The Cerro Fitz Roy Disaster

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In late January of 2019, during the middle of the Southern Summer, a series of unfortunate mishaps would end up claiming the lives of several climbers on one of the most difficult mountains to summit in the world.
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[@MorbidMidnight]

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[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

You don’t play. No one does. It’s all bots.

[@Nick-hz7zo]

@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 No one cares, the man is making money, How much you paying him? A lot less than Raid is

[@beenhog6922]

So you're willing to ruin the flow of your videos just to make some money? A shitty mobile game? Seriously?

[@Gulkave]

Min-ash Gear-es would be a closer pronountiation for the name of the brazillians home state, Minas Gerais.

[@macgeek2004]

@@Nick-hz7zo If I paid you $5k to pay anti-Semitic hate ads posted by the KKK, world you take those, too? 😡

[@frankhaunter4291]

@Morbid Midnight I am from Czech Republic, so finding information about Czech climbers is no problem. The name of the Czech climber was Tomáš Kudrna and he was 37 years old

[@KOClancy]

Did anyone ever retrieve his body from the mountain?

[@SeatLeonMK2]

@@KOClancy still dangling there

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Rip Tomas

[@Peteypete03]

another Czech here. @frankhaunter4291 do you know what happened to the other Czech? Is he ok ??

[@classicmicroscopy9398]

"If you're on a mountain during a storm you're probably dead" sums up most climbing tragedies. That and avalanches.

[@Tsumami__]

I mean avalanches can’t be helped outside of not descending when it’s warm asf, storms can’t be helped past checking weather for low pressure

[@classicmicroscopy9398]

@@Tsumami__ Oh yeah I know they're unpredictable. Just saying when an avalanche or storm is mentioned in one of these stories you know people are gonna die.

[@poutinedream5066]

And apparently, up high it storms every couple days with about 10 minutes notice. Not a gamble I'd have any interest in taking.

[@classicmicroscopy9398]

@@poutinedream5066 Yeah mountain climbing is basically Russian Roulette! No thanks!

[@ScottLovenberg]

In the vernacular of climbing, "YGD" (Yer Gonna Die).

[@kne2323]

I'll be honest - due to your always beautiful and majestic pictures, it's hard for me to comprehend the conditions these mountaineers experience. I've experienced -30F with 20mph winds for a short time (NOT on a mountain) and it was very painful. Can't imagine being exposed on a sheer rock face for hours or even days in those conditions. Much respect for all the hardcore mountain climbers chasing their dream! RIP for those who died experiencing what I can only dream of. Another solid documentary.

[@ananasbanana]

You mean Celsius

[@CloudCoderChap]

@@ananasbananaNo I don’t think they did. -30F is -34C.

[@Schriftt]

i’ve been subscribed since your corner in corsica video, back when you only had maybe a few thousand subs. i’m extremely proud to see how far you’ve come with your commentary on everything you cover. I’m also glad to see you got sponsors as well. Truly a blessing watching a youtube channel blossom like yours. Keep the hard work up man!

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Your channel is perfect. Excellent narration, actual sympathy for the victims, and no dramatization. I discovered you long ago - and knew you would go far. I would like to see content made about the cliffside huts in the Alps used during WW I & II. You know there has to be some tales of tragic events that happened up there. Such desperate shelters on mountain tops - could not have been made without shed blood.

[@poutinedream5066]

WHY do people do this??? I once shoveled snow in my workboots, forgetting that they were steel toed. I literally howled as my feet thawed out. I can't describe the pain. No frostbite- not even close- just very very cold, and believe me when I tell you it bent my knees. When the chopper shows up, I imagine the person, nice and warm being handed a thermos of hot tea. Then I remember that snow shoveling incident, and I know their misery isn't over, not by a long shot 😬.

[@thedolphin5428]

Why? Plain and simple egotism -- "I will battle nature, I will win, I will prove my greatness to myself and others, I will be remembered in history as heroic, I can say I've achieved something few others have done, I am a risk-taker right to the limits, It is just a stupid rock whereas I am god's smartest creature". All total folly if and when the climate sends in a strong low pressure ridge and your ego trip forces a bad call. Then you are none of the above. Just a dead hunk of frozen meat left hanging on a mountain.

