This is Annapurna

[@mridulpandey6646]

This expedition is a narrative of crew's bravery. Wonderful work on videography and commentary. I always searched for videos to get a glimpse of Annapurna's landscapes but hardly found any with such degree of details which also indicates that how difficult it is to summit Annapurna. I have a great respect for this mountain and wonder if my life will ever give me a chance to atleast view this savage mountain, "atleast" from its base camp. RIP Mr. Chin.

[@User_R4nD0MnUmb3R5]

You’ll be glad to know that Chen survived.

[@dlb478a]

Thank you sir, for this truly wonderful film. Your life's calling is obvious. As an aside , I constantly drooled over the cooking scenes. Best food in the world !

[@tropickman]

Looking into this tragedy, it seems that Global Rescue, a company Chen was a member of, refused to: 1. Pick up victim from 7,500 m, because their insurance policy was valid to 7,000 m 2. Refuse to drop a handful of O2 tanks at camp below 7,000 m for ground-rescue-crews They stated "Dropping off o2 tanks was not one of the service they provided" AS350 helicopter chartered by Global Rescue had previously landed on summit of Everest, performing a controlled landing at 9,000 m (albeit with 1 pilot & no cargo). As350 was more than capable of picking up the victim from 7,500 m altitude. I believe they ended up dropping off some tanks in the end; ground crews reached Chen & brought him to low altitude for heli to pick up, but Chen had spent FORTY HOURS on the mountain by then & died several days later in hospital.

[@sumanthbattu9460]

Pp

[@nickreynolds8391]

I would also love to see Annapurna in person some day.

[@skaterrrdie]

Don't know where you constantly pull these awesome climbing documentaries from but thank you and I appreciate it. I really enjoy them.

[@cr1msoN74]

Same here

[@MattyDardani]

I’m not even a climber and this is one of my favorite channels for sure

[@alethastevens6151]

I pretend that I’m there everytime I watch these documentaries! Aloha🙋🏽‍♀️🌺🙏🏽HI

[@rustlemyjimmys]

Agreed, there's some absolute classics on here! Even better, there are some rare gem's that I've seen once but never been able to find again. This channel is becoming an indispensable resource for climbers and casuals alike 🤙🏼

[@Andrew-vw5vb]

Annapurna is beautiful yet legitimately terrifying in it's power even compared to other 8,000+ climbs. Condolences to the loss of your friend.

[@EVZYL]

I trekked to the basecamp with a group of friends in April 1984. Awsome experience - yet I was way too young to fully grasp the majestic splendour of the mountain. I do remember wondering what kind of amazing, or crazy, person would actually consider climbing it.

[@gardenerr.o.m7828]

Big credit to this video editor, thanks bro 🙌

[@vchirko]

Дуже гарно знято та змонтовано)))Дивився з натхненням...Співчуваю з приводу втрати життя...

[@LouieBeethoven]

What I like about this video is the Sherpas are recognized and included as an important part of the climb. Other groups exclude the Sherpas and pretend they did it all themselves.

[@hari92prasanth]

I watched maximum without skipping. This video is so great like a movie . Such intensifying. Chinese climbers and sherpas are great. Love from India 🇮🇳

[@stellapivovarova5625]

Excellent footage of your expedition. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@svenskavapes8558]

Best movie i have seen on KZbin 👍 Thanks for sharing 🙂 Greetings from Sweden ❤

[@mlev8223]

Incredible documentary with showing us at every level what to expect from Basecamp to summit. It even shows Nimsdai and his climbing team accomplishing one of their 14 peak summit. Nims documentary shows clips of footage of their climb but this shows them in the lead amongst other expedition. Rest in peace Mr. Chin. Now I understand Nims frustration about the expedition insurance refusal to send oxygen on time. The expedition company's could have sent the oxygen and could have given Mr. Chen a fighting chance of survival. I also understand why the documentary cut out the way it did. Nims channel and Mingma David's channel explains and show the rescue effort at Annapurna.

[@prismpyre7653]

I like watching Chinese expeditions. Their teamwork is a very refreshing change from what you see among a lot of western climbers these days.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

China… allegedly removed the bodies of Sandy Irvine and George Mallory from Everest.. along with their belongings and possibly Irvine’s camera. That level of corruption enrages me. I’m so tired of China’s ongoing horrible effect on this world.

