The 2006 K2 Disaster 

A morbid midnight video release is the peak of my day .

"with the last successful ascent taking place nearly 40 years ago..." me: oh, so like the 60s/70s "... in the year 1985." 😳😭 for reference, I'm in my 40s.

Im pretty new to your channel, but damn, you need more recognition

Thank you for all of your hard work and high quality videos. They are really, really appreciated.

“They moved their equipment up the mountain at a *glacial* pace” No pun intended 😅

11 days in one spot? Wow. I'd imagine that by then you're pretty low on food and fuel to melt snow for water. Just being there that long puts any attempt in the "nope" category. You don't have enough food to eat to get enough energy to make the trek up to the peak, back down, and to a lower camp with more food. There really should be limits to how long you can spend at the different sites without making a push. They should've been required to come down instead of pushing for the peak, especially since the length of the storm INCREASED the likelihood of an avalanche anyway.

Just here to throw a comment your way. Looking forward to watching later.

Masterpiece after masterpiece after masterpiece I don’t believe I ever knew about K-1s extreme difficulties but you cover them ALL objectively with cold hard facts I believe one of your most “classic “ videos is The Ogre climb it’s just perfect !!! 💯👑

You have just made my history 202 class so much better thank you morbid.

I enjoy the stories and I don't mean any disrespect put your voice is very different I don't mean to sound ignorant but it sounds a little creepy LOL I'm sorry I don't mean to be disrespectful I just never heard anybody's voice like yours

"Listen to the frickin guides......do what they say" -a wise man

Is it common to attempt a summit after a big storm? It sounds like the stupidest idea to attempt just after the mountain was battered for days and overhangs would be stressed with chipping seracs

This incident was bad luck, even for this mountain... The only worse luck I can recall is John Smolich and Alan Pennington attempting the magic line, killed in 86 when an avalanche was triggered by a 1 in a trillion rockfall with basecamp watching.

Very nice to hear you give a comprehensive description of degrees of difficulty of mountains. Very nice. I watched a video of a couple who climbed K2 in good weather and made it all look easy. In contrast, I watched a video of a couple of guys climbing Trango Towers ... nailing a pup tent to a vertical wall to spend the night in! Nothing under that tent but a thousand meters of air! Edit: compared to some of the really hard climbs, "House's Chimney" and the "Hillary Step" are nothing but easy, ladders and ropes already there - no elevators yet, but give them time ....

Your talent is story telling. Lets just say you have a way with words.

Feeling sick? Your voice sounds distant and faint

Oh man, you released this video less than 2 minutes after I got off the computer to go sleep a bit... about the difficulty part, a whole bunch of people who have no idea about the subject, both the video makers + the audience, still insist that K2 is the most difficult mountain in the world. I mean, yeah, it surely is not for anyone slightly faint of heart or even advanced, it's only for hardcore climbers, but still, it's FAR from being the most difficult, it's actually annoying because it's false info, as people will believe in something that is not really the whole picture or truth. As for the story... that part of K2 is scary as fukc dude, that HUGE ice wall is just so eerie. This shows once again that you can take all possible safety precautions, but nature just doesn't care and doesn't respect anyone. Imagine you're climbing a mountain this tall and out of nowhere you are faced by a storm lasting almost 2 weeks! I can't imagine being in that situation, the force of the winds up in these mountains is just surreal, along with the whiteout conditions and the brutal low temperatures even in the summer months. Imagine the level of boredom being unable to do anything and keep your mind busy for almost 2 weeks in complete isolation... jesus, that is just maddening, just being able to sleep in that situation is a feat of itself because of the super loud sounds of the winds outside colliding with the tents. I've been in situations of very high winds while camping in tents and let me tell you, it's anything but a pleasant situation, that constant super loud sounds will just eventually drive most people mad.

Gravity ALWAYS wins in the end.

@ 0:33 - Wow! What a picture! Incredible

So good. Thank you for these videos.

I wonder how often pieces of ceracs fall. Like what are the chances it would fall at that exact time.

0:22 The mountain in the middle looks like a face

A comment on pronunciation: koolwahr (not cooloor). Couloir is French, and "-oir" is a "wah" sound, as in "warren" or "waft" or French for "black", "noir". Thank you for the video, excellent as usual.

Hear Annapurna 2, is the gnarliest.

I can’t believe you don’t have more subs for the Concorde Informative content you put out.

Cool video

Hello from Maryland ❤

Yea boii have a nice day everyone!

So interesting!! Thanks for the great vid.

Wanted to know more on this, thanks!!

Nims climbed that damm mountain hung over drunk.

They could dig a tunnel to the summit, like at the Eiger Sanction

FYI, "elevation" is used when referring to a surface height, while "altitude" is used to refer to height above a surface.

Harrowing story well told and documented. I like how the climbers are identified at the end

MM: Only 4 teams have ever reached its summit... Me: Yeah, I bet like back in the 70s, too. MM: ... With the last successful ascent taking place nearly 40 years ago... Me: Nailed it! MM: ... In the year 1985. Me, born in 1985: 👁👄👁

So pretty much k2 is deadly mountain And also can you think you could do the hello Kitty murder case in 1999

Why do u sound like this or use this voice

Good to see you, Midnight. Sad but well-done video .

Been waiting …❤ love ur content

If you haven’t seen The Summit, you have to watch it.

Had to re-watch this video. It's really well-done, and the photos are of the actual mountains spoken about. Amazing that you found all those shots.

Amazing Documentary once again Morbid \m/ 🌬

Thus we begin our trek to 71k!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

Keep up the great work!

Token comment, keep up the good work!!

I heard they have a Burger King at Mt. Everest base camp now.

It's worth saying again. Great narration. Great channel. We appreciate you.

More people have summited K2 than have tickled my feet.

Have these climbers ever been found

3:16 K1 is an utterly terrifying looking mountain.

Let me guess…. Great video

Boring.

Oh I really like your videos but please you’re talking way too slow, or whatever you’re doing. Just talk normal or at normal speed… Don’t try to be mysterious or anything. It’s freaking annoying! But like I said, I really like your stories/videos.

k2 looks lika a nazgul!

Great

Certified hood classic.

I can’t stand the narration!

Morbid Midnight ... the Steven Wright of climbing expeditions gone wrong ...

This is the type of show that Wednesday Addams would watch

Sure, there are other mountains that are more treacherous and dangerous than K2 that pose greater difficulty, but when we’re talking about mountains like K2 and the others that are even more dangerous, we’re talking degrees of difficulty where even one small mistake can cost a person their life. Let alone the environmental hazards that these mountains present.

Watching all of these to help me sleep. Super relaxing yet creepy 🎉 perfect storytelling

Talk normally please

Look it lowered from 25% to under 15%

Challenging yourself is one thing, but this is more like Russian Roulette. Their fitness, experience and training didnt matter.

K2 & Annapurna. Obsessed.

Set plaaybaack speeed too 75% too maake thee videeo lasst loongerr

I love the narration

Cool-WAH

Instead of wasting time searching for the climbers lost in the avalanche the survivors should have gone for the summit while they had the chance.

subscribed bro

Can't handle the narrators voice..closed down after 20 seconds

You need a metronome as your cadence is so inconsistent and constantly changing. Your holds and pauses are awkward and things feel to be taking too long for you to be saying what you could say due to your intentional changing of cadence and tone. Consistency is more key and a higher irritation to people than is acknowledged. For me it makes these videos unwatchable