Do some stories on wind suit divers

Yeah we’ll all get right on purchasing that

@@tb808No! Base Jumping is extremely Dangerous!!

@@nudetaynehatwobble😂😂 not

@@Mt.Everest. 🤣

I dont find what he did necessary at all. it is not fun playing with your life, it is not. Once I was a kid, i went up the moutain for fun, to ovesee what is around me, how it looks from there. when i reached the top, it was exciting at first, but then it became normal. and i wanted to come down the mountain, and suddenly my leg sliped, I started running off the mountain down hil so quick, I coldnt control my feets, it kept going faster and faster, I felt the biggest fear of my life in those seconds, and prayed in my heart "Oh God help", as I kept runing down the hill, I was a huge flat rock standing next to me, I immediaty sat on that rock as soon as I reached it. and thank God I was saved. As a Kid at that very moment I realized that there are exciting things in the world that is not worth my life. I think people do this so others can appreciate what they did, praise them, promote them, get reputation, nobody is crazy enough to get to the top repeatedly, knowing that is risky as hell. deep inside "every human has ego for reputation and show off", some can control it, others cant.

@@hewadsaad1378 I love your comment. God bless you. “The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.” Psalm 18,2

​Thare is truth in what you said, but it doesn't apply to many climbers. Some are born into the mountain/ climbing life with family who are mountain guides, Sherpas etc. Some struggle to find another path, others embrace that life. Mountains are dangerous places, if you put yourself in harms way. There are other professions that have risk, tower workers, pilots, law enforcement, soldiers, commercial truck drivers, etc, You should have guidance by more experienced people to get you started so you have a better chance to survive. ​@@hewadsaad1378

@@hewadsaad1378 If you think David climbed because of ego then it shows how much you know

@@idkgg9588 People who are scared to live often seek shelter by religion.

Avalanches can be atleast lessened by watching those warm days n snowy routes against glaciers n limestone espec. And, an Avalanche beaker. Still..Mother Nature rules and most climbers, cavers etc get that. Be safe!

I think it was health reasons Anker retired.. not simply age Sounds like your saying moutian climbers are unwise...maybe it would be unwise.for YOU to climb but don't think your fears and limitations apply to everyone We all determine our own risks and mountain climbers actually take their own reigns in their lives.

Conrad Anker had a heart attack.

Indeed. It is awesome and educational.

Yes!!

Same. It's unlike any other mountain out there.

@@POLARTTYRTM I can’t believe I’m 42 and never even heard of it until this channel!

​@@Syclone0044 I'm not surprised, it's not as popular as the other mountains because the mountains that are famous are the tallest ones, not the most difficult, as the tallest hold the most prestige to summit. It's unexpected but the most difficult mountains on the planet to climb, are not the tallest, and Cerro Torre is the greatest example, simply because most of the mountain is simply not climbable at all.

Viewed through the historical lens, there have been several mountains that have been deemed unclimbable. Several of those have now been climbed. It appears that just about any summit can be reached. What determines if a mountain is conquered or not is the willingness to attempt- and funding.

I just subed!!

Agreed. Content, research, music, respect, it is without peer in my opinion.

Those all come w time.

That depends on his relationship with them... Losing someone's never really what you call "easy"... BUT when you know someone like these guys, or any true adventurer, you can really identify with Morgan Freeman's character "Red" on the "Shawshank Redemption"... "Some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright... and when they're gone, a part of you does rejoice, knowing it was wrong for them to ever have been put in the cage in the first place." Adventurers do what's in their nature... whether they climb mountains for records or run into burning buildings when everyone in their right mind is getting the hell out and away. Whatever their motivation, when their spirits are free, the best is to remember and celebrate the times our lives were brightened by their presence... their antics... their quirks. OR maybe it's simpler, "The man who drinks dies. The man who doesn't drink dies, just as well." ;o)

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I think you nailed it. Well said. The loss is hard, the hurt is real, but the light keeps shining forever.

@@BonesyTucson Thanks. As a life long motorcycle lover, I only hope my family can understand that if "that thing" really does ever get me killed, I died doing something I truly LOVED doing... My spirit is free... and not too many people truly get to say that and MEAN it. ;o)

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I think you'll like this one from Hunter S Thompson then: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming"Wow! What a Ride!""

