The Logistics of Mount Everest’s Base Camp

[@tinttiboi]

Sam from Half As Interesting, please do not send Amy Muller into the Mount Everest base camp

[@smashergaming8338]

Make me

[@austinmckinnon5574]

@@smashergaming8338what?

[@ThatOneDude7]

Too late

[@Nazuiko]

Absolutely send Outside Correspondent Amy to the Mt. Everest Base Camp, April 2025.

[@Baddroneflying]

Nah, send Ben Doyle there, seems a lot more fun

[@theblueblazer999]

A round of applause for the editor that tried to learn blender. Your efforts might very well bankrupt the entire stock footage industry!

[@apersoninexistence143]

2:38 thank you animator for the beautiful work that is a mountain of play dough containers

[@NoName-rc9qh]

3:44 The best trash bag animation I ever saw!

[@MargoMB19]

I have literally over 100 cans of Play-Doh, I often cringe at how needlessly big my collection is (though I do use it a lot!), now I can confidently look at that and tell myself my hoard isn't actually too crazy!

[@dandinzin]

@@MargoMB19Do you just love playing with play dough or is it for something else?

[@MargoMB19]

@@dandinzin I do love playing with it, but it's also a sensory thing that helps my anxiety, almost like a stress ball (although strangely those don't help me).

[@WackoMcGoose]

@@MargoMB19 I wonder if the difference is, stress balls try to _return to their original shape,_ while Play-Doh _stays_ in the shape you squish it into...

[@LeoStaley]

I met a guy who climbed everest about 6 years ago who told me there are even ultra expensive prostitutes who live in base camp, ranging in price from 700-5k/hour. Their tents are near the party tent. Wealthy people hanging out anywhere for 2 months straight are gonna have that stuff, but they've also got to keep it hush hush because prostitution is super illegal in Nepal.

[@FamousFleming]

they've got to keep it hush hush, and you decided to put that information out on the internet ??!

[@sejanus855]

​@@FamousFleming I mean it's probably an open secret, I doubt if people tell it randoms they met who then tell it other randoms the authorities Don't know. But with that much money they get paid to look away as long as it's done lowkey to not arose too much attention and thereby anger

[@joermnyc]

If you read "Into Thin Air" the Sherpas look the other way UNLESS you do that on the mountain, then they see it as bad mojo because the mountain is sacred ground to them and not for that kind of stuff.

[@LeoStaley]

@@joermnyc yep. They still do it, they just make sure that the women who do it have valid other reasons for being there, and have plausible deniability up the wazoo. The guy I talked to was weird, and believed in semen retention, like, releasing semen in any context drained him of his masculine energy, so he didn't actually participate in said activities, but one of his friend who took the he trip did. He didn't mention any other details that I remember thoough

[@mzaite]

@@LeoStaley You've got to protect your "Precious Bodily Fluids." Kubrick taught us this.

[@RachelJade70]

Just to point out: for every person who climbs Everest, there is a sherpa- an actual human- that does it too, without any of the prestige of the paying climber. And they carry that climber’s stuff. Shoutout to the sherpas!!

[@mzaite]

As well as maintain the routes, bring down most of the junk, AND the Bodies of the idiots.

[@Taterwheel]

LOL - name ONE sherpa, I dare you to try. Yet, each one has likely "climbed Everest" many, many times. Every non-sherpa that makes it up and down is a legend.

[@mzaite]

@@Taterwheel Tenzing Norgay. THE Sherpa, as in the guy who actually found the path to the summit that Hillary was along for the finding of.

[@jmat94]

@@Taterwheelyou’re kidding, right?

[@Nooticus]

@@Taterwheel what...?!!!???

[@1.4142]

You didn't send Amy to base camp? shame

[@RealUlrichLeland]

Petition to send Amy to the wreck of the titanic

[@jasons6021]

Guess Amy isn't worth the $20k for the basic package.

[@TheClownfight]

Even better, the bit might be "we told Amy 2 years ago to start training for am everest trip for the channel. Last week we saw how much tickets were when you are only 3 days from the flight and told her to stay home

[@Aegean2006]

@@RealUlrichLeland a bunch of billionaires already tried it, didn't go well

[@Sidnoea]

4:47 I really like this drawer that's just labeled "PAIN"

[@hadinossanosam4459]

It's probably just full of bread. The "AIRWAY" one at the very bottom I do find intriguing, though - do the local airways really need to be replaced that often, maybe because there's so much helicopter traffic? Wouldn't want them to get lost in the mountains, after all. (:P They also misspelled "ALERGIES" in the middle)

[@patientallison]

It's probably got medicines for treating pain

[@beatrix1120]

*Opens draw Ouch!

