Everest · The Death Zone · NOVA - DOCUMENTARY

[@alexcarter8807]

This is from 1999, so almost 25 years old. But who's counting, on the Internet, the old is new again! And it's a good documentary anyway.

[@alex-internetlubber]

It's amazing to see them on the South Summit in 1997, so close to the tragedy. Imagine being Rob Hall stuck up there just a year earlier with Doug Hansen and possibly Andy Harris, fighting for their lives, stuck up there with no rescue

[@Shellbot_]

I know this comment is 4 months old but Guy Cotter is in this doc. He was on the mountain at base camp after leaving his own guided trip to come help. He was friends with Rob Hall.

[@ironbutterfly6835]

There was no rescue because of the whiteout weather. He should followed d his own rules and headed down by 2. He's still a hero to everyone and a sad loss to mounteers

[@blakebarone1809]

@@ironbutterfly6835yeah, no kidding… but did you see this doco and how decision making is effected at altitude?

[@nenblom]

Jodie Foster is a great narrator.

[@Shayeva421]

Catch me dead before you see me walking across ladders like that

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@chitlynn5181]

what if ur being chased by a fire breathing dragon 🐉, and u need to cross that ladder to survive ?

[@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits]

@@chitlynn5181 You play too many video games in the basement

[@chitlynn5181]

@@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits and u’ve made one of the most played out insults known to man. the basement??? come up with something new.

[@Joseph-fw6xx]

Strange and deadly things happen to u at the death zone. Dam that mountain is deadly

[@nyanbinary1717]

I live in Seattle. Our highest elevation is something like 550 feet. I can’t imagine going from that to such high altitude, even after acclimating. Even just going to Denver makes my body rebel.

[@averagejoegrows]

i live in san diego and im at sea level and recently went to peru the town i was staying at was 17,000 feet man its rough but you get use to it. you get headaches and everything is a chore getting up from bed feels like a mile. interesting that EBC is at 17k and some change

[@Mt.Everest.]

Ed Veisters is the king of the mountains if you don't believe me check his record! and he is just a nice non ego driven person I have ever met as seen in this documentary ❤️‍🔥

[@Davidlp70]

Drove to the top of Haleakala on Maui 10,023 ft. Had slight difficulty breathing. You can feel the thin air. Can't imagine what people go thru at elevations like Everest and K2.

[@elkins4406]

Heleakala, yes. Just feeling the altitude when I made the mistake of climbing down into that crater (and therefore having to climb back *up* to my car) at ~10,000 feet was enough to finally get me to quit smoking after nearly 30 years of a +2 pack/day habit, because that feeling of not getting enough oxygen? Man, it sucks. It sucked, and I hated it (and the headache was horrible too), and it made me realize that I wasn't going to enjoy the death that I was likely smoking myself into at all. So I was finally able to quit. And that was only 10,000 feet. I try to imagine what it must feel like even that first night at piddly little Camp 2, and it gives me the horrors. I'll stay down here, thanks.

[@nenblom]

NOVA is one of the greatest channels ever.

[@karigunderson5284]

Rest in Peace David Breashears. You lived life LARGE.

[@lennarthagen3638]

Ok

[@nenblom]

How did he die?

[@nenblom]

I saw David Breashear’s film Everest at the IMAX theater 3 times. It was tragic yet amazing.

[@theworldisavampire3346]

​@@nenblom of natural causes. At 68. Very young.

[@marylouaguero7060]

@@theworldisavampire3346he was still young at 68, I wonder if the health issues was related to mountain climbing. 😢

[@James.G.Ireland]

I got altitude sickness in Austria just messing about running in the snow within 5 mins i had severe headache started vomiting couldnt see anything got back down about 2000/3000ft before felt anywhere near normal and took a while for effects to subside

[@theworldisavampire3346]

I visited the Austrian alps and it was very difficult to breathe. It was 1985 and I knew zero about altitude sickness then. And then suffered again in Switzerland, & I was only on Jungfrau, 14,0000 ft.

[@bari2883]

Why hasn’t some of the more wealthier climbers donated money to pay sherpas to clean up the mountain? Instead of being guides they could pay them the same wage to clear the garbage off the mountain. Should be ashamed to leave all that on such beauty.

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@anacleta424]

Sherpas have to do a lot and don’t get paid enough. They should hire another group of Sherpas just for that and paid them well.

[@AzaleaBee]

​@@anacleta424Yes. Or they could organize a joint endeavor in which climbers pay for the privilege of helping in the cleanup.

[@Shayeva421]

Half the garbage unfortunately was left behind by the dead

[@bari2883]

@@Shayeva421 it doesn’t matter by whom it matters that nobody wants to do anything about it. I would hope hikers and climbers care about the environment that they spend thousands on to experience.

[@kimonk]

This seems insane to me! But.. whatever floats your boat I guess. Prayers to the families of those who have died and to those who are climbing.

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@rickp3753]

Losing brain volume is another risk these folks take😮

[@Mila_Brearey]

Great documentary! Very interesting as well because of the testing.

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@theresachung703]

The lines are just so dangerous

[@p.luciahuertabarbera-4454]

Very scaryyy!! Amazing clip!!

[@lalalisa9307]

Never heard anyone address the subject what happens if you gotta use the bathroom really bad especially in the death zone

[@michaelsoland3293]

you unzip and go, kinda all there is too it

[@susanhoneycutt5610]

Two thoughts re high altitude mountaineering: 1) The country where the expedition is climbing need to appoint *ONE* person to make powerful and informed decisions about summit and ethical considerations regarding rescue or pass by. Without full authority, the deaths will continue. 2. Certainly it seems that the technology exists or could exist which would make Oxygen more readily available to provide better resistance to hypoxia.

