Virtual Mount Everest to the Summit

[@garysmith5641]

Great stuff , still the nicest most genuine fellow on film that has anything to do with this mountain , out of everyone I wanted you to find Andrew I think he would have wanted that too Jake ,best wishes and thanks for treating us armchair mountaineers on youtube with more than just respect

[@jake_norton]

You're too kind, Gary. Thank you, and hope all is well with you!

[@garysmith5641]

@@jake_norton I hope its onwards and upwards , Spring is here in Essex England we have had good rainfall march and April and the sun is starting to appear more frequent . I got onions and Runner beans in this year , hope to see more of your photos adventures soon .

[@chamonix4658]

Incredible, Jake you are a mountaineering idol of mine, seriously thank you for all this. Much love from Chamonix

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Chamonix! Much appreciated. I've been super lucky to say the least to get to some fun places and explore some amazing terrain. Always hoping there will be opportunity for more in the future. Thanks again!

[@манго-ч4т]

it fascinates with its beauty and grandeur🖤

[@jake_norton]

Me, too! Amazing place.

[@rebeccajohnson4574]

Absolutely breathtaking photos Jake, your passion for Everest is infectious, while I'll never be able to visit the real thing this helps to satisfy the craving. Thank you.

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Rebecca - glad you enjoyed it all!

[@alexsanne1231]

really really interesting, even for non climbing persons

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Alex.

[@Bella.216]

@@jake_norton I was browsing to find your blog but it's not there. Did you take it down?? Oh I hope not

[@Bella.216]

You're amazing thanks for the updates and video!!!!! Stay safe everyone

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Amie - be well!

[@jamesmoyes3006]

Really enjoy your content I’m so glad you put the time in the effort into climb these mountains look for missing people and present it to the rest of us that have no chance of ever doing it thank you again

[@TailGunner1978]

You're a legend mate.

[@jake_norton]

You're too kind... Legend in my own mind, perhaps! 😊 Thanks, and be well.

[@WWIIPacificHistory]

Amazing work Jake!

[@jake_norton]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed!

[@upallnite3164]

Amazing views on the Virtual Mount Everest. What blows my mind is the sound of the wind blowing. After hearing that, goose bumps all over, and people still climb? Thank you for giving me a trip of a life time. I don't fly and I am afraid of high places.

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, and glad you enjoyed it all! Yes, the wind is intense for sure, but like anything, you learn strategies for dealing with it, leaning in, and accepting it as an inevitability. Thanks, and be well.

[@upallnite3164]

@@jake_norton Thank you so much , Stay safe and be well

[@judyhead3502]

Thank you for this video. The views are spectacular. I have greater respect for you and others who have climbed Everest.

[@jake_norton]

Thank you very much!

[@angelenea4859]

Wonderful pictures, informative and great facts. Love it! Thanks

[@jake_norton]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, and be well!

[@alexk2652]

More incredible work by you Jake. Thanks for making this accessible.

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Alex! So much fun - most of the time - to build it out and share it! Be well, and thanks again.

[@alexk2652]

@@jake_norton obviously a lot of work went into this. Must have kept you busy.

[@sakarjog1587]

Great work sir. This will be very helpful to new mountaineers, as well as for mountaineering enthusiasts.

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Sakar, and glad you're enjoying it all!

[@phoebevanderhorst7760]

Awesome! Like completely totally awesome.

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, and so glad you enjoyed it!

[@Anupicepal]

Awesome work Jake and thank you for sharing this amazing work 🙏

[@jake_norton]

Dhanyabhad, Anup-ji. How are you? Are you in Nepal, or Iceland? I hope you and yours are healthy and safe. 🙏

[@Chicagocubbiegirl]

Until videos like this became available, it was hard to understand what people were describing in books like Into thin Air. That cornice going up to the Hilary Step for instance. This also helps show how different all the routes to the top are. Very educational. I appreciate the personal risk this took. You are the historian of the Himalayas!

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, and glad it was helpful! Definitely fun to create, share, and give perspective on an amazing place and history. Thanks again, and be well!

[@lifesahobby]

​@@jake_norton more power to that

[@MrPanjeaMusic]

Million thanks Mr. Norton for all wonderful views Also excellent info ...!!! Great 👍 work. Already subscribed/ follow !!

[@jake_norton]

Thank you, and so glad you liked it all!

