Nanga Parbat 1934 Expedition Disaster

[@chuckberry1240]

I love how he explains the situation with facts before he starts the story. Even a person like me who doesn’t go cave or mountain exploring can get the context of the situation.

[@graceannamaria]

me also!! it’s so refreshing!!

[@temeria1986]

Only wish he wouldn't say "disaster" it's a logical sequence of events. A disaster is a fire in a hotel building where people can't escape, or the titanic hitting an iceberg or an avalanche. These people purposefully went up there knowing the dangers and simply came face to face with said dangers.

[@ViridianForests]

@@temeria1986 Well, according to the definition of the word disaster, its something that happens when events or facts have unfortunate consequences. Though its usually associated with things beyond human control, it is the right word to use here. Major loss of life is certainly a disaster, even if its in the context of something very dangerous. I looked up the definition because english is my second language and I wanted to be certain of my point. I hope it doesn't come off as annoying.

[@temeria1986]

@@ViridianForests They went up there, human control.

[@ViridianForests]

@@temeria1986 You can walk down the street and still be killed by a tornado. What killed them was weather first, with bad luck and preparation after. The mountains are beyond human control. Sure, they chose to go there, but that's not guaranteed suicide. Their preparation was within their control, but even that might not have saved them all.

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

Porters and Sherpas are the true achievers. I still recall how appalled I felt when I learned THEY are the one who go in first, set up the lines, string ladders across the icefalls and essentiall groom the route for the big bad sponsored "mountaineers".

[@Otaku2803]

And they do this work out of desperation to feed their families! Imagine how many women have become widowed and children orphaned because of these crazy missions. There's a reason why the locals weren't the first to come up with the idea to climb that Killer Mountain in their backyard.

[@b.w.22]

This isn’t always true, though it is for highly traveled peaks like Everest. Many climbing expeditions set lines themselves and work equally hard and in collaboration with their porters and guides to attempt a summit. The sorts who are lame to their local partners and whom do little but carry their own gear are not highly regarded and very likely are not sponsored mountaineers. It’s sort of like the difference between chartering a crewed sailboat and a proper sailing team: they’re both on sailboats, they may be wearing similar gear, and they may even take the same route, but the practice of it all is quite different. Remember too that in early mountaineering, porters often climbed only to base-camp and that figures like Bonnington taught their Sherpa partners high-altitude, glacier, and climbing skills so they could create their own guide teams. That said, I agree that the more touristic, expensive expeditions can be really exploitative to local guides and porters who have little bargaining power and who are often paid a pittance for their hard work.

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

@@b.w.22 Well expressed. That was a rather broad generalization and usually on the high profile mountains with large sponsored expeditions. I am fully aware lots of very skilled climbers DO leave their porters below for toughter stuff but was focused on recent Everest debacles ... ... and recalled a documentary, I believe on the super large crystals found in that deep ?Chili? mine. They accessed a particularly-difficult cave pocket in really bad high heat, etc. Very nice scene of a geologist squeezing through with the voiceover "Dr. Whomever is the first human here..." while being filmed from the insdie by the unsung cameraperson who REALLY went first. Insightful and appreciated. No foul to geniune climbers!

[@b.w.22]

@@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976 - You’re certainly right-on with the Everest expeditions, though I’m sure there are plenty of unsupported teams there as well. But I recall that during the 1996 “Into Thin Air” Everest debacle, a few of the high-altitude Sherpas were exhausted from having to push that socialite lady up the mountain. I just don’t understand that need to summit so bad that I’d ride someone up there, would fake a photo, or wouldn’t be willing to turn around when things got dicey. I mean, aren’t things supposed to be about the journey? I said it elsewhere about ripping-off Sherpa or Balti (the main tribe in Pakistan’s Karakoram) right before trying to climb a sacred mountain that routinely kills people in their homeland seems like asking for bad Karma.

[@msfussyb]

Exactly!

[@MansoorBashir93]

The first time I properly laid my eyes upon Nanga Parbat was when I was driving back from Hunza to Raikot. You spot it just a little south of Gilgit city along the Karakoram Highway. And she looked jaw-dropping that morning. But that's not the part that gets you. It's when you've driven at 60-70 km/h for nearly two hours and you realize that the size and scale of the mountain looks unchanged is when you seriously begin to grasp the scale of what you're seeing. Or rather your brain attempting and failing to comprehend it. I have been all over this country. Outside of the Baltoro glacial region (where K2 and all the other famous 8000ers are), I've seen them all. Rakaposhi, Passu, Ultar Sar, Spantik. All those famous 7000ers. I've sat underneath their moonlit glisten, mesmerized by their scale and beauty. But Nanga Parbat is both jaw-dropping and foreboding. She rises above all the others, almost as if she knows what she is. A cruel, unforgiving, yet breathtaking work of nature. If anyone reading this ever gets the chance to camp at Fairy Meadows or the Nanga Parbat Base Camp, take it in a heartbeat without thinking twice. No words I put down here can do justice to the sensations you experience when you find yourself there. For me, it was a very emotional and humbling experience. One I can never do justice in describing.

