Quest For K2 Surviving The Summit

[@ikkhan2581]

I am from Pakistani and I am from the northern areas of Pakistan 🇵🇰. K2 is about 10 Hours from my town by Jeep. I am proud of each n every inch of my Motherland. I am very happy for those who have achieved the summit. But after seeing this video, I am also very sad 😢 that the a mother and a young wife is died n never found 😢😢. On the other hand I respect those Chileans who made it and there team work and humanity save a life a of there friend. And they do not live him alone ⛰. Respect ✊ for those all. And my condolences to those who left us for ever 🌹 my God be pleased with them and give them rest in haven 🤲🏼. Pakistan Zindabad

[@Kill666pain]

Since when is it possible to drive to the foot of k2?

[@b.w.22]

Man, that Chilean group was incredible. Just doing absolutely all they could and what they must to bring their whole summit team down safely. Far from the “every man for himself in the death zone” attitude that has surely saved many but doomed some others, these guys showed what partnership and compassion is all about. Not only did Christian not abandon Miguel, he went back for his oxygen. Mitrian(?) nearly didn’t summit, he was so exhausted, yet he also retraced 600’ of altitude to deliver supplies and hot drink to his friends. One of the most inspiring and touching stories from the 8000m mountains that I’ve ever heard. Bravo guys.

[@hasanmir]

The commentator said something very profound. The will to win can be even stronger than the will to survive. That is why most people will die on the descent.

[@Madmen604]

The will to win. Is that the motivation here?

[@ingracebyfaith]

this is just folly.. EVERYONE is going to die: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. This life is short ... get right with God through Jesus Christ for eternity!

[@Mrbfgray]

@@ingracebyfaith Don't forget a few thousand other God's to cover your bases!

[@kristinamoon9138]

@@Mrbfgray there is only one God...Jesus. He said He is God. John 10:30 "I and the Father are one."

[@woowah32]

@@kristinamoon9138 what about Zeus?

[@incidentalist]

Dude was tripping at the top of K2, impressive!!! RIP to all who never made it back!

[@gowman813]

Jeff Lakes (Cdn) was a childhood friend of mine. As teenagers, we skied together on Red Mtn, Rossland, BC. He got into climbing, I went to University. Ran into him in Rossland in '93... & he was talking about having become more involved in mountaineering. I told him to be careful. He was a good friend.

[@donaldknowles9640]

RIP Jeff Lakes died on K2 1995

[@melaniewalker5226]

The loud music drowning out any narration totally destroyed this video for me.

[@adeelayub80]

Tragically, Allison Hargreaves Son who had also taken up mountaineering, died at Nanga Parbat in 2018.

[@80_vee39]

All of the hardships and sacrifices that people go through to climb these mountains is so inspiring. Humans can accomplish so much

[@marguskiis7711]

And what for?

[@mwg911hk]

Ok guys we have 3 minutes at the summit before we must go down.. what? 3 hours? Perfect! Lol

[@Hassingerjeff]

God damn it Miguel you jeopardized the entire mission. I'll have your badge for this!!!

[@sinistral9629]

Ghastly, blaring, distracting, intensely irritating and totally unnecessary. I'm talking about the music, of course.

[@mofomartianp]

Caty M holy fuck it's beyond atrocious

[@armandojuan64]

Yes .

[@khunopie9159]

I LIKE THE SONGS!

[@rahkinrah1963]

Nat Geo...

[@seer1623]

Hilarious! Thanks for the laugh.

[@Wayneh58]

2024 watching again

[@eraparyana1503]

Instead of noisy music please give the video natural sounds of climbing,footsteps on snow,climbers talks,their every second voice...

[@AdurxIsd]

@Eddie Gooden you must have been the bitch guy in school

[@PiperTMTotalWar]

it's a documentary released many years ago

[@katana5562]

Erap Aryana He can‘t change it.

[@lronbutters5688]

Turn your sound down/off put on closed captioning (;

[@Fano316]

It's just too loud!!

[@lindaleibach4021]

Music so loud, you can't hear the narration.

[@melaniewalker5226]

Yes the music absolutely ruined this video, which is a shame.

Spinx Yep I think we all feel the same way so fucking annoying you came here at the fucking narrator says this is so fucking annoying I want to watch the story with the bullshit music is killing the whole video

[@etothe549]

if you have a family at home you have no business climbing K2, its as simple as that.

