Asia’s Forgotten Mountain: Expert Climbers Attempt Grueling Ascent | National Geographic

An elite group of climbers attempts to be the first to measure the height of Hkakabo Razi, in Myanmar (Burma), said to be Southeast Asia’s highest peak. But the challenges they encounter are more than they bargained for. Situated in the largely unexplored Dandalika Range-which has long been overshadowed in mountaineering circles by the loftier mountains of the Himalaya-Hkakabo Razi is something of a forgotten peak.
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[@flymetothemars4762]

Myanmar has everything everyweathers.Snowmountains,natural blue lakes,caves,volcanos,desserts,stars beaches,islands,mudvolcanos,etc.

[@ahnapisal7542]

ssnow

[@kratosthegodofwar2593]

Too bad there's a civil war happening in Myanmar and we can't go to these places.

[@budisoemantri2303]

Apparently they also have a coup d'etat now

[@rizzorizzo2311]

The snosberries taste like snosberries!

[@manathdahal1807]

We have everything accept dessert we don't have

[@tanveer3384]

Myanmar is a gem of this region. Love from *Bangladesh*

[@zerbina]

I gotta say. I already saw it on Vimeo, I like the work of Camp4 and I've seen they are very respectful with the local people and I admire the endurance and mental strength of all the athletes but in this one I got the feeling that they were a bit on the uppity side. Giving the conditions in Myanmar and Kachin State I think it was most expectable all their struggle and, on the top of that, they had to be filming the whole journey, but it looked like they were expecting a smooth journey with people solving the things for them and when something didn't get like apparently they planned is like "it's chaos"... but what did you expect there, man? There was a lot of burmese people involved who actually took them that far and thru most part of the journey in hard situations which for them are just part of their daily life. They weren't in their element in the jungle (I've been in Myanmar and in SE Asia on the hottest months and I know it can be very hard to deal with specially if you're trekking and carrying plenty of stuff with you) and I understand they have tons of thing to deal with, but the porters were there too, walking the same, sweating and carrying most part of the equipment without any special equipment. Some of them of course gonna get hurt and when it happens, it's like "oh great...now that this people got hurt we won't be able to take all of the gear anymore and we already made half of the way"...the porters were the ones who carried the gear that far, people...a bit of recognition and humility, please.

[@nikkizheu97]

yes i agree with your argue.. respect all mountain porters, wherever they are. cause however, the porters is an important aspect in every single expedition.

[@evanderz2590]

Couldn't wait. Indonesian team of 6 mountainers gonna try to reach the top of Hkakabo Razi in August 2020. Wish all the best for them, so proud.

[@johnmaclaim1]

which organization do you contact to explore there ??

[@heinhtet2234]

Did they made it? That's so exciting 😍

[@abotani662]

wow any more news?

[@mrconfusion87]

@@abotani662 Most likely delayed by the Pandemic!

[@wallingnaga6563]

Hello!! How was the expedition?

[@Lucuskane]

If you are blessed with an able body, for at least once in your life, GO out there and put it to test

[@GEECHOO]

Agreed and you might realize later you underestimated yourself. Good luck

[@Lasselucidora]

If you are blessed with an able body, for at least once in your life, GO out there and put it to Rest.

[@cnkilts]

Absolutely beautiful documentary. Will be watching the full length video for sure.

[@linthurain4]

I am from Myanmar Really Thank You Guys

[@blackmennewstyle]

3 years later, we still don't know the real elevation of that unexplored summit...

[@aaronrocs]

Still waiting. Me and you. Let's go.

[@summitsparrow]

Look at those cliff faces! Wow! Like right at 5:21? I'm getting goosebumps!

[@aungmyatmin6444]

Thank for coming '

[@atlantisfunktions]

PASSION

[@ssebuddeibrahim9830]

Great narrative camp 4🙌

[@vitraelizabethmanthovani1706]

Wounderfull

[@htunmaung4508]

Thanks for Video clip. Beautiful country Burma.I have not arrived there. But now I can see that very hard journey. Thanks alottt..

[@Rohit-jb7ol]

It worth guys... Keep it up... 😎

[@abotani662]

Looks like some epic failed expedition. Aint even enough footage to make a proper docu out of it. Hope we get to see of this special part of the Himalayas. Amazing though what a pristine land.

[@siddantbajracharya8362]

guys,you all are amazing🙌🏽

[@serenelee3559]

I am watching this in the middle of the pandemic, dreaming of far away places...

[@aruesu1]

The camera man did a great job considering all the natural hazard.

[@hawkkim1974]

yeah fair enough!

[@lovegansaw]

I am from Myanmar. I approve this video, especially that train riding experience. LOL

[@edan1925]

wow, i didn't know this about Myanmar. hope to visit Myanmar one day 🇲🇲🇵🇭

[@GeorgeHk99]

Im burmese and please don't there is a civil war going on near the mountain

[@leandrobayonito]

​@GeorgeHk99 Oh, I see.