[@Mister.Psychology]

Love the climbing footage, but utterly confused about the whole Chin situation. Don't understand any of it. Just randomly we see him wave to the helicopter and then no more story. I'm not even sure what part of the climb we see Chin in. Just perplexing.

[@eileenhetherington3704]

I agree. It is like a huge section of narrative is missing. I was completely confused.

[@Leo-pd8ww]

@@eileenhetherington3704 if you google Wui Kin Chin, the first result tells the full story.

[@beanbag1415]

This was an awesome documentary! It isn't often you get to see things from a 1st person perspective. I will say I got a little confused as to what happened towards the end, but after reading the article linked I think I understand. Kind of a shame the big crescendo of the thing couldn't be understood, but I'm going to assume it would be easier to understand if I knew Chinese. It seems a lot of background chatter was kind of lost in translation. Regardless, it was a beautiful documentary and I would definitely watch it again! So sad what happened to Mr. Chin I hope he's at peace wherever he is.

[@leraabercrombie2765]

im also quite confused as to what happened at the end.... could you please clarify if you fully understood? Thank you

[@sue8412]

@@leraabercrombie2765 there was miscommunication between his climbing team company and insurance rescue company resulting in him being trapped for 48 hours. Eventually the insurance team sent a search helicopter even though his location was known and they found him, but couldn’t land the Helicopter. They airlifted 6 Sherpa rescuers as close as possible who climbed up and saved him, but he tragically passed away 5 days later in the hospital.

[@tropickman]

@@leraabercrombie2765 I think he fell victim to High Altitude Cerebral Edema and/or apathy, caused by exhaustion, lack of oxygen & low barometric pressure. IMO he felt too exhausted near the summit & decided to descend with one Sherpa while the others continued to the summit. After descending around 1,500 feet, Chen was too exhausted to continue. Sherpa gave Chen his own oxygen & descended to the camp to call for help. After spending upwards of 48 HOURS alone on side of the mountain, Chen would be lowered by rescuers & air-lifted away. He would pass away days later in hospital. Biggest controversy surrounded Global Rescue (GR), of which Chen was a member. GR chartered an AS-350 heli, but refused to rescue Chen. He was stuck at 7,500m, while GR's insurance policy was valid to 7,000m. AS-350 had landed on summit of Everest & could've recovered Chen from 7,500m The biggest controversy was "GR's" subsequent refusal to drop off 50 lbs. worth of oxygen tanks to the camp, situated lower than 7,000m. This would have allowed ground crews to reach & recover Chen at least 24 hours earlier. GR's justification for not helping: "Dropping off oxygen tanks is not one of the services we provide".

[@paulgrey8028]

@@tropickman thank you for the explanation. Shame that it wasn't covered in the vid.

[@BiesenbachKlein]

Thanks a lot - for this great documentation !

[@golden1789]

Beautiful images, photography and words. I have watched this twice now and I still don't really understand what happened...

[@radixbobby]

Great documentary I really enjoyed seeing the high quality footage of Annapurna. Thank you!

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mpmr10]

I love how this climbing doc is actually showing those "little" hardships with cloths and stuf like that. It propably is really hard shit to do in those altitudes..

[@leraabercrombie2765]

just finished reading Annapurna by Herzog.... thrilled to see some real footage from this special place! ❤️

[@loseurself1000]

I am currently reading it and I am just awestruck. People who are actually climbing this beautiful and yet scary mountain are super humans. My respect to all who even have thought of climbing Annapurna

[@rebelbelle62]

What a great documentary! I hate all the editing though because I like the journey, even the slow parts and the mundane.

[@billmichaud85]

So beautifully done. Thank you for sharing!

[@john_golt8448]

Probably it’s the best film about mountain I’ve ever seen

[@murphyslaw7815]

Gonna have to come back to this tomorrow. Too tired to speed read at 2am. But I'm looking forward to it Manana!!