[@briang4225]

Can’t wait to look at the 2nd step view

[@jake_norton]

Unfortunately I never got a good panorama from the Second Step. When I climbed it in 2003, I was shooting stills, but then had to shoot video as well for the TV show I was part of, and that had to take priority over stills on the Step. Gotta to back! But, maybe I'll add some of my single stills so folks can see it a bit.

[@21upbowls]

Amazing amount of work, thank you sir

[@jake_norton]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed!

[@rocnoir4233]

Awesome tour. Those photos are mindblowing! Any plans to search for Joe Tasker or are the pinnacles not a realistic place to search in terms of risk and effort ?

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Roc. I don't know of any plans to search for Tasker. The Pinnacles are definitely daunting terrain, and I can't imagine a true search being conducted up there - more likely someone climbing the route again and keeping their eyes peeled for any sign of his remains. Thanks again!

[@brucegwynn8509]

Enjoyed your video , thank you for the upload

[@jake_norton]

Glad you enjoyed it, Bruce!

[@briang4225]

Wow this is really cool

[@jake_norton]

Thanks!

[@DanielGomez-ds8uk]

We already are all subscribers of Allen Arnettes MT EVEREST BLOGs.

[@jake_norton]

That's great, Daniel. Alan is a friend, and does an awesome job at updating and covering the Everest season. This is something different - not a competition with Alan, but a whole different animal with a virtual tour of Everest. Have a great day!

[@ianrobinson8974]

09/06/2121 WOW! Your voice is so different :} to your "on the march vids". As an older bloke, I have no opportunity to start climbing; it would be enough to walk to EBC but that will not happen any time soon. You photos and vids are fantastic; keep up the good work. Best wishes from the Land of Oz.

[@jake_norton]

Ha, different for sure - lots more O2! Thanks for the note, and best to you!

[@lowelllarsen5947]

Photography is great on your channel

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Lowell - glad you've enjoyed!

[@canopybreezesoutdoors4916]

Incredible stuff. Are we allowed to share your links to our followers? I mean, we’ll look cool for sharing it and hopefully we’ll send vicarious climbers on their personal tour of Everest. Tripp

[@jake_norton]

Of course! Share away - the more, the merrier!

[@pugilemoltobene3708]

Jake! I’ve got a few quick questions: 1-You were with Dave and Andy and those guys when Anker found Mallory? 2-Were you present when Andy examined George’s skull and you viewed the large puncture in the frontal bone (forehead)?

[@pugilemoltobene3708]

Sorry, I’ll post this down here: I used to be a high-altitude climber (as well as walls and bouldering, too....only like out to 5.11a(with inversions) and V12s, but not higher, had some high summits, too. I am a former investigator and forensic psychologist (also a law student, at present). If you guys found him like that ...and there was a frontal bone puncture, that body was moved to that position after his death!

[@jake_norton]

Hi, and thanks for the comment and questions. Yes, I was there on May 1, 1999, with Andy, Conrad, Dave, and Tap when Conrad found Mallory. I wasn't there, though, during the second search (May 16), which was just Andy and Thom Pollard. I believe it was only Thom who saw Mallory's face and reported the hole in his forehead. Would love to hear more of your thoughts on it all!

[@pugilemoltobene3708]

@@jake_norton Right on, ok. The only accounts of ‘the hole in the head’ that I have seen said it was ‘golf-ball sized’ and ‘clean’. That doesn’t make sense, though, as the frontal bone of the cranium is the hardest, thickest bone of the body and is a convex surface- it can withstand one hell of a blow up to about 80mph’ish and even then there would be cracking and the wound would not be so clean (as with a high velocity rifle round or something similar). It’s tough to say with a visual representation. Did they take any higher resolution photographs of the face and anterior of the remains?

[@alexk2652]

@@pugilemoltobene3708 thom pollard took a picture of the wound but won't release it out of respect to the family.

[@pugilemoltobene3708]

@@alexk2652 Hey, Alex! I really think the body was moved/tampered with at some point. The Chinese, whether they documented it or not, had been very high up on the Tibetan side. One of the few possibilities I can think of for a relatively ‘clean’ frontal bone puncture be a depressed sinus fracture. There are many variables and a LOT of time has passed. That’s what makes this so difficult - and without seeing all the physical evidence.

