What It Feels Like to Sleep on the Side of a Mountain

What is it like to sleep on the side of a cliff in nothing but a hanging tent and sleeping bag? Mountaineer Mark Synnott says it's like “being in the craziest tree house that you can possibly imagine."
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[@ZaccoOfficial]

I've slept on a plane before. Get on my level.

[@antichrist8305]

Both of you I've slept on Chuck Norris' bed! Got on my level!

[@the_hanburger]

@Justin Gatlin yeeeeet

[@matthewschwartz2225]

One time I put peanut butter and jelly onto a piece of bread and then put another piece of bread on top of it. I then cut the bread into halves and ate them.

[@z.m.n.1998]

@Stellvia Heonheim I sleep in a bathtub filled with my tears. GeT On mY LeVeL! LmAo...

[@yuinurahilyon5711]

You guys have went too far lmao.

[@LindsayC33]

So what if you are a sleepwalker? Nope. Count me out.

[@pnkvera]

Andrew Awesome ?

[@philiplongee1149]

Well once on the mountain, that problem will go away after the 1st attempt.

[@lyas4640]

Lindsay Tucker restrain your self

[@russpink4185]

I’m sure they can get out the way they came in.. sleep walkers do almost everything make food open doors attack people.. so I’m sure they can get out

[@natalieelskamp03]

You are tied up even when sleeping.

[@AnitaGupta-bx6ul]

My grandfather used to do this type of adventure everyday on his way to school.. ..

[@tubatom17]

UP a hill AND in the snow!

[@talhyia2990]

@@tubatom17 INTO THE THICC OF IT

[@mycatrocks93]

😂😂😂

[@GurlPlz4321]

And once he got there, he had to build the school

[@meatball5336]

@@talhyia2990 You have a really cool name. Is that cat in your profile pic covered in blood or poo??

[@tomatomathy]

Some random bird casually starts pecking on the ropes and everyone falls

[@seancockburn1450]

The ropes can hang a car lol

[@smeggytesters8585]

Stellvia Heonheim r/youngpeopleyoutube

[@tristan6509]

What kind of a bird lives near the top of the mountain?..

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Birds are NOT stupid, they will NOT fly up where oxygen is insufficient!

[@stevefrancog.8426]

@@MJLeger-yj1ww what? Lmao 🤦

[@erikmoe4767]

"makes you feel like a speck of dust" "very empowering" hmmmm...

[@traceford4904]

Maybe he means the fact that he's a spec of dust going to the top of a mountain makes him feel empowered.

[@FiveofEyes]

It puts into perspective how small you are in the grand scheme of things, but you have concurred something so big it should not even be possible.

[@abigailarellano3533]

ᎠᎬᎪᎠ😂😂😂

[@michaelreyes3765]

Nicholas Major lmao, you try it then

[@davidortiz3094]

@@icarr121277 lmfao

[@penobscot7285]

Imagine waking up on the wrong side of the bed.

[@inyoface5456]

Imagine waking up on the other side of reality Death, it means death

[@chewinggum5550]

Imagine walking in the air like jerry does

[@funnyguythe285th]

@@chewinggum5550 hey that's my cousins name

[@baron8107]

Fuck that. Too much can go wrong.

[@klartlompoktheorc5511]

Your mom can go wrong

[@bazaaa9555]

Scowler *to

[@danthemann7]

Tom Gavin what are you five

[@joeyad2626]

Tom Gavin hahaha

[@plicslac]

Too high on drugs to think rational.

[@vdabest2118]

Imagine if u have one of those dream of falling off a cliff but then u wake and ur actually falling....😨😱

[@quiieto6736]

vDaBest oh damn

[@Çubë_Visฯøn]

Lol

[@justmart4455]

Oh my

[@unprepared9732]

Why is your grammar so shit?

[@smeggytesters8585]

r/youngpeopleyoutube???

[@famousamos]

Scary to even watch lol.