[@sai-bi2rh]

You've described it very well and I'm glad you wrote these words for us to imagine. Thank you

[@aidinpippippenger9907]

You should write bout your experiences in detail. Interesting for sure.

[@arigelab]

Thank you!!

[@willk7184]

Great description, friend. It sounds like an amazing thing to see.

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

standing to face something so vast sounds incredible….. makes me think

[@happyhypo1]

You should look at the tragedy on Mount Everest in 1988 - when a group of four Slovak climbers (friends living on the same street) made the Everest route called "Hard Way" by alpine style without oxygen, but unfortunately perished in a huge storm. I recently saw a Slovak documentary about it and it was so engaging. An unapologetically thrilling expedition that unfortunately ended in misfortune. It is a story known in our country, but it deserves worldwide attention, since these young climbers were then among the world's top. They for example climbed alpine style Lhotse as a part of aclimatization proces Everest also without oxygen.

[@domesticterrorist483]

They are legends. SW face of Everest alpine style. They all got to the south summit and waited for two others to come back from the top. Sadly a storm hit as they were descending to glory. ONe of the most impressive ascents of the peak in my opinion.

[@Firstname137]

If you haven't already. I recommend checking out " Into thin air."

[@littlekishmish]

post this on his subreddit, that’s where he takes story suggestions

[@QuAsArPuLsArMaGnEtAr]

Mountaineering in the early 20th century must have been absolutely trying and dangerous. Not that it isn’t even today, but the thought of doing it with somewhat primal equipment is even more daunting.

[@WaylonCampbell]

And all the unknowns and never before dones that many were still to pay with their lives to uncover and achieve. Im starting to think many of those men who died were actually killed due to the snow being too deep to drag along their gigantic balls.

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

It's quite the tome but check out "Into The Silence" by Wade Davis. Covers the intital attempts at Everest et al incl the Mallory expedition and is stunning they even attempted it on logisitcs alone.

[@seankraus5246]

I saw a pic of ppl standing in line to take turns at the peak of everest. So I would guess it not the same beast it once was. But who know the photo may have been a joke or fake.

[@skunkrat01]

I often think about this! When you hear about all the expert climbers who have done all the biggest, baddest mountains twice while blindfolded etc are still taking allllll the equipment it is now "normal" read:sane, to take on an expedition these days, I think about the first people who did it and how the hell they did

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

@@seankraus5246 No, it's not fake or a joke. I've seen a few photo's like it, myself. Everest has become a tourist trap, still holding the title for THE highest peak, but that does NOT necessarily make it "The Most Dangerous" among the 8K meter monsters... It's gotten so "bad" around base camp that the local governments have started taking measures to control the tourist traffic because of all the garbage (litter) and the logistics of cleaning up after everyone... Local porters still like the tourists for their business and pay, but it's just awful how some are so negligent in their activities... The tech' for mountaineering has come a VERY long way since it originally came into "vogue" as it were, back in the 1890's. Humans have ALWAYS had a certain wanderlust and thirst for adventure or the need to put a name in a book for being "first"... or "one of the few". It feeds on elitism in much the same nature as free-divers competing for records and times, and the Olympics or any other "pro sports"... We're closing ourselves (as a species) out of any places to really Explore anymore. There are a few depths in the oceans yet, and then there's only outer space. Earth as a whole has more of the "been there, done that, got the T-shirt and Tat' for it" kind of feel. ;o)

[@pissant145]

I am immensely satisfied that you just named everyone as "european climber" or "porter". I feel this is so much more respectful to all the important staff that in other documentaries are just add-ons. By not naming anyone in particular, you respected the integrity of all those local people who are essential to a project of this scale - but always overlooked. Like THEY ASCENDED TOO!

[@ArDeeMee]

They did. Several times. Hauling up all the equipment. In modern days, that includes tons of oxygen tanks so the tourists don‘t die immediately.

