K2 Abruzzi Route Climbing 2018

[@katday6436]

thank you so much for not putting in music! I love hearing the snow crunching, the breathing, the wind. Amazing

[@irey1978]

Better than fear factor! Realism here is gut wrenching!! My hands are sweating watching this. Now that's a good video.....no music needed!

[@markdanskin8202]

Yeah i just don't get it, like 75% of climbing videos all have blaring music over the whole video. Its not even good music either, because most people just use the royalty free stuff.

[@pbr2424]

I was wondering what was so good about it and it is the lack of music. Just climbing. Thank you

[@danmaltby3271]

Absolutely thanks for not putting some crappy music on there, I second that comment, the breathing, wind and crampon sounds on rock make me feel like I’m there, well played

[@rajveerpratapsingh1573]

Yeah lovely ASMR

[@pipikaka3886]

I needed supplemental oxygen just for watching this.

[@indythecrazy3941]

lol

[@MetalMan73100]

I had to take a shower after watching this video. Soaked with cold sweat.

[@katana5562]

Emilios Alexiou The sound of the increased breathing always makes me very anxious 😯😖

[@matthewsmith8063]

I needed supplemental testicles to watch it

[@matthewsmith8063]

@Ethan D they call that a joke maybe not very good

[@domesticterrorist483]

Sometimes simple is best. No corny music, just the struggle for breath and the crunch of the ice and snow. A fantastic video. Well done on the edit.

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

Yessir, great video, I'm never going to go here it looks scary as hell

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

@@heightsofsagarmatha You are wise and lovely!

[@barabashkacash3878]

It is ALWAYS the best!

[@nightmareneighbour7700]

Long live Putin

[@domesticterrorist483]

@@nightmareneighbour7700 I agree.

[@garygrubb497]

By far the most frightening, realistic, entertaining videos of ANY mountain climbing experience. Brilliantly done. No music; no spoken word; just the sounds one experiences while actually making the climb. After watching this, at age 75, I think I've finally given up my dream of making the climb. ;-) Thank you all.

[@user1756]

Check out Jon Gupta's K2 summit video (full). It's as good as this one!

[@andysturton278]

FINALLY a video that gives 'Us' the viewer a real taste of what it's like to actually climb K2... even though it's just a very shortened 30 minute version from top to bottom. Huge congrats to you and your team and R.I.P. to those who didn't make it!

[@oneactionman]

@xtacy111 nothin wrong with this quality

[@Jack_The_Ripper_Here]

I don't understand why nobody is actually uploading the whole freaking trip... just a few minutes of climbing and that is it. Don't get it.

[@mikesmith6838]

Put this at sea level and I do it with marginal effort. Up there, not a chance. Well done!

[@WeTryMotorsports]

@@Jack_The_Ripper_Here they'd be switching out batteries at this quality every half hour. i couldn't imagine how difficult that would be on a 3 day climb. this is, by far, the best footage i've ever seen!

[@robertwhalen9272]

Andy Sturton I was thinking the same thing

[@darksoul479]

This GoPro climb really shows us why it's impossible to rescue other climbers when they get in trouble. You're on your own.

[@tatianamaslikova]

В горах свои законы: Ты сам по себе.

[@NasirKhan-ix1he]

31.46 to 31.51 is insane steepness. That's the most dangerous traverse at 80-90 degree angle in icy conditions at bottleneck. That's the crux section on K2.

[@mikekomalley]

You should just throw them over your shoulder

[@venomousinsounds]

@@mikekomalley Yeah. With holding knive in Ya mouth and throwing grenades onto the seracs. Rambo

[@donnawalser7304]

The stress just watching! Why? It’s amazing to watch but why would you put yourself through this!

[@rossmarino2776]

The absence of background music, the absence of speech, the long non-stop shootings, the breathing sound, the text breaks, the frozen images... they all contribute to the greatness of this video. It's a fantastic video indeed. Congratulations and regards from Mexico.

[@patohardoy6224]

Agree 100%. Amazing with no sounds

[@aleostello9509]

I prefer music in some moments

[@dademix10]

this video is one of the best and most ralistic documentaries I have seen on the climb of k2 - I thank the author because he has managed to make me experience the emotions and hardships that exist in this undertaking. in some passages, if it weren't for the fact that I was lying comfortably on my sofa with the fireplace lit in front of me, I thought I was in a roped with him.

[@kumaylsaleh6948]

where do you reside? is there snow?

[@dademix10]

@@kumaylsaleh6948 near Mont Blanc in italy and too Much Snow and too much cold

[@SalmanKhan-qg6oh]

@@dademix10 what u know about Pakistan?

[@masterjunky863]

Verissimo

[@envikeri2431]

Anche secondo me questo e' un video perfetto realizzato nel miglior modo possibile .piu che altro per far vedere anche ai altri scalatori quant' e' difficile e anche terribile scalare il K2 .Congratulazioni per tutt'e due le opere ,sia per la scalata che per il filmato .