[@runhardhooah]

Fascinating documentary. I thought worse would happen due to the narrator's buildup at the beginning. Still, utterly remarkable footage and story/translation. His comments about getting addicted to 8000ers is surely spot-on, for many mountaineers have mentioned this same phenomenon. Of course without the sherpas, theirs and many others' expeditions would not be possible here. Correction, I should say that they wouldn't have happened. Of course expeditions would be possible, but without people to fix the ropes for others to follow along, attempts would be much less likely. Indeed, many would never have happened at all, on Annapurna or most of the other big mountains of the Great Ranges.

[@wencustoms151]

Nims is such a badass if you guys haven't check out his Netflix thing 14 peaks project possible

[@nickreynolds8391]

Incredible footage and video.

[@ebybeehoney]

The time lapses are beyond awesome! So beautiful.

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

They are!

[@gstole1]

Thanks for all these vids✌

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

No problem 👍

[@alexisgordon2759]

I wish the subtitles were 1 second slower, it would be atleast enjoyable

[@dominiquedoeslife]

Jeez man. You just keep on comin with the primo content.

[@joewahrerMotorcycleMan]

What a story J, thanks for telling it! God speed Mr Chin!

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@cp_pdn]

Google 'Annapurna Wui Kin Chin' - He passed away controversially ...

[@richardprins9677]

I love the details and all the small descriptive narrative it seems real like anybody would be up there frustrating and cursing but there is some wonderful embraces of the voices that give credence to the idea of why people do it very great film ...of course the time lapses show you the rotation of the earth are quite quite embracing and inspiring great work by the film crew and the editing gives me a real perspective of the danger and beauty coexisting ...👍🏼🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷👍🏼

[@adriancoronel4956]

Congratulations,beautiful Landscape, excelent video, greetings from México City 🇲🇽👍🌈

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

Thanks for visiting

[@amagabber1]

I wish i could press the like button twice for this amazing video, thanks for sharing

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@zbabyg6998]

10 minutes in and it's incredible. Making me hu guy too! Excited to watch the rest.

[@DougSandburg]

Best expedition video/story ever! I’ll definitely watch again and again.

[@Kariakas]

Amazing footage, very well done.

[@tropickman]

Except for the fact one of their members perished on the trip.

[@matthewdunlop2623]

31:38 I can't believe the climber literally disrespected the Teams Sherpas calling them slow, and how he doesn't understand why they're called the 'so elite'. Let's see you put your own fixed ropes down on the mountain, carry your gear, set up each camp, and the most important part, HOW THEY LOOK OUT FOR YOUR SAFETY AND LIFE!

[@DoubleDaze]

He’s saying the so called ‘elite’ aren’t helping the fixing team to fix the ropes quicker

[@dreameroldsoul]

But it was the same Elite co. team guys who rescued Dr. Chin. Somewhat disrespectful, but maybe he was right about them not helping the Fixing team

[@snufkin84]

Absolutely agree! There seemed to be very little respect to the Sherpas in this video.

[@goldreverre]

The translations are not always accurate. I notice several times, it doesn't convey the right meaning. He wasn't saying anything disrespectful, just explaining the task of fixing ropes is arduous work

[@snufkin84]

@@goldreverre thanks, stand corrected!

[@nomad4795]

Nice documentary 👌👌

[@imtiazilahi27]

Awesome documentary !

[@TK-nc3ou]

To be honest, I don't understand what happened to Mr Chin. Can someone explain?

[@shevajoe]

If you read description of video the story is half told but to continue reading takes you to the full story .

[@TK-nc3ou]

@@shevajoe ok, thx, read it now, I don't really understand why this movie does not tell this story.

[@shantanushahi6120]

Read "Beyond Possible" by Nimsdai Purja. The answer you are seeking is there in that book.

[@goldreverre]

@@TK-nc3ou The guy who made it explains that on his own channel where this was originally published. Basically, he was reluctant to speculate on details that he didn't know. He also wanted to spare the pain of Chen's family so held back on saying too much.

[@cp_pdn]

Mr Chin, the Malaysian climber died. Google 'Annapurna Wui Kin Chin'

[@paulgrey8028]

Annapurna is so scary. Messner said no other 'standard route' of any other 8,000er is more dangerous. Constant avalanches. At 27.00 - Frozen boots suck the warmth out of a climbers feet before climbing even starts. That's why many climbers stick their boots inside their sleeping bag when they sleep to keep them from freezing. Smart move.