[@VeeTHis]

Ikr. What if th cables snap? 😬

[@daniiiterann4110]

Your Neighbor Amos xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@Bocsaphoto]

666th like oof

[@subspace2913]

666th like

[@Amanullah-dx5uy]

1 like from me and now 1k

[@RaleighLink]

No

[@shom924]

Yes *just no*

[@muhhanifbakari2451]

*E*

[@SaRaH-wy1rb]

Red lip?

[@chewinggum5550]

Yes but actually no

[@mikeb2575]

SO WHAT !!! My brother was born with no arms and no legs, and yet he managed to climb Mount Everest using just his eyelashes !! Unfortunately he was a few feet from the top when he suddenly sneezed and fell to his death... R.I.P brother -x-

[@ailahmashod]

Mike B god you make me kek

[@momomai]

That comment just made my day better lmao

[@mikeb2575]

@ jennifer aguilar - I love to make people laugh, hope you have a great day :)

[@mikeb2575]

@ chuck taylor - lol glad you enjoyed mate :)

[@gezi5927]

Until the eyelash part I actually believed it.

[@michaelbooth2890]

climbing for 30 years! That's a big mountain.

[@vexotoniks]

Michael Booth can’t tell if that’s sarcasm

[@scp-2348]

Maybe he's part of the hairdressers expedition from Monty Python.

[@ryanstein440]

Hahaha

[@scnomad3626]

30 Years and you haven’t topped out yet?! You are very slow

[@trippz9141]

Josiah Banogon MONTY PYTHON IS THE BEST MOVIE

[@Nyxiro]

Me: *Hops out of bed in the morning* Everyone else in the mountain: 👁👄👁

[@richardrobinson4191]

Hippitty hoppity your comment is now my property

[@bonazza4476]

@@richardrobinson4191 hippity hoppity your answer is now my property

[@DJC_2003]

First time I'm saying underrated

[@tedgrove7775]

🧿👄🧿

[@TyrionLannister1998]

Soooo.. how do they take a shit?

[@brain8484]

Rayan McCaulay-Herzog they dont , they sit there all night thinking this was a dumb idea ...

[@MrOdishelidze]

shit in bowl and then throw it away :D it's that easy

[@matthansen758]

+Joshua Awesome And this is a representation of how that looks: A=3 l I mean the ass and the shit is as big as the mountain but you get the point ;)

[@keymaster599]

Point and shoot!

[@plicslac]

Heroine addicts don't use the bathroom a lot. Their bowels are too stuffed up.

[@TheStormBolt-gf8qi]

Damn that's dangerous

[@stunna5vegas398]

You don’t say

[@RealRealist515]

Lol what an in-depth analysis! What an absolute genius MENSA level individual you must be!

[@nick.3455]

NO WAY I NEVER KNEW THAT😱😱😱😱😱😳😳😳😳😳🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😐🙄😑

[@InfernoAdventures]

Omg I didn't know that

[@helium-379]

"A tiny speck of dust. Very empowering" noice

[@MaximilianonMars]

Banana Man Yeah, what kind of a saying is that?

[@realwonkers]

a good one

[@colloredwolfs]

Banana Man nice Tally Hall. :)

[@ic7223]

NOICE!

[@macaulayculkin5022]

Banana Man Do you want a banana?

[@hearken4906]

F*ck that, i enjoy my bed

[@minaseaoi5433]

Imagine you hear one of your friends in your walkie talkie say: Uhh guys i think my knife poked a hole in my tent

[@Lumberjack_king]

I have the power 100 likes

[@minaseaoi5433]

@@Lumberjack_king may the force be with you lad

[@Immortal_BP]

"You feel like a spec of dust, very empowering." yeah...

[@janettaschuch3591]

Mortal Twinkies -- right. How is that empowering?

[@Youthereogre]

I think he meant humbling (people I assume that do this arent probably that smart)

[@andrews902]

It's similar to people who feel empowered by having a relationship with God, it's empowering to be a part of something far bigger than yourself whether that's mother nature or the divine.

