HORRIFYING Mountain Stories #2

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • As majestic as they might be, mountains are not without risk. Whether it is the altitude, weather, remoteness, or simply due to humans being involved, mountains offer unique dangers and incredible stories. Welcome to Horrifying Mountain Stories!
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  • @ScaryInteresting
    @ScaryInteresting  2 года назад +427

    Previous video in the series - ruclips.net/video/PEAjq97xLHg/видео.html
    Hey everyone! As a reminder, entirely new videos every Saturday at 11 am EST. Older, visually remastered videos will be released every Wednesday at 12 pm EST. Thank you all for watching, and have a great weekend!
    Quick note - the 2 seconds of muted audio at 5:30 are loosely related to the ongoing conflict in Europe (capture of a certain territory by another larger territory). I’m just being super careful not to use any keywords that might get flagged.

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 года назад +80

      It's pretty sad that we can't even mention the names of countries because a video might be flagged. I understand the need to filter out extremists and false information but youtube needs to do a better job.
      Anyway, thank you for sharing these stories.

    • @owensh
      @owensh 2 года назад +41

      Can’t even say crimea in a vid?

    • @flexairz
      @flexairz 2 года назад

      @@owensh Nope.. you might upset the woke left.. they can not handle the truth.

    • @K1lostream
      @K1lostream 2 года назад +56

      He didn't say he can't say it, he's just being careful not to get it flagged.
      He's doing this for money, and content that's directly about ongoing conflicts can get demonetised.

    • @manfredgeorgburggraf533
      @manfredgeorgburggraf533 2 года назад

      Crimera belongs to Russia anyway.

  • @conner1715
    @conner1715 2 года назад +1865

    5:32 i'm pretty sure its supposed to say "annexation of Crimea" for those of you curious

    • @thejudgmentalcat
      @thejudgmentalcat 2 года назад +465

      I figured that cuz "annexation" (sigh) Our favorite content creators have to watch getting flagged cuz YT has over 17 separate personalities and you never know which one you're talking to on any given day 🤪

    • @Kwauhn.
      @Kwauhn. 2 года назад +1

      Fuck RUclips/Google.
      From Wikipedia:
      In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.

    • @hiphopefx
      @hiphopefx 2 года назад +124

      thnx, came here looking for this

    • @airindiana
      @airindiana 2 года назад +123

      Why would saying it be an issue? I’ve come across this before but wasn’t sure why. Obv the conflict going on but thousands of channels report on world events.

    • @Camcolito
      @Camcolito 2 года назад +311

      What you're not allowed to say 'Crimea' now?
      CRIMEA CRIMEA CRIMEA!!!!!

  • @Cheskaz
    @Cheskaz Год назад +1617

    As an Australian, I find the different ideas of what mountain the Seven Summits Club counts very funny. Because our tallest mountain is Kosciuszko. But you don't really climb Kosciusko. You stroll up Kosciuszko. Perhaps with a picnic basket. And the idea of having that on the same list as Everest is just hilarious.

    • @ilovebooks49
      @ilovebooks49 Год назад +175

      exactly 🤣 australia doesn't have mountains, just tall hills.

    • @aidanhart9871
      @aidanhart9871 Год назад +15

      Hills aren't mountains hahaha.

    • @elliejelly8815
      @elliejelly8815 Год назад +24

      The mountains in Australia are not less beautiful though

    • @elliejelly8815
      @elliejelly8815 Год назад +20

      @@ilovebooks49 The country does 10 to put out pretty talented mountain athletes so they got something going on there at least

    • @aidanhart9871
      @aidanhart9871 Год назад +50

      @@elliejelly8815 they train in new zealand 😜

  • @skynotaname2229
    @skynotaname2229 2 года назад +1046

    In boyscouts I once got separated from my group while hiking through some wooded mountains. When this happened I was tempted to start running in the direction I had thought they had gone, but one of the first things you learn to do in this situation is to stay put. After a few minutes I thought I could hear voices but it wasn't until my group walked out of the woods and appeared on a ridge above that I could hear them clearly. It's amazing how wooded mountains can block sound from traveling, I've no doubt if I had walked off even 50 meters in the wrong direction I wouldn't have heard them.

    • @isabellind1292
      @isabellind1292 2 года назад +52

      The last thing you'd think would happen when hiking in a group is you could get separated and lost. Every minute is filled w/dread about the situation. I'm glad you kept your wits about you and it had a good outcome.💓🌺

    • @skynotaname2229
      @skynotaname2229 2 года назад +54

      @@isabellind1292 I was only 12 I think when this happened, and for the record I think it was entirely my fault. I honestly had a habit of always wanting to go off and explore on my own because I'd always had an easy finding my way back. I think this built up a false sense of confidence in me. Needless to say, I never wandered off during a hike again.

    • @isabellind1292
      @isabellind1292 2 года назад +28

      @@skynotaname2229 Well, you were only 12 yrs. old so the fact you had the maturity to make the decision you did after you became separated was very smart.☺

    • @hayorge27
      @hayorge27 2 года назад +16

      Doesn't speak too well for your Scoutmasters. Noble of you to admit the fault is yours, but you were 12. BTW im an Eagle Scout and hiked in wooded mountains many times (Appalachia), so I really do understand. Lucky I've a good sense of direction and loved maps and compasses

    • @garethcooley1318
      @garethcooley1318 2 года назад +8

      I have this happened one time in the desert in Southern California, I climbed to the top of a Box Canyon and no 1 else could follow me me, and I tried to get back down, but it was way too slippery to retrace my steps. Instead I thought I will just walk off the Canyon walls, comma because it all emptied out into the same spot but unfortunately there were were huge prickly pear cactus in my way and I was unable to take any trails to get back quickly. After wondering for about an hour I finally found my group comment we're way off in a different direction than I had anticipated. Luckily it was pretty easy to see for a great distance when you're just up a little bit higher, but even so the features of the desert are also similar that it's really easy to get lost there there.When I finally saw my group I started spreading towards them and realized there was another cactus in the way and I was running down the hill so I thought oh I'll just jump over it it doesn't look to be very tall, but it was about 15' tall it just was on a little drop off and I ended up in the middle of it and then crawled through ithrew it to get to my group. It was a rough experience, and I learned never to get separated for my group again.

