Jon Krakauer · Into Thin Air · 1996 Everest Disaster Presentation
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- In his own words, a rare presentation from author Jon Krakauer regarding the 1996 Everest Disaster that lead to Krakauer's best selling book Into Thin Air.
Before the book became an International Best Seller, Jon did a live presentation in Boulder, Colorado June 1, 1997. It ran on public television in the Boulder area in heavy rotation in the late 90s. The PBS station cut it off early (sorry) and then promptly removed it from their schedule. So, sadly, this is the only copy available and it's transferred from an old VHS tape. Enjoy!
📼 Brian St John
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This is just fantastic. Thanks so much for uploading this. Have read Jon’s book and it’s even better to hear him describing what happened with his presentation.
I was planning to do the trek to Everest base camp but decided I could not handle the cold. I read Jon’s book Into thin air. Excellent read.
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I just ordered the book having listened to a few of this amazing man's interviews!
the book is amazing
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I appreciate Krakauer including Ngawang's story and his praise of Lopsang, and naming and telling us about Tendi, Norbu, Kami, Ang Dorje, and other Sherpa who supported the expedition. So often in tales recounted from this event all we hear are about are 'some Sherpa' helping out.
Boukreev’s book specifically mentions that some of Rob Hall’s sherpas had refused to help him. I think these were probably the ones who hadn’t summited. Boukreev gave a pass to the guys that were completely wasted.
@@saund102 yeah I believe there was one younger Sherpa left at camp 4 from halls expedition. Remember in the book like hall told them they could all go with to the summit reluctantly then one of the other sherpas forced their cousin(i think) to stay at camp 4 or he wouldn’t hire him again.
@@JoeStaehle Yes and two Sherpas had to escort Taske and Kashisky from the balcony back down to Camp 4 as well. That’s where Hall really messed up because Hanson wanted to go down with them. The preceding year, Ed Viesters (who worked for Hall) had barely gotten Hanson down the mountain. So Hall basically sealed his own fate when he talked him out of descending with the others. Once Hall convinced him to keep on climbing there was no possibility that he could ever abandon him. People would’ve said Hall abandoned someone who didn’t even want to be there, just to save his own ass.
@@saund102 Interesting... I always held Hanson accountable for refusing to turn round. Didn't realise he wanted to retreat earlier. Thanks for the info
@@saund102I know this is old, but never heard that Doug wanted to turn around. Wonder why I’ve never read / heard about that before. Hmmm
I can't imagine the sheer, raw terror that this group faced during this ordeal. It's mind bending to realize that a dying man can have a satellite phone conversation with his wife while at the same time being completely cut off from any chance of help and rescue. You know exactly where he is, yet the natural laws of physics allow him to contact his wife using our mastery of electromagnetics, yet those same natural laws prevent you from reaching him before his demise. It's startling and humbling. I can only hope that these fellow men and women passed in relative peace and relatively free of pain. Our world...our universe...is an amazing yet terrifying place.
Beautifully stated. I feel similarly.
@@susanschroedel893 Thank you 🙏
This is beautiful. It basically describes why I love mountains.
Beautiful statement in showing the polar opposites in the fragility of the universe
Just a lesson in respect for natural laws. Technology is good, but cannot trump nature, and certainly not in its most raw of states!
Absolutely fascinating presentation, I’m so envious of all who were in attendance. A shame we lost the end of it 😫
It is nice to hear Jon mention and appreciate Sherpas alot
This must be the start of my yearly Everest/mountain climbing RUclips binge.
Thought I was the only one afflicted with this. Haha. Like clockwork.
Same
Any other recommendations then ? 😊
@@Tlzmaniac storm over Everest is a good one. All of David snows videos are good.
Me too
I really appreciate that Jon makes it a point to mention the Sherpa who died!
Way to get in that virtue signaling! When you go to a restaurant, make sure you tip the bus boy and dishwasher, and then make sure to bus and wash your own dishes! It’s your rules!
@@billsfan7883 Stop virtue signaling
Time to pull "Into Thin Air" off the shelf and re-read it for the hundredth time. Krakauer's narration here is riveting and priceless--particularly coming so soon after the actual events. I understand there were a lot of hard feelings about his depiction in the book of Boukreev's actions (although in this video Krakauer is nothing but laudatory, repeatedly). I accept these words as the final expression of his true feelings. Also, many have derided Krakauer's own behavior on the South Col as cowardly. Personally, I refuse to judge the behavior of anyone half-dead from hypoxia at 28,000 feet against sea-level standards. What a pity that this tragedy ended up devolving into petty shit-slinging. It dishonors both the living and the dead. Thanks for this video.