[@swoo6979]

"Whats in the box?" "Pain"

[@jumbo1701]

My mom climbed Mount Everest in 2002, apart of the first all US women's team. Sending this video to my mom right now!!! Her reply: Interesting video. Pretty much right on except for when I was there we didn't have any Wi-Fi or any phone service it was much more remote feeling no such thing as beds and beautiful tents with workstations. I called you from a satellite phone twice during my whole time there because it was $8 a minute we talked on Mother's Day at least I talked to you you were young and couldn't comprehend at the time but I told you how much I loved you and I was going to be as safe as possible and I have to tell you I turned around because I knew you were at home and there was a possibility of me not making it because of a storm coming in. Thanks momma ❤️

[@ZetaPyro]

Summitting is optional. Coming back down is mandatory. Glad your mom made the smart decision and made it home safely.

[@kjw79]

This is so wholesome ❤️

[@amystubby]

The blender learning curve strikes again. You're right on time, Sam.

[@Luzgar]

Every corpse on Mount Everest was once a very motivated individual.

[@AlexanderRM1000]

Both a great joke and a genuinely useful piece of advice in many situations

[@theorixlux]

Every motivated individual was once a corpse

[@samuelthecamel]

Thanks for the demotivational statement

[@andersjjensen]

@@samuelthecamel It is not a demotivational statement. It's a realism inducing statement. Just because you're highly motivated doesn't mean you've gauged the situation correctly. In fact high motivation coupled with low levels of realistic expectations typically lead to some of the most spectacular "Jackass" moments :P

[@apocyan]

except for the many native sherpas being exploited in incredibly unsafe conditions

[@General12th]

Hi Sam! Big thanks to Amy for scouting out the Costco nearest to Mount Everest. She deserves a raise for finding that great deal on walnuts!

[@cdotmag]

Been watching a load of Everest documentaries recently and was at a point where I cared less about the Summit stories and more about the logistics and people behind it. Sherpa's are amazing

[@mzaite]

You read Actor and Complete lunatic Brian Blessed's accounts yet?

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@spaceface124]

3:12 Imagine spending tens of thousands (or over a hundred thousand) of dollars, travelling halfway around the world, and undertaking a likely once-in-a-lifetime mountain climb but you won't eat the local food

[@Aaaaaaarrrpirate]

I mean I probably wouldn’t risk it, especially since people don’t tend to spend much time there before the climb. I would rather seem like an out of touch westerner than have diarrhea halfway to the top and have to give up.

[@Efflorescentey]

I think you’re missing the point…. They pay for the mountain. A VAST majority would try the food at some point but you like what you like. You’re paying that much, may as well enjoy it

[@mustang8206]

Imagine paying 100k just to eat the nasty local food when you can have tasty cheeseburgers

[@CandleWisp]

Stomach troubles good sir, better not risk it before a climb

[@x_isaka]

U dont want your clients to get food poisoning.. that could be the reason.

[@thomasyayay]

not quite at the peak content

[@jpfidalgo7]

^underrated comment right up there

[@m0llux]

You might say, this is some *based* content.

[@laggypirates]

The yak part of the video was worth the wait. They do be yaks

[@dimmingstar]

the yaks be yakkin'

[@yannick7230]

The weirest thing I learned from this video is that there is a Cosco in Shenzhen.

[@antoniobarry1486]

Sam please don't send Amy into the gulag because she forgot to subscribe to Nebula for 40% off an annual subscription

[@subwulf6351]

100k just to potentially die is insane

[@perpetualcollapse]

*Titan Submersible:*

[@fricki1997]

I mean the same can be said for any expensive car or private aircraft

[@Whens-The-Weekend]

Ocean gate lol

[@protectyourbits]

Yes it is "just" climbing Mount Everest.

[@SvenDansk7]

​​@@fricki1997 You can die just as easily in a cheap car as an expensive one. Meanwhile, you can take much better hikes for FREE.

[@hannahbrown2728]

I am absolutely loving the unpracticed blender additions. Even when your editor(s) learn blender, keep those particular graphics shitty, its hilarious

[@artistwithouttalent]

6:47 I mean. Dying is a pretty clear failure, even if you get to the top.

[@tylerstoltzfus3456]

"getting to the top is optional; getting down is mandatory" - Ed Viesturs

[@lzh4950]

@@tylerstoltzfus3456 I read that some people who die on the mountain never have their bodies recovered though, due to bad weather or if the body has fallen into an inaccessible place

[@FNLNFNLN]

Protip: If you hop on a commercial airliner, you can get way higher than the top of Everest, at a fraction of the cost, in a lot more comfort.

