World Record - Mount Everest AS350 B3 landing

On May 14th, 2005 at 7.08 AM (local time), a serial Ecureuil/AStar #AS350 B3 piloted by the Airbus Helicopters X-test pilot Didier Delsalle, landed at 8,850 meters (29,035ft) on the top of the Mount Everest (Kingdom of Nepal).
It was also a world altitude takeoff record.
It has been validated by the World Air Sports Federation. www.fai.org/record/didier-del...
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[@ClawieArmy]

The Sherpa industry hate this one trick.

[@UsamaKhan-cj7kg]

@@pankourlaut what to click

[@ary2766]

@@UsamaKhan-cj7kg it's a joke making fun about clickbait news articles and links

[@ary2766]

@@UsamaKhan-cj7kg and you fell for it apparently lol

[@blindandwatching]

The Sherpa bought 20 and charge USA$20,000 for the ride.

[@junkonakamura3441]

@@blindandwatching Smart sherpa.

[@argsgsgsgnngndg9894]

these speedrunners are getting out of control

[@tonofgaming6291]

Lmao This Was any % Exploits run.

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Lmao😂😂

[@schnaps1790]

but he clearly missed the "nearly frozen do death" achievement

[@ryangagnon5489]

Me n the boys in GTA 5 going to Mt.Chiliad

[@n0b0dy07]

The music seems very similar

[@JohnSmith-hn6kv]

Hard to believe that a helicopter can get to the top of the highest mountain - but it can. Congrats to the engineers who built that machine.

[@chippyjohn1]

Why is it hard to believe, not very difficult to do.

[@JohnSmith-hn6kv]

@@chippyjohn1 Yeah, it only took 66 years to achieve since the invention of the helicopter, easy peasy.

[@vommir.]

@@JohnSmith-hn6kv 😂

[@phmwu7368]

Moreover he did it twice in a row, on May 14 and May 15, 2005 !!!!

[@chippyjohn1]

@@JohnSmith-hn6kv The record was set well before this. Do some research.

[@simplytuned1623]

All those people spend weeks climbing mount Everest and this guy is just like, what's up

[@amazinmoose100]

Simply Tuned try months😂

[@dantube8471]

ho chi with no preparation at all? So yes, monds or years

[@MrJblonde2012]

Simply Tuned haha, true dat. I'd be like "yoo, I'll give you 5 grand for a ride back down"

[@prozac1127]

They need weeks to acclimatize.

[@MrCdrant]

You show up to Everest base camp with 4 days to make it to the top, let us know how that goes.

[@marthinnus]

I expected an A350 airliner landing on the top od MT Everest

[@hassanmalik3000]

🤣🤣🤣 me too

[@anshadashraf96]

Mee too😂😂😂

[@garyallen1056]

That's what I freaking thought...too🛩

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Мужик Казбунда well, the Airbus AS350 was originally the Eurocopter Écureuil (French for squirrel).

[@kaederukawa8178]

Just ask virgin air they will make your dream come true

[@lefterismagkoutas4430]

This man has the record of fastest climbing of mount everest

[@captaindoeverything]

climbing? Flying yes, climbing no

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

@@captaindoeverything climb verb (RISE) to go up, or go up something or to the top of something: [ I ] We climbed to the top of the hill, where we had a great view. [ T ] She climbed the stairs to the third floor. [ I ] The plane is still climbing and will level off at 33,000 feet technically the OP is correct.

[@roykale9141]

summit*

[@shykur]

@@TwoFingeredMammanot as impressive by hand and foot tho! Do the hard yards, get the title

[@lavkumar420]

We have most advanced ships and still people take great pride in winning swimming competition. People even cross english channel by swim.

[@Edhilues]

The air density at the summit is approx 30% of sea level, it’s truly amazing.

[@dylanklebald8123]

That's why they have massive rotars

[@Murffly3]

Incredible little powerful helicopters, I have about 700 hours in them. The Pilot essentially rides the updraft of the winds to get to the top, so this is as much Pilot capability as it is aircraft.