[@anacleta424]

The gentleman who gets the big bucks I heard he could care less. Is all about money money money ✌️

[@Mila_Brearey]

​@@anacleta424 The government is the "gentleman" who makes hundreds of millions per season. EVERYOBE has tried to get the government to put lives before profits by not issuing so many permits and to put some money into their only economy, which is Everest. The government refused!

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@neridaduncan2710]

He cares enough to bring people down if it is safe to do so he supplies oxygen and communications systems up and down that mountain His tours are more expensive because he spends a lot more on ensuring the safety of his clients One of this videos there is a couple who are on their attempt because twice before he called the climb off due to unsafe conditions You should note the chap who died on this vid was with the cheapest bare bones organisation of the lot He was responsible for his own choices. No one else should be blamed for your decisions about your health and well being when they go wrong.

[@elaineisabelle427]

I just can't understand why anyone would put their bodies through this kind of torture and hell. I commend them but it's pure insanity. The Sherpa's are amazing ppl and deserve more credit and more money to risk their lives for someone else's dreams.

[@rocketrider1405]

The climbers performed pretty good on those memory tests.

[@cappy2282]

I recently learned David Breashears passed away. He was great 🙏

[@johngray1439]

Peace and fair weather Mr. Breashears. 🙏

[@SlavaUkrainiHeroyamSlava-f7m]

RIP DAVID

[@KevlarVTX]

39:30. Most poignant moment of the documentary, seeing the snow-covered remains of Rob Hall.

[@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits]

HOW in the white clouds are people able to summit Everest with NO sup oxygen????? All the way up and down with just your own lungs????

[@Mutrino]

RIP David

[@cappy2282]

Lol wasn't expecting Jodi Foster

[@blakebarone1809]

RIP David Breashears, who passed in March 2024.

[@OneMagicalMoment]

Interesting docu. It seems like the problem only got worse on Everest. Traffic lines going up to the summit, people waiting in line and dying because they run out of oxygen.

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@kcoffey0708]

Why did they find bones? I thought is was so cold on Everest that bodies don’t decompose. Does anyone Kona the answer to this?

[@hoosieraussis1]

Maybe erosion due to high winds over time? I think that those winds would reshape solid ice.

[@ReinierS]

It's near everest base camp. It gets there through the moving glacier after years of movement. It decomposes at base camp altitude

[@backlogbrood2451]

Those remains were not all that far from base camp which can get kind of warm. Warm enough to decompose flesh anyway

[@specialspring]

Where do they go to the bathroom when they’re hiking … do they have catheters

[@rahuldruck7453]

Was it the body of bruce herrod from 1996 that these guys saw at hilary step?

[@joejoe2928]

***AT 30 MINs, IN THE GUY HAS A HEAD COLD..AND IS RISKING HIS LIFE GOING HIGHER WITH SUCH A CONDITION..REF.. DOCTOR MACLEAN..! * EXTREME CAUTION, IS NESSESARY...!!?..IS IT WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR EVEREST..??

[@romankrhounek5974]

RiP David

[@benjamindover5676]

I don't like the cold.

[@Jimmybarth]

Pus say

[@benjamindover5676]

@@Jimmybarth No,, I'm a Weather Wimp.

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@jamiegroth7651]

Then don’t come to the Everest region.

[@talkinghead3169]

8 died in 96? I thought it was 11

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@susanhoneycutt5610]

8 on one single day. 11 for the season.

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[@AngelGonzalez-pd4cn]

I heard that David Breashears was banging Sandy Pittman, the broad that caused all that shit in 1996, the funny thing is that I also heard that the wife of David Breashears was banging the husband of Sandy Pittman at the same time.

[@Sir_Lauchboy]

11 died on K2 in 2008 also very interesting documentary „Killer Summit“

[@MarvinSumpter]

17:43 When a certain flu bug was in fashion, isn't that something the media tried to convince us of?

[@OneLifeExperience-]

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[@MajesticalHonky]

@@OneLifeExperience- Misinformation spreader.

[@CPE1704TK5]

2:42 shout out to mums on the big shop run

[@Chris-CardVault]

R.I.P David Breashears!

[@justasimpleguy7211]

Vainglory. Sorry, but that's what it is.

[@mattmansell4238]

Is Jody foster narrating this?

[@JEToneAlly]

Yes it was

[@mwheape]

Yup. Such a great voice.

[@pilgriminprogress6668]

They know the risks, suicide.

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

WHY, WHY, WHY?! This is only for their ego

[@drhyshek]

300 dead people lying on Everest.

[@ValentinG23]

Is that Jodie Foster narrating???

[@Swampfoxtrucking]

Back when NOVA and PBS weren't a arm of Democrat party.

[@chitlynn5181]

don’t climb mountains 🏔️🧗🏼. u’ll live longer.

[@llc1976]

Maybe make climbing without oxygen illegal. Also no amateurs and limit the numbers. I can’t imagine just hanging around the death zone like that waiting to summit? Should be illegal

[@cineva0008]

Se duc si lasa mizeriile lor peste tot 🤑...muntele isi face dreptate singur uneori

[@Chris-i3p]

Anyone who attempts to climb Everest is a simpleton………

[@phyllisbiram5163]

Surely if you take enough oxygen up it shouldn't be a problem. All this hypoxia nonsense.

[@drhyshek]

You should go there and laugh in their faces, Phyllis.

[@phyllisbiram5163]

@@drhyshek I wouldn't be so stupid as to put myself in harm's way in the first place.