  • @ParaglidingManiac
    @ParaglidingManiac 2 года назад +1257

    Stumbled upon this channel two days ago by accident. Binge-watched everything during the day of discovery. Very happy to see that the channel is not only alive, but is EXTREMELY high quality now! Good job!

  • @thatsnoicenoice
    @thatsnoicenoice Год назад +137

    Jon Krakauer also writes that he went to a local Colorado bar after his climb and recounted his recent triumph. No one believed him. Patrons rolled their eyes and took him for a stranger telling tall tales. Really puts into perspective how dangerous and difficult Devil's Thumb is.

  • @crusader.survivor
    @crusader.survivor Год назад +182

    Both Dennis Martin and Lila Albagucheva most likely fell through tiny openings of very deep crevasses.
    I also almost fell into a very deep crevasse when I solo-hiked the 180km trail of the Niagara Escarpment. My big bulky backpack saved my life. The small opening was covered by over-grown grasses and was only half a foot beside the trail. The crevasse was definitely deeper than 90 feet because the climbing rope I had at that time was 90 feet. After this experience, I always made sure my backpack was big and bulky.

    • @marhawkman303
      @marhawkman303 4 месяца назад

      Martin's case has the caveat no one knows of any crevasses. but it also has the key flaw of.... no one has any idea which direction to even look in from where he was last seen.

    • @burddog0792
      @burddog0792 4 месяца назад +3

      @@marhawkman303 Probably walked into that stream and was swept away into an underground passage.

    • @dr.physiker9930
      @dr.physiker9930 2 месяца назад +1

      No, she was killed by smb, she was found dead at the foot of 200m mountain, smb pushed her Off, there we're many jealous to her peoples from the sport

    • @sophie4636
      @sophie4636 2 месяца назад

      I knew travelling light was bad for you!! 😂😂😂

  • @chrisdonahue524
    @chrisdonahue524 2 года назад +205

    Summitted Mt. Rainier in 2019 with my buddy, we got a late start and didn't make the peak until 9:30am in the morning. On the way up we were passed by several parties of climbers, many of whom gave us looks like "Whoa, hey guys maybe think about turning back, it's kind of late." But we went anyway.
    Making the summit was an incredible feeling, coupled with a creeping sense of danger knowing we were the only two people up there and would be the only ones descending the mountain. Everyone else was a good hour or so ahead of us before we began our descent around 10:30.
    Crossing crevasses, passing underneath seracs dripping in the late morning heat, passing down slushy switch backs bordered by steep dropoffs that would have sent us screaming off sheer drops, I was very aware the two of us were in a situation where there was zero room for error.
    Any accident, any crisis situation, and we would have been on our own. It added mental exhaustion to the physical fatigue we were feeling after 14+ hours of climbing on a very technical, glaciated mountain.
    Arriving back to Camp Muir at around 4pm in the afternoon, we were greeted by many climbers who expressed relief at our return. Apparently word had been going around about our ascent with many people thinking we wouldn't make it back.
    To this day it is one of the most physically and mentally demanding things I've ever done. Would I do it again? Yes.

    • @sgvincent100
      @sgvincent100 2 года назад +22

      Glad you made it okay! I’m guessing you were wading through waist-deep slush by the time you got back to base camp.
      I summited Rainier in 1977 via the Schurman route, and was lucky to have the summit all to myself for a few minutes (I was climbing with a team though.) Even though we reached the top at 6:30am, we were still waist deep in snow by the time we got back to Camp Schurman. Agree that it was an exhausting yet rewarding experience! ✌🏼

    • @chrisdonahue524
      @chrisdonahue524 2 года назад +10

      @@sgvincent100 My buddy and I slushed most of our way back to Camp Muir. It really made parts of the trail hazardous especially when it came to crossing crevasses on the way back. I fell on my butt more than once and it sapped your energy righting oneself with so much gear.

    • @stevenhair3250
      @stevenhair3250 Год назад +21

      Play stupid games. win stupid prizes

    • @jimmysmith8231
      @jimmysmith8231 Год назад +6

      A friend and I did something similar on the North Ridge of Mount Baker.
      We did this in a single day but unfortunately made an error and climbed down the wrong slope - the opposite side of where we needed to be. It too was a slushy mess and fell down if you looked at it funny.
      We climbed straight down the mountain to avoid starting an avalanche and then had to re-ascend the mountain in a safer section (a frozen gully) to allow us to access our vehicle.
      We left home at 2:00 am and arrived back at midnight that day - with the four hours of driving, we completed pretty much a double ascent of Baker in a day.
      It too was an extreme physical and mental challenge - 50 - 90 degree slopes, difficult glacier crossing and the dangerous.
      And yes, I have done it again.

    • @dianagette4796
      @dianagette4796 Год назад

      Hopefully you don't have a family depending on you, then by all means do any dumb assed thing you want to.

  • @carolinekathleen5277
    @carolinekathleen5277 2 года назад +439

    you finally added the animations of the paths taken! this is actually so helpful and makes the videos so much easier to follow! keep it up!

