The Call of Everest | Conrad Anker | Talks at Google

[@scottsmith4145]

Apparently Mr. Anker has not studied Mallory's 1924 expedition as much as he ought to. If he had he'd likely come to a much different conclusion. I believe today 99.9% Mallory and Irvine made the summit and they traversed below the ridge avoiding the so called "steps" entirely. They followed a variation of Norton's route. The last man to see them alive was Odell and he testified he saw them at the base of the summit pyramid! That is past the difficult sections and the above the couloir. They died from a fall coming down because they ran out of light, oxygen and suffering exposure to the elements,, but its highly probable they summited!

[@RussellStrosnider]

Agreed

[@momo1momo]

Agreed

[@allanfifield8256]

It's possible. It is not highly possible.

[@incidentalist]

Amazing seeing how they were able to climb in ANTIQUE gear. Oh, and THE SMOKING! Really, a true feat. And, I happen to think Mallory made it, where else would the picture be he was gonna plant!? Guess, will always remain a mystery unless someone digs down 10 ft of snow on the summit lol. Might be a bit too hard at that altitude :D Great vid, been on a climbing kick last couple weeks, very very interesting stuff! And ALL the haters on KZbin is AMAZING, these people who make these comments would be the ones reaching the khumbu and either cry or turn around..... People always hate those at the top, clear example of it. Congrats to ALL who have scaled these peaks and i admire your vision and courage. We all know it's not easy. TY Conrad and Google! Stay safe out there!

[@PetraKann]

So if you express an alternative opinion you’re a hater? Perhaps you’re a hater of freedom? What’s your opinion on that?

[@someoneelse293]

@@PetraKann what happened petra? Do you have a great grandparent who might’ve been displaced by some of your other ancestors? Well, we all do... ❤

[@Chasstful]

Conrad Anker is inspiring.

[@thehowlingterror]

Great questions too.

[@3vimages471]

Conrad you cannot say Mallory and Irvine didn't make the summit in 1924 …… you qualified that by saying that is your belief but you don't know and therefore should not make a definite statement like that. Mallory was a great lead climber …. exceptional …. and extremely determined. Until Irvine's body is found, we just do not know and even then there maybe no clues or proof either way. For the record, having studied the expedition, I too doubt whether they made the summit. But I would never say they did not because we just don't know. I hope they did though and that one day their camera that could be with Irvine's body might just prove that.

[@johnwhite8777]

Ill say it ..i believe.mallory summited....why do.i believe because he died..

[@jussaraneves9970]

Sério! com todo respeiito ... Vou perguntar ao TAROTH e aos DAEMONS DA ARS GOETHIA DO 👑KING SHLOMO : - SE MALLORY E IRVINE CHEGARAM AO TOPO??? !!! ...

[@jeffsvilleusa]

I wish someone would have asked him about overcrowding on Everest

[@anneroberts3340]

Sadly the Nepalese (in particular) are desperately poor and cannot afford to go without the cash that climbing Everest (and the other 8000 metre plus mountains many of which are in Nepal) brings in. Some of the operators who "guide" the climbers should be more careful who they take - too many people don't know what they are getting into and don't have the necessary experience.

[@nulizeng1756]

amazing.

[@VineethJose]

@Google guys, do a Everest climb street view like you have it with El-Capitan :)

[@SankarSalvady]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6akYmeQZ7aUmq8

[@IhaveaDoghouse]

Since Everest is still getting taller then when you summit you have stood at a higher level (if you actually go right to the highest point which most people don't) than any other human has including Sir E and any other legendary climber that has lived; when you leave and the next person summits then technically they stood higher above the earth than you and every other person and so on.

[@frankblangeard8865]

'Safe mountain climbing' 0:50 is an oxymoron.

[@bespecher]

Absolutely

[@daysofourlives3982]

He survived an avalanche in 1999

[@Lorenzo622]

Straight off the bat, you mentioned Mallory never summited, completely wrong to say that, then when mentioned the waste situation you say they can make money by selling oxygen bottles… how about you lump your own gear back down instead of leaving it to someone else

[@allanfifield8256]

It is unclear if either the Nepal or Tibet peoples had a name for Peak XV.

