MATTERHORN MEGA PROJECT: Building Europe’s Highest Cable Car | WELT Documentary

[@VidraDeArgint]

Been there last week, absolutely impressive to stand at almost 3900 meters and have a closeup view of the Breithorn, a 4000+ meter peak. To all the haters: not exactly sure what it’s “ruining”, the Swiss and Italians have a knack for making mountains accessible in a non-intrusive way.

[@Slimey-sq6oy]

As a Swiss I can confirm this is true. Buildings such as these on a mountain add to the mountain experience instead of ruining it. The mountain is still there, nothing that has been built is big enough do ruin a mountain.

[@Smallfrye]

I was there a little over a month ago as well, I loved being able to pop out of the station to climb Breithorn and be back in Zermatt in just a few hours. The Klein Matterhorn cable car provides phenomenal access to to the mountains for all kinds of people who would otherwise never get to experience the views and terrain you find up there.

[@engegiger]

Watching from Switzerland. Sept. 24, 2024

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

Van lifers cause more damage, leaving their sh*t everywhere, and contributing nothing to local economies.

[@garyjarvis2730]

They are making the natural splendor of Mother Nature accessible to people who might not otherwise be able to enjoy the wonders of their World. In that sense, the visionaries who designed this system have enhanced, rather than detracted from, the mountain experience. The engineering and execution are a testament to abilities of mankind when we work together to create rather than destroy.

[@godbluffvdgg]

When it absolutely CANNOT fail...German and Swiss engineers won't let you down...Amazing logistical nightmare carried out by some of the best in the industry....Thanks for the upload...Very interesting! It must be amazing to be born and live in those areas of the world...None of the pressures like we have here in Philly...:)

[@MaheshKumar-ud2nq]

Great guys

[@furtado708]

pelo que tenho acompanhado pela internet, EUA, com grande problema de drogas e sem teto, e talvez o pior de tudo, a volta do amalucado Donald trump, sem falar no apoio ao açougueiro Sionista, responsável pela matança de inocentes pessoas (palestinos)

[@giuseppepizzichemi5194]

Maybe you meant "Altoatesini engineers". If you really knew the area where they come from you would know that altoatesini are South Tyroleans for first and nothing they have to do with Germans. It is true that they are a german speaking community (more exactly an austrian speaking) but they are Italian by birth and passport as well is 100% Italian the company those engineers work for. And for what i know so far the other big worlwide competitor of HTI (of which Leiner it is part) is the austrian Doppelmayr. So no typical German industrial sector, perhaps in the future but not now.

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@giuseppepizzichemi5194 I WROTE what I meant...Never heard of those guys so...They must suck .

[@engegiger]

Watching from Switzerland. Sept. 24, 2024

[@ricardasbertasius5577]

35:45 nice ladder slide!

[@garyjarvis2730]

Yes, and ladder "surfing" is a sure way to get thrown off the job in many parts of the US. The OSHA inspectors would drop a testicle if they saw that. I will admit however it was executed perfectly and looked slick.

[@RuShEr1607]

35:43

[@punktschweiz]

That's an incredible achievement! At this altitude above Switzerland.

[@adyfery23]

Teknologi yang sangat lur biasa ,dengan orang orang yang jenius👍

[@normg2242]

"At 3,800 meters, every bolt has to be in place...!" That's something I didn't expect ...

[@philscott7949]

The roof on a new stadium in Detroit collapsed because the team putting it together thought it would flex better under extreme weather variations if they left half the bolts out. When they rebuilt it, the engineers had to explain the roof was designed to flex with ALL the bolts in.

[@normg2242]

@@philscott7949 ... they were clearly asking for it ...!

[@chadchadchadchadchad]

That's why building at sea level is so much easier. You don't have to use any fasteners.

[@normg2242]

@@chadchadchadchadchad .... 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@winconfig]

@@chadchadchadchadchad Yeh, at seal-level, the item can't fall and there is no need to fasten.

[@pushnpow]

They would be some fit and tough lads working there. Working at altitude in extreme conditions and shovelling constantly is like being in the gym all day every day.

[@barbiebarbie2063]

Ja,ja - gasterbeiter in Slovenija , Polisch, Hungary , i Cechys !!!!

[@MartelloClaudio]

Impressive. Congratulations!

[@DMSparky]

These guys have the best job in the world.

[@ozkanayk]

this epic music is so not necessary! at least vol. down a bit..

[@conrads_corner]

Been here and was amazed

[@VladoTurkes]

Amazing project

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🤗💪🙏 Thank you for sharing this

[@Cheesy-String]

7:01 @kurzgesagt i can't believe it's you!