[@alamazhar2441]

Today, as iam from Pakistan..lost a dear mountaineer named, Ali Sadpara..45, is missing along with two other climbers, John Snorri, 47, of Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr, 33, of Chile, on K2 ...its a sad for the whole community...We all love you and you all in our thoughts and prayers...

[@waleedsiddiqui4394]

ali sadpara was amazing

[@waleedsiddiqui4394]

@@godisone2777 he was successful multiple times.And success isn’t always the mark of a hero

[@alamazhar2441]

When I’m over 8000 meters, all what motivates me to go further is the thought of the kids in my village, that one day my efforts might improve tourism in this area which might bring opportunities for the kids to have a better education, it’s my dream #alisadpara #K2winter2021

[@waleedsiddiqui4394]

@@alamazhar2441 ali sadpara zindabad:pakistan zindabad 🇵🇰

[@alamazhar2441]

@@waleedsiddiqui4394 zindabad.....ali sadpara/Pakistan Zindabad....

[@marcushaber]

This video is the closest most of us will ever get to climbing K2. Incredible!

[@pleasuretokill]

It's the closest you'll see my ass up there, lol! I'm fascinated by the 8000ers but, yeah. No way for this kid....

[@meandmetoo8436]

I've never climbed anything higher than 4000 meters but someday (mainly limited by money right now.) I will go there.

[@lucasstubbs2883]

Me AndMeToo may you go one day good sir ❤❤ please let me know if u have any plans to I would be really happy for you

[@reasonablerage4370]

@@meandmetoo8436 Start with Cho uyo

[@ColinStevenJohnson]

Poorly

[@michagorecki8893]

Imagine the first ascent on the virgin terrain, without any fixed ropes, into the unknown..

[@blackpinklmao]

Into the UNKOWNNNNNNNNNNNN

[@mikoajwiniarski967]

Interesting fact is that K2 was barely first summit over 8K meters climbed by man in 1939. Expedition was led by sandstone climber Fritz Wiessner, they reached over 8300. Fritz is for example author of Stara Cesta on Skalni Koruna in Teplice Rocks which we climbed 3 years ago :)

[@jaycahow4667]

while I appreciate the effort that goes into these climbs I actually see almost no climbing here at all. Hauling your ass up a bunch of fixed ropes may be tiring but it is no really climbing in the true sense. The lead person on a clean mountain as you say that lays the ropes or breaks the trial is the one really climbing. There is always risk from the environment, cold, wind, thin air, avalanches but most of the climbing risk has been removed which is what allows many of these people to ascend the mountain at all. Solo or Dual efforts on new routes or without existing ropes are what amazes me.......

[@liamwarren7002]

@@jaycahow4667 you cant be serious

[@jaycahow4667]

Totally Serious! This person barely made it up the fixed ropes and ladders when they hit something technical. They would have been stopped for sure if they had to actually climb something...

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

Best quote I've ever heard was: "You climb Everest if you want a nice conversation if you're talking to a girl or you get invited to high school. If you want a nice conversation to get a room full of climbers to shut up and listen, you climb K2." I've never done anything above Kilimanjaro, and this kind of stuff is astonishing. Bravo. Anyone that's ever done even a little climbing or alpining knows how incredible this accomplishment is. It's like winning an Olympic Gold Medal. I've heard of veteran climbers crying just when they get to base camp. Just seeing it is incredible.

[@carlobrotto7132]

​@@stonefruitloverand if that's the best comment you can post, you're only showing how clueless you are about alpinism ! Everybody knowing even generic on this subject knows perfectly that the Everest climb is one of easiest, thousands&thousands of people got on top. You may even be a monday night's climber and pay a sherpa to take you on his backs and just carry your butts on top of Everest. Very , very low death toll, extremely easy ranks of climbing. Holy truth, K2 is exactly the opposite, the hardest, deadliest, technically most difficult to climb : out of 4000 who tried only 200 made it , and out of these last only 150 came back still alive. I suggest to you to stop posting, you only made a fool of yourself !!

[@AtrolinK]

It's the third over 8000 that i've climbed today. This one was the most difficult.

[@arjumandvillagelife]

:)

[@lalice6942]

It’s my first today ! Got a few left to go !!

[@rabola55]

Do you have fixed ropes on your sofa or are you freeclimbing?

[@masterjunky863]

@@rabola55 I took the oxygen cylinders, I want maximum safety.

[@tomchch]

I have lost radio contact with mom, running low on food supplies.

[@ytnejibr]

More people have been in outer space than on K2! Respect to all those who have summited and all those who have died trying. I can’t even begin to imagine the resolve, determination, fitness and skill it takes to take on such a challenge.

[@AC-db4ek]

nobody was in outer space, only in the earth orbit. Moon landing is a Kubrick movie

[@callsign_kevlar8792]

@@AC-db4ek Low earth orbit is past the Karman line and therefore outer space. Once you exit the atmosphere...you are in space. You'd know and understand that if you had an iq higher than room temp. Unfortunately since you think faking the moon landing was easier than actually going to the moon in the 60s-70s, not to mention the logistical nightmare of such a cover up, I am certain your iq is in the Neanderthal range. Best of luck in passing 1st grade! Have a nice day :)

[@Non-Stick_Pan]

It really hits hard how pretty much throughout the whole ascent the climber is placing absolute trust in the integrity of the ropes to stop them from falling thousands of metres to their death.