[@gexpe2003]

Cool guy

[@rnies6849]

Conrad Anker is not an aathor, as this woman Monika is introducing him, he is an author.

[@terranrepublic7023]

44:51 There is one new technology that can be potentially beneficial to mountain climbing, in fact life saving. I just saw it a few days ago on youtube that this device called "Jet Suit", developed by a company called Gravity Industries based in the UK, is being tested for multiple usages including rescue missions by paramedics and special operations by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, basically it flies you for a short distance and it looks just like the Jetpack from Sci-Fi movies. Currently this thing is still pretty large so carrying it to climb a mountain is impractical, but I believe just like cellphone was huge back in the 80s, overtime as technology improves it will get smaller, and carrying it as your life-saving insurance won't be a big deal in the future. Just imagine even if you slip and fall off the mountain you can simply turn on your Jet Suit and fly back up the climbing route to rejoin other climbers like nothing ever happened, wouldn't that be great news for mountaineers?

[@jussaraneves9970]

Pode ser uma bela notícia mas isso já não é Montanha e se tudo vsi ser facilitado e não vai mais ter a posdibilidade de não voltar mais da Montanha .. então não é mais Montanhismo puro e original ...

[@SuperKathio]

So many suffer frostbite now but so interesting Hillary didn’t with the antiquated gear they had. Hmmm.

[@articlered2334]

Star Tetrahedron your a brainlet

[@someoneelse293]

cigarettes... haha

[@scottsmith4145]

I think a lot of the frost bite issues come from just standing around waiting in lines for other climbers. This is why I would never climb the popular routes cram packed with people. Obviously Hillary and Norgay didnt have that problem.

[@cynthiamarston2208]

I checked the non Nepalese climbers who made Summit and the ones that listed birthdays i ended up with mostly Sagitarius, then Scorpio, then Cancer, then Aires. Libra had a few…. This guy is Sagitarius. I thought Leo would be before Libra but nope! Dont underestimate Beauty loving Libra for grit and determination!.

[@IhaveaDoghouse]

Are you a Libra?

[@cynthiamarston2208]

@@IhaveaDoghouse no. Daughter is

[@lisaschuster686]

I’ve watched them all and I’ve never heard of this guy. Three summits. Sorry, but people should be allowed to leave only so much of their personal feces on that mountain.

[@jussaraneves9970]

Conrad Anker nunca foi ao Topo do Everest e nem a Lua! ... que decepção! 😅

[@48MAthel]

Conrad Anker discover George Mallory's dead body.

[@tiluriso]

I always thought that Anker had also summited Everest back in 1996.

[@anneroberts3340]

Don't think so. That was the year of the dreadful storm where so many people died; so many books have been written about who was there, who said what and almost down to what colour clothes they wore. No mention of Conrad Anker.

[@ihcman9130]

he did in 1999 after they found Mallory's body. 1999 was his first time on Everest and his first time at high elevation.

[@tiluriso]

@@anneroberts3340 In his now classic account 'Into Thin Air', author/climber Jon Krakauer mentions him at Everest base camp in spring 1996 if I'm not mistaken. Maybe I am wrong, but I am almost positive Krakauer mentions him in the book, maybe headed to some other expedition, maybe Ama Dablam? Makalu?

[@rnies6849]

very doubtful what Anker is saying in repetition of what others assume! if the Himalaya would be 60 Million years old, it would have eroded since many millions of years. Because the erosion rate is much higher as the folding speed.

[@PetraKann]

The Himalayan mountain range has been increasing in height over time. Everest is currently a few feet taller than it was when Hillary summited. So erosion is not the only variable to look at

[@someoneelse293]

Obviously the folding is going a bit quicker than the erosion... I've got an experiment going that illustrates this... it's called "The Himalayas"

[@johnwhite8777]

I dont know the name.of the mountain , but i believe he almost lost his life on a climb were.2 of his friends died...r i could be confused with another mountainer

[@EliotMcLellan]

how stupid must ''google'' feel, asleep

[@VanishedPNW]