[@drk_blood]

Exactly. I was so happy recognozing the voice ❤

[@ChrisLarsson85]

Overall great channel with docs like they used to be!! Not sure if you are the producers of the docs themselves. If you have influence, here's some well-intended feedback: All the docs that I've seen have, in my opinion, oversimplified or "dumbed things down" too much. Sometimes even minor factual errors just to swoop over a detail instead of diving in a little bit deeper.Also just in this one I think you don't need to fade the music. Keep it at the lower level as a maximum. Thank you for your hard work!

[@halouanehamza3379]

best documentary chanel

[@maxpower1351]

“was”, perhaps taking into account the fact that over the past week three dubious two-minute news clips have been posted. If they continue in the same vein, then I will unsubscribe, this is not what I need.

[@p5z91]

Really?

[@summermanco]

so cool😊

[@paulcoverdale8312]

Incredible gang of fellas workin at that hight an weather conditions.💯💯🙏🙏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@daniellybaert1958]

"This" can be called "art" for my understanding !!!

[@tkwaititi3457]

1:51 top left? 😂 🎉, truly interesting documentaries,

[@menguinponkey8965]

That is one of these red plastic balls that are mounted on the cables so that the helicopters can spot them and avoid crashing into the cables. It only appears to be moving since the camera is moving. You can see two of them on the left side at 20:53, another one at 23:05 and three of them again at 27:38..

[@mathewk9306]

Absolutely amazing project 💪 DW thanks for sharing this documentary !

[@theswissvaper]

I need to correct something. Fatzer is located in Romanshorn Switzerland. Not in Germany. Great documentary..

[@MrKingNemesis]

Well, they don't say it's in Germany, they say the raw material comes from Germany.

[@acsody]

They say Lake Constance or Bodensee like the Schwaben say ...😅

[@tave-e4w]

thank you fo diz, welt documentary. 💯🌟💎 tourists only get to see and ride da finished product, jellybean. but lewk how awesomazing itz behind da scenes engineering is. defo a race to da top and itz workers delivered. also connectin' two countries --- dat makes me feel totally giddy. plus another lighter note: i want a 'bao-bao' gondola design. nyehehehehehehehehehe. 💕🤣🤩🙌🌺🌈💖

[@swisstopia]

Unfortunately, the MAC Bahn has been closed for maintenance and problem solving, more than it has been open.

[@TheMattC9999]

41:45 that looks like the starting point to an absolutely amazing roller coaster

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

well we do have plenty of mountain coasters here in Switzerland

[@gimmeagig]

These guys that made all of this happen are amazing! They should get lifetime passes for this.

[@josephdonalde]

it looks fantastic. what to do when yu ski to cervinia italia

[@stalefish7643]

The cable car does not go to the Matterhorn, as some might believe from the topic.

[@Capo51]

It goes to Matterhorn, Klein Matterhorn. Haha.

[@menguinponkey8965]

33:15 - that's a surpisingly skinny rope for a 2.4 ton load!

[@1darknickguuurrrr]

It’s the material that matters.

[@1darknickguuurrrr]

1 piece of hair could hold an elephant. Get it?

[@0clockedin0]

That's wild. I just watched a video of people riding on this cable tram a few hours ago & I commented on how I could imagine how they built this using helicopters, but I couldn't fathom how they installed the cables & now here's a video discussing the construction. They didn't address the main thing I wanted to know. How do they string up the initial cable? I suppose maybe they use a helicopter, but it seems that the cable would be too heavy & awkward for a helicopter to pull to that distance & elevation.

[@Alastair_Hudson]

21:07 not a turntable😂, it’s called a bullwheel.

[@Macc1]

All of these "new" Cable Car components will be used to repair/replace existing Cable Car runs throughout the region.

[@TheFazz01]

Hope those workers get lifetime free trips

[@barbiebarbie2063]

Foreigth minimum wage !

[@ZOMGbies]

They translated the interviews to sound more interesting. Dude says it's "stressful/exhausting" and they decided he instead said "dangerous"

[@TrievelleMystery]

The US needs to build

[@Mattoman501]

Wow, that mountain has been destroyed in the process.

[@rafaelacosta304]

Ignorance can get easy develop in the mind of the guy giving this comment

[@gondolafan9283]

Trust me that part of the mountain had no significance at all

[@qwertydubstepout]

@@rafaelacosta304easily*

[@qwertydubstepout]

@@rafaelacosta304easily*

[@kimherd3080]

Interesting, the testing on the wires and components was done at a lower altitude and a normal temperature, let’s hope it holds up to the extreme conditions where it counts

[@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479]

Believe me, these people, companies and engineers know what they are doing and this is not the first cable car they are building (there are around 2,400 cable car systems in Switzerland).

