The Malubiting Disaster

[@TheRealStrayWolf]

My great uncle (Brian Ripley) died climbing this mountain in 1968. I’m shocked at how accurate your information about their attempt is. It’s also worth nothing that when arriving in Pakistan they found a lot of their gear had been stolen which undoubtedly made things more difficult. Brian also made the first ever attempt at doing all the Scottish munros in one continuous attack alongside my grandad Alan. I have a postcard signed by all members of the expedition team that was sent back while they were at Malubiting which will be passed down through the generations of my family, along with Brian’s story. The males of my family are keen climbers to this day.

[@doclewis8927]

I don't know why you don't have more subs. Hoping you can reach 100,000k for 2024 or more! Fingers crossed for good luck.

[@adariesa]

the narration style is kinda hard to get used to

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

@@adariesaslow and concise?

[@fatshibaballs]

@@Just.A.T-RexDont be stupid on purpose, he means the tone. If you had a teacher for a whole semester that talked like this, you’d check out. It’s an aquired taste. I think personally it adds to the experience, but that’s just me.

[@baginatora]

@@fatshibaballsI enjoy it as well. Besides, it makes the occasional meme even funnier.

[@gatekeeper84]

It's the annoying foreground music he has been using since the start.

[@bluegreenglue6565]

Dang! That anyone has ever made it to the top of Malubiting is staggering to me. Everything about it screams "Don't even think about it..."

[@verbatims6423]

I love when you insert a little humour or meta commentary in your videos. Combined with your droll voice it's just so good 😂

[@eigleenalegri2664]

Yes, your voice is soothing and clear

[@hchallenator]

Suspiciously like the concerned citizen from swindled podcasts. We are on to you.

[@classicmicroscopy9398]

The height of a mountaineer's hubris is only rivaled by the heights of the mountains themselves.

[@giannidcenzo]

😂true

[@skullphuct]

Can't help but automatically upvote your content!

[@anthonywirth9936]

Damn that thing looks almost unclimbable. Getting there is a total ordeal in itself.

[@TurboMichel74]

Your videos are so so niche but so so high quality, keep on, you deserve so much more

[@perryanderson4971]

This channel kicks ass. Should be at 100k at least. I agree.

[@toadrepublic]

For some reason enjoying my warm cozy home more than usual.

[@katemaloney4296]

Other people: The Easter Bunny brought me a basket. Me: Really? Well, I got to see a new Morbid Midnight video. So, there!

[@irishpsalteri]

I love these as an experienced (old) armchair mountaineer. Any time you can indicate the route, or even tell us which face we are viewing, would be very much appreciated.

[@aftertheheadlines]

I am demented, I got excited to see this drop. I watched Free Climbing deaths earlier, I got in a few true crime videos in tonight, then I’ll check Mayday/Air Disasters before I fall asleep. - I can’t walk up a flight of stairs or take an escalator due to fear of heights. Seeing these mountains I truly admire those who can climb them.

[@dana102083]

Welcome to the morbidity! Do you watch plane crashes and scuba diving/cave diving disasters yet?

[@TheronAnderson-hy3lp]

Ever watch videos of Oleg Cricket? If not check it out. Everyone is afraid of heights btw some just handle it a lot better then others. I don’t mind heights but even I get sweaty palms watching his vids. 😳

[@eigleenalegri2664]

Funny, but I am intrigued by the irrational and daring that people are prone to

[@brassteeth3355]

I can't imagine wanting to go up there. Much respect for the brave.

[@TheRealStrayWolf]

@@brassteeth3355 Thank you

[@ZarpSterr]

Right....so this Gnarly piece of elevating Rock has only been mounted twice. 1971 and 1997. Makes Everest look easy, by comparison. Absolutely intimidating. And that's after you had to walk 50km to get there, in hostile conditions. I would just take a sack of Hash and keep the campfire going at Base Camp. Staring at it......

[@RedSparrow]

Thank you so much for these videos, unlike others you speak slowly and clear so I can watch without subtitles as well and understand almost all, moreover I'm not so dumb to derive the rest of badly automatically translated. Well done!

[@larrynicholson5810]

Another fine video, Midnight.

[@shmarice]

Your videos are always so good! Thank you!