[@mzaite]

Hell even the Turboprop Commuter plane I flew regularly was at over 28,000'. From the front office the view is just as good, with he bonus of not freezing and dying of hypoxia.

[@lzh4950]

Nope I read that commercial aircraft steer clear of Everest because if they suffer a decompression emergency, Everest will prevent them from being able to descend to a lower altitude where air pressure is higher

[@adityaagarwal130]

Next UP: Jet Lag The Game: Mount Everest (Season 12)

[@adityaagarwal130]

PS: Season 11 is in Italy, releases tomorrow and I cant wait.

[@romangiertych5198]

This is how I find out? Haha

[@kathrynstemler6331]

But everyone has their own yak side kick. How cute would Ben and a yak be????

[@daansteeman5227]

Yes please :)

[@nishanthbpujari7501]

Watching this from Everest Base Camp! The view here is unbeatable. 🌄

[@Self_aware_AI]

How rainy is it?

[@EthelJung-j5w]

I am absolutely loving the unpracticed blender graphics. Even when the editor(s) learn blender, keep the graphics solid organic human waste(Had to use a YT safe word)

[@JuneReed-z9i]

Dude, I loved the original Wendover Productions video on this. I was sad that it was taken down for some reason, glad to see it’s back somehow here.

[@nstemania]

i thought i was the only person who remembered that video 😭

[@Nooticus]

@@nstemania this definitely isnt the same video as that but ok

[@billselby149]

In my lifetime, someone is going to livestream summitting Everest.

[@samdaugherty7585]

What’s up chat I’m here at mt Everest base camp

[@CTSFanSam]

Hmm, a two month long solid live stream.

[@handlesnipe]

Someone already livestreamed climbing Mount Fuji but died on stream while climbing

[@vladyslavpidlisnyi]

Unless something happens to you really soon

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@handlesnipe Cue Nelson's laugh?

[@phoule76]

Katmandon't, amirite?

[@Pepsiandmilkbutalsopalindrome]

You're rite

[@Efflorescentey]

Hahaha 2 rite

[@_zzpza]

I like that you have to bring back 8kg of extra waste. That's a good idea.

[@Petch85]

2:37 lol.... keep learning 👍

[@baksatibi]

Loved the animation at 3:41. So realistic.

[@Petch85]

@@baksatibi I don't think that is a animation, it is just drone footage. 😂

[@aresorum]

@@Petch85 Clip of Everest at 3:41 is not footage.

[@danielcooper7606]

0:09 did anyone else catch Sam’s video on the list of Everest videos?

[@jinyaodesandies7179]

i did

[@lawjef]

No, my ears were still ringing from his “MOUNT!” Introduction

[@juannn8]

Considering that basically only rich people climb the everest because of the costs involved 4k fine for not bringing your poop is nothing for them, I'd not carry my shit if I only have to pay 4k

[@mzaite]

Seriously, Nepal is leaving piles of money on the table.

[@kevinschultz6091]

I have zero desire to climb Mt. Everest. However - getting up to base camp, hanging for a few days, then coming back down looks like a fun time. (In context - I'm a moderately-experienced hiker and camper who has done 20+ miles a day and has done 2-week mountain hiking before - albeit in New Mexico, rather than Nepal.)

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

going to base camp looks just as expensive...

[@kevinschultz6091]

@@michaelmccarthy4615 - nah, it looks like a conventional climb spends a month at base camp, both getting acclimatized, but also setting up the 4 different higher camps that you'll need to use to get to the top. (See 1:40 or so.) That being said, it does cost money to fly in and hike out. But there's a lot of cost involved in that month at base camp as well. In looking it up on the interwebs, it costs between 1.2k and 2.5k to get from Katmandu to base camp; (Add in another 2k for plane tickets from the USA?). In contrast - yeah, it looks like it can cost anywhere from 15k to 50k for the whole package.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

The algorithm recommended me a video of a guy who did just that earlier this month. He seemed just an average dude and he can just manage it, but the altitude sickness really kicked in for him in the final approach to base camp.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

And Base camp is at 17,000 ish or so ? That alone isn't for the average hiker. I'm sure they wouldn't mind having volunteers help clean the place up some.

[@alt8791]

Bro did ROCS and said “alright I’m ready for Everest base”

[@PersonXes]

Error in your video at 01:45 where the height in meters for camp 3 and 4 is the same

[@stevek6636]

Yearly mistakes, we shall shame him

[@ForeDiscGolf]

I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[@teelo12000]

americans and the metric system, smh my head

[@ExzaktVid]

These videos are gonna become wendover length in a few years. The videos used fo be 4-5 minutes and now they’re 7-8.