[@shevajoe]

Wonderful documentary, I was enthralled beginning to end . Sad ending .

[@bradleyrogers6697]

This entire video is very hard tounderstandwhat is happening and how it is related to the death of the Malaysian man . Nice video footage of Annapurna though.

[@dana102083]

Well Just like other posters on youtube can chop and change a video and legally be able to do so ..from a tv brodcast, etc, this person chops the end off. More niche market however and I appreciate the posts. 😎

[@lovelyjanuary]

@@dana102083 I’m pretty sure that he didn’t edit the video to “chop the end off” and the way that it was featured is the entirety of the documentary and the way the filmmaker edited it originally, but I could be mistaken? (honestly I don’t think so, but just to be fair, I’m not trying to sound like a know-it-all, as the end was beautifully haunting but a bit confusing- which I think is the whole point actually 🗻🤷🏻‍♀️)

[@Samurai78420]

It's beyond words in terms of both staggering beauty and overwhelming terror.

[@gingerkirby8208]

What a tragically beautiful film. That haircut at the beginning should have been an omen.

[@ravz979]

Oh man. I got goosebumps. Such a beautiful documentary of the legendary mountain.

[@cheeta8928]

Beautiful Very soul touching Respect from PAKISTAN.

[@patagoniabear]

Wow. I’m trying to put myself in their shoes and it is quite possibly one of the most inspiring things to hear.

[@Dreadz530]

12:30 damn got me. I was looking for the text message like I know heard it where the notification lmao 🤣

[@armywife0075]

If The subtitles are too fast, I’m not watching the rest.

[@Thrilling_Trails123]

No words. Awesome documentary ❤❤

[@karlsnow5281]

I would imagine that incredibly strong friendships are forged under these circumstances. The time in Basecamp, the communal meals would be paramount in developing trust and getting to know the temperaments, the strengths as well as the weaknesses of each climber and that will be very important in successfully summitting and living to tell the awesome story when you've descended

[@Dave-id6sj]

Nice footage, but white captions on a white background don't work well. And this was just a personal account of a climb. No details on the bloke supposedly being up there in some sort of danger for 40 hours, where there is no explanation of what happened, why he fell or succumbed to his condition, zero facts on the 40 hour "delay" apart from reading the description which if you didn't do gives no context to the footage. For this to live up to its title it ought to have been explained from the start what you would be seeing, why you were seeing it, and a timeline of and account of actions taken (or not), to enable the viewer to make a judgement or form an opinion on the events being shown to them. The very beginning where the editor details cutting and cutting his footage gives a hint at the resulting film being just a collection of images of an expedition, not of a situation that resulted in a persons eventual demise after doing the climb.

[@matthewcollins5344]

You could go climb Annapurna and make your own video 🤔

[@Dave-id6sj]

@@matthewcollins5344 and why would I be doing that? I have no interest in climbing anything except the stairs at home.

[@snufkin84]

Agreed. This was a pretty poor documentary film. Very little explained.

[@kirstybrown1185]

Hope you got help getting over this awful situation. It seems to have bothered you quite a lot. 😅🤭

[@josephalcoff8332]

Wonderful ... thank you!

[@DavidSnowClimbing]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Renatapietrz]

Annapurna to piękna góra. Niezwykle trudna do zdobycia. 👍👍👍👍👍👍R.

[@bharathg9010]

I believe dr.chin was a Singapore climber and if im not wrong, he never made back. Guess he was rescued on the longline by NIMS, still he lost his life in the hospital. Annapurna is a real legendary mountain.

[@phoreal9273]

How do they get down from the mountain?

[@davecarsley8773]

The same way they get _up_ the mountain, but in reverse. They use their feet, their hands, and the willpower to get where they're going despite their body telling them it's had enough.

[@gioiazucchero]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@2coolforyourdog]

Great 👍

[@salvalooez2249]

Can you freakin slow down the subtitles man!!!!!!

[@beckykiss8834]

Thank you for your message , I do not understand your language. But for some reason. I do 😍👍🏻💪🏻

[@beckykiss8834]

I love the fight of conviction and gives me hope I’m not one of them but I love watching them so brave soul into this world they want to conquer it’s a message for humidity such respect❤️

[@emarc37]

Unfortunately, reading along stresses me and makes it impossible to digest the footage.

