. Anyone who is fairly skilled with photoshop would be able to create that image by combining a photo of him from another mountain with a photo of someone else at Aconcagua. The best clue is what he was wearing in the photo. Are there other photos of him wearing exactly the same clothes but taken elsewhere? Are there photos of him from the high camp at Aconcagua showing what he was wearing that day? By pursuing that line of enquiry, you could have made a much stronger case that he did, indeed, summit Aconcagua.
I'm afraid the question about whether the nonprofit group actually made it to the summit is still in question. It will require a more in-depth investigation. I don't have an opinion either way. It would be nice to think that they succeeded; but, more information is still needed to answer the problem of the two conflicting narratives.
It must take extra research on top of your adept linguistical skills, to be able to pronounce all the mountains and climbers names. I'm not good with pronouncing those names properly when I first see the word in another language. I always appreciate hearing you say the names.
I wouldn't put much stock in how he pronounces things because he's often wrong. His pronunciation of "Katahdin" in one of his videos gave me a cringe overdose.
@@PFBM86 Wow, that's a mouthful too- I'd probably butcher that one - I didn't see the video you mentioned- "ka-taw-din" ? At first glance - but now I'll go look it up.
This video is just a collection of multiple one-off deaths. The only reason it was the deadliest season was simply because so many people went, but there was no odd weather or avalanche or other contributing common disaster.
It’s okay to not sound too dry and disinterested . I’ve watched and liked plenty of your vids , but it’s ok to change the inflection a hair here and there
Baltimore Bridge was NOT a cyber attack or terror attack of any kind. The ship was put into reverse full throttle, they made an SOS call about the incident AND to clear the bridge on top of throwing the anchor overboard. Don't drop out of school kids.
This video is in breach of copyright, using footage from my film from 2017, contact me immediately to sort a solution for this or I will report the video
I really like the subject matter. I would like to subscribe, but the only drawback is the narration. Please consider changing who narrates your videos. His voice is scratchy, it sounds very unnatural and distracts from the content. I am not trying to be mean at all just some friendly suggestions.
Climbed Aconcagua in 2011. It’s not technical but I saw a lot of high altitude pulmonary edema and a few cases of cerebral edema. No doubt people can die there if they push beyond their limits. I had a pulse oximeter and my oxygen saturation was 77% at the summit, which is pretty typical. Saw people that needed to be guided down at night in the dark and freezing cold.
Same. People don't take the altitude seriously enough
Me too~
Would that be because many of those climbers did not acclimatise themselves sufficiently before going for the summit?
@@paulgrey8028precisely but even the most “acclimatized” can succumb. It’s a gamble, no matter what.
I was missing the mountaineering stories so much! Thank you @Morbid Midnight . Please, never change your style, music, volume of videos, narration style, nothing! The videos are also very well edited. This channel is absolutely perfect! Thanks so much!
I agree, best channel of its kind.
I CONCUR
Some people's bodies simply cannot acclimatise to very high altitudes .. and unfortunately I've had to accept that I am just one of those people. I've shared a love climbing with my Dad since I was a child, but the highest peaks will forever remain outside of my capabilities due to persistent altitude sickness. Even the trek to Everest Base Camp can turn back the youngest, healthiest, and fittest of bodies, and the highest point on the trek is 'only' 5,364, with most of it being at lower altitudes! Mountain Sickness is no joke, also known as High Altitude Sickness, or HAS. A mountaineer can summit Everest nine times without ever suffering from the illness, only to suddenly pass away on the 10th attempt. Just one example of this is the case of Namgyal Sherpa, who was a mountain guide who had worked his way up from a porter and cook to guiding his own clients to the summit. But he was also a passionate champion of cleaning up the mess left behind on Everest by decades of climbers before him. Apart from being a very talented mountaineer and downright nice guy, it's for that reason that to this day, I still regard Namgyal as one of Everest's truest Sherpa heroes. At the end of each season he would take a team of mostly Nepalese climbers up into the DZ to clean it up, and each year they would bring down thousands of kilograms of trash for disposal, including DB's - and these guys were up in the DZ without any O's for 28 days straight during that process!! But no one is immune to Altitude Sickness - not even Sherpa. It can strike anyone, at any time, and without warning. So on 16th May, 2013 after Namgyal had successfully guided his client to the top, and summited Everest's peak for the 10th time himself, he suddenly became ill on his descent, stopping to rest just above Camp 3 and alerting his friend and fellow Sherpa to his sudden illness by pointing to his chest ... and then he died! It was later determined that he had suffered from sudden onset of HAPE - aka High Altitude Pulmonary Edema...or swelling of the heart due to fluid. HACE is also prevalent among climbers, aka High Altitude Cerebral Edema, or swelling of the brain. There are other forms of Mountain Sickness also, but it's all related to the lower oxygen levels at higher altitudes and how one's body copes with it. This is why climbers don't just turn up at 8,000'ers and head for the summit. Instead, they must first spend 6-8 weeks doing 'rotations' - ie, climbing up and resting in the higher camps to allow their bodies to acclimatise to the high altitude, before coming back down to lower altitudes to recover. Finally they are ready to head for a summit push. But if H.A.S. persistently makes one ill at just 5,000 meters, then one can pretty much forget about any of "the big ones". I've always been envious of climbers who can cope with high altitudes.
