that one person who always uses cheat codes

"Damn, I was just about to stand on top after a successful climb and this nut in a chopper knocked me off"

If they're going to have helicopter rides to the top, they should build a slide back down to base camp.

The winds at the top of any high mountain are insanely unstable. How he could even hover near the peak is just amazing.

Next is an enclosed heated elevator to take people up, have starbucks, do face book selfies and pretend they are great!

Why climb when you can just fly to the top ,grab yourself a selfie and be back in time for some lunch.

By the end of the decade we'll see trust fund couples being dropped off at the summit and doing Facebook selfies.

The world record in forward flight is around 40,000 feet. The highest landing was on Mount Everest, around 29,000 feet. The limitation is the rotor (a spinning wing), more than the engine, most modern helicopters use jet turbines to spin the rotors. What's the highest altitude an average helicopter can fly? - Quora

The Eurocopter Ecureuil certainly is the way to go high. World altitude record of 42.500 ft.

the unofficial record for highest helicopter landing, previously held by Nepalese Lt. Col. Madan Khatri Chhetri, who in 1996 rescued climbers Beck Weathers and Makulu Gau near Camp I at approximately 20,000 feet (6,096 meters).

The video is edited too much. They should have made the footage continuous. I cannot find the continuous shot from where you have a good view of the summit to where it shows them landing.

I guess they could put a landing pad halfway up the mountain,with a nice B&B and a hot dog stand.That would save climbers strength for the last 15,000 feet,that's the only real important part.

In 2005 Didier Delsalle of France landed a Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter on South Col of Mount Everest. Two days later he also did his first landing on the summit of Mount Everest, and then he did this again. This is the footage of the south col touch and go, not of the summit landing. End of another pointless internet discussion.

Love this video from Nepal

Technically it's not a landing.The engine was still running full speed and the skids were not flat on the ground.Should have been.Helicopter fly's to Mount Everest.

1:35 that little ball of snow must of turned into a 50 foot snowball by the time it hit the ground

Isnt there a pile, or a stone (a nudge) at the very summit of Everest covered with pieces of fabric and flags and such? I never saw it in this clip.

It wasnt Everest he landed on its is littered with flags, poles and hunk plus no chopper can fly at that altitude the air is too thin for the propellers to function properly and his ascent was too smoth he would have been fighting the stick

Strictly speaking, he didn't quite land. That was more of a soft touch than a true landing.

your an incredibly brave and skilled pilot

Mountain climbers get to the summit, first reaction after looking at the landing gear marks is.. Was there a fucking helicopter up here?

Actually previously it was said the density of the air made it impossible for the rotor blades to grip and maintain altitude. BUT i guess the power of the internet has changed the density of air at 29000 feet. Joking aside good luck getting up there for a rescue when your window for optimum flight conditions is one day every 2 years.

Reminds me of the 1996 everest disaster rescue attempt. It was a tragic climb which many innocent lives were lost

because this helicopter and this pilot have been prepared and trained for years to be able to make it. Every piece of the helicopter with was not absolutely useful have been taken away to make the helicopter as light as possible --> that mean that it's not possible to get anyone or anything in the helicopter or it won't be able to go so hight in the air. Sorry for my english

They can land on the summit of Everest, yet they can't recover dead bodies from the slopes and summit ridge.

No one knows exactly how many bodies remain on Mount Everest today, but there are certainly more than 200. Climbers and Sherpas lie tucked into crevasses, buried under avalanche snow and exposed on catchment basin slopes - their limbs sun-bleached and distorted. Most are concealed from view, but some are familiar fixtures on the route to Everest’s summit.

I didn't think Helicopters could operate at that height,due to the thin atmosphere !

Flying with a helicopter at this elevation is almost impossible due to the thin air. Emergency situations on Everest are usually due to weather (insane blizzards, high winds, zero visibility), which, in fact, make climbing impossible much of the year, except for a brief period each year. The highest heli rescue on Everest was about 22,000 feet (7,000 feet below the summit), and that was very dangerous. A rescue helicopter would also have to carry more than one person.

Amazing

This was recorded before lens cleaner was invented btw.

Hey 10 years later....

My Dad told me that so many People go there now they are going to open a Hot Dog Stand?

what a panoramic view of mother nature?

Sorry I am a mountain climber, and there has always been talk that Everest's summit should be reached by only man not machine, Airbus helicopters have ruined some of the enigma

It's a highly modified helicopter. This isn't something that is just done everyday.

it’s not even the summit

Great footage I was hoping they were landing on top of the peak but I guess it's too high for a helicopter (not enough air ).

I'm hiring that guy to be my guide to the top!

I wish Rob Hall was alive to see this video

That wasn't a landing. He fiddled a bit with the snow and then left again. A true landing would be if he puts the heli down, steps out and plants a flag.

That really didn't look like the summit to be honest it was a summit but but I'm doubting it was the summit of Everest the footage has some cuts that are a tad strange I still don't believe this to be true

Helicoptes can't go above 24000/25000 feet and the Everest is above 29100 feet so it is difficult to believe that the landing was on Everest.

really great helicopter pilot, he changed his position until it was safe

Such an badass

what's inside this big mountain?

One word… skill!!

probably not. Even back in 1996, where Colonel Madan Kathri Chetri performed the highest rescue actions in history (he first picked up Makalu Gau, then came back to pick up Beck Weathers, both between Camp 1 and Camp 2 on the South Col route, at apprx. 22.000ft during the 1996 desaster), he landed the helicopter in the Western Cwm, held the rotor at full speed, stayed in his seat and picked up only one passenger per flight.

Nop, it's a regular B3 by eurocopter, they only took 120kg of not absolutely useful pieces to make helicopter as light as possible...

