Hannelore Schmatz: The first WOMAN who died on Everest
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- In October 1979, Gerhard Schmatz and Hannelore Schmatz from West Germany, climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth. They were the first couple to set foot atop Everest.
However, tragedy struck when Hannelore Schmatz died while descending the mountain. In addition, Ray Genet, a mountain guide from the US, also died on the way down to base camp.
This is their story of triumph and tragedy on Everest !
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Soooo sad and I always feel so sorry for the sherpas too, many who have lost their lives trying to assist climbers.
Not assisting mate. They’re dying just so fake mountaineers can walk up Everest using routes and ropes created by the Sherpas. They do the dangerous work just so selfish braggarts can get a summit picture to boast about. It’s disgusting to me. These braggarts aren’t mountain lovers. They pollute and litter these mountains. They should be content with trekking the area and leave the real mountaineers to climb.
It is a job like any other job
They are paid very very well and know the risk.
They are not paid very well and no it is not a normal job. Sherpas have no choice to choose another job. The companies get all the money. The sherpas get the danger.
@@Heart2HeartBooks know they aren’t paid “very well” 3 grand for a trip is not good pay. They pack all the crap / do all the ropes/ clean up the trash after- …. No they aren’t paid well. A Sherpa may make 10 grand in a season and pass through the ice falls 40-60 times.
I’d like to see you do it for that pay. Americans make that in 3 months working at McDonald’s.
Freaking slave labor wages.
The UNSUNG HEROES 🙏
Whenever you hear the words "the sherpas recommended....but...", it is never going to end well I'm not sure this qualifies as an accident. They decided to bioactive in the death zone amd went along with the expertise of an expert on a different mountain instead of an expert on Everest.
"they always go too far until their weariness must in the end, lie down to sleep in the snow."
bioactive? 🤣😂😂
Bivouac.
@@phillipproussier3723 Phillip...that has me baffled, as well! Never have heard of the word "bioactive" before! LOL! Anybody?
Oops! Somehow, I didn't see Tilly's reply til now! Makes sense, though!
Superb video and narration of a sad story, treated with warmth and respect. Thank you for another story that was impossible to stop before the end.
Full of details, but much more, full of respect to protagonists and circumstances. Danke Schön.
Excellent video in production, narration, pace, respect. Even the sound track was subdued and added to the experience without distraction. What a respectful & nonjudgmental tribute to these passionate people. 🫡✌🏼
Thanks
@@epicadventurearchives TY FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO, I JOINED YOUR CHANNEL,,,,,,BLESSINGS!
Minus the fact that you felt no need to learn how to pronounce their names correctly and butchered every single name, both first and last.
One of my wife's former coworkers disappeared on Mt. McKinley over 30 years ago. We happen to learn of that when his mother wrote an article in the Washington Post. She was a grief counselor, and the point of the article was about when a grief counselor has to deal with personal grief herself.
As beck weather said. "I have lived within profound depression my whole life. The pain of climbing, the exhaustion is what takes me apart from my thoughts" Its some peoples way of coping with so much internal pail. Its their way of relieving themselves from that pain. And i can relate to that. Its my main purpose of mountaineering. It takes me apart from everything. And it becomes some peoples only free space.
@@Deniz_OzbekEasy there psychiatrist. Mountaineering is to be enjoyed. Any person who climbs should know 2 things. It will be there next time. It's NOT worth dying for. NOBODY needs it; if you do? You are on a suicide mission. I turned around 100' below Long's Peak. It was @ my self appointed turn time. Ppl passed me on my way down. A bad storm blew in. NPS recovered their bodies later. 2 yrs later I conquered the bitch!! We climb the mountain on its time and if you need mountains to make you feel worthy? You climb for the wrong reasons. I WILL NOT CLIMB WITH PPL WHO HAVE THAT ATTITUDE!! WHO HAVE TO TAKE STUPID RISKS!! YOU WILL GET PPL KILLED. Work out your mental issues with a psychiatrist. Before you go to climb a mountain. Or climb alone and DIE!!
@@Deniz_Ozbeksorry feller you need mental help. I climb bc I enjoy it. No I am not upset when I don't summit. If it was easy? It would be boring. #1 I DO NOT NEED TO SUMMIT TO BE HAPPY. #2 THE MOUNTAIN WILL EITHER LET YOU OR NOT. It knows you are there and will ALWAYS control whether you climb or not. No excuse to be overcome with summit fever and get killed or hurt. Worse yet put other ppl in danger over your stupidity. Turn around live to climb another day. It will be there. I DO NOT CLIMB with ppl who "MUST HAVE THE SUMMIT." They are on a suicide mission. PS. Go see a psychiatrist over your mental issues. You will get ppl killed climbing with you or trying to rescue you!!