[@MerleLove-r1e]

You are absolutely right

[@MadhuSudhan014]

Please fire the guy who made the music for this!

[@sportsmediaamerica]

LOL! I just came to post the same thing!!!

[@oneactionman]

Don't watch then

[@TProfileG]

@vtrevlyn39 I cant stand him already.

[@harrickvharrick3957]

that's the style of the eighties dude

Madhusudhan S Fucking exactly you can’t even hear half of what the guys fucking saying stupid fucking music is not even good but it’s so goddamn loud and he even hear the narrator

[@annA48126]

It's so sad to me how, when these climbers are in dire trouble, their thoughts turn to their loved ones' back home..Sad because they were prepared to to throw their life away, all for the sake of a mountain.. I just can't get my head around the fact of someone being prepared to leave their kids fatherless/motherless. Sorry, but I think it's incredibly selfish.

[@mmlinma]

The will to survive is rational. The will to win is descarding reason. That’s why they find ways to fool themselves into thinking abandoning their spouses and kids are ok. Selfishness trumps reason. Totally opposite of care for others.

[@steadyc9277]

@@mmlinma Yep.

[@70mjc]

annA48126 and they can’t understand your desire to live an average, unremarkable, forgetful life

[@goognamgoognw6637]

selfish ? It depends how young the children are. As for spouse, that's who they married.

[@Wildarux]

Nobody goes to the mountains to die and you can die or hurt yourself everywhere. Life is short folks - don't deny the right to live it on the edge. Kids will survive - not having a father has never killed someone - the society unable/unwilling to step in did. Also - if everyone sits scared about their little world we will get nowhere. Nobody will fly out to live on the Moon, Mars or go interstellar. Nobody will inspire others into something more than bland consumption vegetative state. It's sad to see how people are quick to judge others on their life choices. Life is short -live it your way or die unfulfilled and broken.

[@millercs123]

Why play the music in the background. It adds nothing and detracts from the clarity of the voices.

[@DJSouthFlorida]

How did you summit the mountain when you started to hallucinate palm trees 🌴 growing out of the snow? I thought when hallucination starts to set in. That is the sign for a climber to descend to a lower altitude?

[@ANTINUTZI]

... I actually managed to find, and collect 2 polished slabs of K2 flank white granite, with those amazingly unique bright blue copper compound spot inclusions. They're looking down on me from my bookshelf as I type ...

[@erinmarie99]

Thomas Cervasio boring anecdote

[@JojoplusBo]

....I have a piece of polished K2 granite also from the base of K2 .....one of my favourite pieces in my collection because of its stunning blue deposits and also because it’s the closest I will ever get to this magnificent beast!

[@Felipe_Ribeir0]

I have one from the summit, because everyday i have to climb k2 to go to school

[@promax9159]

@@Felipe_Ribeir0 😂😂😂

[@alexisgordon2759]

Super cool 😎

[@edwrdseaga63]

15:37 spectacular sunset is right! I'm sorry Alison didn't make it back to her children 😔 Her son died as a teenager in a subsequent mountain accident, too 😣

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Edward that's a shame. She talked about being homesick and thinking obsessively about her kids while at high altitude. And that's ironic because she could have been with them if she wanted. Her ego was more important than those dear children 😫

[@edwrdseaga63]

@@houseofsolomon2440 I hope no one heralds her as "heroic". She abandoned her family on a 'personal journey of discovery' (read ego-fest). Her husband even refused to believe she was dead, discounting witnesses who saw her body. What a mess! Her kids were absolutely devastated. But ok, let's double down & applaud her ability to ignore all those around her who loved her so much. Do your thing, Alison. Who cares about those adorable kids, anyway. Husband should be ok, as he was in denial @ her death.

[@theoneandonlyveganvampireq2450]

Her son Tom was 30 when he died on nanga parbat the killer mountain

[@random_thoughts5343]

@@edwrdseaga63 as a mother I can't think of any summit experience could be as awesome as the special moments I spent with my children..no risk would be worth missing watching them grow, graduations, weddings.. seeing my children's children born.

[@santanurakshit6690]

The loud music destroyed the narration.