[@timothyveech668]

You have a UAP at 1:54 RHS descending black ball. Not a camera or glass reflection, It glints in one frame! Just saying...

[@menguinponkey8965]

Nope, sorry to dissapoint you, that is one of these red plastic balls that are mounted on the cables so that the helicopters can spot them and avoid crashing into the cables. It only appears to be moving since the camera is moving. You can see two of them on the left side at 20:53, another one at 23:05 and three of them again at 27:38..

[@michaelhall7546]

Imboden is also a little town in Arkansas

[@1STGeneral]

Right down the road from Inbreaden

[@untitled0234]

nothing to say, exept: WOOW.

[@Chrisd5341]

how do they get the initial cable up the mountain? helicopter?

[@sweepops]

36:05 2000 litres, it litteraly says 915

[@m-laure4804]

It is NOT on the MATTERHORN!! It is the KLEIN MATTERHORN - a 1000m (3000ft) less high. A major difference that should be mentioned in a documentary. Greetings from Switzerland.

[@snailers]

They mention that at 2:40.

[@loulax385]

not mentioning the fact the alt difference is closer to 590m than 1km ...

[@MandraK82]

-Klein Matterhorn 3880m -Matterhorn. 4478m (598m Up)

[@Zadian-y4g]

They say it many, many times throughout the video….

[@matteoghia620]

nice documentary, one thing tho, when talking about how the cables got into place, you showed clips of the other gondola, the one that goes to zermatt, not the one going to Italy.

[@chrisbrookesphotography]

The one in Mürren is MUCH better, it will be open this December. It will be the steepest cable car in the world (160% inclination)

[@RiccardoSpadarelli]

Un vero disastro

[@philscott7949]

5 minutes explaining exactly what problem they have solved would have been nice. Is there a tunnel for people to walk through to the other cable car at the top? How do people get to the base station which is just 1.5km lower than the peak?

[@Spazik86]

This is "american style" document. They repeat obvious things 5 times. But they do not explain the basic stuff.

[@drk_blood]

Kurzgesagt's narrator voice ❤ (for the translation bits)

[@pomorackotor]

Leave this peak alone!

[@stokes8762]

Von der mitte von Nirgendwo in der Schweiz zur mitte von Nirgendwo in Italien

[@giuseppepizzichemi5194]

Not exactly, this new gondola lift adds more possibilities of access to the glacier in the international ski area Zermat (Switzerland)-Cervinia (Italy). Although it is likely that they will raise the daily cost from the current 70 to €90/100

[@princethawani1351]

❤

[@deniskhafizov6827]

guys be playing "death stranding" irl

[@mrShadow1622]

Its like live action Kurzgesagt

[@Youtuber-ku4nk]

Italian engineering is high class. I hope the mafia stays out, since are now again ruining the country and this time it’s very serious. I hope for Italy they can overcome the situation.

[@121mcvUK]

didnt see any women ... no surprise 😂 what a fabulous engineering achievement 10/10

[@JAFX1]

i didnt see any woman on top of that mountain during construction. where is the equality

[@waqasrasool6494]

pervert

[@mnewm21]

so you consider women to be tokens? That unless there is one present equality is somehow damaged? How ridiculous, If a woman applied to do it and was qualified and knocked back because of her sex then fair enough to comment but your assumption that equality has been threatened is quite something! Or do you know something the rest of us don't? In which case why not enlighten us with the full story.

[@JG-hz5kh]

I don’t get why the need for this project

[@iw1bal]

Non si può capire tutto nella vita.

[@1STGeneral]

​@@iw1balSpoken like a politician or a con artist

[@siriosstar4789]

@JG - Tourist € $

[@i-techinstallations]

Tourism 😊

[@waqasrasool6494]

time saving

[@demil3618]

Good doch, but who is the narrator? Can anyone tell him that compound nouns are stressed on part one, not two? It‘s _return_ trip, not return _trip_ _waiting_ game, not waiting _game_ _quality_ standards, not quality _standards_ _rear_ part, not rear _part_ _custom_ manufactured, not custom _manufactured_ . air can’t be soo hard. Professional speakers should do better!

[@chrisdaley5175]

Seems like an expensive, unnecessary duplication of the Von Roll car I rode in 1986, but I suppose all lifts have to be updated, replaced?😮

[@johnvalencia7488]

Can you imagine this being built in America, by American rules and regulations? 😭

[@Capo51]

Amazing high tech engineering! What a monsterous project. 🚠🚡 Hat off for these engineers and builders too. They did work under very demanding circumstances. The state of art building knowledge and execution . Similar to building skycrapers. Monetary investments are huge too. They pay off in the long run.

