I heard somewhere that it wasn't until 2004 that supplemental oxygen became the norm on K2 I get the impression that more people try K2 without oxygen compared to Everest. Why would one climb at those altitudes without oxygen? I understand if an extremely fit professional climber with loads of experience at high altitude would, but everybody else should use oxygen. K2 is 778 ft shorter than Everest, but still high up in the death zone.
Furthermore, the video clearly shows the climbing difficulty difference between K2 and Everest. These differences require increased climbing skills and physical performance. The video did an excellent job presenting the outrageous climbing angles one has to overcome, notwithstanding the chance of more avalanches and rock and ice obstacles. Just to get to base camp is an accomplishment in itself, by then many energy reserves have been sapped when needed the most higher up the mountain. I heard that Everest was described as a long trek, no way could you put that description on K2. My hat's off to those who have successfully climbed K2 and gotten back down safely.
RIP Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snori and Pablo Mohr who died in K2 WINTER EXPEDITION 2021. Three mountaineer went messing on 5th February, at the bottleneck area, when they left the C4 camp below the bottleneck, after search operation that last for 13 days, unfortunately their bodies were not found. Sajid Sadpara son of M.Ali sadpara was also part of this expedition, but he came back from C4 Camp because of leakage in his oxygen tank. He stayed for three slain climbers for 18 hour on 8200m altitude when they didn't make any contact with Sajid. Govt of Pakistan, Chille and Iceland declared three competent climbers dead on feb 18, 2021. Their slept forever on the top of K2 aka Savage Mountain. Our Pakistani hero, Muhammad Ali Sadpara was the first person in mountaineering history who scaled Nanaga Perbut (killer Mountain) in 2016 winter expedition. K2 has scaled successfully in winter for the first time in history by Nepalese team of 11 climbers headed by Nimral Pujra.
I love the mountains and in fact live in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. That being said being atop a 4,500 or 5,000 foot mountain in the summer is more my style. LOL! I'm in pretty good shape but I'm not a technical climber. Even if I had a hundred grand and could find a guide that would nurse me to the top of Everest I wouldn't dream of attempting it. That would be not only putting my life on the line but other lives too.
@@mdfauwadulislam2632 Well, I think you never summited a stair. You dont know the basic words of mountaineering (no one "submitt" a mountain, people summit it) and the first Winter expedition to summit K2 was in January 2021. You look like someone who see a crampon and think its a hair comb. Try again. Cheers.
è un bellissimo video sul k2: oltre che mostrarti le parti più belle della scalata, fa un tributo all'alpinista italiano e allo sherpa morti nel 2007 sulla montagna. Complimenti a chi ha messo in rete questo video.
I'm a Pole, I don't listen to Czech music but this song fits here so much. I don't understand the lyrics but melody emhasizes humility towards the mountains where we are so weak and insignificant. Once more, great connection video and music!
The song's name is Tramtaryje (stands for 'abandoned location far away from here' in Czech slang) from a famous Czech band Buty. Lyrics are metaphorical, basically playing around with words... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j0CY6VDKM3w.html
I absolutely love the image at 4:50. Wish there was a T shirt with it. Giving it all for the love of it, almost dying for it, gratefulness, acceptance,
Absolutely undeniably breathing.... Excellent footage..lighting.. Exquisite.. Thank you for allowing those of us whom would never have the privilege of seeing this ... Very well done
I read Ed Viesturs book on K2. There was a guy who made an attempt {an ill fated attempt} on K2 in 1939 who was so afraid of the huge ice serac at the top of the bottleneck that when he and his sherpa camped on "the shoulder" they slept tucked off to the side out of the way of it and then instead of going directly up the bottleneck this guy went up the rocks which lead to the traverse. In other words he climbed that "face" to the left of the bottleneck which was incredibly hard. Fritz something.
