Back to Everest Reupload | Documentary (2001)

This is a reupload with the audio cleaned up.
We are still attempting to find a better version but we were able to fix some of the issues with the last one.
Back to Everest (2001) | Full Documentary
On May 13, 1999, Canadian Dave Rodney pulls himself the summit of Mount Everest. His celebration is short-lived when he faces a terrible tragedy. In May, 2001, Rodney stands at the foot of Mount Everest a second time, plagued by memories. In Back to Everest, learn about this incredible Canadian and follow his two attempts at the mountain's summit.
Directors: Chris Triffo
Starring: Bruce Edwards
Genres: Documentary, Special Interest
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[@markrobertdevison1227]

"If it doesn't feel right, don't do it". Wise words to live by.

[@kensemr]

Jesus, these climbers are deslusional. "I want to be the first Canadian, who is as asthmatic, to climb Mount Everest." That sounds ridiculous. I want to be the first American to climb Mount Everest on a Tuesday wearing a tuxedo. These arent real records guy.

[@dawnolivo9645]

Apples and oranges

[@Kroggnagch]

You never really know how any seemingly ol arbitrary thing might mean to someone else

[@safevoyage]

Lack of adequate leadership and an asthmatic expedition doctor climbing without oxygen is ridiculous. Then the guide leaves Michael on the mountain.

[@roamingirl]

That’s what I thought about the dr. Trying to do too much, I think.

[@Laudrengen]

Rodney sure likes ot have opinions on what everyone else is doing. He sounds super irritating.

[@amaramilligan349]

I am soooo thankful that I have absolutely no ambition (or delusion) to climb Mt. Everest… or any other mountains, hills, bumps, lumps or piles of dirt. Ima stay right here on my pile of pillows on my comfy couch and watch these lunatics play games with their lives and the lives of others.

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

We are thankful you are a coward too

[@dvsdawl]

This is amazing. I had just seen the documentary about Matthews.. but didn’t know he climbed with someone from Sask! That’s where I live.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

What I’ve learned about this mountain is you need a lot of luck especially with the weather..I couldn’t imagine been in the death zone when a storm rolls in.. I would be happy enough to just hike a few low lying trails there it looks beautiful thanks ❤

[@jonschlottig9584]

Right I'd be happy hiking to base camp

[@Vintagecharm57]

One of the best Everest documentaries I’ve seen.

[@GoodDayHQ]

Thanks Connie

[@onerider808]

“...my gut was saying everything is going to be fine.” Everyone who died there probably had the same feeling. But guts are for processing food, and heads are for thinking. Glad he made it, though. Chalk up one for the guts.

[@paulmahy]

Something really off about these two.

[@Dbwikle]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for fixing this audio! What a beautiful & wonderful story!!!!

[@GoodDayHQ]

You are so welcome!

[@MMAjsf7]

So this guy loses his friend on Everest, goes back to find his body, summits for a second time instead. POS

[@davidyancey2807]

You know there are very few ways left to distinguish yourself on Everest when you hear someone saying they hope to be the first asthmatic Canadian to summit without oxygen. So many qualifications. I had the pleasure of meeting Stacy Allison years back, and she was nice enough to sign a copy of Beyond The Limits for me. A nice inspirational gift I gave to my daughter.

[@jimkayser1880]

“The first ambidextrous American of Polish descent born on the third Thursday of a month in an even-numbered year …”

[@prevost8686]

The first non binary transgender aboriginal midget with HIV to successfully summit Everest in drag and stiletto heels 👠.

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

Of course Rodney didn't find Matthews' body on Everest - he didn't honestly go there to find and retrieve it! The entire trip was all about him and his own Everest-sized ego. What a fake.

[@factsoverfeelings1]

Is this a video to promote Rodney's career for his speaking engagements ?

[@TjaVanBuuren]

I am glad to have been able to hear the end of this emotional journey, so great that you were able to fix the audio & re upload :)

[@supremequart8233]

I thought his return was about finding Michael and making peace with that…. 🙄 There’s a fine line between adventurous and egotistical impulse control.

[@pretzel_cat]

I get ego and narcissism every time I see this guy speak.

[@traceywoodbridge3396]

It's all about ego

[@jamiepender6667]

@@traceywoodbridge3396yes. Absolutely. There’s no other plausible explanation

[@joeymarie72]

There's only one stretch of the ascent that makes it completely impossible for me to get over my fear of Everest...the icefall. No way could I walk across a few rope tied ladders over 1000 foot drop. I start shaking just watching everyone else.

[@joanneevertz2295]

JoeyMarie, mine is the bodies. There is No way I could walk by them.🙏🙏💗💙

[@ericwood319]

you can go up the china side of mountain no ice field much easier

[@jodyssey9921]

That's the only part I think I could do. Too many years smoking for me to reach higher altitudes.