[@shawnprivate5322]

Pilot is ballsy n lucky Tha day,the storms on Everest are unlike anything you can comprehend..Everest is its own storm..

[@ronfreeman9385]

no updraft when he took off sheer power

[@bsemiaugenstein675]

That is not landing. The front right side of his Landing gear touched the snow gently

[@cmm3338]

@@LeonSKennedy7777 you would be insane to shut her down there, or have a pilot exit for any reason.

[@LeonSKennedy7777]

@@cmm3338 certainly the engines should not be shut down… it’s the best weather of the year & he is wearing oxygen, so perhaps a passenger (if a 2nd passenger’s weight could be accommodated) could’ve opened the door & just put their foot down… but this Airbus is probably more akin to an airliner with a pressurized cabin making such a thing impossible.

[@danielrehn81]

People who have climbed Mt . Everest: 5800 People who have landed a helicopter on Mt. Everest: 1

[@andregattodrummer]

But no real landing at all...sorry, just a fly by, but no Landing!

[@DonMrLenny]

@@andregattodrummer you cant actually land there

[@grizznature7256]

The Tesla version of this will come with a rope ; it will set to autopilot when you climb out of it. Its an upcoming glorious entry indeed.

[@boofert.washington2499]

@@andregattodrummer you can literally SEE the skids touch down on the summit.

[@pierreweee7425]

@@DonMrLenny Right. Its impossible. The summit is mostly snow and no flat surface. The heli would fall down

[@elainearruda1678]

With all the people climbing Everest now , this is actually a traffic report

[@ForgotFuckIt]

Fredo Bull no man that was pretty clever

[@000scubasteve]

@@ForgotFuckIt Space Pirate! My man! Fredo can't help sound angry. His anger makes up for his lack of intelligence and his micro-sized manhood.

[@blipco5]

Elaine Arruda - Great comment and true. 😂👍🍻

[@adamsouza4973]

😂😂

[@liner011f7]

I was thinking about the great rescue pilots at Lukla, able to get to Camp 3; just being in awe of this new machine. God only knows the age of the Lukla rescue copters.

[@randybrady1689]

This pilot, and his team made this landing on Everest's peak look easy. I'm sure it wasn't . Imagine the skill involved in picking just the weather and the right time to go.......let alone the route. We can think of the technology involved, such as gps autopilot, retracing your route home, radar, altimiter etc., but imagine if the weather socked in......These guys are obviously amongst the best in the world at what they do, yet that is one hell of a chance you're taking with the weather. Everything from mechanical failure, sensor failure, pilot error, weather change, can destroy you in an instant. Kudos to this team's achievement. The bravery and skill involved here is admirable, and inspiring.

[@babineaux.]

Randy Brady really? Are you really sure?

[@randybrady1689]

@@babineaux. After 30 years in search and rescue I am not sure about anything.

[@aluisious]

All that can destroy you in an instant hauling tourists around Hawaii, so what?

[@davidbocquelet-dbodesign]

There has been quite a few evacuations by helicopters on the Everest and K2 on camp bases when possible, each time the helicopters turbine struggled with the lack of air, as well as the prop. You need to inject air into the turbine entry and under the blades, auxiliary rockets, or having newly-designed high-sustentation blades to go higher. I'm sure it will be possible one day to reach 10,000 m.

[@juzzlookin]

I was thinking that, any malfunctions and it's a one way trip, it's not like anyone's going to come and get ya.

[@malhar073]

imagine someone just approaching summit and didnt know about this stunt. "this isnt Everest , is it?"

[@eldarhadzic9382]

Hahahhahahhahahaha :'D

[@GZA036]

awwww fuck I climbed the wrong mountain LMAO

[@altrnatvthinker]

it i smount everest i see but i think weather was suitable.inal situation during avalage it is not possible i think to rescue and thats why we hear that above 6500 meter is not paossible to rescue

[@bozaboss9306]

holy crap!! almost died laughing here! bwahahahaha!!