[@kyawzinoo6092]

Myanmar has only snow mountain in southeast asia .I hope these place to improve eco tourism.I am from myanmar.

[@malaya1950]

Dont forget Puncak Jaya to

[@sakuralay4531]

@@malaya1950 Malaysia has no snow.

[@going2sleep]

All that hard work for one reading and 7 min documentary. Humans don't settle and they persevere to get one step closer to knowing.

[@duskbrokenwings2902]

+going2sleep there is a full film titles Down To Nothing and you can find it on the The North Face channel. It is really awesome! go check it out

[@soul-searcher3056]

The whay i call heroes. Well done guys

[@pivotalfit]

Olafur arnalds soundtrack 👌👌👌

[@zauhkamawng4843]

Many people are misunderstanding Burma which has their own region historically. Actually, this country is not part of Burma, but it is Kachin State with our own ethnically Kachin people, Kachin cultures, Kachin regions, Kachin literatures, Kachin history and Kachin language.

[@sakuralay4531]

Yes Mr.Zau .I am Kachin and I live in Putao. But all of us are living in Myanmar.Don't divided.

[@terraminsan7392]

No bro,that is Ravang country mountain.The first discover in 1900.Before no Jingpo or no one know that does exist.

[@bhonesatt5427]

Lee kachin

[@infocat13]

Whats the operational ceiling of gopro? could it land a GPS receiver on the summit?

[@infocat13]

***** yes but often attached to a automated helicopter

[@carloszenteno]

+Steven Rappolee If you just want the height, do a LIDAR sweep from a helicopter, plane or satellite. The goal was to have an adventure nobody had had before.

[@infocat13]

+Carlos Zenteno I agree with the goal of the adventure hence my thought of flying a gopro or other device plus the GPS from the point they could not make further progress, That imagery of such a flight would be much more breathtaking then a aircraft or satellite to us and a future expedition

[@carloszenteno]

+Steven Rappolee Yeah, good point. A cheap drone from where they stopped would have been easy to deploy. Somehow I had the feeling that they did not plan 100% for the trip, lots of unexpected "oops" on the expedition.

[@ahmadsyahrul9690]

Boleh juga dicoba sama bang dzawin

[@rhondamagee7459]

whoa...I'm so scared of heights, I'm amazed

[@Klaharnchaiya]

it's quite forgotten bcus people thought Mountain Kinabalu in borneo, malaysia is the tallets in south east asia..

[@adiginting2852]

Isn't the highest peak in South East Asia Cartenz Pyramid in Papua?

[@Maino88]

Mt Kinabalu is 4,096 m (13,438 ft) tall. Cartenz Pyramid/Puncak Jaya is 4,884 m (16,024 ft) Hkakabo Razi is 5,881 m (19,295 ft) tall. Please explain to me how 4096 or 4884 is taller than 5881. The reading he made at the point he reached was 18,840 feet which is 5742m - and they were still below the summit.

[@abdulkarimhan1266]

In term of all the nation of Southeast Asia which is include Myanmar, yes its the tallest, BUT if geographical area of Southeast Asia, Mount Kinabalu is the tallest, since its situated on the Sunda Plate, unlike Hkakabo Razi which is on the Himalayan Mountain range, and the one in Indonesia, is on the island of Papua, which on Australian Plate.

[@flymetothemars4762]

Go google.

[@paochainlay5758]

In your dream!

[@edmartinezdj9034]

Isn't NamchaBarwa the Eastern most peak of the Himalayas? Aren't this ranges already outside of them?

[@abotani662]

Nope part of the Himalayas. Literally the southeastern edges. Plenty of unexplored peaks and mountains.

[@Batmann29]

Couldn't they have just flown in on a helicopter to the base of the mountain? They would have skipped the whole jungle part

[@onigbajamo]

Pfft, where's the fun in that? There'd be no show!

[@onigbajamo]

***** They'd have to walk to find the highest peak and I'm not sure there would be ground for an helicopter to land.

[@onigbajamo]

***** That'd be a lot of trips.

[@matthewsilverman2851]

+Batmann29 not in that enviroment

[@JMalikZ]

No, they can't be. They'd immediately get altitude sick and they're done. Either they have to acclimatise on this peak or somewhere else first.

[@miqu8124]

Havn't watched the full length version, but what I get out of this short one is that they don't seem to focus that much on the very unique nature in the region that as a result of Myanmars isolation and tough terrain is very untouched, not to forget that many ethnic groups in the region have very limited contact with the outside world, and since this is NatGeo makes me even more surprised. Instead they have the focus on a bucnh of very egoistic explorers that seems to underestimate the task. To bad since I'm really found of northern Myanmar. And that ladie seems to have a very arrogant attitude.