Best wishes to you all, and safe climbing : )
And Rest In Peace, Namgyal Sherpa - 16th May, 2013 .. Always remembered.
Very sad. Spending 28 days up high is so dangerous, Namgyal must have known that as well as anyone.
Pulmonary edema affects the lungs actually [not the heart] where excess fluid fills the air sacs [alveoli]
@@paulgrey8028 True - and thank you for the correction : ) But it causes the heart failure, which is the eventual actual cause of death. And yes - Namgyal definitely knew the risks of H.A.S.. He brought down enough DB's of climbers who had succumbed to it. He and the 30 or so members of the Nepalese team which he led up the mountain at the end of several seasons in a row to clean up, mostly in the DZ & without supplement oxygen for up to 28 days - were so extraordinary! - not to mention the approx. 2 tons of trash they brought down with them at the end of each season! But they would also bring down several deceased climbers on each expedition, & in 2010 he single-handedly brought down a body from high on Lohtse, by himself, all the way down to Camp IV, which the two peaks share as their high camp. He almost died from sheer exhaustion & exposure in that process himself. So yes, he'd handled the DB's of quite a few climbers who had succumbed to H.A.S.,and he knew better than most. But he was so very passionate about cleaning up the mountain, & if he were still here I believe he would have worked tirelessly to solve the problems of trash etc - both on the mountain and at nearby Gorak Shep, which is where all of the rubbish & human waste from EBC is transported to on the backs of Yaks, where it's tossed into deep pits. These huge pits can't be seen on the trek in or out of EBC, as they're hidden out of sight behind higher ridges, but the contents of those trash & waste pits are known to be leaching into the Khumbu River - which is the water source for millions of people downstream. Samples show that even micro-plastic are present in the water. Namgyal was so committed to cleaning it up that after working his way up from a porter & cook up to a guide, he started his own Everest expedition company (called "Mountain Consult") so he could both support his family & give them a better life while he could also continue to fund the cleanups of the mountain. But sadly he died after having successfully guided his client to the summit, which was also his own 10th achievement. On this occasion he was 'only' in the DZ for around 18 hours & not 28 days - however I don't know if he was supplimenting with O's. And yet he succumbed so quickly. His climbing partner & friend said that he'd shown no signs of illness - until he pointed at his chest & passed away shortly after. I really admired him for his commitment to his hopes & goals for the eco-health of the Everest & Khumbu region, & I've no doubt that it would be a much better & cleaner environment now, were he still in the world. His passing is testament to the serious nature of High Altitude Sickness, & highlights my point that it does take lives, and it does not discriminate. Some of the greatest climbers in history who have never suffered from mountain sickness before have been cut down by high altitude sickness. H.A.S. is no joke, and my point is that it can strike any mountaineer at any time - regardless of who they are or how many 8,000'ers they've conquesd without suffering the catastrophic ill-effects of H.A.S. beforehand. And sadly, there are far too many of them that have : (
Correct. I am fortunate to not have felt anything at all on the Inka Trail, highest point 4200m, also felt nothing on nearby Rainbow mountain 5500m. It felt like a hike at sea level. I'm actually curious what altitude sickness feels like!
I listen to a lot of these videos and wonder why they never acclimatize on Aconcagua
I have been on every climb in the Alps. I never had a problem with acclimating but on my 20th birthday, I took the Diavolezzabahn up to 3300 m. I became almost immediately ill and needed medical care. Even on the descent back to the station Diavolezza, I needed medical care. This was the first time I used another transportation than my own feet. Ever since I have been very cautioned to use these kinds of rapid transportation.
A non-technical climb does not mean a non-deadly climb when the summit is 6900m.
True, but it will be considered a step-up to the really difficult climbs. Even a so-called beginners mountain that's supposedly easy to climb can be deadly when things go wrong.
Beginner friendly deadly climb
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The sudden whisper and the lady popping up in the video is just so funny to me and your thoroughness in research and fact checking is truly impressive.