[@charlesmaeger6162]

Also, the jet stream winds can suddenly change direction and slam into the top of Everest.

[@fredcory2686]

I would never be able to get across the rope bridges on the trek to base camp.

[@debbieweahkee3820]

Isn't that what they all say..."I'm physically and mentally ready"...?!

[@drSJV]

Sherpas are the heroes, they pave the path in every possible way for the tourists. Sherpas carry up and down all the heavy load.

[@Mila_Brearey]

They do it for a pay check. It's their job for which they apply for!

[@tengrisherpa4517]

Daves pep talk in the tent gave Mathews false hope. You can clearly see that Mathews have no energy. Bad and greedy team mates! No wonder he bacame a politican.

[@user-sx2qf8ki7o]

Today it's the Sherpa kmi rita who climbed 26 times to Everest, the babu Sherpa has already been forgotten in Nepal

[@m.h.6499]

No, Babu not forgotten.

[@Mila_Brearey]

Really enjoyed this documentary!❤❤❤ They're hard to find because they are on the climbers' pages ... so you need their names first - only to find out that they have it behind a pay wall.

[@Best-mx2of]

The guide made the right decision. He refused to turn around there is nothing else he could do. You can not do a deal with nature.

[@wyomingadventures]

Great job fixing the audio!

[@joeymarie72]

If you're out of oxygen and someone shares some with you, why the hell would you twiddle around for 33 minutes on the summit? You made it to top. Take your picture and get the hell down. That's just me though.

[@ColdWarVet607]

Yep, its like being out of water in the middle of the Sahara, first, you shouldn't have run out, second, getting a billion, billion, billion in one chance of getting more, you should of realized the great karma you were given and returned it by getting the heck out of there instantly.

[@safevoyage]

Foolish and deadly

[@MendTheWorld]

You’re right. This was probably one of the reasons why, by the end of this video, I had not developed a warm and sympathetic feeling toward this guy.

[@82566]

Agreed

[@misselanys1219]

@@MendTheWorld me to. I just see him as a selfish prick. He did not seem to care that his elderly parents lose ten years off their lives each time he ventures up there. Also i hope when he eventually loses sight in that detached retina eye he can still feel Everest was worth it when he cant make out his grandchildrens faces with one blind eye and one age related failing eye. Thats if he makes it to even see them born.

[@chodkowski01]

It was a good story until they called him a hero. A real hero regardless of the weather would have went up to save his friend but instead choose to hide in his tent and let his friend die. Mallory and Irving were heroes. They had no guides, no one to lay ropes and ladders in front of them. No modern day equipment and no one to save them if they ran into problems.

[@traceywoodbridge3396]

❤

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

If Mathews and Rodney had descended when their team leader told them to (instead of insisting on staying up the mountain) then perhaps Mike would have had the extra rest at base camp that he so clearly needed. I wonder how much Mike was influenced by Rodney? I guess history is written only by those who survive and we'll never really know.

[@Julie-gx8ju]

THANK YOU.

[@GoodDayHQ]

You're welcome!

[@dvsdawl]

I live on the prairies too and am also fascinated by Everest. His comment about.. take the horizon and turn it sideways and you have Everest though.. what the heck?? What a weird thing to say.

[@kellybliss6163]

I live on the prairies in Saskatchewan... I found that statement weird. I've never tried to crawl across any field ever. At least sober.

[@catherinec6485]

It sounds like Michael collapsed and the guide left him, then told everyone that they were separated. I don't understand why Dave needs to make himself out like a hero who tried to rescue Michael.

[@HannahsYT]

I find it ironic people would complain then the expedition leader fell ill, "people had paid a lot of money...and they weren't happy". I think if you can't make it up the mountain yourself you probably have no business being there.

[@GlockFan19]

That’s not true, I’m sorry. Almost everyone, for year and decades, from the first expedition s by the Brits, were done via “siege mentality”. That REQUIRED an “Expedition Leader, and a multitude of support staff and, for all but the Elite Climbers, oxygen. In turn, that allowed “lesser” climbers 🧗 to have a decent shot at summiting. Therefore, when/if the Exp. Leader falls ill, it will endanger the entire Expedition. I get why they weren’t happy. I don’t agree with it, but I definitely understand it.

[@donaldd3158]

@@GlockFan19 ⁴t

[@teal_panda_8434]

You need support because it’s easy to get delirious and think you’re still in the right frame of mind. It’s not meant for humans anyway so that’s not a fair assessment.

[@Benjamn-gx5zd]

Rodney you left Mathews on the mountain.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

Nobody left him there, if anyone should get any blame it’s the guide of Mathews but if he is telling the truth and he told him to turn back and was ignored why should he die with him?

[@ericwood319]

every time i here this clowns story he changes the facts i wasnt there but if mike was told to turn around and chose not to

[@vindictivetiger]

exactly. That guy would probably still be alive if he hadn't listened to Rodney.

