The 1996 Disaster · STORM OVER EVEREST · PBS Documentary

[@nilofarbawa2377]

Absolutely amazing! David Breashears a great mountaineer, writer and filmmaker. Above all he’s a good human being. Thank you for posting this wonderful documentary. Inspiring and heartbreaking. RIP Rob, Scott, Andy, Doug and all those who perished in the storm on Everest.

[@devkkev9066]

amazing that u know about it.. so many so called (i think in austria, where iam from) alpinist dont know a thing about the (sometimes tragic) history of "alpinclimb" and all the great human beeings who did all the great work we are today looking at.. wish u just the best. have a great day & keep up the good work. & may also your smile ;)

[@buzasmihaly8763]

@Nilofar Bawa We will never forget Namba Yasuko ( 難波 康子 ) !

[@zyaneric1]

Read the book, “Into Thin Air”

[@lisahatton5718]

@@buzasmihaly8763 I hated how she went.. All alone cold Frozen to the ice on the ground.. If they would have brought her inside a tent and nursed her she might have lived... Bless her ❤️

[@Truth1561]

@Jesse Fromal oh yes- the weak woman who had conquered the highest peak in 7 continents 🙄

[@mcdonaldbrown3212]

I had the honour of editing this film. It was a privilege to work with David & Callie. I was cutting for almost six months in Boston USA. The icing on the cake was spending three days in the recording studio in London as Jocelyn led a 20 piece orchestra to produce the score. The images were on a big screen out front & the music poured like honey over our film, it was a wonderful experience.

[@hayalistanbul5418]

Wow, that's great! Congrats, this is great work. There is one thing, l wish they hadn't included show off socialte Sandy in the documentary.

[@Treasuresofmind]

Thanks for sharing❤

[@slgordon3]

Beautiful. Here we are enjoying it almost 30 years later. Thank you.

[@m6666]

The music was lovely but way too loud over everyone speaking. I actually found it quite difficult to follow at times because the music overtook the storyline/telling. Apart from that, it was a great documentary.

[@DoctorVinnieBoombatz]

I love documentaries, a huge fan of Errol Morris and Herzog, etc, and I always come back to this doc. It's really well put together, the editing, the score, just a great documentary.

[@halfbloodprincess989]

The Sherpas that came back to rescue Gau and even tried to reach Rob really are the unsung heros of this stormy day on the top of the mount everest...

[@13lochie]

Absolutely right. Theres a great documentary called Sherpa thats now on Netflix which really drives that home.

[@Bogsyism]

Yes, and these rich selfish bastards treat them appallingly

[@sheilaboston7051]

@@addictlee2008 After climbing Everest nearly every year since 1994, Sherpa Kami Rita has just summitted Everest for the 25th time and at the age of 51! He was one of the first people to summit this season, as he was fixing the ropes for all the groups. He's also climbed other major mountains, including K2. I'm hoping that he will now retire ...

[@KenJames9911]

Yes. and don't forget about Anatoli...

[@MissEwe]

@@2684dennis good eye

[@ali6ism]

I am endlessly fascinated by everest and k2 stories but at the same time I just can't grasp having the desire to climb it

[@gamingforfun9000]

even after watching this one day i want to tackle it, and if i die up there, at least id like to be frozen facing some nice view. Isnt that a better grave than being in box with piles of dirt on it

[@mr.onethirtyeight5088]

@@gamingforfun9000 - yes, yes it is

[@gibbontakeit9098]

Nope... cus ur your dead. ACTUALLY dying up there also sounds horrible. If rather have a massive adrenaline dump, like an airplane crash or something.

[@misterysmithers8566]

@@gamingforfun9000 I live in the north. You clearly have no idea what it is like to work at -50 wearher. Freezing is the worst feeling in the world.

[@gamingforfun9000]

@@misterysmithers8566 well you don't know where I live or lived ;)

[@nvegas4552]

The Taiwanese mountain climber really knows how to draw the viewer in. What an excellent story teller. This documentary is superb.

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ThomasGabrielsen]

When I watch documentaries about Mount Everest I always feel that the Sherpas doesn't get the credit they deserve. Watching how they carry most of the supplies for the climbers, securing the ladders and ropes before every season. I remember a scene from a documentary about a Mount Everest expedition I watched many years ago. I can't recall which documentary it was, but the scene was from one of the base camps late in the evening. Two Sherpas came into a tent with where some of the paying climbers where resting, and they asked the Sherpas where they had been. They answered that they had been up and secured some ladders and ropes. I can't say where this ladders and ropes was, but the look on the face of the other climbers was just disbelief. They simply couldn't fathom that they had climbed so far up and went down again, and the Sherpas acted as this was nothing special. They did this after carrying their own supply in addition to the paying climbers supply. The Sherpas are the true superhumans to me.

[@perseuslove1335]

Sometimes people make them carry furniture. Like dining tables.

[@janeworrall3694]

@@perseuslove1335 …WHAAAAT? Is this true? So it’s just a picnic, a day out!!! Unbelievable.

[@spiderknight9893]

Except literally every video and comments section goes on and on about muh sherpas ! They didn’t even climb the mountains before westerners did …..

[@Fa5Squad]

They get paid very well lol

[@mysteryminx2619]

The Sherpa people are extraordinary and living proof of human adaptation to their native environment. Sherpas DNA is sequenced in such an intricate way that they literally have a higher blood volume and the metabolism to accommodate it, completely in order to function at their best and healthiest at higher Earth altitudes, acclimated to process a lower atmosphere than non-Sherpa people, they thrive in thin air that would leave most of us breathless. Sherpa are BORN to live among the Himalaya, it is their gift. They live largely in villages throughout what is known as the Sagarmatha Zone (the Nepali name of Everest "Head of the Sky" In Tibet She is Chomolungma "The Mother of the World" and deeply revered by both cultures). They are wonderful people, and it is my joy to know a Sherpa gentleman (and yes, his name is Tenzing-- a common family name) He has a relative who has summited Sagarmatha eight times, each time he climbs to honor the five buddhas as well as to safely guide climbers who persist and pursue a personal conquest. Climbing fees are a boon to families of Sherpa guides. They are indispensable, gracious, and loving people.

[@matthewnguyen518]

I attempted Mount Williamson a week back, but turned around because I wouldn't make the summit in time and I met experienced climbers who told me that you should summit no later than 1pm since afternoon thunderstorms are common. I think it was a big mistake that the climbers in this doc weren't keeping with their turn around time, and I think this doc teaches us climbers that we should always stick to our turn-around time. As an experienced climber once told me, "the mountain will always be here." I think it should be in our ethics that safety should always be our #1 priority.

[@jackfanning7952]

Absolutely.

[@cremebrulee4759]

Sadly, summiting, is such a driving force that it motivates these people to take unacceptable risks. Then, when they reach the point where they are oxygen-deprived, they aren't thinking clearly.

[@jackfanning7952]

@@cremebrulee4759 They weren't thinking clearly when they woke up one morning, hugged their wife and kids and thought to themselves, "I think I'll go climb Mt. Everest."

[@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974]

summited , sent in 1984 at age 13 😌

[@NickShelson]

Williamson is quite the challenge for a California peak. Best luck next time.

[@LatmaTVulpanstudent]

A mountaineer once said, "Summiting is optional. Coming down is mandatory." Climbers who lose sight of that are doomed.

[@Paul1958R]

Ed Viesturs

[@The.Word.1Way.2386]

all these people are egotists, addicted to adrenaline ----- an addiction always wants more

[@brandonbentley5453]

@@The.Word.1Way.2386 I'm Gen-X. In the words of Steve McQueen Racing is life, everything in-between, is just waiting. If you're not fulfilling your dreams then you're just waiting to die...

[@The.Word.1Way.2386]

@@brandonbentley5453 hedonism sums it up - steve was also a sex addict, womanizer

[@cattycorner8]

@@The.Word.1Way.2386 Good Heavens. Spare us. Don't believe everything you see on KZbin or in the funny papers. 🙄

[@MxPx77]

I’ve watched this documentary atleast 3 times already. It never gets old.