    • @EllaNonimato
      @EllaNonimato Год назад

      what's that?

    • @jamess7745
      @jamess7745 Год назад +2

      Late reply and all that, but what made that so eerie for me is I have been in that area many times. Seeing the animation go through areas I've hiked and camped with my own family... really makes you think lol.

    • @FallenAngel9979
      @FallenAngel9979 Год назад

      @@EllaNonimatoThe line on a map showing their route I think

  • @consciousobserver629
    @consciousobserver629 Год назад +31

    Dennis' story has always made me so sad. I have a six year old. I just couldn't even fathom the loss of his family. Horrifying. :(

  • @barbaralamson7450
    @barbaralamson7450 2 года назад +165

    One's favorite thing about this channel is you never know what you are going to get. Scary interesting could be anything, and it is always great. Thank you.

    • @Bob-jn8gt
      @Bob-jn8gt 2 года назад +7

      Often scary, always interesting lol

    • @birbeyboop
      @birbeyboop 2 года назад +4

      The only thing you know for sure is that it'll live up to the channel name!

    • @explorationgmer1336
      @explorationgmer1336 Год назад +2

      Yah

    • @richardcranium3579
      @richardcranium3579 Год назад +1

      “Life is like a box of chocolates.”

  • @Tanuvein
    @Tanuvein 2 года назад +125

    The parallax effect on the mountains is really nice, it helps capture some of the depth cameras can't.

  • @zericle1
    @zericle1 2 года назад +138

    Don't ever get rid of that intro, I absolutely love it! Love to see your channel progressing :)

  • @Nicoladen1
    @Nicoladen1 2 года назад +240

    Love all the small details and parralax with the editing. Your efforts don't go unnoticed! 👏🏻

    • @paulperole
      @paulperole 2 года назад +8

      same!!! getting better and better

  • @theowinters6314
    @theowinters6314 2 года назад +69

    You should cover the story of Lauren Elder, who crashed in a small plane on the side of mountain in 1970s, and had to make her way down to civilization in order to survive.

  • @gracebrockway3020
    @gracebrockway3020 2 года назад +117

    i've read everything Jon Krakauer has written, but somehow managed to never learn until now about his climbing history, other than the ascent recounted in Into Thin Air. i really enjoy his writing style and also really enjoy your videos. Thanks for making them. History of this sort is especially fascinating to me.

    • @nyanbinary1717
      @nyanbinary1717 2 года назад +8

      Krakauer is an amazing writer. I’m devouring everything he wrote too.

    • @lisaperry5999
      @lisaperry5999 2 года назад +5

      @@nyanbinary1717 just bought 3 cups of deceit a followup to 3 cups of tea about a guy who claimed all these adventures in Nepal. Except it was all a fraud

    • @PhilAndersonOutside
      @PhilAndersonOutside 2 года назад +5

      Read Eiger Dreams. Jon also went to Antarctica with Alex Lowe and some other great climbers accomplishing some solid technical climbs there in his younger days.

    • @gracebrockway3020
      @gracebrockway3020 2 года назад +2

      @@PhilAndersonOutside thanks for the suggestion! i'll give it a try.

    • @JadedBelle
      @JadedBelle Год назад +1

      Many people criticize "Into the Wild" but I find the story fascinating still. We all traverse different paths in life...not a single one of us correctly choose the best path each time nor are we always prepared properly for each path. It's the state of being human that births these stories and makes these stories important and useful to us all. Just because we may personally disagree with another's attitude and/or choices doesn't at all detract from the story. I too enjoy his writing.

  • @S0m35uy
    @S0m35uy Год назад +51

    Does RUclips seriously penalise you for saying Crimea?

  • @gandenaw8012
    @gandenaw8012 2 года назад +126

    The editing on this was much better than the others. Is this a different editor? Keep up the good work!

    • @chiefsupreme69
      @chiefsupreme69 2 года назад +21

      The editing on this one is on a whole other level, so dope!

    • @wellMynameisJacob
      @wellMynameisJacob 2 года назад +5

      @@chiefsupreme69 Agreed.

    • @PhilAndersonOutside
      @PhilAndersonOutside 2 года назад +7

      Agree. Better choice of images. Better animation and other effects. Superb.

    • @randalthor6872
      @randalthor6872 2 года назад +12

      @@PhilAndersonOutside thank God he isn't one of the many youtubers that ruin their videos with corny stock footage!!!!! That's why I love this channel so much.

    • @Sweet_Jelly39
      @Sweet_Jelly39 2 года назад +8

      @@randalthor6872 He also listened to viewers :D (Many viewers complain about the transition to other story are too short and hard to tell if it's the same story or already 2nd one.. Its good now :D)

  • @jackstevens585
    @jackstevens585 2 года назад +96

    Perfect timing!!! My absolute favorite channel. Thanks Sean!!!
    Stay safe.
    Be well
    Jack

    • @ballziac
      @ballziac 2 года назад +1

      what's up with the audio censorship at 5:31? I assume the censored part was "crimea"

  • @Neppy101
    @Neppy101 2 года назад +105

    I've heard about Dennis before and that's truly terrifying. I actually think abduction is the most plausible theory. If he had been attacked by an animal, then they would've at least found some of his remains... bones, shreds of clothing and such. Same if he had died of exposure. Someone surely would've come across his remains at some point in the past 50 years. He was 6, he couldn't have wandered so far off that his body would've been impossible to find. Adults can go much further and reach more places than a 6 year old, so the only other possibility is that Dennis crawled into a space that would've been far too small for an adult to access or maybe even notice, but I assume dogs were also involved in the search and they would've alerted to something even then, unless the heavy rainfall interfered with their ability to pick up Dennis' scent. Abduction is the only theory where it makes sense that there would be no trace of him. That's just my speculation though. Great channel and as usual, a great video!