That’s the only way I’m ever going to summit Everest.

@ThePercival23 because technically the limit for a helicopter is 17,000 feet and most rescues that would need to happen are at elevations above that

Some sources mention auxiliary oxygen injection in the gas turbine was installed. I don't know if this is correct..

I heard they're opening a McDonalds on the top of Everest.

Would they reach the bottom?

Its actually just a regular B3 with no modifications whatsoever.

very nice exp

@ThePercival23 These are more modern choppers, but maybe this could be K2

What's next? McDonalds or KFC outlet?

Hard to get a push if you're stuck up there.

in any case i remember to you all that the real name of the mountain is : Qomolangma

This copter has a special made engine so it can deal with hights but it cant be used as a rescue helicopter. Just see how hard he was fighting to land. But if you want a rescue helicopter it needs to be bigger and have a bigger engine to deal with weight.

Well, I just think this is useful for emergencies if someone needs to get down in a hurry.

I don't wanna die, how much doest cost to take this sumit Everest ?

Well ask the guy who developed the copter, cause it was him who said it. The copter wasnt stock at all.

If this is true then I am going to build the helipad on the top of Mount Everest.

I thought it was almost impossible to land on top of Everest?

I truly thought it was not possible.

If i make a 5 floor building up there will i get the award for tallest building in the world ?

my nepal my everest

I thought helicopters couldn't fly that high.

wow

Pls try on mount kailash

except the fact that they took over every part not absolutely useful in order to make the helicopter lighter...

Imagine if it failed and the summit had a helicopter on it…

Not where you want to not be able to take off again

Because #1 you need radio contact with someone who has a helicopter #2 because you are in a very remote area where it's not easy to maintain a helicopter #3 because it costs money (which most people spend just getting there). Probably a question for 1 of the 2 companies that arrange "tours" to the top...

why didint they go on kailash parvata too?

for real?

more proves please, that this peak is really everest.somebody to jump from the heli and make really good video proving it's everest.

Didn’t exactly land now did it? More like just kind of nudged a bit of snow at the top. Didn’t exactly stop the engine get out and go for a pick nick on top now did we?

I'll pay big money to be airlifted to the summit, jump out of the chopper in just my under pants and take a selfi. Wait a minute, where's chopper going! COME BACK!

Why an Astar and not a Lama?

Rock climbing fall climbing in Cape Town 6c+

where are all the flaggs ??? that you see in other picktures / movies

call me skykid. NES style

Skeptical. That must be a very special helicopter to be able to fly at that altitude.

On June 21, 1972, Jean Boulet of France piloted an Aérospatiale Lama helicopter to an absolute altitude record of 40,814 feet (12,440 m).[50] At the extreme altitude the engine flamed out and the helicopter had to be (safely) landed via another record breaker - the longest successful autorotation in history.[51] The helicopter had been stripped of all unnecessary equipment prior to the flight to minimize its weight and the pilot was breathing supplemental oxygen. World Altitude record by Helicopter - 42,500Ft About thirty years after the record set by Jean Boulet on a SA315 B “Lama” helicopter, Fred North, professional pilot, takes an AS 350 B2 “Squirrel” to the altitude of 12954 m. So it is possible, but where is the stone? and why snow is not blowing?

The heights of risk More than The height of everest.... First time I am seeing

imagina se HILARY/TENZING estivessem vivos para admirar esta conquista

Wtf ?!

That was NOT the summit of Everest!

Not "everyone" - if you suffer from altitude sickness going up, then you have only two choices - go down or die of an edmea. Medicine can't predict who will or will not suffer from it, the only way to find out is to take the gamble and go climbing. It's very sad that some very strong climbers and athletic people have trained for Everest on smaller climbs then not been able to stand the greater altitude of Everest and had to turn back early, quite an expensive slap in the face from Mother Nature.

Tickled it more like

Helicopter lands on mt Blanc!

No any helicopter reach on top of everest

helis ceiling is less than 15000 ft

Even if this is real, it is not the first and is not considered a landing. In ordered to be considered a landing, you have to touch down for a minimum of 2 minutes. In this video the helicopter touched the "ground" for 30 secs. Also, French pilot Didier Delsalle touches down on top of the world in a controversial Everest first. Ever since Hillary and Norgay claimed first dibs to the summit of Everest in 1953, others have attempted their own "firsts" on the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) peak (see "More Unusual Everest Firsts" below). But on May 14, 2005, test pilot Didier Delsalle, 48, of the French company Eurocopter made Everest and aviation history by landing his unmodified turbo engine AS350 B3 helicopter on the world's tallest mountaintop. His solo flight broke the unofficial record for highest helicopter landing, previously held by Nepalese Lt. Col. Madan Khatri Chhetri, who in 1996 rescued climbers Beck Weathers and Makulu Gau near Camp I at approximately 20,000 feet (6,096 meters). (The record for the highest helicopter flight is 40,820 feet (12,442 meters), set by Jean Boulet in 1972.) Although Nepalese authorities initially gave Delsalle clearance, they later rebuked him for flying without permission. Some climbers also expressed dismay that he topped out without the hard slog, but six-time summiter David Hahn said, "I look at it kind of selfishly. It improves the possibility of rescues in the future."

Read Wikipedia! It is a true story, it happened on 14 May 2005. The test pilot was Didier Delsalle and the record was confirmed by the Federation Aeronauti

Maybe they call haul away some garbage finally. What a sad sight.

Was that a hover or a landing? Clearly there wasn't much space and its clear that it was difficult to pilot. Due to lack of space up there, I saw one line of indentation in the snow not two. That's why I'm wondering if it's a hover. Either way, an achievement!

No wonder we are getting fatter.