Behind The First Summit of The World's Tallest Mountain (Full Episode) | Lost on Everest

LOST ON EVEREST shines a light on what happened to Andrew “Sandy” Irvine and George Leigh Mallory, who set out to attempt the first true summit of Mount Everest in 1924. A team of professional climbers, filmmakers and experts led by journalist Mark Synnott and Nat Geo Photographer Renan Ozturk attempts to discover whether Irvine and Mallory successfully conquered the world’s tallest mountain.
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[@NatGeo]

Almost 100 years later...the National Geographic team made a new discovery that could add new clues to one of the great unsolved adventure mysteries of all time. Check out the article here: on.natgeo.com/3Nsa7fg

[@blisterbill1708]

Just curious, why don’t you use drones to search the area?

[@josealqueres]

Yep.. and just a few days ago Irvine's fot was found down the mountain. Absolute mad lads for going up Everest on the very poor equipments they had in 1924. True explorers like the astronauts were.

[@bigwaidave4865]

Why do you think this is being aired?. of course it’s because they found Irvines remains😂

[@FucU4ever]

Bro that's why this episode was literally released LOL we are aware

[@andrewvanness1473]

That guy going off the trail is crazy! Had me feeling super nervous there

[@DerdOn0ner]

True. I don’t get why they weren’t securing him with a rope 😂

[@sachinvakkund4678]

This is an amazing video! National Geographic and the team are legendary!

[@NativeAmerican89]

I think what's sad is one of Irvin's family members said that they themselves hope they find his body before they find the camera because once they find the camera they'll have no interest in finding his body and that hit different. I will add though that no one can really bring down most of the bodies stranded up there without risking their own lives.

[@jase4270]

Well they just found his foot inside a sock and boot, that shouldn't be to hard to retrieve and carry down the mountain.

[@FucU4ever]

Because of frozen water weight.

[@kneel1]

if i ever was a climber i would 100% be "the drone guy". So cool to see this especially after the recent discovery! Glad Tom stayed back so that we can hear him tell these stories on YT!

[@tubedujacques]

sure, you wont find that camera in one piece anymore. The body of Irvine probably got smashed to bits and pieces when he rolled of Everest in a high speed, as we see as his torn off foot was found, so probably his clothes were torn open, look at how the body of Mallory was found, and his camera got catapulted out, tumbled down bumping up and down the rocks, and got smashed on the hard rocks of Everest.

[@mikekraut7643]

There was only one camera between the two of them, and no camera remnants have ever been found. Also, the foot was way down the mountain mostly likely not as a result of him falling in the 1920’s but as a result of his body being thrown down the mountain in the 90’s by the Chinese

[@DK-gy7ll]

Seeing that view looking down from Mallory & Irvine's fall location it's easy to see how at least a part of Irvine ended up traveling all the way down to the Rongbuk Glacier below. It's basically a sheer drop with nothing to stop you. The only question now is, did he end up there in his entirety or just his foot/boot? An avalanche could easily have broken his frozen body into pieces and carried it down to the glacier below.

[@fergalohearga9594]

That was beautiful and brilliant.

[@makeupartz5806]

This is a good documentary, it’s also on Disney + 💜

[@talcoge67]

It doesn’t get better than this, I won’t even climb the rocks at a theme park. i’ll stick to watching these guys do it right from my 55” tv.

[@ArrivaIlNonno]

Really interesting documentary Thanks

[@YatesMissiondotcom]

So earlier in the video when they were discussing their plan, they said they were going to the summit and then they were going to look for Sandy on the descent. But from everything I have learned about climbers climbing, Mount Everest, the descent is more difficult because you're more exhausted by that point. So why did they summit? I thought this was an expedition to go find Sandy? Why not use all of their energy to go to the spot to search for Sandy, and ignore the summit on this trip? Reading the comments, is this really the most selfish sport in the world? It seems like maybe this group of climbers used the story of finding Sandy as the means to gain investment money for the trip. Summiting was really the primary goal and they might look for Sandy for a little bit, if they can. I mean, especially if you're going to be searching off the ropes, and it's more dangerous off the ropes, don't you need/want more energy to do that? But hey, it's TV and it's big business. Congrats gentlemen!

[@nalyd321]

When i first saw this video I wondered the smae thing. I also wondered why they were so unprepared to go off-route when the time actually came. Like, if they had planned this the whole time, why not bring rope and gear and rappel more safely down? But, from watching other content, such as that from Michael Tracy, who describes what has been said in recent years by the peiple.on this expidition, it is a bit clearer. It turns out that the sherpas were really against this "search" idea because it was not allowed by the chinese mountaineering association and would result in the sherpas being blacklisted and losing their livelihoods. Because of this, the team pretended that they were only innocently planning to summit, while in reality they decieved the sherpas and carried out the search on the descent. So, lets hope the sherpas can still feed their kids after this teams actions. I dont understand why they didnt carry out the search without the deception and without sherpa assistance

[@plakor6133]

Thanks for mentioning this. What they did by deceiving the Sherpas and thus threatening their livelihood is as bad as it gets. I hope the Sherpas involved did not suffer repercussions. Shame.