    • @DoubleAplusJ
      @DoubleAplusJ 2 года назад +56

      Actually, mountain lions and bears very frequently take their food elsewhere to eat. Bears bury their cache and mountain lions take their food up into the trees.
      Also, finding remains are incredibly difficult to find. I've come across animal remains that despite looking directly at them, they blended immediately into the surroundings within a few steps away when I was trying to get someone else to show them what I found and didn't want to loose the location.

    • @ishaan863
      @ishaan863 2 года назад +46

      if the footsteps lead up to the stream maybe there's a chance that he got swept in the current somehow? a kid wouldnt know the enormous risk that comes with streams and rivers like that, he might've thought of just playing in the shallows a bit and slipped. The water could've held him under but I suppose by now they would've found and identified him.

    • @stygianmoon1716
      @stygianmoon1716 2 года назад +29

      Actually there’s been a lot of cases where a child wandered for miles, and even if he didn’t, mountain lions or bears often drag their prey somewhere more isolate
      Abduction is plausible, but it would make sense if he either wandered off/ was killed by animals
      You’d be surprised how many times people disappear and bones are never found

    • @chrisdonahue524
      @chrisdonahue524 2 года назад +12

      Alien abduction

    • @Omar-df3uk
      @Omar-df3uk 2 года назад +10

      @@DoubleAplusJ Wym by abduction like a man just happens to be sitting at that same tree line in the middle of no where ready to abduct kids? yeah i dont think so

  • @militaryav8r
    @militaryav8r 2 года назад +27

    5:30 Is saying "Crimea" on RUclips frowned upon these days?

    • @martylemurpinkie
      @martylemurpinkie 2 года назад +12

      I was hoping someone else had noticed it, definitely seems a little weird

    • @AtomicExtremophile
      @AtomicExtremophile 2 года назад

      It's quite pathetic, isn't it? It's a fact, what are they scared of? Does Russia have blackmail materials?
      With all the rubbish this site is happy to post, and they censor fact!

    • @cbbees1468
      @cbbees1468 2 года назад +1

      @@martylemurpinkie RUclips: the beacon of free speech.

    • @militaryav8r
      @militaryav8r 2 года назад +1

      @@cbbees1468 In all honesty, I think it’s less of a free speech thing and more of a monetization thing. Creators are free to talk about ongoing conflicts, RUclips just isn’t going to pay out any money for that type of content… which I suppose is fair enough.

    • @militaryav8r
      @militaryav8r 2 года назад

      @@AtomicExtremophile it’s not censorship. Censorship would be forcing creators to remove the content. I’ve watched tons of content related to the Ukraine Russia conflict on here. It’s just RUclips refusing to minimize or promote the content (for this or any other on-going war I think). It sucks for the creators, but you can’t really tell RUclips how and where to spend their own money. And if creators want that money, all they need to do it is not discuss subjects that RUclips deems sensitive. I if the creators aren’t interested in making money then they’re free to talk about whatever they want.
      I think the whole thing is good for a quick laugh, but I still feel that RUclips is within the rights to adopt the policy they’ve chosen.

  • @davidmills47
    @davidmills47 Год назад +25

    If anyone is interested, I'm an indie game dev and I recently released a free to play horror game about mountain climbing. It's called " Mount Fear! " and I listened to a lot of stories like this during development to get the right feel. Thanks for providing the inspiration!

    • @planexshifter
      @planexshifter Год назад +2

      I’m gonna check it out.

    • @deprofundis3293
      @deprofundis3293 4 месяца назад

      Is it on Android? I'm not seeing it in Google play.

  • @Verlarn
    @Verlarn 2 года назад +29

    The pictures and graphics on this episode are excellent and clean.

  • @TBH_Inc
    @TBH_Inc Год назад +17

    They aren’t lying when they say it’s hard to search Cades Cove after a storm. I went backpacking there this spring after a rainstorm. It wasn’t as severe, the trails were still there, but the trees were blocked by many downed trees, and we had to spend quite a few hours crossing over numerous wide fast slowing rivers. Not to mention it was quite cold out (but not as cold as higher up in the mountain range like Clingman’s Dome)

    • @emmetthowell899
      @emmetthowell899 Год назад

      I’ve been up at clingmans’s dome in a storm in early spring and oh goodness it was so cold. We had planned on camping but we made it a one day trip and went another time since I already live really close

  • @NickCaged91
    @NickCaged91 2 года назад +15

    Sean, normally I skip past all kinds of background info. But you tell it so well I actually learn a hell of a lot about diving, climbing and hiking.
    Keep it up, your videos are amazing and educational at the same time.
    ✌️

  • @TruthNeverFade
    @TruthNeverFade 2 года назад +10

    You've become one of my favorite channels when it comes to disaster documentary/ ill fated travels. Not only is your content incredibly educational and suspenseful, but you also respect the victims in these stories. Keep it up and thank you!

  • @notme222
    @notme222 Год назад +7

    5:32 I'm sure the word he cut is "Crimea." A piece of Ukraine that was annexed by Russia in 2014. (Without war, so unlike what they're trying to do now in Donbas.) Since RUclips is still allowed in Russia, I suspect they issued a strike on the video and Scary Interesting, not being a political channel, decided it was easier to just censor that part than to fight it.