[@kentucy9999]

Peter Hillary {Edmund Hillary's son} wrote a two page synopsis of the tragedy surrounding Alison Hargreaves which was absolutely amazing. He was on the climb and turned back. They {he, Hargreaves, and about 5 or 6 others} were about to go up the Bottleneck but Peter turned back. Alison was actually standing ahead of him waving him forward, "c'mon" but he was uncomfortable. Some angry lenticular clouds were rolling in and he got a bad feeling {mountaineers who live respond to those "bad feelings."} So Alison and a couple of Spaniards, and a few others {6 or 7 in all} made it to the top but that was it. A vicious storm rolled in suddenly with vicious winds and they were all literally blown off the mountain..............do not pass go do not collect $200. Heck, Peter had all he could do to get back to the tents. Peter wrote this chilling account of it though {Greg Child's wrote a chapter about it in one of his short story books called "That Dangerous Summer" or something to that affect.............very good.} The last chapter of Peter's description is amazing though. It went something like this, "imagine yourself in a locked trailer. The trailer is pitch black. It is 30 degrees below zero and the wind is blowing 100 mph. The trailer is tipped on its side."...................That is not remotely as good as Peter's description..................If you can Google it............Peter Hillary K2 article.............or Peter Hillary on Alison Hargreaves. You'll find it.

[@darkwitch8648]

kentucy9999 I read that. He heard Alison on the radio saying she was on the summit, just as the wind started getting really bad and he just said “Oh my God..”. He then went on to say that “it's like being in space with no way back. You might as well hitch a ride from a passing spaceship.” Terrifying description. He knew the rest of the group was suffering summit fever and so he turned back just in time. Did they ever find Alison’s body? Supposedly she got thrown off the summit and landed somewhere off camp 3, which is quite far.

[@right740]

Roy W sadly Jeff lakes turned back a little too far in, you should read about what happened to him.

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

@@right740 Jeff Lakes was a beast, took him 30+hrs to get back to the tent. He never gave up

[@mariawratten2136]

I had the pleasure of meeting Peter Hillary in 1996 when I was in high school. His account was chilling and profound. An amazing man.

[@katana5562]

kentucy9999 Oh thanks!

[@tormon506]

When I was a teen, I climbed the alps as well as East German, Czech and Polish mountains and rocks, in both summer and winter. "Summit" had never occurred to me then. It just didn't mean anything. I never actually sought that marking stone that apparently means I "conquered" the mountain. That was before social media and I'd never talked to climbers before. I didn't even know "summitting" was a thing, haha.

[@majid1271]

K2 mountain is the beast toughest to climb and the most dangerous to climb in the World

[@raeesrana8270]

feeling very sorry for the lady, she had the courage to summit k2 and she gave her fascination of conquering the peak and she gave it all to this fascination, may god bless her soul in heavens

[@Stalley75]

***** I agree. She is a POS

[@mithrilmoon1]

+TheFridge2916 She was in her 30s. She needed to be at peak fitness to even try to summit K2 without oxygen. These people are driven by the desire to conquer mountains. They don't think like the rest of us. They need to climb, and to break records. Who in their right mind would try such a terrifying feat? They are possessed. She'd succeeded spectacularly three months before, on Everest, and was celebrated and praised the world over. Perhaps she felt she was on a roll and had to keep going. Calling her a 'pos' is vicious and unfair. You don't know what drives such a person. They are exceptional human beings who strive to be the very best at what they do. RIP Alison. I could not have left young children behind but then, I'm not a world class mountain climber. She was drawn by an urge she perhaps could not control.

[@mithrilmoon1]

Serena kristin Well said! Sick of people judging others. She was an amazing person - gifted and supremely courageous. Did she ever really stop to think that she might die on K2? Probably but if so maybe not for long. It's hard for people to truly envisage their own deaths, especially when they are young, supremely fit and know what they're doing. She was blown off the mountain in a storm that was even worse than expected. As for those saying oh, I have kids and I wouldn't do it - well, so do I and neither would I. You still have no right to judge Ms Hargreaves. She surely thought she'd come through after much struggle and then, who knows? Perhaps retire.

[@chancieacres]

I hope you are aware, Paula, that all alpine extreme climbers KNOW they can DIE during any climb of such monstrous mountains. Alison knew full well she could easily die on K2, any climber of Everest, K2, Eiger, etc knows the extreme risks they take and that death can come with it. She climbed regardless of knowing the risk of dying and that she would leave her family behind, as most extreme mountaineers do. The storm was approaching and she knew this, as did others, unfortunately they didn't heed the storm's approach and kept going. Peter was the only one who realized if he didn't turn back then that he would die, like the rest of them did, and he lived to tell the tale. There are certain times in life that maybe reaching the summit on another day instead of pressing forward is more important than ascending to your death and never seeing your children again.