@@joemorris7357 no, not every person goes to the mountains for the same reason. Its whats beautiful about it. You might do it to enjoy it, others might do it to explore themselves.
So happy that Hannelore has this video to tell her story which is told with great dignity & respect. Beautiful Hannelore had grit, courage & determination which made her one of the first great lady mountaineers. May she forever rest peacefully at the blessed feet of the spectacular Kangshung. xx
It would be more dignified and respectful if he pronounced her name correctly. Hahn-ah-lora.
If you wish to climb mt everest, then God bless you🙏
I love watching these stories about mount everest, like the movie Everest when Rob Hall and others lost there lifes in 1996..
But i hate the cold and climbing mountains😁, i just stick to summer weather and riding motorcycles, but thanks for the story brother.
Rip to those lifes lost on Everest🙏
Thank you for posting this well researched and presented video.
In a multi climber expedition where everyone reaches the summit, if anyone does not make it back I would never consider to be a success.
You'd think that's the point . But to most of them, they'll walk riggt past you.
This is a very tasteful tribute to a tragedy on Mt. Everest. This poor lady died doing what she loved doing. RIP.
I don't understand. It said she fell asleep on the mountain? Why didn't she set the alarm on her smart phone???
Climbers should not ever risk their lives attempting to bring a body down from high altitude.
The dead knew the risks and I couldn't think of a better resting place.
If the body is in full view, then if possible, then cover it with rocks.
What a great presentation of a somber topic. Thank you for the video.
My ❤❤❤
Very nice pace and tempo on this video. Gave us all a chance to fully digest this tragedy. 😢
nicely done...thank you
Subscribed. Great story telling ability while showing respect is rare and is why I didn't hesitate to subscribe.
Thank you, I never knew the whole story about Hannelore. Only about her body being visible for years before she was blown down the slopes of Everest. Very respectful video about her.
You meant Mt. Denali don’t you?
@stevemorris6790 no she died on Everest.
If she had set the alarm on her smart phone, she would have woken up!🗻🗻🗻📱📱📱
@@iluvmoney6767 are you serious?
@@wyomingadventures Of course! She just had to set the alarm on her smart phone and she wakes up! Why is that so hard to understand?????
Great content thanks✌️
Very well done. Excellent and gripping...thanks.
Thank you too!
Well told story. Thank you.
Extremely well done video. Very tragic however.
Why hire a Sherpa just to not take the advice they give. Those dudes told me to tap out for the day, I’m gone fast as my frozen self would take me. Their job is to try to help keep you alive.
So sad for these brave people
I love your videos❤.
Great work.
I really like your channel and your good energy.
Why inspector and another sherpa lost their life for dead body that is real tragic
I only feel sorry for the sherpa who stayed with her and the sherpas who died while trying to retrieve her body.
How tragic that Hannelore got pissed at the advice that conditions were very poor so she should abandon her attempt.
Her husband had to then live with the regret of not being more insistent.
Summit fever takes another life.
Excellent as always
Thank you!
Welcome!
That poor woman frozen to death. She will for EVEREST in peace on Mt. Everest.
All she had to do was set the alarm on her smart phone!!!!
Great vid on such a saddening Tragedy, but just one of Many in Everest's Storied Past
I've always found it strange regarding the Infamous Photo of Hannelore's Remains as NOBODY seems to have claimed to have taken that photo (not to mention given an exact date to when it was taken), and (as far as I know) it only First appeared around 2009 in a You Tube Video that is now deleted
I know it's her though unlike most claimed "identified" bodies, as she is wearing Identical Blue Pants and Red Boots to the photos of her taken while still alive ascending the mountain
She did not fell asleep. She had her eyes open after she died. There are many witnesses to confirm that.
Probably she just froze there while trying to have some rest.
Dying only 100 meters above camp 4?
Couldn't she have postponed her nap just a little?
(I'm guessing she didn't know how close she was to camp?)
Camp 4 is still in the death zone. She was already out of oxygen... 100 m is a far way in the death zone.
It's called the death zone for many reasons, one being that when climbers become real weak and especially if they're out of oxygen, their minds become weak and they give up.
No way is the man pictured as nick banks 27!
ETA he’s 67 in that photo!
I second you and I knew it, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find out a profile photo of him on the internet. I only found this one where his face is clearly visible. He is more than 50 in this photo.
Love your content!