    • @okakokakiev787
      @okakokakiev787 Год назад

      Crimea declared independence from Ukraine and joined Russian Federation. Crimea was later genocided by Ukraine when they cut water and power supply to the peninsula.

    • @RandomIdiotGS
      @RandomIdiotGS Год назад

      @@okakokakiev787 You obviously got your false information from a dumpster in Moscow called the Kremlin, clown.

  • @pattsw
    @pattsw 2 года назад +9

    No other story channel that I've found nearly matches the quality of Scary Interesting videos. I always watch this channel as soon as I see a new video in my feed, and they just keep getting better

  • @Astradi
    @Astradi 2 года назад +5

    05:31
    Greatly disappointed by the choice of blocking out the phrase " 'Annexation of Chimera' ". It may have cost youtube money...but when commercial entities are able to force us to censor ourselves, we are selling them our freedom, which is priceless.

    • @mylesh6960
      @mylesh6960 2 года назад

      Can youtube censor something after the video is uploaded?

    • @work1284
      @work1284 2 года назад +1

      @@mylesh6960 Not like that. That was an editing decision.

  • @funkydinosaur
    @funkydinosaur 2 года назад +7

    Yet another beautifully narrated and incredibly tense (but extremely enjoyable!) Series of stories! Genuinely no one does this genre better than Sean

  • @Ksweetpea
    @Ksweetpea 2 года назад +17

    I worked on a ski resort. The last traumatic event on the mtn was when a drunk & high snowboarder dug a hole in the side of the parking lot snow wall and slept there, instead of paying for a bus fare and a hotel room. He probably froze to death in his sleep, but the giant snowblower got him too.
    The year after my last season, two people died hours apart (tree wells) and a few months later a boy died of his injuries after a serious fall on a double black diamond run crusted in ice

    • @xminusone1
      @xminusone1 2 года назад +2

      I broke my 2 femur and 6 ribs in a skiing accident. I could have easily get killed. I hit a 4x4 wood post who has left out of nowhere on the side of a track. I take 3 hours for the security to bring me down and in ambulance. I never put on skis again.

    • @darksu6947
      @darksu6947 2 года назад

      @@xminusone1 Let's go skiing dude.

    • @zorfmorf2414
      @zorfmorf2414 2 года назад +1

      It's actually surprisingly warm to sleep in a hole made into these snow walls. The snow is very dense and your body heat makes the snow thaw a bit and then turn into ice which isolates surprisingly well. If he had a sleeping bag or proper winter gear, I'm sure he was fine temperature-wise. Obviously still very stupid if you are not a 100% certain that no heavy machinery is going to come crush you.

    • @Ksweetpea
      @Ksweetpea Год назад +1

      @@xminusone1 just thinking about that collision knocks the breath out of me

    • @vilimaki5439
      @vilimaki5439 6 месяцев назад

      Absolutely smashed my helmet on an off-road hill in a ski resort in Finland. My skis dipped in the snow and got caught on a tree stump under the snow. I flew down like the dog on the snowboarding meme "yo is that my dog?"

  • @cliftonsargent1572
    @cliftonsargent1572 2 года назад +91

    Dude you have takin over Mr.Ballen in my life, I hope when you get ridiculously big we don’t get 1 video a week 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @brownass2
      @brownass2 2 года назад +9

      You have someone named Mr. Ballen in your life lol.

    • @elbentley9971
      @elbentley9971 2 года назад +7

      Agreed!

    • @elbentley9971
      @elbentley9971 2 года назад +12

      @@brownass2 check out his RUclips, he’s a good storyteller!

    • @KLT-id9nm
      @KLT-id9nm 2 года назад +29

      I stopped watching Mr Ballen a while back after I realized he regularly omits major, publically available, information on many stories. Info which in most cases very much changes the overall story and public perspective of it. This tends to spawn all sorts of weird theories in his comments and then arguements over said theories. This engagement may be good for him and his channel, but it feels disrespectful to the victims and their families. Commentors shouldn't have to fill in the blanks with major info and corrections.

    • @premiumuser507
      @premiumuser507 2 года назад +2

      Lol yup

  • @rafeymueller5448
    @rafeymueller5448 Год назад +6

    kid deadass just drowned, found prints near water and kids are clumsy. Kid drowned, a ton of people disappear near water because people aren’t nearly as cautious around bodies of water as they should be. It’s incredibly easy to get disoriented and then lose consciousness. The other theories are fun and interesting in a lot of cases but sometimes you just gotta embrace occam’s razor and give your condolences to those who have suffered a very common tragedy.

    • @2434-k3l
      @2434-k3l 2 месяца назад

      They would have found the body if he just drowned imo. I’m sure they are smart enough to search the river bed ..

  • @FrankRoosevelt32
    @FrankRoosevelt32 Год назад +4

    Dude these stories are always so good. Perfect level of interesting without just being gruesome or terrifying. Would really love some longer form stories too if you can find any with enough detail. Thanks for the content!

  • @artur6912
    @artur6912 2 года назад +9

    5:31 RUclips RELAY forced you to censor the word "Crimea" ?! Damn, and I thought auto demonetization for saying "covid-19" was peak stupidity.

    • @work1284
      @work1284 2 года назад

      I doubt that’s actually what happened.

  • @blockhartinabox
    @blockhartinabox 2 года назад +4

    Sean this is your most visually appealing video yet! I love how your focus moved thru the different layers in the old film pictures. Amazing job!

  • @paulperole
    @paulperole 2 года назад +7

    thanks Sean for yet another great video! kind reminder to also show us the metric values of heights and temperatures. love your channel!