[@Parker05]

*SPOILER WARNING* It feels like sleeping in high altitude, watch until 10:00 to see proof of flat earth!

[@xXPyroMetheusXx]

"it makes you feel like a tiny spec of dust, very empowering" I don't know about you guys but if i felt like a tiny spec of dust i'll feel anything but empowered lol

[@donald_doe]

His brain got slam dunked by the winds

[@yonisali3879]

When u know your place in the natural order in this world no matter how small you play your position like only u can and that is very empowering. of course u will get salty looks from those who either don't know their position or are one trick players.

[@proudtobealbanian112]

I burst out laughing

[@majohnson9480]

Scrolled down specifically to see if anyone commented on this.

[@pillpaxxton5252]

Yonis Ali There is nothing empowering about being dust join the other dumbass

[@GoblinHours-im2ue]

Can you imagine sneezing and the entire thing just starts like 📈📉📈📉

[@emmamiller6359]

I'm not afraid of heights I would be afraid that a cord would snap and I would fall all the way down....and wind blowing and shaking the tent.

[@waflletoast11]

Emma Miller isn't that what everyone's afraid of??

[@oechikr]

Emma Miller lmao I just laughed so hard

[@Ludwig1625]

Waffle Productions Being afraid of heights brings physical trauma to you just by looking down.

[@jknewb6276]

Emma Miller I highly doubt you've been high enough to even be afraid of heights,because ive worked on scaffolding for 7 years 110 ft being the tallest and it still scares me,thats like me saying im not afraid of sugar but am kool-aid.....smh

[@jknewb6276]

Lol ok yeah you know where I worked my whole life hih?

[@meow-cs9gz]

Imagine, it falls and you were sleeping, *You never wake up*

[@faramir4290]

Non, you will always wake up when you fall only if you are in a coma. It’s about our gravity center or something like that. Film Inception speak about it.

[@meow-cs9gz]

It’s a joke lol

[@bustertornado5433]

Wake up for 2 seconds then you're straight back to "sleep"

[@khoalinski]

69th like

[@iamwill1088]

Atleast you didn't feel pain

[@RandomTubefulcrum]

I cant even sleep on my top bunk bed.

[@Reika_007]

dude, your profile pic is everywhere 😂😂 ,,LOL

[@quinettabush124]

Me to

[@anjanmallik1053]

@@Reika_007 Lol I saw your profile pic on quora

[@Gagglebot]

I’ve slept on a plane so I’ve slept pretty high up

[@benitomussolini4314]

Stolen comment

[@littlewaterfall2748]

his non-climber friend: “you really did sleep there, DON’T YOU GET SCARED?” him: “yeah, *the smell in the ledge is not nice.* “

[@ThePieMan305]

I can barely set up a tent properly on flat ground. Setting one up in the air against a mountain wall must be a pain in the ass.

[@zero-dh1pc]

It's a pain in the ass because they can't shit.

[@tape2126]

27LegendThe says who

[@praytherosaryeveryday2709]

Can't fuck in um either

[@simonvance8054]

No way I'd ever do that...but I get it..people love the extreme challenge and I think that's pretty cool. Hats off to them!

[@pussinjordans8800]

What if the bottom of the tent rips?

[@a.c.5762]

Splat

[@hwxngshua5493]

rip

[@Çubë_Visฯøn]

That's petty f up lol

[@rogersowers9837]

Rips = RIP!

[@somerandomdragon558]

Then you are too fat.

[@bytesizedme7309]

Watching this video gave me some much anxiety.

[@harvardmurrayinc]

how do they poop? probably so intense they don't have to.

[@idance0001]

Lee Murray in a bag

[@7Tank7Busta7]

Stomach would be just a echoing.

[@skobird2732]

Im a mountaineer and have only been rock climbing a few times, i prefer ice climbing, much easier, but Climbers poop in a bottle with kitty litter... Just imagine if every climber just pissed and pooped all over the routes they have to climb! Its really illogical if u think about it, but everyone seems to first think they just poop down.... :)

[@loganwolf558]

Lee Murray probably so intense they constantly need to

[@cunny2485]

Lee Murray they stick their asses out the tent and take a shit

[@TonyTonyDLuffy]

I've slept on my bed while monsters are nearby. Take that

[@dove6069]

What it feels like to chew 5 gum!

