Aconcagua - Award Winning Documentary 

It was an illusion.

@@Twobarpsithat’s… what he’s saying…

You sir are a legend. I actually climb mountains on LSD . Haha

Pictures or it didn't happen

@@jackoliver7506 people like you are what's wrong with the world. The industrial revolution and its consequences, you.

@@DaoNguyen-iy2iu it was a joke karen...

@@DaoNguyen-iy2iu That sounds oddly familiar

Well done on your trips. It takes courage to turn back when you realise it's not safe. It can't have been as easy thing to do so great job getting back in one piece

I hear ya. But a ~7000m summit is far from a completely safe ascent. Needs good preparation and a well planned expedition. I know of people who almost got themselves killed on that mountain (and surely people have died there too).

@@JustBrowsing777 You are right. I made some research after watching the video and discovered that fatalities are not that rare. But the death rate must be low, because many more people attempt this climbing than the K2.

Seems the same to mee XD, Where is the dramatic music?! Naaa... Beautiful Aconcagua

Yeah definitely, comparatively, it is not as technically difficult. You have to be careful but if you are then it is a great way to challenge yourself with less immediate risk than the Himalayan high peaks. Thanks for your comment :)

If it looks too easy for you, try getting up via the South Face!

Congrats Steve!! A great achievement! I hope the video helped you relive it a little :)

I do too 🇿🇦

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That's all mountains, though. Vertical is always plenty high to kill you if you jump off, get drunk etc, bad weather kills and stupid/unlucky people can get caught by avalanches. I've climbed all of the mountains in Norway. With one or two exceptions they are easy, but the same things there as in the Himalayas or Andes otherwise, except the thin air. Weather, avalanches, don't fall down. Even here you're told to turn back immediately if the weather turns. Don't do that = possibly dead in a few hours. You're told to not climb the sunlit side of mountains. Do it anyway = possibly buried alive under an avalanche a few minutes later. Possibly unfair, but stupidity kills. That's basically my motto. Even if you're standing still at sea level.

How much was it back in 2006?

@@vertihvost7675, I believe I paid around $2,500 for 18 days.

Congratulations. That sounds amazing.

Yeah, no. Congratulations, glad it went well.

It’s on descent from the summit that injuries snd deaths occur. Especially at high altitude. You probably took the safer option by paragliding down to base camp

Did you summit from camp berlin?

no

Very welcome :)

Haha brilliant, yeah Andrew’s a great guy and super strong. I think he said he’d done Kilimanjaro too. Hope you enjoyed Denali, would love to do that one day too

Mate I did this in 2019 3 out of 8 made it. Watching people give up crying cause they couldn’t push on was hard… I just never gave up… my brain just said suck it up… marched on. ❤ truly an incredible humbling experience of what a body can take and the view was clear that day absolutely amazing…

Watch Casey Neistat’s video about Aconcagua. He did it with no guides or navigation

Totally, it can be tough only flying halfway there by chopper…and then having to walk a bit as well.

Which mirador? I went to Portillo but only saw the Aconcagua from the road on the chilean side

No one cares

Großglockner in the Alps ? 😂

@@notyourbiz235 forget grossglockner

Thanks Rachel, I appreciate it :)

Thank you! Glad you liked it

Thanks Gabi, I appreciate it

Thanks for watching, interesting comments. Some of the Penetentes were probably 4 feet but perhaps thinner as well than in the past

"congratualtion, upload succesfull" Jk, it was ok

Looked like an infomercial for the expedition company.😜

His mama made up a bunch of special awards for him.

@myjourney 22688 fuck off

How much does a trek like this cost a person? Like gear,travel,food,tips? Im unaware of how i could make this happen climbing seems heavily sponsored and these arent normal people like me that can just go do something so awesome and titanic as climbing a mountain but i am drawn to this just zero experience

@@Beederda Not a huge amount if you do-it-yourself. If you get outfitted and have a guide they are quite a bit more.