[@maddoxcheongkokhin]

Mi Qu amazing

[@chopsuey--]

Julie Hobbs Egotistical people can also be found in KZbin comment sections throwing around blanket statements about people who are more successful than them.

[@davidmarshall718]

Mi Qu --- Well said. There are actually people who climb, hike, and venture into the mountains FOR THE MOUNTAINS, not for their egos, emotions, or portrait-accompanied self-presenting narratives. I have been interested in this isolated and unknown peak for decades, it is nice to know there is still a region of the eastern Himalayas that is still as remote as the central Himalayas were during the great pioneer exploration treks and climbing expeditions of 1920 - 1975.

[@deathless3518]

You guys couldn’t rent a chopper to drop you off at the base of the summit. Even if it takes a few back and forth it would still be better than going through the jungle with all that gear

[@dana102083]

The 60 km hike helps them acclimatize to the elevation. The mailman flew in in the 1996 disaster..doug died.

[@dougdavis8986]

Wuss

[@kenjimikki7064]

Ive watch the movie raya and the last dragon Which is all characters are southeast asian So the place Spine in the movie raya is actualy this place.

[@ahnapisal7542]

myanmar

[@jeremypinchart4148]

Where at all pro ? stay at the same way on 8000 AHAH... have many summit not explore that is great... i hope the indonesian team will fix it soon

[@ibrahimbenza6432]

There's myself the angkor wat,wat arun temple of dawn n the candi borobudur for the lost of idi amin used to be since i'm 15,hkakabo razi..but i've got it replaced already by my grandsons mikhail & saiful when the time comes,love jesus

[@ibrahimbenza6432]

..i'll be on the surfaces back again at the loch for this shire hkakabo razi to replaced them properly by my grandsons mikhail & saiful inviting them in thailand..well,my fuji frozen still,in case of i'd needed to avoid them here,the jewish..hallelujah,amen

[@spacebarinternational]

that piano music is waaay too dramatic.

[@listofbucketliststraveland9281]

It's was an insane idea!! The expedition would have been much easier if they hv appoched from Indian or Chinese side...

[@gregparrott]

Why does National Geographic post this and then not even mention the names of the climbers, in either the film credits or in the Publisher's Notes? Is it asking too much to name them rather than just say 'an elite group of climbers'???

[@hamdeath1110]

5,800meters?

[@ivanhendr]

can we all start using the easier more logical kilometers? kthxbye

[@shuehan]

:)

[@lilosnitch3247]

? Kilometers for??..

[@datboithompson]

Why don't you learn to respect cultural differences and preferences?

[@mrconfusion87]

@@datboithompson When in Rome, do as the Romans do!

[@dennislanes]

Highest peak in that mountain range is over 6500 meters.

[@MikeGreenwood51]

That is higher than my information about Hkakabo Razi at 5,881meters (19,295ft). Is your peak in Myanmar? As clearly the Himalayas has higher peaks.

[@safranpollen]

save the last big rain forests at Birma/ Myanmar ! No tourism, we need hidden places to keep sum nature alive...

[@mdzaid5925]

why not use a helicopter if they just wanted to take gps reading?

[@transtraveler]

RIP Hilaree Nelson. You are an inspiration.

[@andyloomis9384]

Who needs their mom anyway?

[@ilyasawan4529]

I have some beautiful scenery pics i wanna sell it

[@rajagoswami277]

they couldnt have supplied dropped to them?

[@420skidrow]

you tried but you failed! Sometimes force of nature overpowers your ego

[@khairulamin5609]

Kalau di negara asian lain mesti banyak kemudahan. Tempat nya cantik kerajaan yang tak guna. Azen2 in adang asian gam ah hihleh lampi leh adang2 te nuam mah2 ding hiven. Amun lah hoih mah2. Asean gam ah kawlgam bek in himun dan bek nei. Aki zangh theilo kumpi ineih loh Ana himai

[@siddantbajracharya8362]

🙌🏽

[@heinkoko1497]

ထပ်ကြိုးစားကြည့်ပါလား အခုပြန်လာပြီး

[@ngocanhdo8687]

hey guys, full version here :) vimeo.com/136761532

[@waizinoo439]

thz so much

[@sjhxjdjjdjd]

First

[@ElSmusso]

Nah

[@vietnam1978]

Very poor planning

[@agentkay3945]

Fakiest fake story

[@muhammadbaihaqi3625]

Mana yg dari negara +62

[@geoundici]

why.... mix aerial shots with the documentary "human" stuff.... this looks like a reality. No good, sorry. but still, the trip itself is something great. Not well filmed, i'm saying.

[@blah72250]

Egotistical fools.

[@whollymary7406]

yes fu**ed is the word for people who exercise poor planning, what where you guys thinking?? if thinking at all?

[@nicotamposi1915]

rip hilaree nelson