Yes, especially when climbing K2 without the support of a full fledge commercial expedition, ie the way K2 was usually climbed 30-40 years ago. See my comment below.
That wasn't just any climb either... the North Face of the Eiger is no joke! At the time she was pregnant with Tom (Ballard) who died on Nanga Parbat in 2019.
Selfish indeed. The Brit woman left what appeared to be two toddlers without a mother while she stupidly chose to climb a dangerous mountain. Horrible mother.
Humans amaze me. There are people with bipolar illness who struggle to stay alive every day. And then, we have perfectly healthy people out there who are actively looking for ways to die.
As much as a compassionate person as I am, I cannot gather enough compassion for people that go to such dangerous places and lose their lives. It’s all about their personal ambitions and ego trips and it doesn’t add anything to the rest of us. But I do feel for the children that were orphaned in such an unnecessary way.
It’s no mystery why K2 takes the highest toll on its summiteers in general. The “easiest” route up K2 is via the Abruzzi Ridge, which is steeper and far more technical than any of the primary routes up Everest. Given the grueling, exactly nature of the entire route, there is no such thing as a quick retreat down K2, which is the northernmost of all the 8000 meter mountains , making K2 on average, the coldest, with the least stable weather, the highest winds, and storms that are stronger, last longer, and are harder to predict. The margin for error is much thinner on K2, and when mistakes are made, especially on descent, people die. For women these margins can be even thinner, because generally speaking, they are at a physiological disadvantage to men in terms of strength and stamina, even though they can be just as proficient at technical climbing and decision making.
I really would advise against anyone with minor children participating in extreme sports, it’s irresponsible and selfish to risk your children growing up without a parent just for a hobby.
I know that I may get attacked by the bleeding hearts but I don't care. If my mother had me only to knowingly risk death for a title, or a challenge, leaving me an orphan, I'd despise her my entire life.
Its not cool being a parent of young children and climbing mountains like these. I admire the balls of anyone that tries to climb K2, and its a free world for all to follow their dreams, but im sorry, if my mom or dad died climbing a mountain, and left me without a parent, id be mad at them. Its unecessary, and something that should be done when you have zero responsibilities to anyone.
I do wonder what effect it had on the children. Hargreaves was pregnant with Tom (Ballard) when she climbed the Eiger. He died on Nanga Parbat in 2019.
@@jet6110 This is such a dumb statement that people make so often. Do you really think the odds of dying in a car accident are remotely comparable to the odds of dying on K2?
I understand wanting to conquer a goal I get it!! But if you have children under the age of 18 and you’re doing this, you are selfish!! and shameful!! for doing that to leave your child or children, fatherless or motherless and for God sake both!! That is a level of selfish bullshit that I cannot believe!! Anyone can justify!.. there is nothing heroic for honorable about that at all!….People if you’re going do this! Or anything very high risk!!.. do it before you have children do it before you’re married, don’t do this to people that you love it is wrong!! And yes, selfish!!. No child deserves to go through that no wife or husband deserves to go through that get this out of your damn system!! Before you settle down. for making the decision not get married or have kids!! The old adage getting your cake and eating it too is very very rare!! As a adult or a wife or husband as an adult to make an informed decision about such things, but children have no choice they either have parents or they don’t have parents. I can’t think of anything more cruel than doing this to your children.
I think all mountaineers are a little crazy!😂 To want to go where your body is shutting down, to go anywhere there is a death zone, is crazy!😂 My body was shutting down from heart failure. My thinking got fuzzy. To do that on purpose is insane. I respect the drive to see the amazing views from the mountain tops but i have never wanted to do it myself. We all live & die in our own ways. It would be a boring world if we were all the same!
I bet it’s beautiful there but I can never figure out why people want to climb a mountain when climbing has killed so many. If there’s a 95 percent chance you’re going to die doing something, maybe don’t do that.
Madness. People risking and throwing away their lives to what end. Human life does offer a chance for perfection, spiritually. What’s happening here is just sheer lunacy.
