And that is just b.s. I have never ran anywhere except when forced yet I have no difficulty at 6000m altitude (higher than either of Everest Base Camps.) It is a test of endurance - not a two mile sprint.
@@Longtack55 endurance is based on vO2 max. I guess he calculated something based on energy spent with a bag on your back with around 60-70mlO2/kg of oxygen uptake.
The Sherpas deserve more credit than anyone else. A lot of “experienced” mountaineering guides from the West travel to Everest and act like they know everything. But Sherpas have been living in that land for centuries. That region is their home. I’m pretty sure Sherpas know how to navigate the mountain (and deal with calamities) better than anyone else - even better than people from the West with “proper training”. And don’t even get me started on the pay - western guides make at least 20 times what Sherpas make, when Sherpas are usually the ones doing the real work. It’s a disgusting business. Give the people back their land and pay them well.
Not only Sherpas know best how to behave safely on a high mountain; but the physiology of their bodies is much more adapted to theses conditions. I would trust their judgement and guidance much more than anyone else - albeit 'experienced' but not born there. These people should be valued much more.
@@mattschm5486 I think is the only tourist attraction in Nepal the main reason people fly to Nepal. They made millions and millions out of this in all these years and it's the only reason people even hear about Nepal. Otherwise Nepal would've been a country that people know it exists but have no idea about. They won't stop it I am assuming this is by now protected by their government. A poor country like that stopping their only source of travellers from outside ? you must be kidding
I have climbed 5000m.. people don’t understand how little oxygen you have at those altitudes, walking more than a few steps, especially if you’re not acclimated, will leave you completely breathless, as if you ran 1km instead of walked 3m… the stamina you need to climb to nearly 9000m is absolutely mind blowing to me. A beautiful sport that deserves respect, the mountain is unforgiving and unpredictable, and if you aren’t physically ready, even on “small mountains” at 5000m, it can be very dangerous.
Acclimatization is a wonderful thing. With acclimatization, 5,000 m is not difficult. Humans have survived for two years at 5,950 m which is the highest recorded permanently tolerable altitude. (This makes me wonder what they doing at that altitude for 2 years.) The highest permanent settlement known, La Rinconada, Peru, is at 5,100 m.
What’s so worthy of respect about it? These people put themselves through a situation that demands a lot on every front, from resources to physical and psychological endurance, all for NOTHING. Just an ego trip and a selfie. You don’t make the world a better place for doing this and it’s evidently not fun. It’s cornyAF
@@mightytaiger3000 You clearly have to respect the environment you’re in… the nature that surrounds you. We don’t belong on mountains, our bodies were not created to be on them… so we must respect an unforgiving and unpredictable environment. Not too hard to understand, and definitely not worth of your snarky comment.
I literally think this about traffic and drivers . I complain about traffic and that there’s too many cars on the road yet I’m one of those cars on the road contributing to traffic 😭
It's pretty fascinating trying to understand the psychology of why these people willingly put their lives at risk like this. Is it for adrenaline, ego, pushing yourself beyond the norm or something else? I will never understand it.
Like John Kennedy said regarding the Moon program, "We don't do these things because they are easy but because they are hard". It's similar type of motivation. It's innate to human nature, to venture into the unknown and difficult circumstances. That allowed humans to spread all over the planet. The islands in the Pacific, for example, were populated by people in the ancient times who used primitive rafts to travel to the unknown land for hundreds of miles in the ocean. Something drove them, and mountaineering is similar, it's the last "final frontier" of a kind on the planet. Then there is space, but space exploration is unavailable to the broad public. On the contrary, mountains are.
some people blame the Nepalese authorities for not enforcing a limit on how many are allowed to climb, and theyre right. The Nepalese authorities obviously value the revenue over climbers safety. However, climbers also know this, yet they still choose to make theyre attempt at the summit. Both parties are at fault here
@@woutkoopman you are incorrect. "They're" is the correct version one would use here. perhaps you should learn the difference between "their" and "they're" before you start correcting others. It'll be less embarrassing for you haha
Ya, not that I'm capable but if I was there's no way I'd attempt this knowing all those people were going up too. One person has serious issues and it endangers everyone's life. No way...