FYI… you mention no ice ax required, however there is a snowfield you cross just before the final gully to the summit (Normal Route) that most certainly does require an ax and crampons (although you don’t rope up). A slip here without an ax to arrest your fall would send you and a very long, and likely fatal, slide down the mountain.
11:00 this jumpscared the crap outta me for some reason lol
Yeah, like what’s he saying there??? I’ve heard him do that before in other videos also.
Jeeezzzus, glad you both said something! I thought i was hearing things!! Super creepy.
What the... ?
Right! I had the captions on, so I saw what he said, but it was still super creepy. Sounded like back masking or something haha
I replayed twice 😂 I swore my phone was haunted
One time, I climbed onto my couch too fast, and I got dizzy and almost fell, never again.
I am assuming you bivoaced there???😄
Going to save this for morning coffee!
I climbed Aconcagua a few years ago straight from base camp - 5 days in total. Too many beginners there and I saved someone from death who had no clue he was dying from severe mountain sickness. For some reason the central Andes always gave me problems probably because the air is dryer than usual. I miss that continent very much.
No matter how "easy" it may be, it still commands respect. It takes less than a second to have an accident that will cost you your life.
These compilations are the best
It reminds me of a giant version of Mt. Hood in Oregon as far as being deceptively dangerous.
Great video! It would be cool if you made a video about the 1998 Aconcagua tragedy with the brazillian climber Mozart Catão and his team, when they tried to climb the mountain’s south face, the much harder and more technical part of the mountain
Midnight hits the streets with another absolute banger
Touch grass kid
As a Norwegian, for future reference, the name of the Norwegian man in the first story is Øystein (first name) Moi (last name). Øystein is a fairly common first name
These channels always butcher pronunciation yet manage to have thousands of subscribers 😒
@@shadetreader it can be a little annoying sometimes across the platform, but there are plenty of words in other languages that I wouldn't be able to pronounce correctly only with the help of Google either, so I always appreciate the attempt when it's there, personally! :)
He mispronounces the name of the Swiss mountaineer as well...
@@Bamboule05he's American
@@morriskaller3549 People from every country butcher the pronunciation of other culture's names. Americans are far from the worst (British are the worst)... I was born and raised in Japan, and am still amazed at how badly Japanese speakers mangle simple American names. Scandinavians do the best with English.
Does anyone else get this weird vertigo when looking at some of the mountain pictures, where you can't tell if it's upside down for a few seconds? 😒
I get vertigo watching drone videos
That’s not vertigo
4 the algorithm, 4 mountaineering stories
Why are they so addictive
@@rebuilt11 Mountaineering and Cave Diving.... something about the people who choose to do these things are just fascinating and kind of scary.
I'm down!
Statistically, you're more likely to die on the way down than the way up a mountain, especially on an established path and/or on a high altitude peak. Mostly because people push themselves and give it their alls to reach the top, and then don't have the energy to get back down. Moral of the story, don't push yourself to the breaking point before you're even halfway through your journey.
Yeah. Going down also works different muscles. And if you’re forward facing, your momentum encourages a slip/fall.
I admire that you tried to find a way to prove something which had been questioned, but I'll never understand the obsession with did he/she get halfway, or not. Mountaineering = ascend + descend. It's unhealthy to view ascend, and descend as 2 separate goals. Sure, it's an achievement to have reached the summit, but you don't win a marathon by being first to the halfway point.
Another great video. Thanks man.
WOW! @21:05 you can see the stars in the daytime. Very cool!
If i hear the word "aconcagua" one more time im gonna lose my mind
LOL!
"aconcagua"
Jokes on you because Aconcagua is the name that your wife will choose for you first child
At least the guides on this mountain bring their sick/unconscious/dying customers back down to attempt to get them medical help. If something happens to you on everest or one of the peaks in that mountain range. They're almost certainly leaving you to die.
This guy sounds like his parents are forcing him to read this lol
😂😂😂😂
I love your vids bro, thx!
Two words that dont go together "easy" "mountain"
No matter the technical difficulties the common denominators? Weather, including, wind, blizzards, hypothermia, pulmonary and cerebral edema.
So what did his fellow soldier climbers say about what transpired? I'm assuming they were all together in the push for the summit. Did they reach the summit and pics taken also? I don't understand how their account of the situation was never heard.
Count me in on this…. Why haven’t the other 2 in the group clarified any of this story…? I love the comparison photos that showed him on the top, but the fact that the other 2 soldiers haven’t spoken up on his behalf surprises me
Either way, it just seems like such a pointless thing to argue about. If it makes his family feel better to think he summited, let them believe that.