[@darkwitch8648]

Supposedly Hillary warned the group about the incoming weather multiple times but they kept going. Summit fever is real.

[@dianac2498]

It may be a dumb question but how would Allison have lost a boot and pull over shirt, both of which i assume she would have been wearing? It was said it was extremely windy but I can’t imagine it would knock one out of their attire. I am wondering because it makes me think she may have begun to take her clothing off due to hypothermia. Although that doesn’t make sense either, given the short time between the summit and when her items were seen. It’s truly tragic she lost her life. That all of them did. I love climbing but know I could never do anything like this. Admirable.

[@AlanpittsS2a]

You will never do anything if you say you cant before trying.

[@hannessonnenschein360]

It is said that when a mountaineer falls of a mountain this high their bodies get torn apart the further they drop and they even slip out of their snow suits and basically all their clothes.

[@MrLarry28]

K2 is notoriously rocky and slated. When a climber falls off k2 they never reach the bottom in one piece. It's said there is not bodies all over the bottom of k2 but body parts. There is a few videos on this with climbers describing this.

[@dianac2498]

@@MrLarry28 Thank you for explaining this. How tragic but it sounds like a quick death. I’m glad she didn’t freeze to death after a fall. I guess they go up this mountain knowing it’s a gamble to some degree. She was a stellar climber so without that storm she would have made it.

[@babybutchie]

Recurring "theme" is lousy music on mountaineering vids.

[@R3adybreck]

68 days stuck in bad weather. You can't say K2 didn't warn them.

[@mariemoller9901]

One more great documentary DESTROYED by TOO LOUD background music.

[@kentucy9999]

K2 the magnificent. Annapurna and K2 are the ultimate test's.

[@kevinbrooks1104]

It's not a test ,it's life or death

[@majamikus1606]

The first woman on Mount Evetest 1978 and k2 1986 was Polish Wanda Rutkiewicz

[@karimimamdad3516]

1976 the polish climbers attempted north route which is the longest ridge of K2, infront of Skyangkangri; the last above 7,000 peak stand on the demarcation line of Pakistan Chinese border.

[@jawadakram6848]

Oh dears! K2 is the most Hardest among all 8000's.yet Annapurna has the death toll because new climbers climb MT Everest first and then others, Leaving K2 at the end because a mountaineer knows without the experience of Other 8000's, K2 simply become suicidal mission.Those who died at Annapurna among them only 2 or 3 of them summit K2 and other never even tried K2. Those who died on K2 90% of them having Annapurna and other 8000 peaks in their hands. Those who come to K2 wither they succeed or not but most of them having other 8000's peaks in thier hands Or atleast 2 summits Annapurna and NangaParbat (Only then they dare to go for K2). Summit other 8000 peaks is a kind of certification for K2. K2 having the highest percentage of failed expeditions then others. I personally love Mt Everest it looks like a Joint beast is setting on earth.very very very beautiful Mountain and then of course the nameless mountain of earth K2, Standing alone and playing with the mind of best high altitude climbers. Such a obsession.

[@gordonbuchan2568]

+jawad akram Right now a handful of climbers are on Nanga Parbat in an attempt to make the first winter ascent of the mountain, IF they are successful it leaves only K2 as the only mountain never beaten in the winter and I hear from guys like Moro it may NEVER be climbed in the winter

[@karlogjam]

jawad akram you are a fucktard

[@Postermaestro]

KR lmfao

[@Felipe_Ribeir0]

jawad akram i actually found a lot of pro climbers telling that annapurna is the deadliest montain of the world, even than k2

[@TheTriformationT]

Can someone please help can't understand what's going all I can hear is music

[@moritz2464]

K2 is superior to Everest....simply because, you have to b a mountaineer to summit...not just a person with money and hire someone to bring u to the summit!!!!!!

[@DonLee1980]

nobody will say, "I climbed Everest - taking the harder route" It's either you climbed it or not. You don't get rewarded for doing the more difficult way. Everyone assumes you take the easiest and safest way. K2 is superior in the sense it's much more difficult and dangerous, and much more for the exclusive mountaineer club. On another note, Everest is not the tallest mountain from its base, nor is it the tallest point from the center of the earth.

