Left For Dead: The 2021 Pobeda Peak Disasters 

@empressmarowynn. The three wise monkeys come to mind.

Governments should ban anyone behaving in that manner from future access to any mountains within their borders. It sets a terrible precedent if that ended up becoming the 'norm' response. Getting up a mountain to say you did it is just not that bloody important. Even if they couldn't actually help another, such behaviour should never be encouraged.

It's Iran. What do you expect? They value female life less than most cultures do. Not as bad as the Saudis, but still...

@@StsFiveOneLima They should not have gone on a dangerous recreation in the first place!

I flew Hanggliders XC and high altitude (below 13,000') years ago, in some very remote places. We all knew we may someday be on our own in the case of a structural failure, aircraft upsetting event, or XC landing out far from roads (this literally occured to all my flying buddies) where nobody knew what happened to us, until much later in the evening when we'd come stumbling in with a crazy story, lol. If one of my friends crashed landed in a dangerous place, me nor any other pilot would risk our lives to land next to him. We'd use radio to get emergency services going, as we are all then flying to the primary (safe) LZ at the same time, which was always interesting when that happened ... My point is, at any significant altitude it's every man for himself.

You were not in their position so no judgements please.

So you have no opinion an absolutely everything. As for the rest of us we know these people were selfish, ignorant excuses of the human race.

@FoxyCAMTV what was their position? A couple 100 meters above a fallen climber. They chose to continue an ascent lol. That’s ultimate summit fever. Shameful.

you said it, you can summit another day. I've known people like this.

@@FoxyCAMTV say what, sure summiting is much more important than someone's life. you can summit another day. the mountain is going nowhere.

It truly is mind boggling.

They were beyond help. Getting back to search for a d€ad body at that hight is more than an odd request. You die on the mountain, you should be left there. No point in recovering d€ad bodys and risking more lives.

This isn't diving into a pool to pull out a drowning person. This is the equivalent of dragging an injured, possibly dead person out of the middle of a minefield. 1 slip and you're joining her in the afterlife. Very very very few sane people would take that risk and huge respect to rescuers for their bravery.

Sexism is rife in Iran

@@KnittingPasta As opposed to the objectification and sexualization of women in the west? Enough of the played out tropes.....They didnt search for the man either.

It’s actually quite selfish and perverse.

You really can't take youtube videos about tragedies as the norm for the sport. It's not that one's more important than the other it's that channels like this highlight the nightmares. @jerrybaird2059 @nr1785 . this talks nothing about the reception of the team's actions to the rest of the mountaineering community. where this has been vastly condoned. there's a lesson in not casting judgment when you're only given select, captivating parts of the story to fit into a nice 11 minute youtube video for the algorithm and thinking you're getting a full coverage on the story

To be fair these mountaineers know what they signed up for. Trying to help others almost certainly signing your death warrant. These people knows the risk associated with it.

When they are so close to the summit, many climbers get "summit fever". The will do anything and everything to achieve that end, even if it costs them their lives. In all fairness, every climber knows the risks and accepts that they may die in any attempt to climb any mountain. Finally, the falls in this episode were clearly unsurvivable. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to rescue an injured climber. To risk more lives to recover the dead is simply counterproductive. As they say in the armed forces, "we do not sacrifice the living in order to save the dead".

Yeah it's weird honestly thinking about it and very selfish. Wouldn't it be better to climb for fun (if you're lucky you may reach the summit) and rather focus on looking after each other and trying to safe lives rather than trying to reach the summit. I feel so incredibly bad for this woman, what selfish, disgusting people. I understand if you have to focus on surviving yourself but to totally ignore her. This is a huge reason why I would never mountain climb.

@katemaloney4296. If it left you "speechless", then why are you still talking?

writing isn't talking. Pretty easy difference! @@redblade8160

Full Metal Kacket……hardcore man!!! Hardcore!!

Iranians.

Morbid management

As someone who likes Tacos I concur

12 years as a 19D

Well, except that idiot Reza. He was part of the team that ignored calls for assistance and left Mehdi to her fate. Karma got him quickly

I honestly feel bad for the those who signed up to fight and risk their lives in pointless wars rather than stay home supporting their family. But end of the day I’m grateful for those who came back alive and is doing well throughout. I get the payout is a large amount, more than enough to keep a roof above their head. But man… it’s sad when someone loses a loved one: but for what cost?

@@DarknessUnresolved Yes because that’s what people in modern militaries do, commit genocide against civilians… are you completely deluded ?! 🤣

How could have a radio helped him?

