Yasuko Namba: She was frozen to death on Everest in 1996

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  • Yasuko Namba was a Japanese mountaineer. She was the second Japanese woman to climb the Seven Summits. She worked as a businesswoman for Federal Express in Tokyo, Japan, but her hobby of mountaineering took her all over the world.
    Yasuko Namba first summited Kilimanjaro on New Year's Day in 1982, and summited Aconcagua exactly two years later. She reached the summit of Denali on July 1, 1985, and the summit of Mount Elbrus on August 1, 1992. After summiting the Vinson Massif on December 29, 1993, and the Carstensz Pyramid on November 12, 1994, Namba's final summit to reach was Mount Everest.
    She signed on with Rob Hall's guiding company, Adventure Consultants, and reached the summit in May 1996, but died during her descent in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
    This is her story.
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  • @icomefromstruggle
    @icomefromstruggle 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    man her story made me cry

  • @davedennis6042
    @davedennis6042 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I watched an interview with Neal Beidleman on Mill House Podcast. What a remarkable man. He and Boukreev Should not feel any remorse for that night. That storm was fierce and they could not have predicted it. Sweet Yasuko was so small that when the bottled oxygen ran out her body just wasn't big enough to support her very long. I am glad her husband got her off the mountain and back to Japan.

  • @Ms.synthwave-runner
    @Ms.synthwave-runner 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Thank you for honoring the life and legacy of Yasuko Namba. May she rest in peace 🕯️

  • @Tommykey07
    @Tommykey07 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I wish the 2015 Everest movie gave her some more screen time. I feel like she deserves her own movie.

  • @Handlebar-MustDash
    @Handlebar-MustDash 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Boukreev was Superman that day, the absolute hero of the 1996 expeditions.

    • @lois2997
      @lois2997 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yet he saves Sandy Pittman but not her who was probably way lighter

    • @Handlebar-MustDash
      @Handlebar-MustDash 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@lois2997 Sandy Pittman was likely screaming the longest and loudest. The wealthy socialite did not cover herself in glory that day, and still refuses to talk about it.

  • @KingHayabusa384
    @KingHayabusa384 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    On that day, Boukreev was one of the very few, if not the only that had any dignity on that mountain.

  • @trinityskitz7929
    @trinityskitz7929 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The fact that Yasuko died so close to actually making it to camp is so sad, She could've lived had she endured just a little more. Rest in Peace

  • @Za7a7aZ
    @Za7a7aZ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Its hard to comprehend these 8k+ mountaineers. Even if you are the best climber in the world there are things not to control which can put you in an early grave. As if these people lost the value of their lives and need to take these risks to feel alive.

  • @fayecox9401
    @fayecox9401 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    RIP to all those that have died on Everest 🙏🙏

    • @munnjean
      @munnjean 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Indeed ,,, most of them shouldn't have been there in the first place ,,,, but as long as you have the money " you can come along " ,,

  • @tariqkhan8373
    @tariqkhan8373 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    great captured and telling story is amazing feeling sorry for those who got accident and gave their lives to mounain 😢

  • @jasmine0354
    @jasmine0354 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    RIP Yasuko

  • @markjessurun7765
    @markjessurun7765 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    YES 1996 was really a bad season for mount Everest, this is a sad story indeed !! I like the Background music that is played during this episode !! 2 me the Music fitted the Story !! Thanks for the info and keep up the Good work !!! 😅😅😊😊

  • @mimivivi3003
    @mimivivi3003 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    She could have been saved, or at least tried to be saved.Anatoly couldn’t, he didn’t have enough strength, but others could, but they decided that it was too late.

  • @marissanorth85
    @marissanorth85 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    She was not left to die. She had no chance of survival. She couldn't walk or talk and was already at death. They took those with the ability to get back. You cannot drag a person down from the death zone. She knew this.

    • @marissanorth85
      @marissanorth85 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      And by the time they were able to get back, they assumed her and Beck were dead.

    • @epicadventurearchives
      @epicadventurearchives  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Due to Namba’s limited body mass, she succumbed to the extreme cold much sooner than her companions. Yes, she’d little chance of survival. Unfortunately, that murderous storm turned up from nowhere took the lives of eight people who’re making it back to safety.