I am amazed at the arrogance of some of these climbers. K2 does not care what nationality, medical issues, or desires are. Held by climbers. K2 has existed for eons and cares nothing for humans and their desires. Always respect the mountain.
same could be said for all the fathers who climb and do the same thing. Theres a massive double standard in climbing. A woman who dies is viewed way more harshly than a man. Alot of fathers climb and die. That is also craziness and selfish. So men can do whatever they want? And not care about kids he's left behind. That wife is now without a father to her kids.
@@becca0668 I think that father's shouldn't climb. I was remarking on her. I saw an article about a rock climber that fell. He left behind a wife and small child. That's selfish as well.
This is nothing but lunacy dressed up as a 'challenge or achievement'. K2 is one of the world's most inhospitable and dangerous mountains. A person who dices with death by climbing into these merciless terrains does so with full knowledge of the risks and hazards that await them. RIP to the women who have died on K2, and all the others who have lost their lives to this most merciless of mountains.
Excellent narration and analysis. A sad story, but one worth telling well, as a testament to the brave women and men who perished on the 'Savage' mountain. Thanks!
I know Eiger is 3.3K but doing it pregnant is selfish. Why stress out a fully formed but roughly 2 pound baby? Spinal flexion/extension (crunching movements, i.e. sit-ups or mountain climbers) should be avoided while expecting. 🤷♀️
Then why are you watching this???. Without adventurers we wouldn't have crossed oceans, discovered new lands, fauna & flora. We wouldn't have taken out first steps into space. Those that follow our standing on the shoulders of giants. These people are not chasing death, their chasing life. If you read 'Regions Of The Heart: The Life & Death Of Alison Hargreaves' you will see that things were not so black & white. Alison was climbing for a better future for her & her 2 children. Alison just got really unlucky, an unexpected storm literally blew Alison & 5 American climbers off the ridge before the bottleneck. Her son Tom Ballard was a brilliant climber & he took on an even bigger challenge, a winter ascent of Nanga Parbat in 2019. Tom, like his mother, died doing what they loved. What's pointless to some people means everything to others. It's called free will
The mountain doesn’t discriminate. In general women take safety more seriously and I would prefer an experienced woman mountain guide if I was a climber. What are they trying to prove? That they can reach the summit, like the men climbers.
A parent's place is with their children. It's useless to say "their Mum, Dad; or both were brave"; but what value is that, when a child loses the most important adult and support in their lives??
They're right. K2 base camp stands at 18,000 feet above sea level. Everest is 11,000 feet from the base to the summit because its base camp is at 17,500 feet. The height of the mountain is from sea level to the summit. The summits of Everest & K2 are at the cruising height of most passenger planes
Watch any other of the tragedy stories about men who died on Everest and the comments are absent about families, kids and their responsibilities for their trad wife roles. The misogyny in these comments shows how so many of your audience don’t consider women human. The commenters spewing their hate for women’s achievement are probably fat, unfit men unable to work as a team member on a challenging physical mission with others of various abilities.
Your ratios are not correct. It is not 4 out of 16 climbers who die. It is for every 16 who reach the top , 4 die. So there could be 40 climbers, 16 reach the top and 4 die.
I respect these ladies, and the gentlemen too. They want a challenge and I agree with that. Our bodies will all die. That is the only certainty we have. I have little respect for those whose lives are meaningless.
You forgot that hundred of men have died there too. Sounds like too many men make too many risky decisions that usually kills their Sherpa too. Maybe it’s safer to have a woman lead since too many men lack empathy for their team.
Do you think women are more likely to face tragedy on K2 because they feel like they have something to prove?
Yes, especially when climbing K2 without the support of a full fledge commercial expedition, ie the way K2 was usually climbed 30-40 years ago. See my comment below.
No because they’re weaker
yes, and they are weaker than men but Feminism teaches them they are the same lol
Yikes lovely comment section you got here, real classy place 🤡
@@fleacythesheepgirl Feminist is calling other people clowns 😅🤣😂
I’d be thrilled just to stand at the bottom of that mountain and looking up. No effing way would I want to climb it
I find these shows about mountain climbers absolutely intriguing... My idea of a good time does not include snow in freezing weather though...