  • @colourmechelsea6363
    @colourmechelsea6363 2 года назад +6

    I've been binge-watching your channel for the last week and i love it! I also use your videos to help me sleep, i find your narration a good sound to drift off to haha!

    • @ssimplyshen
      @ssimplyshen 2 года назад +4

      same here! i’ve recently been obsessed with ending my night watching a few of his videos.

  • @johnnylove5826
    @johnnylove5826 2 года назад +31

    You really muted Crimea?? No balls

  • @Neadlemeyer
    @Neadlemeyer 2 года назад +13

    LOVE the new editing and photo effects! Killing it man!
    You are my most watched most favourite story teller on RUclips
    Keep it up!

  • @don_glover_lover6619
    @don_glover_lover6619 2 года назад +9

    Perfect timing! Long road trips are much better with these.

  • @Son-of-Tyr
    @Son-of-Tyr 2 года назад +36

    Crimea, Crimea, Crimea. RUclips is ridiculous...

  • @jasonjackson329
    @jasonjackson329 2 года назад +13

    Yep found channel by accident. Watch cave diver events. Then got hooked. Been watching ever since. Hopefully you’ll do some videos on the springs ,caves dives in Ginnie Springs Fl. Lots of people died here every year I’m pretty sure. Or maybe not every year but a LOT.

  • @flatulentpaul
    @flatulentpaul 2 года назад +9

    I worry that this is apparently a platform where the phrase "annexation of Crimea" is something creators are worried about saying.

    • @MrThickDick
      @MrThickDick 9 месяцев назад

      What would give you such a crazy idea???

  • @denmadarbiev2885
    @denmadarbiev2885 2 года назад +7

    You bleeped out Crimea, why?

  • @guitaringjarmin
    @guitaringjarmin 2 года назад +7

    Man, these new visuals are awesome! Good job

  • @nicolaesasu
    @nicolaesasu 2 года назад +6

    5:30 - 5:32 what is with the censoring of that part?

    • @Eye_Of_Odin978
      @Eye_Of_Odin978 Год назад

      The Annexation of Crimea by Russia.
      RUclips doesn't like allowing people to mention certain things at all in ANY context or else they'll demonetize you.
      This is one of those subjects.

  • @ETCubing
    @ETCubing Год назад +4

    I always find these mountain horror stories so much more fascinating/morbid because I actually do a fair bit of sub-alpine mountain climbing, they seem so much worse because I feel like I can see myself in these situations (unlike many of the caving stories). Fortunately the precautions I take seem to be adequate preventative measures, so lets hope there's never a video on this channel about me lol. Keep up the good work Sean!

  • @angielala9453
    @angielala9453 2 года назад +9

    Why did you have to blank out the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula?! Odd

    • @bola5671
      @bola5671 4 месяца назад +1

      According to RUclips, "It doesn't exist, so shut it before we suspend you"

  • @catcando1131
    @catcando1131 Год назад +2

    I have my own third man story though it’s not on a mountain or at the Arctic or even in a car. I grew up in Garland, Texas. Where we lived flooded during rainy season and as such there where floodways (not sure this is the right word but they were channels designed to help alleviate the flooding). One of them was a natural creek that had been deepened and widened. During dry season, this creek was pretty much dry and it’s walls were a blast to climb so a lot of the neighbor did so. Deep in dry season, my group and I were in this creek with some of us climbing and some of us just lounging. I was about to lay down with my girlfriends when I heard my long passed grandpa say, ‘Little Underfoot, get from under my feet.’ I knew that meant we had to get out of the ravine and my group that I was tripping but they did listen. Just as the last of us began to climb out, we all heard the roar and could see the water tearing down the creek. If I had not heard my grandpa and we had gotten out, most of us agreed that there would not have been enough time for all of us to get out in time.

  • @no-sway3709
    @no-sway3709 2 года назад +7

    Censored for russian annexation of Crimea?

  • @mikaross4671
    @mikaross4671 2 года назад +2

    I get so immersed in your narration. The photos and music are also so well done and add to the mood. Great work!

  • @Novgorod_Republic
    @Novgorod_Republic 2 года назад +14

    Why have you muted yourself saying "Crimea" when you said about the annexation? Does RUclips, an American company, really demonetizes for that????

    • @nandu666
      @nandu666 2 года назад

      Very odd

    • @GeneticFreak
      @GeneticFreak 2 года назад +1

      YT can flag his video as "political" and thus stopping the views from certain countries, the same way any video that says "Tiananmen" won't ever show up in China

    • @Novgorod_Republic
      @Novgorod_Republic 2 года назад

      @@GeneticFreak yyyyyiiiikkkkeeeessssss

    • @Novgorod_Republic
      @Novgorod_Republic 2 года назад

      @@GeneticFreak im from Russia and i didnt realize. Can they really just fucking block videos from recommending to me or something if its said "annexation of Crimea" in it? That's crazy. Next what? If someone calls the war a war instead of "special operation"???

    • @Novgorod_Republic
      @Novgorod_Republic 2 года назад

      @@GeneticFreak we fucking come to youtube because its the only popular, global platform thats not banned and we can get truth through it...

  • @Lulu-hg6we
    @Lulu-hg6we 2 года назад +2

    Been here since the first videos and i need to say the Quality became so much better. That's some incredible improvement 👏 and the growth of the channel is also damn fast, i'm glad people find this gem of a channel

  • @AnimalLOVER-34
    @AnimalLOVER-34 11 месяцев назад +3

    It’s always incredibly sad to loose a child but I can’t possibly imagine to lose a child and never know what ever happened and still 50 years later to still not know I can’t imagine what that family must’ve gone through.