[@billcook4768]

This - along with 100 other reasons - is why I could never climb such a mountain. How do you put your complete faith in a rope - especially one that somebody else set.

[@111doomer]

Really great video. RIP Serge Dessureault, (the climber who fell after the rope broke). This video really shows the absolute self belief and balls on these guys and gals. It's also the best video I've seen that shows the sheer physical difficulty of doing this.

[@america6545]

May he rest in peace. www.alanarnette.com/blog/2018/07/07/k2-2018-summer-coverage-k2-climber-falls-to-death/

[@realistgunner4613]

This is the best video on K2 which shows the actual route step by step. In other videos the route doesnt seem so steep but this video shows us the monster K2 actually is. Savage Mountain indeed.

[@tokyohutte5599]

Thnak you. Yes, it is savage mountain...

[@erictrudel1164]

Adrian Michl , k2 is one of the most dangerous mountain on earth. Everyone going there knows someone might die yourself included. There was nothing more to do then keep going. I ´m pretty sure the candian would have kept going too if their fate had been reversed.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

I know what you mean, Eric, but I also know what Adrian means. There is a narcissistic aspect to this pursuit that is offputting.

[@enricobiancardi9689]

Realist Gunner qqqqqqqqq

[@cancerian137]

Adrian Michl They couldn’t help, he would’ve been dead already falling

[@edge9380]

if you really want the feeling of climbing K2 this is the perfect video, no music, no crap, straight to the point, only ambient sound, tense and scary, just the way it is

[@MrCheeseguy123]

I subconsciously matched your heavy breathing and almost fainted while eating my pizza

[@beverleylumb8048]

Yes that's as near as I will ever get to climbing any mountain and that suits me fine I will just watch a video and I've had enough

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

You have a conscience!!

[@PokeRetroFan]

No stupid music. Just gorgeous scenery, heavy breathing and bliss. Very high quality video thank you

[@ncuxap12444]

there are many great K2 films in youtube, but I think this one is the most authentic. the lack of music and heavy editing makes me feel part of the climb. and appreciate how difficult it really is.

[@matthewgarcia661]

His labored breathing really puts it into perspective. This is the first climb video where I get the sense of the suffering involved in such a feat. Bravo!

[@yggtree]

Holly shit!... i watched a ton of documentaries, but none gives the feeling of how steep and vertical the climb is - all the way! And here you can fully understand how hard it is in reality. My deep respect to you!

[@besogerard1388]

I've always wanted to see realistically how they climb these mountains. most of the times u never see the real stuff. this was absolutely amazing , literally breathtaking and frightening at the same time. Respect to you mountaineers and kudos for allowing me to witness and experience it from the comfort of my home!! thank you and god bless!!

[@yyyp12345]

holy shit. Nice filming. Really shows the level of difficulty you are dealing with, climbing the savage mountain. Awesome to watch for us that have never climbed but are fascinated by it. Congratulations on the summit!

[@pattiburtonsalmonsen3202]

Eirik well said! I got dizzy watching this.

[@calireviewer1322]

It looks terrifying to climb this mountain. You even see death occurring right before your eyes and you know it could happen to you with a single slip, but you have to let that go and proceed to the summit. Salute to you for your bravery!

[@fellow7091]

You do not even look the tragedy which seems ultimate cynical before my eyes. Inhuman hobby. Sorry cannot appreciate.

[@MickeyKraut419]

@@fellow7091 Anyone who gets into climbing full well know the risks. Even a mistake on a 100 ft cliff in low country will leave you in a world of hurt if you survive the fall. Making the jump to climbing actual mountains, even if they're only a few thousand feet, brings in a whole magnitude of extra risks to consider. Making the jump to alpine raises that another order of magnitude. Going to the Karakorams and Himalayas is entering into a domain beyond risk management where you are 100% at the mercy of the mountains and the weather. No matter how cautious you are a million and one things can happen outside your control and that's it. You're gone. But the payoff... That's what drives climbers. I love the views from those summits... probably never try it myself. I know my limits. A wise climber trusts their gut and knows their limits. You get a bad vibe while you're on a mountain. Fuck it. Go down. Live to climb another day. A good rule of thumb is go until it no longer makes sense to you. It took me 3 trips to get a good weather window for Mt Shuksan and I've had 5 attempts at Rainier in Washington. I've bagged Shuksan. All 5 tries at Rainier got cut short by weather changes or avalanche risks. After 4 trips to Montana I finally had a weather window hold up to bag the 7 peaks in the Teton Massif. Definitely not the highest or most challenging climbs in the world, but all still have steep technical climbing involved, and lots of exposure. It's a bummer turning away and knowing you'll just have to come back some other time, but I'd much rather still be here, then get stupid and push through when it makes no sense to do so.

[@justamanofculture12]

This video is a cinematography Legend. No bullshiť music, no drama, no plot, just struggle and amazing camera work. This increased my heart beat ngl. Amazing work guys.

