How Rob Hall died on Everest in 1996? 

This is by far the most accurate account of the 1996 Everest disaster I've heard on RU-vid. I've read everyone's books whom wrote about it and was there. Sad day on Everest. The conversation Rob and Jan had must have been heartbreaking for everyone on the mountain to hear. Very well done Epic Adventure Archives!

In all of the accounts of this disaster that I have read, I always feel that Andy Harris was the unsung hero as he attempted to go up to Rob and Doug to bring water and oxygen. Rob's decision to wait for Doug to reach the summit, but when he radioed for help, it was Andy who attempted to help. I agree that Rob was loyal to Doug, but it will always be a huge question for me why he decided to extend the timeline/schedule to give Doug more time to make the summit. I am fascinated by these accounts and events-thank you for this great presentation.

This is a sad but extremely interesting and very well researched doco...Well done.

When it was obvious that Hanson was NOT going to make it, Hall should have thought of his pregnant wife and come back down. Very sad story.

Great detail in the documentary - I'm really starting to question the commercial climbing of Everest at all. The pressure on the guides to make it to the summit so their clients can have bragging rights at a cocktail party are ridiculous. I don't think it's really drilled into climbing clients there's a good chance you will NOT summit Everest in your attempt for many reasons out of your control, and how quickly life can be snuffed out in high altitude. Sorry you lost $80,000 but your life is worth more than that -period.

Im sure Rob felt a lot of guilt for asking Doug to give it another go to reach the summit so when Doug got stuck at the summit he couldn't leave him up there as he felt responsible for Doug being up there in the first place.

What a brave man , Rob Hall I will never forget this name!

I bow in respect to the legend Rob Hall and his incredible sacrifice.

Very well told and researched. Thank you.

Thank you, so much, for the best explanation about Rob Hall's life and death. You are awesome!!❤😊

This is really a great video and so accurate! I really appreciate your time and effort making this, was really good!

Like every video of this channel this was very amazing to watch, too! I really enjoy how tasteful you speak about people and how well all the stories and pictures are researched. So interesting! Rob Hall really was a great personality, it is a pity that he did not mind his own rules to return from summitting. I know the goal of many tours to mountains is a summit, but I think the most beautiful thing is to be in great nature, to see the wonders of nature and to be a part of it. No summit has a bigger value than your life. Don’t throw it away!

A sad topic but you made a great video and did it justice sir 👏

Very well done account of what is believed to have happened based on eye witnesses and official accounts. Thank you. I have always been a big fan of Everest books and video, you did a great job I think. RIP to the 8 people that did not come back that year, it’s a dangerous endeavour. Some DONT understand why the decisions were made and this helps people understand the pressures that led to blowing out turn around times etc.

Very nicely done video, thank you. Peace be unto you.

Even the very best mountaineer is at the mercy of the weakest client..whom they are paid to care for on the trip. The window in the "death zone" is very short. Storms and delay got them in deadly trouble and they paid dearly.

And you slip the music in there to grab firmly on the vulnerable viewer. Rob Hall was one of the the truly great people of the profession. We should all have a friend like him, but who talks us into the safest way. A complete mountaineer. RIP.

The most baffling mistake made by Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, that had been kept secret until it was revealed by fellow climber Graham Ratcliffe after years of dogged investigation, was that both leaders took their relatively inexperienced climbers to the summit knowing that a storm was forecast to hit Everest on the afternoon of the 10th of May. Jon Krakauer referred to it as a "rogue storm" in his reports, that he knew was total bullshit. Both commercial teams had access to highly accurate weather reports from two meteorological services, one through the IMAX team and the other via a Danish team. [The IMAX team abandoned their summit attempt on the 9th of May because of the unsettled weather] Although Ratcliffe was on the South Col on the night of the disaster, he was not even mentioned in Krakauer's book Into Thin Air. No one informed Ratcliffe of the unfolding drama until he had reached a lower camp after abandoning his summit attempt. During his years of research, none of the survivors from either Fischers or Halls team helped Ratcliffe get to the truth regarding the weather reports. The IMAX team also refused to help. Ed Viesturs ignored Ratcliffes emails altogether. It's hard enough to understand how experienced leaders like Hall and Fischer could not have ensured that lines were fixed in advanced to avoid the many bottlenecks on summit day and how they ignored their turn around time of 2pm, it's especially baffling since they knew that a storm was bearing down on them and their clients.

Nicely done. Thankyou

I have watched the great video with stunning photos and explanation is brilliant.

Why did Scott Fisher summit? He had no clients with him, they passed him on the way down, why didn’t he join them?? It’s the part I don’t understand

Rob is dead because he broke his own rules. Not trying to argue or start a fight. Rob Hall is dead because of Rob Hall’s own decisions. His judgment. No one else.

Narrator, excellent work again. 🙌🙂 I’m curious, how many languages can you speak? I’m guessing at least two but probably 3 or 4. You are a great narrator. Thank you for your efforts 🙏

Thank you for this informative and excellent video! Thank you also for being so very respectful. I liked the video, commented and subscribed to your channel. :)

Thank you for the story, may be it is also important to watch "EVEREST" movie. To understand better about this incident.

Rob broke his own rule about turning around at 2 pm.

Rob Hall wasn’t just a climber he was heading an expedition to the summit which meant climbers failing to reach summit would not bode well for his reputation so might explain why he disregarded the strict time table…

Nice vid man

Excellent video.