❤soooooo sad ilové ,,😢
Never heard of her. You can verbalize a great story. Subscribed.
Never heard of YOU !!!! lol
@ Barbara Moore You can Google images of her sitting on the mountain.
That had me nearly in tears.
She woke up as a spirit and took my father away. He was never found too.
I know the story and i have seen many photos of her, i don't know why you don't put a photo of her dead body but maybe you didn't because it's so tragic to many of people!!!
It’s shocking, and moreover, YT then restricts the video. I’d tried it and even blurred her face but still YT restricted the video. Then I re-edited the video and uploaded.
Oh,i can understand,thank you.
Rainbow Valley is on the Chinese side of the mountain!
Sooooo sad my dear
The number of people who are willing to die FOR A LARGE ROCK Formation is astounding to me. If a human needs an oxygen tank in order to survive that environment....that's your first CLUE that you have no business being there. Are they trying to prove that they're super human....or not human??? It's the highest form of stupid. These people have no rational reasoning IMO. I'm always so sad to see another person give their life to a darn rock formation. Some people don't feel alive unless they're at risk of dying. Like so many people say....well "she DIED doing what she loved". She could have loved something less deadly.....guess not. You can't fix stupid I guess.... You can only bury it later. What a tragic waste.
What is the point of living if we can’t do what we love? These people love climbing mountains. I am glad that there are risk takers and adventure seekers in the world! I just prefer to live through them by watching and reading their stories while I’m safe and warm on my couch.
@@gwenjackson8583 Hmmmmmm. But many who die on the mountain have spouses and small children they leave behind. Sounds pretty selfish and arrogant just to "do what they love."
I agree. And many leave a spouse and small children behind. The same with all the cave divers who drown.
You need mechanical cabin air pressurization to fly in an airplane at 30,000+ feet.
Umpteen thousands of people do it all the time.
@@alanstevens1296 How much is "umpteen?"
Good video. Thanks.
Her body was certainly one of the grisliest for long time before it got pushed over the ledge out of sight.
Superb 🔥
Excellent video, very sad though.
Happy new year my friend ☺️
This is how some of the rich wish to die. Climbing mountains. Just stay home, live.
Hahaaaa , noooo
They're rich because they're motivated, and take chances.
@@gcow8328 I would rather be rich and live than rich and die. I want to be able to enjoy my money!
@ILuv Money6767 you mean exist.
@@gcow8328 LOL! You can enjoy life without climbing a mountain and freezing to death! There are plenty of other exciting things to do!
arrogance is the only answer as well as ego
Yes, & exacerbated by lack of oxygen & exhaustion.
The only people I feel sorry for are the Sherpas. The team was warned and went against experts.
Sounds like a terrible way to die, like she would've traded 100 Everests for a bottle of water. Of course, I may be wrong. I will definitely never know.
That’s the thing. It is really not a bad way to die. Painless and you are out of it. But the pain they endured climbing and descending was over by the time she sat down.😢
and to think they charge upwards of 50-60 thousand bucks to climb that mountain.... a mountain as high as what commercial jetliners fly...... thanx, but no thanx, i'll stick to hiking my local trails..
I think McKinley is higher if measured from base to top than Everest so there is actually more climbing. I know it is not as high above sea level though.
WINGSUIT FROM EVEREST
Most of the deaths that happen on the 8K+ height mountains happen on the way down. In context consider a wingsuit/ram-air parachute descent. One brave soul has already accomplished this - but that was from 24,000 feet - not quite the top. The density of the air on 8K+ peaks does not provide sufficient lift for a wingsuit. Instead the winds will slam you into the mountain's rocky face - killing you.
HIMARS is an artillery rocket designed to locate its target through geopositioning. A mini-version strapped to the back could fire a summiter who is wearing a wingsuit, off the peak of Everest towards the very center of the valley below dropping the summiter now descending thousands of feet downwards in seconds over terrain that had taken hours and days to climb. After the ignition shuts down at a much lower altitude where the air is thicker, the mini-HIMARS is dropped and the wingsuited descender speads the wings of the wingsuit and glides to still lower altitudes.
The glide continues over the Khumbu icefall, and further into the valley. Miles and miles of the mountain's base passes below. The target, a hotel at the base of Everest wherethe grass is green, awaits. It is summer and the air is warmer at this altitude. The descender opens the chute and targets in to the great green lawn. The hotel guests are gathered for cocktails in evening dress at sunset.