[@ergeskelo]

Til today, I thought calling K2 a savage mountain was a bit exageratted. Now I think calling it savage is maybe an understatement

[@juhah]

My thoughts exactly :D

[@strakajagr]

@@juhah in. san. it. y.

[@Aspirek2]

Everest looks like a piece of cake now

[@connorgaughan4984]

@T - Rex Actually it's 1 in 5... not 1 in 3

[@Aspirek2]

@James Curry I all ready know I'll bring my Christmas mug

[@filza18pk]

I can't believe what I have seen is real, amazing video, goosebumps all over, and at 30:00 minute, standing at the top of a very steep mountain and seeing nothing but clouds beneath you, OMG now I know what people mean when they say only the best of the best mountaineers make it to K2 summit and lucky ones make it back.

[@MyWalkLondon]

Walking in snow on London roads and parks and making videos seem to be a hard task to me and look to these Heroes, I am speechless. Salutes and respect to all these brave heroes.

[@rickspiano9973]

They aren't really heroes they aren't helping anybody exept themselves but they are brave

[@jaknap1]

This is first video of K2 that I have seen that provides best perspective on how difficult it is to climb this mountain. I can feel their pain. Glad that it is raw and no music or talking and no selfie. Just raw K2 experience. Great job!

[@leesepsi22]

Thank you, Tokyo Hutte, for sharing your amazing journey, and most of all for getting down safely. You showed us K2 in a way no words could.

[@jerrodp9867]

I just ran 5 miles and there were some hills involved. I showered, got my dinner and just finished watching this. I now feel like a pathetic loser. 😎

[@scoobydoo3322]

hahaha I honestly expected a completely different ending to your comment! Cheers!

[@goognamgoognw6637]

love the honesty of the comment without hyperbola. Here is my version. I felt pretty good about myself after running on a newly built 4 miles wooden bridge way on stilts with some slopes involved. The bridge is sometimes 15-20 feet above the floor. Ew that's some height when jogging and i only stopped a few times. Got home showered, ate some diner. I watched this, finished it in awe almost hysterical from the beauty of the physical fight against the elements and wondered why my little kindergarten run is taxing me so much.

[@fredfunf3456]

Don't be so hard on yourself. You're more of a bore than a loser.

[@T3hderk87]

Think of what you just did as preparation for the big climb buddy!

[@tedster405]

Thank you for allowing us to climb K2 vicariously through you...

[@donaldknowles9640]

Uncle Teddy Bear 🐻... I must admit this is a great video

[@sebastianpereira1517]

Best video about alpinism. I almost died from fear, tachycardia and oxygen starvation, lying on the sofa. Thanks for the amazing climb

[@Anthony1uk]

This is the best K2 video I have seen. As this is the one that shows the nitty gritty of the actual climb which is what I have been curious of seeing. I realized from watching this I could never be able to do what you did. I think only real to life supermen and superwomen could do this.

[@tokyohutte5599]

Thank you! I am happy that you feel like climbing by yourself actually and enjoyed it.

[@acershund1]

yep

[@iluvweezies5688]

yea. literally. i've been search for videos all the time to see the REAL climbing, not jump photos. THIS IS SO INTENSE AND REAL. thank you so much for posting. if anyone else knows of other videos like this please share. my god this is impossible (a little joke since you just did it lol)

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Agreed. I have become fascinated by the 8Kers and to actually see the climbing is very instructive. It is all vicarious for me. I have COPD and wouldn't last 10 seconds trying. All those old ropes, though! Is that what happens? Climbers just leave their ropes?

[@jakedrago7805]

AnthonyUK totally agree some of the technical aspects are tricky at sea level much less the dead zone

[@kiwimaarten8931]

32:27 rest in peace Watanabe Kojiro (41) from Mombetsu, Hokkaido

[@ammarkhalid9398]

Even if i am paid 1 billion dollars i won't be trying to climb that black pyramid. Man, that just looks incredibly difficult and hard . Hats off to you and all others who climb these monster mountains , and massive respect for those too who try to climb but don't succeed . Even reaching camp2 is an insane achievement.

[@muscleman4420]

you have to get past house’s chimney just to get up to camp 2

[@torotaxi1]

​@@muscleman4420houses chimney looks really steep and scary too

[@manni1112]

The absolutely best climbing doku I ever saw. Without any strange music or time filling non since comments and conversations. Congratulations !

[@kokopopart5173]

The best mountaineering video I have EVER watched. Hearing you struggle to breathe - it's gripping.

[@AnastasiaPiccoLittle]

I am in complete AWE...just watching this my palms sweat. Hearing you breath and catching glimpses of the hight you're at makes me hyperventilate a little. I've seen so many mountain climbing videos now, but yours is truly the closest we viewers will get to actually imagine of being on that icy, brutal and non-forgiving, magnanimous rock that is K2... what an achievement, Bravo Tokyo Hutte.

[@mylifesamessandashambles]

one of the best uploads I have seen. It really captures how difficult it is, the steepness is mesmerising.