[@Dinosendelj]

The eagle nest that movie i have seen that's what i think of.

[@Capo51]

Yes, once. Was bit boring after LA and SF.

[@TravelTheCraftyLife]

Isn’t this the same like workers that work in the Middle East with 40 degrees? Working in such cold weather conditions should be illegal!

[@sauce1232]

We're not made of paper...

[@Татьяна-о8ь8ь]

Black tap like 3 wertical shweylers red

[@EoinDelaney]

Why does the narrator have to make it all dramatic? It's not like they don't know what they are doing.

[@Татьяна-о8ь8ь]

Shnow ships

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

WHAT NAME THIS ROBOT IS THAT MAKE IT ?

[@pra_choenll.pt.8427]

Dam for snow

[@helgelandvadfalker7764]

😳😳😳

[@cicnos13]

Haven’t seen a single woman in this video . And yet every women that will ride this telecabin will tell you how they don’t need men

[@OutofDarkness_jik]

14:50 for one.

[@NaskoČašić]

Umag. Uresa Ubila. Iestretvo Sa Tydim. Pesesam

[@aksunai-99]

It seems common these days to hear women say "We don't need men." I wonder how many of those women will be riding this, and whether their opinion might change.

[@mosestaa]

Africa needs this. Death tolls in transportation is skyrocketing😢

[@henriks5008]

Why!?

[@someguydino6770]

YIKES! 60 million Euros sure sounds impressive! But um.....hold on there folks; cause once again it's California that REALLY knows how to SPEND money; Ladies and Gentlemen; I give you the puny, 200 hundred long, Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing outside of Los Angeles that is projected to cost $92 MILLION ! (84,579,280. Euro!!!) It's basically a "Disneyland style" bridge over the 101 highway for deer and mountain lions. America; FOOK YEAH!

[@martinc.720]

This is completely irrelevant. Go spew your nonsense somewhere else.

[@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479]

The costs, well, here's a small but important difference, these are private stock companies. Tax money is not primarily used here.

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

Why are they building this cable car system in the first place? Who are the commuters who need this? Or is it yet another pricey tourist trap at 100 francs per ride?

[@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479]

It is certainly not intended for commuters, tourists, skiers who want to go from the Italian to the Swiss side (or vice versa). This trip alone certainly doesn't cost CHF 100, but I wouldn't expect it to be cheap either.

[@Capo51]

Because there is a demand for this. A good one. You can in San Jose stay on ground. And do fishing.

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

@@Capo51 Have you been to San Jose? Fishing? LOL.

[@waveril5167]

Sad, we swiss don't like it. We would like to have our mountains for us, not for tourists.

[@anam.caballerowilson9421]

😮

[@patrickmichel782]

Quelle bonne idée que de pourrir une montagne emblématique pour y faire monter des milliers de blaireaux. 😢

[@garyalex1455]

god bless white people

[@siriosstar4789]

@gary- Gos is extremely embarrassed about White people

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

​@@siriosstar4789 Wait wasn't he the one who created them ? 😂

[@Tom_Emody]

I know it’s added for drama, but one needs to be careful how many times they say how it’s being built on a strict deadline….. I personally won’t interact with machinery that was built according to timeline rather than quality. Use China and their many belt and road projects for example. It’s all falling apart…..Tom

[@MENDNZ]

Poor mountain no longer free of human hardware

[@NaskoČašić]

Ta Ukro. Osma. 8.maret. Dan.zena.novac Kypio.ceveca Po.gredy.za.ta Novac Nemijnja

[@NaskoČašić]

Dado. Dalibar. Uzo. Pekat. Dyvina Iz. Kefna. Aytebiseke Predega.zeina.pijec Vozec.aytebisea Mylic

[@ajwiepert19]

Absolutely trashed this peak, our species sucks sometimes.

[@MrDivagation]

Another mountain destroyed..

[@chaukelattovulture106]

Global warming initiatives. 😢😮😊😢😮😊

[@rre2830]

That shouldnt be there

[@vcom2327]

A shame they had to desecrate a beautiful mountain in this way. I am Swiss. This is beyond disgusting.

[@JanaTeague-r3c]

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[@klawakrokk3989]

Very sad. Yet another human metal crap on virgin mountain and nature...

[@thrustvectoring8120]

Mt Blanc Panoramique is better.

[@Jayman5281]

👎👎we are learning the the environmental cost of these lifts. Just like the Hoover Damn…maybe we need to ask, should we, instead of, can we.

[@Timetochillout10]

You mean mankind! Give me a bloody break! Unsubscribe

[@arinkim708]

the shit they do to nature...sad, they should just leave it alone

[@tztz1949]

Some things should stay untouched. Leave it to the europeans to jack it up