What evidence is there that Mallory & Irvine didn't summit? What the hell does 'protection' have to do with any of it? Because he wasn't wearing a Gore Tex coat he couldn't have made it after weeks of being there? Just because it's incomprehensible to this goofball does not make it impossible. Those guys had serious balls and if it was possible, they did it. The things they accomplished are inconceivable to Anker which is exactly why they are legends and pioneers and why he is just another decent climber. Hell, the reason anybody even knows the guys fucking name is because he stood in the presence of George Mallory 80 years after he died!! Trust me, if this clown could climb the second step, George Mallory could have and he likely did. To say Irvine and Mallory didn't make it is purely conjecture and I call bullshit. We have a tendency to be dismissive of things that happened a long time ago and it is extraordinarily arrogant to take an authoritative position on something controversial when there's no evidence to support your claims. Take Jesse Owens, for instance. Only about .002 seconds slower than the fastest person to ever live when you adjust for the cinder track he ran on. They were spotted making toward the second step and then what? They turn around? Please. Those dudes were fuckin full of grit and pioneering spirit. Mallory survived trench warfare and was roundly considered to be the best climber of his day. It's real easy to sit back a hundred years later and arrogantly dismiss his life's work with the wave of a hand because you *think* you couldn't do it how they did it, so surely they too could not do it.

[@someoneelse293]

When facing a 50/50 "guess who the clown is" challenge, i have a few general rules that are pretty reliable: *which one is lecturing at Google?* *which one swears the most?* If I'm still unsure i go case by case; on this for example I'd ask: *which one asks "what the hell does protection have to do with..." ( climbing Mount Everest ) etc.etc. It's usually pretty clear which one the "goofball" is

[@allanfifield8256]

Playing the Fool, eh?

[@everettrhay4855]

I disagree, Rinehold Messier is inspiring, Jack Tackle is inspiring the only person Conrad inspires is Alex Lowe’s wife. Mike drop..

[@Jae-uz6gx]

Douchebag says what?

[@dharmaofdog7676]

Did anyone understand one word of Monica's Speed Talking Mumbling Intro? Geez.

[@juniorballs6025]

I actually found it pretty disrespectful, but then I'm a fan and I would have been gushing.

[@dharmaofdog7676]

@@juniorballs6025 agree. gushing might have been more appropriate.

[@auralplex]

I’d hit it.

[@someoneelse293]

She just got out of the lecturer's way... he liked it

[@edkiely2712]

We never went to the moon! We need to stop talking about it like we did! No man can survive temperatures of -275F degrees at night and 250F during the day! No astronaut suit would have been able to withstand those temps or there constant alteration! Ridiculous to keep talking about having gone to the moon!

[@joshuaeaton6478]

Well, we’re going to Mars

[@edkiely2712]

@@joshuaeaton6478 You just keep believing that Joshua! A man with oxygen can only stay above 8,000 meter(Mt.Everest, K2)for approximately 48hrs because of what's called necrosis! He has to come down or he will die! A person's body cannot survive outside the Earth, yet people like you just blindly accept these sci-fi fantasies you're told about men traveling to the moon and Mars. What? Just put a man on oxygen and that's all that's required? It's because people like you don't ask yourself the proper and tough questions! You just accept everything you see on TV or from the government! You're probably a guy who wore his mask like a moron because you believed Covid was a real pandemic? If so, there is very little hope for you!

[@allanfifield8256]

We went to the moon .. . multiple times.

[@edkiely2712]

@@allanfifield8256 And you've been brainwashed multiple times!🤣

[@eric09laura]

He has too many brain cells. Brother needs some moonshine to come down to earth.

[@someoneelse293]

Bro prohibition ended!!!! you don't need to drink moonshine anymore!!!

[@allanfifield8256]

A little too consciously politically correct.

[@johnnylackland3992]

Brits give a presentation it is professional. Americans give a presentation, they sound like teenagers.

[@dangryder6050]

Yawn.

[@someoneelse293]

So every American that has ever given a presentation sounded like a teenager?

[@reacting_to_stuff_]

Deceiver who never climbed my Everest simply because you can’t climb my Everest. These so called climbers are full of shit, love attention and self adoration. Is he gonna show pictures or video step by step from beginning all the way to the summit?

[@someoneelse293]

Who/What/When are you referring to? Did the lecturer say something you disagree with? Please try tell me again bro.