[@Blaine10024]

Neil really said it best when he talks about Anatoly, "what he did was superhuman." Anatoly went out into the storm, alone, and at 1:00am and saved four people's lives. Extraordinary.

[@PlateletRichGel]

Anatoly killed in avalanch several years later.

[@donniev8181]

Yes but he should of never went solo without oxygen. That's not something a guide does.

[@rocketmom60]

I don't understand that a guide left the climbers hours ahead of them reaching camp. Anatoly saved them, but he never should have left them to begin with.

[@donniev8181]

@@rocketmom60 yes and because of him having no o2 it made him in a sense no longer a guide but just a climber that had to get back to camp to get o2

[@PlateletRichGel]

@@rocketmom60 I think he could only help two people at a time. But worse was leaving Beck Weathers in camp!

[@Farmer-bh3cg]

In watching this and reading a bit about the 1996 climbing season, it seems one of the truest climbers is Lou Kasischke. Having saved for years, worked to get into shape and got within a couple hundred feet of the summit, he looked at the summit, his condition, his remaining capabilities --- --- and turned back. With the goal of years so close he could almost taste it, he made a classic example of wise decision-making under extremely stressful conditions.

[@cremebrulee4759]

He deserves high praise for doing the safe thing. Such a difficult and devastating decision.

[@DanRustle]

sounds like a loser. losers quit. he is going to have to live with the question of "what if" i guarantee you it will haunt him on his deathbed.

[@neuralmute]

@@DanRustle And you sound like an idiot who could easily end up as a meatsicle on the side of a mountain. At least he gets a life beyond Everest. That's worth more than any summit.

[@fjdididiididid1238]

@@neuralmute hahhaha amazing

[@joostdriesens3984]

@@neuralmute Dan is already a kind of 'meatsicle' where one of his very few pleasures is trolling on the internet..

[@nordvegfigg7746]

The real footage, the re-creations, the music, the tone of the survivors, the cinematography... everything about this documentary is just superbly done. Absolutely top notch stuff. 10/10. Everything done with respect for all involved. Those who survived, and those who didn't.

[@annakeye]

For me, there are a few stand out moments but the moment where Rob Hall's friend and team member, Helen Wilton, explaining facilitating the last phone call between Rob and his wife, Jan, was hammered home in that final look at 1:26:15 after explaining what she was doing was a terrible thing but also a good thing. A range of emotions that she's still feeling as she retells the story.

[@CoIoneIPanic]

The music is too overbearing and sounds like a funeral.

[@dana102083]

@@CoIoneIPanic it was a funeral.

[@jsbach9848]

@@CoIoneIPanic it was hardly a New Year's party.

[@CoIoneIPanic]

@@jsbach9848 but this is a video and it has distracting music .

[@MK-Turtles]

Anatoli is a true hero. He came back to save many people! Incredible and remarkable. These are the real heroes, who save lives without expecting any benefit. Respect!

[@bobabooey4537]

Didnt he take off ahead of everyone on the descend? Maybe if he stayed with the group as a leader he wouldnt have been in the situation of saving people later on. If he did in fact stick with the group.... then pardon my words.

[@pegasuswings951]

@@bobabooey4537 Yes, he took off, that's why he had to come back. ON the other hand, as it was expressed by several in the group, once you are in the death zone, you are on your own. If you are expecting someone to hold your hand there, you shouldn't be there. Unfortunately, and tragically, this is not the case on Mt. Everest. Too may people don't and didn't belong on that mountain. In fact, yes it's a great feat to get there even with sherpas and oxygen, but come on that feels like a bit of a cheating. The real deal are the ones that do this on their own devices. Now that's something. There are not many of those.

[@neilus]

@@bobabooey4537 No, you are right, he descended hours ahead of the clients because he was climbing without Oxygen and even the strongest high altitude climber in the world (which he was) cant hang around in the death zone indefinitely. He rescued those people to save his own ass. Because had any of the MM clients died, questions would have been asked. Where was Scott? Lost, barely alive, way up on the mountain. Lobsang? Trying to help Scott. Neal? Outside in the storm, doing what a guide is supposed to be doing, helping the clients. Anatoli? Oh he was in his tent drinking tea. He knew he'd have some serious explaining to do if the shit hit the fan. So he went out to do what he should have been doing in the first place.

[@Romulan2469]

@@neilus Guides should never be out there without supplemental oxygen. What he did was reckless, even if he did save 3 lives.

[@rickwrites2612]

I love how Beck describes climbing at night, the blackness punctuated by a string of headlamps representing everyone completely silent each alone with themself in the darkness. Makes it seem more like a pilgrimage.

[@Tenebarum]

He's very poetic.

[@im-Sara-Jayne.]

Yes he certainly has a way with words and can imagine what's going on in each person's head while in a world of their own ❤

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

Yes. If one is fortunate enough to climb in clear weather🙏

[@mcdonaldbrown3212]

Beck Weathers is a gifted story teller. His book is excellent too.

[@donaldbraugh2314]

Well what do you think it is, a fairy tale?

[@manzarelahi1812]

The one thing that continues to amaze me every time is the music in this documentary. When I watch the documentary and listen to the music in the background, it makes me feel like I am with them climbing up Everest. Bravo to the composer of the scores!

[@tmoe6674]

Agreed. Superb score.

[@miri745]

I'm having difficulty finding the composers name. Anyone? Is the score on Spotify?

[@dana102083]

Ive watched this so many times.. Tonight there is a wind warning that piped up on the hillary step 😆

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

@@miri745 It seems, especially in the first half hour, to have been very heavily influenced by Ralph Vaughan William's "Lark Ascending" which you are going to love if you liked this!

[@miri745]

@@Thepourdeuxchanson it's beautiful!

[@edwigcarol4888]

Makalu Gau is so sympathetic... the way his whole body is involved in telling the story... His survival story.. His language sounds beautiful

[@str8cndian]

Bruh! did you see his hands?

[@Galaxie08]

@@str8cndian Yes, and, ‘Bruh’? 🙄 That’s the result of frostbite. He still told his story with his whole body.

[@roinafernandes3693]

Very expressive indeed!

[@pavanman6632]

he survived like a champ

[@MichaelTarailo-st1nv]

He made the documentary a 10 when it would've been a 7

[@peach7210]

Goodnight, David Breashears. Thank you for the gift of telling your story. 😭

[@davebeakel6632]

Wow, is this Peach Weathers? The wife of Beck?? Agreed, btw, he created a masterpiece here.

[@Supreme896]

So sad 😞

[@livingiseasywitheyesclosed]

I didn't realize he passed away. RiP David.

[@KlausToth]

Rest in peace, David Breashears ❤

[@barbaraswitzler106]

Peach is one of my heroes!

[@horrortackleharry]

To me, this documentary shows exactly why the commercialisation of dangerous high peaks like Everest is fundamentally wrong. Up there in the Death Zone, you can't be thinking about paying clients to whom you feel an obligation to provide a full 'summit experience'.

[@nikkicas260]

Thank you! Well said

[@chocosmoke0208]

This is so true :( God Bless you all.

[@SpicyTexan64]

Adults are adults.

[@garymitchell5899]

There are many dangerous activities. Adults make their own decisions based on risk. Silly comment.

[@_Daio_]

@@garymitchell5899 I think you're just too thick to understand it, and his comment was basically saying when you've been paid to get people to the summit, then you're more likely to take risks.

[@VioletWongtheVioletRabbit]

This is the best documentary about the 1996 tragedy. RIP to all those who lost their lives.

[@rhubarbara2877]

The channel Adventures gone wrong recently published a fantastic 3 parter series on the 1996 tragedy, it is well worth watching!

[@TheMarychinoCherry]

​@@rhubarbara2877she posted a video that has all three parts as one.

[@lauriesmith4575]

When Lou said, "I thought, why isn't anybody here? Why am I alone?... I felt lonely. I wanted to say goodbye. I didn't want to die alone." that about broke my heart. I didn't think I would cry watching this old documentary, and I was sorely mistaken. From that moment on, I was in tears.