[@hello-rq8kf]

you wouldn't get, you're a brownoid living outside of your habitat

[@poutinedream5066]

@@hello-rq8kf Well, I'm actually half n half so I'm always out of my element

[@Canessa1298]

Its becaise of the challenge, and it is kind of an adiction, you HAVE to go for a harder and harder climb, until one day it happens to be too hard

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Well if you didn't have frostbite you were well in your way to having that much pain with returning blood flow. Always wear thick boot socks. We used to go horseback riding in cold below 32 and our feet would get like that too. Not worth the pain. Hypothermia generally is painful for a stint then they get tired fall asleep or in extreme cases go insane first such as the Matterhorn incident several days on top in freezing storm took three days to freeze to death. The survivor lost hands and feet to frostbite.

[@FinnishLapphund]

By simply adding the info that you've tried to find more info about one of the climbers, but was unable to, you made me feel the story is complete as it is, because now I don't need to bother trying to google for that info myself. So I wanted to say thank you for that. It was sad enough to hear they died, but it sort of feels extra sad to think one of them maybe could've been saved, if he'd only brought something so he could've let the rescuers know where he was. Maybe the weather still would've stopped them, but, maybe not.

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

This mountain range is seriously ominous

[@semperinfidel2115]

Mordor.

[@TheSubieFan]

It's just a rock it's not anything just there.

[@FT4Freedom]

I grew up in a group of mountaineering families. Climbing in the Olympics and Cascades. All really safe climbing. Always during moderate decent weather, too. I love to be on the mountain. And I do appreciate those who seek the hard climbs. And I appreciate their contribution to a deeply human experience. Frostbite alone is something I have no interest in. Let alone dealing with spiderwebs at the double ladder on K2. God bless our deceased climbers. I feel their sacrifice.

[@Alaryicjude]

Hard to imagine a cold, icy death on a mountain when you know no one can reach you in time. Those poor men, their final moments must have been just awful. I'm so glad I don't climb mountains. ✋🗻

[@Za7a7aZ]

I am also glad not to climb mountains and dont do cave diving

[@Alaryicjude]

@@Za7a7aZ, ditto on the cave diving. For sure. I'm telling people now that if I'm ever actually suicidal I'll just take up cave diving. Lol!

[@Olinskis]

Are you a bot? Hard to imagine you are human. It's easy to imagine a cold, icy death. And I'd wager any mountain climber is mentally prepared for that possibility. Further, dying in the cold may not be fun but I'd take that rather than burning alive or drowning. In an age where many go from cancer, those dying on mountains at least go out with their boots on. Cancer is awful. I too am glad I don't climb mountains, but it's pretty easy to imagine dying up there for me and I would rather go that way than many far more common and nasty ways. Just saying. In any event, may God have mercy on their souls.

[@Alaryicjude]

@@Olinskis , not a bot and also not an @$$-0 like you are either. One word was left out and that makes you go into an attacking rage. Consider getting help for your issues instead of burdening strangers on KZbin with your insufferable bullying and harassment. What's freaking wrong with you?! Get help and do better, for the love of god. I wish I could say it was hard to imagine you're a human but humanity is detestable so you're just par for the course. Congrats on being yet another awful example of humanity! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@Olinskis]

@@Alaryicjude I'll pray for you.

[@FacundoSutherland]

Hi! Me again. I just found info about Tomas, the czech andinist that sadly died, in local newspapers from my city. His full name was Thomas Kudrna. He was married, with two children. He was only 37 years old.

[@loo9474]

Cerro fitz roy! We were going to climb it with my sister and my dad (who was an amateur climber at the time) but there was a storm and the guide was suspended. It was not a climb to the top, there are different points scattered throughout the hill. A lot of people die trying to get to the top because there really is a LOT of wind chill and storms at the top. You could investigate the Aconcagua! The highest mountain in the western hemisphere, and it's in Argentina too (: Beautiful country, dangerous landscape.

[@ArturVarejao]

I'm Brazilian AND this Is the First time i hear about them. Good job.

[@janaslechtova5504]

The Czech media stated that the deceased Czech climber's whole name was Tomáš Kudrna.

[@Ian_Andre]

New morbid midnight just before bedtime. Nice

[@AshleyYelsha]

For me it’s after bedtime, but still nice

[@lauriepenner350]

Pleasant dreams!

[@nolanmcleod2619]

Just before... *Takes off sunglasses and looks up into the middle distance somewhat as well as Rock eyebrow move* midnight?

[@T-rick]

But gotta have ads now apparently

[@mr._.crispy8533]

It's 12:30am and I couldn't have chosen a better time to watch another episode of morbid midnight

[@darthtraya5992]

It’s morbid 508 in the eff you morning because the autistic grandson has his days and nights mixed up …🎉 he’s wonderful though I love raising him 😍😍😍

[@rationalbacon5872]

I'd hate to be these men's mother's or wife, such a dangerous activity, you'd worry yourself sick everytime they did this crazy crap.