Very well said! This was the first depiction explaining the true strengths of the team.. They make sandi and charlottte to be complete newbies..
anyone calling him a coward is clueless. Armchair all stars
It's interesting that the people that are always THE MOST CRITICAL of an event are the ones that weren't THERE.
Many summer days reading in my room as a boy not long after this happened, on a random buy for a school assignment. Still in awe of Krakauer's storytelling. It wasn't just his perspective. "Into The Wild" was similarly an epic in real-life adventure, trials, and tribulations, at the wonders and mercy of mother earth.
I recently read the books having being utterly clueless to the word of climbing. Now it’s the only thing on my mind. So happy I picked up this book. Amazing how far people push themselves.
I have a fascination with Mount Everest. I have watched everything available on Mt. Everest and other mountains, and then I started reading Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air". Until then climbing Mt. Everest programs didn't give me the truest impression of what it was really like, and you can't know completely unless you have been in their shoes. After I finished reading Jon's book, I sat back and thought about what I had read and was overwhelmed with the reality of what those climbers really went through.
Individuals who freely elect to do this for self-glorification or to prove something to themselves are in the grips of an obsession. I do not get feeling admiration for them, particularly since they engage in such an “adventure” despite knowing they could leave their wives widowed, their kids without a father or mother, and their patents to mourn a child.
The appetite for Everest is unnatural and a vile pursuit that suggests we live for thrills.
So pleased to hear Jon speak well of Anatoli. There was a lot of controversy but this resolves it for me
i was thinking the same thing
True, I guess because it’s only one person speaking and not a mix of 5+ people being questioned
I feel Mr Jon was very decent in his description of Mr Anatoly in the book also. He only questioned the non use of Oxygen when doing the duty of a guide where a guide is supposed to be with their less experienced climbers hand holding and guiding them
He's legendary. The Climb is a great book.
Yeah right, read Into The Clouds & the foreword by Galen, Krakauer is a BIG TIME LIAR & always will BE! Zero respect for Krak!
When I had COVID-19, my oxygen saturation went down to 82% and I'll tell you that, in and around that time, I struggled to walk 10 feet (3-4 meters) to the bathroom and I had to rest before washing my hands and trying to make it back to my room. I've been to the top of several mountains but I've never been that hypoxic in all my life. Hypoxia is real deal.
Hope you are on the mend!!!!
Wow, I guess it is a similar experience!
Strong recoveries!
I hope you are recovering
Glad you lived to tell the tale, friend
I have read the book so many times and I continue to read! I feel and imagine I am there. This was the best and incredible video! Thanks to Jon!
I proudly own copies of both "Into Thin Air" and "Into the Wild". Jon draws me into the story because he writes and conveys emotion without writing specifically about emotion. While reading his books you literally *feel* and live the emotion. The story of Christopher McCandless has affected me deeply and for years. (I am now 70 and I still feel a deep connection to Chris) - 20:32 "I can't get the kid outta my head" ...yes. Thank you Jon for writing about him...and this story as well
Lady Ganieba Morgan ... too ...
I think en Chris McCandless too ...💕
Make sure to look up the biographical details Krakauer chose to leave out - they completely recontextualise Christopher's state of mind & motivations.
@@maryjanedodo there is missing information in the movie...the book goes into more detail. You can verify much of it by watching interviews and reading books by Christophers's sister, Carine McCandless
Also... when people blasted Chris at 23 yrs old... so true of us at that age... fearless in pursuit of our dreams
If you read a bit about John Muir, you realize he may have been Chris McCandless with better luck.
What a great presentation. Such a good, well spoken speaker. Great stories and story telling. Thanks Jon
Unbelievably polished presentation. Clearly a highly intelligent man telling a very bittersweet tale.
Krakauer is such a great storyteller. Everest is truly captivating- for better or worse.
Not really regarding Anatoli Bukrejew he lied about almost everything…
Great storyteller, but arrogant and prideful.
I discovered “Into thin air” when I was a teenager and it’s still my favorite book I’ve ever read at 36 years old. Jon is such an incredible writer and a beautiful soul ❤️
read the climb. far better
@@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821 I’ll check it out, thank you :)
Dear sour Gummiez, would you recommend this book, even I haven't got a clue about Mountain climbing?