[@Kirsikkamoon]

I think I get why K2 is known as ''The Savage Mountain'' now, my heart was pounding so hard while watching you climb. You got some incredible footage and congratulations on your amazing achievement!

[@k2vlogs662]

Abruzzi an Italian had climbed K2 in 1954.In 1990s a delegation of Abruzzi team came to Shigar to celebrate Golden Jubilee of k2.They decided to built a school in shigar for the children of Shigar which name is Abruzzi located in Sainkhor markunja Shigar.I studied 6 years of my life in that school from five standard to ten standard. Thank you The Italians.❤️❤️❤️

[@carlobrotto7132]

Thanks to you and special greets from Italy 🇮🇹 ! God bless you for all your life.

[@k2vlogs662]

@@carlobrotto7132 you are welcome and also thanks for all those Italians who initiated this excellent school in my village Shigar.❤️🙌

[@MrBobconner1952]

WOW! My heart was racing just watching you. Lots of old ropes buried in the ice at the chimney. Thanks for posting - this is one of the best videos I've seen

[@markreilly4577]

My stress was through the roof just by watching your video! Congrats on accomplishing an amazing task! RIP to those who did not make it.

[@dr.nasirnabi6751]

Missing mountaineers M.A. Sadpara, John Snorri and Pablo made me watch this. We don't know whether we will ever see any of them again. But your love and courage to climb the savage mountain K2 in winter speaks more what words could possibly do. Love you all ❤️❤️❤️.

[@HigherWaysWoman]

my once well cared for athletic body allows me to be in places above the clouds...skiing the mountains...how awesome....and so long ago. Wrong doctors entered my life and now my bed has become more n more of a permanent residence. Recording your journey up to the top showing the world what so few ever get to see...how majestic magnificent & demanding respect of Nature. She is wonderous as she is awe inspiring. I think so often I Am ready to give up & leave this world.....I've helped so many & even healed just as many...my deep medical background...then being a true death experiencer...the Truths I've spoken so the public will not fall for the mountains of medical lies...for this I pay a heavy heavy price. To record your adventure to where so few have made & so many lost everything....may they be in peace & rejoicings...to share this achievement w/us...all sistah's n brutha's thru our the world deep gratitude for your unselfishness. You make me think if I could just reach the right help...I could be back on top of my game...yes it wouldn't take much. But any way...to see what the world looks from such a place is like touching where Angels Dwell. Thank You & may all your endeavors bless you & always return you safely back to your loved ones.

[@junaidahmed2382]

For the pioneers, it was a 100X difficult task with no ropes and unchartered territory on the mountain.. imagine that...

[@scdumont247]

i know, i want to see someone lead climb this without all the previous ropes... all the videos i see now people just prop themselves up with them.

[@arjenbij]

@@scdumont247 That's because they fix the ropes beforehand, bit by bit.

[@Dantonwonton]

@@scdumont247 yeah it's so easy now almost pointless even doing it, waste of time

[@ricsim78]

@@Dantonwonton right, lets see you do it lol @ you. Talk about pure ignorance! 1 in 4 die trying to summit, I bet you could not even climb a little vertical hill and try being 28000 feet up and climb on ice like this video. Did you not see that 2 people died during this 30 minute film? Sitting in your mom's basement is different than being on top of a mountain that takes 10,000 calories, 1/3 the oxygen your body needs to survive, and conditions that constantly change. If ignorance is bliss, you must feel elated! You have no idea the skill, fitness level, and sure luck that it takes to climb this. Tell that Candian guy that tumbled to his death in this video how "easy" it is! Wow! I will give someone that the pioneers had it hardest, but anything with a 1 in 4 chance of dying is not easy....not even close. Are you stupid or just a troll?

[@Dantonwonton]

@@ricsim78 I was being sarcastic....you're the stupid one clearly

[@utilitymuffin1671]

Amazing video, super scary and difficult. Makes me have even more respect for the badass mountaineers and climbers who set these routes and climb without fixed ropes.

[@lazydayhohum]

Seeing him climbing them ropes gave me a whole new respect for those who make the summit,dear Sir you do have top shelf bragging rites.

[@america6545]

Congratulations on a great summit. RIP to those that perished. Thank you for taking such clear video.

[@henrikibjensen3869]

Thanx for this movie. Its the first movie that really gives an impression of the impossible stress of climbing, and you have to continue, there is no other way - and the sound of his breathing....

[@MrWhipple42]

Best K2 climb video on KZbin. You really feel like you're there.

[@jonio214]

Unbelievable photography. I especially love that shot of the full moon. Thank you for sharing! Congratulations, what an amazing accomplishment!

[@raphaelwellig5066]

Hello Tokyo Hutte I congratulate you on climbing K2. Thank you for the beautiful film. There are many unforgettable memories. I wasn't up there. When I climbed Gasherbrum 2 in 1988, I was allowed to see this magnificent mountain. I will never forget this sight. I wish you good tours. With alpine greetings Raphael Wellig

[@hshiraz]

Best mountaineering video I've seen. Definitely gives perspective on how dangerous and hard the route is, even with fixed ropes. To say these individuals are cheating by using fixed ropes, or that ropes and other leftover items are unsightly and should be removed, are ignorant and completely missing the point. Congratulations on your amazing achievement--climbing K2 is something I could only dream of doing.