[@Ghostshadows306]

Completely agree. If this guy had any dignity he would have disappeared after that fiasco expedition he was on.

[@MMAjsf7]

@@Ghostshadows306he literally goes back to find michaels body, but instead summits and makes it about himself. People like him are fucking awful

[@dawnolivo9645]

Hear 👂 not here

[@19thnervousbreakdown80]

Smell my finger. Splash a little water! Splash,,,, not splish. Fresh...... Not fish.

[@Kid_Kootenay]

Wow this is reported very very differently than the original version specifically the decision to come down off the mountain.

[@Xxxxxx19-p1c]

My thought exactly.

[@DianeHasHopeInChrist]

They all.lied about Mike Matthew's death, as his guide abandoned Mike. Their stories were all contradictory and a law enforcement investigation was launched. The guide was punished by Nepal, and the team leader was run out of business, after it was found he had no actual license or experience to be on Everest. Rodney was exfoliates by world wide mountaineers.

[@guud]

More about big mess on ever rest..great and sad video full of things you shouldn't repeat

[@nelitasciretta7101]

He should have brought him back down with him. No admiration for this Rodney guy at all!! So he didn't go back to find his "friend", he went for the publicity. What a joke of a friend.

[@LightshamanaDhyana]

He couldn't go back, it isn't the corner grocery store, where you go back (with car). 80-100 miles wind at the dead zone is not doable. It is very easy to watch KZbin and tell someone what they should do. You are ignorant and a bully.

[@nelitasciretta7101]

@@LightshamanaDhyana I am not a bully or ignorant, when he met his friend on the way back down and he asked him if he should continue up, as his friend and knowing he was having some medical issues, he should have told him no, that they could try later when he was feeling better.

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

Absolutely..it was all about him. He knew he wasn't going to find the body. This was so pathetic and self congratulatory. My tax dollars went into this? He's a terrible person.

[@traceywoodbridge3396]

No words for this disgusting male.

[@mairepcod4063]

Thanks,

[@3putt548]

You only live once as the expression goes. However I’m not inspired in the least. I call BS that Rodney had to climb Everest to get closure for his friend Matthews death. I believe in my heart, he did it for selfish reasons. Like summit fever, he had to go back. Call it an addiction if you will. It’s like the Sherpa who died after 10 summits. Rodney was lucky to summit once. Why can’t once be enough? Look at the worry and grief he exposed his parents to as well as his girlfriend. I understand it’s his life but when it involves other people that’s entirely different. I call it selfish.

[@traceywoodbridge3396]

😢 I Agree with you.

[@holyfox94]

Must be nothing more annoying fot the Sherpas and Guides to have unfit clients, 🤯who want to push for the summit. Young men, thinking they can conquer everything, is the nature of things. It’s just sad when children die before their parents. And now, the western world is more conscious about Everest, the second world flock to the mountain and repeat the same mistakes. First Saskatchewan, first one eyed gay New Yorker,... now it’s the first south Laotian or whatnot🤦🏼‍♀️

[@dana102083]

Saskachewanian..heh. ;)

[@safevoyage]

One eyed gay?

[@82566]

" if ya ain't first ur last " 😉😆

[@barbaramarshall8095]

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[@thatwasantique6708]

Michael's guide with my opinion was never a professional And u can notice that Michael couldn't make decisions on his own

[@cynthiamarston2208]

Ive always done big things in my life alone. Ill be 70 in 2022. I would just do a trek to Base Camp at my own pace solo. That would be enough for me! (or what they call ABC) Space is at around 50 miles up so Everest is around 5 1/2 miles up. So much farther up to go! But it seems to be like being on a different planet alright up there with eye protection and oxygen.

[@zolalee8079]

I would go to Basecamp..no farther ..even at that altitude you can still get that deadly altitude sickness..I wish you the best

[@zolalee8079]

Sweetie..I just wanted you to know in case you didn't..an going alone isn't a good idea either..you definitely need a Sherpa guide to show you the way..

[@leodanza4945]

i put thumbs down cuz the dave mathews thing pisses me off

[@leodanza4945]

mike

[@misselanys1219]

Why do these people do this. It seems a huge risk to precious life for a couple minutes on the summit and then your name is in the paper for a day and you are forgotten unless you are the first to give birth up there, or the first quadraplegic or the first mesothelioma or stage 4 cancer patient or something. So why do it? Bucket list?

[@darksoul479]

You know I can understand wanting to enjoy a beautiful mountain view, but that's getting a little ridiculous.

[@lisaschuster9187]

Dennis Brown has been my hero for a while now. Only a man with a high IQ and serious balls can recognize his summit.

[@mad-pit3832]

I may sound stupid but why cant they repel back down the mountain, or "seriously" develop some type of sled attached to ropes for sick or injured climbers. Im sure it takes the whole accomplishment out of it but hey let me no.