IT WAS A FEMALE NOT A MAN ! @@principecaprincipeca2243

@principecaprincipeca2243 The Iranians very clearly made a decision to continue to ascend rather than help a fellow climber. Even if she only had a 20% chance to live, the choice was made to leave her. Reaching the top is fun, but no one cares and no one will remember your name. Those who save fellow climbers leave a far more indelible mark and they’re legacy is one to remember.

@@principecaprincipeca2243 Because if they'd turned and helped Mehdi, he wouldn't have gone to the Summit and died... Karma operated quickly on him

The last thing through his mind was his ass. 😂😂😂😂😂

Yeah because he actually cares enough to Google names and how to pronounce them. Sadly most people can't be bothered to take an extra 5-10 minutes to do the same.

What are you people talking about? Not a single name was pronounced correctly. Not that it matters, the content is still top notch, just stop being a kiss ass where not needed. I also commend the author for the pronunciation, because it's an honest effort where most content creators would just say "I don't want to butcher the name" and wouldn't even try. It's commendable and respectful to the people involved and that's more than enough

He pronounced Iran correctly, but that's it. Not that he should be faulted for saying things with an American accent, but you and the 57 people who liked your comment really showed your ignorance here when you tried to sound sophisticated. Cringe

Yeah the entire area seems unstable. And they left the other guy too so maybe they had a pact with each other that there would be no rescue attempts if one of them falls.

@@o_o8203 yeah it wasn't like they just left her because they didn't know her and just joined the group they didn't even go after their own dude

@PPSH-Riley seems like a dumb pact for a stupid reason if that is the case. If they felt the fall would have killed her they could have relayed that. But they went radio silent potentially allowing the Hungarian team to risk their own lives.

@@MrMabloom they didn't choose that though that team chose to look for her but I get your point too

So say that. Don't just turn off your radio and ignore.

Well.... Iranians could. She was just an unfortunate female. That part of the globe values female life at a lower rate than most.

Except that they didn't care about their own man too.@@StsFiveOneLima

​@@StsFiveOneLimastop being a victim

Ikr! People spend tens of thousands of dollars to die on a mountain. What an all around waste.

totally agree.. some of these climbers aren’t even rich. they’ll fund the entire trip on credit and sacrifice their families financial stability just to be on top of a big rock

I flew Hanggliders XC and high altitude (below 13,000') years ago, in some very remote places. We all knew we may someday be on our own in the case of a structural failure, aircraft upsetting event, or XC landing out far from roads (this literally occured to all my flying buddies) where nobody knew what happened to us, until much later in the evening when we'd come stumbling in with a crazy story, lol. If one of my friends crashed landed in a dangerous place, me nor any other pilot would risk our lives to land next to him. We'd use radio to get emergency services going, as we are all then flying to the primary (safe) LZ at the same time, which was always interesting when that happened ... My point is, at any significant altitude it's every man for himself.

Unfortunately you see that they're not alone, as some people defend that level of evil.

"Sounds like the Iranian Team lacked any compassion and were totally absorbed in their own selfish desires." -- She was just a female, to them. That part of the globe values females at a different rate.

What kind of compassion you are talking about?! Dead body! That was her and he after such a fall! Why risk their life additionally? No reason for that. What if let’s say they do choose to look for them. They will only find a dead body that anyway is unretrievable. Secondly, base camp has no authority to issue orders! Much less to bother them in a time when their concentration is hard due to low oxygen levels up there! They made the right call to f#ck them off, no matter how bad it sounds to a layman’s like you(both)

Nah. Gotta thin the herd somehow.

Listen again, he said that 1/3 of those who reach the summit lose their lives on the descent. Not 1/3 of all climbers.

@@jethro377 that means there is a higher chance of making it to the moon and back than there is of summiting this mountain and surviving

It's the same thing though. What goes up must come down...@@jethro377

Imposing topography!

Mega titan dragons bodies fossilized ...

but they had keys... no matter if its plastic as long as it gets into heaven..

😂

Yeah that's what I was thinking

Check out my short about the seal and the snorkeler haha I kind of answer your question at the end of it ;D

They didn't even bother to try to ascertain her condition, and turned off their radios. Of course, they were Iranians, so I expect no better of them.

Nah they get zero sympathy, they were asked SEVERAL TIMES by base camp to help out, they in turn SWITCHED OFF their radio. Doesn’t matter what her fitness level was, the Iranian team was extremely callous and cruel.

@@ZombieSazzabase camp cannot come off as being insufferable on this? You make agreements on the mountain, yet you expect them to do as they are told. Lotsa armchair keyboard bosses showing up around here. No respect for climbing the mountain.

@@Parlimant_Strifey exactly lmao. Its easy to say its too hard this and not worth it that and she understood the risks, but imagine actually being the one to CHOOSE not to save her life and instead go for a summit. Smh.

"a bit !" 😮😡😁😁👍👍

​@@cyruskhalvatithere was nothing to save. She was beyond saving.

