i was thinking of climbing Everest....this just saved me a trip...thanks guys

Thanks for leaving me stranded on the summit .now what do i do.

I've watched this through several times now and I get goosebumps every time. The anticipation builds beautifully with the soundtrack as we make our way through the Ice Fall, Western Cwm and up the Lhotse Face. As we traverse over the Geneva Spur and onto the South Col the sense of occasion is huge. With the final push into the death zone, up the exposed summit slopes I feel the grandeur and exhilaration all the more. Most of all though, what stands out is the seriousness of the situation the climbers are in until they can get back to the temporary safety of the South Col. I can only imagine that despite all the noise about commercial expeditions and sherpas dragging clients to the top, only people who are extremely strong, fit, experienced, determined, acclimatized and lucky make it up and down on the first attempt.

I used to watch this all the time like 6 years ago watching it now gives me chills

In 2012 a climber base jumped off the North Ridge of Mt Everest at 7220m. Some people have mistakenly thought this was jumping off the summit. Whilst at the time it was the highest base jump on earth and a magnificent effort, it was still 1630m below the summit of Mt Everest.

Pretty cool.. Just finished reading "Into Thin Air" so, I can appreciate this video.. Thank you

This gives me goosebumps. The suspenseful, cinematic music provides the perfect backdrop.

My god that mountains huge. I would never have the fitness or guts to be able to climb it. It is a fascinating mountain.

This is so great!!! Thank you for giving so many the opportunity to climb Everest and remain safe. God Bless you!!! 😇🙏💛

Hello FienStudios, A few reasons. Firstly they leave at midnight so they climb through the night and arrive on the summit hopefully around the time the sun rises. The descent is the hardest part when climbers are exhausted so they can then descend in the light when its hopefully warmer as well. They also have a limited amount of oxygen (normally about 16 hrs) so need back within this timeframe.

This mountain make me shiver and fascinates me at the same time. Love the video. Thanks for sharing, it's nice to have a complete view of the climb after having read so many books😃

This is a first class video, please keep up the good work.

This is great footage! Thanks for putting in the effort!!!

Beautifully done, thank u. Just finished watching Death on Everest &this video popped up. I'm humbled ny anyone who tries! No matter how far they get it's tons more risks than I'll take to follow a dream. Thank you again.

Just watching that took my breath away....

im so proud to climb this beast !!

I am afraid of hieghts and this made me anxious just watching on KZfaq. Especially the Balcony one where the climbers have to treck through the sharp mountain edge at one side is so horrific for me 😳

Amazing video.. truly captures the imagination! Thanks for posting.. the dream lives on..

Breathtaking!

I'd be OK with changing the music to sounds of the ice cracking and the wind howling later on, etc.

Awesome, nice to see what the trek looks like instead of seeing the faces of the climbers which is all the media shows when talking about climbing Everest.

Now that’s a mountain climb..I have nothing but respect for anyone who has climbed or attempted this massive rock

Beautiful music for those that know about ordeals...thanks for posting... two thumbs up !

Real nice! Very enjoyable. I have been researching Everest and the video provides some excellent information.

Now, thanx to KZfaq, I can climb any mountain I want. Thanx for the post. Loved the music too. Cheers

Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for (minus the music).

Incredible video... Thanks Grant for this video.. Felt like I have conquered the top of the world.. Thanks for the video.. Thanks Eria for the beautiful music.. Thanks Google for providing the spectacular earth view..

The Original Name of Mt.Everest is SAGAR MATHA in our Country Nepal. Everest is given by English name still we called it SAGAR MATHA it is our Proud.

Thanks Herbet - Well done on your climb.

always wondered what you have to face in the struggle to get to the top and now I know! thank you

Thanks Joe - glad you like it :)

Thanks Grant, great video, beautiful music...

we made it guys!!!

This video is the best one which explained me all the route to Everest I did well in my school chapter about bachendri pal Thanks

thank you so much for this video !

Well done, thank you!

Thank You! 🙏

Hi Birdie, thanks for your nice comments and all the best following your dreams!

wow, the music goes well with the video, cool

Incredible!

Very beahtiful music , also the montain

Good information,amazing.👍👍👍

Beautiful

Very, very helpful for my Into Thin Air novel study

It does look hard. But remember there is much less air to breath up there. Which implies that there is less air up there and therefore less air resistance. It must be like walking down hill. It's probably harder to walk down hill because there is no air to hold you up.

Since they explain the word "cwm", it may be of interest to note that the french word "combe" comes from the same celtic root.

Excellent .