[@sharonsplat]

I remember seeing this mountain when I was little. I was also immensely satisfied seeing it in person and enjoying my 10+ mile to fairy meadows. It seems to me that people with nothing going on in their lives often find fault in everyone else. Why not make your own documentary about this and show everyone how much better you are at it. And please, for the love of goodness, don't come back to the west complaining about Pakistan. I am personally tired of hearing about people who cannot handle themselves overseas. Good luck with your own documentary. You might want to learn urdu.

[@greekcommie621]

Ang tsering, the final survivor and the one to make it down alone, lived all the way to 2002 and made it to the age of 98. He was simply made of stronger stuff than all of us. Same for all the other survivors, and the ones who died for lasting as long as they did in such conditions, but he did what should have been impossible and survived.

[@rinoz47]

He didn't die, he told death when he wanted to.

[@keirfarnum6811]

@@rinoz47 He told Death, “not today.”

[@ashleyc8373]

He also survived the 1996 Everest summit that killed rob and Scott and many others.

[@jjnich4915]

@@ashleyc8373 when you think about how many people sherpas have watched fall...it's kind of disturbing. I wonder if they think westerners etc who pay lots of money to climb these mountains are insane.

[@shawntailor5485]

@@jjnich4915 not think ;They Know

[@offlinegirl5956]

Thank you for acknowledging the porters. Every video like this I wonder how many unnamed porters died, and made the summit with them.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Agree..

[@AngelaAtLarge]

Not just making the summit, but climbing up and down multiple times carrying all that gear to set up the camps. The sheer elevation gain would have been many times more than the climbers the porters were supporting.

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@AngelaAtLarge I imagine the porters lived at a higher altitude daily than the mountaineers, and were better acclimated than the climbers.

[@MsMichigan]

Absolutely. They don't get a fifth of the accolades they should. Watch "K2 and the Invisible Footman", it's about the Porters and Sherpas and spotlighting them, as they should be acknowledged

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@GrimMelvin True enough, and they’re functioning as pack animals as they move supplies up and down the mountain. I’d have a hard enough time managing without an extra 60 lbs. on my back.

[@badgerrambler]

It’s crazy to realize how far mountaineering has come since then. Full-on months-long assaults on mountains wearing wool and leather, carrying gear that weighed so much more… just crazy.

[@ceu160193]

Still not enough to prevent disasters. Heights above 8000 m are called "death zone" for a reason.

[@Zeldahol]

That's a "back in my day" analogy if I ever heard one.

[@bearcatracing007]

Even harder for us in Australia, we have to do it upside-down 🤣

[@fandroid6491]

@@Zeldahol "Back in my day, mountain climbing was more metal than the weak sauce mountaineering y'all do now" ~Sincerely, a teenager pretending to be an old man👴

[@Zeldahol]

@@fandroid6491 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CCCP_Again]

My hometown is just kilometers to the face of "Killer Mountain" so this one really hit home. You did an excellent job, telling the story as it was meant to be told. We are proud of our brave porters and sherpas.

[@everythingsalright1121]

Whats it like growing up in that area? Your english is really good btw :D

[@CCCP_Again]

@@everythingsalright1121 Its presence is always dominant in the skyline, and it leaves you awestruck everytime you witness its immense beauty from the front face. (Thanku for the compliment btw ☺️)

[@Char444]

@@everythingsalright1121 Pakistanis are good at english because it's one of the official languages there :>

[@ShellyCooper-q2k]

I'm from India. Is it ok if i come over there to take a peak, i mean peek? 😅🤭

[@Char444]

@@ShellyCooper-q2k it is ok you can come :)) but through legal process.

[@salvorhardin27]

This channel is exponentially getting better and better. I hope KZbin rewards you well. Your content is excellent.

[@QilleWolf]

I follow a lot of mountain climbing disaster KZbinrs, and I clicked on this thinking it was one of their videos. Imagine my surprise at realizing who actually posted it! Great stuff, as always.

[@kanupriyajoshi2489]

Can you suggest a few? I’m an on a similar binge

[@QilleWolf]

@@kanupriyajoshi2489 David Snow is my favorite. He finds a ton of old mountain climbing documentaries about disasters and stuff. MrBallen has some good stuff, and so does MrDeified. Those three are my favorites for consistently producing videos about mountaineering disasters

[@unicornglitterfart5201]

Holy Batman! I was just hoping for a new video by this YT channel while having my morning coffee and didn't realize this was his video until I saw your comment and checked who posted it. I absolutely love this channel.

[@Maryaminx]

@@kanupriyajoshi2489 in addition to those recommended, I like Archie's Archive for a lot of Soviet disasters I've never seen covered.