[@moto_rambler_prashant]

@@GZA036 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@scorpio5493]

I can only imagine the relief the pilot felt when he turned for home!! Great Job!

[@SunilSharma-re1hq]

Precision photography with a wide view of the entire expanse from take off to the entire flight and back ! Awesome! Superb !👍

[@moriver3857]

I once flew an AS350 B3, and with two people at over 10,000 feet, the power available was incredible. Great video.

[@Wilett614]

Must have been a Very Calm and Cold day too : )

[@trickshotsswag3067]

The next thing you know there will be a MacDonalds on the top of Mount Everest

[@michu1823]

or maybe next rescue beyond border you mor....

[@joolartey]

Why not ? 🐣

[@EinkOLED]

Japanese vending machine.

[@assmatronix]

Trick Shots Swag there already is, I had a happy meal there last week.

[@lightswift3217]

Trick Shots Swag 🤣🤣

[@bassemb]

4:08 Wow, look at that dive! Helicopters really are amazing machines, I love them...

[@maxiemusfpv198]

Bassem Boustany quadcopters are better

[@bassemb]

Yeah I love my little quadcopter :D but they don't scale up well. You can't easily have a helicopter-size quadcopter.

[@AArcticAA]

Me too...

[@among-us-99999]

Quadcopters are unsafe. Helicopters can autorotate if the engine fails, hexacopters can just shut Another engine down to remain balanced and return to home. But what happens if only one of the 4 motors of a quadcopter fails? It looses control and crashes -.-

[@aps1s]

if you love it, why dont you marry it.

[@zgjfinance2796]

Incredible feat of engineering; how it stays up with such thin air

[@gnosis7662]

Didn't think it was possible but you proved me wrong! Bravo!

[@sushimamba4281]

You can look forward to the day when we can take a helicopter ride to the summit, dressed in all the right climbing gear (maybe sipping a coffee), take some shots. Yeah! I was on the summit of Everest!

[@positive120]

I'm afraid they may flatten mt everest summit to make a big helipad a few years from now.

[@tarikay93]

That will not happen because alpinists are in it for the natural drug called adrenaline and would want to get their fix the hard way :)

[@fuglbird]

Just take one of the guided tours. 800 trips every year. Remember to take four bottles of oxygen. Nice to have when standing in queue behind the 130 others. That's the trick nobody tells you.

[@juansimon7020]

@@tarikay93 the people on the queue are not alpinists

[@realmrpoopybutthole7587]

​@@fuglbirdI realise this comment is 3 years old but I'll reply for anybody who's reading this: even though on certain days there is a lot of traffic, and most climbers do of course have oxygen tanks, it's still a pretty amazing achievement. One must give credit to the sherpas who made it all possible, but thinking about crossing the Khumbu Icefall for instance gives me shivers.

[@Jolene8]

Truly amazing... Adaptation at its best and I can only imagine the lives that need not be lost. Just amazing.

[@monkeybar88]

I was lucky enough to fly ems as a flight nurse in an astar and can say it was my favorite. Out of 407 ec145 ec135 and bc. Love that little bird

[@moriver3857]

I once took an new AS350 B3 to 10,000 feet for some maint checks and it felt so powerful being up there and so much power left. What a machine. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@societylost4344]

Imagine being on an airliner at commercial jet height and seeing one of these breaking this record! 🤘

[@rehauindia5699]

I was expecting that Bear Grylls would jump out of the helicopter on to the summit to start another episode of Man vs Wild..Lol!!!

[@dvclama]

Just fantastic! His impressive demonstration of "survival" here on the Everest convinced all the professionals, I guess. Didier is a great guy, we were in the same rescue squadron almost 38 years ago, few years before the fall of Berlin wall.. By pure respect, humility and dignity, Didier Delsalle apparently refused to lead his B3 higher than the Lama of Jean Boulet. 😎

[@reneedaniel2881]

Wow 😳

[@narkelnaru2710]

Incredible. All of us who revere the mountain are both fascinated and hopeful that it will always be respected as the power of an awesome nature.