[@aspromonte5179]

I only just learned of this tragedy from watching the movie Everest on Max, I went into it completely blind. I thought it was going to be one of those "tragedy strikes and maybe one side character dies but they all pull through in the end" kind of films. I'm a full grown man and by the time I realized Robb really wasn't making it I started tearing up. The only positive I can think about is that these men died doing what they love.

[@leahashcroft9547]

But they didn't- they died cold and alone, knowing they had given up the rest of their life, not seeing their loved ones or watching their children grow up.

[@Romulan2469]

@@leahashcroft9547 I don't think they had time to process all of what you said up there whilst being hypoxic and hypothermic.

[@gavinbrando8255]

You've just described exactly my experience ❤ I thought it was another action adventure and everything is great movies then realised it must have been real life based and it hit me so hard and I think it's one of those powerful movies and it's never left my heart mind and I'd love to die like that❤ of course I mean it in the way that it's impossible to escape.... The way they were MEN and faced it 😢

[@stevenkristoph6993]

The late Anatoli Boukreev said it best “Mountains are not Stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” ...

[@cakepastawhey5095]

That is deeply profound. He is a lost Hero in these stories.

[@Angel-tw3ko]

You can praise Jesus at home or in your car..

[@Jesus_is_my_king9]

​@@Angel-tw3ko As a Christian I should say that nowhere in the Bible does it say that we should settle for mediocrity. You'd be a much better wintness as a high achiever rather than sitting at home or in your car worshipping. I admire men like Boukreev. It's so easy to sit in a cave so removed from the world that you miss the coming of Jesus...

[@staceywatrin2112]

​@Soli-in-the-ild well said

[@aleluia01]

@@Angel-tw3ko who said Anatoli was speaking of Christianity?!?!? Most likely he was speaking about religion as belief in something and mountains are the places where he feels it.

[@jameskelly2559]

Anatoli’s rescue is beyond belief what a great man he was, RIP stud

[@williamnelson9332]

Forsure ❤

[@riquelmeone]

The rescue in isolation, yes, but his actions in a bigger picture were certainly not great whatsoever. Had he stayed with the group he would have had a bigger impact.

[@davebeakel6632]

Agreed; and he wasn't obligated to stay w the group, esp at that point when he departed from them. And thank the heavens he did, and was able to get some rest, warmth and energy because very soon, he was going to be called upon by the Gods, as it were. He is the first hero here, truly. While Beck and Makalu are the testaments to life's will to survive.

[@riquelmeone]

@@davebeakel6632 so you are justifying him leaving the group and putting everyone in danger with him saving a few of exactly that group? that’s some nonsense if I have ever seen it.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

​@riquelmeone And you were there to give us insight into the situation? Interestng...

[@shidehhafezi6826]

In my opinion, climbing Everest, but not making it to the peak, still counts as climbing Everest. You climb 12 or 15 hours from Camp 4 to get to the peak but you are short an additional 500 or 1000 feet, or whatever distance , before you can safely come back is good enough. You have still climbed Everest. Your loved ones will be thrilled to see you back and you get to keep your fingers, toes, and nose- and your LIFE.

[@FT4Freedom]

Anywhere above camp 4 is considered done in my book.

[@MoGumboFukUTubeForChngngMyName]

Nope… didn’t make it.

[@martijndegroot9772]

Summiting is optional - getting down is mandatory.

[@lynnpatenaude5548]

Totally agree! When you become a parent or married, you don’t have to stop everything but you do have to think about them as well

[@Thornspyre81]

Not to mention your there for weeks before doing other climbing and acclimatizing BEFORE you even get to Everest.

[@hawkwardfairy]

Hail the Traveler, David Breashears. A great story teller, documentarian and mountaineer.

[@mcdonaldbrown3212]

And cinematographer, he was highly skilled with the camera.

[@jonloftness5210]

I have watched this documentary now 2-3 times. I feel so many emotions with the incredible beauty of Everest; the anxiety of trying to survive in those conditions; the awe of physical and mental toughness of climbers; and also the sorrow of losing a friend to the mountain. Thank you David Snow.

[@luciad5988]

Thank David Breashears.

[@AchtonsVideos]

Read Jon Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air. This film supplements his writing beautifully.

[@MsRexsmurphy]

❤ lovely comment 🙏🏼🫶🏼

[@mcdonaldbrown3212]

I think you mean David Breashears.

[@paulkramer4176]

I was involved with a few teams climbing Everest at that time. My team and I designed the suits and gear for the climbers, (including Ed Viesturs) that David was filming for the IMAX movie planned. Fortunately none of them were injured, but we also supplied tents for Scott Fisher and I think for Rob Hall too, both of whom were killed. Pretty heartbreaking. Scott and Rob were very experienced, but they were guiding folks that really wanted to summit and just made some decisions that weren't correct in hindsight.

[@kcsnow9447]

Don't suppose your design team was Marmot (or affiliated with Marmot)? The reason I ask is that I'm reasonably sure Marmot got its start as a company/corporation designing suits and gear for Clint Eastwood's filming team on his movie "The Eiger Sanction." They won the bid. I recall that being some twenty-six suits or a jacket/pants combo then and they leveraged that small start into the firm they are today. IIRC, Ed Viesturs was so strong (huge lungs) that he summited seven times WITHOUT oxygen. BIG chest on his suit. 44 shoulders, 60 chest....

[@kcsnow9447]

I'm not related to David Snow, who's presentation this is, BTW. The shared last name is just a coincidence.

[@Tt2500-m4b]

My husband constantly says that it is possible to wear battery operated suit warmers on Everest. Is that a possibility? I would worry about sweating then freezing and it would be crazy hard to carry a bunch of extra batteries.

@@Tt2500-m4b and if the battery goes flat? Weight is vital. Sustainability is vital. Time is vital. And besides, down suits work very well. It's typically when climbers refuse oxygen that they get cold.

[@gatekeeper84]

@@Tt2500-m4b old motorcycle rider's trick is to short out 9v batteries and throw them in their boots.

[@carriekeith2266]

It is astonishing to me how people can prepare for years to climb Everest, knowing the hardships, suffering, both mental and physical, the potential loss of life, all the risks, to reach the summit, and only be able to stand there for a few minutes. If you reach it at all... Unbelievable. Soul-wrenching. It must be a holy moment. 🤯❤😇

[@jonathanbuss7538]

it is reckless and not worth losing your life for

[@pokenurse1]

@@jonathanbuss7538 agree. Chasing a high that isn't different than that of a drug addict imo

[@myentertainment55]

Aren't they stayed there for several hours? Did I heard it correctly in documentary. They were waiting others to climb.

[@ellenkufa3653]

@@myentertainment55 yup for 1 hour because there was no rope guide..somebody has to put it and secure😢

[@Nocturnalux]

I admire doctors who go into active war zones way, way, way more. There is risk, hardship, and as for emotional suffering, it must be extreme. But they do it so as to save others. They are heroes. These people…I wish them no ill and I hope all climbers make it back alive but they engage in risk for the thrill.

[@highdesertsunset3011]

can anyone please agree the musical score behind this is absolutely mesmerizing

[@ChadFarthouse-h8r]

It's awful.

[@AlisonCarson-q3j]

I think the music in this video is amazing in its own right, from the beginning the music 🎵 is an equal background to the story told. I didn’t know David Braeshers passed away, I am shocked. Does anyone know what happened to him??

[@mycoinsyourpurse2244]

The first song had me sucked in almost immediately.

[@dusandano4338]

absolutely stunning ❤

[@davebeakel6632]

Agreed - Jocelyn Pook is her name - makes this truly a doc one can enjoy watching again and again.

[@Lando-ie9tx]

Probably my favorite documentary about the 1996 Everest tragedy. I’ve seen it at least t a dozen times. RIP to all who lost there lives that day

[@vincentkipkemei5401]

"Character is what someone does when no one is watching",....Felt that.

[@wesgilmer5391]

I wonder what Beck meant by that. He obviously felt slighted by someone.