Yeah Sebastian and Rolo are class. We had Matias too and he is great as well, fastest guy on the mountain! Lovely people and it was a pleasure to climb with them. Thanks for watching :)

Thanks for your comment, Mike. It did clear on the descent somewhat so potentially there was a longer window than expected on the day. I think we could have maybe got one more to the summit if we had slowed the pace a lot but it's so unpredictable, its always hard to make a judgement that high on the mountain. Thanks for watching :)

Thanks Jacob! :)

CERTAINLY YOU CAN !

Good luck, Ivan! :)

Amen!

Ah great, glad it was helpful for you :) I have looked it up on spotify so I'll be following your chats, looks super interesting. Good luck with the interview and I look forward to listening to it

James Smith oh man that’s amazing thank you! I know I have Aconcagua sorted but if you want to come on about a particular trip you can email me btmtravelpod@gmail.com I’ve got the Karakoram, Kanuka Mountains, Patagonia and the 7 Summits World Record as examples of mountain episodes coming out in July and August!

Thanks for your comment, it's an interesting debate, whether climbing Everest/K2 is somehow selfish because of those you might endanger along the way and if it still has the prestige that it used to, given how many have climbed it. Personally I think that maybe it is starting to go that way. On another similar note, a friend once said to me that they thought Aconcagua was the highest relatively safe mountain to climb, which I think is fairly accurate.

After reading this comment I'm sure I'm going to try to climb it.

@@chatka92 Did you?

Hmm interesting, diamox really splits opinions I have to say. Critics say that it just masks the symptoms so can lead to you suddenly feeling very bad without the normal warning signs from your body but I have also heard similar positive accounts to yours. Personally I brought diamox but didn’t take it (partly advice from guides). I got headaches, some light-headedness and very near to the top I started to feel as if I was almost starting to hallucinate a little. I haven’t settled on an opinion on diamox overall I don’t think

Trust in me . Dont visit latinoamerica

@@yorha2175 And who are you to say that? South America is beautiful, visit Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Brazil, nothing ever happened to me.

Good luck, I hope you can go one day :)

animereich me too man! working my way up!

Thanks Amrut :)

Thanks! Yeah I think you're right and I have since invested :) This was done on a bit of a budget but I am looking into doing another...(possibly Denali).. and I am keen to take on feedback and make it even better. Thanks for watching

This is not a trip where you need to have a guide.

I might consider doing this but for now I am focussing on other projects :) I found a few other videos on this though so hopefully you came across what you're looking for

In terms of Technical difficulty, definitely. But 23,000 ft is not to be fucked with.

@keli 20.30 it's not over 8000 meters

For those who underestimated ANY mountain, www.mountainiq.com/deaths-on-aconcagua/ It does not matter reaching the summit if you can't go back home and upload a video to your social media.

Basically? Definitely not! The great mountains is one of the grates phisical and mental challenges that a human being can face.

I think William French sums it up best there :)

Well of course. I don't think he's trying to compare that. Summiting that mountain basically gets you to base camp at k2. It's still a great achievement.

I was asking this too.. They just documented what they did.. Nothing outstanding about the filming, subject matter or anything.. Clickbait?

I think it won the award for most ads in a 14 minute video. I got 2 ads and one political break.

Aw thanks, I appreciate your comment. The trip I went on was with Aventuras Patagonicas, I would genuinely recommend them, really nice guides and a reasonable price for their hard work

Hi Cristian, Thanks for watching :) My advice would be that you have to have made peace with the fact that you might fail and that's ok. Weather may be a factor, or your reaction to altitude or your physical fitness. However, having said that, I think if you did regular hikes in the lead up to the climb and got used to carrying a backpack of 20kg up steep hills then you do have a chance of making it. A lot of it is about determination and if you stick with it then you will give yourself a chance, you have to be prepared for hours and days in a row of effort though. Hope that helps and do enjoy the experience if you go :)

I personally looked for one that looked not too expensive and with a decent reputation. There are plenty out there but I went with Aventuras Patagonicas and they were excellent :)