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Surrender to Everest : the story of the International Himalayan Expedition-1971
This Video was given to me from Ned Kelly, BBC Producer and climber, through my good friend Dr. David Peterson who also climbed on this expedition. Permission to post this video in its entirety on RU-vid was also given by the BBC Producer prior to his passing. All licenses for any and all copyright protected content were obtained by BBC when the film was produced in 1971.
Traces the difficulties and eventual failure of the 32 climbers from fifteen nations who made up the International Himalayan Expedition. The climbers assembled in Nepal and attempted to climb Mount Everest up the southwest ridge. They reached nearly 29,000 feet before being forced to turn back.
PERSONNEL:
Joint Leaders,
Norman G. Dyhrenfurth (Switzerland-U.S.A.)
Lt. Col. James O. M. Roberts (GB).
Members:
Wolfgang Axt (Austria)
Major Harsh Bahuguna (India)
F. Duane Blume (U.S.A.)
John Cleare (GB, B.B.C.)
Gary Colliver (U.S.A.)
Odd Eliassen (Norway)
John Evans (U.S.A.)
Dougal Haston (GB)
Toni Hiebeler (West Germany)
Ian F. Howell (GB, B.B.C.)
David Isles (U.S.A.)
Ned Kelly (GB, B.B.C.)
Reizo Ito (Japan)
Carlo Mauri (Italy)
Pierre Mazeaud (France)
Dr. J. David Peterson (U.S.A.)
Leo Schlömmer (Austria)
Dr. Peter R. Steele (GB)
Ian Stuart (GB, B.B.C.)
Jerzy Surdel (Poland, B.B.C.)
Jon Teigland (Norway)
Antony Thomas (GB, B.B.C.)
Naomi Uemura (Japan)
Michel Vaucher (Switzerland)
Yvette Vaucher (Switzerland)
Don Whillans (GB)
Bill Kurban (GB, B.B.C.)
Arthur Chesterman (GB, B.B.C.)
Sunday Times reporter: Murray Sayle (Australia)
Liaison Officer: Capt. Vishnu Prasad Sharma (Nepal)
Geologist: Dr. Harka Bahadur Gurung (Nepal)

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17 янв 2020

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@warhorse2034 Месяц назад

Love these classic documentaries. No BS, just solid filmmaking.

@matthewisles6497 10 месяцев назад

My father, David Isles, just died three weeks ago, never having seen this, to my knowledge. He talked about the film crew, and made attempts to find it, but I guess we neglected to check youtube often enough. I look forward to viewing this many times. Thanks! And hello to the families of other climbers, and the surviving climbers, themselves.

@CalebAchsah 9 месяцев назад

Condolences, Matt, on the loss of your father. Anyone committed to high altitude mountaineering is incredibly disciplined and almost superhuman. Preserve his equipment and treasure the memory.

@j.whiteoak6408 8 месяцев назад

@matthewisles6497 I am so sorry for your loss, Matthew. I'm sure your father had so many stories! Everest is not for the faint-hearted...I have the greatest admiration for those who've managed to conquer such a personal challenge - and survive the experience. High altitude mountaineers are a special breed of people! I sincerely hope that you can find solace in your grief. Kindest regards, from Australia.

@ytc257 4 месяца назад

@@j.whiteoak6408Do you know Jesus is a messenger of God

@davidj87 4 месяца назад

Hi Matthew, I'd be happy to send you a DVD of this incase RU-vid ever decides to take it down. They already have twice and I've had to battle out the supposed copyright issues, successfully so far. Our whole goal of uploading this is to share it with the world, and hopefully, any surviving climbers and their family. I'm glad you found the video, and am sorry to hear of the passing of your father. If you have Facebook or Instagram let me know your account so I can get your address privately and send you a DVD. Warm regards, David.

@mrfunnynames1742 4 месяца назад

I bet it’s lovely for you to see matey

@Grandizer8989 3 месяца назад

I started binging on Everest docs during Covid and can’t get enough. I’ve seen so many that I’m starting to recognize individual snowflakes on the mountain.

@drirene57 2 месяца назад

This video displayed the size of the mountain better than any other video made about Everest.

@Amanda-uc5jq 16 дней назад

Yes especially the angles of the climb

@ptsherpa 2 года назад

Thanks for uploading this video. I am so glad to see my late father in the video. He was in the Sherpa team and I still have some of his equipment from that expedition.

@davidj87 2 года назад

I'm happy that you found the video on here. :)

@mariannesouza8326 Год назад

😔🏔🕊

@cyrex686 Год назад

That's great to have. The more I watch these, the more I feel the Sherpas are the best guys on the mountain.

@nightowl5475 11 месяцев назад

From watching these documentaries, older & recent ones, it appears to me, The Sherpas are used to the high altitude and can handle the mountain better than the most experienced climbers. They know when a climber needs to turn back too.