[@DonLee1980]

Big Sam lol you are pathetic. Just in this comment section you’ve copied and pasted the same shit so many times. Everest isn’t exclusive. That is a fact because it can be done much more easily. Fact.

[@DonLee1980]

Dude, you're an Everest Fanboy I know. No sane person is going to be writing the same comments to reply to 100 people in the comment section. Enjoy Everest man. Hope you climb it one day.

[@hamzamehmood1976]

K2 easiest part is more tough than most difficult part of Everest

[@lewistaylor2858]

@@hamzamehmood1976 yep that is utter rubbish

[@78XT500]

Edmund Hillary strongly disapproves of the music.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

"Sir ed" is a bully and a wind-bag.

[@redthunderheart5783]

Screw the loud music!!!

[@michaelsabella5924]

Why weren't the other climbers that died with Allison mentioned here, well their names that is, are their lives less meaningful, did they have no family at all anywhere. For the family of those climbers I feel sorry... They had no say in this at all, but now I guess just need to suck it up.

[@Restless_Hermit80]

Can barely hear the narrator through the music

[@smackjack8769]

At 1:50 the climber shown looks like he could be the ‘green boots’ climber who died in a small cave on Everest and is still there. Has anyone else noticed this? The outfit matches exactly and the guy died in 1996 just after this documentary was made. What are the chances???

[@shruthidesai1492]

Smackjack 87 Green boots was from Nepal, not Chile

[@houseofsolomon2440]

jack, the outfit matched exactly 💯. Blue pants, red jacket, chartreuse koflach hard boots. Coincidence? I think not

[@isabeljaramillo3835]

The Chileans are my favorite.

[@sainte5]

me emociono el final!

[@Peppermint1]

Great filming. Imagine the guy holding the 8mm camera

[@verrelle66]

Interesting but music is too loud, some comments are barely audible.

[@user-nw2si7hu3u]

8,000m + mountains are so high when there’s a low pressure system in the atmosphere outer space literally gets pulled down and the climbers are in shallow space. That’s why it gets so un-earthly cold up there because you’re literally in space ! Super dangerous fact about high altitude climbing

[@TeamAsia86]

Hold the phone. in the opening sequence, is that green boots? The guy who froze on Everest?

[@katana5562]

TeamAsia86 There are around 200 bodies frozen on Everest.

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

22:20 wouldn't wine have extreme effects under the oxygen deprivation they faced?

[@jumboJetPilot]

heightsofsagarmatha Most definitely! The feeling of being “buzzed” by alcohol is the OH- displacing O2 from the blood which starves the brain of oxygen. If you hold your breath eventually you’ll get the exact same feeling that being drunk causes.

[@sainte5]

apparently not!!!

[@1310beth]

From what I've read they each only had a small, tiny sip of the wine. Pouring it in that big glass we saw in the video was mostly ceremonial.

[@sylviehawes5654]

Why the music . It's to loud

[@pauldebono7567]

At certain poits you could hardly hear the commentator. The music is too loud .

[@70mjc]

K2 is in the Karskorum range, not the Himalayan...

[@Facelesshassy]

Karakoram*

[@joannasarcamedes8191]

was that green boots in the intro clips?

[@katana5562]

Joannas Arcamedes Where??

[@joannasarcamedes8191]

@@katana5562 1: 49 - 1:54....alive! i may be wrong... because green boots is on everest i think....

[@jobrownsmith116]

When I saw that I though, 'why would anyone buy "green boots" after what happen on Everest." He died May/96 on Mount Everest. He's believed to be Tsewang Paljor but it may also be teammate Dorje Morup that also died on that same day. If one could find out if either were at K2 it could be a clue to the true identity of "green boots."

[@zZmiLLi]

"..and his crew were without peer, the strongest group of high altitude climbers in the world." Kind of sad how that guy leaves the Sherpas and similar people out of that "class".

[@hymnodyhands]

They were too far ABOVE him, and he knew it...

[@colemacdougall3663]

Lol to the previous comment “3 hours ? Perfect! I’m just gonna lay down and take a nap”

[@stijno9460]

Himalayan mountains? Is karakoram part of the himalaya? Never knew

[@mohye27]

Stijn Ouderland Karakoram is not part of Himalayan mountains. I don't think so

[@kathyborthwick6738LakotaEmoji]

Stijn Ouderland The Karakoram is the Himalayas!