[@purplealice]

Wow, that was some fancy flying! I liked how he didn't put the chopper completely down - just one bit of the landing skids was touching the snow. And then he just flew away, and did victory rolls next to the mountain because he *could*!

[@xeokym223]

I think the camera did rolls

[@mark.bailey]

If I ever get chance to fly in a helicopter I want that guy to be the pilot. Truly someone at the top of his game. Great to watch, well done :-)

[@xwagner76]

Amazing! I would not have thought that possible.

[@justpassinthruonR66]

Thank you for this video.

[@veveveverita521]

Excelent video. Thank you for beautiful images. 😀😍

[@vimalkumar3815]

The air is very thin here so it is very difficult to fly helicopter here. But you proved that man can do anything. Great job.

[@dmac2899]

Man cannot do anything. They can try but they can’t.

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Great helicopter + fantastic pilot = awe inspiring accomplishment...

[@moomin4949]

世の中にはとんでもない凄いことを成し遂げる立派な人がいるのですね。　エベレスト成功おめでとうございます！

[@Indiakkarann]

Yes !! It's a grand record ❤ Till now, no one other than him (Didier delsale) reached the summit by means other than foot.... That is something to be boasted about 🤩

[@Rich206L]

I have has the pleasure of flying with Didier in NYC, demo-ing the EC130B4. He's a fantastic pilot and a really nice guy. Say what you want, but if anyone could do it, he could. And he did! On my father's birthday, no less!

[@yamahonkawazuki]

This was absolutely amazing. setting a worlds record, on everest, and on your fathers birthday. i can imagine climbers when they reach the summit, glancing around then noticing a helicopter skid imprint in the snow. first words, errm okaaay?

[@psychward2315]

Didier be like who dis?

[@Rich206L]

@@psychward2315 Didier D'Salle. He was one of Eurocopeter's test pilots, later, Chief Test Pilot, possibly known as Aerospatiale back then. A very personable guy and a wizard with a helicopter!

[@williamcurry1132]

simply AMAZING - incredible ...great job !

[@cholland454]

“Uber for Bill?”

[@prant8998]

It doesn’t count unless he got out and took a selfie.

[@martinandrewnewby1525]

in a Ronald Mcdonald suit sipping a cappucino decaf

[@smoothcriminal7118]

going from low altitude to that high, he gets out of heli for 10 mins he would die

[@AV84USA]

This is the FIRST time a helicopter made it that high. Literally, one step at a time…

[@norm3769]

He should have got out and done the tiktok dance 🤣

[@anilmohani7845]

Then who'll bring back the chopper.... LOL

[@Travelteez]

My journey to Base Camp was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Thanks for sharing.

[@rakibahammed7845]

top of the everest looks like a big vanilla icecream xD

[@martinandrewnewby1525]

shhhh ...otherwise ben and jerry will get ideas

[@alanh8101]

Maginificent excellent Job of Company and Pilot Skills.. And hope it can save as many life’s and propels emergency 🙏🏻 Cheers Alan

[@ahmadsaeed3599]

Simply amazing and wonderful.

[@mqbitsko25]

A record that can literally NEVER be broken.

[@aflaks]

+Mickey Bitsko why not

[@mqbitsko25]

+aflaks Are you serious?

[@callmeishmael3031]

+Mickey Bitsko Actually, what I've read is that Everest grows around 2.5 inches higher each year, so every landing would be a new record.

[@aflaks]

makes sense in that context

[@flinx]

+Mickey Bitsko Land a helicopter on Olympus Mons ;-)

[@YOUTUBEfucku]

The most IMPRESSIVE feat that I have seen in a long time.

[@mikegrand4181]

Felix Baumgartner jumping from the air balloon 100,000+ feet in the air was pretty unbelievable.