[@jody2873]

​@@wesgilmer5391ya, and unfortunately, as he stated that "slight" on a national scale, he'll have to eat those words

[@kyledavis3440]

That would be integrity

[@Tenebarum]

​@@wesgilmer5391Mike Groom.

[@im-Sara-Jayne.]

Yeah, that really got me too! Maybe he meant the way he felt whilst looking into another humans eyes, as they gave him up for lost cause, because nobody else would ever know what they saw or what he saw, they thought they could quietly walk away and pretend they never saw anything. I think that's what he meant, because they thought he was dead nobody would be watching them. 😢

[@shadysif6220]

The musical score was absolute perfection. It captured the majestic yet ominous nature of Everest. As well as the initial tempered optimism of the climbers, that slowly segued into full blown dread.

[@shadysif6220]

@Logan Hughes Nice, thanks.

[@bebe6181]

Do you know name of music?

[@cattycorner8]

@Shadysif The score blew my socks off. I had never heard of Jocelyn Pook. She is up there with Howardf Shore as far as I'm concerned.

[@savantbouffant2603]

Yes - it was by Jocelyn Pook who did the entire score which is on soundcloud

[@georgittesingbiel219]

Pictures from an Exibition? Musical score?

[@melodymacken9788]

RIP. David Breashears. Unforgettable.

[@elizabethjoclayton8892]

I had no idea that David B. had passed away. I also found out that Charlotte Fox died after falling down stairs. I believe it happened in her home. She slipped on a hard wood floor and fell.

[@princhipessa1969]

Oh so sad, I just saw he passed away last year 😢

[@jturtle5318]

They didn't mention the Nepali Army pilot who flew a helicopter to 6,500 m to get Beck above the Khombu ice fall. It had been thought impossible because of the thin air. Col Madan Khatri Chhetri "KC" hovered but didn't land while they put Beck in the copter, so they wouldn't have to ge him across the ladders spanning the gaps in the ice fall.

[@sneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed]

yeah there's a lot they left out and that's was such a major part

[@fishkapb]

They have already showed him in the Everest 1998 IMAX film. This film is the addition to that.

[@Malhablada]

​@@fishkapbThis isn't a film, it's a documentary. And it's not in addition to the movie that was based on this true story, this is a retelling of that true story and people's real accounts of what happened. I think it's important that we make the distinction between a major movie production for viewers pleasure and a documentary that tells the true story directly from the people who lived it.

[@mcdonaldbrown3212]

They also didn't mention that David released his oxygen stash ( laid in store for the IMAX filming expedition ) and saved the lives of some of those survivors. He & Ed Veisters climbed to assist the rescue of Beck & Makalu, it was them who loaded those guys into the helicopter.

[@Rickswars]

It’s all about the climbers.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

The sherpas Norbu, Ang Dorjee, Ngawang Sya Kya, Tashi Tseri and all the others are heros in the words true meaning. May they live long and happy lifes and have good fortune.

[@ballaservices9275]

Not to mention Anatoly Andreev - the Russian who went out at 1AM into the nightmare storm to try and rescue people. That was courage.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

@@ballaservices9275 -Apparently you missed my other post. Where I wrote- 🇷🇺 Anatoli Bukrejev 🇰🇿 _"deus ex camp IV"_ Rest in Peace _Now you can look down on Mount Everest_ _from the heaven you were reaching for_ januari 16 1958 december 25 1997

[@ballaservices9275]

@@DEATH-THE-GOAT Yes I did! But we're travelling on the same bus here- they're all heroes as you say.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

@@ballaservices9275 I'm sorry how my answer came out. I now see it sounds awful and nasty. I'm sorry

[@ballaservices9275]

@@DEATH-THE-GOAT No, no, nothing to apologise for at all. I agree entirely with your main post on the Sherpas!!

[@mariacangi5586]

This is so much better than any other film made on these events. It's priceless to have the story told polyphonically by the survivors.

[@corkyvanderhaven3391]

Nice word ✅

[@stuckinthepattayabubble9319]

God speed David, you were an inspiration to so many. Thank you for leaving us this documentary about life, death, and Mount Everest. Rip David 🙏

[@nancifyme]

I didn’t realize he died just a couple months ago. RIP David.

[@MC-vh7go]

This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I’ve watched Everest, the movie many times and like it very much but this documentary is at another level. The way in which they capture the effects of the wind is incredible and done much more effectively than the 2015 movie. I’m stunned that this is so much better at putting you in those moments and in that place than the movie was able to do. I didn’t know this even existed. It’s brilliant.

[@Beyondtopsecret1]

The wind on a summit above treeline is just incredible... There's nothing like it. Temp drops over 30 degrees instantly and winds picks up to 100mph. It's intense

[@skirmishofwit]

If you want to find out more there are a number of excellent books told from the perspectives of those who lived it. Into Thin Air, After the Climb, Left for Dead, Climbing High, After the Wind, A Day to Die for, and more. It's a long list but I recommend the first two at the very least. I was very disappointed in the 2015 movie. It didnt do the story justice at all and got a LOT of things wrong.

[@bellz9113]

David breashers who directed this film was also a producer on the theatrical movie Everest. I don't think you can fully replicate every thing from the mountain on a movie. Given with the movie they would have to edit out the wind to hear the dialogue and re-add it with sound design in post production. Which would have been very tricky as well. Although I agree what we are presented with here is phenomenal for sure.

[@mcdonaldbrown3212]

David Breashears also filmed for the feature film in a process called tiling. He shot the scenery that was the backdrop for that film. He was a very talented cinematographer.

[@williamstdog9]

That Anotoly dude sticks out of this story like a Greek god or something - Wow what a legend of a dude. This story keeps going from bad to worse to WORSE, then this guy pops out of NOWHERE, who summited alone, and WITHOUT OXYGEN, and flies by everyone helping them etc .. I was like where did that character pop up in this story? And How the heck was he so seemingly unaffected by the storm, conditions, lack of oxygen etc?! Dude was a pure LEGEND. Wow

[@djy4322]

He was a very famous climber from Kazakhstan (USSR at the point of his birth) raised in 5000m .he died the next year on another pick

[@djy4322]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Boukreev

[@nightmoves12]

Thanks for posting his Wiki link. He had a prophetic dream where he died in an avalanche, but refused to stop climbing. I gained some respect for him after reading his quotes and thoughts about climbing. He was a hero, and that's how he should be remembered. :)

[@andreabrava6899]

He is russian😂

[@louiseanderson1505]

Earth Angel ❤

[@williamwalker5326]

Having watched and read almost everything about the 96 expedition and tragedy, I can only say that those in charge of the various teams did not follow the most important of all rules..."wherever you are on the mountain above camp 4, you MUST turn back within the "return window" no matter how close you are to the summit." Minutes are one thing but, many of those who tragically perished in 96 were HOURS beyond the return window of 1:00pm!!! It's a matter of obeying absolute leadership absolutely.

[@lindahoffman2692]

William, While there is undeniably truth in some of what you say about scrupulously following the “window” rule, there were also many unavoidable devastating mishaps such as the log jam of climbers, lack of available supplemental oxygen and of course the severity of the STORM that contributed to this CATASTROPHIC loss of so many priceless lives.

[@moshunit96]

Everyone having a radio would have also helped. Two different climbers were just waiting for people who would not return to them. They are pretty much standard now.

[@riaenkarhystnk6318]

Ur wrong... All I can see is the great leadership from Scott and Rob... That's all....

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

return window is a misnomer also it was 2 not 1

[@nikkicas260]

Agreed

[@williamstdog9]

As BRILLIANT as this doc was in almost every aspect of film making, the ONE thing I kept wishing was to see a Damn MAP of the routes, camps, distances between camps and altitude breakdowns. Maybe some viewers are experts on this already but it would have helped me so much to have a better overall view of the magnitude of what makes Everest near impossible to summit, and why walking 200 yards is a virtually impossible task (for the most accomplished climbers in the world..) in certain parts.