They probably had a decision between them.

It’s always the same with these egomaniacs. They value their personal achievements above the lives of others. Why i always climb alone, at my own risk. I can’t Stand other climbers.

@@stephenmorris3696 No.... It was the Iranians who were asses. Because, well, they are Iranians.

1) It's 7439 m peak not 7600 2) base camp is at 4100 (not 3800) and is located ~8km from the face of the mountain 3) to get to the place where she was buried takes usually 2 days from BC (or 12h of constant climbing minimum) 4) searching an area where she fell may take few days, it is very steep place and highly exposed to avalanche

on this very channel I've seen similar stories of climbers dying, it's not about Iran it's about dumb fuck mountain climbers dying and letting their companions die too. are you Iranian? if so, you're representing the country poorly. channel about mountain death does video about mountain death, your conclusion: iranian hit piece. idiot.

pfttttt

* for both of their families and friends.

She was d€ad. She was beyond help. Each on their own at those hights They know the risks and decides to take it.

Help *what*? They were dead. On impact. Each of them fell at least the length of a football field.

If you don’t want to be left to die, may stop wasting money, time, and life climbing some really high mountains then lol

She knew the risks and the area was perilous, even the rescuers were scared shitless there.

You are not bright in your head.

Finally someone with some sense

What's saddening is seeing how inhuman some of you are.

Well lets hope they leave you somewhere next..

He wants to play hockey anyway.

Karma got that Reza asshole quickly.

They're cowards because they didn't want to risk their lives to search for a corpse - who wasnt even on their team? The only thing uniting them was their language.

@@SpinningSidekick She wasn't confirmed dead... and they TURNED OFF THEIR RADIOS. That's grade-A asshole behavior no matter how you try justifying it

That's a broad swipe - the rescue search for Mary was a bad idea for any team.

They also didn't go search for one of their male members that slipped. It's very easy to criticize from the comfort of your keyboard, but if you realize that death is part of the mountain, and that going to search not only puts you at risk (note one of the rescuers for another team died on this trip), it's also a very low-percentage effort, I can understand the desire to push on and finish what you came to do, especially when you are so close. Personally, I think the entire "sport" is ridiculous, but if people want to engage in it, I can understand the cruel and callous decisions that have to be made.

Ha ha ha, when the narrator said "activist" I thought, oh that explains why they left her.

@@TerrificLittleSunday Stop justifying assholery

Very pathetic of you to use mehri's death to advance your own racist ideology

If your daughter falls on mt Everest 5 and ft breaks her leg ill make sure the line of hundreds trying to get to the summit all trample her body for 8hours before she finally succumbs to her wounds and the death zone. People have, hundreds of times, abbandoned their summit push because one of their team needed rescue, multiple dozens of those rescue attempts ended in success, only a few incurring a higher human toll than if they ignored the problem. No it wasnt anyones “job” but it is a moral obligation as a human being.

Said like a true insufferable dick head. Must be Iranian.

It's not "Rules of the Mountain"... It's Rules of the GROUP... I can only hope she knew what she was signing up for, but it's too late at this point to change anything... I've always done my best (when climbing) to keep with groups who believe in the mantra "We'll ALL go home, or NOBODY goes home." It's just been how a lot of US roll... AND that comes with the acceptance that there are certain mountains and goals we will probably never in hell even attempt. It's ALSO the open contract, that if you come along on a climb, and you fall, before we even send out for help, we're willing to risk ALL of our lives to get you out of whatever mess you've fallen in. You're not considered "dead" until we have a warm, wet, DEAD body on our hands... period. You can't judge someone "dead" by a fall on a mountain. I've seen someone slip less than 50 feet into a bit of a tumble, and broke his neck... dead... on the spot, and NOTHING we could do but bundle him up and sled his remains and gear back to camp... "Climb called on account of a slight case of death."... I'VE slipped and tumbled g** d*** nearly 1,000 feet... end over end, full-on cartwheeling garage-sale (all my sh*t in separate directions all over the friggin' mountain)... AND battered and bruised, breathless as hell, and starting to freeze for my outerwear getting pulled open and PACKED FULL of snow, I was okay... Pissed off a little about the rest of the day spent hunting MOST (not all) of my sh*t and heading back to the last bivouac... BUT we were back at it the next day... AND I'm no superhuman... It's dumb LUCK... I've seen someone slid off the rocks, shot out into open space and hundreds of feet down to BURY themselves into the snow-ice below... and they were back up and swearing loudly before we could even set gear on reverse course to go back down and find them... You could trip over your own porch steps and be dead on impact with the ground... no mountain even necessary. AND if it's not mountains it could be a plane crash, motorcycles, or just walking on the side of the road and a truck not notice you in time... take you RIGHT out... BUT there are groups who make their agreements "per slope". Some slopes are just that challenging and the risk is that great. I wouldn't do it, but they DO exist (obviously)... I don't like that "style" of mountaineering or climbing. My opinion (humble or not) is that you should AT THE VERY LEAST confirm your comrade is alive or dead and whatever shape. If you're not willing to do that much, DO NOT BRING THEM ALONG... They CAN'T make you accept them, and it's foolish to try... BUT I also know that it's MY opinion. It's how I ROLL... AND I'm not some Emperor of all things mountain climbing. If you want to make an agreement on a treacherous mountain that "If you fall, you're on your own"... well... so be it. You do YOU. Don't think for a minute I'm losing any sleep over it. It's no skin off my ass who goes back or up or down to rescue or find out about who... WHEN (not if) you find yourself in a sh*tty situation, it's not my emergency. ;o)