@metastract 9 месяцев назад

How wonderful. Just lost my dad in June 2023 so I appreciate how valuable it is to see any footage or hear audio of them. All the best

@jeanettecook1088 2 месяца назад

This is a good video. I was astonished, if not shocked, to see one climber casually smoking a cigarette, another lighting up a pipe! 🎉

@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb 13 дней назад

I'd want oxygen tanks, and some very powerful Amphetamines😂

@MisfitsFiendClub138 8 месяцев назад

The guy saying 'Since when do we let employees make the decisions?' Those Sherpas are way wiser at decision making on the mountain than the people they are guiding

@thecarpetman7687 8 месяцев назад

He had a point though…on an expedition you must have strong leadership…

@quietjohn5523 2 месяца назад

"I'm not gonna porter for the other team, bye" = zero result expedition fail

@mattwatson 3 дня назад

Sherpa are naturally suited to high altitude climbing but they aren't better technical climbers or even as experienced in Alpine conditions than many foreigners are.

@Paige-nx4wx 8 месяцев назад

Only a few minutes in and clear that this is the best documentary about Everest that I've ever seen, and I've seen many. Also fascinating and sobering about how world culture has changed, and of course the culture of climbing. These people seem to have mostly really worked, sometimes for years, hard long hours at jobs that aren't high paying, to make the trip. They also show much greater awareness of the wealth gap between them and the Sherpa people who are helping them and making it possible. And ar a time when the wealth gap was much smaller than it is now, drastically so. It's much easier to respect these mountaineers than it is what's going on now. Their comments foreshadow what was to come, though I doubt even the most insightful among them could have fully imagined the present state of things, only because it would have been unthinkable to them.

@zkelly24 3 года назад

Wow, thank you so, so, much for uploading this. My father (Ned Kelly) was part of this expedition and was mainly behind the camera, but I have never seen this, what a christmas present. I was just going through notes I took about his life, he met Carlo Mauri in Italy 3 years before they took on this challenge. I've heard stories growing up about the loss of life and how incredibly difficult this was to shoot. We continue to be family friends with the one of the amazing Sherpas from this trek and their family to this day. My father passed in 2014 but this is so great to have and be able to watch whenever on RU-vid ☺️

@monster750neil 3 года назад

Do you climb?

@davidj87 3 года назад

Your father gave this video to my good friend Dr. David Peterson, just before he passed away. We've worked so hard to find the families of these climbers to share it with them! This video exists online only because of your father. I am so happy to see this message from you! David has only the best things to say of your father.

@adrianshaw3507 3 года назад

You must be proud. I enjoyed the video as well. Shame about the american guys, who have been offered the adventure of a life time and moan about it (It was funny).. The production team really captured the whole spirit of the enterprise.

@davidj87 3 года назад

Zkelly24... I can send you a DVD of this expedition if you would like.

@zkelly24 3 года назад

@@davidj87 great to hear! I’m so happy he at least had some time to get all his ducks in order before passing. As to your kind offer of the DVD we actually have one at my mother’s home, but as I live abroad, being able to access it via RU-vid is incredibly handy without a DVD player, I haven’t been able to watch in full until now! Also feel free to message me if there is anything missing or anything of great interest. I’m looking at a few dvds now while I’m home and we have ‘magnificent mountain’, ‘Everest the hard way’ and most interestingly I’ve just seen a vhs titled Ned Kelly- ‘Sherpas of Everest’ 1971 (v poor condition). We’ve made sure to keep all of his documentation and piles of videotapes safe and sound, so we can still rustle around from time to time.

@emmerentiagroenewald3694 4 месяца назад

HOW on earth did the cameraman manage all the footage?!? My greatest admiration !!👍👍👍👍👍❤❤

@zakelwe 4 месяца назад

With the heavy equipment in those days that all required storage as well.

@boywonder768 Год назад

Good old Don striding down the mountain with a bottle of whiskey like he’s out walking the dog. Legend!

@jeremyjs8863 3 года назад

A word for the cameramen with the equipment they were using at the time: the shots, angles, flavour.... Incredible stuff

@rahulgupta-us7hg 3 года назад

Very true

@iluvweezies5688 3 года назад

Yes yes and yes. whole film crew because how did they film from inside a crevasse?

@Krixyz 3 года назад

@@iluvweezies5688 I know about one person working for BBC I think, Polish, he was a cameraman over there, with climbing background so he was experienced in mountains. His name is Jerzy Surdel, he started climbing in 1951 (wikipedia).

@trissloan2340 3 года назад

Present day equipment is superior, but, like you said, not the cameraman's techniques, style or flavor. This is a classic.

@RJT80 3 года назад

I don't know if it was ever compiled but the American Jim Whittaker expedition of 1975 on K2's West Ridge is still to this day considered the greatest and most meticulous footage of high altitude climbing ever. The main cameraman climbed alongside or above climbers every time they went up. It almost looks staged. You could essentially teach someone to climb a big mountain with that footage. I haven't found much of it but there is supposedly footage the entire climb and it is just mind blowing to consider the undertaking, even these days. Some of it can be seen in The Savage Mountain at around 22:14. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TtykciWjKOk.html

@arunsahdev9764 2 года назад

Recently been watching Everest documentaries and films. This is one of the best Everest film I have seen so far. Absolutely harsh reality of climbing the mountain in circumstances where none of the fancy equipment exists. Full credit to Sherpas, they have heart, strength and stamina which one have no words to describe, respect to them. Amazing.