That was awesome

Hello Samarpan, Very good point - I have edited the description to reflect this. Thanks for watching!

Hello Rutledge, I would like to think that Mallory made it to the summit however after I climbed the same route as Mallory it was my personal opinion that he did not make the summit. Probably we will never know and this will remain one of mountaineering's greatest mystery's.

Thanks for these 3-D-ish presentations. Any way to slow the journeys, especially near their ends where there can be more interesting climbing features? Any way to give more sense of the scale, for example, the Ice Fall doesn't appear very threatening and the Hilary Step is barely discernible (especially as the line races towards the top)?

beautiful

This is superb ........ and totally terrifying.

Very nice video.

Hi Sam - thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

Amazing .

good work.. thanks

Hi Ugh, that is very interesting and thanks for the feedback.

Hi Paul - the music is 'Winds of Inspiration' by Eria

Love to climb Everest

Hi Szabi - thanks for the comment and glad you enjoy it. Its around 11 - 12km horizontal distance from BC to the summit on the South side. This is much shorter than the North ridge route which is over 20km of horizontal distance.

Very nice video

Amazing

I Love It!!!

Hi Raphael - the music is 'Winds of Inspiration' by Eria.

Cool video. 👍

That is just brutal..

I just summitted in 3 minutes and 27 seconds, but, they say, if you don't come back down it's not a summit. You left me up on top of Everest to die. Thanks anyway. At least now I know the route and can think about hopping over to Everest if I happen to be in Nepal.

I would be pleased with self if I could even make it to base camp....

thanks a lot for this video, it is amazing to virtually walk up to 8848m! By the way, how many kilometers long is this route to from the base camp to the top?

What a view……and it didn’t cost me a dime or my life.

Perfect! No comment...

Very good

Many Many thanksm

Well that was easy..am going to ''climb'' down from my bed [it is 2am] and belay to the kettle, and make a coffee. Never thought climbing Everest would be so quick- or so warm! why, I haven't even had to wear crampons, or carry a pack!

You are the great human in the world history

very nice!!!

Thank you....... :)

Nice job

Looks like walk in the park in 3D.

Hi Kate - yes not heading back to Everest, will be somewhere cold and far far away!

great......

The western cwm wasn't named by George Mallory. It was named by the English in 1953 when they climbed it from the nepal side. George Mallory climbed from the north side.

Nicely done; Thank you! After years of climbing in my house shoes in my armchair, by reading the (excellent) books, this video brings imagery to the text depictions, and greatly enhances my enjoyment. (BTW, reading about high altitude climbing is most fascinating. Fiction is unnecessary; the true accounts provide hours of enjoyment. The book to start would be *No Shortcuts To To The Top,* by Viesturs.) Would love to see the same thing done for the other famous mountains, such as K2, Annapurna, and that (generally accepted) most difficult high mountain, Gasherbrum IV. Outstanding work, Grant; Most helpful! I subscribed!

I’m more curious about the route down which no shows ever show

very fine

Sólo de ver lo inmenso que es, me quedé agotado

Nice video, thanks. However, i would have liked to see distances between each camp and also between camp 4 and the summit.

now i was on everest!

What the hell? Now they have to paint a big red line in the ice for the climbers to follow?... why can't they let the mountain be?

Nice

This is my first and last attempt to summit Everest. I'm in my recliner watching this on KZfaq, and I have a headache. I hope it's not altitude sickness.

It would be amazing for a go pro version to see in depth what they see because they makes it look like you just walk and no climbing involved.

Классный ролик. Есть куда стремиться. Мы в августе взошли на Elbrus. А друзей наших с МЧС эвакуировали. Это был полный *****))

This is excellent! What's the music?

Cheers, yes K2 is considerably steeper and of course what the video cannot show is the weather patterns which are extreme on any 8000m peak but K2 is really bad.

I just wish that the Khumbu ice fall showed the massive sized seracs, some as massive as 4-storey apartments - instead of appearing like thousands of feet of small ice cubes lol. Other areas were the verticsl, blue ice Lhotse face, the Hillary Step and just the sheer steepness of the mountain.

Thanks again for watching this one! Have you tried my 3D fly through of the Annapurna circuit? See my channel to watch it. Its such a beautiful walk - even to sit and watch on KZfaq!

JUst a Q: Any aircraft or chopper has ability go over Summit or only this is the walkway?

Thank you for helping me to understand what will do my brother et each alpinist and sherpas since a long time. Please, what is the name of the music you used for the video ? Raphaël & Clément from Marseille