[@Bella.216]

@Qille David Snow is the only true mountaineer you listed. Mr. Ballen doesn't do any real stories about mountaineers. If you want real stories and videos, you must follow the old-school mountaineers. If you also want the real truth, what really happens on these famous mountains.

[@MitchJohnson0110]

I cannot fathom dying 10 feet away from the camp. Imagine you unzip your tent after a night of barely surviving only to see someone frozen to death right outside. Literally less than a stones throw away. That must have been horrifying.

[@DiamondCake2]

😂😂😂😂

[@Cheetosbag139]

@@DiamondCake2Is someone freezing to death funny to you?

[@laxminalavade3296]

Ignore himm​@@Cheetosbag139

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

not even a stone's throw, more like a tired little toss of a rock

[@caitcasali3207]

Have you covered the woman who was training for paragliding (I think that was the sport) she was sucked up into the death zone like 33k feet lost consciousness but incredibly lived through it somehow! Very interesting if you haven't covered it yet!

[@faebeschaefer]

It has been in another video which contains 3 stories. I think it was one of the „horrible fates“, but don‘t remember which.

[@MsMichigan]

That is an AMAZING story. I thought he MAYBE covered it, but maybe I'm thinking of another creator that covered the story. Maybe it was Mr Ballen?

[@faebeschaefer]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXmWfKGBmcmNbZI

[@francescaparent6052]

He covered it in one of his Horrible Fates videos. I think it was Horrible Fates #3. It's the last story in that video.

[@robcheek6674]

She wasn’t training, she was a world champion from Germany n she was taking part in a race that happens once a year in Australia if I remember correctly, due to bad weather a lot of participants didn’t take part but unfortunately a few did, she was lucky to survive being sucked up into the storm but unfortunately the same thing happened to a bloke who wasn’t so lucky n got struck by lightning n died in the same event

[@cathyd74]

Wow, I am in awe of the porters and other locals that participated in the mountaineers shenanigans , heros really

[@badcampa2641]

Best paid jobs in pakistan

[@zaimhassan6490]

@@badcampa2641 and one of the deadliest

[@crazyaussie7054]

It's crazy how many climbers bodies are still up there in the mountains!!! Thanks for all your work with the vids!!

[@mattperry6612]

Atleast the climbers know there are food caches 😂

[@semoneg2826]

Yes its very dangerous to retrieve them

[@NinjaZXRR]

other climbers use their bodies as trail guide markers

[@MillionDollarMullettt]

Never climbed a mountain before but I’ve been obsessed with these giant 8K meter mountains for a while now. Something about Nanga Parbat is so utterly terrifying to me (more so than the others). It is up there with K2 when it comes to fear factor. Probably doesn’t help that they had that horrific terrorist attack at base camp years ago. So sad😞

[@iatisam]

I got the honour of touching this enormous mountain , the base camp is a site worth seeing once in a lifetime, and the route to fairy meadows is one of the 5 most dangerous routes in the world, and fairy meadows are easily the best thing that could happen to you in your life, you got to stay there for atleast a week to grasp all the beauty and slowly track further towards the Nanga parbat although you can sip coffee and just see the mountain infront of you while sitting in your wooden cabin, just amazing

[@kats9755]

Jesus Christ. I live in Colorado and we're proud of our fourteeners (14,000 ft mountains). Hearing you say "they were at 13,000 feet with 13,000 more to go", my stomach dropped. I'm not a super proficient hiker so I haven't tried to hike any of them but there is at least one road that you can take all the way up to the top of Mt Blue Sky. Even coming from mile-high Denver and so being used to a bit of altitude, I still feel a little light-headed and mentally fuzzy when I'm up there because altitude truly is no joke. I genuinely cannot imagine going almost TWICE that altitude, the thought makes me feel sick. Thank you for that very descriptive phrase, it's good storytelling when a phrase hits me in the gut 😅

[@tash4270]

I am continually amazed at how humans look at a towering mountain and against impossible conditions, want to climb it. It makes no sense to me, but I love these stories

[@davidtwliew616]

Nothing better to do in life.

[@semoneg2826]

To show off that they climb high mountains

[@AhmetOzdemir-om3bj]

Becouse its so scary for the majority of men its such a cool flex to say you have done it.Chicks probably dig that stuff.

[@tvdurdurs554]

It’s for men who love adrenaline rushes

[@syd1764]

Humans are explorers!

[@FHBStudio]

It's unbelievable that it's not even been a hundred years since that first expedition. Astonishing.

[@Metallislayer1]

Simp)llay beleived buy none

[@ablobfish5104]

what happened to the porters that where behind the europeans when the first group went to camp four????