[@alicearcturus8610]

Where do they get their money? Many of us face real challenges, buying food and keeping a roof over our heads. I wonder if they could face that? No adulation for surviving another day.

[@Mila_Brearey]

Why are you here? Do you comment on other sport pages?! Wtf

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

Poor Mathieu

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Are there not any international airports in Canada??!

[@jodyssey9921]

Lol @ these people and their ridiculous firsts. No one cares, just stop. "I'm going to be the first Canadian from a town near 3 hills and river with a hangnail, red hair and a lost dog to summit!" 😂

[@82566]

🤣🤣

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

Uou nailed it.. the youngest Brit.. the first Saskatchewan lol

[@lifesahobby]

I hope you find your dog .

[@MMAjsf7]

Bahahahahaha

[@RobinMayhall]

Hey man, it takes real courage to overcome a hangnail. 🧗

[@julianyc422]

Male Ego's climbing mountains is not a good thing. Selfishness and teamwork is a good thing

[@MendTheWorld]

I wonder if you meant “selflessness”.

[@michaelbelmont5305]

If everest be five miles tall?....how much of it is practically a vertical climb?...i suppose it depends on the route?...would be awesome to be part of a sandy irvine search group... eerily fascinating place.

[@darrellroeters4951]

Everest climber keep Darwinism alive.

[@RobinMayhall]

I would agree, except that so many climbers who’ve died have left young children or pregnant wives behind. So they’ve already bred, and they’ve left kids who grow up with this romantic view of mountain climbing. Having read numerous climbing memoirs after the 1996 tragedy, I still don’t “get” the climber mentality.

[@darrellroeters4951]

@@RobinMayhall or what mountains took away.

[@r0b1nsm1th]

1:51 "Take that horizontal horizon that we have, turn it vertical and you've got mount Everest"

[@MendTheWorld]

You’re absolutely right. That _was_ an amazingly ridiculous thing to say.

[@r0b1nsm1th]

@@MendTheWorld It started with 'horizontal horizon' and got worse from there.

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

The first Saskatchewan!? Bahahahha

[@donnawoodman6249]

You can’t live on the summit but life is in the valley? That’s why I’m a valley girl !

[@Lilmickcrocodiledundee0001]

Oh yeah?

[@billythekid3234]

Sounds awesome,,,, I'm a valley type guy?

[@wyomingadventures]

Thought valley girls were from the 80s.

[@dvsdawl]

This was silly. Climbing without oxygen is beyond foolish.. and he thinks he could help care for others on an expedition? You kind of need to not be hypoxic to do that bud. Why try to do it without oxygen? Dramatically increases your chances of dying.

[@nicktomcheck7958]

It would be nice to climb Everest but to climb back down is just as hard.

[@Blue2crows]

Everyone has a passion or dream. I will watch the climbers reach theirs on TV or KZbin videos.

[@davesmith5656]

Those 8000m rock piles are not about rock climbing. You could get more from Trango Towers. It is about weather - to put it in one word. "Weather" includes everything that goes into altitude, snow, ice, cracked rock, wind, and c-c-c-COLD--d-d!!! Rock climbing is about muscle strength and finding (you'll get the "finding" part once you try it). I saw one video of a guy hanging by his left hand while casually eating a sandwich with his right. And there are guys, and girls too probably, who can do one-finger pull-ups. Just one finger. Warning: do not try a one-arm pull-up unless your abs are in really excellent shape and you are fully warmed up or you can tear your iliopsoas (in your leg). A rock climber could make very short work of Hillary's Step, for example, IF it were at sea level and he didn't have to wear gloves (the added weight of clothes and boots, etc. would not phase him - those guys workout with 20kgs + added to their pull-ups). It's the weather.

[@guud]

Thinking the same..from back up today, same thing was and still is stronger than man. Weather.. Weather makes difference in both, skilled or tourist style of climb as you say

[@Ghostshadows306]

Just the weather? I don’t care how strong or skilled you are as a rock climber, you’re not gonna be at 8000 meters high. Altitude is the thing that separates these mountains from all the others, not the weather.

[@rupertbear6883]

i hope you brought your shit home with you and didn't add to the estimated 25 tonnes currently working it's way to the drinking water of the locals..

[@beckyshock3099]

I've been on top of Everest so many times, I don't want to go back, and I have been up K-2, and some others, no big deal, you say "I been on top of Everest! and other people say so what?

[@ItsCookiepuss]

Can’t stomach Dave so I’m giving up 🤢

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

Wow omg save Rodney is hot

[@daltonvoss7693]

47:09

[@LeeF945]

I don't get it. But I guess that's why im never gonna climb mt everest

[@w8tingonu]

A pretentious asthmatic doctor who says others didn't belong on trip.