[@sportsmediaamerica]

I caught that too. Thought they were separate ranges.

[@nogoodboyo1921]

Kathy Borthwick different range- Karakoram , Himalayas and Hindu Kush - all separate rages meet more or less at Giligit in Pakistan. Recommend the Pathan Chicken House In Gilgit- gorgeous food!

[@klppdc]

​@@nogoodboyo1921 Gilgit Baltistan part of Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

[@jeffrekiel3894]

I swear at 1:50 the climber climbing is the same infamous green boots whom sadly rests on Everest still. The outfit looks similar.

[@mikepalmer4371]

Dayne Jah I just commented the same... then scrolled down and saw yours, I totally agree, same color pants jacket and bluish crampons

[@regionalaustralia5455]

None of their bodies have been recovered how you got the video she made

[@zenozama5798]

maybe she left it at base camp before ascending to the summit

[@zenozama5798]

remember they have to climb back n forth to acclimatize

[@dizzyjayde]

You can't move the bodies to recover them but you could take cameras etc

[@chena3]

if one goes to the mountains seeking fame and fortune oft of times they find neither Hubris is a cruel master..

[@Gregoryt700]

Harder than Everest - don't know why it doesn't get more publicity

[@laaarsn]

It's quite obvious. It's the world's 2nd highest mountain. :-)

[@laaarsn]

David F Yes, I can see you have found your way to the list of 8thousanders at wiki :-) K2 is simply too difficult for "regular" people to climb, and they are usually the attention seekers wanting to brag about their achievements in social media. Real mountaineers don't care too much of the attention and publicity (my theory of course). I just can't see some of the top mountaineers like Messner, Ueli Steck, Simone Moro, Boukreev (rip) etc summiting some 8k peaks and immediately post it to instagram. :-) If you've seen some of the documentaries of Everest at Discovery, many of the expiditon members even admit they don't care too much about mountaineering, they just want to be on top of the world, and show it to everybody else, which I think is not the optional attitude. :-)

[@bodsnvimto]

The sheer remoteness alone is one reason. Why lug a camera crew all the way to the Karakoram when all but two of the top 10 mountains are far easier to get to? The weather is another reason. The chances of being holed up for days, even weeks, on end... But perhaps the sheer difficulty of humping a telly-worthy camera to the top is the main drawback. Unlike Everest, K2 is far, far, far more than a high altitude fell walk with occasional steep bits with ladders in place.

[@rocnoir4233]

Annapurna south trumps both IMO.

[@rocnoir4233]

I don't bother with wikipedia. Mainly the 452 climbing books I own. And travel experiences also. But there's no shame in it. It's there to be used why is it an issue ?

[@aminkasbi]

Thanks! But the music is horrible and too loud. Sometimes it's even not possible to hear what's being said

[@brianrains1246]

What part of this are you guys not getting. 1 out 3 climbs die on K2, 1 out of 7 die on Everest. K2 is the harder of the two and it has not been turned into a business for guide services to take anybody with money to the Peak

[@hasanmir]

+Brian Rains And those numbers would be even worse if amateur climbers started flocking to the K2 like they do to the Everest.

[@Felipe_Ribeir0]

Everest is about 3/100 nowadays

[@houseofsolomon2440]

@@DavidF9511 Current fatality rate at K2 is 20%. Ahh, mountain become kinder. namaste 🙏🏽 🗻 lol

[@houseofsolomon2440]

@@DavidF9511 I went back to my less-than-current source, 'explorersweb.com' from 2014 : ( The statistics seems to shift from season to season & from source to source. I've even seen numbers as high as 30% fatality rate somewhere. Happy to let others be those statistics 😉

[@houseofsolomon2440]

@@DavidF9511 That is interesting @ the ascent being more dangerous than descent. Testimony to it's scale of difficulty 🧗‍♂️

[@Gregoryt700]

It's rather a pity Everest has become so commercialized. I suspect death rate on Everest is higher even than it should be these days, cause many have no business trying to climb it. When you see docs on what Hillary and Tenzing did, the romanticism has clearly been lost. That last bit after the south summit still seems unbelievable at the time; sadly all that is in the past now.