  • @darlenefraser3022
    @darlenefraser3022 2 года назад +1

    THANK YOU!!! You do this much justice. I love the way you utilize old pics and diagrams to show us the reality of what happened. Awesome job!

  • @Kwauhn.
    @Kwauhn. 2 года назад +9

    5:30 Fuck RUclips/Google, but I'm kind of disappointed in you too, Sean.
    From Wikipedia:
    In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.

  • @emmetthowell899
    @emmetthowell899 Год назад +6

    When I was young my family used to take trips to Cade’s cove all the time (being on clingmans dome is amazing and absolutely terrifying) and my dad used to share a story about a little boy who went missing cause he wandered off out of sight so we had to stay within view of our parents at all times. I always thought he made it up (as dads do to scare you as a kid) because I had never heard about it from anyone outside him but apparently not

  • @lettyk1818
    @lettyk1818 2 года назад +5

    5:32 annexation of REDACTED.

  • @Rat0Poison
    @Rat0Poison Год назад +13

    Annexation of Crimea. Say it.

  • @AndrewSmith00000007
    @AndrewSmith00000007 2 года назад +21

    Glaciers are intriguing and scary at the same time. I remembered crossing ngozumpa glacier to get to Gokyo. All those loud booming noises coming from glacier and unstable rocks make it really scary. On top of that it’s easy to get lost. I met a family who got lost and had to spend a night on the glacier. They said they couldn’t sleep not just because of the boom noises coming from the glacier but also there were so many rodents.

  • @Siseja
    @Siseja 2 года назад +2

    I binged your entire channel in two days. Really love your content, especially the newer stuff!

  • @HeWhoShams
    @HeWhoShams Год назад +3

    5:30 annexation of "Crimea" if you were curious.

  • @Jackson.green606
    @Jackson.green606 2 года назад +7

    I love this channel

  • @stoneyanne
    @stoneyanne Год назад +4

    why was crimea bleeped out??

  • @Teraclipse
    @Teraclipse 2 года назад +4

    I really enjoyed hearing the stories, a lot. Thanks for sharing it and keep them coming!!

  • @dimitrilitovsk2372
    @dimitrilitovsk2372 2 года назад +12

    Into thin air was such a trip of a book. He never went to war but he knew so many people and so much about true stories. It felt like a copout when he said he never went to Vietnam but later in life, I think he was retelling stories he had heard and all that

    • @silvermainecoons3269
      @silvermainecoons3269 2 года назад +5

      Why should we care about his military history or why he didn’t go to Vietnam? Krakuer is a great writer and adventurer. He’s given us so many amazing stories and articles what would be the point of him dying in a pointless war before he even started to live? I wish people would stop glamorizing the military, there are lots of ways to contribute to society other than offering yourself up as cannon fodder.

    • @crazyamerican8664
      @crazyamerican8664 2 года назад +1

      @@silvermainecoons3269 at least show some respect eh?

    • @silvermainecoons3269
      @silvermainecoons3269 2 года назад

      @@crazyamerican8664 Show some respect to who? The military?

  • @_junney
    @_junney 2 года назад +2

    I absolutely LOVE the quality illustrations you use in your videos now. Keep up the great work.

  • @VisivisiV
    @VisivisiV 2 года назад +5

    Why'd you censor out the "annexation of Crimea" bit?

  • @Revanchist2
    @Revanchist2 2 года назад +6

    How is the word Crimea worth censoring for youtube?

  • @EthanCox05
    @EthanCox05 2 года назад +6

    I've been a climber for 7 years of my life and I love it more than anything. Climbing for me is more than a sport, it's a way of life. Having said that though I've had my fair share of "Oh shit" moments in the mountains.

    • @LostArchivist
      @LostArchivist 2 года назад +2

      Does it have that same semimystical appeal like surfing does? Or is this more about just sheer grit and determination>

    • @EthanCox05
      @EthanCox05 2 года назад +2

      @@LostArchivist You do need to have sheer grit and determination to get things done in the mountains, like the long slogs up steep slopes and technical scrambling but there is also a spiritual, semi mystical appeal to it. It's a bit of both

  • @ThrottledEarwig
    @ThrottledEarwig 2 года назад +3

    You must know how much we love your voice paired with mountain incidents. It’s like chocolate & strawberries: perfect

  • @obidobi2
    @obidobi2 2 года назад +5

    Video got censured? Annexation of *blank* @5:30

  • @kuwaitisnotadeployment1373
    @kuwaitisnotadeployment1373 2 года назад +1

    The missing enigma video on the Dennis Martin boy is by far the most honest and complete video I ever watched on the case. It corrects all the misinformation that's been spread about the case.

  • @connorfinley1617
    @connorfinley1617 2 года назад +6

    Being from western NC and actually visiting Cade’s Cove multiple times, the first story had me 😳

  • @BrianMcAvoy13
    @BrianMcAvoy13 2 года назад +20

    May I request a telling of the story "Lost on a Mountain in Maine"? It's a true story, and quite compelling

  • @johnwilliamson262
    @johnwilliamson262 2 года назад +4

    Why was “annexation of crimea” cut out at 5:32? Weird decision if it was intentional

  • @davnick87
    @davnick87 2 года назад +3

    Why the hell "annexation of ***" got bleeped out around 5:32? That is truly scary interesting here....

  • @sirawesomenessi1796
    @sirawesomenessi1796 2 года назад +3

    Curious about the annexation of _______. Is that something RUclips is against saying?

  • @paulkasden9758
    @paulkasden9758 2 года назад +2

    I'm gonna parrot the others!! I love your posts bro. Have a great holiday weekend everyone. Much love from South Florida 😎✌🤘🔥🔥

  • @woodauto1122
    @woodauto1122 2 года назад +5

    Did you edit out the name ‘Crimea’? Why?