[@priyanshusahoo2339]

Yeah Same. Also Everest is easier to climb compared to some other 8000m plus peaks in this region like K2, Annapurna and Kanchenjunga. 40% of the ppl who climb annapurna (10th highest mountain) die. Also one reason why one can't walk continuosly is coz at high altitude u get tired very easily to u need to make sure that u can't overwork yourself.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

That's one of those things that many people miss about climbing Everest and other major mountains - just how HARD it is: it's super high elevation, it's steep, you're climbing in crampons (not fun) many of of the climbers were sick prior to the climb, you're not able to digest food properly (and had been going through that for weeks prior to the ascent), many things. Jon Krakauer goes into more detail about the physical demands and problems that he and many others went through.

[@rabola55]

Google "everest south col route" you will find plenty of maps.

[@maverik15j]

There are good KZbin videos with 3Droutes to accompany this doc.

[@nora_nayeli]

When you are In high altitudes you feel heavier than what you are. It takes more effort to climb just like it would if you had weights on you. You also are carrying layers and things to help you. The weather also makes things painful and the higher you go the harder it gets to breath.

[@nordvegfigg7746]

It really hits home when you start seeing that some of the survivors have no fingers.

[@saund102]

David Brashears declined to film their injuries (for their privacy) even though he could have recorded a once in a lifetime event.

[@mon6745]

Bro

[@theaxe6198]

@@saund102 you can see their missing fingers on several. It’s heart wrenching

[@Lopyswine]

@@theaxe6198 he means that he didn't film the injuries ON Everest. The black skin, the blood coming out of their mouths and noses.

[@stanzanossi]

I wonder how many climbers of Mount Everest have also lost their penises to frostbite🥶😱

[@miroslavcervenka3283]

Mount Everest has become a high end tourism destination. It is no longer a magical quest for the select few, but a lineup at a mall. Majestic and deadly as the mall is, the disrespect for it is obvious.

[@Bellobellensbsusisisjsjsj]

Are you high bro?

[@stj971]

It's foolishness at its worst. That being said, I would love to see the Himalayas. I am deeply saddened by the destruction of Tibet and its people. FREE TIBET!

[@michelleduplooymalherbe2837]

@@stj971 agree with you it is so sad to see how they have commercialised everything just for the sake of t he mighty dollar

[@newnum2]

I blame late stage Sherpa capitalism.

[@gloriawelch3603]

It should be available to anyone that can finance and make the trip.

[@bean4962]

When Makalu was on the verge of death, that man thought… let’s disco. And it worked. Respect.

[@JRZGRL55]

Based on what I know about the 1996 Everest disaster, Makalu was more responsible for Rob Hall's death than almost anyone else on the mountain (except Rob Hall himself). He was supposed to allow the Hall & Fischer teams to summit & he was going to wait. Then at the last minute he decided to renege on his word. The fact that he owns none of the responsibility does not endear himself to me.

[@peanut1001x]

not true he was utterly irresponsible & selfish

[@djs.7702]

should have done tha hustle an get on down.

[@chrisheroldt5871]

The Bee Gees must be proud

[@Romulan2469]

@@peanut1001x Couldn't the same be said for Doug Hansen? The Sherpas told him to turn around as it was too late to summit and the weather was changing but he shook his head and pointed to the summit and continued to climb. Rob Hall told the other sherpas he would wait for Doug to summit, and being the loyal guy he was, he did and look what happened. I am not saying Makalu or Hall are without fault because they are definitely to blame, but so was Doug Hansen for not listening to the advice from the Sherpas. Also let's not forget about Sandy Pittman being utterly irresponsible and selfish too.

[@Xenonmorph__]

As a narcoleptic person with bad knees, I am amazed that people can have the physical abilities to climb a mountain over a mile tall. I struggle with stairs, but the fact people can climb for 12 hrs straight really is a testament to the human endurance and drive some people have.

[@darrenlamb5640]

If we are going by absolute height from sea level it is more like 5 or 6 miles high.

[@darrenlamb5640]

@@jeansullivan3869 and if Mallory and Irving did actually make it in tweed suits and hobnail boots that would be the most amazing of all.

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

Narcolepsy AND bad knees? Yeah, baby Xenon, you're not making that climb any time soon!

[@vniDubs]

It is definitely an amazing achievement. There is also a lot of effort put in, such as months of physical training and once you are at base camp you will need to spend weeks up there for your body to acclimatize, which involves making higher attempts everyday and returning back to camp to sleep until the final summit push.

[@anthonylong5941]

@@vniDubs A thought for the peoeple who don't make it past base camp due to altitude sickness. And have to return without trying for the summit.

[@speterlewis]

Scott Fischer was on my board of directors in 1996. He was so big and so strong, a man to be reckoned with and a man to be trusted.

[@kylemma33]

Without a doubt he was one of the strongest climbers in the world.

[@jeanie8831]

What did you think of the way the movie Everest portrayed him? Jake Gyllenhaal was the actor. They showed him to be a heavy drinker.

[@DAVELAD101]

Rob literally gave his life to try and save Doug over and over again he tried but in the end it cost him his life. Very sad that yumiko perished because she finally completed all seven peaks sad for all those who perished. Beck’s survival is out of this world, seeing his family again gave him the drive to walk on But the true heroes are the Sherpas who go up there every single day and aren’t given the proper recognition RIP TO ALL

[@erbol700]

True hero in that night was Anatoly Bukreev. Only person who went back to save lives on storm. He might dead in that night.

[@melissaowens1559]

Doug ass woulda been left I'm fr he knew the consequences

[@GoCoyote]

Would have been nice if they gave a drink to a suffering man even if he would have died.

@@GoCoyote poontang

[@clarecollins3726]

@@FalkorA333 That’s inaccurate. They risk the lives of the Sherpas. One third of people who have died on Everest have been Sherpas.

[@Vimi-l4b]

One of the best documentary ever made. Poignant, heart wrenching and definitely thought provoking. One could literally feel the genuine emotions of the survivors as they went through the storm once again and the sense of great loss felt and seen. The greatness of Anatolie in daring the storm and rescuing fellow climbers and the right decisions made by Neal were worth much appreciation. Once again the passion vs the disaster changes Makalu into seeing it as not worth it but Anatolie pursued and breathed his last.Amazing real life experience truly well documented. It will be etched in the minds of the viewers forever.

[@davidhouchin4264]

David Breashears thank you for the fine job you did on this film. It is too bad John Krakauer was not part of the interviews. I was on Island peak on May 10th, 1996. We had gone to basecamp a few days before to acclimatize and received the royal treatment for working to save the life of a sherpa from Fisher's team. We spent the night in a tent from Fisher's team and had breakfast with some of the climbers that were not on the mountain then. I was climbing with a doctor from Lake Tahoe. He had intubated the sherpa and we took turns bagging him all night until a helicopter came into Perache the next morning. I also carried loads to the lower saddle of the Grand Teton along with Joe Ryan when you were filming Fall line. Thanks again David Houchin

[@sueware8377]

This was AMAZING, and not being a climber I thought it would not affect me the way it did...but I cried as I watched...the human experience versus the natural world and how people reacted to what happened. The courage and self-less-ness of some of these people was truly an inspiration to me and Breashears gave me a whole new perspective on the human condition under stress. Thank you, Mr. Breashears!!!

[@kcsnow9447]

Also not a climber, but it has affected me the same way, and for many years now. You will probably know that the movie "Everest" is largely based on these events, and, though it speculates in parts, is still pretty good and, IMO, reflects the flavor* [* Embarrassing to even characterize it in such terms--it was any but] of the events. That said, this film is better.

[@alinapopescu872]

I've seen this documentary several times and each time it strikes me as a very compassionate piece of film.

[@theresachung703]

Yes! That’s it! Compassionate to everyone

[@Railroadersbrat-1]

Rest easy, Mr. Breashears. Thank you for bringing Mt. Everest to those of us who cannot make that extraordinary climb.

[@1makalu]

I was at base camp in 1998 - watching climbers through a telescope way up.............................the emotions and energy from 1996 was palpable. Walking past Rob Hall's stone cairn got me.💔

[@Jayade04]

Why would you just go to the basecamp instead of climbing mount everest? Doesn't make sense

[@sallyfrengley9898]

It makes perfect sense! How many people have the physical, mental and emotional stamina to climb that mountain!