As we watch snuggled in our warm beds late at night. 😂
climbing while 6 months pregnant. That’s gotta be of the most selfish things I’ve ever heard of wow. Glad my mom wasn’t a narcissistic psychopath
That wasn't just any climb either... the North Face of the Eiger is no joke! At the time she was pregnant with Tom (Ballard) who died on Nanga Parbat in 2019.
I was thinking the same thing. WHY do such a thing-to risk your baby's life like that? For what? To say you did it. ???
It’s crazy … after watching a series of videos on mountain disasters I now believe that human beings are wired differently
Selfish indeed. The Brit woman left what appeared to be two toddlers without a mother while she stupidly chose to climb a dangerous mountain. Horrible mother.
Next first woman to give birth on the summit ,then para glide down to KayaK to the sea
Humans amaze me. There are people with bipolar illness who struggle to stay alive every day. And then, we have perfectly healthy people out there who are actively looking for ways to die.
Actually a lot of mountaineers have mental health issues. Honestly, they are not psychologically stable people.
Very expensive way to die too
😂
As much as a compassionate person as I am, I cannot gather enough compassion for people that go to such dangerous places and lose their lives. It’s all about their personal ambitions and ego trips and it doesn’t add anything to the rest of us. But I do feel for the children that were orphaned in such an unnecessary way.
It’s no mystery why K2 takes the highest toll on its summiteers in general. The “easiest” route up K2 is via the Abruzzi Ridge, which is steeper and far more technical than any of the primary routes up Everest. Given the grueling, exactly nature of the entire route, there is no such thing as a quick retreat down K2, which is the northernmost of all the 8000 meter mountains , making K2 on average, the coldest, with the least stable weather, the highest winds, and storms that are stronger, last longer, and are harder to predict. The margin for error is much thinner on K2, and when mistakes are made, especially on descent, people die. For women these margins can be even thinner, because generally speaking, they are at a physiological disadvantage to men in terms of strength and stamina, even though they can be just as proficient at technical climbing and decision making.
Any child would much prefer to have their mother alive rather than facing life without her because she died being so 'brave'. It's pure madness.
Good thing not everybody is like you
The exact same could be said about every father who’s died mountaineering.
I really would advise against anyone with minor children participating in extreme sports, it’s irresponsible and selfish to risk your children growing up without a parent just for a hobby.
Couldn't agree with you more
@@crochetology12 Yes of course! However THIS episode was about women climbers and a mother who died 😊
I know that I may get attacked by the bleeding hearts but I don't care. If my mother had me only to knowingly risk death for a title, or a challenge, leaving me an orphan, I'd despise her my entire life.
Its not cool being a parent of young children and climbing mountains like these.
I admire the balls of anyone that tries to climb K2, and its a free world for all to follow their dreams, but im sorry, if my mom or dad died climbing a mountain, and left me without a parent, id be mad at them.
Its unecessary, and something that should be done when you have zero responsibilities to anyone.
@@chocolatetownforever7537 I agree 💯 with you.
❤I totally agree.
It's incredibly selfish.
It’s narcissistic. She put herself first. She’s not to be revered. It’s children or lunacy. She picked lunacy.
I do wonder what effect it had on the children. Hargreaves was pregnant with Tom (Ballard) when she climbed the Eiger. He died on Nanga Parbat in 2019.
Any parent of minor children attempting such dangerous feats is very selfish. The child needs he-her parent!
@@lindasd7591 so you gonna quit driving then
@@jet6110 This is such a dumb statement that people make so often. Do you really think the odds of dying in a car accident are remotely comparable to the odds of dying on K2?
Alison's son Tom Ballard met a similar fate to his mother. He was a phenomenal young climber but sadly died trying a winter ascent of Nanga Parbat
How sad.