[@chrisc1140]

Inflation really _is_ hitting everything :(

[@ZetaPyro]

We're pushing into three-quarters as interesting territory here

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Sam's editors: "We need to raise." Sam: "You mean, _a_ raise in pay?" E: "Raise those timeline numbers up!"

[@endercrafters1501]

The stock photo at 5:42 is a picture of Elbrus in Russia not Everest

[@drcgaming4195]

loved the play doh animation, it was genuinely so funny bc it was lagging from the collisions

[@silent-science]

hey editor i loved your blender creation, please keep adding these in they are adorable

[@bigcowbull]

That was a damn good looking yak...

[@TheOlibaba]

5:27 hey that's pretty much the same prices we have in Canada 🥲

[@davidecasarin4953]

As a local Yak, this video is accurate.

[@minikretz1]

the animation of how much play doh you could get was amazing! Really drove home the point of how much it costs

[@AethericEchoes]

Everest is the tallest mountain only if you use sea level as a baseline. If you measure from the mountain's base to peak, then Mauna Kea in Hawaii takes the honor at 33,497 feet, most of which is below sea level. When considering the difference between "tallest" and "highest," and using the center of the Earth as your point of reference, then Chimborazo in the Andes has the highest peak at 3967 miles.

[@grantorino2325]

Also, Everest is just one peak among others jutting out from the Tibetan plateau. The actual tallest mountain-measured from nearby lowlands to its summit-is _Denali_ in Alaska.

[@Alan_Hans__]

3957 miles high is fair old peak. It'd definitely stand out :O

[@krooqs]

Wild that Everest internet prices are not that far off Australian internet prices

[@lonelyPorterCH]

Crazy how expensive is to go die on everest^^

[@gaveintothedarkness]

7:07 "Yakkity yak!"

[@lexington476]

I burst out laughing when you put the nearest Costco to Everest on the screen 🙂. But reality that might not be that big of a deal, I'm pretty certain Costco delivers.... If not Amazon definitely does 😎.

[@zorgocreates]

Unfortunately, both of them don't. Forget about Costco, we don't even have Amazon here. Though, we have the "We have Amazon at home" version called Daraz.

[@J3scribe]

I lived in the mountain west of the USA for many years, but I've never looked at a mountain peak and had even the slightest urge to climb to the top.

[@RealTal.]

Mr animator I sympathize with you, blender is really hard. I recommened cgfasttracks intro to blender course.

[@durvsh]

Did the Lukla - Base Camp trek in March. It was a surreal experience.

[@mzaite]

Not as surreal as that airport.

[@Domino762]

A KZbinr I watch called Wendover Productions had an entire video about the Logistics of Climbing Mt. Everest, but it seems to have been deleted 🤷

[@ShelleyFrank-qh5or]

Definitely one of your best uploads so far!

[@guest_14.1.19]

Lol, I seriously thought this was a Wendover video. I only realised that it wasn't because of the sarcasm and jokes.

[@Hitorie_]

The fact that China built a drivable road towards to Everest is quite a incredible feat, probably deserve its own video

[@MABfan11]

watch Half As Interesting make a video about the Chinese Everest Base Camp in half a year from now

[@ForeDiscGolf]

The yak music hits

[@williamputnam281]

If enough rich people wanted to visit the moon we would have a starbucks and a chipotle on that fucker in like 10 days. Moonimum wage there is like $3.50

[@Alsry1]

Ironically minimum wage on the moon would be quite high given that so far, only well paid astronauts have been there

[@kevincronk7981]

Mount everest has to be one of the only places in the modern world that death is so accepted, anywhere else it's a huge deal, but on everest it's just gonna happen

[@DunDun-Oh]

Finally back to logistics

[@jerzs1363]

Legend has it the yaks are still yakking

[@prateektopinkatti2487]

Half of Interesting fell off. I remember when they would send one, Amy Muller, to get good footage and 100% verified and accurate information for their viewers. Now it's just publicly available information and stock footage. Shame.

[@Shiestey]

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.. Amy is only in like 10 videos out of their hundreds, lmao.