[@fred.wright]

This comment didn't age well. Everest is one hundred percent commercialized

[@AY-qf4pg]

@@fred.wright that's exactly what he said? But he's wrong on the death rate, it's been getting lower on Everest. Soon they'll build a McDonald's on the summit.

[@fred.wright]

@@AY-qf4pg I understand that. I was trying to say he was right and it's now basically one hundred percent commercialized and it didn't age well because it's not a good thing. I'm waiting on the McDonalds at the top and then I'll do my climb.

[@michaelsabella5924]

I say this for kids of the lady that died... Any parent with children should not risk their lives with a mountain like K2. This is selfish of any climbers with kids that do risk the climb as it leaves their kids parentless, so incredibly sad. NO friggen mountain is worth dying over esp when you have people that rely on you...

[@shomik74guha]

The kid died climbing, too... Like mother like son

[@mikepalmer4371]

Green boots at 1:50?

[@katana5562]

Mike Palmer Greenboots was on Everest 1996. His name was Tsewang Paljor from India. He died on the north side of the summit. A lot of people have neon green boots.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Mike - I actually think you're onto something. Paljor ('green boots') had the same blue pants and red jacket. And the same chartreuse koflach hard climbing boots. Not a coincidence. And very nice catch there.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

If I make it, I can go to Tahiti again. This climbing is what rich people do.

[@ac0ncernedcitizen]

How could they carry enough food for 68 days?

[@Facelesshassy]

Porters carry them to the base camp and high altitude porters can take them up to camp 3 or 4

[@jmdelfa]

The music is irritating !!!

[@blackcatsarenopussies]

Great documentary. Fucking soundtrack. It's like Starwars OST turned to 11

[@Gregoryt700]

Ps... Not to mention the days of Mallory & co. Those were heroic efforts by true professionals

[@williambarkho]

mallory was a absolute stud

[@daisysuspiria]

It's all very well to follow your passions but once you decide to become a mother and have children who are still very young, going to climb a very dangerous mountain seems really selfish and irresponsible. There are plenty other thrilling and safer sports and activities you can participate in.

[@TheJer1963]

+Eva Satnikova Safer sports, she should have been on The Isle of Man running the TT race. One of the safest sports in the world.

[@daisysuspiria]

I really and truly understand when people are passionate about certain things. That is why I haven't had children yet, I want to climb, and be a,little selfish... If you make a huge decision to create a human being, be responsible for guiding them..and you can't do that if you are dead.

[@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111]

they dont run that dude they use motorbikes

[@incomemobile8566]

Just take your kids up the mountain with you. Just remember the family that climbs together 'climb together'. Some even fly. Way up high. In the sky. And THAT is called family cohesion purpose and transcendence. A concept foreign to mere earthings. Who only understand and value gaudy weddings .. then divorce. So the best way to wind up on top is to climb to the top. One for all and all for one.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Agreed, Eva.

[@doragarza643]

I don't know if I'll never get there? But I'll keep trying till I dont get up ,

[@MilesBellas]

14:20 For Whom The Bell Tolls

[@frostbitefilmsproductions6943]

Truly said ,it is a Savage Mountain

[@ianmyers6643]

The background Music is too loud. Very annoying.

[@yasminenazarine1629]

The music much higher than narrated lower your music please

[@valver86]

The sound man on this needs the sack!

[@suecc1234]

Totally spoiled by loud music.

[@TheTriformationT]

This is recored from a museum video

[@MiffetBlue]

#1. So many lives would be saved if only people thought ‘Oh! The weather’s bad? Let’s not go’. Instead of ‘Oh! The weather’s bad? Let’s go anyways’. #2. If she was new to the climbing world she wasn’t a seasoned pro.

[@AuntieKnowsKitchen]

The music killed my interest after 5 min

[@hive71recordinz89]

Good would have been better but music volume was ridiculously high

[@dereks7061]

At the 17:56 mark - to the bottom left it looks like a very familiar figure there... one that is telling you not to enter 😱

[@TheBigT79]

Rick Ridgeway is Flea from the Chilli Peppers. Absolute doppelganger.

[@shomik74guha]

👍 yup

[@freddiem1963]

It doesn't look that big until you're probably on it ..

[@jupitorious7925]

Why don't you conquer your desires before your children are born or once they've left home..!

[@thelasthourgetready]

You go when yr heart says. When you feel it.

[@alexisgordon2759]

This was a touching documentary

[@muhammadsajjad.7862]

when u come to k2 give respect otherwise your history. and the peoples who conquer k2 are realy brave....