I understand wanting to conquer a goal I get it!! But if you have children under the age of 18 and you’re doing this, you are selfish!! and shameful!! for doing that to leave your child or children, fatherless or motherless and for God sake both!! That is a level of selfish bullshit that I cannot believe!! Anyone can justify!.. there is nothing heroic for honorable about that at all!….People if you’re going do this! Or anything very high risk!!.. do it before you have children do it before you’re married, don’t do this to people that you love it is wrong!! And yes, selfish!!. No child deserves to go through that no wife or husband deserves to go through that get this out of your damn system!! Before you settle down. for making the decision not get married or have kids!! The old adage getting your cake and eating it too is very very rare!! As a adult or a wife or husband as an adult to make an informed decision about such things, but children have no choice they either have parents or they don’t have parents. I can’t think of anything more cruel than doing this to your children.
Thank you for a brilliant narrative. I appreciate your words from a climbing standpoint.
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the narrative, especially from a climbing perspective!
Yeah!
Leave your kids parentless to boost your ego what a bravery.
I think all mountaineers are a little crazy!😂 To want to go where your body is shutting down, to go anywhere there is a death zone, is crazy!😂 My body was shutting down from heart failure. My thinking got fuzzy. To do that on purpose is insane. I respect the drive to see the amazing views from the mountain tops but i have never wanted to do it myself. We all live & die in our own ways. It would be a boring world if we were all the same!
This should be called The Darwin Chronicles.
I can’t even imagine being trapped in a snow storm on a mountain that’s crazy. I hate being cold period.
I bet it’s beautiful there but I can never figure out why people want to climb a mountain when climbing has killed so many. If there’s a 95 percent chance you’re going to die doing something, maybe don’t do that.
Madness. People risking and throwing away their lives to what end. Human life does offer a chance for perfection, spiritually. What’s happening here is just sheer lunacy.
im glad I don't have the gene for the need to do this
I don’t feel sorry for any of these people - they chose to do something exceptionally dangerous and ultimately pointless, and they paid the price.
I am amazed at the arrogance of some of these climbers. K2 does not care what nationality, medical issues, or desires are. Held by climbers. K2 has existed for eons and cares nothing for humans and their desires.
Always respect the mountain.
Mountaineering is a kind of madness, it's the only way to describe an activity that is inherently so dangerous and difficult to do.
nothing is ever good enough for a hungry ego
Why would you do this when you have children that depend on you? This is craziness. And selfishness. 😠
same could be said for all the fathers who climb and do the same thing. Theres a massive double standard in climbing. A woman who dies is viewed way more harshly than a man. Alot of fathers climb and die. That is also craziness and selfish. So men can do whatever they want? And not care about kids he's left behind. That wife is now without a father to her kids.
@@becca0668 I think that father's shouldn't climb. I was remarking on her. I saw an article about a rock climber that fell. He left behind a wife and small child. That's selfish as well.
Girls, grab your crampons, it's an all female video of women climbing K2.
This is nothing but lunacy dressed up as a 'challenge or achievement'. K2 is one of the world's most inhospitable and dangerous mountains. A person who dices with death by climbing into these merciless terrains does so with full knowledge of the risks and hazards that await them. RIP to the women who have died on K2, and all the others who have lost their lives to this most merciless of mountains.
That's why some want to climb it.
Excellent narration and analysis. A sad story, but one worth telling well, as a testament to the brave women and men who perished on the 'Savage' mountain. Thanks!
Thank you! I’m grateful that you appreciated the narration. It’s important to honor their bravery.
Go through the storm somehow or die...What a wonderful sport, filled with unexpected wonders and surprises that can take your life.
At this point, there should be specialize climbing suits just like space and underwater, but what do I know
used for mountain climbing
Anyone else think the one lady was Meg Ryan at first?!?!?!? RIP to all of them.