@johndurrer7869 Год назад

They certainly have the genes for it

@VanishedPNW 3 года назад

Know nothing of mountaineering or climbing but God damn those sherpas are badass, man. They're the real ones no doubt.

@lewistaylor2858 3 года назад

back then they weren't good climbers but they were brilliant load carriers at altitude. Now of course they are guides as well.

@vindictivetiger3958 3 года назад

They're not paid nearly enough for what they do.

@freileben8834 3 года назад

@@vindictivetiger3958 how much does a Sherpa earn?

@billythekid3234 3 года назад

@@freileben8834 about 6 dollars a day, so sad.

@dancalmpeaceful3903 3 года назад

The sherpa's are THE SHIT.......I give them ALL my respect.

@regibaldroger 2 года назад

Wish the world keep on producing people like these. They do not show too often these days.

@FDCLDN 5 месяцев назад

Such a good mix of individuals who all seem like very interesting people

@lumberlikwidator8863 2 года назад

Best documentary film ever! Camera work is incredible. Music soundtrack is so good I could listen to this with my eyes closed. I don't want to hate or judge any of these team members. I just can't picture myself at any stage in my life trying something so filled with danger, hardship and pain.

@Zarglog Год назад

Wonderful documentary. What makes me sad is seeing how much snow has disappeared since the 70s. In the 70's the mountain and surrounding glaciers was covered in snow and now it's mostly rock. Sherpas are horrified from seeing dead climbers emerge from the ice.

@michaelgallagher3640 Год назад

1:18:32 Summit is bare rock

@ronalddreimanis8051 Год назад

The clouds produce the snow. The summit is above the clouds so most of that snow is from the hurricane winds blowing all the snow around. Although yes glacier is melting from global weather after the 70s.

@brycedyck8450 6 месяцев назад

A crevasse seems less scary when you realize they sent a camera man down into it, to get the shots looking up from it😂

@j.v.5499 2 года назад

I've spent the day (I'm home sick) watching documentaries on Everest. Three things struck me about this one. 1. One of the men on the plane, flying to Nepal, talking about how it has taken five years to save the $500 "buy-in" for the trip. How his wife was left with $30 in her pocket and looking for a job. Today, 65K will buy you a spot in an expedition to Everest. Boggles the brain. 2. The amount of snow on the ground in this documentary as opposed to 2019. It's like a different mountain. 3. The elitist, colonial attitude of so many of the climbers towards the Sherpas. Thank you so much for providing this look into the 1970's.

@juanitaduval9856 2 года назад

It looks like more snow back then

@michaelmendoza6557 Год назад

Get well soon!!

@RudineiLopesdeSouza-vo7hp 7 месяцев назад

@@juanitaduval9856recently died eigh mountaineers exist they been next ok peak and happen one avalanche I see on shorts here in RU-vid I don't understand nothing of mountain but stay sad I don't judge they payment for one dream too went be recognize that is possible come up and overcome limit

@stargazer4625 3 года назад

I love the way these old docs are shot. I really enjoy this style of filmmaking.

@pineapplesideways3820 3 года назад

That's right one backpack that's for everyone

@shehroonkhan4030 Год назад

Fully agreed.

@judieg.7945 Год назад

Something about the way the photographer so diligently panned from lower to higher, finally showed me the true mind numbing distances on this mountain. It makes all of the climbers who ever attempt it even more worthy of respect for me. .

@lydiabalizet9673 Месяц назад

Sherpas and porters should receive a Nobel prize!!!

@paulajohnson139 Год назад

Great video. I love reading and watching all I can about Everest. That "Don't you know who I am?" climber from France is an embarrassment.

@drusmith6463 2 года назад

At the first 8', I can say the porters are the heroes of the expedition! 3 week trek barefoot with immense loads off their heads- that is just super human achievement!! Thanks for posting this gem!

@chairlesnicol672 4 месяца назад

Shouldn't in t b " on their heads?"

@kingyordanov 5 месяцев назад

I’m Just Amazed With The People that Lived Back then, way way more Grounded than Now. Human to Human interaction is on another level!!!

@James.G.Ireland 2 месяца назад

Yet behind closed doors many beat abused molested their own children

@rpm1796 3 года назад

I'm thinking of Irvine and Mallory...dressed back then, like they were taking a day on the Matterhorn.

@vernonsanders371 3 года назад

They had wool an cotton gear

@Coops4343 2 года назад

Don Whillans, after over three weeks in the “Death Zone” strides back down like a boss and says “How ya diddling?” - Absolute legend.

@stevenross-watt8640 2 года назад

Spot on. And he fancied another go the same/next year. What a monster.

@chrishills2427 2 года назад

Unbelievable. What a bloke.

@atraxrobustus3618 Год назад

Whillans was a savage!

@csk Год назад

1:22:25

@assymcgee7217 Год назад

He's my hero , I'd highly recommend watching"Don Whillans last climb" on RU-vid if you've not seen it already .Wonderful stuff.

@Cragsman_Qureshi 2 года назад

Best camera work on everest

@sandralahaie5569 3 года назад

one of the best climbing films ever. 49 yrs ago ..photography is amazing..Hero's all.

@vikrantbayale8363 3 года назад

@ 20:30 Major Harsh Bahuguna earn everyone's respect.