[@tinnist5470]

I'm always impressed by the quality and depth of your videos. Please keep up the good work!

[@thatscool1550]

i love your voice and humor! thank you for another great video. This is as close to climbing as I will get lol Cheers!

[@lanebonnar9101]

Porters knew they could force a better pay once they got to the mountains. Strike before the trek, you get fired, strike during and they just want you to start walking again

[@lyedavide]

I sometimes wonder if mountaineers understand that getting to the top of a mountain is not worth a fart if you don't make it back to celebrate your accomplishments.

[@NeilMalthus]

Maybe, but then who do you celebrate with? The people whose hearts you were happy to risk breaking (in the event of your death)? These attempts cost a lot of money - aren't all rich people psychopaths? It's got to be near impossible to get rich enough without exploiting enough people enough.

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

Many mountaineers are not wealthy. A large part of the sport is made up of people that work regular jobs and do this as a serious hobby. They save for years or are sponsored to go on these sort of treks.

[@funkyskunk8122]

And none of them are poor, you need money and time alot of people dont have just to get to the locations let alone the expensive climbing gear and the cost of hiring 70 porters

[@TheRealStrayWolf]

@@funkyskunk8122 I wouldn’t say my uncle was poor but he definitely wasn’t rich. What you’re missing is that these guys lived and breathed what they were doing. I can’t speak for others but for my Uncle, he put every bit of money he had into this expedition. Every single bit. The reason he was able to afford to do this was because he put all he had into making sure he was able to go and sacrificed whatever he needed to get there.

[@DJ-ws6je]

As soon as I heard Karakoram, I knew it was going to be wild. I now know enough to avoid that range. Maybe Google maps or airplane.

[@the_phaistos_disk_solution]

You must wonder, perhaps the host country was a little upset with the Brits. Refusing their preferred climbing face and then the endless shakedown by the porters. If it played a role in tragedy it is shameful. Nice photos. Pleasant style.

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Theres a lot real stuff going down in the Kandy Korn range, like dayumm

[@POLARTTYRTM]

What a beautiful, fine-looking mountain. But of course, as it all mountains, their beauty is often accompanied by deadly dangers. Also a mountain that has only been successfully climbed ONCE? Geez, speaks volumes of the difficulty of it. Another fine video Mr. MM. 💜💜 Just a suggestion. I notice that you change between saying FT and meters a lot between your videos, including sometimes interchanging temperature measurements between celsius and fahrenheit. You should stick to either using only saying feet or meters, as what you say change every video, or sometimes even in the same video. Just a heads-up to keep consistency to keep measurement units easier to follow.

[@kaboulscabal4816]

As always, another video from the Steven Wright of climbing disaster videos is a welcome drop ...

[@sylviarogier1]

Another suggestion: when a person stands on land (including a mountain), the height is referred to as "elevation" and not "altitude".

[@eigleenalegri2664]

Thank you for that. I like clear vocabulary. Many people misuse caveat as exception rather than warning, etc or misuse e.g. rather than i.e. Strunk and White is not a long book

[@user-je2qp7gm9h]

How about if they jump at the peak? 😂

[@sylviarogier1]

@@user-je2qp7gm9h As long as the foot is on the peak - elevation. Once both feet are off the peak - altitude.

[@stephanedagenais1863]

The confusion of these terms is epidemic in scope! Altitude is aviation term Elevation refers to on land Namaste

[@docm5720]

When you're that high , either term is suitable... Especially when I'm this high... They don't call it " elevation sickness".. they call it " altitude sickness, " right? Anyway, stay high

[@shanes.9089]

Greatest Channel Man! Everything about all these vids kick ass especially the mountaineering ones . I watch them all on repeat during the day and night and send them to everyone I know. Just Great stuff! Also with your awesome narration you should do some espionage or conspiracy ones those would go over like gangbusters! I can hear you narrating a 9/11 one now 👊🏼

[@rubyred6954]

Tragic. But I’ve geology curiosity in me, how to those two pieces get to be that way, the two peaks, fascinating! 🤔

[@reptiledisfunction9232]

you have a great voice for story telling

[@debbieellett9093]

That is indeed a formidable mountain! Sounds like the portars make up a good chunk of the problem to even start the climb.