[@halfmoonbardo550]

Morbid Midnight doesn’t miss 👊🏽

[@10191927]

These mountains sound like total horror shows, dead bodies dangling from mountain sides, bodies frozen black from frost bite and exposure. The mountains are just morgues in my opinion.

[@FacundoSutherland]

Wow, im from Santa Cruz, the province where Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre are. Every month you hear about a tourist that die trying to climb the mountains.

[@itscolton2849]

You’re a godsend bro. I’ve been subbed since the beginning and watched all your videos. Please don’t ever stop! 😁

[@isabellamason207]

Love your content so much. Thank you, and keep it up! :)

[@joshwertz7167]

Im really happy you got a sponsorship, youre criminally under-rated. Id sub more than once if i could.

[@Syclone0044]

Babe wake up, new Morbid Midnight video dropped

[@jackprier7727]

Great, thorough interesting story. The Spanish term "La Silla" (the chair) is pronounce 'la seeyah'-

[@dellahicks7231]

I live in Canada where we have just warmed up today to -19°, our overnight temp on Wednesday was -40°, and we will hit -50° yet before February is done. I know what that cold feels like, have all my life, yet I have a warm home/vehicle to duck into, I cannot imagine it hunkering down in a tent, or hanging from a mountain. The desire must be deep within these individuals to tempt that environment.

[@cindys9491]

Sheesh -40. Is this in Manitoba or Saskatchewan?

[@dellahicks7231]

@@cindys9491 It's Saskatchewan.

[@paulgrey8028]

Aussie here; -50*? I can't even imagine. It's winter here atm and a 0*C night is cold enough.

[@jimvick8397]

There are times in the mountains when you must simply get back to the truck at all costs... Even if it means caching gear and retrieving it later so you can escape faster... But on something like Fitzroy, there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and even with the best gear only buys you a little time....

[@anthonyrose838]

Good channel

[@bhadbhris]

happy to see you pick up sponsors

[@fernfunk]

why did the brazilians keep going when the weather turned bad and others were descending...? death wish??

[@raymondromanos1479]

Great video as usual, however a little tip: LL in Spanish, as several people here have mentioned, There are similar oddities in Italian and French. GN in French words is pronounced 'nyah' like in champagne GL combination in Italian is pronounced 'ya', like the LL in Spanish. Cheers

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Now that winter is upon us Michiganders, the conditions in these climbs is much more palpable to me.

[@milesaway3699]

Hello fellow Michigander! 30 miles south of the bridge here.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

@@milesaway3699 Hello! 30 miles from the Indiana border here

[@nopenadaOG]

Holy crow, that Canadian dude had a horror hike 😢

[@mommy2libras]

I've loved all of your videos, especially the mountaineering ones as I've never experienced the mountains. I love hearing about all of the climbers but just recently learned something disturbing- that popular mountains, especially those difficult to climb, sometimes the climbers leave trash and equipment behind. While this may not seem like a huge deal an example is some of the camps of K2- if you look at pictures they look like a landfill almost because they're so covered in garbage and left behind tents and equipment and such. An interview with one climber said that during the summer, the smell is just horrible because people at other times just bury their food and even toilet waste under a bit of snow so when it melts in summer, it's all exposed. Plus the snow runoff carries this to local waterways. I mention this because I was wondering if you might be interested in doing a video on it at some point. Your videos are usually about disasters/bad situations in outdoor activity settings and I think people destroying the very mountains they want to climb is disastrous but also extremely inconsiderate and really just wrong. If they can't bring down what they went up with then they shouldn't go. It's one thing if someone has to be rescued and some things get left behind but this is people just being selfish and gross.

[@tomashertz1155]

There are a few videos on YT regarding the mess on Everest that you can watch. It is very dirty both at ABC and the South Col. Once Western climbers get the prize there is no consideration for the mountain itself, and the Nepalese people.

[@averydalton1222]

Great videos, nicely produced!

[@smokingflowers]

Two more climbers just died this past Thursday. RIP

[@colinwhite5355]

Everyone who rides a motorcycle knows someone who has died in an accident. Everyone who climbs, at this level, knows lots of people who have died. Is there a more dangerous pursuit?

[@myles5101]

My biggest fear is being forgotten.