[@normamimosa5991]

@Haider -- Yes, but wouldn't original ropes be the real thing! Meantime, you wouldn't catch me doing this, even in a swinging basket up the ropes. I asked the question in one of my comments: "Shouldn't climbers take their ropes when they leave? There are so many old-looking ropes there -- seems that could be dangerous? I do think climbers should be made responsible for removing their unsightly items (not bodies, of course, when they are too difficult to remove - but perhaps they could be thrown to the wind -- guess that would create risk as well.) Unfortunately, the commercialization of these mountains (especially Everest) is resulting in a polluted mess that is destroying this once pristine area, as well as creating huge risk and death. I believe it is time to put responsibility on the climbers. If they are fit enough to climb the mountains, then they should be fit enough to remove their wastes and garbage. I also think they should sign wavers, including acknowledgement that, if they run into trouble, they accept the risk that they will not be helped down the mountain.

[@zachthompson5335]

@@normamimosa5991 climbers die on this mountain all the time. If a climber dies, his gear is left behind and likely their body. Its already enough of a struggle to climb the mountain, to be tasked with removing someone else's gear or dead body is ridiculous. Sure it's not ideal, but you're in a highly volatile and dangerous place, removing someone else's gear isn't your problem, getting down alive is. As for the waste left, you're absolutely right, pack it up, pack it out, this goes for trash and feces. Lastly, waivers, waivers from what? The right to sue if they die up there? The climbers know that if they get in trouble that high up that the likelihood of rescue is slim, no need to waive anything, seems like unnecessary paperwork.

[@normamimosa5991]

@@zachthompson5335 As I re-read my comment, I notice I said not bodies, and, although my whole comment is not showing up, I don't seem to have said anything about people moving other people's gear or dead bodies. I don't recall making the comment, and it doesn't sound like me. I have had previous experiences where comments have somehow been posted under my name. Anyway, I believe real climbers should fix their own ropes and, yes, remove them when they are finished. I understand the dilemma of removing dead bodies; however, extrapolate the environment today, with massive people jams and one comes up with a trail of dead bodies, so ultimately, hopefully sooner than later, someone is going to have to come up with a way to remove dead bodies, if the current irresponsible situation is allowed to persist.

[@zachthompson5335]

@@normamimosa5991 you said people should be tasked with removing their own gear. I’m merely stating that you don’t know if that gear was left there when someone died. Hence my comment about removing other people’s gear. Taking your gear is part of climbing but can’t always be done as evidence by the amount of gear frozen on the route. All I’m saying is it’s ridiculous to think about removing old gear left behind when you’re fighting for your life with each breathe, with each step. Also, gear left behind doesn’t take away from the beauty of the mountain as most likely you’ll never be close enough to the gear for it to make a difference. There’s more to the story of left behind gear than just someone being a jerk and leaving it there intentionally. Does it happen? Sure but it’s not the norm.

[@anthonymckinney885]

Thank you for this video...it really brings home what a feat climbing K2 is without any dramatic flair. Congratulations on your amazing accomplishment!

[@jimmypax7367]

Very gritty and raw. Imagine the balls you need to keep pressing forward when you literally see dead bodies rolling past knowing you’ve got those parts of the mountain ahead

[@deathwaveshi9313]

For real...

[@dt077]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thank you so much for this. Few videos truly capture the intensity of K2, this one does it mostly justice. Congratulations from USA. I will be there someday.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Did you put a Go-Pro on your helmet?

[@tracycameron5099]

please dont't!

[@rickbarrington]

Hardcore. No chit chat, just climbing. Congratulations and thank you for sharing

[@muhammadnaseeruddintaimoor5655]

Credit goes to the guy who fixed these helping ropes for you people 🤯🤯

[@michaelsabella5924]

Have to say best video I think I've seen. I felt like I was climbing with the climber w/ camera. It has to take increble amount of energy, and courage to do this. You folks that climb these mountains are truely special.... RIP to the man that died in the beginning and at the end, so sad but this is the risk involved with this I guess. Please keep making video's like this.

[@Archie_Haddock]

Wonderful video and extraordinary achievement! Congratulations! One of the very best first-person views on what an endeavour it is to climb K2. A little surreal to see the places where you know famous climbers have succumbed - Bottleneck, the traverse, etc. One can really see and hear what strain it is, for each little step sustained tachynpnoea. Again, congratulations on a super-achievement! I myself was resting on the beach in Nice on July 21 and 22....

[@bobibest89]

And all of a sudden my small apartment seems so cozy...

[@RG-5834]

K2 is just the most incredibly scary mountain!! The extreme steepness and technicality of climbing this legendary peak is clearly shown in this brilliant video. To think that the American mountaineer Bill House was the first to climb the steep crack in the rock wall (House’s chimney) in 1938, was an astonishing feat, when considering it was done without fixed ropes. Well done for keeping the music out of the video. Rest in peace to the Canadian climber, Serge Dessureault who so tragically fell to his death. It’s devastating how quickly your life can end as a mountaineer. Many congratulations for summiting K2, the most amazing achievement of any mountaineer! K2 is so much more challenging and dangerous than Everest!