End of the Quest: Landing, less than an hour after summiting Everest, the summiter zips out of his wingsuit. He is has been wearing a tuxedo underneath. Taking a seat at the central table, the sommelier brings a chilled bottle of Dom Pérignon (sponsors choice) and a glass saluting the applauding awe-struck guests who begin to surround the summiter. Noting the champagne is not quite cold enough to meet expectations, brought from the wingsuit is a container of ice harvested from the Everest summit to fill the ice bucket. The summiter toasts the mighty Everest that dominates the surrounding Himalayas as the sun sets.
I dunno, if given a choice, I would choose a heated waterslide. If that's not feasible, maybe one of those huge rubber balls you get inside of...
I'd rather snowboard myself down the slope, I'd dump my backpack/ have the Sherpa to transport it down
RIP
Sadly, I don't feel much sympathy for the mountain climbing fools.
I do, however, feel so much respect for the hardworking Sherpas, that too many of these fools, take for granted!
God bless all of these Sherpas, who, without their help, none of these obsessed and useless climbers could ever make the summit, much less wipe their own arses.😅
Bahut dukh hua ,,sooo sad
Does it seem to others that this team is on the older side of climbing Everest? Old at 30, an guys in 40s, no good for non-air Everest!?
thank you namaste,,,,Finnster
Where is your accent from?
Ray Genet lived in Talkeetna Alaska 😥
Now they are on Ever Rest resting.
Só pain in hart❤
It's not a triumph if you die on the mountain.
So...if that 2nd climber you introduced as a 27 year old, is a day lease than 55, I'll (pretend to) eat my shorts! 😁 I think you made a few boo-boos. No biggy though. Good video anyways. Still give it a like. Thank you
Soooooo sad
No mercy 🔵🌪️
Wow - misinformation is rife on RUclips! Rainbow Valley is located just below Everest's NORTHERN RIDGE and just above 8,000 metres ON THE NORTHERN ROUTE - and NOT on the South-East Ridge where Hannelore Schmatz body was located for many years at 8,290 metres on the SOUTH-EAST RIDGE! (as stated at 15:55) Why does it matter? Because people who've never even set foot on the mountain rely on content creators like you to know what you're talking about, and to get it right.
I am confused by those "the first this, the first that" who reached the summit.
When will the first zookeeper or housecleaner, the first person with aids or the first transvestite reach the summit of Everest?
And she never came home! As for me, in this life, I don't have to nurture my stubbornness by having to prove myself to me or anyone. It's ok to be a "little bitty"😄
When sherpas die at this altitude, what happens for everyone else?
That wasn't tragic accident as it was planned.
I wish they did not move the historic ones.
Nick Banks oldest looking 27 year old I ever saw 😂
Sooóooo sad my 😊
O:54 27??????
It’s years later, expedition photo wasn’t available.
TELJESEN FELESLEGES HALÁL A SEMMIÉRT....HELICOPTER IS VAN
What's with the indian accent?
eternal sleep, quietly
Personally they choose there faith....
Woman are not built like men and they have, in average, a more difficult time tackling high altitude. Just as most people have difficult time in high altitude compared to sherpas.
Je weet dat dat kan gebeuren
God ıs mountaın too
Pay attentıon wıth God when you enter wıthout callıng ın Hıs terıtory
The escalator to the false gods at human cost.
You should have included a picture with Hannelore´s body leaning on her backpack. It´s available online. Such a shame! Thumbs down.
The respectful and good thing with this presentation is that her pic was NOT there - but OK mate, now we know why you wished to see the vid, you morbid ****.
I have seen the photo. She doesn't look that bad. Nothing a little make up and a wig can't fix!
@@iluvmoney6767 Nice joke. Not.
@@phillipproussier3723 SHe looks a little thin now!
@@iluvmoney6767 I bet she does.
,sorryl my dear😂
P r o m o s m 🙋
ACCENT IS UNINTELLIGIBLE.
Bro your narration is -50°C 🤣
Darwin award recipients
Let me correct you, since you are more stupid than they are...there's nothing stupid about what they're doing. Everything is calculated, leav no room for "stupid". You, on th other hand, have no drive or goals in life, save from watching something you know nothing about and make disrespectful comments. If that's your life, deal with it. These people dealt with their life, on their terms and they died on that way, loving what they were doing. Much more than I can say for any of us...
+1
Was she married this this frozen lady ? Did she had a life insurance on her life a? Did they left her on the mountain !alone ? Why ! Sherpa’s. Can bring a died person down ! 🥵🥵🫢🫢🫢🫢🫢🫢
@catharinaketelaar7299, Why don't you bring her down?
Good video.
Thank you
Love your videos!