@richardjohnson4696 3 года назад

That was when climbing Everest was an Adventure that unique individuals undertook. Today is just about having enough money.

@patearl4036 3 года назад

and ego

@mbirdmann1866 3 года назад

Gotta have an ego to do something like this.

@yhalrefaie 3 года назад

Not all but most , climbing a new route or a difficult one is not just about having money

@RosettaStoned462 3 года назад

From the sounds of it, it was expensive then too.

@richardjohnson4696 3 года назад

@@RosettaStoned462 Back then it was about national pride. Teams from many different nations seeing who could get to the top first for that season. I feel no sympathy for the individuals who aren't real mountaineers, who go to be the first woman from their country who did this , or the first man from any country who would be the first either. They think of the mountain top being the only goal, they might make it, but then collapse and die on the way back down. Climbing any mountain.. The top is only halfway, if you don't realize that, you deserve to die and they do.

@vindictivetiger3958 3 года назад

The Mountain Goddess blew all of their egos off her slopes and sent them all home with their tail between their legs.

@markusbrauns4274 3 года назад

You gotta respect the mountain, and mother nature.

@joannafreedom7914 2 года назад

As she should.

@Grandizer8989 3 месяца назад

As you type sitting on a toilet

@sijofrancis7529 3 года назад

RIP Major Harsh 🇮🇳🇮🇳

@hellosweetheart3350 3 года назад

I'm unclear on what really happened, he died of freezing to death but why? Was he far away from the group?

@harshtiwari7503 3 года назад

@@hellosweetheart3350 yup looks like the team which was climbing was hit by storm and he might have been exposed to severe cold and suffered frostbites and altitude sickness. He tried to go up to summit 6 years earlier on his previous expedition but failed due to a storm . This was his second and last attempt as shown in video ,maybe he pushed his body too far not realising the differences the last 6 years had on his body from his previous summit attempt. Sadly his brother suffered the same fate after 14 years climbing the same route .

@fayecox9401 Год назад

@@harshtiwari7503 thankyou for explain what happened so sad that over time two brothers lost there lives on same part of Everest prayers go to there family 🙏🙏

@joshstiltner 3 года назад

Watching this expedition that took place in 1971, now in 2021, fifty years ago, is pretty cool. The clothing, equipment, food, communication, and climbing techniques have changed so much since then. Thanks for uploading.

@petelucchini1168 3 года назад

Josh Stiltner::::::: Those old Arctic A frame tents were flappers in high winds but solid.

@GreencampRhodie 3 года назад

One thing that hasn't changed - the egos, arrogance & ignorance of the climbers.

@bonniebates185 Год назад

Are climbers still smoking?

@RudineiLopesdeSouza-vo7hp 7 месяцев назад

@@bonniebates185here in Brasil the peoples don't remove the cigaretes mouth and not respect medic order sadly this is true where live the cementery be full don't exist more space because he was construction in a place wrong next the an lake they the bodies stay obe above of others when my grandmother died give much work the place was tight

@chairlesnicol672 4 месяца назад

@@GreencampRhodie"Ouch!" Yah gotta have some A- alpha males out there , they. usually don't function well with too many in the same room, as they're in the "ether zone" And they tend to suck all the oxygen out , leaving little for anyone else! Lol

@CoraJean19 2 года назад

Whether the Sherpa are paid or not, they should have a say in the route. 1) Their lives are on the line regardless of status. 2) They are the most experienced with their mountain. I’ll hold my tongue about the French.

@Alanoffer Год назад

The french ?

@Housey1985 6 месяцев назад

@@Alanofferdidn’t you hear what was said?

@michaelwhittaker5432 3 года назад

Chris Bonington wrote one of the best books ever about expedition leadership - accept you will make mistakes own up the them then move on , it was his life's dream to summit Everest , but he new as team leader firstly that was not his job his job was overall command and control he sacrificed his chance because he new he had better climbers in his team that stood the best chance now that is true courage

@chosenwon5618 2 года назад

I’m fascinated by Everest, and in awe of the people that not only attempt but summit!

@Mt.Everest. 4 месяца назад

Excellent capture of this failed attempt

@jameeljiwa6586 3 года назад

Excellent video.. SALUTE to the Sherpas & cameramen!!

@tmoe6674 3 года назад

Agreed, these early cameramen did a great job with the equipment available. Sherpas? Always beast.

@rachaelsimpson6991 2 года назад

Hope I didn't hear "lazy bastards" directed towards some of the sherpas!!!!

@fayecox9401 Год назад

RIP major harsh and rip to your brother 🙏🙏

@fayecox9401 Год назад

The Sherpas are the true hero’s with out them they are nothing god bless you every Sherpa may god bless you and protect you and keep you safe every time you climb may god protect you so you go home to your family’s 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@Reckoning2943 6 месяцев назад

I’m not taking away from the Sherpas but here you can see that the foreign climbers did way more than they do today. It was a team effort in the most beautiful way. Let’s not take away from either group here.

@mattwatson 3 дня назад

They aren't heroes FFS, they are there for the money. They get paid 100x their average salary to do it. Stop acting like they are slaves. If they wouldn't do it it would just cost more money, but it would still be done.