[@safekicker]

I discovered your channel this summer, and really enjoy your content - not only the topics you cover, but the way you approach presenting it, in a respectful and informative manner. It's been a joy to see the editing become more polished, and also your engagement with your subscribers/viewers in comments. Keep up the great work!

[@JDPyrotechnics]

I live at 4300ft in Utah, only been to 14,000ft climbs, and that was pretty wild. I cannot imagine a climb that high without oxygen. Insane

[@shawntailor5485]

Pikes peak? Ft carson runs up during iron horse days .

[@threekblack217]

Here in India every summer millions of tourists drive up to a Himalayan pass that is situated at an altitude of 15000 feet where at 2 pm the weather starts to pack up before which you need to get out or get trapped in a snow storm or a blizzard or even an avalanche.

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

@@threekblack217 india, the country where everybody goes purposely against safe driving instructions of the weakly west

[@Otaku2803]

I trekked to the base camp of Nanga Parbat and passed out on the way. I could never imagine to go any further than that.

[@wrosebrock]

From low oxygen ?

[@bearcatracing007]

I passed out walking back from the pub.

[@Otaku2803]

@@wrosebrock that's what I assume, together with exhaustion

[@nelzelpher7158]

@@Otaku2803 Let’s go together, it’s literally base camp bro.

[@chickenlittle5095]

@@bearcatracing007 we all have (or will) climb that particular mountain 😂 the problems become apparent the next day when you wake up…

[@wynnpetsovich34]

Great job on the series of events at the end. Leaving out their names made it much easier to follow. I was watching a channel earlier that is similar to yours, where he had made a part so confusing and hard to follow that I felt like huge chunks were pretty much unwatchable but your narration and organization of information is way above the par for these kinds of videos. I hope you channel continues to grow I love your content.

[@unicornglitterfart5201]

While having my morning coffee today I was hoping for a new video from you very soon, and here you are! I didn't find you until recently and have already binged all of your stuff. I have a morning routine where death shall visit anyone who disturbs me before my morning cup of coffee and an episode or 2 from one of my favorite KZbinrs. I get up early to have this time. You are now a part of the designated me-time that even my husband and children aren't to encroach upon 🤣

[@b.w.22]

This is lovely. :)

[@alainlalonde]

lol

[@ripple_on_the_ocean]

I adore mountaineering tales, and I'm beyond grateful for your videos that share stories of the high peaks. The diagrams of the camps help immensely---- I'm usually peering back and forth between Google Earth and my book, trying to visualize what's going on. You rock.

[@niofo7713]

Love your channel. Not sure how much sources you can find about in english, but there is a fascinating case about polish climber Ryszard Pawłowski - in 1999 during a descent from mt Everest he had a camp of death at 8 500 m without any equipment for the whole night - and he lived just fine, while i think one other person who tried it alongside him died. It's so wild that some people just have some different endurance and they can survive stuff. And like with pulmonary or cerebral oedema - you can be just fine climbing several highest peaks and then it just hits you out of the blue. The most careful and meticulous climbers can die bcos of bad luck and coincidence, or experienced sherpas who climber the mountain so many times can just have one moment of bad luck after multiple successful climbs. You hear about this horrible decisions ppl have to make esp when descending and sth goes wrong - and they might either try to focus on saving themselves, or try to save the other person too, risking that they both die. You can't blame them for acting one way or another - in those situations and with their knowledge of surrounding and own experience it's their call to make.

[@worksmagic89]

Its hard finding people who tell stories the way Scary Interesting and Mr. Ballen does. Im glad I've found this channel

[@InfinityPizza]

just wanted to use my early comment to express how grateful i am for ur content, phenomenally structured fr!

[@Flies_the_limit]

The bad part of discovering a quality channel such as this in its early years is waiting for new content. The good part is when the new content drops! Woohoo! Got some popcorn with my name on it.

[@fizzles5]

Really felt like this group did everything right, as much as you can, in having a lot of manpower, supports, and a whole infrastructure to support their climb. but what can you do against a weeklong storm? nearly a hundred years later, and storms are still turning well-planned summit attempts lethal

[@SNP-1999]

It was interesting when Sean said that the mountain rises directly from the plains, making it even more impressive. I found the same impression in the Highlands of Scotland, where at times the mountains rise directly from sea level - therefore when comparing those mountains to the Austrian Alps, which of course are much higher, you are already at about 2,500 metres altitude in the surrounding countryside, so viewing 3,000 to 4,000 metres high mountains is less impressive due to the altitude of the viewer.