@@philcliffe6909 no true, who are you to say any of the 300+ havnt already summited k2 or everest prior? Bit of an assumption from someone watching videos on YT
@@anubis4496 Everest is probably top3/4 hardest mountain in the world, this is explicitly said by the ones that climbed both k2 and annapurna among everest too.
I think anybody who wants to spend a ridiculous amount of money for this trip already has impaired cognitive abilities (more money than sense). I don't have a lot of sympathy for them. I do have sympathy for the families they leave behind and the rescuers who risk their lives to drag them back down.
@@kzsposeidon3121 no it's not because they are way more technical more difficult summits at lower altitude...it's just a pure ego and show off thing being on the highest
Its very dark when your up there. I’m an experienced mountaineer who has summited 5 8000 metre peaks including Everest and it’s hard to say it but I’ve had to leave people to save myself
You could say the same about people doing base jumping, sky diving, marathons, iron man, canoe, kayaking, riding motorcycles, driving super fast cars, sea diving, it's part of human nature crave for adrenaline and these hobbies will remain until the end of time
I love the loneliness of wilderness. I have spent many nights doing solo climbs on couloirs, ridges and mountain faces. It would never occur to me to wait on line and move like a snail clipped to a fixed rope. There are so many beautiful mountains all over be it in Alaska, Patagonia, the Andes or even in the Alps. I never thought to go to a place like Everest. The climbing is not that interesting, the place is crowded and the objective dangers are just much higher because of the altitude. There are so many extraordinary mountaineers who have lost their lives in the Himalaya. The list starts perhaps with Mallory and Irvine…
I would go just for trekking through Himalaia but not at High altitude, searching fot quiet places and routes if there are any at this point of mointaneering. But there are a lot of places much closer, safer and also beatifull i guess. I totally agree wih you.
I get severe altitude sickness at anything above 5000 feet. Being born and lived my life at about 7-10 feet in Florida. You won’t ever catch me even trying that.
My opinion is that the fact that you can’t breath at a certain point without oxygen means no human is supposed to be there . I now understand it’s impossible to bring someone down incase they need help . knowing myself I could not pass someone dying and not tell them so we would end up dying together. Before making a decision to climb this mountains I think people underestimate the many dangers and life changing decisions one is supposed to make . It’s sad but if one decides to go up the mountain then just know your not anyones responsibility. Personally I know I would not even survive base camp so those who make it with oxygen are just super human .
Sorry, what? Human's can't fly, so does that mean that we shouldn't use planes? Humans can't breathe underwater, does that mean that we shouldn't use submarines?
It’s possible to breath at this altitude. The city people can’t breathe because their lifestyle is catastrophic but people who lives in altitude in the mountain can do that without oxygen.
On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary from Newzealand and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
A firend of mine went to base camp, he was too ill to go any further, was fit and young and said, I cannot believe my stupidity thinking I wanted to do this.
@@agreatd our human body is a mystery. There are people with 80+ age who have summited the everest then there are people in early 20s with great shape dying of low oxygen and hypothermia. Nobody knows why but i assume if you're city boy with no experience in mountaineering then your chances of survival definitely gets low compared to someone who have had lived doing treking most of their life. For example sherpas who climb these mountains with 20 - 30 kg weight on their backs have developed their body in a way that they are more resilient to low oxygen because they have been doing this job since centuries. Rigorous training sure do help before going to everest but there's no clear answer to why some people fail even after training and experience. My theory is that some are just not meant for mountains and they should not take this on their ego. They should not risk their life just to impress few people.