[@graham8033]

Thank you for posting this documentary and I’ve just watched it on the 25th anniversary of that fateful and tragic night. I have read just about every book written on this subject and am so glad that Anatoli Boukreev managed to tell his tale, before he too was tragically taken whilst climbing Annapurna. The dedication shown by Boukreev and Rob Hall to save lives that night was above and beyond and well deserving of an excellent documentary. I would also like to acknowledge the skill and bravery of the Nepalese helicopter pilot who flew Weathers and Gau of the mountain. RIP to those that didn’t come home.

[@banaabekwegirl5731]

anyone know that pilot's name?

[@graham8033]

Madan “K. C.” Khatri Chhetri

[@noelking1199]

Oo

[@MaVeRiCk77]

Rob Hall is the villain of this story.

[@sallyfrengley9898]

How can you possibly call him a villain - a cruel word to use. He just made a terrible, terrible mistake - we’re all human.

[@mikes3756]

Rip David Breashers. I met you below Everest base camp when you were filming. A great person

[@levitateme]

the music in this documentary is fantastic. just. perfect.

[@christopherknowles]

Imagine dying and then a bunch of dorks tell a boring story about it to jaunty woodwinds.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

I thought the music echoed violins.

[@piquedametarot]

Jocelyn Pook is also the composer of "Masked Ball" from "Eyes wide shut" Kubrick.

[@rjmoney9]

@@christopherknowlessounds like an ok deal to me

[@christopherknowles]

@@rjmoney9 as long as I get to die

[@benoitbergeron8858]

I can't even being to imagine what that night in the tent felt like for Beck Weathers. It was as if he had become a ghost before his life has ended. He must have felt utterly desperate and isolated... It's heartbreaking. I'm glad that he made it back to his wife and children in the end.

[@luckyspurs]

Yeah, him becoming aware that they were leaving him alone to die, because no-one thought he'd last to the morning, was heartbreaking.

[@paulhicks7387]

He should have simply went back with Sherpas as first suggested. Since he didn't what happened to him is all on him. Humans need to realize that actions have consequences. He was offered a way out. He said, no. He lives with the consequences.

[@ffi1001]

Why did he climb when he couldn’t see. You wouldn’t go out for a walk if you couldn’t see. What makes you attempt to climb the tallest mountain on Earth?

[@mcdonaldbrown3212]

Beck's book is well worth reading.

[@Peg-zl9lr]

And, further, he LIED to Adventure Consultants about his physical condition. ​@@ffi1001

[@keddy5627]

I have a love affair with stories about climbing Everest! I know I will never do it myself so I am amazed and grateful to have docs like this to give an idea of the incredible experiences of these courageous climbers!

[@jamesnash6738]

Thanks!

[@lynnpatenaude5548]

When they say turn around at 2pm, DO IT! When you climb Everest or other mountain, you have to expect the unexpected You start as a team but very often, you end up by yourself. Great documentary

[@fantastischfish]

If you think about it, for the Adventure Consultants team, they had reason to believe they could stretch the turn around time. The turn around is set based on oxygen levels; you make sure you turn around so that you have time to descend before running out of oxygen. Rob's team each had 3 bottles to go up and down, but 5 members of the team had already turned around or stopped climbing. The oxygen had already been brought up to the South Summit for those 5 climbers, therefore Rob Hall had reason to believe that there was a surplus of oxygen for his 3 summiting clients - Krakauer, Namba and Hansen - plus an additional bottle for himself to pick up on the way down. He likely pushed the turn-around time because he thought he had enough oxygen for everyone to turn up to 4l per minute and blast their way back down to camp. He obviously made a massive miscalculation in how badly things would go when Doug ran out of oxygen and the storm hit whilst they were still above the Hillary Step. The mystery, is what happened to that oxygen that should have been waiting for Rob's team? Namba and Krakauer both picked up what should have been 2 full bottles, yet both ran out of oxygen on the Balcony, despite perfectly reasonable descent times to that point.

[@djembe555]

Gau has an incredible spirit and very strong. Even in another language I could feel what he was expressing, a moment that changed his life forever.

[@donniev8181]

And he got screwed over pretty badly.

[@frankkolton1780]

The Taiwanese team, led by Gau, was one of the big problems that day. Instead of having a space between each team member on the rope while ascending, like normal, considerate climbing teams all do, they kept tightly grouped on the rope, making it near impossible for the better, faster climbers behind them to pass them. They were the talk of base camp that year, because they looked so ill prepared.

[@donniev8181]

@@frankkolton1780 but wasnt the main problem that everyone ignored the turn around time except for Anatoli?

[@surenraj6450]

@@frankkolton1780 and to add, the Taiwanese were not supposed to summit on the same day as Rob and Scott’s team. That agreement was blatantly ignored

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

yet he and his team were too inexperienced and he shouldve never been there. hes had to be rescued from every mountain he climbs

[@didimitten]

Everest is one of my favorite films of all time and I have watched it more than once. Finding this documentary sheds so much more light on what actually happened up there. For me it is one of the most fascinating survival stories of all time.

[@jackalay23]

Still one of the best Everest documentaries to this day. RIP climbers.

[@debrastarr8436]

I can’t imagine how emotional it was when Rob and his wife said goodbye after that last phone call. He is forever in a place he loved. RIP to all who are still on the mountain. And safe travels to those who have yet to climb.

[@AlanpittsS2b]

Yeah I wonder what the emotions of that call would be like, unimaginably sad. And to top it off she was pregnant. Another thing I think about is her when the call is over and she hangs up the phone. Just quiet and in her home helpless. I don’t judge people for doing what they love and I don’t think badly of them but man that’s a big loss to put on someone that has to carry it forever.

[@micaKTM1290]

Brashears IMAX film has part of that conversation in it ,since it was on the handheld radios. It was hard to listen to.

[@grahamjarman]

forever? i dont think so

[@susannahhoffs860]

His decision.

[@grahamjarman]

@@susannahhoffs860 yea, to try to help people

[@paulajohnson139]

Fantastic retelling of this unbelievable story. The interviews, visuals, music.... absolutely everything, was very moving. Thank you David Breashears.

[@theresa42213]

Breasheers did the best job of anyone documenting this! Well done dude!

[@bigwaidave4865]

I read into Thin Air shortly after it came out maybe 1998. Now retired it inspired me to trek to Mount Everest base camp three times in my life. I’m not finished; I have taken 3 routes Gokyo, Chola, 3 passes and I’m not finished yet. I don’t think I ever will be.🙏

[@KassieDavid]

Good Luck on your Journey.

[@strattus99]

Base camp…slow down gramps

[@Tenebarum]

​@@strattus99He knows his limits. Could you get there?

[@gwenjackson8583]

@@strattus99a trek to base camp is no easy feat.

[@robertross8565]

So glad I am terrified of heights. I can watch documentaries on Everest from the comfort of my home near sea level.

[@uglytuco3829]

Me too. I'd be into hiking too base camp, though. It sounds like a really challenging trek of about 15-20 days and you get to see Everest in the flesh...or rock. 😅

[@angeloddrev]

I remember reading an article about this and how the camp leaders were told about the impending storm that would be due sometime between the 9th, 10th and 11th, but that they ignored it as the 10th was Rob's previous lucky date to reach the summit.

[@yvonne2965]

That’s too bad..Mother Nature always has the last word..🙏🏾

[@miekedemunck9975]

Storm was predicted

[@violetblue8216]

That I never knew. Wow

[@gregparrott]

I was surprised to read this comment - that an impending storm was forecast. But, given that its origin was a cyclone, it really should NOT have been a surprise to me, let alone the guides

[@TangledNana]

This is in my top 5 favorite documentaries of all time. I've watched it several times. Very well done! I would say it's the best of any documentary on the 1996 disaster. Thanks for uploading.

[@AudreyMealiff]

I agree. I find it fascinating and the music is haunting.

[@katharina...]