    • @norbertfricke7116
      @norbertfricke7116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      A total tragedy , but many mistakes were made , by Guides and Climbers alike . Storms on Everest do not appear ' out of nowhere ' , they happen regularly .

    • @annoyingbstard9407
      @annoyingbstard9407 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That sounds awfully like left to die to me.

    • @dana102083
      @dana102083 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@annoyingbstard9407 she chose to die just as much.

  • @wussboyd1
    @wussboyd1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just like any Extreme sport, you are taking a Massive risk. The possibility of Death is something you must accept when taking on the Everest Beast. Still an Amazing achievement!

  • @edwardwong654
    @edwardwong654 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Yasuko is a real hero.

    • @celiadenny3964
      @celiadenny3964 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No not a heroine

  • @shawnhierlihy3690
    @shawnhierlihy3690 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have little sympathy for those that insist on going where they don't belong. It takes a significant ego to want to summit a mountain at 29 thousand feet. Everest is littered with such egos.

  • @Peekpeter45
    @Peekpeter45 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    People sign a contract in case of death or injury before going on the expedition, no one to blame but themselves.

    • @60secondpages
      @60secondpages 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't think they do blame anyone.

  • @M_Rasmussen58
    @M_Rasmussen58 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you so much for narrating this account in English. Are you a mountain climber?

    • @epicadventurearchives
      @epicadventurearchives  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes, but not a professional one. I’m amateur and do climb occasionally. I never climbed above six-thousand meters.

  • @arunimabora4495
    @arunimabora4495 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Rest in eternal peace 🙏🏻

  • @MiffetBlue
    @MiffetBlue 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Beck Weathers saw, experienced and was in entirety a miracle that day. I don’t know the man but I have cried many tears over him and his story has touched my heart so much I will never forget him. I would consider it an honour to meet him. 🤍

    • @marilyndee969
      @marilyndee969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Same here. His book is called Left for Dead. They left him for dead not once, but twice. I have also cried over him. I have read he survived because there was just enough sun to wake him up. There was no sun to wake up Yasuko Namba. I felt she had no champion there. I have cried for her, too.

    • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
      @MikeHunt-fo3ow 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      he got what he paid for the everest experience

    • @CatherineHomer
      @CatherineHomer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would like to meet him too!

    • @czarcastic1458
      @czarcastic1458 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Don't expect to shake hands with the guy.

    • @momtammy3563
      @momtammy3563 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He grew his new nose, upside down, on his forehead. And the helicopter pilot who extracted him was/is as courageous a human as I'm aware of.
      I'll never forget Beck, nor his amazing survival story.

  • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
    @MikeHunt-fo3ow 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    people pay alot of money to suffer and have a bad time thats so weird not to mention if they got a fam to take care of

    • @Chellz801
      @Chellz801 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That really bothers you huh 😂

    • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
      @MikeHunt-fo3ow 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yea then they have the nerve to call for help.lol@@Chellz801

  • @reneedennis2011
    @reneedennis2011 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this video.

  • @rufusdrew
    @rufusdrew 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rest in peace 🕊️🙏

  • @lois2997
    @lois2997 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    She is the one I felt sorry for. Too bad they didn’t save her instead of Sandy Pittman . She was the true one left behind not beck. He had numerous chances to go down the mountain .

  • @bruceyung70
    @bruceyung70 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    True hero! 🎉

  • @annoyingbstard9407
    @annoyingbstard9407 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The first time I climbed Everest it was unbelievably cold. The next time I made sure to wear a coat.

    • @annoyingbstard9407
      @annoyingbstard9407 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kuraiaku2997 😐

    • @RJ-ek7ov
      @RJ-ek7ov 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kuraiaku2997They were being sarcastic and not serious.

    • @jp6975
      @jp6975 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wearing a coat on Everest is sensible for sure. But what about bottoms and underwear?

  • @linusgrant1172
    @linusgrant1172 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If Rob Hall had had a clear thinking and left Doug following Guy's advice, he, Andy, and Yasuku would have survived and Beck would not have to suffer that much. I never had any doubt about this. Rob's term had only one guide Mike left exhausted and semi-conscious when reaching Camp 4. Anatoli of course would choose to save his clients first.