Load of shit. The team who saw her fall thought she was alive and tried to find her. Their team thought the Iranian team could have saved her. Listen to the other team on the mountain. The honorable one. Not the group who didn’t even try to go back for two team members.

That's not the point it's the fact they turned off their radios not reporting the situation or warning other climbers to be careful of that area.. THAT'S what makes these guys such dicks!

The Hungarian climbers for one…

​@@MrMabloomthanks. She should have had someone to go down with her. She did not have a friend or anyone who even cared. The ego of an adventure, man is huge.

Body recovery is important to family. If they had gone and identified where she was, the rescue team or helicopter could have retrieved her body before avalanche buried her. Was she dead? Most likely but their concern and efforts were pretty lame, cold and childish. Shutting off your radio? The only glory they gained that day was the "asshole" award.

@@riafitzgerald2988 Exactly. She might have been gone. But maybe not. I can't imagine continuing an ascent if there was a chance the person was still alive.

@@riafitzgerald2988 risk their lives? You must be mental.

Noticeable.

Exactly!!! They claim "we don't need no man" but the moment things get out of hand, it always is "I am a weak woman victim, save me, be a hero" Feminist Hypocrites ! Don't get out of kitchen, just to be a parasite!! Go save a few men's lives by risking yours and then come claim to be independent, equal or all powerful !

For what? Not recovering de@d bodies?

Part of the problem is hypoxia and hypothermia can both affect brain function, which makes it harder for potential rescuers to shift gears from focusing on the goal to rescue, and can also make people who need rescue dangerous to rescue. I can honestly understand why no one would want to hunt for someone who was definitely dead already, on an avalanche prone slope, because that's a really good way to end up with more people dead.

Here comes all the “professional mountain climbers” saying well actually thats not the others problem and actually its really hard to safely take someone down from a mountain and doubly hard from the death zone. People who say this are on some serious copium its been pulled off before by kindhearted climbers hundreds of times.

@@cyruskhalvati yes, but at the same time... in this very video, one of the people who was looking for a dead climber, not even a living climber, died. I'm not a professional climber, but when this very video, which paints people who are afraid to try finding a dead body in a negative light, ends with "oh and one of the people who were trying to find the body died"... I don't think it's right for us, as non professional climbers, to judge people, when clearly people who are searching for dead bodies can be killed doing it. And I'm not comfortable with the notion that the people who were safe and secure in base camp sent people out on an avalanche prone slope to find the dead climber. What if there had been an avalanche? Then there would be many more dead. And for what? It's not like her life could have been saved!

It’s also selfish to expect people to risk their lives saving you from your failed attempt to “reach the top”…play stupid games and you win stupid prizes, it’s no one else’s fault

She was beyond saving. There would have been no heroes

Just say you know nothing about history and go 🤣

It's selfish to try to climb a mountain you're too inexperiened to climb and then expecting others to put their lives at risk for you. Why should they value her life more than she did?

She dont need no man lol.... now she is dead. Bye bye

Hahahaha, omg... HAHAHA... Yea, self murder, You are not bright in your head.

They search for the missing male climbers, too, genius. Did you miss the story about the guy who went to retrieve a fallen climber's body from a crevasse and discovered he was still alive?

You didn't hear the part about the Russian team calling for help, and rescuers going to their aid?

Exactly!!! They claim "we don't need no man" but the moment things get out of hand, it always is "I am a weak woman victim, save me, be a hero" Feminist Hypocrites ! Don't get out of kitchen, just to be a parasite!! Go save a few men's lives by risking yours and then come claim to be independent, equal or all powerful !

So how do you explain them behaving the same towards a man?

She was climbing down the mountain at the time, away from the rest of the team. They were nowhere near her. And four callous a-holes do not make an entire country bad.

@@brandonm949 They definitely threw her off.