@@sayawolf1061 definitely worth the time, or pick up the audio book from the library, Jon Krakauer reads it himself.
Absolutely, it’s so heartfelt and puts you there on the mountain with them. Jon shares his mind and emotions with the reader, it’s soo good, well paced and just amazing!
Krakauer was there to write about climbing Everest for Outside magazine.
He had an impressive climbing background but hadn’t been above 7000m. I think that’s how I remember it.
Krakauer was not a guide. Like every climber there … don’t expect a rescue.
He had a job to do. He accomplished that.
He kept himself alive.
His job was also to tell the story-- and he did more than that. He wrote a brilliant critique of how capitalism undermines safety. Both guides killed themselves in a bid to sustain their businesses and get their clients-- who had no business being on the mountain-- to the summit. That's just nuts. They both knew better, but turning Everest into a business got them and many of their clients killed.
@@SuperRobertoClemente Exactly. Everest is not a place for business competition. It is a place for cooperation and sound decision making.
A shame it ends at such a captivating moment with Beck but a great upload nevertheless. Krakauer really is a great storyteller.
It’s funny isn’t it? Because we all know exactly what happens to Beck, but we wanna hear John say it anyways.
That was planned.
"Story teller" is a good descriptor for him.
@@snicklefritz669 that was mean 👿
Beck has his own lecture on a youtube video, even better
A gem of a video. I could listen to this guy all day. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.
I love Into Thin Air, have read it countless times. I could never climb, but those who do fascinate me. Only thing that bothers me, I so admire Anatoli Boukreev. I certainly wasn't there, but Boukreev went out out alone in that storm and saved lives. He said be his own tragic death that he hurried down to camp because that's what Scott Fischer wanted him to do. So, many things about that climb and decent were flawed. Worked to take lives. I admire Mr. Krakauer, he is a wonderful writer. Another talent I don't possess.
Boukreev died about a year after this expedition. I believe he got caught in an avalanche. Very sad.
@@edenkennan7881 yes, I believe it was the following year. Know it was Christmas, on Annapurna.
It is a breathtaking account of what is good and what can go wrong and how these people are so incredibly strong and always save their comrades even if it means death for themselves. A fascinating account also how any kind of decision up there really is a life or death decision. No room for mistakes and if mistakes happen it is usually deadly.
It's pretty doubtful that Fischer actually wanted Boukreev to descend ahead of the clients. Fischer had been pissed at Boukreev for weeks due to his unwillingness to perform normal guide duties (i.e., actually staying with and helping the clients). Then it turns out that Boukreev changed his own story regarding the conversations he had with Fischer at the Hillary Step over the course of multiple interviews with Krakauer. But that whole debate is a moot point anyway, since in deciding not to use supplamental oxygen while guiding, Boukreev really had no choice but to head down early to avoid hypothermia in the Everest death zone. He's a hero on the one hand, but also its pretty hard to dispute that his poor choices and guiding style were partly to blame for the deadly predicament in the first place.
Edit: also Boukreev seems like he was a really nice guy, with a solid overall character. I understand why people are so defensive about his role in the 1996 disaster, and so offended by Krakauer's remarks. Still though, Krakauer was right.
@@tuckerbell7741 well, had Boukereev got caught up there with them, they all might have died...Beidleman and Boukereev are the only reason all those people lived and if Anatoli wasnt back at camp 4, then he could not have gone out and rescued them....It worked out that he wasn't climbing as a guide typically does...he went down to save his own life as well...if anyone knew when it was time to leave, it was him
That was so funny all the criticism of McCandless taking so many pictures of himself."what kind of a**hole...." Little did they know the era of the selfie was right around the corner
I saw this talk when the tour came to my city, have never forgotten it but of course I actually had forgotten most of it. So glad to see it again now, thanks for this upload!
Thank you David Snow. I read "Into Thin Air" years ago and it freaked me out.. I hope that Jon Krakauer does not have PTSD.. A shame that so many bodies are still up on the mountains of the world not to mention the stuff thrown away by us humans. Keep up the good work. 03/07/2121
Read it when it first came out, and it left a lasting impression on me. Incredible book.
@@nancyweaver4042 Agreed, the book is fascinating and absolutely incredible.