[@esk8er900]

I kinda miss the spooky musical drop when the SHTF part of the story kicks off…Solid work as always dude!!

[@flash_flood_area]

Yeah, I love that spooky intro music

[@neverthesame7887]

Yeah! Perfect timing! New subscriber, and always SO happy to see a video from your channel!

[@ankitadeshara8679]

Hi

[@aidanhart9871]

I've never been higher than 4700m on a mountain and I wonder how much difference an extra km or 2 would make in terms of altitude sickness. Fascinating videos.

[@maddyx3711]

The difference is day & night

[@randomcomment6068]

Huge.

[@emmyhynes5827]

colorado native here and imo any normal person (me 👋) starts to feel it at like 9/10k feet can't imagine 15+

[@aidanhart9871]

@@emmyhynes5827 I wonder if physical exertion makes a difference because during skydiving we'd regularly be up to 14-16,000 feet in a non pressurised plane and we'd be fine. We are just sitting though soo perhaps carrying a heavy pack up a steep mountain makes all the difference

[@filipferencak2717]

​@@aidanhart9871Yeah that is probably the reason. Climbing a steep area for hours with all sorts of stuff strapped to your body in cold conditions causes significantly more fatigue than sitting and jumping out of an airplane, I would imagine.

[@anikajain571]

Hi Sean, your vids just keep getting better, quality is superb, from research to narration and editing. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@sameeraabdoola4481]

You have a good voice for the videos. Makes it worthwhile listening to it. Also love how scientifically informative it is. Give us more

[@internationalparam]

You've really advanced in setting the prelude to the story and I love it

[@nibbles2589]

I luv how the sherpas/ porters have climbed the mountains hundreds of times, huge loads on their back, and use NO oxygen, and do all the exploring for safe routes, yet the Europeans get all the glory. That’s our history for ya

[@MissGreenTeaLady]

Altitude sickness is no joke. I went up to 10,000 feet earlier this year, meanwhile my hometown is at 200 feet. I was exhausted from the slightest bit of physical activity, I suffered headaches and exhaustion, and it felt like my brain was in a fog.

[@kokonana4086]

The enigma of the "UNKNOWN" is beyond my imagination and human's endeavor to reach the "UNKNOWN" is equally beyond my comprehension as well. RIP those who lost their lives on this very endeavor.

[@amyamy2673]

Fairy meadow is heaven !! Everyone visiting Pakistan must visit this piece of paradise

[@donald190]

Pakistan are beautiful

[@H0neyB2dg3r]

I think this is the best docs I've seen when it comes to explaining the reasons for each base camps location and what the atmosphere does to the body.

[@General_X]

I'm actually pretty opposed to this whole mountian climbing idea, at least the vintage one. The climbers wouldn't make it up there without the porters they hired, who only did it for the money they got for the job and literally set the camps and trial to be followed. It's like proudly announcing you walked across the road after someone else laid the asphalt and paved it for you.

[@swagmassa6702]

Amazing quality as always. I think one thing you could do is bring up a map of the mountain and highlight which area you're talking about. Example: You were talking about the east side of the mountain so you could highlight the east side on google maps just to make it more appealing

[@terryhughes7349]

Great use of pictures. Great storytelling.

[@TruthNeverFade]

Ayy I'm finally early! Thank you for continuously bringing cool and interesting video!

[@hufflebuff82]

I can’t be the only person who pictured RuPaul’s face taking up the entire side of the mountain when Sean mentioned the north side of the mountain.

[@everburninglamp]

I did too 😂

[@flickcentergaming680]

That's all I could think of.

[@lisaperry5999]

Tom Ballard,son of Allison Hargreaves,died a few years ago on this mountain,along with Daniel Nardi Good docu on it,The Last Mountain His mom died on K2 in 95 I want to see Fairy meadows someday You gotta take K Hwy to get there. Its the most dangerous road in the world. Edit:K range is extremely isolated. HAPE AND HACE can kill you unless you get to lower altitude

[@AUXdrone]

“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” ― Ernest Hemingway

[@loisreese2692]

Sean, this was an excellent episode. Thank you!

[@christinewatson1989]

"The RuPaul face" 😆

[@MrsSankta]

Omg i had to rewind it and put subtirles on. Was so confused

[@762Super]

You better work! 😂

[@muchtested]

In the "Death Zone"

[@hjpev6469]

You made the video, yay! This was the one I asked for a few months ago.

[@TheHectic0ne]

The picture of someone climbing in what looks like a jumper and some trousers gives me some serious 1930s energy.