[@morganbehe857]

GniK - PetriDish I'll stick with the gum thanks

[@dove6069]

Morgan Behe k .-.

[@ambycakes]

Lol

[@yuluvkiraaa4825]

Lol

[@JosueDeerFox]

GniK - PetriDish Oof

[@j.shorter4716]

What it feels like to sleep on the side of a mountain. I wouldn't know because I wouldn't be able to sleep

[@davide724]

*A naked Alex Honnold free solos upside down up to their hanging tents* Alex: "Hey, betas...do you have any spare chalk?"

[@alexcardenas5346]

he said talk about survival when it actually suicide

[@scnomad3626]

So if it’s suicide how is he still alive after doing hundreds of big walls? You are a dumbass

[@zpSean]

Imagine having that dream where you are falling to your death...

[@mitchellhogg4627]

zpSean and then waking up and falling to your death...

[@vontajay302]

zpSean that would suck

[@Whitebread0101]

zpSean I actually sometimes get nightmares of me being chased through forest and then accidentally running off a cliff...to my death

[@umarashraf2849]

I've slept on a Space Station. *GeT oN mY LeVeL*

[@vedantmhatre3476]

dID yOU

[@oddities-whatnot]

Stupid caps lock, then no caps lock. What a joke

[@asunflower7993]

@@oddities-whatnot it's a way to show tone of voice and jokes when you're typing it's not a joke on itself gET On mY LeVeL

[@thehALomolov2]

So they haven't designed a suspended tent that has 3 tethers? One tether to hold them up, one tether at bottom left, and one tether at bottom right... If you are securely suspended, you won't get flung around in the wind...

[@Jordanhiem]

thehALomolov2 these guys don't seem that smart to begin with

[@scnomad3626]

Deckerd Pain Obviously you don’t know Mark. Dude is not only smart, he is funny as hell. Great guy

[@swordfish3720]

Truth. Like a spiderweb

[@jamesfeguson3445]

@@Jordanhiem and whys that? Cause they push limits and explore like human being have always done.

[@DJC_2003]

I need to spend more time focusing on problems I feel dumb for not thinking of this myself

[@elizabethcarden6292]

Awesome stories! Thanks for finding me!

[@meniservis2018]

.

[@solitarium01728]

What brand is this hanging tents?

[@officermikey9328]

Meni Servis k

[@nonofakhro9923]

Elizabeth Carden

[@kaoticgamer1404]

Elizabeth Carden

[@YouTubeLate]

“If you don’t have a fear of heights, it’s not really crazy” So it is crazy!

[@thejakartaroads]

where do they do number 2s?

[@JD-kp8mi]

Funny Animation stfu beggar

[@dynamo5326]

Inside a bag or sumn and then u just throw it off the mountain

[@lolwut6635]

@@dynamo5326 nah bro. Leave no trace. Pack in, pack out.

[@douglasharley2440]

@@lolwut6635 it's human sh!t dude, any wild animal will happily eat it. lol, we aren't very efficient at processing proteins, so it's a real treat for them actually.

[@lolwut6635]

@@douglasharley2440 ok, you're wrong for one. If you shit in the wild, dig a hole if you can. But the person I replied to said shit in a bag and throw it off the side of a mountain. Which is littering. And bad for the environment.

[@erzio8733]

Imagine If Some Idiot Cut The Ropes

[@justinye8700]

Ripp

[@elmaschimba963]

Why the fuck would he be there or do that anyway?

[@evanwatling3897]

If you’re an idiot you’re not going to be able to get there lmao

[@Ghostwolf4004]

Imagine? You'd fall to your death; what else would happen lol

[@figofernandogunawan6818]

@@Ghostwolf4004 The "Imagine" refers to the "If some idiot cut the ropes," not the cause of cutting the ropes.