[@markchapman5996]

This is very impressive, well done.

[@peaou]

i would love to see uncut version from any of on-board camera. but, of course, it would be like, 'hei, do you still have this footage from 15y ago?' nice vid anyways, thank you for sharing

[@jerrycooper1428]

Total Respect! A very gutsy Pilot! A doff my hat to you Sir.

[@vishumagar6848]

This is illegal and deeply offensive to nepali peoplw

[@jerrycooper1428]

@@vishumagar6848 For telling someone I admire them for being a skilled pilot and he would have got permission to do this. Here's what's offensive to Nepali People. Shut the fuck up Vishu!

[@Izzyduude]

Should have stepped out and made footprints on Everest! Awesome feat!

[@johnbrown1960]

I agree. Its like pee on top of a tree and tell me its raining.

[@mikesnapper9001]

and land where? it was visible there was not enough space for stable landing, only for touching the peak. if he got out the heli would slide off

[@Pintuuuxo]

I wish I had a B3 to do the same. I would start with the Alps first. :-) Wonderful video. Thank you.

[@unggrabb]

Build a cable car and a revolving restaurant. And a hotel

[@kangladesh7680]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@unggrabb]

@Frank M goes without saying :-)

[@martinandrewnewby1525]

hotel better have a descent pool...or im not going.

[@sunnydas9223]

Yes and iris pub too

[@keithadams812]

an oxygen bar would do quite nicely 👌

[@jamesambrocio]

Some climbers nearing the summit and this chopper wheezing by them: *"Excuse me, sir, could point me to the direction of Mt. Everest?"*

[@andrewbeck844]

To anyone wondering, this was a production version Astar minus empty seats and only an hour of fuel. It set ‘time to climb’ records all the way to 33k’ too.

[@user-yj5os4uw2n]

Yes. I've been in a AS350 squirrel in Nepal but we could only get to around 12k feet....

[@charlesmanning5819]

Thanks to this video I have need to climb that . Awesome video 👍👍👍👍

[@abheyksharma]

This is amazing. You guys are a star.

[@jamesm3471]

Summit climb on Everest via a new route, affectionately known as “The Reverse Grand Tour”

[@framfull]

This sure beats the walk up this hill!

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

Hill?

[@miekemaarschalkerweerd979]

Great great work !!!!!

[@jimgarland2653]

What an awesome video thanks for sharing

[@wallybrown9509]

Unless you’re a pilot, people don’t know how hard that landing was to do. Salute to that pilot... well done.

[@Viewfromtheturret]

Not a place for an engine failure!

[@randyXLT]

If your over 20ft altitude, your in trouble with an engine failure.

[@valerie80yearsago90]

Randy Torgerson Not really. Every Helicopter pilot learns to master the skill of auto rotation.

[@valerie80yearsago90]

Mike Smith One should always train for the worst. Smart pilots will learn that Mastering or at least knowing how to auto rotate their aircraft is fundamental if you want to fly at all. You never know what may happen, so it's always best to prepare for the worst.

[@ianburrows1700]

VT ViewfromtheTurret there’s a spare in the boot it would be just ridiculous to not have & with the altitude there’s just enough time2 bolt the new one in. U cretin

[@alexviau6950]

Autorotation is a wonderful thing but you still need a safe place to land. I don't think there is plenty flat areas around Mount Everst

[@sebastiendoublet2347]

Bien joué ✌🏻

[@skitzochik]

INCREDIBLE!! THATS AMAZING IT REALLY IS

[@nipunkothare]

I like how at 4:08 the pilot went "Fk it. I`m too high right now, I can totally do this" .

[@azamhusain6228]

Nipun Kothare

[@shridharvaddepalli6538]

Man and machine : Stupendous performance. Salute to the dare devilry of the pilot Didier Delsalle. Very rare feat to be matched.

[@MrTimetravler]

So freaking awesome!