@shirleyhassenzahl902 3 года назад

They wore a lot less than they do today. I hate being cold! They were tough

@reep50 3 года назад

These are the times when life is Grand. Such a great documentary to give us a piece of positive history!

@terranaxiomuk Год назад

Making it back alive is the real testament.

@bekind8243 4 месяца назад

This is one of the best Everest docs I’ve ever seen. Thanks for posting!

@THEYTHINKTHEYAREGODS Год назад

One of the best Docs I've ever seen

@riteshpuri9243 3 года назад

14 years after this happened, major jai vardhan, brother of major harsh also died in his second attempt almost at the same place. rest in peace majors

@cullyx2913 3 года назад

RIP Majors

@janickgoudeau6126 3 года назад

RIP to the Majors

@rachaelsimpson6991 2 года назад

Oh god that's real tragic. I don't understand what killed him was it the cold???

@riteshpuri9243 2 года назад

@@rachaelsimpson6991 yes it a sudden storm

@mariannesouza8326 Год назад

😔🏔🕊

@themossypottery 2 года назад

A great film. Love watching these older films and they really highlight the history and danger of climbing the Himalaya. I'm afraid I cannot understand how they can leave family and friends realizing they have a 1 in 10 chance of dying. Watched Chris Bonington's 1975 expedition where one died. They were happy to have got to the summit and on the other hand...oh well sad to lose a climber. Can't fathom it.

@dougfogarty9111 2 года назад

This old movie still holds it's worth.

@barryostroff9235 2 месяца назад

Don Williams was so underaed he did raroomori and the towers in peru. True legends RiP

@bethwest356 3 года назад

The best Everest documentary I've seen, & I've seen them all. The last real mountaineers that tried to climb the mountain. Now everything is done by the amazing Sherpas. That's why so many ppl can now submit everest, bc the Sherpas literally do ALL the work. While the so called mountaineers sleep the day away, & don't have to carry anything but themselves to the summit. The Sherpas are definitely the Kinfs of Everest! Great documentary!

@shawnleider Год назад

Nepalese also are inclined physically to mountains with more oxygen in there blood. Generations of them evolved like as if a human evolved a third eye somehow. But they literally have more oxygen in there blood which takes away one of the biggest risks

@mattwatson 3 дня назад

Complete ignorant BS. Plenty of elite western climbers still climb Everest alpine style, aka alone without any Sherpa. The Sherpa set the ropes and carry supplies for the tourist climbers but it's still damn hard to get to the top, the Sherpa aren't carrying the tourists. I'm tired of this same 'Sherpa do all the work' comments on every video. People act like they are slaves when they get paid way way more than the average salary, that's why they do it.

@LadyPercy. 3 года назад

Smokers make more red blood cells and over time have elevated haemoglobin. The red cells are the oxygen carrying cells. I worked with a doctor (2002 - 2008) who went on two expeditions with Ranulph Fienns. Alongside having a pre expedition excersise and climb programme he would smoke. He said it helped with the effects of altitude sickness.

@OffTheWagons 2 года назад

Huh? Very interesting and unexpected information I should have probably known since I smoked for...oh woah 25yrs now

@3vimages471 2 года назад

Douglas Haston ....... on of the greatest ever. RIP.

@andrewdavies4955 3 года назад

Seen a lot of Everest films.this was on of the best. Brilliantly filmed.

@amaxxx2122 2 года назад

This is "the Classic Everest Documentary" .One of the best Ive watched on EVerest and i devoured a lot 🙂

@wasabiginger6993 3 года назад

Thanks for publishing this amazing footage ... back before Everest has become sort of a Waikiki for the rich.

@rachaelsimpson6991 2 года назад

Don't think Everest is ever a walk in the park. But I get what you mean.

@summera3926 2 года назад

True Adventurers paving another path... some hard times. Truly an endurance test pushing themselves mentally, physically and spiritually... the mountain does not care it just goes on existing... nature in the raw... Excellent film by the way...

@Kunfucious577 10 месяцев назад

The only place I know of that has that much of a mood swing from before and during a trip is Vegas.

@Joytous 3 года назад

As usual the sherpas are the true heroes the real mountain people. Much respect to them. The disrespectful attitude and arrogance towards them by some was disgusting. Glad the 9 left.

@allfunnydogsstories2129 Год назад

I was thinking exactly the same thing. What a bunch of rude condescending Sobs. The Sherpa offered him tea. Then a cup for his dumb whiskey, and that ungrateful fool didn’t even offer him a sip. Good riddance

@gcow8328 Год назад

For doing a job?

@jojox5136 Год назад

@@gcow8328 notice how they never call the kids who dig the minerals for their phones heroes such hypocrisy

@bobbuilder5902 Год назад

Somebody always has to virtue signal about muh poor sherpas.

@bsways 11 месяцев назад

@@jojox5136 what phones? This is in 1971. They didn’t have phones

@LadyPercy. 3 года назад

This was undoubtedly one of the best Everest / Expedition documentaries I have seen. The goal of getting a large multi national group on the summit via the more difficult route was ambitious. While at base camp and camp one the morale, expectations and international co-operation was high. It was sad to see the team fracture, beginning with the death of an Indian colleague and changeable weather. Who ever filmed the progress of the dwindling group deserves much praise. The film perfectly illustrates group dynamics, leadership, adversity and sadly hierarchy. I found hearing some of the climbers refer to the Sherpas in derogatory and inferior terms down right upsetting. That aside, this is a tremendously powerful, honest and exceptional film.