[@EthanArmani]

5 years later, I hope there’s better tent tech for these folks. Those winds seemed like their second closest bet to death

[@23v0lv32]

Climbers are so cool! Wish I wasn’t deathly afraid of heights

[@NamanBastar]

The best part was when he describes the feeling as being a tiny spec of dust and that's inspiring. Amazing..

[@rlack6795]

"Makes you feel like a speck of dust" empowering...

[@alekies]

AND SO KRATOS CLIMBED FOR 3 DAYS STRAIGHT

[@twitterbrb917]

Pink Puffball The Gods of Olympus have abandoned me...

[@twitterbrb917]

*jumps off*

[@couldntgivafuk]

do you just poo and it falls down to the ground?

[@AqierDesigns]

couldntgivafuk obv you poo during climbing, don't be last.

[@paulharper5263]

couldntgivafuk Yes, you do just drop them into the great beyond.! However there are places designated for "sky dumps" so you don't drop a deuce on the climbing route, or other climbers for that matter. Most big walls have a couple located along the climb, but sometimes you have to improvise your own!!

[@plicslac]

Sounds like you have that bullshit down to a science, Where do you put all your used needles?

[@bigron6532]

This is like the 6th "these guys are on drugs" comment from you, I don't think you realise the concentration that would be need for these practices.

[@plicslac]

It's nice to know that you can count. Let's do it together. Ready? 1,2,3,4,5,6. Yay! FUCK YOURSELF!

[@titaniumsteel9114]

When man pits him- self against the mountain, he taps inner springs of his strength. He comes to know himself. Greetings from Singapore

[@r.a.6459]

_“The most courageous of travellers are not those who venture into the most extreme corners of the planet, but those who made their journeys _*_deep into their own consciousness._*_ ”_

[@christophermontoya5526]

I've always wanted to go on a climbing trip that's several days long to experience this.

[@rosebflowin]

Les gooooo

[@AlichinoAi]

“ The way it makes you feel is like a tiny spec of dust... Very empowering “ 🤔🤔🤔

[@someones304]

"Honey, where is the bathroom?" "Oh, just 3 steps from our tent. Just be careful, it's a little windy at night."

[@fortress2270]

I'm afraid of height

[@hallunolla]

Lord Krythic Oof someones triggered because 1 letter is missing off of a sentence

[@SquidCena]

Lord Krythic you are dumb. Stop it, get some help.

[@raze6902]

Ooooh this chain is cancer.

[@ps4plays437]

Fortress22 same

[@raze6902]

Gary what makes you say that?

[@mdlyonn0035]

Imagine sleep walking, fuck that

[@maxglick12]

I've met this guy before, I was ice climbing with his company a couple times and got to talk to him a few times. Such an interesting guy!!

[@Nocturnes1984]

You know what balls are? Well, its something this guy has.

[@greenleafyman1028]

The level of trust they put on their ropes are immeasurable.

[@xq3]

You feel like a tiny spec of dust... Its very empowering

[@jim191185]

"Makes you feel like a tiny speck of dust" "It's very empowering" Are those things not total opposites?

[@brandenhuffmen8259]

I respect this level of commitment. I really do. I don't think my mind or body would ever be able to achieve something like this. Props!!

[@rajadat4437]

This is just so amazing to me! Fearless, yet yearning to explore more. Its crazy to me, but I admire their journeys to discover the world God has given to us...a world that needs so much to be examined and explored!

[@VS-mn4tv]

Get up in the morning,stretches, forgets he's in a hanging tent and climbs out .👋👋

[@floridamansgarage8629]

My question is how the hell they anchor that tent into the cliff

[@RayT70]

How is feeling like a speck of dust empowering?

[@daqtheduck6296]

Because the mountain doesnt bathe you off like we do

[@aicapitan3279]

"it makes you feel like a speck of dust. its very empowering" .... eh?