[@matthewdunlop2623]

It's not that bad...stop being a spoiled brat. Not everyone in the world only speaks English. Slow the speed of the video down enough for you to 'digest' this amazing content. Then you'll be able to enjoy the documentary like the rest of us. Enjoy

[@ebybeehoney]

It made me wish I understood whichever dialect of Chinese this is - but slowing it down helps a bit.

[@snowbunny6866]

@@ebybeehoney Some spoke mandarin with light regional dialect but the narrator speaks with a somewhat southeastern/hongkong accent.

[@ArJet]

I did my best to translate bro, I speak Cantonese. Hope slow down would help.

[@clayanderson4058]

Very unfortunate choice of speed with the subtitles...too fast...doesn't allow for a meaningful connection with the visuals a voice over translation would allow the connection with the visuals to proceed unbroken.

[@eileenhetherington3704]

This film is a bit of a mess. 1.The entire first 8 minutes along with narration could be skipped. 2. The narrator implies that he is going to tell a very tragic story. 3. Puja is performed and inauspicious signs are perceived, and once again we are given to believe a terrible tragedy will unfold. 4. Eating, drinking, getting drunk and some climbing and summitting . 5. Suddenly and with no footage of the descent everyone is at base camp and some are crying with no explanation whatsoever. 6. Subtitles way way too fast for us English speakers. 7. You have to do your own research to learn the story of the death of ONE climber on this expedition and the reason for the somber undertones in the beginning . 8. In terms of Annapurna's survival rate, (about 2/3 of climbers who summit survive), the strange way this film begins is odd and unnecessary. The climbers actually beat the odds since normally 1/3rd who summit on this mountain pass away. Yes every death is a tragedy, but the entire tone is this documentary is confusing, haphazard and schizophrenic. 9. Finish the story. Show some of the descent and then the subsequent concern about Mr. Chin, with a written or spoken narrative concerning his demise. This is a fragment of a film, not a finished documentary. Additionally for those who want to know what actually happened to Mr. Chin, go here. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/annapurna-death/

[@jenlya3783]

Thanks for that article! I remember this incident from watching Nim's 14 Peaks.

[@jenlya3783]

Also, I think he was somberness was because the expedition led to the death of someone in his party. I think he tented with him as well...

[@eileenhetherington3704]

@@jenlya3783 That is why I added the link to the article which explains the death of his friend. However, if you are going to make a documentary, editing, flow and story must be present. Giant pieces of the story are just missing, and the beginning is a big mess and should be scrapped.

[@ashwe320]

No wonder this is the most dangerous mountain. It looks like it could just crumble on top of you. Yikes

[@AX1A]

Deimberger dubbed K2 "The Savage Mountain". If K2 is Savage, Annapurna is "The Remorseless Assassin"

[@itwasanewdayyesterday2586]

superb!

[@janspup6232]

The crazy part about the Himalayas, it's all under water about 50-75 million years ago and been rising every since.

[@PetraKann]

The Himalayan Mountain range was formed when the tectonic plate containing Australia, India and the Indian ocean moved northwards and collided with the Asian continent. This movement is still occurring today

[@janspup6232]

@@PetraKann yes, I'm well aware of plate tectonics, and yes they're still moving today, but at some point in the future they'll start moving in different directions and form another super continent like pangaea or gondwana and the Himalayas may once again be at the bottom of ocean.

[@PetraKann]

@@janspup6232 Indeed. In fact when fossils of sea creatures were initially found at the top of mountain ranges, the people who discovered these fossils were not believed. Then these discoveries became common, and scientists realised that these mountain ranges were in the past covered with water or oceans. These fossils and specimens were pushed up and out of the ocean beds over very long Geological time periods.

[@janspup6232]

@@PetraKann to us humans a couple hundred years is a long time, geologically a couple million years is a blink of eye, some people don't like to hear it but our little planet has been around for about 4.5 billion years and has about 3.5 to go until the sun gets to hot. There's proof everywhere, due to Milankovich cycles(they are actually pretty easy to understand, it's on Google) the Sahara has been green Savannah 348 times in earth history. Nice talking to someone who has some scientific knowledge. You might want to check out PBS Eons or PBS Space time, you'd probably enjoy Eons more, Space time is more my thing, a lot of theoretical physics. Have a good day.