@robthompson3915 3 года назад

The end interview was my favourite, the guy with the bottle of whisky.

@davidj87 3 года назад

That was Don Whillans. The guy was a machine!

@hellosweetheart3350 3 года назад

@@davidj87 well, he had a nip of whiskey when times got tuff 😁 jk..great guy, I agree with him, the food set up was stupi. And why chocolate bars?? Sugar rush then crash?

@debbiesunlight7047 3 года назад

@@hellosweetheart3350 it’s very high in fat as well as sugar. Apparently it’s the most calorific thing you can eat. So it would be good to have with them.

@primalengland 2 года назад

Don Whillans. A hero! Read Jim Perrin’s biography of him. ‘The Villain’. Hard as nails and said exactly what he thought.

@antm64 3 года назад

Hearing the listing of all the supplies was so interesting...no wonder so many people were required to carry it all!! An expensive adventure, to be sure! Of the numerous climbing videos I have been watching, it is this one from which I have learned the most...the narrative is fascinating! Video footage is the most challenging on RU-vid!! After seeing all the difficulties and danger of descending with a dead, frozen body, I understand why Mt. Everest has become a human cemetery...too dangerous to recover the bodies...tragic reality. It seems to take as much courage to turn back as to keep moving up the mountain. Sherpas are awesome...beyond words!! Interesting that Sherpas were not described "climbers." With the realization that money is now the mountaineering qualifier, rather than advanced skill, I understand why the well established, most successful route has become such an overcrowded "highway' to the top...complete with traffic jams!! Thanks you so much for posting this video...much appreciated!!!

@kathyborthwick6738 2 года назад

The Sherpas are the lifeline of Everest! 🕊🕊♥️🕊🕊

@simonmcgrath4112 3 года назад

That image at 42min 50sec of that valley was truly spectacular and scary as hell. Amazing programme!!

@emmas1082 3 года назад

This film is a classic!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@tinkerbell5812 3 года назад

Without sherpas NONE of this wound possible........they are the tru heros

@davidj87 3 года назад

And without the climbers there would be no jobs for the Sherpas.... so there wouldn't be anyone on the mountain to be a "hero". One could argue that the climbers are heros for giving the Sherpas a high paying job compared to what else is available to them in Nepal. So the Sherpas can not be heros without the climbers, and the climbers can't be heros without the Sherpas... Got it?

@disprogreavette8545 3 года назад

@@davidj87 not a popular opinion these days but I couldn't agree more.

@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb 13 дней назад

I'd rather chop my leg off, than climb Everest. Stuff that!

@justicewillprevail1106 3 года назад

It’s funny how so many ppl are willing to save for the large amount of money just to be able to climb this mountain. But I belong in the small portion of ppl where even if you pay me, I wouldn’t do it.

@siddharthbirdi 3 года назад

I think u r in the 99% bro

@dancalmpeaceful3903 3 года назад

No...it is NOT a small portion. I wouldn't attempt to climb that thing for 1 million dollars or MORE.

@400gmoney 3 года назад

Yea it’s beautiful but no way I would ever climb that 5 mile mountain

@ChrisAndCats 3 года назад

I'd Iike to be at the top - I love snow, snow covered scenery etc and the view of being above the clouds - but I have no interest in the climbing part. If someone could deposit me on the top for say half an hour, then retrieve me, I'd be perfectly happy.

@MrMd217 3 года назад

Damn, watching these people climb had me straight up anxious! Hands and feet sweating! I couldn’t do it!

@naztetv8862 3 года назад

1:03:35 Think about how crazy this is in perspective. This dude was pissed because his expedition was taking the "easy" route, because a whole Twenty Three climbers had ever made it to the summit from that route and so that was old and tired to him. lol. Almost five thousand people have summitted via that route now.

@dancalmpeaceful3903 3 года назад

Yes....sadly, the govt of Nepal has turned it into "Disney World".....

@jimlowther2453 2 года назад

Or think how crazy today is from this perspective. Climbers of that day emphasized the Alpinist ideal of climbing either new peaks or new routes. What occurs on Everest today is more or less just another example of adventure tourism.

@VIJAYSINGH-eb8zt 3 года назад

Major Harsh Bahuguna's brother Major Jai Vardhan Bahuguna also died during his Everest expedition 14 years later. Strange thing they both died during their second attempt and near the same area.

@freileben8834 3 года назад

Must be a conspiracy, 2 brothers died at the same mountain and only 14 years where in between.

@pressviewdotcom9123 3 года назад

@@freileben8834 must be a dumbass, moronic and nonsense comment this is. Stop eatting lead paint

@chairlesnicol672 4 месяца назад

@@freileben8834Sounds conspiratorial to me, wonder if JFK had anything to do with all this!