Is Touching the Void in your top 5 as well? To me, that's the most extraordinary mountaineering story ever told.

[@TangledNana]

Yes agree. That is an excellent documentary as well. Another top fav although not on mountaineering is Herzog's "Encounters at the End of the World". Good stuff imho!

[@josephkool8411]

Me too, it's a lesson in not what do

[@kriskros38]

for me jenna jameson was fat the best at her prime

[@lynngliottone2812]

This documentary was absolutely riveting. So well done!

[@amandah2866]

Anatolie did an amazing job rescuing those people he did. I bet it was hard for him to leave Beck and Yasuko. Yes my spelling sucks, but no disrespect is meant if I've misspelled anyone's name.

[@jk-qe3jj]

"But they weren't going anywhere. I was at the back of the line wondering why they were so slow." I think that's a feeling we can all relate to.

[@jeremycubs8331]

No matter how many times I've seen same stories about Everest it doesn't stop to amaze me, it's like watching it for the first time again and again.

[@drenzmon5599]

This is a very good docu for everyone who knows the course of events. There is no narrator, just interviews. So, for someone who does not know, it is a bit difficult to put the pieces together to what happened overall. Watching all those interviews, giving those people a face, who were only known from reading was a very interesting, helpful and valuable experience.

[@Sam-hf8nq]

If you read Into Thin Air you get a lot more context about why there was such a bottleneck at the top on that fateful day. Climbing groups that had agreed to summit on different days all broke their verbal contracts and greedily joined the queue which slowed everyone down, causing missed turnaround times. Throw in the dynamics of Rob and Doug trying to get their respective clients to the top and breaking their own rules, throw in a storm, etc., you've got a monumental shit show at the top of the world that largely could have been prevented.

[@dana102083]

Doug was Rob's client. You mean Rob and Scott's dynamics. So many steps could have been prevented, indeed..

[@rickp3753]

The Sherpa didn't fix ropes like they should have. The guides had to do it and it took a lot of time.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

@@rickp3753 Because the Sherpas were exhausted from carrying Sandy Hills stuff to the high camps, like her 40 pound satellite phone

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

Well said, thank you. Combination of bad complications and low leadership. All the odds stacked up and you had this. Rare, but this is a worst case.

[@jesusisking8502]

@@rickp3753 Sandy arrived with 200 pounds of carry on luggage. They are brilliant, but they are not pack mules or wild beasts.

[@lisaharrod8386]

I don't know how many times I've watched this doc...it's so compelling. The ultimate test of physical endurance, courage, and human miscalculation. Everything that could go wrong did...kinda like the maiden voyage of the Titanic. I feel a bit guilty, because it's like passing a wreck, and not being able to look away. Still...extraordinary beauty and adventure. A timeless, cautionary tale full of the human condition. There is nothing more beautiful. Thanks for the upload!

[@Darwinsmom]

Hearing Beck Weathers describe the night sky was a wonderful listening experience! I have felt that same awe when I looked up at the night sky over Wellington, NZ, six years ago. Seeing all the unfamiliar constellations really left mewith the realization that I was on the opposite side of the world - I'm Canadian.

[@Grandizer8989]

He is a great story teller. No um’s or ahhs or filler words

[@prokkle4765]

Reminds me of a tramping trip up the Hopkins Valley in the Southern Alps, NZ. There was no moon that night but the sky was perfectly clear. We could actually see starlight.

[@russelllatino6761]

Neal Bidelman is so humble and soft spoken, but he deserves a lot more credit. He saved a lot of people without his boss or the help of his team’s other guide. Antoli is complex. Yes, he helped save people that night, but it’s very possible that wouldn’t have been needed if he’d been with them to help guide them down.

[@Iamfree1962]

Exactly! Antoli reminds me of two airliner pilots in a video I watched. The pilots made an unreal emergency landing and everyone survived. The pilots were celebrated as heroes and news spread world wide. Later on the aircrash investigation found the pilots had made a very basic mistake and caused the whole May Day situation to occur to begin with. Antoli was a great climber and did save people but if he had been acting as a proper guide he would have stayed with his clients and carried oxygen and safety supplies and chances are they would have made camp without any loss of life or heroics needed. Also, Antoli caused Scott to have a lot more stress and have to do more work and Scott was not happy with Antoli as a guide but thought he was a beast of a climber. I have met the Antoli type guy in my lifetime... experts in their field but lack other skills that are just as important. Antoli was a legend and RIP and Krauker tried to point out these facets of Antoli but did not do a good enough job...it did not help that Antoli could outclimb Krauker and made the summit before him so their was some personality conflicts.

[@melmelb6146]

It’s easy to judge his actions. But Anatoli thought Scott was leading his group. And so he went ahead to receive everyone. That’s how a team work. Had he known Scott was in trouble, he would have probably went for him, just like Harry did.

[@shadelings]

Yeah, apparently Krakauer had a lot to say about Antoli's poor decision making before hand on the ascent (waiting 5 hrs to ascend after his team already left, etc) yet ended up being lauded a 'hero' later on.

[@Handlebar-MustDash]

​@@shadelingsKrakauer fabricated a lot of the narrative in his book _'Into Thin Air'_ The title should have been _'Talking Hot Air'_ .

[@Handlebar-MustDash]

Boukreev didn't just 'help save people that night', he single handedly saved 4 people that night. He wasn't the expedition leader, he was following his orders up until the point where people were in mortal danger and at that point, did more than anybody else has ever done or ever could do on Everest, he was and is absolutely a hero. RIP Anatoli Boukreev.

[@BarberBobDetecting]

I’ve watched a few similar documentaries and one thing seems to contribute the most to the danger: the long back ups, waiting hours to continue the climb. Seems to me they should reduce the limit of number climbing to summit at any given time.

[@retiredkidbuck]

An intelligent leader would have turned his team around at these back ups. All that followed was foreseeable and easily predictable at this point.

[@laura-annebauer7747]

I was thinking the same

[@corkyvanderhaven3391]

These super athletes could probably do with some of your ideas. That’s what they need

[@cattycorner8]

@@corkyvanderhaven3391 right? 😂 He is prob afraid to leave his parent's basement...

[@sarahpiaggio2693]

I've watched a few of these video, partly because the courage of climbing such a mountain intrigues me and partly because I'm endlessly baffled as to why people put their lives at risk to get to the top of any piece of ground. But in all of the videos, I've never heard the description of climbing at night, feeling alone in the darkness and watching all the lights of other lone climbers, then stepping into the dawn sunlight and experiencing the world's transformation. It sounds magical.

[@catdogky]

I will never die for a magical view.

[@ll-nm4fw]

you can do that at local beach without risk of death

[@larrycipriani351]

I have watched this several times, and have been memorized by the music, background etc. The loss of life was truly heart breaking. They were doing what they loved.

[@dana102083]

This is my go to video for the music and narration. Neal Biedleman (sp) also has a great narration voice. It doesn't keep me up as I know what happens and distracts me from my pain. This is still my favourite Everest video.

[@Scurry9]

Knowing that Sandy Pittman was short-roped to a Sherpa and essentially dragged up the mountain (the only reason she summited AND the only reason there were no ropes equipped for climbers ahead of her) and was the most vocal about her suffering, makes me value her contribution a lot less than anyone else's on this documentary.

[@honeybunch5765]

I am dead against climbing these mountains. It is getting out of hand.

[@gtaylor6937]

I wonder if people like Sandy Pittman, whose wellbeing requires so much of other peoples' resources, ever come away from an experience like this changed. I wonder if she had any kind of epiphany that maybe she could become the one who is the contribution to others. Somehow I doubt it.

[@imagiraffe2848]

​@@gtaylor6937i could never find a video or article from Sandy where she thanks the sherpas publicly. I don't even know if she thanked the other climber for giving her medicine and her own oxygen tube. She always talked as if them dragging her up&down Everest was just them doing their job.

[@MCrvngraddip2013]

That's what I thought through the whole thing! Not mentioning being short roped and a contributing factor of why they were an extra 2 hrs late on fixed ropes. She shouldn't of been on there.