Sherpa Nema Nuru was a very good climber he had many summits on Everest and area mountains.He had much pressure on him as he was supporting many family members who were depending on him greatly as he pushed himself in the early morning darkness to set ropes for his team,sadly K2 claimed another as he fell into the night and I'm sure his unfamiliarity of this mountain contributed to his loss. R.I.P
The bottleneck of K2 is so crazy, in some pictures it looks like it's not that steep and not that far from C 4 to top of bottleneck, but when pictured from the middle of the bottleneck or above it seems absolutely vertical. King of the mountains Reinhold Messner said a real artist made the K2.
always think that as well. The view from Camp 4 does not in ANY way convey the insane steepness of the Bottleneck or the sheer size of the serac. This one of the few videos that not only conveys that, but shows some footage of the portion of the Bottleneck past the traverse but before the final push, which is mind boggling (the photo at 3:55 is a view I've never seen before). The other thing that always gets me is how disturbingly unnatural the serac looks in its position It must be just the impression I get of it, but the pure vertical ice shelf in its rectangular formation perched so precariously on the ear of the mountain scares the shit out of me.
As a person who grew up in the foothills of Himalayan range, and who cannot (due to physical condition) answer the call of the mountain, I really feel like it is my personal achievement whenever I see a video like this and feel like crying in joy and cheering for the people who actually have gone there and did it.... As if I did it myself even if I canot. Awesome achievement guys. ❤ Would love to know the song in background, did not understand a word, but it's touching
1, Performing the bottleneck traverse would be undoubtely highly demanding and dangerous feat even at the sea altitude. 2, Blizzards and freezing temperatures that are typical of the environment are easily lethal even at sea altitude 3, Snow blindness can make you incapable of simple movement, let alone the technicall perfection required for this section. 4, You are well above the death zone limit, your body is dying, altitude sickness comes with every minute you spend there ---------------------- Summed: every single successful climb+descent is a miracle
Yes, that's the serac that collapsed in 2009, that swept away all the fixed ropes (and I believe 4 climbers) which were laid on the climb up. The climbers then had to traverse in the dark, on their way down (and exhausted) and several more lost their footing and were gone. The serac collapsed a second time sweeping away more who had come to rescue the people who were trapped by the first collapse. It was a mess. By the end of the climb 11 people had died.
i logged in just to congratulate you on such an amazing expedition and video. it's definitely one of the best videos on big peak mountaineering that i've seen, including amazing photography and route diagrams - really made me feel close to the adventure! you guys made it look so easy but it's only when i read about Stefano that i realised it couldn't be further from the truth. appearances are dangerously deceptive on k2. perfect weather suddenly changing into a violent storm, ending in tragedy
Just seen this and I must say it is very impressive! K2 is a monster and only the best of the best can get it done and get down safely! Really enjoyed this video!
Wunderschöne Bergwelt, so ein tolles Video! Es erinnert mich allerdings auch an die Lebensgefahr - Habe gerade "Kein Weg zurück - Leben und Sterben am K2" von Graham Bowley gelesen und auch The Summit geschaut. Danke für die tollen Impressionen, ich hoffe, ihr seid auch gut wieder heruntergekommen! Für mich hat jemand den Berg nur dann bezwungen, wenn er auch gesund wieder unten angekommen ist.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. With around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities, about one person dies on the mountain for every four who summit
That guy slipping in the Bottleneck at 3:11! I know he was good on the fixed ropes and all...but still scary. Interesting route up the Bottleneck BTW, going to the far right of the rock, instead of the usual direct line up the middle. Great vid!
The next year a Serbian climber on the traverse unhooked himself from the rope to go around another climber. He fell backward & slid hundreds of meters down through the bottleneck, he stood up but then fell again to his death. Then 4 men experienced trouble while attempting to bring the Serbian climber's body down to camp-4, a bad idea which resulted in a high altitude porter falling 1,000s of meters to his death.
I always think that as well. The view from Camp 4 does not in ANY way convey the insane steepness of the Bottleneck or the sheer size of the serac. This one of the few videos that not only conveys that, but shows some footage of the portion of the Bottleneck past the traverse but before the final push, which is mind boggling (the photo at 3:55 is a view I've never seen before). The other thing that always gets me is how disturbingly unnatural the serac looks in its position . It must be just the impression I get of it, but the pure vertical ice shelf in its rectangular formation perched so precariously on the ear of the mountain scares the shit out of me.