[@danthemann7]

Dance king Hoseok someone had a rough day

[@scrumpymanjack]

“It makes you feel like a tiny speck of dust…very empowering.” Really??? I think that would humble me more than empower.

[@kaminoyami5776]

Mrbeast: Staying at the side of the mountain for 24 hours

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

This is like a short horror film for those with fear of hights.

[@christenblissett5214]

It’s all fun and games til your body does that fake falling thing when you are halve way asleep

[@GG-ou2tz]

fuck that what if you sleep walk? or what if you have to take a piss or shit ? do you squat outside the tent on the ledge and let it blow? what if you have diarrhea and no toilet paper? do you use the cliff to wipe ?

[@RubiixCat]

Gods Gift 1) Then don't go? No ones forcing you to. 2) Maybe off the side, or into a container like a bottle or a bag? 3) Why the fuck would you be up there without toilet paper knowing it would take multiple days to climb? Basically, when doing a dangerous climb don't be a dumbass and do some preparation beforehand.

[@misskirigirl]

What if you have a dream that your falling? I'd freak

[@avanzjp6831]

"have you ever got that feeling when you feel like you're falling when you are sleeping?" The tent: literally falling with the people inside

[@phytoplankton7003]

I never knew ‘What was the highest you’ve ever slept at’ was a question that needed answering

[@Aditya-khurmi]

Nothing compared to how high I am while sleeping after a Saturday night.

[@w.p.9509]

Imagine your cause of death is “falling out of bed”

[@kairamannio52]

How do you even carry all of that stuff

[@scnomad3626]

KBNS Films you carry it in big bags called haul bags. You use a pulley system on a second rope called a haul line and use your body weight to raise the bag in short increments. It is a lot of work.

[@akhtar_Alee]

I climbed karakoram Pakistan twice

[@mrgod5139]

0:15 that would make a good funeral photo

[@degeneratedave3051]

Lmao

[@whitepearl1484]

why ? ground is not enough ?

[@oivatoikka6116]

Can we get a hell no?

[@x1area51ii7]

I slept under coconut tree season during typhoon in Philippines, I dodge all coconut that had fallen while I was dead slept. Get on my level bud.

[@widgetfilms]

NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPPITYNOPENOPENOPE NO

[@russelllamonaco2283]

Couldn't imagine falling off the top of a bunk bed.

[@iamKareem.]

ever went to sleep after smoking a couple of joints? now that's sleeping high!

[@romkew472]

You da boss

[@Chris-my6rm]

I smoke a couple grams of Dabs before bed, now that's sleeping high.

[@captainsober]

When there is no home in earth left to live in i would consider this option...

[@sihledlamz7440]

“ How does it feel? “,, I feel like sleeping on the side of a rock that’s a mile high is a bad idea

[@shaungordon9737]

Oh hell no!

[@sjoauga4561]

I can't past the thumbnail without wanting to cry omg....

[@birdman1843]

Imagine having to poop up there 👆

[@Touk1-u7i]

Wow, actually footage of my grandparents go to school!

[@vancouvercanucks215]

If I am forced to spend a night in a tent like that, the "smell" would be the least of my worries.

[@Paulnopanic]

I’ve slept even higher Off 2 double dose tabs 😂🤷🏽‍♀️

[@polotakeo2080]

Omg not funny

[@DrR.]

The scariest thing as living in a tent at a mountain side is you you accidentally open the tent door and your moving around once your sleeping

[@xblade8531]

Eh i dont have a fear of heights but it it is a little scary sleeping suspended high up in the moutians

[@86Sandrone]

Human logic« hey what if I were to sleep with void beneath me while I have options to just sleep on the ground and not climb gigantic rocks called mountains for fun »

[@ohhello1571]

Why climb when we have plane's? it's not the height no one fears, it's sleep moving.

[@wisewisdomtooth]

"And that wasn't the worst of it" ... The mountain is stinky also.. Uh wtf, how could almost freefalling in a tent be less than a little bit of stink?

[@jaxz2252]

lol imagine sleeping and waking up and you’re just falling.