@@lauriepenner350 I agree….. let him rest in peace. I hope his family is forever proud of him
I was there that year. It was brutal with the snow, and what normally has no avalanche hazard accumulated more than 3 feet creating avalanche danger at the traverse. Only got as far a Colera. A bunch of injuries in addition to the tragic fatalities made 2023 an unfortunate year. Non-technical, but never underestimate an almost 23000 foot mountain.
What’s that whispering about 11 mins in?
One of his frequent surprises. I was watching this video in the dark and nearly jumped out of of skin at that point, he is so funny.😆
Creeped me out
I thought it was some sort of marker he forgot to remove. I’ve never heard that before. Freaky! I can’t hear what he said.
Definitely sounds like an audible timestamp
Freaked me out
Mount snowdon was enough for me 😂 I'm not paying to go up any mountain 👍
Hes first name was Øystein, and hes last name Moi. I see that most of the Internationale press mixed them up.
Thank you for alle the work you do MM🙂👍
Great entertainment as always.
Can you make a video about the divers illegaly collecting WW2 ammunition in the Ziegelsee Schwerin/Germany?
CONGRATS Master!!!!!!
Very interesting!!!!!!!!!!!
CHAPEAU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Wishes.
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Like some of the new things your exploring, but your mountain stories are my favorites. Glad you keep the old stuff coming out even as you explore different stories
Can someone please get this guy a cup of coffee?
Hell, make it two.
Please don't. His voice is perfect for these morbid stories...
"Mountain of death" is very descriptive. If you climb that, you should make preparations.
Imagine climbing next to your mate "Fallin"
Some times you have to live life. But be prepared and know what what you are doing
Someone tell me how such challenges reak in money, if the absolute basic price of climbing the mountain for three persons is approximately 18 000 USD. Those men were not in their prime, so it would be more like 28 000 USD. Wouldn't it make more sense just to donate the money?
I believe the retired soliders wanted to take on these challenges, as a personal achievement. I'm sure they paid their own way and were simply raising money on behalf of the charity. Don Fallin lived down the street form me, and I played soccer with his son for yeas. They're a great family and I doubt he would accept them paying if not raising multiples or just paying his own way.
"Man I already covered all that in the intro." Lol
Most mountaineering videos just show random mountain images, knowing that most of us can't tell one mountain from another; we don't spot it until we recognize images in one video supposedly from wildly other locations. My uneducated opinion is that this guy respects us enough not to do that; I think his images of expeditions are authentic, not just cut-and-paste images of people or mountains from other years and places. Correct me if I'm wrong...
11:01
😂🤣
Does anyone else hear a whisper in the background of the narrator right around 11.01, during the story of the Johnny Mac climbers? If so, can you understand what the voice is saying? I wear hearing aids so cannot ascertain what the whisper is saying.
Can you do a video about orca attacks in captivity
I like looking at mountains but going up them still doesn't appeal to me
You used "dubious" wrong love your channel
For the mountain algorithm ❤
They might want to change the name of that last camp.
Fascinating.
I'm glad I can listen to 1.25x on TH-cam because it seems you speak slower and slower by the video. Why drag out every word? You did not talk that slow before
I'm going for 1.75!! He seems sedated
Definitely seems to be dragging out to get TH-cam monetization. Not only has his speech become unbelievably slow, but instead of saying narrations like “his social media team reported everything was ok” he ends up reading entire lengthy social media posts at snail’s pace. Used to be a fan of the channel but I hate when YT channels do cheap stuff like this.
@tony9146 maybe he was just oxygen deprived and exhausted from his acclimatization process. His other vids weren't like this and his summit vid has spectacular views on the way up!! Ryan is a self made millionaire by age 19 so he's not nefariously trying to gain some TH-cam pennies by speaking slower... lol 🤣
Human drive is commendable. Forth man, last in the series pushed on, did summit and then went cold.
“I already covered all that in the intro” 😂😂😂😂
I dont understand how the reports can be completely different. Why would the guides lie? The photo does not appear to be photoshopped.. Doesnt make sense.
Yes! New Morbid Midnight!
I see all kinds of terrain there that would need pins ropes crqmpons and ice axe if you got off route. I'd at least take the last two i think, even on a guided trip.
It seems that every climber who ignores the advice of the guide(s) subsequently dies ....
Gawd, this could easily be covered in 2-3 minutes...
He never made it to the summit, he was photoshopped over another mountaineer, they didn't want the story to get out that the other 2 men went to the summit after he died.......
Is it me or is. The. Audio choppy?
11:00 😂😂😂
My armpits are super itchy.
J-Mac was underequipped. They were far too short and thin for the occasion.