[@sharkdestroyer3230]

Thank you for making this ❤

[@jamoo0]

Babe wake up Morbid Midnight just posted! (She left months ago)

[@Za7a7aZ]

When I hear about these deaths it seems that this is the risc they fully aware take....and drives them to keep climbing these dangerous mountains..

[@randydewees7338]

Just a couple geo quibbles. Icecap, not iceshelf. The major erosional factor that created the smooth spiky nature of these peaks is glaciation during high ice periods.

[@sheilabloom6735]

I have watched so many mountaineering videos (Everest, K2, etc.) but these peaks look even more difficult.than the 8000ers. There seems to be a mindset in some mountaineers that to turn back is a failure (summit fever?). As Ed Viesturs put it, summiting is optional, coming down is not.

[@POLARTTYRTM]

Height does not dictate the difficulty of a climb. The technical elements dictate how difficult it's gonna be. The hardest mountains are far from being the tallest, like Cerro Torre, The Ogre, K1, etc. Some mountains were climbed less than 10 times, while the 8000ers are climbed everyday by multiple people and expeditions. Most of these super difficult mountains appealing only for the most hardcore climbers in the word are mostly composed of completely vertical rock/ice faces.

[@EskimoBENNY]

Double L = Y sound in spainish ‘silla = siya’

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Nobody cares about your taco language

[@gsk5161]

And I thought getting up and going to work everyday was hard.

[@yasirkhan6455]

Please consider putting maps to point out routes and positions as you narrate the story. Keep up the good work my man!

[@barbaralamson7450]

Excellent, as always.

[@oneflyguy1949]

High mountain altititude expect sudden weather changes

[@Will-Parr]

I’m shocked by the number of these tragic endings.

[@palatina6626]

Your channel is way underrated.👍 - Please consider to add Degree Celsius for your international viewers.

[@YonoJohansson]

Skip to 9:36 to avoid extremely long advertisement 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Error_4x5]

If everyones coming down the mountain, why would you go up? Smh

[@truhhhhhhhokIII3]

Goodness thats so tragic! It sounds like you actually play rsl!

[@CanItAlready]

Enjoyed the video. Just a note. "Silla" is pronounced like "tortilla" where the double L sounds like a Y. Kinda like "see ya".

[@llavender.m]

A quick aside-- La Silla is pronounced "La See-Ya", not "La See-La"--the Spanish pronunciation of double "L" is tricky you do a great job

[@palmtrees2420]

Idk how Raid has enough money to sponsor thousands of KZbinrs when literally no one plays that shitty game.

[@medea27]

Love how you call Fitz Roy a "much more palatable" climb while showing a guy climbing a sheer ice wall... definitely not my cup of tea! RIP to the lost climbers. 🤍

[@Tsumami__]

Ijs, generally when we speak of exposure on a peak, it means like how easy it is to fall over the side, like the ridge is a thin small space that you have to be careful not to lose footing on, or your ass will slide down the scree to your death real quick. Not so much like the exposure to the elements. But I also smoke a lot of pot so I’m not sure if that’s what you meant when you said exposure.

[@bobrickleson2087]

Hey sexy lady

[@ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

Nice work.

[@mulder2400]

At 4:58 or so you are looking at red Fe (O2/O3) iron in the peaks (prob. granite), and what the Andes and other great limestone mountain ranges are actually made of, fossilized flesh. The term is actually called nucleophilic substitution, with our level Earth plane the actual Substrate ! Mega Titans existed, then ancient Earth was covered in Ice, it thawed out and oceans covered the remains and flesh was turned into stone. Yikes, I know that all sounds scary, but it's the truth, level Earth is made of numerous titans remains. The south Sandwich Islands is the massive jawbone of that mega titan dragon which was about 4500 miles long, tail near Panama. The Appalachains Mts. is a multi-head version, only about 1000 miles long though, a baby. lol 😉 You think that's a joke ? The north Canadian Rockies has two distinct titan dragon creatures, and of course this is where all our Oil, and Shale etc. comes from, their venom ! lol ... I found over a dozen of these Titans all over our google Earth, but there are other ways to see them just open your eyes.

[@SSEi02]

BS

[@RealSnarb]

Have you considered using AI upscaling for lower resolution videos? Might help with the blockiness a bit.

[@SHARKdelta5]

in spanish to L’s together sound like Y. so la silla would sound like “la see ya”.