@Ian Robinson I have PTSD caused by Jon Krakauer's evil diatribes! He trashed Anatoli Boukreev in his book, and Greg Mortenson on 60 Minutes. The glee on his face when he did a "gotcha" on Greg turned me off to Krakauer forever. He's a decent writer, but I'm done with his insecurity and petty jealousies.
Read it while in the military 18 years ago and read it a second time last week. It was even better the second time
@@Khumbu0609 he never trashed Boukreev in his book. He made it seem like Boukreev did something bad but then quoted what Boukreev said and what he actually did do.
Excellent book! I enjoyed listening to this..I wish it had not ended early. Makes me want to hear Jon speak in person.
Into Thin Air ---- I read it in one night. Couldn't put it down. Read 'til morning. A difficult writing assignment. Lots of characters. Tracking the action of each character or group of characters (climbers). The story of May 1996 Everest climbing season is a lesson in the lethality of ego. I don't have a problem with dying while trying to satisfy your ego. But I think dying while trying to rescue a pet cat from a burning building is more noble.
I did the same - I could not put it down, but read it all night.
Hard to believe that was 25 years ago. Time flies.
27 from me here in your future. Time flies indeed.
A lot more people on the mountain now.
@@marccruAnd a lot more deaths
What a fantastic story-teller.....how he slips in a little humor or self-deprecating comment is delightful.
Thanks David, nice channel! I enjoyed “Everest’s first summit? Mallory & Irvine Doc;” and, Krakauer's recent presentation on the 1996 Everest tragedy. It was heart-felt, and well represented. --- Douglas S. Hansen
Saw John in Austin Tx on the book tour@ Book People giving this very same talk A fine memory. I came to believe he is a fine writer and humble man who had one heck of a challenge to write this difficult story. Thanks for posting this!
Well said!
Ive seen this 100 times. Incredible. Thank you
I 've read Krakauer 's books .I read Bukreev's book.I read the book by Matt Dickinson. I am grateful to Mr. Krakauer, it was thanks to his criticism that the world learned about the mountaineer Bukreev.If there were no criticism, only fellow climbers would know about Bukreev.I want to express my gratitude and respect to the entire Scott Fisher team.Neil Beidleman, Lin Gammelgard, Klev Schening, and of course Bukreev participated in the rescue of three climbers.It is a pity that Sherpas and Bukreev did not have time to save their boss Scott Fisher.And the team of Mr. Rob Hall suffered a tragic fate.As well as Indian climbers from the north side.
Anybody got the missing bit?
Wow!!! Thank you. I can endlessly listen to these men and women telling stories and showing pictures of their travels.
David Snow your channel is my insta-click channel and not only that, I watch everything you put up from start to finish. Great work as ever, would love to hear how you find all this fascinating content.
Absolutely remarkable. Very grateful for the inspiration I'm filled with after listening to this man speak.
David Snow you are even more legendary than Jon Snow (Game of Thrones) !
Thanks for all the uploads bro ✌️
Glad you like them!
Thanks for posting this, very informative. I was riveted reading "Into Thin Air", I read it a few times, and every time it grabs me.
Damn brother, you are doing a public service uploading all this mountaineering stuff.
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Amazing presentation, he's as great speaker. Would've loved to watch till the end - such a shame that the rest of it is just lost
Thank you for the video. I admire Jon Krakauer very much, he, in my opinion, has always been so respectful of the people he comes into contact with. A great story teller!!
Same here.
His book is amazing!
Uhm he put down others in his book while he hid most all weaknesses. No offense but i think theres better more accurate books out there. He was just a journalist who went to everest just so he could write a book after all. Alot in the mountaineering community dont see him in the best light
I remember hearing the radio news reports during this disaster and how they weren't sure how many people on the expedition were invovled and any confirmed details. I also agree that hearing Jon speak about it makes it better and filled in the gaps to shed light on how challenging it is to climb Everest and how horrible the disaster was.
The photos shown were a great addition to reading the book.
A jewel of a presentation! Many many thanks!
Thank you SO MUCH for uploading such gems. You have no idea how great those videos are! I know you do, but I just had to say this ☺️❤️ Thanks and thanks and thanks.
Glad you like them!
I just finished reading the book and now I’m re watching everything on RUclips with a renewed fascination
fantastic presentation, i couldn't skip it and Rob"s fate in the end gave me goosebumps, it is horrible how he died alone up there on the mountain
Excellent speech by John! His books are so good. All great reads. I love his style of writing. His book about Chris is one of my favorites. Then I read Chris sister's book. Her and John became good friends. The Wild Truth is another great way to learn about Chris.