A snowy mountain where you don't need crampons or an ice axe: I'll believe it when I see it. Never mind ropes, harness, helmet, or avalanche kit.
Why would you even do that if you're that old?
Safe and effective
Your attempt to end the two narratives about the army veteran's summit attempt is not rigorous enough to persuade a doubter. Not only do you need to show that the photo was taken at the summit of Aconcagua, but you also need to show that the climber was there when the photo was taken. Anyone who is fairly skilled with photoshop would be able to create that image by combining a photo of him from another mountain with a photo of someone else at Aconcagua.
The best clue is what he was wearing in the photo. Are there other photos of him wearing exactly the same clothes but taken elsewhere? Are there photos of him from the high camp at Aconcagua showing what he was wearing that day?
By pursuing that line of enquiry, you could have made a much stronger case that he did, indeed, summit Aconcagua.
I'm afraid the question about whether the nonprofit group actually made it to the summit is still in question. It will require a more in-depth investigation. I don't have an opinion either way. It would be nice to think that they succeeded; but, more information is still needed to answer the problem of the two conflicting narratives.
What the heck was that at 11:00 😂
Well at least he summited before he passed!
When you say AconcAguA it sounds scary like an ancient Inca curse. 😂
Now you've told the secret, it was one.
11:00 🤫
It must take extra research on top of your adept linguistical skills, to be able to pronounce all the mountains and climbers names. I'm not good with pronouncing those names properly when I first see the word in another language. I always appreciate hearing you say the names.
I wouldn't put much stock in how he pronounces things because he's often wrong. His pronunciation of "Katahdin" in one of his videos gave me a cringe overdose.
@@PFBM86 Wow, that's a mouthful too- I'd probably butcher that one - I didn't see the video you mentioned- "ka-taw-din" ? At first glance - but now I'll go look it up.
Well im at 13 mins and i couldnt tell you what has happened. Weird.
This video is just a collection of multiple one-off deaths. The only reason it was the deadliest season was simply because so many people went, but there was no odd weather or avalanche or other contributing common disaster.
Aye bruh don't do that again 11:00
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Dosent really matter if he made it to the summit . It only counts if you make it too the top and back down .
It counts to mountaineering types. Climbing ALMOST to the top and back down isn’t nearly the same win as making it to the summit and back.
Why does this dude sound like The Fat Electrician if he took it up the bingbong?
why.
It’s okay to not sound too dry and disinterested . I’ve watched and liked plenty of your vids , but it’s ok to change the inflection a hair here and there
Let the man narrate the way he wants.
Do the recent Baltimore bridge collapse
why it was a cyber attack
Try asking instead of telling
Baltimore Bridge was NOT a cyber attack or terror attack of any kind.
The ship was put into reverse full throttle, they made an SOS call about the incident AND to clear the bridge on top of throwing the anchor overboard.
Don't drop out of school kids.
@@giggiddyI agree, this type of post always annoys me.
Easy and Easier are not the same thing.
I think ppl that have never dealt with altitude just don't get it till they do,then good luck😮😂😂😂
"However..."
Øystein Moi. His last name is Moi
Can you make a TH-cam video about the disaster of how this channel fell off?
I think you just like saying Aconquaga lol😅
You could've said "The mountain " 50 times instead lol
"Itis the highest mountain in both the western and southern hemispheres"? how does that make sense?
western not northern my guy
It makes sense because the mountain is located in both of those regions.
easy peasy...
Stop talking like that. I lasted 0:23 seconds before I left your video
Just speed it up ...tap 3 dots in corner of video. I used 1.75x!
And you look like such a nice dude! Lol
Totally backwards
1.25x speed
This video is in breach of copyright, using footage from my film from 2017, contact me immediately to sort a solution for this or I will report the video
Dont do it bro morbid is my fav channel
watch at 1.25x-1.5x thank me later dear god that was rough
I really like the subject matter. I would like to subscribe, but the only drawback is the narration. Please consider changing who narrates your videos. His voice is scratchy, it sounds very unnatural and distracts from the content. I am not trying to be mean at all just some friendly suggestions.
No offense but these aren’t “disasters”. They’re mountaineering deaths, sure but there’s no disaster.
haha😂
Bro ran out of disasters so he's out here causing new ones to make a new video
The narration makes these videos unwatchable
Guess it's a good thing you're not watching it then? 😂
@@missingmimic indeed
Just speed it up ...tap 3 dots in corner of video. I used 1.75x!
Please talk faster.
Just speed it up ...tap 3 dots in corner of video. I used 1.75x!
Need to speak more lively. I almost sleep 😂