[@pyramidestatebuilderskarac2268]

Yes.. K2 is Most Deadliest Mountain. Death Ratio Is 27-28 Out Of 100. If You Want Impress People So Climb The Mount Everest If You Impress Climbers So Climb The K2

[@jays1640]

just watching this video gave me anxiety. I would probably set the record for heaviest load carried up the mountain from all the shit in my pants. Respect to the mountaineers & especially the sherpas that make it all possible

[@kirstymartin471]

Heaviest load 😂 actually laughed out loud

[@joyeetakar7773]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg. Hahahahahaha. I hollered!

[@michaeljones7372]

Lmao

[@tatianamaslikova]

Не всегда возможно.

[@Alan-gi2ku]

@@kirstymartin471 me too.

[@jeffcabral8077]

Great video. Looks like extremely hard climb through House Chimney, Double Ladders, Black Pyramid, Bottleneck, and then summit. All vertical with heavy back pack, ice, hours of climbing, reduced oxygen, fear factor, and weather. Great job getting to the top, much respect to first climbers who climbed up all that to set the ropes for everyone else. Going down must have been terrifying.

[@tracycameron5099]

can't even fathom the terror. i feel sick even contemplating it.

[@DOdermdoc]

Congratulations on a fantastic accomplishment! Loved seeing the video of House's Chimney and the Black Pyramid - read about them but always wondered what they looked like. Thanks for sharing!

[@kenmunoz8517]

Whenever I watch stuff like this what comes to mind is that somebody went first and laid those ropes and ladders! Additionally, I could NEVER NEVER have the balls to do anything like this.

[@dercoolevonderneuenschule8924]

I'm thinking of the same every time i see those ladders and ropes, lol

[@optimisticguy5541]

Same here My balls entered my tummy in fear

[@ianjones2731]

Ken Munoz Actually you could if the desire was strong enough, it's amazing what we can overcome👍

[@grimlund]

Imagin how it was when the italiens made the first ascent in 1954 on this route. Allways someone who have to go first. To lead and to smash in some bolts here and there. Dont think they have ice screws back then. And those stiff old hemp ropes. It must have been an amazing achievement.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Yeah I don't get that. You mean the Sherpas go all the way up and affix those ropes ahead of the actual climbers?? So it is the sherpas who are the actual climbers, right?

[@UnboxRacing]

Congratulations Semba San. What a beautiful video and story. You made K2 come alive. Thank you and hope to see more of your work. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Hojiii]

Great job. Thank you. I'm sorry you had to see that climber fall. Blessing and peace to his soul.

[@jimmoon5997]

Excellent work. It reminds me of the time I climbed K2 with nothing more than a pair of 1998 Air Jordons, pair of Walmart Starter basketball shorts and a wind breaker..different times my friend

[@michaeljones7372]

Lmao

[@brunodelayti6343]

Congratulations on your magnificent achievement. Your video is without a doubt one of the best, if not THE one, when it comes down to having the real perspective of some of the most famous sections, such as the Black Pyramid and House Chimney. I cannot imagine your toil and the hardships you went through, but you surely provided a very colourful insight of how it may have been. Thank you kindly. Salutes from Brazil.

[@propjoe1060]

This is amazing footage. As of today, K2 is officially off my bucket list! I can't imagine how people can climb this mountain. Thanks so much for sharing! p.s So sad to see that climber falling down near the start. May he/she rest in peace.

[@baffomartinez]

only few other videos that i've ever saw in my life managed to gave me emotions like this one!, congratulations!

[@lalice6942]

Where are my armchair climbers at ? This was a tough one !!! Love this video so glad you didn’t put music over it ! Feels so much more real

[@f0rumrr]

I just watch this for the third time and im convinced with is one of the best videos ever made. Because I could watch it a hundred more times and still find it enjoyable.

[@tadhgdunford]

Well done, it's one of the greatest achievement on the planet. There an Irish name at that memorial from 2008, Gerard MacDonald . He lost he way coming down, the first Irish person to summit K2. I was part of the Irish Everest expedition in 2004, first Irrish female summit, Gerard summit Everest in 2003.

[@tokyohutte5599]

I shared tent with Irish climber at this climb and he also mentioned about Gerald. R.I.P.

[@zakshaq4108]

Tadhg Dunford Gerard MacDonald didn't lose his way. He was helping a Japanese team on his descent and got caught in rockfall along with the Japanese Team.

[@MrDotaleavers]

pemba said he died together with the koreans. Could have been the greatest rescue in mountaineering, but savage mountain doesn't allow that.

[@gloria84073]

Awe~~~.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

They were Koreans, not Japanese. And it's McDonnell, I believe.

[@jonnysolar5068]

Absolutely stunning film work here, and an impressive achievement. Thank you for uploading this, in the time I've been looking, this is one of the first showing the real nitty gritty of the climb, the perspectives and gradients - mind blowing what you guys put yourselves through to get there. Kudos!