WINGSUIT FROM EVEREST Most of the deaths that happen on the 8K+ height mountains happen on the way down. In context consider a wingsuit/ram-air parachute descent. One brave soul has already accomplished this - but that was from 24,000 feet - not quite the top. The density of the air on 8K+ peaks does not provide sufficient lift for a wingsuit. Instead the winds will slam you into the mountain's rocky face - killing you. HIMARS is an artillery rocket designed to locate its target through geopositioning. A mini-version strapped to the back could fire a summiter who is wearing a wingsuit, off the peak of Everest towards the very center of the valley below dropping the summiter now descending thousands of feet downwards in seconds over terrain that had taken hours and days to climb. After the ignition shuts down at a much lower altitude where the air is thicker, the mini-HIMARS is dropped and the wingsuited descender speads the wings of the wingsuit and glides to still lower altitudes. The glide continues over the Khumbu icefall, and further into the valley. Miles and miles of the mountain's base passes below. The target, a hotel at the base of Everest wherethe grass is green, awaits. It is summer and the air is warmer at this altitude. The descender opens the chute and targets in to the great green lawn. The hotel guests are gathered for cocktails in evening dress at sunset. End of the Quest: Landing, less than an hour after summiting Everest, the summiter zips out of his wingsuit. He is has been wearing a tuxedo underneath. Taking a seat at the central table, the sommelier brings a chilled bottle of Dom Pérignon (sponsors choice) and a glass saluting the applauding awe-struck guests who begin to surround the summiter. Noting the champagne is not quite cold enough to meet expectations, brought from the wingsuit is a container of ice harvested from the Everest summit to fill the ice bucket. The summiter toasts the mighty Everest that dominates the surrounding Himalayas as the sun sets.

Did anyone attempt to assist Rob down the mountain after the storm passed? How long did the storm go on?

Amo tu canal, gracias!

Very good video thank you so much

great vid buddy

Rob Hall killed himself and Doug. His actions also caused the death of others and cause Beck to lose parts of his body. Rob Hall broke his own rules. If he has followed the rules that he set, they would all be alive

well done.........namaste......the Finnster

RIP Rob.

Hansen wasn't cut out to summit Everest.

It still makes me mad her chose everest and his friend over his unborn child.

Well done

How very sad. Is Rob's body still lying on Everest, or did mountaineers' manage to bring him down?

Really sad

very sad,he died because he went against his rules..friendship was very important to rob especially as he turned doug around previously

Sorry but Rob chose Doug over his family

It seemed to be one mistake was followed by multiple worsening conditions like tumbling dominoes.

If there was no storm they may have been ok but Doug was in terrible shape

Was Rob Hall's body removed from the mountain? So tragic.....

gUIDES ON eVEREST ARE LIKE TEACHERS AT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.They both need to know when to cut rope to ensure their own survival, in the same way that people that live to old age in polar bear country always travel with a slower companion. It's just common sense.

Of all the accounts ive read & watched,i found your account & presentation,the most accurate and fascinating..Thank you for a fine tribute to Rob..

Sounds like Rob thought they wouldn’t leave him up there. You thought wrong buddy

Most of the extreme archievment are done by people who are suffering on some type of megalomania or delusions of grandeur. Some reach a point where they stop before a tragedy some are not.

I liked it a lot!!!!

Never promise the summit

Was he featured in the movie Everest.

Rob died doing something that he LOVED... Need I say MORE??? 💀

Very sad rip

Have you considered using a voice over, computerized or using a different narrator? It's just that your content is so good! Great videos! But the voice is difficult to hear/understand, so viewers must rely on the subtitles. Which makes it even more difficult to concentrate reading the subs while the voice is also talking over it. Your videos would be even better with a different narrator. 👍 Just a little input, feedback 😊.

"Rob Hall was died" no... "Rob Hall died"

I can barely understand the narrators english. So just as well there were subtitles

The highest mountain measured from the centre of the earth lies in Ecuador S-America. Now..that's weird isn't it

To the average person, who does not have mountain madness, these adventures seem an unnecessary and tragic waste of human life.

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Why did nobody went to rescue them?

Exactly. No damn excuse.

Rob Halls action to disregard his safety rule killed his client Doug Hansen.

Dead bodies 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

God bless my dear😅

these videos are great!

Never go climbing with a mail man, or anyone named Dougie.

Doug Hanson…. That is all

Brave or stupid it's a

He was trying to save some rich chic

Becouse of doug, he died.should have obeyed his own rules.

It must be real sad to meet Jesus after you have died because you wanted to conquer a ROCK 🪨 I’m sure Jesus won’t take that lightly especially since he already died and rose the 3 rd day just so you could LIVE and have a way into heaven if you make it in but many won’t because they do STUPID Stuff like this oh well it’s your life and your death

*I Love the Topic, but I just Wish that I could Find a Person who Speaks EngLish to Give this Lecture!!!* *I Haven't Listened to this GarBo Mouth Yet, but I am NOW BuiLding Up the Courage!!!!* *Seee My AvaTar!!! Is AnyOne AbLe to TeLL, wut it IS????*

A respectful account of a very human tragedy - well done.

To be honest we can all guess what happened ,but we were never there so we will never know true facts

Exactly 💯 Right Ok selfless Choice Ok

Surprised that on those camps up betwenn 5500 and 7500me is no "Shop" selling Oxigen. (Satire) Does anyone know, those Oxigen bottles can freeze or not, so that the function is no more guaranteed?

The idea of "protecting" another climber in the death zone is merely an illusion. You can give aid and oxygen, but the only protection for any climber is to descend.

A very fitting tribute to a great man who put the needs of others before those of his own.

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