Discovery Channel-Ultimate Survival: Everest-Episode 1 

Annabelle did make it, so from being a social climber to a real mountain climber is quite something. Good on her. It's not like she asked to be born to a wealthy banker. She would be a fool not to take advantage of her opportunities, just like the rest of us. Seeing quite a few of these rich people actually put their money where their mouth is shows why they are successful people. They don't give up, they are determined and know how to really want something.

Everest looks beautiful and also terrifying at the same time.

Thanks for posting this!!

I have so much love and respect for the Sherpas. Those mountains are so beautiful and decades of climbers trashing Nepal. They still do. Sherpas should run Everest as they see fit NOT rich narcissists!

Thank you for sharing, now I'm looking for parts2, 3, and 4. I found episode 5.

Thank you very much! Great min-series.

Thank You! And funny:@8:36 backward helmet!

Hector is a better person than I am cause I could NEVER climb with a person who I saved but left me for dead. Hell no never!!

So I just watched this on Prime and I can't believe this Ben Webster drags his girlfriend up Everest and then abandons her! His ego is as big as Everest. As I first watched I thought, "God, what a whinny baby-him and his ears." Then he whined all thru the thing and then holds Shauna from going up with Andrew and Hector (Hector's the bomb!) when the weather was perfect and she felt good. Then he takes her up-what 2 hrs- and tells her go up herself cause he's sick. She gets up to CAMP 4! and he tells her she has to go back down and then edits her reaction out so he doesn't look bad. Shauna girl-dump this loser! You were stronger than some of the men-you were doin' and I think the wind would have died down and you could have went up the next day. The sherpas are paid by him so they took his lead-you all could have made it. Kudos to you -you were amazing! And Annabelle-at first I thought "Oh, spoiled rich girl" but she went up like a champ! Annabelle, when you cried at the top, I cried. I was so proud of you and I love you took your "stuff" with you especially lipstick. I believe a girl has to look good no matter where she is. Don't let anyone give you grief about it-it's a female right! And it just shows you that it doesn't matter if you're male or female, you either have the character and mental strength to do Everest or you don't. And I don't for one minute think that any of what you did looked easy. I couldn't do it-not ever. No matter what you do in your life - YOU CLIMBED EVEREST! AWESOME!

'On Everest avalanches are a way of life. On Everest they are a way of death!' Sheriff John Bunnell of World's wildest police chases would be proud of that one.

k for those who dont know , leave base camp and your on your own , even if your attached to 5 proffessional and 5 sherpas, enter the dead zone your dying in micro seconds, not seconds, your body is eating itself at a phenomenal rate, internally, its a given your going to lose your feet and most of your fingers, your brain is going to swell the size of a grape fruit and if your asked to count to ten, you will reply "Aardvaark" , or " theres no peaches in ice cream" and its all you can say, over and over, on a loop, thats altitude sickness, your tripping like youve dropped 5 pure acid tabs from woodstock, you will be so frozen, your muscle in your legs have frozen solid, like a leg of lamb in the fridge and no longer function, you dont care cause your that exhausted and dehydrated that you just want to lay down and die as quick as possible to get away from the burning pain of the cold, extreme freezing burns, not the other way around, your suffocating and drowning , lung wise at the same time, from blood,. in short, dont enter where you dont belong, its already been climbed, find one that hasnt or go somewhere no other has gone, be a first , not a second or 1134th,the corpses who lead to the summit, can tell you that , asking them on the way up, i can name them all, i document their lasts words and the circumstances in which they die, they all forgot, at 8k NO-ONE , not even god can help you should you get an injury or fall sick ect, you will be left to die, self preservation dictates it, you die or everyone does staying with you and trying to save you, thats why there should only be 8k experienced 5 of the 7 climbers allowed on everest or above, fully accredited and documented climbers/ mountaineers, its not for rich arrogant minded amatuer adventure junkies , who cause they paid an economically poor sherpa to carry all the life saving gear for them"like thats really climbing", who are only one braindead thought of insisting they be addressed as "BWANA" , like a great white hunter, spending precious time even at 7k to posts blogs/vlogs to their deadhead basement dwelling subscribers who liken the great "BWANA" to XXX vin diesel, cant wait to hear their last words, there have been some real good ones.have a safe covid free climb lol,... oh i do climb, but i CLIMB.