[@difdaf436]

Love the content! Don’t know how these guys do/do this stuff.. not my cup of tea but I do enjoy hearing stories about it

[@thurayya8905]

I will never understand how anyone who is intelligent and sane would go anywhere labeled the Death Zone.

[@W-Gray]

Been watching all of your mountain videos the last couple of evenings. Really enjoying them! It's fascinating to learn about the intricacies of mountaineering while having your narrative accompanying it. Would be great to see more content about this topic. Thanks!

[@joeheid4757]

You know your high when your climbing and camping above the storm.

[@bholdr----0]

I have friends and acquaintances that have climbed some very high mountains (though not this one!), and they've all basically said that any very high altitude climbing (say 6500 meters plus) is like trying to run a marathon while breathing through a soda straw with the worst hangover of one's life (due to altitude sickness), and I believe it! I've never climbed or skied much more than @4400 meters, but even there, I felt/was weak, slow, out of breath, etc, compared to home at sea level, until i acclimatized. I can't imagine 8k... In 1934.

[@cainmathewson1857]

Doing this shit today with all the equipment, satellite imaging, and rescue worker availability is impressive. Doing this shit back in the early 20th century... Truly unbelievable

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

The story of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine attempting Everest and dying is what fascinates me most. The way George said he would leave his photo of Ruth at the summit and it wasn’t found on his body.. and his goggles were found in his pocket, suggesting he had fallen at night.. I just cannot stand the mystery of whether he and Sandy submitted the mountain or not. When I read that Sandy’s body and his camera have never been found but the theory is the Chinese took his body and the camera, I couldn’t believe it. Would they really take his body? Did they develop his film? And if so, did they screw it up or did the intentionally hide what they found just to keep their title? I wish someone big like James Cameron could investigate this once and for all and make a big film about it.

[@esotericpince]

i really liked the emphasis on the porters, made it a much more nuanced video to explain their financial situations too

[@natemorgan7367]

Scary Interesting's mountain climbing videos are some of my favorite content on KZbin.

[@colormetakenaback]

I'd definitely like to go to Kashmir to that fairy meadow 😍 That would be a mind bending view of that north face 🤯 I'll leave the mountain climbing to someone else but I'm down for mountain gazing from the soft grass of a meadow 😆

[@esteemedmortal5917]

Me too! We could have a picnic 🤣

[@colormetakenaback]

@@esteemedmortal5917 That would be the coolest picnic ever 😆 I need cheese and wine in front of the beast of a mountain! I think it's more impressive than Everest, personally. The drama of the north face I think is what it is. It's so gorgeous and shocking.

[@user-Rayyan123]

Just letting u know The guy provided some wrong information Nanga parbat is located in “Gilgit baltistan” region not Kashmir. If u come to Pakistan and go to Kashmir looking for nanga parbat 😅 you’ll be disappointed

[@colormetakenaback]

@@user-Rayyan123 lmao that's good to know!!! 😆😆😆 God could you imagine... the long trek and days and hours to get there and then go "well crap where did it go?!"

[@LordVulcan93]

The more I watch these videos, the more I want to get into Mountaineering despite the dangers.

[@Wreckz_Tea]

I love seeing these mountain climbers with their big fur coats and walking sticks. OG attire

[@dreadnoughtus2598]

8:00 - Just to be picky but why didn't the doctor bring oxygen up in the 1st place instead of sending him back to get some.

[@libtardiacitizen]

"Parbat" is a hindi word (sanskrit: Parvat) for mountains. In urdu mountains are called "Pahaad". The name Parvati is derived from Parbat/Parvat. Just correctly a minor mistake.

[@boaz2079]

Thanks for another mountain video man, I really enjoy( not the deaths) those vids. Can you make more?

[@CrickerLoverAsh]

Pakistan has K2 with the elevation of 8611metres ❤

[@ConvincedMe]

Yesss always post at the best time

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

I think colonialism also played a pretty big part in underdeveloping the area, hence the poverty, but I get your point.

[@surgeon229]

I had watched the Netflix documentary "14 Peaks" (highly recommend!) a couple years ago and was in absolute awe of the feat that Nimsdai and his team had achieved. Watching videos on this channel to understand just how deadly these peaks have been throughout history has gotten me newfound respect for Nimsdai and every other climb who attempts to climb these mountains.

[@fahadhashmi2889]

There was way more snow back then. Now you don't see much snow in feary meadows except the mountain itself.

[@mikehunt3420]

Been itching for another mountaineering video for a while

[@onism8906]

you should make a discord server for subscribers and people so we can join and suggest video ideas and just chat around!