[@daveadams6421]

If I had just reached the summit of Mount Everest and saw a helicopter landing there I would think I was hallucinating 😎

[@CaneMajor]

Outstanding! Good job Airbus Helicopter!

[@iamromain]

It's actually Aérospaciale that developed it and it was produced by Eurocopter. Airbus produces it too now but only since 2014 and this footage is 9 years older :). Even the pilot is French here, damn a little bit of pride feels good.

[@88njtrigg88]

Baphomet, "well deserved..", your countrymen have been great discoverer's, inventor's & practitioner's of modern science, since it's berth.

[@airbushelicopters]

Hello Baphomet, yes and no, Aerospatiale merged with DASA and becomes Eurocopter which has been just renamed in Airbus Helicopters when EADS has been renamed Airbus Group.

[@peglegnoid6139]

@@airbushelicopters The Lama still holds 2 world records from 1972, you still have a ways up to 40,833 ft. Good Luck

[@markusbrauns4274]

That was amazing... both pilot and machine. Wow

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Impressive👍 helicopter🚁🚁🚁🚁 and video🎥🔥 more!

[@IndiaisHindupromisedland]

Nepalis be like: There goes 1/3rd of our GDP😭😭😭

[@basantapandeyy]

Why so salty nigga

[@basantapandeyy]

Fucking dhoti

[@indranildutta2961]

@@basantapandeyy he is just joking chill

[@1245aryan]

@@basantapandeyy stfu bahadur

[@sirish0332]

@@indranildutta2961 He is too joking,just chill,cant take a joke on self? Or don't have a single 8000er? Oops Pakistan took 'em all,so unlucky!! 😂😂😂

[@DanielCardei]

Next UP its a TANK!

[@yourtutor3329]

dont bother, putin has allready been there with a tank, no big deal. but the latest is that kim jong un has landed a jet liner on the summit and he will now open a korean dumpling restaurant there

[@hindugoat2302]

this mountain is very tall but in my country we have much taller mountain

[@tahititoutou3802]

Next up would be a subway getting there!!

[@Freekniggers]

No I heard it was dirt bike

[@frankfordification]

Sounds like a tall tale to me!

[@xihuantiyu]

Unthinkable and unbelievable. Great job

[@TucsonDude]

Neat! I wonder if the pilot had the same video background music piped into his headset.

[@danielrehn81]

God let's hope not

[@104thMaverick]

True story... they had to do this twice. On the first day none of the recording equipment captured any of the footage so the pilot went up again the next day to get this footage.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

I have read they flew up there twice just to prove that the first time hadn't been just luck.

[@cormac8276]

Maull Sin Contac like Messner did with the first no oxygen climb?

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@@cormac8276 I didn't know about that

[@cormac8276]

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor messner did repeat his climb. Although it was more because people didn’t believe him.

[@pacvaliaveed326]

And all this published? Authenticated?

[@jojodelima1953]

Should be a record flight for a chopper at that elevation and very thin air for its rotors. Makes helicopter rescues now possible

[@namasivayamm9234]

Wonderful performance thanks

[@harryfegan2452]

Amazing!

[@wingsonwheelsadventures799]

wait until boston dynamic came up with a sherpabot

[@Pondicherryhotel]

LOL :)

[@JayB2]

That's a great idea! If the future will be robots may as well create one which is designed to help tourists up the super high mountains.

[@danno02]

So what you're saying is, yes we can do a helicopter rescue on Mt Everest.

[@tylermorris9196]

anymore weight in his helicopter and its a no go

[@RandomTheories]

@@tylermorris9196 imo quite possible with some diet (same as for sports cars - composites, titanium parts etc.) you could probably shave it so you could carry a passanger

[@konraddembek6573]

@@RandomTheories yeah, but You'll need at least two people in the heli - pilot, and some dude who would go out to pick up somebody. Second dude would need some equipment to go outside of the heli and the weight goes up and up... AAAND prob most important - maybe it would be possible on the summit, with help of some fellow climbers, yeah, but 99% of fatal accidents on everest happens in way more difficult locations on the mountain.