[@andy31793]

​@gtaylor6937 She looks like Kaitlyn Jenner, right? I was thinking, "I wonder which Sherpa's nose that used to be."

[@howardc7820]

Glad to hear Beck made it. He kept his word to his mate to wait for him. We can only hope to get a climbing partner/friend with that much integrity.

[@deeprose4]

I have been obsessed with stories about Everest recently, I find it terribly sad the number of bodies people will see on their way up, but at the same time it’s like a car crash I can’t stop watching videos about it.

[@MA-zg2pz]

I am in the same boat! I keep watching but it’s terrifying but also a subculture of people doing insane things I need to see.

[@jeanie8831]

I am now.

[@thatairplaneguy]

It’s incredible and heart wrenching to realize that Rob and all those who perished are still on that mountain. They’re still there, have been for every moment and will be for every moment forever on.

[@highwayexit]

I read a comment somewhere that yatsuko’s husband funded a rescue of her body, so there’s that. Bodies are also retrieved sometimes if they’re found low enough.

[@scotchegg-v4j]

IIRC they did at some point come across Rob Hall's body but chose to leave it on his wife's request as she felt he belonged within the mountains. They did bring her down his wedding ring though. I couldn't speak for the grieving families but personally if I died on Everest, I'd much rather remain high up there watching planet Earth go round than risk somebody's life to bring me down and bury me in a churchyard somewhere. @@highwayexit

[@highwayexit]

@@scotchegg-v4j Thanks for the reply, I agree with you. I also read in 'no shortcuts to the top' that when Ed Viesturs returned to Everest the following year, his climbing partner Scott Fischer was still in the same spot where he perished.

[@scotchegg-v4j]

Didn't they lower Scott to a less visible part of the mountain? I've just finished Krakauer's book and I'm sure it was mentioned somewhere. @@highwayexit

[@highwayexit]

He was already at a spot just lower from the route when he was in trouble. Never heard of people lowering him later on.@@scotchegg-v4j

[@duaneparker5070]

As documentaries go, this one is as good as they get.

[@charliekezza]

Omg i love watching Gau talk he is so animated we almost didnt need the subtitles lol

[@abcd-xr1fh]

yeh and a heartless piece of shit

[@LesSharp]

I can tell you, as a Mandarin speaker, that the subtitles don't do his story justice. He gets a pretty bad rap in Krakauer's book, and after watching this, I don't think he deserved it.

[@FriGri-g8f]

@@LesSharp they were at fault.. they were inexperienced and thus got all of the other groups in danger. They also didn’t hold true to their word not to ascend on the 10th but later.

[@gunnervin]

@@LesSharp What's the bad rap he got?

[@gunnervin]

He was amazing to watch

[@pokerdoll100]

The sherpas are amazing ! Their ability to put their own lives at risk to help rescue others is truly heartwarming. They are true hero’s

[@darrenlamb5640]

But if you think they agree to these rescues without negotiating a fee you're very naive

[@darrenlamb5640]

@@Robyn-Lee-B and their word always charges a fee in the thousands to attempt these rescues. Funny how so few of these shows ever tell ppl that. For example they only agreed to bring back the dead bodies of two Indian climbers after the Indian govt paid them €90000. So heros... I guess. But heros for free? Not a chance

[@banaabekwegirl5731]

@@darrenlamb5640 why should they not be paid for their skills and expertise?

[@darrenlamb5640]

@@banaabekwegirl5731 did I say they shouldn't. You really haven't understood a single point I've made.

[@darrenlamb5640]

@@banaabekwegirl5731 that isnt the point I'm making at all. The point is I keep reading what heroes the sherpas are as if they do it solely out of the goodness of their hearts which is nonsense.

[@ccbalexander]

Unreal. The footage of tents flapping and flailing through the night puts paid to any wild fantasies I ever had of climbing Everest.

[@gunnervin]

Lol

[@thomasskrobola8664]

The music for this is so haunting and beautiful

[@susanalexander6721]

I have watched this documentary countless times. A higher number of people have died on Everest, but this story fascinates.

[@sueferris3685]

This is an amazing documentary, but I also read "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakhouer, and that really filled in some of the finer points of this climb. So many mistakes were made, and so many people should NOT have been on that mountain. Several people who said they reached the summit were actually carried there by sherpas. What a tragedy!

[@amandamosteller1371]

I believe this is the only show I've seen where Sandy is involved. She was the one being carried up by Scott Fishers "Mountain Madness" Sherpa.

[@rosaharris4750]

In my opinion it does NOT count if someone carries you up the mountain.

[@J24J]

If you’re really interested in certain truths, read The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev.

[@lisahertel2415]

@@amandamosteller1371no, she wasn’t. Not true.

[@amandamosteller1371]

@lisahertel2415 I'm just repeating what's been told from several accounts of people who were there first hand. Idk what's true or not because I wasn't there. However I do know that several people saw her being carried up and she has ran out or refused any interview where she is asked about it.

[@polarisnorth]

I've read a lot about this climb, but I don't think I've ever actually seen a doc about it before. Seeing the permanent injuries some of the survivors were left with, and hearing them talk about it on camera, makes it a lot more visceral.

[@ringofasho7721]

Watch the movie Everest. Josh Brolin plays Beck, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Scott Fischer. It's really good, and captures the drama and POVs. Spoiler: the storm rolling up the mountain is the scariest looking thing I've ever seen in a movie

[@Bellaclodya]

I met Bridgitte Muir in 1999 in Port Kemble when I was staying at her sister-in-law. She was the first Australian to climb the 7 summits. She was there and helped Bret Weathers with her team.

[@medrumtaps]

Watch "Mountain Without Mercy," which interviews many of these people just months after the deaths.

[@tangojuli209]

David, you will live on forever in this moving film. RIP

[@henna696]

Only a person with a dream can attempt this. For some BASE CAMP is the dream. Everyone to his own dream. Thank you for making this understandable for all of us.

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Not a dream but a nightmare. If you need oxygen to survive in a place you probably shouldn't go there.

[@andrewpeters651]

On 6 December 1997 the American Alpine Club committee unanimously honoured Anatoli as the recipient of the David A Sowles Memorial Award one of the most prestigious that can be bestowed to a mountaineer for saving 3 climbers at great risk of his own life and his subsequent valiant attempt in going out into the storm the next day to save Scott Fisher.

[@mysteryminx2619]

I am so glad you did this in time. He went beyond what anyone would expect to save those lives.

[@dana102083]

I learned recwntly he also climbed Lohtse without oxygen shortly after, it was considered back to back.. I wonder what the timeframe was but certain he needed the therapy..

[@_TG]

The survival of Beck Weathers is a feat of inhuman grit and determination. When he spoke about his wife and children spurring him on I totally lost it.

[@aaronandannelogan]

Check out his talk, "Left for Dead", also on KZbin. Totally gripping retelling of his personal experience of this tragedy.

[@jackfanning7952]

What in the hell is a person doing on top of the highest mountain in the world if they have a wife and a kid? Show some responsibility! Get over yourself and be a man.

[@keepitabuck2313]

@@jackfanning7952 agreed.

[@muttley8818]

@@jackfanning7952 Are you suggesting that all climbers with partners and kids shouldn’t be allowed to climb Everest? I’m sure he discussed it with his wife before he left. What they decided between them isn’t really anyone else’s business.

[@marajaded2051]

True story, they were on the brink of divorce before the trip.

[@KayRoseLiving]

Truly one of the most well made documentaries. I’ve watched this countless times and now it’s a comfort movie for me. Thank you for this 🙏

[@JS-yj7ow]

I hadn’t seen this documentary when it first aired. I’m surprised I missed it. I met Andy Harris on an overnight train in Chile months before this. I still have his business card. He offered an invitation to visit him in New Zealand. He was returning from outfitting an Antarctic scientific expedition. He was clearly an outstanding person. That winter, on a hut trip in Canada, one of the ski guides and I were talking, and discovered we both knew him. That was a month or so before this event. I met Jon Krakauer on the first stop of his book tour, and we talked about Andy. This program brings a lot of memories back.