And you lady are right! No one had to spell that out to you!!

LoL the highest feeling in the world will be what you make it to be!!!

I wonder how many of the Frozen Climbers on Everest are wearing little red necklaces around their necks? Man I think of some weird stuff.

Please have no sympathy for anyone who dies on Everest! They know the very very real danger before they leave. Generally driven selfish people, who leave spouses and children at home, knowing quite well they may die, but still go!

How many Everest’s deaths are $100,000 suicide-by-exposure. just wonderin’

Mallory didn’t go to Kathmandu ! Nepal was off limits to foreigners until after the first world war hence his route from Tibet side. Can’t you not just check your facts ? I have zero confidence in anything in this film it bollocks !

Great documentary. Funny part though, at 8.37s passenger on a scooter wearing helmet backwards downwards,wtf?

"Shana is not just his climbing partner, she's his girlfriend" - where I come from, that means the same damn thing ;)

Madness.

If they die, they die. Ivan Drigo

Those who are climbing the Everest escorted by the Sherpas are just like those people organizing the Safari with those African slaves. Whether they like it or not , these climbers can be judged as only taking advantage of the Sherpas who are doing all the dirty jobs and almost treat the climbers as toddlers. If any climbing enthusiast wants to conquer the Everest, he must be the one to carry all the things he needs to survive and not depend on anyone to escort him up and down the mountain. The real test for endurance can only be measured if a climber can summit and come back down by himself. The trending nowadays is to climb the mountain with as many Sherpas one can get as escorts and if they succeed to go up and then down safely they claim they are good mountaineers.

Contrived drama. It's a reality show.

How tough can she (Shauna) be if she thinks Kathmandu is dirty? She's a disgrace to mountaineers.

I’m sorry, but this is like the 5th video of Everest with people that don’t belong in the trip. It’s a disaster in the making. If you haven’t climbed the 7 highest peaks and aren’t in elite shape you don’t belong there. If you still have frostbite from your last climb you don’t belong there. It is hard enough for experts when they loose feeling because of cold. Also, if your not confident of your abilities, go home. You’re risking your life and your team’s. I was impressed with Annabelle’s crawling on the ladder. Do what you have to do!!! If she can problem solve & climb she may just do it!’

I'd get all the way up there and ask one of the Sherpa's for a sky hook n really fuck with their heads lol or batteries for thr electirc hatchet lol (old roofer jokes)

Why the heck was she on her own? Shouldn't she have a Sherpa with her at least?

K2 is the ultimate summit, Everest is $100k "expeditions" for Chinese guys with Go-Pro's strapped to their heads.

Thank Jesus God Thank Jesus God Thank Jesus God Thank Jesus God Thank Jesus God Thank Jesus God Amen Rajesh

Second WW not 1st I correct my mistake.

I was going to watch this video until I read all the reviews. I read reviews before I buy anything, same when trying to watch a video. I don't mountain climb except from my easy chair. I love mountain climbing stories, but I don't like stupid people attempting stupid things. Sherpa's are the real mountain men. If you can't cross the Khumbu ice fall without aid, how in the world did you make it back down, then up again and then to camp 4? No way I would've been there by myself. The death zone is just what it is, death! Let me find another video to watch.

These climbers would summit nothing if it wasn’t for the Sherpa’s

next year i will have my chance :)

Are Ben and Shauna still “partners”?

Too melodramatic

You don't mention even the name of the expedition...? Ben Webster and Shauna are in fact Canadians but you don't even mention Shauna's last name, or their climbing experience / training ??