[@Frankers5]

It felt you were "Red Zoning" all the way up. Pure exhaustion! I loved it.

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

This is such a RAW and amazing video thank you for sharing it with us! I'm so sorry for the canadian climber who died in the early climb :( RIP

[@funzone8179]

Congrats from Pakistan ! , you did a great great job, K2 is really a savage .

[@polaroidcaesar]

This video was incredible and terrifying. Amazing achievement.

[@brentontrenney7396]

It's crazy how much you depend on ropes. I would definitely be freaking out even with brand new ropes. Those rocks are so sharp. It's also crazy when you see how steep it actually is. Alot of videos I watch u can't really tell the grading but now I know why people fall and sometimes are never seen again. Awesome video this was the real deal of climbing videos

[@rustyshackleford2719]

Thank you for the amazing video. After seeing it, I fail to understand how climbing this mountain is even possible. It makes Everest look like going up a slide at a fast food restaurant by comparison.

[@saltydog6241]

Incredible! Congratulations on your accomplishment and thank you for sharing the climb with us.

[@fancyhandle]

13:00 this is bananas! This video just elevated my understanding of what it really takes to climb K2 and also answered why most people die on the descent. One in four climbers who successfully summit K2 will not survive the descent. For the first time I am given a visual answer. Fantastic video! Thank you!!!

[@cryptonite8495]

All those ropes and ladders from previous climbs. It makes you wonder how the first person made the summit, with nothing in place yet.

[@jdinn32]

My thoughts exactly. Crazy to think about. Some people just have freakish abilities.

[@MrOitoyboy]

Yeah. Somehow to me that just looks like hoisting yourself up on other people’s ropes and equipment. That’s not what I imagine genuine climbing to be.

[@jdinn32]

@@MrOitoyboy I agree bro

[@planegaper]

@@MrOitoyboy they sue their own ropes, can't trust the older ones, the first expedition in 54' they had to climb the pitches , and lay the ladders, and fasten ropes ..Took weeks of perilous climbing, and work, pretty much the same has to be done when laying new ones, but you have established routes, and you can Jumar into former climbs rope in a pinch.. more than one climber has fallen when old ropes snapped, they don't last up there and get brittle..also if it's a long pitch, and you don't see who's on it, you may get a few climbers on the same rope, and over stress it.. it's why we see such tight groups, and huge amounts of effort are put into managing ropes through the climb.. that's where experience comes in.. As for the ladders, not sure

[@QuarkTheMagicDragon]

Ice axes and ice screws. I would honestly be more comfortable with an axe rather than trusting everything to that rope. Imagine the guy ahead of you mashing it with his crampons. They no doubt make it a point to not do that but at that altitude your brain is pretty much mush and you are physically exhausted. Probably how that canadian climber ended up falling to his death.

[@mqbitsko25]

I could have a heart attack just listening to this. It sounds like ME walking to the kitchen to make a sandwich.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

LOL @Mickey! Well done!!

[@matthewsmith8063]

Now thats funny

[@Samson518]

and grab a bag of Cheetos

[@sophiamaria8545]

Mickey Bitsko that's funny!

[@michaeljones7372]

Don't think ill ever be able to watch this the same again after reading that lmao!

[@amarawoolery8404]

This is the coolest video ever! As someone with a dream to become a mountain climber, I love seeing it from the climbers point of view; love hearing the sounds that come along with it. Amazing video-- thank you!

[@uzzipy]

yes in this video you can feel this hard climb

[@ronnborg]

This is one of the best mountaineering videos I’re ever seen Thank you so Munch for this and a big congratulations /Björne Sweden❤️👍🇸🇪

[@wmwdntro]

Great experience. Congratulations for you and your teams! I think the process of descending from the summit would be much scarier than the ascending, as we literally have more-than-50-degrees slope right in front of our eyes all the time. And when the weather starts becoming worse and the thick fog comes, it feels like going down and delivering our lives into abyss.

[@pulsurge]

Stunning, arduous and outright scary! Thanks for sharing an amazing summit video and keeping it raw and void of background music. The sliding snow, roaring winds and heavy breathing are best tracks to listen in such tough climbing videos. And congratulations!

[@Killemgrillem00]

Incredible, cant imagine the first to do any route, with out the pre run lines. Great doc , thank you.

[@Flame44]

Congrats from USA!!! Glad there were no avalanches to stop you this time!!! Thanks for the video!!!

[@tokyohutte5599]

Yes, no avalanches stop me this time!

[@melodiefrances3898]

I couldn't do more than 10 feet of this before I would freak out. It's unfathomable to me that you do tens of thousands.

[@mikeyoung9810]

Loved this. I love mountain climbing (from an arm chair perspective). Well done.

[@mickstockton1]

Incredible. Thank you for sharing this. I will probably never climb K2, but at least I've now seen it!

[@linsayspence7070]

Great video, thanks for uploading this. It gives you a glimpse of what you're up against. Outstanding achievement to climb this mountain. 👍