  • @alexanderdriebeek1267
    @alexanderdriebeek1267 2 года назад +1

    this was fantastic. Great video, superb editing! keep it up. Love to hear more mountainclimbing stories!!!

  • @chrismanaloe3507
    @chrismanaloe3507 2 года назад +3

    The fact you cant even talk about a world event like it never happened proves we need to just restart the whole country violently

  • @ianmacfarlane1241
    @ianmacfarlane1241 2 года назад +2

    Wonderful to finish on an inspiring story after two tragedies.
    Fantastic work from an outstanding creator.

  • @cl1cka
    @cl1cka Год назад +6

    Annexation of what? It's muted.

    • @chrislong6541
      @chrislong6541 2 месяца назад +1

      Crimea...see the flag Russia took it in 2014 put 2 and 2 together. He probably not allowed to say it with this ridiculous world we live in

  • @ericcartman9594
    @ericcartman9594 Год назад +1

    This man really is something else. I admire his ability of inoring all urges of self preservation and hid adventorous spirit

  • @weaponizedrationale6691
    @weaponizedrationale6691 2 года назад +3

    why did you cut out audio when talking of the conflict when speaking of Lela's speech?

  • @keirawillow
    @keirawillow 2 года назад +1

    Blown away by the audio improvement on this video! Sounds so freaking good in my headphones.

  • @halfcupofsun3760
    @halfcupofsun3760 2 года назад +4

    The annexation of where?? Why was this edited out?

  • @nathalieeex3
    @nathalieeex3 2 года назад +2

    I really really love your videos. You are by far my favorite RUclips channel and I really look forward to what you post. You do a great job of telling the story and being true to it without embellishing and giving them details that don’t seem important. Please keep it up and I look forward to you every weekend

  • @mrbranderson14
    @mrbranderson14 2 года назад +3

    Why did you mute out the "Annexation of Crimea"?

  • @Phosphic
    @Phosphic 2 года назад +2

    This series has so much potential! Keep up the great work

  • @work1284
    @work1284 2 года назад +3

    What is the name of the annexed country censored in your video that Leila may have mentioned?

    • @ave0548
      @ave0548 2 года назад +1

      Crimea

  • @gaylelim9131
    @gaylelim9131 2 года назад +1

    was looking for something to listen to while i do a little bit of work... you pulled up at the right time :)

  • @mfdwinslow
    @mfdwinslow 2 года назад +4

    Why edit out mention of Russia's annexing of crimea?

    • @j0ori
      @j0ori 2 года назад

      I wondered the same thing!

  • @NA1c158
    @NA1c158 2 года назад +1

    I'm so glad that last guy survived. Imagine nearly falling on a listing and still trying many more attempts. He tempted fate, but managed to come through with his life in the end.

  • @samanthazeiger1553
    @samanthazeiger1553 2 года назад +36

    The first case is widely regarded as a missing 411 case. I'd love to hear your take on other missing 411 cases!

    • @Missconduct044
      @Missconduct044 2 года назад +17

      I got sucked into the missing 411 stories & even have 2 of his books.
      I looked into a few of his cases and he leaves out ALOT of information, I guess so he can paint the narrative of “mysteries ”?
      With Dennis Martin, Paulides has said that a family saw a “creature” running with something on its shoulder. Yet the official report says the family saw a man carrying something and got into a car.
      Paulides has a sketchy police record and has attacked channels and people who questioned his theories. There used to be quite of few videos on YT that countered his claims. It’s very odd that you can’t find them anymore.
      Be careful what you believe.

    • @davesmith5656
      @davesmith5656 2 года назад +4

      The second case sounds like classic hypothermia at the stage where the body feels warm, and clothes are taken off. Following that ... people think of mountains in terms of height, but they are huge expanses of terrain laterally, as well. In one video at least a climber slid over 1,000 feet vertically (before going over the edge). Others have fallen into crevasses. With heavy snow and winds, a very difficult search. How many years was it before George Mallory's body was found on Everest?

    • @TheEvilCommenter
      @TheEvilCommenter 2 года назад +12

      @@Missconduct044 Yeah I remember him saying in an interview that because some hikers were found with their cloths off that it was definitive proof that something weird had happened as no one would ever remove their clothing in that scenario. He literally had never heard of paradoxical undressing and didn't know it's observed in over 1/3rd of hypothermia cases. He seems really quick to label something as "spooky" when their are simple explanations for things.

    • @lisaperry5999
      @lisaperry5999 2 года назад +3

      @@davesmith5656 75 years..still haven't found Sandy or their Kodak camera which would finally show whether they summited

    • @davesmith5656
      @davesmith5656 2 года назад +1

      @@lisaperry5999 --- One "talk" video rumored that the Chinese had found it. Not to be rain, but they did finally, diplomatically, according to that show, agree to an inspection ... and the next rumor on that show was that the film could not be developed. The mountain is still there, growing 5cm a year.

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim 2 года назад +1

    How did this channel explode like this?? Unprecedented growth w just a handful of videos

  • @toddmichaeljohnson7139
    @toddmichaeljohnson7139 Год назад +5

    What you meant to say was CRIMEA.

    • @DoggosAndJiuJitsu
      @DoggosAndJiuJitsu 4 месяца назад +1

      First day navigating RUclips’s censorship?

  • @Plectrudefy
    @Plectrudefy 2 года назад +1

    great video, I think your storytelling is really impriving, and I love the pictures for more immersion. Keep up the good work!!