[@lilywashere27]

​@@Shiestey it's a joke, don't worry

[@Buri111Official]

200k views in day? no they didnt fall, good joke

[@Buri111Official]

also you wnat them to pay 50k for just some footage on mt everest? hell nah

[@karanparajia5879]

Yak's are such studs

[@Hannah_Em]

_god_ I relate so hard to the "I tried to learn blender for this but ran out of time", I feel the animator's pain. That blender preview segment was beautiful, though

[@dnsbrules_01]

They really be sending their recyclables to the Kamar-Taj in Kathmandu

[@jameswatson8122]

I love these new longer videos

[@hollyone75]

Yak Yak Yak Yak

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

why do they get wifi on Everest but i cant seem to get a good single in my room

[@youaremopped]

That's a lot of Play Dough!

[@AbdAlHakamJunaid]

"So, I sent my correspondent Amy to the Everest Base Camp."

[@ValiantValium]

I appreciate your Blender artist doing their best

[@DrMD-1]

Real OGs remember the original Mount Everest video that this channel deleted for some reason

[@valerievillanueva1409]

Apparently it was due to a copyright issue with some of the stock footage. I don't know why he never just reuploaded it with the footage removed/replaced.

[@sorryitsmoops]

I legitimately got excited when he said "you're gonna love this" knowing that yaks were coming

[@MesaperProductions]

Pssshaw! OF COURSE THERE ARE YAKS!

[@simpanzee1006]

A while back I learned that you can just travel to basecamp on vacation. I would love to do that one day, the cost seems doable as ell

[@BlckJack123]

I love it how people say they "conquered Everest" when they didn't conquer anything. In reality, they successfully submitted Everest and made it down without dying.

[@NotDrDre]

I didn’t realize I was on Team Yak until this video

[@chrisgeorge74]

1:45 how is 24,500 ft and 26,000 ft both 7,470 meters?

[@Thommygun-qv7um]

There is a CostCo in Shenzen??

[@ConflictFan]

Yea there's also one in Little Rock, Arkansas

[@Thommygun-qv7um]

@@ConflictFan No way! I thought all the US retailers have bern killed by Aldi and Lidl. Which I would rather expect in Shenzen than a CostCo since Germany and China are not in the middle of an ongoing trade war. But China and the USA are.

[@billybobjoe-gv7jx]

HAI, I saw this as I actually just got to EBC from a summer-season Everest climb. So 5:43 is real for me.

[@Serpent10i]

Yaks!

[@-vermin-]

1:47 definitely climb in metric. The camp 3 to 4 distance is shorter.

[@SayonR]

My entry for the annual mistakes video: 1:45 EBC4 Altitude in Meters is same as EBC3 and incorrect. It should be 7925m!

[@justin3346]

“Yaks be yakin” is my new catch phrase.

[@Hoplyte]

[ENGAGEMENT]

[@mustang8206]

It's wild that most Everest conquerors spend years training to do it once and sherpas just do it regularly for a paycheck

[@gabriavella]

OGs know that a “deadly logistics of climbing Everest” video already existed in the Wendover channel😉

[@jasonbrady4894]

Wait so do the yaks just walk from lukla to EBC on there own, or is there a person guiding them on that trip? Because that B-roll made it look like they just know the route and will follow it independently, and if that’s true, that’s REALLY cool.

[@zmingyu]

Good to know my local costco is the nearest one to Mount Everest👍

[@yashgadhavi6385]

Hey you are taking job from sam of wendower productions

[@Boxinglobster]

This idea would honestly work just as well if it was used for a wendover video

[@TheHylianBatman]

Everest is so scary. Always cool to learn about it, though.

[@lostsilvercoin6989]

I for some reason Everest actually warmed and the snow was gone I bet a lot of tomato plants would sprout from all the waste lol.

[@jamcdonald120]

2:25 Correction: Everest is not the worlds highest point, the worlds highest point is Mount Chimborazo's peak since the equator budges outward and its the tallest mountain on the equator which puts the top of it farther from the center of earth than the top of Everest

[@PKyran42]

Happy New HAI video for all who celebrate

[@DFWHoppe]

I need HAI:The Movie Why does this channel have no Playlists?

[@Twinsen764]

Ya know there used to be a Logistics Everest video on the main Wendover channel years ago and now it's been gone. What happened to that! I demand an explanation!

[@teelo12000]

So what you're saying is, next season of Jetlag will be in Nepal?

[@nicklandkroon8182]

anyone else catch the "At least twenty-two people were killed, surpassing the toll of an avalanche that occurred in 2014 as the deadliest disaster on the mountain." line from that 2015 avalanche wikipedia page?

[@gigilee8599]

yaks are so cool.

[@extralock1045]

I'd like to go to Mount Everest some day, not to climb it, just to see it. I like driving up high mountains, it's fun to me. But no way am I going to even attempt to climb that.

[@safebox36]

Ok the warm bed and hot food I can get behind. The rest seems like a luxury...