[@kathyborthwick6738LakotaEmoji]

The Polish made the Abruzzi - best Jureck!

[@gordonbuchan2568]

As I write Simone Moro, Alex Txikon, Tamara Lunger and a few brave others are attempting to be the first to summit Nanga Parbat in the winter. If one of them succeeds it leaves only K2 unclimbed in the winter. People talk like climbing these 8000 metre peaks has become easy because they have been climbed many times but when you actually think that 5000 people have stood on the summit of Everest that is 5ooo people who have waited on the perfect time to summit, that is 5000 who have had to use specialised gear, that is 5000 out of 6 BILLION. Climbing these mountains is certainly no easy feat and climbers must wait until the mountain allows them to reach the top because these summits are not accessible for large chunks of the year. K2 most probably will not see someone standing on its summit in my lifetime and even in the most perfect weather only the best can summit

[@moncsa80]

Well without discrediting the effort going into the work I need to add, a good chunk of those 5000 ppl are who had 50-120k dollars to try the summit. And that is also a huge factor. Not saying the price will prevent you from getting HAS, frost bite, swept by avalanche but it seems to me that the climbing is so commercialised now that some ppl are learning to use equipments on the way up and skipping apprenticeship (so to speak) just because they have the funds and fund moneygrabbing companies who are willing to take them up no matter what. That is certainly takes away some credit of climbing. And I am not saying that if I'd have the money I would not try it myself but first I'd make sure I have certain level of experience in climbing beyond 8000m...

[@Felipe_Ribeir0]

moncsa80 how would you have beyond 8km climbing experience? Isnt everest the easiest km beyond montain?

[@promax9159]

Did they succeed summitting nanga parbat ?

[@RolnOrangeClvrs]

I just don't understand how you attempt something like this with kids in your charge. Hargreaves was selfish.

[@darkwitch8648]

Supposedly she was beaten by her husband and so she did this as sort of an outlet. Might make sense why she seemed to have a death wish.

[@ladiat]

Maybe she was selfish. But why does this shit only ever get said about the women?... What about those men who also died along with her, or on other occassions? Where they fathers? Did they leave children behind? Did they think about their children needing a father too, rather than thinking only about themselves and their climbing?... I guess since she's a woman, we've GOT to find some negative shit to say...

[@pawanshrivastava7405]

Bang On! This was the first thought in my mind.

[@seer1623]

Actually I’ve said it numerous times about the men. They’re all idiots.

[@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111]

that is bullshit lol, why would you want to spread such a horrible rumour?

[@neexo7410]

did he just say they sat for 3 hours drinking wine ontop of K2

neexo Yeah did they seriously carry fucking wine glasses to the top of that fucking mountain are you kidding me right now how fucking frivolous and arrogant is that shit

[@S1191669]

But can they survive the summit of K3?

[@MARIEKAYALI2]

I reckon i could get to the top one day in my lifetime, if they fit escalators in lol

[@munawarali733]

Now the road to Skardu from Gilgit is being widened

[@MilesBellas]

14:45 mountains aren't rushed .....ambition for achievement shouldn't be the purpose...

[@yousafmic4407]

K2 is King of all mountain

[@poyosis]

Damn music doesn’t let me hear the commentator’s voice

[@scott22401]

and where do they poop and pee? in their suits. I have never seen any doc with TP

[@yukimasaheppe]

I wonder that as well. Like,hundreds of people peeing and pooping on Everest .......where does it all go if it stays frozen forever......

[@thelasthourgetready]

Behind rocks or In plastic bags and bury it. Some expeditions collect it all in one big bag and take it off on some mountains.

[@joannafreedom7914]

They go where ever. It's actually really gross. It's also contaminated the mountain water that locals rely on. Everest is the worst. Shit and piss everywhere.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

@@joannafreedom7914 Don't forget rotting corpses that thaw in sunny warm months - leaches into groundwater 🤮

[@catotjernstad331]

Who stays 3 hours on the summit of K2 or other 8'k summits or lower, for that matter? Not a good idea.

[@principecaprincipeca2243]

Oh, well. Alison Hargreaveses 30 yeras son just died in Pakistanin trying to climb Nanga Parbat.

[@poyosis]

So... what happened to Miguel?

[@jojobar5877]

He went on to play for the Detroit Tigers