[@robkay3172]

Thank you so much for sharing such an informative video. This really gives me a better understanding of the extreme and beautiful terrain. I'm just an online enthusiast but I have a question, is the Hillary Step more hazardous now with all the traffic on the mountain in the several expeditions?? Stay safe brother. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

[@jake_norton]

You are so welcome! As for the Hillary Step, it definitely is a big hazard point with more and more people on it. Basically, there is not much ability to pass one another on the Step, as it's a bottleneck point on the route, so climbers get delayed there (and on the traverse to the Step from the South Summit). Many people either die in that area, or become exhausted/hypothermic while waiting and get into big trouble.

[@jessegarcia5386]

Plz takes care of the sherpas..There giving there life up for you guys...Pay them alot better

[@jake_norton]

Most teams, including all the ones I've been a part of, do treat our Sherpa and Nepalese climbing teams well. Pay is high, and they are part of our team, our teammates, not simply hired help. That is not always the case, without doubt, and lots of bad things go on. But, the situation improves year by year. Perhaps the bigger challenge these days is the treatment of both trekking and commercial (merchandise) porters who often suffer greatly, die or get sick in high numbers, and are largely invisible to the climbing and trekking communities.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

My hat’s not off to the Chinese for the ridiculous claim that viral transmission at the summit was a risk. Transmission is a big problem in places with less than stellar sanitation like any expedition situation, but thinking that transmission at the summit is a threat is an absolutely ridiculous claim. Thanks for the content as always.

[@jake_norton]

Hahaha, no kidding. That was a clever move to keep the mountain shut!

[@lumenati]

This is incredible Jake, thank you for sharing some of the experience with us. I had a technical issue accessing The Balcony. Can anyone tell me what it says, and if there's a view please?

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Natalie, and glad you enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I don't have a panorama for the Balcony, so it just goes from South Col views up to just below the South Summit. Let me know if you have any other issues with it all!

[@lumenati]

@@jake_norton I understand. I do have a question about the 2019 search for Irvine. Will you release the 2019 hi res photos on that low snow year please? If not, why not? Thanks Jake.

[@jake_norton]

@@lumenati Thanks for the note, and honestly I'm not sure what high-res photos I have not released? I'm more than happy to share all I have, and have done so pretty fully in the Virtual Mount Everest. But, if there are specific ones you and others would like to see, let me know! I wonder if you're thinking more of the drone footage and imagery that the National Geographic team captured? We were on the mountain at the same time, but on different expeditions and different sponsors.

[@lumenati]

@@jake_norton I am thinking about any imagery of the area below the ice axe and above Mallory's body so we can scour them ourselves for possible sightings. Thank you and sorry if that came across as a demand! Thank you for your time and generosity.

[@sureman13]

hey jake keep up the awesome work. u may know my buddy tim rippel peak freaks

[@jake_norton]

Thanks! And, yes, I do know Tim, not well, and haven't seen him in a while. Give him my best if/when you speak to him next!

[@sureman13]

@@jake_norton ya he is sailing the coast of bc mostly, does sailing expeditions to alaska sorta thing ,im in nelson n used to work with him in heliski and hang out with his son brian so will do .

[@thesketchydude1315]

so...here is a VERY odd question, do you (or anybody you know) have the ability to Identify a rough location of where a photo or video was taken on the Mountain based on a single image and its background? again, VERY odd question but I am trying to determine the EXACT location of a rather mysterious photo that nobody wants to claim ownership over (thus, I can't ask them) tried searching for a few hours on both your site and other places but Had Zero luck

[@jake_norton]

Always possible! I'd be happy to take a look and depending on the information in the photo, it may well be able to be placed with some certainty. Let me know!

[@jamescummins5824]

how many times has he been to the summit?

[@jake_norton]

A few times. I snuck to the top in 2002 via the Southeast Ridge, in 2003 via the Northeast Ridge, and then again via the Southeast in 2009. Thanks!

[@jamescummins5824]

@@jake_norton Nice True Legend!!!

[@jamescummins5824]

@@jake_norton is it an eerie feeling walking past dead bodies?

[@jake_norton]

Yeah, it is for sure, but also - if there's some silver lining in it - their presence is a humbling reminder of your own mortality and utter significance on that mountain.

[@judyhead3502]

Thank you for this video. The views are spectacular. I have greater respect for you and others who have climbed Everest.

[@jake_norton]

Thanks, Judy! Not sure about us being deserving of respect - we all hopefully find something in life that inspires and calls us, and that we do well at, and when that all comes together, is it just pleasure and joy and humility. I've been lucky to say the least! Thanks again, and all best.