Oh!

an Everest divorce take the old lady climbing leave her on the summit ridge.....

look, the sherpa dont have to take the money. they arent being enslaved and forced to go.

i don't mean this to be taken the wrong way, but how u never see a black climber? out of all the Everest docus i have watched, haven't seen a single black person so i'm curious?

Why use the CN tower as a unit of measurement? Almost no one outside of Toronto knows its height. Ffs

Most viewers wanna see the frozen corpses. Everest is the highest toilet on earth with frozen human fesses everywhere.

So what happens when they have to shit up there?

These are not proper climbers. They are tourist pretend climbers. They don't fix their own ropes. They don't even carry their own stuff to the various camps. One has the audacity to suggest he might save a sherpa's life, when we all know, if it comes to that, it will be the other way around.

Is Shaunna there as "mountain eye candy"?

May seem like an odd question but how do they use the bathroom during the long climb? Adult diapers?

Discovery doesn't even mention where these people are from...like Shauna and Boyfriend must be Canadian, and the other guy is from where New Zealand ? i just cannot believe you don't know how to narrate a film properly- like a bit of background and how they trained...at least it's not as bad but it's just about as bad as - Everest beyond limits- like am i watching Jaws ?? the cheesy lines about danger...and rehashing climber cliches....and just soo badly written this script !!! at least no cheesy guitar rock music like everest beyond limits....Discovery just totally just wrecks the spirit of Everest....sold it out....american music american cheese...should have paid respect to Nepal and Tibet and used cultural music or Buddhist music. and not make a show so quick- like watching people get up and down everest in five minutes....McEverest you should have called that show !!! shame on you Discovery ...so pathetic.

Shaunna should have gotten off the mountain when she couldn't cross the ladder without getting stuck. I've never heard of that before. She's bad karma.

From what I see the Sherpa's get treated better on Everest versus K2. Then Korean tour guides don't give a fuuuuuck about the Sherpa's helping dozens of inexperienced climbers to the top of K2. All they care about is getting clients to the top bcuz no top view means no $$$$$

It's nice that all these people going for their "dream" leave their garbage behind making the mountain look like a dump. Typical selfish humans not respecting nature. Not to mention the sherpas that risk their lives doing that job because there isn't a lot of well-paying jobs in Nepal! So, to support themselves and their family they continually risk their lives for foreign vacationers. The experienced climbers are one thing but anyone with enough money can go. That is appalling and puts others even more at risk. I think we need to think about how ethical this commercial climbing of the most dangerous mountain on earth has become.

What is that horrible back ground noise... "music"??? Please: don't :-(

What if you are a CHRISTIAN and Do NOT Believe in the Buddhist RITUALS, & The 'Goddess' in the Mountain, etc. ??

25-30k to do this, only the rich can do this, money wise

Why the fuck do they bother? Seriously

I cant stand silver spoon babies with so much money that momma pays for her worldly adventures....what a life....maybe I jealous lol. Just a bit....She needs to try K2.....No free ride there.....as much as I’d love to climb Everest, I’m not a tourist....and would not risk the lives of sherpa’s......I think it’s just wrong to risk other lives for my own gratification.....

19:00 I don't respect that nonsense at all. Can it be shown that anyone who didn't participate in that ritual, or pray to his god, didn't survive or become injured? Is there any proof that every Sherpa who does participate, returns safely and healthy? Does everyone who prays to his god avoid frostbite and death? Faith is the absence of logic.

I might be beaten with a stick for saying this but... How is it even an an achievement someone gets praise for worldwide when the Sherpa's are what makes or breaks your expedition? It feels very exploitative. From other documentaries these men do most of the hard work and are paid pennies compared to the big wigs from these companies. Maybe it's ''good money'' for them but still not an equal divide by any means. And 90% of the documentaries I have watched, their demise is brushed off... we never hear an interview with a wife or friend or son of the sherpa - always interviews with rich friends of the rich people who in many cases had no business being anywhere near Everests vicinity. Sorry, but it seems like a joke when your success is off other people's back and safety, for what?