[@atheistsince1210]

Wow . Just .....WOW! I would have folded my cards after the first porter "strike " the Karakoram Range appears to be the most psychopathically and physically hostile locations on 🌍. Watching Morbid Midnight videos only leads me to want to keep watching more and more and more Morbid Midnight videos it feels like you're right there on the vertical pure ice slopes and fosters a complete respect for the art of Mountain climbing we need to send all idiot social media "influencers" starting with Jake Paul to this range and watch with glee as reality and gravity and the bad weather sets in with a dash of altitude sickness PLEASE!

[@dougieh9676]

Your voice makes this video even more ominous 😂❤

[@lancevogel5153]

This is just a damned good vid. Thanks.

[@TheLeftCollectiveTLC-sb9zf]

4:00 The Most British Names that have ever existed

[@markbergemann1894]

I missed it…..who got the first assent?

[@wilfridwibblesworth2613]

I would be perfectly safe attempting to climb *any* of the mountains featured on this channel because I'm dyspraxic and that is considered to be something of a superpower where climbing mountains is concerned. Whenever I fall off I am *completely unscathed* due to being less than two foot off the ground!

[@God__Emperor_]

That thumbnail looks like a Bob Ross painting

[@SamuelLanghorn]

I am trying to find out what it is? any guesses? I turned it around, looks like a tree growing out of a hole.... but then there are these metal slot looking things?

[@nickchannel5364]

"languished" in relative obscurity, not "relished". Love your videos.

[@DarkTider]

How much bad luck do you need before a climb, before you reason "ok, maybe god is trying to tell us something?" : / Kinda feel bad for the team with how much they were hamstrung before even starting

[@mpreiss7780]

At the 30 second mark it sure resembles the golden pillar of Spantik ascended by Mick Fowler, ect... in 1887 but that mountains 23k not 24k feet.

[@Nefville]

Nothing would be worse than dying after going to all the trouble to get a Pakistani liaison, hire, fire then rehire 70 porters, and finally, make the slog way out into the middle of nowhere - all for a mountain no one's ever heard of. I love climbing mountains but *no thanks.*

[@ashishbasu844]

A route marking for the successful attempts would have been helpful

[@AdamSmith-jg8xo]

Same the local authorities and porters dicked them around might of gone different

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Oliver Woolcock....thats a hell of name

[@mrsmercury2565]

Could be worse, he could be named Ivor.

[@edinsoncavanirespector]

Or Richard Riding …

[@dickjohnson9582]

I think it's a handsome name

[@quincunx1443]

A few months ago there was a Richard Longstaff, or something like that!

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

Climbing into bed is about my limit.

[@dennishorsthuis1507]

Even in nature, there are monsters, this mountain is truly a monster

[@Sellingblonde]

Love the vids first

[@redcruben]

The pictures look like all different mountains

[@clarkef]

I'm unfamiliar with British idiom, does 'porter' in their mountaineering slang mean 'coolie'?

[@TavistockLiesBrainwashing]

A mas😂turbating disaster featuring Messers Woodcock and Wankhorn.

[@ImmortalTreknique]

For the algorithm 👊🍻

[@goddammitalana]

If the porters knew the terrain & understood what job they were agreeing to do before the trek started, then it's fucked up that they kept basically holding the groups' supplies & pretty much the entire expedition hostage on strike for more $. Hopefully the British climbers spread the word to other potential future expedition members in the climbing community so those porters didnt get future contracts.

[@Jimbo-dn8px]

They were probably being paid next to nothing for risking their lives.

[@patrickagee]

SO CLOSE TO 73k MUH BOY!!!!!!!!

[@spamlives77]

You sound like Bill Hader impersonating Keith Morrison, but I like it.

[@churchofthelambofsat]

For a second I thought that said something else.

[@mikeferrara7865]

That is an intimidating looking mountain.

[@artgreen6915]

0:45 LANGUISHED not relished!

[@TetrapodsOfLaniakea]

The peak relishes its obscurity. It doesn't want people hanging around 😅

[@peterolbrisch8970]

I got caught malubiting in public and had to do fifty hours of community service.

[@BahamutBreaker]

Fail.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

@@BahamutBreaker I liked it.

[@BahamutBreaker]

@@peterolbrisch8970 Double fail.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

@@BahamutBreaker I still liked it. Now go to bed like a good little boy.