Lol
Jon* is a liar and a coward....And Chris had to be the stupidest person going...Chris was robbing cabins and taking things plus doing damage to get in to them.
I cannot believe your "Into Thin Air" book was almost not published! I couldn't put it down years ago. And I hhave been fascinated by Everest ever since!!
Where can we listen to the rest of the talk. What an INCREDIBLE story teller. I've read the book and seen the movie, but this account was also amazing!
It took half of this presentation to get to Everest in 1996. Then it cuts off where Beck Weathers wakes up and half frozen stumbles into Camp 4.
David Snow posted a Beck Weathers presentation in another video. Beck has a mechanical right arm, as a result of severe frostbite (the arm was frozen solid, died and had to be removed), he has part of a left hand with some mobility, but it is severely damaged. His nose was reconstructed.
ruclips.net/video/9u4iTBQNlrw/видео.html
You have GOT to find the rest of that. Krakauer: legend
David Snow: legend
Neal Beidleman has a very different account of what happened on the mountain that day. Who fixed the ropes. Who was first to summit.
Wonderful! Thank you so much for posting. I have listened to the audible Into Thin Air likely 30 times and found this presentation invaluable.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks again for uploading this footage; especially poignant to hear Jon describing events so soon after that disaster.
thank you for this ,both books were a joy
This is a great video. Thank you for uploading.
Read “into Thin Air” originally in Outside magazine. Then the book, as soon as it came out. I get altitude sickness, so to me, these guys are my superheroes! I’ve read the book a dozen times and then everything that Krakauer wrote. Posting this on RUclips is such a gift. Thank you so much
The book, "Into Thin Air" is wonderful to read. Engaging.
All of his work is like that. I particularly enjoyed "Eiger Dreams."
Yes, everyone, you have got to read this book. It will give you goosebumps all the way trough. Fascinating and troubling at the same time. I can not put this kind of literature down. I am so intensively reading these books there must be something deep in my psyche that wants me to do so, some kind of connection that I myself feel when I am in the mountains. It is unexplainable.
I've read this book over and over but it is time to dust it off again.
I’m only half way through this but immensely enjoying it. I’ve read everything he’s written since Eiger Dreams when I tried climbing a whole lifetime ago. Big fan!
Wow. Thank you for sharing this. My heart is heavy right now
This was really damn good, I'm not crazy about Jon because of several interviews and some things that he said about the 1996 expedition, it was tragic and I was younger then and didn't know much about climbing, I've grown to think that I probably misjudged him, thanks Mr snow , I love this channel!!
I’m in the same boat. He came off as very arrogant but maybe not
Loved the book, but this added a new level of understanding for me of what it must have actually been like being there in 96. Shattered the ending was cut off though - I wonder if anyone else secretly (or not) recorded Jon’s presentation as well…
Thanks for posting….I need to find the rest of this lecture now!
Let me know if you find the whole thing please! I couldn't:(
Thank you for sharing this presentation with us. I have yet to read Into Thin Air but I plan to. I am fascinated with this 1996 Everest disaster and all the people involved in it. This was very interesting to listen to.
The audio book is perfect for a road trip.
This guy looks like he was born in the 70s not 56.
It cuts off just where they leave beck in his tent alone on the brink of death and then in the morning when they descend to camp 3 they leave him once again but luckily he hears the last climber leaving and yells not to leave he's coming too. Then his wife gets the impossible done and sends a helicopter to rescue him from a height a chopper has never landed. But Beck gives up his spot on the chopper to the thaiwanese man who had frost bitten feet. He truly believed that the pilot wouldn't return and he would now die. To his luck it returned and got him to hospital. He lost his right arm just below the elbow his fingers on his left and the front of both feet as well as his nose. When you're that unwell and you give up the helicopter that your wife scrambled from Dallas to organise a miracle finding a pilot willing to risk his own life to save you says a hell of a lot about the humanity of Beck Weather's.
Krakauer is a fantastic writer and an engaging speaker. You could hear a pin drop in that room. Thanks for this upload!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Totally agree! Very informative and enjoyable to listen to. And John seems like a humble, down to earth guy who doesn't draw unnecessary attention to himself and happily shares about others and their achievements and good qualities. thanks!