[@RigoLecler]

Gran documental,me fascino desde el principio al fin , fueron valientes todos

[@fansizhe9997]

Wow….Wow… speechless..how amazing!!!😲😲😲👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bobbysaka4277]

amazing view

[@animalia9000]

Amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@DerdOn0ner]

This is a reupload, right?

[@PugFaceMusic]

I think they didn't want to release this until they found him, but since someone else found him, they released this now while it's still hot in the news.

[@MaliaBlake-z7e]

Interesting

[@clarkharvell5242]

It was announced that Nat Geo had found Andrew's foot/boot. Nothing about this in this video. I am guessing they must have found it back in May though since that is the preferred climbing window.

[@Sloth55Chunk]

They found it about 3 weeks ago at end of September

[@samiamgreeneggsandham7587]

They found it in the main Rongbuk glacier, which is not anywhere close to the route people follow (ie, the east Rongbuk glacier and north col) that is followed to join the northeast ridge. September and October are likely the best times to search those glaciers because melting has uncovered some of the stuff hidden in them. Little melting has happened by May.

[@mikekraut7643]

This video is about the 2019 expedition, so it’s an older one they re-uploaded because of the recent find.

[@probalsarkar-iw4cg]

Awesome 👌 👏 👍 Amezing Video 📹 👌 👏 Appreciated From Kolkata City Eastern India 🇮🇳 😊😊😊😊😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 Top Of The World 🌎

[@valeriewinters8472]

Best Mt. Everest doc I have seen re: Mallory and Irving

[@bigwaidave4865]

They are actually quite a a few good ones out there if you search. Perhaps this one will get you going.👍

[@naturesmomentstv]

great video

[@againnotavailable]

I don't think it is possible that Odell saw them on the first step and described this as "the last step but one". Here is what his words were: "I noticed far away on a snow slope leading up to what seemed to me to be the last step but one from the base of the final pyramid…". Not including the third step as possible sighting place (although 12:50 seems too early for it) is probably an inaccuracy. Either Odell never saw anything or he saw them on the 2nd or 3rd step imo.

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

epic

[@TheJosy13]

allegedly the whole point of this was to look for irvine so why did they waste so much time and energy going to the summit? if they truly only had that aim, they wouldve focused on the search and only the search. they clearly only wanted someone to pay for them to climb everest and then did a half hearted search to fulfil the contract.

[@mikekraut7643]

Because the Sherpa would never agree to do that if that was the plan from the start. When he went off rope, they never told the Sherpa ahead of time they were gonna do that and go explore the yellow band.

[@TedApelt]

How many ways are there to die on Everest? I think this video covers them all. Since old age isn't one of them, I think I'll pass.

[@Grammyofboys]

So how long now before they go looking for Irvine again?

[@SelinahTheOutdoorExplorer]

I fear Mount Everest. I am an adventurous person but climbing a huge mountain is where i draw the line.

[@jase4270]

I would give it a go I don't fear mountains.

[@teomanege5552]

They asked ; Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest , sır ? Because it's there...

[@Chromatic145]

Mallory never said that. He was asked that question and went on some long speech and a journalist made that statement to shorten what Mallory was on about.

[@richardwarren449]

Mallory never really said this; if you do some research you’ll find out.

[@richardwarren449]

yes, you are right!

[@SusanHarris-sk2ib]

Well now we have found Mallory and just a few days ago a boot of Irvine's. The boot was still high up there. No body and no camera however.

[@philippalbert5536]

As I understood, the boot actually was down in the glacier. So Irvine might've fallen further down than Mallory when they descended.

[@TR-yi8up]

Found way up there at the bottom

[@josealqueres]

nope.. down the mountain in the glacier

[@Halfdead211]

@@TR-yi8up😂😂

[@skyskimmer]

Never say never

[@Vatchatbiendoi]

1440p ???

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Music is too loud.

[@blezz7773]

🙏🏾💙🙏🏾

[@makeupartz5806]

I firmly believe that George Mallory and Sandy Irvine had indeed, reached the top of Everest in 1924. I have no doubt about it.

[@bigwaidave4865]

People also believe in Bigfoot and UFOs.

[@bigwaidave4865]

Absolutely, no way. Certainly close, but those last two steps were impossible with just those two men without property equipment.

[@TyrsEye]

We will never know for sure if Mallory and Irvine ever made to the top, maybe under the ice is some more evidence like the camera.

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

if they got within 800 feet a 100 years ago they won!

[@bigwaidave4865]

@@JamesWoodring-mu2iz you don’t win unless you make a successful round trip. You die.

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

@@bigwaidave4865 we all gonna die jr! are known for anything soy boy!

[@dineshmichael6904]

It’s always hurt me that my mt Everest killing so many peoples

[@tubedujacques]

no people are killing themselves on mount everest because of hubris and etc.