@THEYTHINKTHEYAREGODS Год назад

They wouldn't believe the tech that's available now days Everything was so much harder back them Big Respect to the older generations 🙏

@nanobotless864 2 года назад

Have watched countless documentaries and films on mountain climbing, and this is by far the best. Minimal musical soundtrack, instead the sounds of the expedition as they tackled the southwest ridge. Also worth noting the voice over for language spoken other than English, as opposed to Closed Caption. Amazing footage. Remarkable beings. Thank you for sharing this.

@JaredJohnston 11 месяцев назад

Love the aesthetic and vitality of the climbers. Amazing to see

@shehroonkhan4030 Год назад

The best documentary so far.

@easygoer1234 Год назад

It pisses me off how the sherpas get treated. They are so much better at climbing than any of the climbers. And that's not even to mention all the other stuff they do for the climbers. When you consider everything they do for those climbers there literally wouldn't be anybody climbing Everest if it wasn't for them.PERIOD.

@marlanebraun5635 Год назад

God bless the Sherpas

@lisamurray3244 2 года назад

Don Whilans "how ya diddling?" . .. what a Boss Man 💙

@ClaraKing-ur4hc Год назад

Great documentary ! A tough mountain indeed ❤️

@sam_s_ 3 года назад

I climbed Mt. Whitney and my Sherpa was complaining the whole time about having to give me a piggyback ride.

@olwens1368 2 года назад

I think this may spoil me for any of the more modern films. Just feels more authentic.

@alexcarter8807 8 месяцев назад

Great documentary. Keep in mind that less than 30 years before, these climbers' parents had been trying to kill each other in WWII.

@butterfliesarefreetofly6964 5 месяцев назад

Even back then sherpas , porters, cooks did all the work. Im glad the guy said the sherpas do a lot for then. God bless the sherpas past & present. 💜✝️💜

@mattwatson 3 дня назад

What are you talking about? First off they are paid to be there to carry supplies. Secondly it was the western climbers who organized and did most of the work laying the ropes and ladders across the khumbu ice fall. On every Everest video it's the same comment. The Sherpa are always gods who carry the western climbers on their backs... It's just pathetic to lessen the effort and hard work the western climbers did here just to push your narrative. Western people like you have this attitude where the Sherpa are like children who do not have any agency or choice. They are grown adults who do this job because it pays 100x the average salary!

@Skeffyable 3 года назад

Really enjoyable. I’ve seen many films about Everest and that was by far one of the best even if they didn’t summit. Never seen so many sherpas featured, wow, the logistics.

@freedomforpeopletruelies6 3 года назад

I agree with you . I love these videos.

@chairlesnicol672 4 месяца назад

@skeffyable Wonder why they didn't just leave the ladders permanently in place, then stuff wouldn't b needed to carry well not as much anyways!

@davidsiracuse6672 3 года назад

It takes a very brave and dedicated person to climb Everest. I have always been fascinated by the mountain and the people who risk their lives to climb it. I can't imagine what goes through climbers minds when they pass the bodies of people who died like Green boots who laid up there for years.

@Grandizer8989 3 года назад

I think he’s still there. He’s now covered in snow and rocks

@PrinceOfTheCity1 3 года назад

It’s not nearly as hard to climb as K2. There are many many bodies in the death zone probably dozens. They are frozen solid and mummified. Some have been pushed off the side into crevices etc.

@annnee6818 Год назад

@@Grandizer8989 No, he was pushed off in 2015, but he'd been there for 20 years. That's a long time.

@annnee6818 Год назад

@@PrinceOfTheCity1 There are way more bodies on Everest precisely because it's not as hard to climb

@chairlesnicol672 4 месяца назад

@Davidsiracuse what was green boots real name?

@MilesBellas 2 года назад

Superb documentary of a desperate expedition.

@elipse97 3 года назад

9:58 Am I the only one that hasn't skinny dipped at a family picnic? LOL

@girlfriend910 Год назад

Great documentary Hats off to the camera people

@DanielGomez-ds8uk 3 года назад

I tried climbing MT Everest 6 years ago and I made it to camp 3. I was terrified of MT Everest because that mountain is huge and the weather is so unpredictable and it will turn on you in a matter of minutes leading to frostbites or altitude sickness like Hace or Hape. My life is worth to much for me to risk it all for just a summit.

@DanielGomez-ds8uk 3 года назад

This was the year that 16 Sherpas died because of an Avalanche. This was the saddest thing that anyone could ever witness because you get to know some of these people from Base camp from sharing meals and making conversation. I would never go back to MT Everest because it’s to dam dangerous and that mountain is unforgiving. You don’t conquer that mountain that mountain something allows you to climb it but at times it will turn on you with brutal force like 150 miles per hour winds. The scariest part is the Khumbu Ice falls with Serac the size of a 16 story building and the ice falls are constantly moving. This is the reason why people go up the ice falls only at night when the temperature is the coldest.

@DanielGomez-ds8uk 3 года назад

@@mariekatherine5238 I recommend a 10 days trek to Everest Base Camp and MT Kala Pathar . You can see MT Everest up close from MT Kala Pathar which is a 5,000 Meter easy mountain to climb. It takes 1 hour and 20 minutes to climb and 20 minutes to decent.