[@luigimichetti5898]

Gooood Job..Congrats...no trash aroud...no (bodys)....no supermarket line... Bravo !!!

[@TheTheQueenOfFluff]

I’ve always wondered why people can’t just take a chopper to the summit. And this proves they can. I know it’s not the same as climbing the mountain but I would have thought this would be a tourism draw card. You can say, “ I’ve been to the Everest summit” without putting in the climb.

[@whitexicanat-large681]

The helicopter was gutted to make it as light as possible. As far as I'm aware, there is no current helicopter that could carry passengers and their oxygen tanks at that altitude and land. You would also need exceptionally good weather, and you don't have much space for people to get in and out of the aircraft, there is no helipad.

[@thepainphantom]

Have you ever watched movies (or any space documentary) about space aircraft or astronauts just 'flying' around in the empty space? The air is literally very very thin you barely can't generate power to fly any direction you want (if you're say, a bird). That's why we use rockets there. The same goes for high altitude: AIR DENSITY. If the air is too thin, the heli machines can't get enough air to generate power from the engine's combustion. You do realize aircraft engines use fuel and AIR to lift them up, right? Do your basic physics, bruh. This heli is heavily modified to be as light as possible, while at the same time requires exceptionally skilled pilot as well.

[@avgeekviolinist]

@@thepainphantom[Were] you mad [when you wrote this], bruh?

[@thepainphantom]

@@avgeekviolinist It's just basic physics. Ofc I'm mad and you're not.

[@ramdas363]

Should be able to rescue people from C4 at least though, right? Why aren't there frequent helicopter rescues?

[@Ken-vl4wk]

He was above the highest point. A place nobody has ever been.

[@PlaXer]

actually airplanes fly higher than that so...

[@olasek7972]

Highest? If you land on the Moon you will be higher, I guarantee you … 🤡

[@ponyrang]

Wow... My best friend, Nice video... Beautiful place Enjoy watching this video... Have a nice day.

[@man9mj]

Amazing video

[@Chandanakamal1983]

icing on the cake.that nosedive at 4:12 was absolute breathtaking.

[@tomdavison9107]

Not too many days during the year that you can even attempt that!

[@Pepsi864]

Congrats to the videographer for his/her brave efforts

[@pierrelaliberte3964]

That's one Helluva great Chopper to get the pilot on Top of Everest. Really fast way to Summit Everest

[@jairzinhopena4244]

Congratulations to the pilot for his great maneuver, bringing the helicopter to that height is a very difficult risk. My question is this, what did they throw at the top? would it be oxygen?

[@trucha1618xx]

It is a fantastic feat, the images of te great colossus are: A W E S O M E !!! ..., Thanks for sharing... the combination of the technology and the beauty of the planet are magnificent, human beings have to combine both, on balance, harmony, as well as those minutes or seconds that the aircraft stays in balance at the top of the great mountain... the majestic presence of billions of years of the Colossus in equilibrium with the fleeting moment of human ingenuity... ephemeral in equilibrium with the eternal... the ephemeral nature of human time before the immutable and eternal Cosmos... To think of it... Fraternal greetings

[@jofnonation5852]

🤦🏼‍♂️

[@neverquit2923]

Holy shit

[@Spekkfps]

Can´t compete with trains though. Nothing beat trains

[@invent5540]

Too funny lol

Who is writing shit is you!

[@bcary461]

That's incredible!

[@sagarsharma3653]

I always though about this and kudos they have done it.

[@PlaneAF876]

This is amazing! Perhaps now so many climbers need not die up there or if they die, at least there is the hope their bodies can be retrieved. There are over 200 bodies on the mountain, some in full view of climbers, frozen and mummified like the body of George Mallory who attempted to summit in 1924. His body was found 75 years later in 1999, or Tsewang Palijor who died in 1996 and who's body became a landmark for 20 years before it was moved.