Great presentation. Thank you 🙏
Even better than the book.
Things have got even worse since then
Though i have a very little experience of what it feels like climbing and walking in the high altitude snow covered mountain,
i actually was tested to my core to the point where i remember crying when no one was watching. I actually stayed away from others in order to cry a bit , i still feel that if the team as a whole leaders as well as the participants had given it a go by dividing the tasks according to their strength and competence ....things could have been different. i saluteto the incredible experience they had to live.
For what it's worth....Its 2024 of course, and there is now a live cam that just focused on the summit pyramid. 100mph + ripping the top. Thank you Jon, thanks to all.
Neal Beidleman, a guide on the 1996 Everest disaster , 1hr and 36 minute interview on Mill House episode 19 and Beck Weathers "Left for dead on 1996 Everest" 1 hr his story both fabulous . This one is good but no match for the other 2 very moving interviews.
This was awesome! I love Into Thin Air and Into the Wild. Never seen this presentation before. Very interesting. Love listening to him. Thanks for this!
I was a teen in school in Baltimore, and wrote a short story the name I used was Jon, and the kids made fun of me for misspelling it, but then I didn't know there was an actual Jon. I just remembered that when I saw this video, I been climbing Everest all day today.
Thank you for all the video uploads David!
Glad you like them!
I would strongly encourage people to read Anatoli Boukreev’s “The Climb”, for his take on that Everest disaster. It too, is an excellent read.
Together, the respective books from Krakauer and Boukreev give a pretty good account of what happened up there. Getting the absolute facts from witnesses in the Death Zone is virtually impossible, due to their various degrees of oxygen deprivation and uncertainty of identification of other climbers due to their climbing attire and poor visibility.
Yeah, Anatoli Bourkreev is the real hero.
i dont recall anybody else being called a hero
@@Quills64 No, but some people like to vilify him.
It's a great book.
@@Quills64 I think we can call the Nepalese pilot, Col. Madan, a hero as well.
Superhuman sherpas😀 amazing history and expedition
Wow amazing account of all events! I’m going to buy the books! I’m so proud of Alexander Supertramp, he did what his soul needed to do, he followed thru and I will always admire him. Thank for for recognizing all the Free Adventurist of our time.
You might also buy "Under the Banner of Heaven".
Great video. Catches Krakauer on the lecture tour with his initial perceptions before extensively researching the other survivors thoughts and formulating his book.
Riveting, on the edge of your warm, interior seat. Thank you for this amazing presentation.
I’ve read the books and watched the movies but this presentation is incredible. I so appreciate hearing the story in johns words . Heartbreaking
What a treasure! Every second is stuff of legends
It's so good, he's a natural storyteller in person as well as on the page. Sad that it gets cut off at the most emotional part. I wonder if Krakauer might have it?
True he is a STORY TELLER. Not everything he wrote was accurate😂. After all he was just a jounalist who went to everest specifically to write a book
It's so weird watching this after watching the video of the climb, you feel like you know these people. I feel like I know Rob Hall--RIP Mate.
I agree so much. 💗
I have always been perplexed by Jon’s double-standards. In his book, Into Thin Air, he lambasted Anatoli Boukreev for not using bottled oxygen while performing his duties as a high altitude guide on Mt. Everest in 1996 (I do agree that mountain climbing guides should be required to use supplementary oxygen). Krauker stated Anatoli’s actions “didn't seem to be in {the} clients' best interest. I was also surprised to see that Boukreev didn't have {other} items necessary. Boukreev was the first guide I'd ever seen, on any mountain, ignore this convention.”. So, while Anatoli “ignored convention” in a manner deemed careless and condemned by Krakauer, McCandless’ flagrant and life-threatening carelessness was heralded as “inspiring” and and something “Tolstoy would appreciate”. Say whatever you desire about your opinion of Boukreev-here are two things I think we all can agree are admirable: 1. He single-handily saved the lives of three climbers, and 2. he survived.
👌Yes
i became very engrossed by this narrative and was disappointed when it abruptly was cut off before the end. still, this gives a perspective that's in some ways more revealing than reading the book INTO THIN AIR. the extreme danger, hardship, and tragedy of this exposition.
I am in awe of the people who climb Mt Everest. I have read several books and watched docs and movies. Its too bad it became so commercial and people who had no business being on the mountain jeopardized the lives of so many climbers. Seeing the bottleneck photos was horrible
Thankfully the rules have changed and only experienced climbers are issued permits
The photos from the summit are incredible
I'm not. I can do anything.
