Everest - Man V Mountain S01 E05 

I'm with you on that Jacqueline, totally hooked!! But not just Everest. I also watch docs/vids on K2, Nanga Parbat, Denali, etc. You should take a look, i'm sure you would love them too. :-)

Well said.

Logistics within the available timeframe. They'd need to calculate requirements, source explosives and the means of remote detonation (in a wet environment) and have all of it available (via yakk shipment) in base camp. It probably isn't easy to buy explosives, and you can't just use them willynilly for your purposes - you'd have to be sure you wouldn't trigger other avalanches on the populated routes, for example. Or damage the surrounding topography of the narrow gully. You probably also need trained operatives and potentially, various licences to buy, transport and use explosives. If all this went favourably, they'd have to replan the whole assault on the summit. They'd have to plan to lug all this gear up, and time the explosion with the summit attempt. It may even be a 3-step operation. At this point, they only had a two week window left, at best, assuming the good weather held. It also assumes they had enough rations to wait and the money left to buy all this detonation equipment. There's also the risk that they cause an avalanche, only to have it snow again over night and they are back where they started. Or they could clear the route in the gully, but increase risk elsewhere in the outer impact zone. In short, it's not a commercial ski run at 4,000ft.

Bill Goose - If they can’t climb up because it’s too dangerous how do you think they’ll plant explosives up there????

They did it was the one that kept them alive

Yeah, should've called in Storm from X-men and shifted that avalanche risk. That's what the sherpas would've done.

I cannot believe this absurdity has likes 😂. If you feel the sherpas weren't respected, just say that. No need for delusional ravings about God's revenge 🤣🤣

Barbara Jeffries - They failed because of the high risk of an avalanche. It was their decision to pull the plug, not gods or the mountains

+HENRY KING Would you have gone up???

+Ray Heck no. Looks a bit nippy to me :)

not at all. unforseen circumstances and if they had continued likely would have led to deaths. hugely disappointing but 100 percent the right call.one of the only documentaries i have seen where common sense has overtaken ego.