@DanielGomez-ds8uk 3 года назад

@@mariekatherine5238 you don’t need to hire a guide because you can make it on your own for only $50 a guide will charge you up to 1,500 . I don’t recommend a guide because it’s easy to walk to Everest Base camp because they are no cars in that region . You must walk to Everest base camp. Good luck 👍 on your journey.

@DanielGomez-ds8uk 3 года назад

You don’t really need a guide to do the Trek and pay only $50 and you can make that trek within 7 days. A trek with a guide will run you at least $1,500 but if you do on your own you will be saving at least $1,000 easily. Most of the tea-houses only charge you between $5-$10 daily but you most buy lunch and dinner from them at $5-$7 a meal.

@humdingerdog6523 3 года назад

Basecamp trek for me and that’s enough

@bartrainer3916 10 месяцев назад

Very fine documentation, sincere and real. Worth looking.

@koreareels5869 Год назад

Wow amazing documentary . Old is gold. Thanks for Sharing this masterpiece

@buckmontana245 3 года назад

Beast mode. Up there Smoking Cigarettes.

@HonestJunkie 3 года назад

1:22:52. And the Whiskey dude, don't be forgetting the whiskey lol Now, I'm fairly confident that between the two of us ..... if we re-watch the video carefully we'll be able to find that scene on the South Col, where they're all hitting the crack pipe before the final push to the summit.

@mfallen4277 3 года назад

@@HonestJunkie They probably were using coca leaf (maybe even cocaine) on this expedition. I know Mallory's era used coca leaf as it alleviates some of the symptoms of elevation sickness. I recall reading somewhere that opioids were commonly carried as well, both of which make way more sense than alcohol or cigarettes, lol. Think it was just codeine as going for a strong opiate that greatly depresses respiration is probably not a great idea at these elevations. So its quite possible it was being used here, as no one really looked down upon coca alkaloids until it became a fashionable drug in the West during the mid-70's-early 80's.

@paulcawkwell5804 3 года назад

@@HonestJunkie you don’t know what you are talking about mate! Stop talking about things you have only read in books. Don Whillans (The Whisky guy) as someone called him and Dougal Haston are amongst the greatest mountaineers of their time. They didn’t need cocaine to climb you fool!

@HonestJunkie 3 года назад

@@paulcawkwell5804 WTF!?!?!? DUDE ..... You gotta be fucking with me here ?!?!? I've just re-read my comment, to be sure (I mean it was a month ago) ... You know I was joking right??? You can't possibly believe that I was seriously suggesting they _smoked Crack on the South Col before setting off for the Summit_ ?!?!? You need to get rid of that broomstick you got jammed up ya arse dude ... live a little man, maybe you'll learn to laugh one day.

@gowdsake7103 3 года назад

Fucking stupidty

@jasonshields515 3 года назад

This soundtrack has some bangers 😅

@a......5214 3 года назад

Early prog rock 🎸 👌

@FaisalKhan-jg6kg 3 года назад

Amazing documentary, one of a kind . Thanks for sharing it

@czechraiser 3 года назад

Insulted to work as a Sherpa does? Sorry, sherpas are the heroes of every single Himalaya climb. They place the ropes, the ladders and forge the trails and were the ones carrying the equipment beforehand. It is incredibly western to think that they are somehow the stars of these treks, especially today when it's basically high altitude babysitting for them.

@rachelmarcus5852 3 года назад

This is a great Everest documentary. They carried their comrade down the mountain 3 days, despite grave danger and at the sacrifice of their own successful climb. In modern times, it is common to leave a fallen climber where they meet demise. Some bodies are even used to identify a route.

@ThatSB 3 года назад

Dont exaggerate. They remove bodies now and It was no different then. He died prior to the death zone. If he died on the summit he would have been left. Even now bodies are eventually removed

@madhatter909 3 года назад

@@ThatSB no they aren't. do some research

@sudhirbisht5577 Год назад

No, those were not the summiteers. They was sherpas being used to bring the body back.

@dennisdamenispa-crrtrpftae-c 10 месяцев назад

@@ThatSBThey do not remove the bodies. Wow, prior to talking down to someone do a little research! You may learn something!!

@laurabell48 3 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing this video with us. Outstanding!

@davidj87 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@azerlj76 3 года назад

Yessss , thank you , waking up to watch this is amazing

@bengonzales2558 3 года назад

Cameraman is amazing. Love the thrown in chatter as well.

@afterdark4106 4 месяца назад

he said, 'I shall return, one bright dusk.

@davidcryle1190 3 года назад

Don Whillans was quite a character, they don't make em like that anymore.

@primalengland 2 года назад

Have you Read ‘The Villain’ his biography? What a character. Got to love him, warts and all. …. Fantastic read…. Recommended.

@davidcryle1190 2 года назад

@@primalengland I have indeed, I used to climb with a friend, (English) who was besotted with Don Whillans. I'm Scottish, so my hero's were Hamish MacInnes and Tom Patey, but I have to say there was something utterly unique about DW, a real cult hero...

@primalengland 2 года назад

@@davidcryle1190 Good man! I’m in my late 60’s and Don was our big brother hero in the local Bolton climbing club. Nice to see pioneers ‘flawed or not’ appreciated.