  • @scottmcandrew9642
    @scottmcandrew9642 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The whole endeavor is decadent for all but a few. There are only ever just a few climbers that are strong enough to be up that high in those conditions. And then just barely. I’m not saying don’t go, but if you do, and you don’t make it back, you have no one to blame but yourself. If you’re only there because you had access to the money to put you there. You really don’t belong there.

    • @norbertfricke7116
      @norbertfricke7116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well said . Everest has become a tourist destination , mostly for people with money , and little respect for proper mountaineering . A lot of Sherpas are very upset how they sacred mountain is being defiled .

    • @LTPottenger
      @LTPottenger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many people could do it but you must do the work first to get to that level.

  • @qwerqwer-bf6mf
    @qwerqwer-bf6mf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    YASUKO rip

  • @andrewsdrmike
    @andrewsdrmike 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you are not accepting of the possibility of death don’t go.

  • @keithcanfield6519
    @keithcanfield6519 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    May namba rest in peace. And rob hall the true mountaineer that give up his own life not to leave a ignorant man behind he was out near the top of the mountain for a full day after. They all know the risk climbing this mountain when you are in the death zone you can hardly get yourself down let alone carry someone down with you.

  • @richarddonnell3918
    @richarddonnell3918 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jon Krakauer abandoned her

  • @MrCoursair77
    @MrCoursair77 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When he gets older…. Or even now….. what is higher than any mountain in the world what is higher than Mount Everest, higher than any peak of any in comparison….. makes all mountains look like ant hills….!
    Conquering ourselves ! Living in the service of life, knowing God. Even in our dreams, God takes us higher than any mountain, hovering over the clouds, showing us some of our future and past.!
    And not to lose our lives, climbing up and anthill! for we are always climbing in the service of life

  • @johnmarcos1929
    @johnmarcos1929 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where is her body?

  • @lisadolan689
    @lisadolan689 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    🙏☺️

  • @KlausDave
    @KlausDave 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At least Namba summitted all 7

  • @markhyatt2918
    @markhyatt2918 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How sad

  • @marychieng2553
    @marychieng2553 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I always wonder why can't they bring emergency satellite and called for help at those emergencies ? What am I missing

    • @relicdad88
      @relicdad88 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm no climber but I would imagine hard 4 a copter 2 fly at that altitude in freezing cold storm let alone land it on side of the mountain or drop something down 2 pick them up. Idk like I said not a climber jus have watched alot of these mountain videos prolly jus not able 2 save them in time. Some do get rescued tho but usually takes few days and conditions gotta be good. Most climbers know what they are getting n2 sometimes jus bad luck or foolishness.

    • @momtammy3563
      @momtammy3563 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Rob Hall was in contact with his base camp personnel, while he was stuck high on Everest, just below the summit. They heard from him a few times in the day or so it took him to die. They even managed to put him in contact with his pregnant wife, who was down under (can't recall if she was in Australia or New Zealand). Really sad.

    • @goddammitalana
      @goddammitalana 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There's not much any one can do to help people that are in severe condition at that high altitude.

    • @goddammitalana
      @goddammitalana 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Helios can't fly any higher than camp 2 max because of altitude

    • @LathropLdST
      @LathropLdST 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The context.
      They are at 8000 mt.
      What do you think a satellite call do? Call a helicopter?
      It cannot go that high to rescue people, and where will it land? And the rotor vibration can cause bigger avalanches.
      Correction... You are missing a LOT.

  • @jojje3000-1
    @jojje3000-1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Chomolungma it is

  • @stoneymcneal2458
    @stoneymcneal2458 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What kind of “birds” exist at that altitude?

    • @epicadventurearchives
      @epicadventurearchives  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Bearded Vulture, Himalayan Griffon, and bar-headed geese

  • @bibiw.788
    @bibiw.788 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Selbst Schuld, sie kannte das Risiko

  • @Avenging_Archer
    @Avenging_Archer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pretty impossible to understand anything unless one is reading the subtitles. It would be better for you to use an artificial intelligence generated voice.

  • @academyofshem
    @academyofshem 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

  • @Cba409
    @Cba409 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The memebers. Lol

  • @BaanSamui
    @BaanSamui 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    languagewise difficult to understand, sorry!

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    @user-rq5cs9sj9i 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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      @umi2751 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

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