[@nathandalke9318]

I don't understand why would they climb in a Strom it cost there lives it was a risk they were taking sad rest in peace to the climbers

[@FAB13]

La Silla - maybe you can make the best of this, and get a sponsorship with Duolingo

[@alglen9208]

Does anyone ever wonder what these people are thinking about as they freeze to death? It must be sweet cause they just keep doing it. Talk about biohazards on the mountainsides.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

I'd imagine, with a little variation to the proportions from one individual to the next, mostly the thoughts swirl or bounce between two subjects... "What led up to quite this situation and where did things go so far sidways???" AND "What can I do to buy time and/or get out of this mess alive???" It takes getting around a bend or two, but caught in a truly "Life and Death" situation, you rarely really think about much else. Sure, there's the occasional glance through memories or dreams and aspirations, the things that keep up morale or spirits and whatever... BUT mostly, out of necessity, energy spent on much other than "How to get through all this alive" is a waste of time and energy... neither of which comes in particularly great supply in any real Crisis. So far, having survived all the supposedly "harrowing" sh*t I've put myself into, I can't just blithely consider myself an absolute authority. Thus the original terms "I'd imagine...". However, it ain't exactly my first rodeo, so I think speaking from my own experiences probably has at least some worthwhile insight. ;o)

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

3:40 If you'd like to skip the Raid: Shadow legends ad.

[@JanbekOzturk]

Great video, however you don't need to call it Cerro Fitz Roy its just Fitz Roy. It is climbed more frequently not because its easier than Cerro Torre but because its one of the most iconic peaks for mountaineers to climb in the world. Also, Lionel Terray is an absolutely legendary climber I don't know why you gave that other guy a shout-out but not the Conquistador himself. You should read his book its amazing.

[@evankeasling2359]

Love the videos but i think you should put your paid ads at the beginning. Lets be honest everyone is skipping thru it, dont mess up the tone of the vid by placing an ad

[@patrickagee]

33k!! My mannnnn!!!!

[@POLARTTYRTM]

You butchered the portuguese words. :D But excellent video nonetheless as all the others. Great fan of your content, style of narration and the unsettling background music that is more than perfect for this kind of video.

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

Perfect timing

[@darthtraya5992]

I often ask myself why do climbers always look like they haven’t had a bath in months ?? Oh yeah!! It’s because they haven’t…sorry I’m sleep deprived

[@BlueOrca29]

Just here to comment

[@MoltenMouseMetal]

Scott Sigler made this famous 🦠

[@daveytomasulo8164]

The paid sponsor ruins the video

[@joanmarshall6653]

The ad is too long.

[@alicehegrova1226]

His name was Tomáš Kudrna

[@chodkowski01]

At least they we’re able to save money by not purchasing communication equipment.

[@Kneejair]

RAID!

[@scallopohare9431]

Gonna indulge a minirant. I realy, really hate to see a gorgeous natural scenery visually defaced by some person in high visibility gear. As in the opening photo. Okay, carry on.

[@BringDownTheirPride]

cool videos but probably cant sub with a two minute video game ad. sheesh

[@churchofthelambofsat]

Is that where Snake Roy lives?

[@kettlecat1572]

Oh no! Not raid shadow legends

[@lisadolan689]

I’m thoroughly enjoying these vids because I have absolutely NO intention of ever trying to climb a mountain 🏔. I’m fascinated as to ‘why’ anyone would want to do this. I get the whole ‘challenge’ thing, but don’t understand the pay off. Jmo. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It’s sad when someone dies but it seems as though there is an addiction to the adrenaline. I own Rottweilers, my life has plenty of adrenaline 😊

[@paulgrey8028]

Love Rotti's. My 'one in a lifetime' [if ones lucky] was a protection trained Rotti whom I bought when he was 18mo. He was incredible with little kids whom he adored but was also an incredibly fierce protector. Now I've got a German Shepherd, a rescue with a terrible history of abuse who does not trust strangers. The only things he has in common with Rotti boy is that he's also a fierce protector, loyal to a fault and fine companion. Nonetheless I love the big lug. Take them as they come.

[@gsk5161]

Make the commercial longer, geeeeeeez

[@sebastianberguzt7061]

Wtf the publicity in the middle? 👎

[@brandonallenba]

Most of the video was a raid shadow legends Ad. The fuck ?

[@karakoram4613]

I love the climbers.

[@ImmortalTreknique]

😁👍💪👊🍻

[@strider1237]

The music in these videos sort of reminds me of a classic Doom level. Regardless, it’s creepy af.

[@bookwormdoe1522]

These climbers are CRAZY period

[@mrfake675]

Type A's with money and a deathwish

[@aprestoargentino5695]

Your videos are pretty cool though you're *slaughtering* the pronunciation of these names.