[@pamelot7040]

Everest is no longer exploration. It has become exploitation and it’s being destroyed. 😢😢😢

[@YatesMissiondotcom]

Look, I'm not a climber, I'm not physically fit enough, and I don't have the drive to climb. But it is unbelievably intriguing to me. When I see vertical ladders that people are climbing up over the "really tough parts" of the mountain (and I know there's not too too many vertical ladders, more horizontal ladders over the bigger crevasses), but just seeing people use those vertical ladders takes away the mystique and awe that I used to hold for climbers climbing this mountain. I know there needs to be a lot of safety involved. But under the umbrella of safety, it seems like the Sherpas and expert climbers (or someone, I'm not sure who) are trying to make this mountain as easily accessible as possible, I guess so more money will be coming into the area. Anyway, I wish I could go back to when I was younger and didn't know all the details.

[@mrmoose802]

The hubris.

[@KandeShack]

If you’ve got the money and these expedition companies continue to be greedy…they’ll let anyone climb!

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

dare any of the soy boys to do it with mallorys gear 1

[@ronalddechosa3048]

If theres 1or fewest,who survives to cnquer this harsh environmnt of this summit,mostly lot of lives cost,.this mountain is a curse'whoever wnts to challenge him.,🌀🌨️✌️♥️🙏

[@tubedujacques]

not the mountain is a curse, in the peoples mind there is a curse; dont blame the mountain

[@m.pearce3273]

The one thing about Mt Everest is all climbers leave all thier junk on the mountain

[@leannsfearcocktail9420]

It breaks my heart… This once elusive mystical mountain is now littered with garbage and people. Why? For bragging rights???

[@Vatchatbiendoi]

1449 ?

[@Toplistravel]

Let’s chat! Have you ever been here? 🤔

[@lynnadames9526]

These people werr doing exactly what they wanted to do. Come death or valour it was their obsession for that mountain.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

Helocopter should of saved this guy.

[@splashmt99]

I don’t want to be a nit, but Everest is the highest mountain not the “tallest “.

[@m.pearce3273]

Find the camera that everyone else is still looking for

[@emj420]

Apparently China found it in the 70s and tried to develop the film but it didn’t turn out. Camera is in some small Chinese museum somewhere, in storage… Everest mystery channel, I think it’s called, has videos on it…

[@emj420]

Tom pollard’s channel…

[@ryanaines6617]

@@emj420No it’s not, that’s been debunked

[@emj420]

@@ryanaines6617 do you have a link?

[@pingval5110]

One can’t claim if they reach the summit until they get back. That’s the rule. In my view, Mallory & ervine did not make it to the top. More factors, Looking at their suit in the photo, one can say it won’t survive d xtrme altitude, the timing was not right, Mallory should have took seriously the red flags since he already has 2 failed attempts, he underestimated the mt like any other, sadly he took a quite innocent boy out of his convenience because d boy has some xpertise, he can use, unlike Hillary & his partner

[@doughamel150]

these people are not climbers, they are pedestrians at high altitude, holding onto ropes and taking pictures....high altitude tourists and litter bugs

[@bigwaidave4865]

This was a specific expedition that was in search of George Mallory. They were not on an attempt necessarily to summit Mount Everest .

[@tubedujacques]

@@bigwaidave4865 this was an expedition to find Irvine, Mallory has already been found in 1999

[@UsThemis]

🇺🇲💙

[@486made]

well...at least you climbed Everest.

[@trentjohnson8794]

The most selfish sport in the world

[@JediAnne]

This is not a sport. This is an opportunity for rich people to earn bragging rights.

[@trentjohnson8794]

@@JediAnne there are just as many people doing it on a shoe budget spending their life savings , as well as rich

[@tubedujacques]

@@JediAnne i was pushed once by a guy very hard in the back, and was left with a chronic backinjury because of this fool's action, and some 30 years later this coward made it to everest, so i know of at least one coward on everest

[@Chromatic145]

M and I never even made it to the first step and fell. 3 other people had optics on the mountain and never saw squat. Odell changed his story multiple times.

[@philippalbert5536]

Suggesting they fell on the ascend is a wild take. They were about an hour/1.5 away from camp.

[@ryanaines6617]

lol more like people changed Odell’s story. Read a book, they were past the 2nd step. Why would GM have his only pair of goggles in his pocket during the day when Norton had come down the day before with snow blindness ?

[@tubedujacques]

@@philippalbert5536 they went to late for the summit push, left there belongings in the tent in a shamble, so maybe already hightsick or something like that

[@stevo3938]

I’m pretty sure Sandy’s parents are long gone, and thus cannot lock their door.

[@williamcavanagh8982]

Nat Geo... you lose credibility when you say " the world's highest mountain." IT IS NOT. It is the worlds highest peak or place or spot. The highest mountain is in Hawaii.

[@gregrobsn]

No, Everest is the Highest mountain. It is not the Tallest.

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

if you got within 800 feet in those days u won!

[@blisterbill1708]

Messner doesn’t believe they made the summit

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

try it in the time mallory did! soy boy!

[@michaelkim9640]

"he cannot not be there" -- that was a double negative and irvine's body wasn't there. holzel is a doof