[@richardguzzetta9924]

Ok

[@meesalikeu]

did anyone ever hear Testimonial by R. Zimmerman on the cheech & chong wedding album? this feels like that.

[@funkyskunk8122]

Hmmm risking your life going where we are not designed to endure for personal glory is never a disaster it is simply an expected outcome

[@Rippinkitten18]

I don’t even believe it’s ever been completed. Might be a hoax unless they have photos of the completion or something.

[@KCBarr1]

Does being a mountain climber automatically decrease your intelligence? There just has to be some connection.

[@greggutierrez6997]

Quite the opposite. My experience is most are of well above average intelligence. And many of them will tell you they’d rather die on the mountain instead of growing old. Me? Old is pretty damn good.

[@freefall9832]

Cheap mountaineers. Why were they paying the porters a slave wage?

[@goddammitalana]

❤❤❤

[@dylhas1]

So this video was hard to listen to because you’re talking significantly slower in it. Some parts you were speaking at a decent pace. I thought I was imagining this but after replaying multiple videos you’ve made, there is a significant difference in how fast you’re speaking. It’s like you’re pausing between every other word. I hope this was just a fluke and not something you will continue to do. You’ve gotten much slower with the way you talk in videos over the last year, and it’s making me not want to watch your videos. This is by far the slowest you’ve spoken. It’s annoying and feels like you’re just trying to artificially extend the length of your videos. I’ve been following you for like 3 years and will stop if another video is like this one. Like compare the speed at which you talk in the saltwater crocodiles attacks video to this and the difference is huge.

[@rockstarxcks9728]

Cope

[@OrionEJ]

Ok bye, seems like you are just looking for reasons to unsub, just be true to yourself and unsub, you won't make a difference anyways.

[@eddydewilde4958]

You clearly don't know this mountain or it's location. You use photos of various mountains some from other countries. You confuse Laila Peak(2.19) with Lady Finger. The name is Bubulimating which rises above Karimabad the main town of Hunza. They don't use yaks in Hunza .Look up Darwin awards

[@Superheld_Mc_Hammergeil]

Speed @ 1.5x Thank me later

[@WhatIsLife711]

Thank You. Much better..

[@cameddy4081]

Interesting, very interesting stories and history , narrative thread however, spoken so poorly , in such emotionally distant way , it was impossible to finish listening- sorry .

[@stephanieklemm6477]

❤

[@davidshuman4469]

Yet another KZbinr who can’t be bothered to look up the pronunciation of the subject of the video

[@smontone]

Tomato tomato- pronunciation changes depending on where you are.

[@coen226]

Who else saw The Masterbating Disaster?

[@TavistockLiesBrainwashing]

Only you. Have a nice night

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

POK E STAWN

[@igoplacessometimes]

damn i’m not the first comment

[@heatherjones6647]

Languished NOT relished LOL LOL!!

[@billt6116]

Malubiting? ..You know, you can grow hair on your palms from that..?... And you could also go blind! 🤓

[@IndieCanadian]

Perhaps some mountaineers are awaiting more of global warming (easier to climb if no more snow there :)

[@grannyvee5789]

That voice sent me running. Bye-bye.

[@richardmcquade9832]

Replace the narrator!

[@yeetusfeetus4280]

No!

[@gbedmonds1594]

Knowing that there are plenty of atheist around, my belief is that there's a zero % chance we came from some insane single cell theory 😮😮. With that I wonder if when God created these gorgeous mountain ranges he knew just how many of his creations would attempt to climb these incredibly dangerous mountains?? 😮😮 It's a legit question? ;)

[@davidhocevar8510]

go see a doctor.

[@TheronAnderson-hy3lp]

@@davidhocevar8510nothing wrong with having faith dude, doctor isn’t exactly necessary. That’s like me telling you need to see a pastor or priest. 🤔

[@TheronAnderson-hy3lp]

@@davidhocevar8510nothing wrong with having faith dude. You tell him to see a doctor would be like me saying you need to see a pastor or priest. You shouldn’t be so confident in your beliefs, it to could be wrong.

[@davidhocevar8510]

@@TheronAnderson-hy3lp well, god does not exist, never has never will