Binge watched all your recent uploads. Well played, sir
His book "Into Thin Air" was used in one of my Fire crew (wildland) Leadership classes ( taught by ex Special Forces and Military guys). It was pre-work and had to be read before the class started. Jon is such an inspiration in so many ways.
I have this book and Anatolis book. Never liked how this author portrayed Anatoli and cant forgive him for that. Anatoli was a true hero and saved no less than two climbers in conditions most climbers could not do. No doubt Anatoli was hurt by the way he was portrayed. Anatoli explained everything in his book and its clear he wasn't abandoning climbers just thinking of himself at all. He knew he had to get down to camp fast in order to even have a chance to rescue others with oxygen bottles and he also needed his strength or else he would not be any help and maybe even another victim! He was an incredible climber. RIP. Debating whether to watch this or not.
Thank you and agreed. While his writing is no doubt engaging- having the community take it as absolute truth instead of one man's subjective perspective with his own biases seems harmful.
From what I read and other information on the site, it seems he galvanized some, demonized others, and completely erased a few.
While mistakes were made across the board and no one needs to be a saint to be a competent and experienced climber, however he creates and feeds these narratives. I mean it appears Yasuko has comparatively no space or acknowledgement until she is there to pad the body count (it also seems to fit into his biased view of female climbers).
And the whole story around the "espresso machine"? I don't think it's as much of a dunk on Pittman than an unintentional insult to the guides by implying they just gave in to these wishes and had no say in competently leading their team by encouraging such reckless behavior.
Sure he has an epilogue saying he MIGHT have misremembered, but a final chapter of a narrative painting his experience and limited knowledge as the true account does little to set the stage for that framing
Krakauer also was selective about what he chose to exclude from Into the Wild & those choices lead him to misrepresent the subjects motives, character & thus life story.
Incredible. What a find. Thank you!
So much information packed into this presentation. The etymology of the word "cwm". Why early May for the summit push. etc. Very good video.
Climbers; I am old - growing up in the 60s, Sir Ed was an icon, and I've watched through the years how the picture (I mean this both literally and metaphorically) of Everest has changed. Not that I can memorize an inch of topography, but it's occurred to me that global warming must surely be changing the nature of the weather and the ice on the mountain ? Certainly not that it's getting "warmer" up there, but that the weather - and therefore the effects that it has - is not the same now as it was 10 years ago, and won't be the same 10 years from now. My guess is that it changes the nature of the mountain - climbers would know better than anyone.... thoughts?
I never thought "Into thin air" disparaged Anatoli. He questions his decision to guide without O but Anatoli a legend who did nothing wrong and John knows this
Thank you so much for this upload and all the others you have done. I am completely addicted. Thank goodness I am 75 and way too old to be climbing mountains. If I had seen this 50 yrs ago you can bet I would have been on that mountain.
I saw a sunrise like that when I was in a plane heading for Europe. Everyone else was asleep and I tried to wake them because it was so beautiful but they just got annoyed.
Ah, I am not the only one on my quest of observing such beauty through the window of a flying airplane and annoying the heck out of other travelers because of it.
I just want to hop in an airplane and fly over those European countries without landing, just to see the views. Because traveling across the ocean towards Europe rewards the traveler with amazing sights as many European countries come into view. I usually want to see exactly where the edge of the ocean stops and the shores of each country begins. Amazing.
I remember I first flew to Europe, the sunrise looked like a sunset, and for some reason gave me zombie apocalypse vibes.
what a majestic young man. great presenter and an unbelievable mountain man. he's one of the best climbers in the world, obviously.
Funny, he's not young, Krakauer if that's whom you're referring to, this lecture was done 20 years ago now, he's well in his sixties at this point..
beyond brilliant ,,, Thnk-you !!!
Wow. Just, wow. He's such an incredibly captivating writer and speaker. Thank you for sharing this with us, and all of your other videos! One of my favorite channels.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have read everything Jon's written and Into Thin Air at least three or four times. Nothing better than hearing him narrate the ordeal. Wish there was a part two. I remember some controversy regarding Beck Weathers being left sitting in the snow. He claims that he begged Krakhauer to help him get back to camp. Krakhauer's recollection was that he tried to get Beck to follow him but he refused.
Very good presentation. Thanks mate!