[@benth162]

You do realize the physics of that flight. You can bet that helicopter was gutted to a minimum weight and with minimum fuel to get there and back. Those blades have less and less dense air to bite into as it rises in altitude, so any additional weight would make impossible for rescue at the top of Everest.

[@stephenbray9816]

Climbers don't need to die. They don't need to go there.

[@GUMMYBEAYUH]

Don't ever say that it's impossible, Rumple Stiltskin, because you are likely to be proven wrong in that statement.

[@NickFalacci]

Of course climbers don't NEED to go there. But most of us don't NEED to do many things. No one needs to SURF or go SCUBA DIVING but people are adventurous and like to take on a certain amount of risk so that they are able to do AMAZING things. You're far more likely to die in your car within 3 miles of your home. That's what the cold hard numbers tell us. So some people are willing to take on some limited extra risk to do some incredible things in life that greatly add to the life experience. Now ... when it comes to Everest ... I will criticize many who go there to climb it because most of these people are not so much into climbing. They want to the bragging rights to say they climbed Everest ... even though there are more dangerous, difficult mountains to climb. People who love to climb love the outdoors. But they generally do not love to be in long lines. And if you decide to go climb Everest, that is likely going to be your experience .... standing in line behind dozens if not hundreds of other climbers. I'm a climber and see ZERO fun in that experience ... and I started climbing because I too had the Everest bug and wanted to climb this great mountain. But once I started climbing I realized there are so many other great climbing experiences to be had. Everest is an incredible mountain with great routes and rich history. But knowing the crowding and the trash and the local economy being completely centered around this high-altitude tourism, and the endless lines ... I've long given up my dream to climb this peak. I've had such a great experience rock climbing in the Gunks and in England and California and doing some mountaineering in the Tetons ... I don't have that burning need to do Everest just because it's the tallest by a few dozen feet. If I still wanted to climb in the Himalayas there are other fantastic peaks to ascend.

[@fieldaj2011]

its the journey they want to do, the risk of it. And if nobody ever died on the way, nobody'd think it was worth doing. Apparently its quite expensive money-wise too, and yet there is no shortage of people. Some years I've read its like they need an escalator up there. Whenever I hear of some climber who dies, I look for my little violin...they knew the risks. You pays your money and yous takes your chances.

[@bthboJsyhl]

When I first saw the summit in this video I was like "Whoa, that's a big platform", but then he landed and I was like "crazy! That's such a tiny summit!!!" Must be an awesome feeling, standing there after weeks climbing up this huge mountain..

[@spaceman8839]

they say the summit is about the size of a kitchen table

[@abhibabai]

Amazing achievement .... 👍

[@isaacsheppard7624]

They have the ability now just save so many lives. As the technology gets better and I have many pilots like this one, I think that’s pretty cool

[@nvdwarriorLtc]

Any modification to the tail rotor? Nice video...and as I know well....helicopter pilots are...well.....crazy!

[@cannack]

only modifications were seat removals (and other uneeded stuff), otherwise standard heli

[@wmsgieng]

I would have loved to see the T4 gauge and the torque readings. I am sure this is a specially modified ship.

[@andrewbeck844]

kumar gulavita It was a production version with the empty seats removed and 1 hour of fuel. They also set time to climb records all the way to 33k’.

[@andrewpaulstancer5704]

Absolutely .. we watched the rescue service documentary in Nepal and even in a highly modified chopper maximum altitude was about 6000 metres.. rescues above this height were done with Sherpas and sledges with ropes to descend to a lower altitude ... also there is a significant chance of HAPE/HACE at those altitudes

[@pepperjackshack2439]

For those wondering, the T4 gauge is the combustion section of a turbine engine, where the real work is happening.

[@dogeshiba3518]

T4 readings was . 0488 and torque readings was.. .091 psi ,

[@froschreiniger2639]

@@andrewpaulstancer5704 wouldnt it make more sense to build like an mv 22 osprey but with jet engines instead of rotors? why has nobody made a helicopter style jet powered aircraft?