Caro Uher, il tuo supporto video è bellissimo. Quello che mi ha colpito di più è che hai pensato ai due sfortunati: lo Sherpa e Stefano. Complimenti perché oltre la tua grandissima impresa hai dato onore a chi "c'è l' ha fatta" a metà. Bravo ! Con affetto salutissimi. Salvatore da Salerno.
Very few videos show the decent . I imagine it would be due to higher focus going down than up . Not to say the focus isn’t intense going up , but the decent is where the extreme difficulty can occur more often and prone to more accidents , great video of the summit here . Congrats 🎉 very few will ever see what you did !
@@jimc.goodfellas After making it to the summit you have to be spent physically, physiologically, mentally and psychologically. Every aspect of body and mind is performing at amazingly sub-optimal levels and in fact is slowly dying due to altitude, not to mention temperature and wind chill factor. I believe 80% of deaths on K2 are on descent.
Great video. Love this series of video's. It is a great achievement to climb K2 especially without oxygen {it is a great achievement even with oxygen.} The dedication and will that it takes. The time and effort and sometimes even monotony setting everything up, traveling, dealing with the government, hanging around until that window gives you an opporunity and hoping when you do that that opportunity that things go well. It takes great courage, fortitude and a strong constitution.
I dont know why Mt. Everest gets all the glory, it's so commercialized now (for the most part). K2 is much harder to climb technically. Simply amazing that ppl can get themselves to the summit of this mountain- God bless every one of you guys. cheers
Already the first climbers of K2 in 1954 used supplemental oxygen! The drama about envy at the time is interesting, since the expedition (organized in a the military-style) did not allow the best mountaineers to climb the summit, but those with the most nationalistic attitude were 'allowed' to go to the top. Times were different! In the clip we can see how much the altitude influences the technical difficulties of climbing. Apart from the danger of the seracs, the climbing is so easy that almost every K2-climber would see it as easy and quick to manage at a lower altitude. But it's probably the highest point on a peak where real climbing is required. (The short, difficult mixed section on the way to Everest via the North-Col (Tibet) is fixed with a ladder.)
Serac fall is the problem in both Annapoorna and k2. It is absent in Everest except for the relatively lower altitude of the Khumbu ice falls on the south side. However weather related issues are present in Everest also. The 1998 blizzard and the 2014 earthquake casualty bear testament to this.
This video is nice. It is at least a guide for us to fantasize of what might be or what might have been. For many, magnificent opportunities such as this are out of reach due to health, finances, or obligations. For many, they just don't know about these opportunities soon enough, or desire them soon enough, until they're too old. I can't imagine the contentedness of climbers who achieve these dreams, while others are held back by buckling joints, diseases, or a duty to stay safe for their kids.
What was the route up ... Cesen or standard Abruzzi ridge ? BTW , this is THE best K2 summit video on the entire Internet . I bet I've watched this 1000X .
You should watch the everest videos by this guy named OSM adventures on RU-vid. It made my body tingle with fear just looking at how high up and on their own they were while climbing. I've been obsessively looking up videos about mountain climbing the last few days, and I have a newfound respect for the sport. I always figured it was pretty easy and as simple as not being stupid. WRONG. This stuff is hard. And I always figured it takes 1 or 2 days to reach the top. WRONG again. Months.
I don't think anyone can be told how it is to actually do anything at these altitudes even with oxygen. K2 is just awesome, can watch movies about daredevils climbing this for hours lol. Everest is so crowded now, and seems to get more and more visitors each year. Can't find many movies about Annapurna summits tho but i guess that's understandable since 1/3 of the people loose their lives.
Rusty White ..GETTING DIZZY? NO PROBLEM? JUST TAKE A PIECE OF MAMAS LAUNDRY ROPE, TIE IT AROUND YOUR WASTE LINE AND FIX THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE ON A HOOK OF THE NEAREST WALL PICTURE. WITH THAT, YOU WILL BE FINE AND ABLE TO WHATCH ANY NUMBER OF MOUNTAINEERING VIDEOS. NOTE: FIXING THE ROPE END OVER A MOUNTAIN PICTURE OR PAINTING, WILL INCREASE YOUR HOME CLIMBING EXPERIENCE TREMENDOUSLY. TAKE CARE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT A PILLOW ON THE FLOOR JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE A FALL FROM THE CHAIR.