Climbing a mountain while being pregnant is just psychopath behavior
I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these people attempt to take their kids along to these mountains.. they are psychopathic
I know Eiger is 3.3K but doing it pregnant is selfish. Why stress out a fully formed but roughly 2 pound baby? Spinal flexion/extension (crunching movements, i.e. sit-ups or mountain climbers) should be avoided while expecting. 🤷♀️
A Film maker, a mother, a climber ❌
A Film maker, a climber, a mother ✅
Let intelligence drive you regardless, not adrenaline
downvote for AI use
Allisons son died a few years ago on Nanga Parbat. His partner died as well.
This is just taking yourself out for a totally pointless reason? People that say its a challenge are as mad as those that do it, pointless waste.
Then why are you watching this???. Without adventurers we wouldn't have crossed oceans, discovered new lands, fauna & flora. We wouldn't have taken out first steps into space. Those that follow our standing on the shoulders of giants. These people are not chasing death, their chasing life. If you read 'Regions Of The Heart: The Life & Death Of Alison Hargreaves' you will see that things were not so black & white. Alison was climbing for a better future for her & her 2 children.
Alison just got really unlucky, an unexpected storm literally blew Alison & 5 American climbers off the ridge before the bottleneck.
Her son Tom Ballard was a brilliant climber & he took on an even bigger challenge, a winter ascent of Nanga Parbat in 2019. Tom, like his mother, died doing what they loved. What's pointless to some people means everything to others. It's called free will
The mountain doesn’t discriminate. In general women take safety more seriously and I would prefer an experienced woman mountain guide if I was a climber.
What are they trying to prove? That they can reach the summit, like the men climbers.
Then you're an idiot.
Femminism😂
@@merilupa9942 patriarchy 🤣
@@EverythingisWajo "make me a sandwich" sounds safer than "lets go on a stroll on K2".
@@merilupa9942 then go make you a sandwich
The weather started to turn 🤔☠️
A parent's place is with their children. It's useless to say "their Mum, Dad; or both were brave"; but what value is that, when a child loses the most important adult and support in their lives??
Basically ! You actually have better odds playing Russian Roulette ! Think about it folks .
Climbing while 6 months pregnant..... I am hypoxic and my baby will be hypoxic too.
Yeah, he’s done this video before and so have a lot of other people. He tricked me into clicking on.
It's a 10,600 foot climb from K2's base to summit.
No it's not check yr facts
They're right. K2 base camp stands at 18,000 feet above sea level. Everest is 11,000 feet from the base to the summit because its base camp is at 17,500 feet. The height of the mountain is from sea level to the summit. The summits of Everest & K2 are at the cruising height of most passenger planes
Most die coming down. Majority of them on k2.
Sad
Watch any other of the tragedy stories about men who died on Everest and the comments are absent about families, kids and their responsibilities for their trad wife roles. The misogyny in these comments shows how so many of your audience don’t consider women human. The commenters spewing their hate for women’s achievement are probably fat, unfit men unable to work as a team member on a challenging physical mission with others of various abilities.
How do they get all the up there given their monthly bleedens. Who packs that out.
I'd like to see a video about cannibalism on K2
Has that happened?
No!
On your Bucket list, really?
Wifes twin is the only thing on my Bucket list , but I wouldn't climb up this for it
Your ratios are not correct. It is not 4 out of 16 climbers who die. It is for every 16 who reach the top , 4 die. So there could be 40 climbers, 16 reach the top and 4 die.
I respect these ladies, and the gentlemen too. They want a challenge and I agree with that. Our bodies will all die. That is the only certainty we have. I have little respect for those whose lives are meaningless.
The rest of us that play safe and have fullfilling lives find no meaning in the unnecessary risks and loses taken by lunatic mountaineers.
Ever heard of "meters"?
The narrator is unnecessarily over-dramatic and on top of that, he never specifies where K2 is located. Amateurish mistakes.
This would have been better without all the dramatic prolonged victimology....😮
Women clearly don't have a place at the spear head of any endeavour
You forgot that hundred of men have died there too. Sounds like too many men make too many risky decisions that usually kills their Sherpa too. Maybe it’s safer to have a woman lead since too many men lack empathy for their team.
Very selfish people..both men and women!
this entire video is old news.
Just move on then
Not to me. Not to many.