[@Notoriouscj1]

Naaa he’s better then that

[@Tamtam-c4v]

He has a discord

[@blueindigoqueen7077]

Yes 🙌🏼 I so look forward to seeing ur new videos, u never disappoint! Keep up the great content 💙💙

[@wanderingwaypoints9809]

Largest vertical drop is Thor Peak on Baffin Island, Canada.

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Bro, you got my like just bc you correctly stated that the Air Pressure Drops above 27k feet instead of the fallacy that there's "Less Air/Oxygen" or the air is "Thinner"!! 👍👍 Idk why but has always driven nuts when ppl say that. 😂

[@Rashid-un2ql]

Woowh the mountain is just visible from the balcony of my home. And you blatantly said it's situated in Kashmir. Mind your words man, it's purely in Gilgit, not even it's tail falls in any Kasmiri region.

[@bdmenne]

WOW! Excellent blending of old documentary and modern style in one. Us older peeps appreciate your bridging.

[@MortyMT]

Checkout kailash parvat also know as lord shiva’s mountain, it too lies in Himalayas and is unclimbed because of supernatural powers the mountain holds

[@animalenthusiast]

thank you for including English subtitles 😆💕💕

[@neilcook9088]

I suppose by now the whole area looks like a municipal dump like Everest. These places should be pristine, but climbers have ruined them. All the high mountains should be out of bounds to climbers unless they bring back everything they take up there.

[@Maryaminx]

Not really, Everest is fairly unique in that regard. The second tallest mountain, K2, has only had about 400 people successfully summit it.

[@sarveshgovinder2775]

Ahh..my weekly dose of nope. Thank you :)

[@drumdad54sdl47]

While listening to this, I'm struck by what people will put themselves through in the name of hubris and ego. Just my take.

[@Merivio]

I'm not sure it's all ego and hubris, I think there is also a thirst for accomplishment that's personal, not relevant to anyone else's opinion of you, and also to explore the unknown.

[@BertMagurt]

@@Merivio Hubris

[@morakemokoena3644]

I’ll never understand why people choose to take such risks and do something they know is dangerous, doesn’t matter if it’s passion or adrenaline junkies or doing it to accomplish something, or a life long dream but going up there knowing full well there’s a high chance you will die, it’s honestly having no regard for your own human life to go and willingly put yourself in a situation that is very likely to take your life! Not caring about your life, the pain your family and kids will go through after losing you, just To be able to say you’ve climbed a mountain?

[@Merivio]

@@morakemokoena3644 Driving is very dangerous, but once you're experienced it becomes less of a threat. Take that principle and extrapolate. They clearly didn't think it was as dangerous as it was. It's easy for us to sit here and call them fools when we have 90 years of tech and knowledge over them.

[@MaximeDecroo]

What's happening with the left fencepost in the fairy meadows picture at 2:07? The post looks like it was cut horizontally into small chunks then glued back together. The reflection does not.

[@josi4251]

1:40 This mountain has a side called the "RuPaul face." AWESOME! (Yes, I know it's probably not named after one of my favorite queens. We can only dream of such an honor.)

[@flash_flood_area]

Made me wonder how RuPaul came to choose that name

[@braddockakalatis2]

@@flash_flood_area 2:00 is where the answer lies. lol. #Iloveallpeople

[@josi4251]

@@flash_flood_area He didn't choose it. His parent(s) did. He just made it FABULOUS

[@juliebear1505]

Thank you for including F and C plus feet and meters. I haven't had to with temp F or feet an inches for 5 decades.

[@moonliteX]

i had no clue Rupaul was so popular with climbers they named a face after him 😮😮😮😮

[@AsaSpadeSS]

Waiting for a video on the Dyatlov pass incident. I love listening to these.

[@Everydaythings_]

I have been to the Everest base camp, and the oxygen was already very low there. It was crazy af.. nanga parbat kills alot of people every year. I have also been to Umlingla and Khardungla both are above 18000ft above sea level and after 10 mins you start feeling dizzy, cant believe what happens at the death zone

[@commanderblood2147]

Your scary interesting intro does a wonderful job at setting the tone. I love it and watch all your videos

[@stellastellerstar6153]

Thank you for another upload. I enjoy your videos.

[@NathanielNabb]

You're a true expert in your field. Keep it up!

[@marklangille5492]

Sean’s storytelling Saturdays. Love the content

[@marcusrose6620]

Bring back the old music please thanks for all the great content

[@Rumpelstiltz]

Honestly your background music is the best in the scene. Love it!

[@mtuggle86]

I Absolutely loved your videos such as The Eiger and caving disasters way are they gone?