I'm surprised they haven't installed an O2 bottle refill station on the summit (piped up from below). It would reduce the number of bottles left up there.
Hi, I am from Nepal. that would be so cool, but our government is so corrupted they wouldn't do it, even if they had the budget to do it. Even we feel horrible at times while traveling and trekking around mountains because of the poor regulations and infrastructures.
I often wonder about the loved ones of these people who put their lives through an unnecessary risk. It's not like they're firefighters or police officers, etc. I think it is a little selfish, i'm sorry. Nothing more difficult than losing someone.
The tourists did it single handedly. The locals had absolutely nothing to do with it. Ya got ya buddy. I think your perception is absolutely twisted 200%
These guys complaining about people crowding the climb. Everyone should climb if they want they sounded extremely privileged as if they mountain is only theirs.
I believe you're committing a disservice by blurring out the body's. People are not gonna understand the gravity of the situation, unless you show them the reality of the situation.
They make this look so dramatic, but when you look at recent videos and people queuing for hours just to get a picture of them on top of the summit makes the video look funny haha
@@lindasapiecha2515 Ah get real will you. The Sherpas are part of the problem. Only a minute percentage would attempt Everest if they had to do all the work themselves.
Imagine using your life savings to go on this journey just to lose your life on the way up or even more tragic losing your life on the way down after surviving the journey up
Maybe this sounds cold, but I don’t really feel that bad for people that died on Everest. I mean, they unnecessarily risk their lives just to say they did something.
If I had the money... I'd find a way... no matter how difficult it may be... to have someone drop a cardboard cutout of myself up there for a photo op.
at the end of the video he said there's gonna be a lot of deaths this season, and that's true the most deaths in history accord this year with 23 people at ones
The best mountaineer of my country (Hungary), Szilárd Suhajda tried to climb Everest a couple of days ago without Sherpas,without Oxygen, without any help. Last GPS signal was sent by his device from 8700+ meters and then we lost him. Not clear if he reached the summit or not. Next day other climbers said in radio that they saw him , they could indentify him by his cloths for sure but he had frostbites and high altitude hypobaric hypoxia (braindamage) so they couldnt help, they passed him. Next day 3 best sherpas in the world was sent up to rescue him but they couldnt find him or his body. Even with helicopter they couldnt find him. Its so sad and tragical, he left a loving wife and a young child behind :( Rest In Peace
@@Lamb0vaRice Exactly ,and he knew that but still took the risk. He climbed K2 and Lhoce and reached their summit in the same way, no sherpas,no oxygen,etc.,etc., so he thought he can pull this off... well he couldnt.
Let um climb....1000 permits...wanna see a massive jam at 8800m....get live cameras up there and a Starbucks..fully pressurised n loaded with O's bro. Some Donuts n a jacuzzi at the Hilary step...
@@glasgowbhoy8711 or maybe - Low IQ / Not understanding value of life / Ego boost / Unnecessary adrenaline rush You can say all fancy lines you want, but once you slip on those mountains there's no coming back.
Unfortunately, money is a driving factor for the govt , the sherpa’s n the travel agencies . The hikers also share the responsibilities of the dangers. Since they have the money , but no training n preparation for the very dangerous n often times lethal outcomes they go anyway.
In the video at 4:29, they show a graphic with the 2 sides - Nepal and Tibet. This video purposefully put "China" instead of Tibet due to political reasons.
Is it really worth it? Risking your life to prove people that you have climbed the tallest mountain? I don't think it's worth over your own life. Living your life also means not being suicidal.
I don't think the sherpas are not leading them well or an experienced climber. I mean that statement is wrong that to lead a team one has to be associated with authority recognition. I mean you asking sherpas who deserve more credit, that's their land, that's their game play and have been used to doing all these stuffs. It's not like sherpas are leading them wrong and i have seen many of times that sherpas guranteed their safety over any adrenaline rush. They always ask them to stay behind if at any moment their body won't take up any.
