Nanda Devi 1978 

Thank you for posting this...was it Dave who put this together? It's a very nice memorial to Ben, and the groups efforts to conquer the peak. We had been married six months when Ben left.....a long time ago, life goes on...happy you posted this! Obviously he's still in my thoughts because I'm googling his name!

Firstly im shocked to see few thousand views only for ths superb video,ths is something pure magic ...stupendous as well as outstanding

Thank you for putting this together. Beautiful photographs from 1978, and a touching story. I was six years old then. There were so many parts of India that were difficult to access but so worth the trouble!

RiP Ben, this is not failure, this is a achievement. 1978 all this was beyond our imagination.

Who knows what mystery the mountains and terrains of India holds. How beautiful it can be. Probably too much for humans to endure. "... and come I may but go I must and if men ask you why, you may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky."-Wander Thirst, Gerald Gould.

The old pictures, happy faces, soulful music….it was very sweet and bitter at the same time watching this. I was only a year old when these events happened. Blessed are these souls who made it to the mountain and some who stayed back in the mountain’s lap forever. Thank you for sharing these memories with us.

Beautiful film, thank you. Sorry for your loss. Life is for living and I applaud you for doing just that.

Soory for you loss, जय नंदा देवी।

Ben was my rock climbing instructor at the Outward Bound School in Keremeos, B.C. It was September and John Dawson was 'on location' with Diane Edmondson making their film. For the full day Ben took myself and one other guy, both of us young athletes and ready for anything, over terrain that looked impossible. He made it look easy. What got my attention more than anything was how much he seemed to be really enjoying himself, he was having fun while presenting a true sense of being fully aware of the responsibility. I was ready to see that and my day with Ben gave it to me.

This mountain is very beautiful, it is very close to my home

😢surreal beautifully narrated...blessed guys...Ben,s soul went to heaven for sure....GUNGHO...

Amazing! thanks for sharing. RIP Ben!

My home is near of this mountain❤❤❤

I can feel the pain... but despite it, I can see the love for the mountains and their beauty. Yes, horrible things happen up there. But the most beautiful things happen there as well. Thank you for showing us both in this video.

best views of nanda , where were you all my life . thanks bro sorry for your loss

Tragic...yet no less valient...RIP Ben

Amazing story. thanks for sharing. My respects for Ben.

O Maa Nanda Devi you are so beautiful and fascinating. Jai Maa Nanda Devi 🙏, RIP Ben 🙏

What an amazing push from 5700m! I know what it can be like! Fantastic!

That was Ben Beattie who brought those schoolchildren up on that tragic Cairngorm hike?

Wonderful video. Can't explain what it means to me, someone whose obsessed with this area of my country. Having devoured the literature and stories of men and women who spent time in her sanctuary, I feel this too would be one of those great stories of what men undertook in last century. I wish someday a party member will pen down the full story. My generation was spent waiting for the permission to enter this land. Lucky and blessed were those who could enter here. Such is the pull of this place, it always at the back of your mind.

Some stunning pics, you did have a knack for photography. RIP Ben...

Superb photography and captions if not mistaken i had viewed panchachuli peaks this video has a tragic or finale merging of Ben,a mountineer

Rare film just beautiful

Andrew; thank. you... beautifully told. I didn't know about the expedition till now.

Beautiful

Bharat India 🇮🇳 the land of god's and in Himalaya is the land of all mighty those who got their final breathes there are fortunate, including foreigners. They must have had done great deeds that they found final peace here

ben we love you dude...

These documents are great for a vicarious feeling

Superbly described

Hello ! Now this is rarest of rare . Every mortal will taste death but very few will taste life . Ben and every one of you became immortal. Cheers to all of you, because of you all we are able to see something majestic and which is now not possible at all . May I have you contact details , I would be privileged to know you . Regards Ashish

Rip Ben you were a great mountaineer ,cousin.

Beautiful video. Wonder why no views. Sad to know of Ben. 😔

Amazing story, big fun Rip ben

Nanda devi is a ruthless mountain.it is said god dess Nanda asked lord Vishnu to be a part of the mountain.It is said that those who have trouble with their mother in previous lives ends up dying in this mountain.

Its rare💕 and inspirational😇

I hv been watching almost every expedition made it with loosing lives whether it is successful / failed or one have to sacrifice himself…….sad reality 😒🙌🏻

Excellent 👌 RIP Ben

Best place

I was due to go on a Joint Services (UK) expedition here in 1975. It was unfortunately cancelled because of lack of MOD support and funding. The Expedition Leader Terry Thompson (Royal Marines) was later killed in a crevasse accident in the Western Cwm.

Surprised to learn there is a high route to avoid the the gorge of the Rishi ganga.

RIP Ben.

RIP Ben Beattie.

Jiy ho Mata rani

Beautiful but said.

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Nice and sad video... My father was in the 1951 french expedition, where Duplat and Vignes disapeared during their attempt to traverse from the West summit to the East summit... I would like to know if the members of this expedition found the memorial grave in the Sanctuary left by the climbers in 1951 ???

That's sad

Did anybody ever manage to get back to Ben's resting place, or have you a plan to do so in the future? If you can give me a detailed map, I would be happy to attempt it with some flowers.

Their amarican army lost nuclear trigger if you found please return it

sad

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