[@beckykiss8834]

I so love everyone’s desire to make it to the summit and I love the people that help and your language is foreign to me I try to watch it I can’t understand it as you might not mind probably you have more understanding of my language then I don’t have yours a great story and thank you

[@mixmixture7049]

Annapurna more dangerous than everest.

[@keithhutchins8803]

My favorite climber died on this mountain.

[@BabyPrincess687]

Mine too. Boukreev.

[@AN-bg3xv]

Don´t forget the sherpas Thank you sherpas They are making it possible

[@mukku1800]

Whatever the stats are, somehow Seven Summit Trek seems unreliable, i have come across a lot of stories were SST messed up resulting in loss of life on 8000ers. they really need to up their game, maybe take fewer clients or send 2 additional sherpas who goes till camp 4 not to summit but to save lives like in case of Mr.chin. Deep down inside every mountaineer expects Sherpas to save their lives in the moment of need. Mr. Chin left alone for 40 hours is not good enough.

[@hpharridan]

agreed. i have less than no respect for idiots who endanger the lives of others purely for the single minded sake of their own egos. "look at me, I climbed everest"

[@sharkuify]

These guys made it look easy

[@l.sueszabo9618]

Those images at 24:40. Wow

[@dariuskasian1977]

WISH WHEN THEY GO THROGH SO MUCH HARD WORK ALL AROUND , WHEN IT COMES TO SUBS ON A SNOWY BACKGROUND THEY CHOOSE THE COLOR YELLOW... STILL WAS A VERY TOUCHING DOCUMENTRY ABOUT ONME OF MY TOP MOUNTAINS , >

[@priyankamohite5360]

I can see Suzuki in the expedition

[@shockedFace759]

These docs a very unique and inspiring .. I am not a climber but can see the sacrifices through these glimpses thanks

[@Praxics0815]

Awesome pictures but from the film I didn't get what the issue was... Had to read that up and honestly seems fair enough. The mountain overall has roughly a 30% death rate so one dude dieing out of 32 seems to be actually pretty good.

[@eileenhetherington3704]

What was the issue? I can't find information anywhere. It's not explained in the film.

[@junkjournaldavao]

@@eileenhetherington3704 You may read the description box for the linked article.

[@edwardfrank2260]

bruh how was that so incredible, i sat there and watched it straight through with my eyes glued to it the whole time and it was already over

[@phoreal9273]

I wonder why the government doesn't put up permanent building in these base camps. Strong wind can take out these tents.

[@o.wildfarmer8023]

Dutch Rib and Chinese climbers, what could go wrong !!!👏.

[@Drew791]

Hot damn they're living it up at base camp

[@theprotagonist7146]

17:00

[@beckykiss8834]

I’m sorry I think you are speaking j Japanese I love your story with the language I don’t know but it’s pretty obvious it was all about commitment and winning maybe you can text me and let me know how it ended ❤️🙏🏻💪🏻

[@entertainmentuniverse4]

Damn! That’s a huge bitch. Thanks for the video bro!

[@Spinosaurus44]

RIP Anatoli Boukreev

[@Gabriel56478]

Во работа.😲😮🥺😥

[@greggwalker302]

wow drinking all day at base camp?

[@jd8821]

stop replying previous episodes

[@SC-jh9qp]

Good to see that Chinese parties respect the Sherpa's Buddhist rituals - a far cry from the rape of Tibet by their country in the past.

[@azbestusa8107]

thank you, keep breathing ! and post new videos for uninformed ...

[@michaelnichols7276]

The Chinese are Human after all, With all the Expletives, not an Easy environment

[@tonilehmann3381]

Sorry, but I don't like this documentary. Why always background music, why? And it doesn't take the time that's needed - it feels so hesitated.

[@chrissmith9135]

Man,I climb dat sheeeit in my sleep

[@chrish9155]

Great documentary and it is overrated.

[@susanharris5926]

I cannot listen to this in Chinese and I don't like to follow subtitles.

[@rey_vikas]

Nimsdai