@@BonesyTucson Well, yes... As Joe Montegna said once on "Criminal Minds" "Life is a hell of a thing to happen to somebody." haha... I also rather like (and try to emulate) the lovely Pancho Barnes, "Given the choice to laugh or cry... I'll laugh every time." I always kinda liked Thompson. While his work didn't always translate well to the screen (or maybe those trying just fell short frequently on their end)... He seemed to carry an essential attitude to an adventurer or pioneer... Somehow I'm neither surprised nor disappointed. ;o)

What's natural strength?

Are you sure?

@@1tyorganist44 yes

night owls rise up!

Conrad Anker is to me at least still and always will be a climbing bum that lives in his car. Now most climbing bums car great climbers but bums just the same. She sure did slide right in when his climbing buddy was just killed by an avalanche

Check on them fooleo.

@@Waspface 🤣🤣🤣 The cat be visitin them throughout the day. I hear them movin so I know they're alive- well at least one anyway 😬. Ok, yeah, Im gonna crawl under there and make sure they doing ok. Seems like they would be out by now. If I find a damn raccoon or something crazy under there, I'm gonna have a heart attack 🤣

Free climbing is climbing without any gear to help you up the mountain. Only a rope to save you incase you fall. Free solo climbing is climbing with no protective gear at all

Let people live

Yes that was his father who notified Parks Canada that they were missing. He also made several trips to recover as many pieces of their equipment as he could.

@@MorbidMidnight Thank you for your reply. How very sad.

I love it it's kind of a signature..It's super low volume and you should barely notice it if you'd stop focusing on things you don't like..

You're not wrong, he did do exactly that as a sort of repentance for the 2009 incident.

​@Morbid Midnight Around 9:00 in you state the duo received word the bolts had been chopped and then go on to discuss how this was problematic for the film crew. Perhaps I'm wrong, but my understanding was that David and Peter completed the first free ascent of the compressor route then chopped the bolts on the way down. Great video tho! Rip DL

Yes

You’re literally in more danger driving your hunk of junk car down the street to the store. Are we going to start whining about people driving cars and how they’re “testing fate”?

No because if people tell me the roads are really bad probably not a good idea to go im going to listen. Go away!

TO a casual observer, it does seem like it, but it's not that simple. Sure, they're pushing limits and striving for their names in books, pictures and equipment interred in halls, and for trophies and such or "recognition" in certain circles and niches of society... That's all on the "personal" level... Take a look deeper, particularly into history, and you'll realize these are the people who have developed many of the same devices used regularly by rescue crews, soldiers, and hikers... They've been instrumental in their feedback to companies who manufacture gear, and engineers looking to "get an edge" with better gear and tech'... From newer materials for the rip-resistant outer layers of jackets, to insulation materials better than duck and goose feathers, and figuring out that we may never get a better under-layer garment than can be made of alpaca wool... Ropes, pitons, crampons, picks, ice-axes, spikes, and quick-attached pulleys for rigging ... the list just keeps growing. Many of the same pieces of hardware now used to help injured hikers out of the ravines they fell down, were originally being developed for alpine climbers to hoist their gear and supplies up mountains behind them without exhaustion... Every form of exploration adds to experience and skill for the individual, but builds a sense of innovation for the technical and even filters its way into the rest of society. Even my own fascination with caves has led to maps growing and surveys being done with improved tech' over the last team, and somewhere in some dusty file on a shelf, there's a map where my name is among those signed and dating it, just in case some poor soul gets lost or a kid wanders into it on accident, the rescuers have a much better chance of being able to assemble a team to go after them quickly and efficiently, knowing the hazards and obstacles so they don't have to "throw everything they can AND the kitchen sink at it"... Exploring the ocean floor improves our management of pressures, atmosphere, and exhaustion in an environment COMPLETELY incompatible with human life... you know... not unlike outer space, save the exact opposite of pressure issues... We can think of them as reckless... OR we can be damn thankful that someone is willing, even excited to go out and test the efficacy of equipment rather than leave us obsessing over computer models and wondering if the things will actually do what they're intended to do "for real" without volunteering or the expense of hiring a "test pilot" crazy enough to try it for money. Who knows... If there weren't so many willing adventurers, and the world society shifted ever so slightly, YOU might be the one who sits there staring at the "help wanted" ad and grumbling to yourself, "The pay looks pretty good, but GOD I hate the cold, ice, wind, and how g**d*** high do they expect me to be testing this friggin' rig?!?! Are they crazy? That's GOT to be a typo!!!" BUT when rent is due, and the fridge is bare... you do what you gotta do. ;o)

@H K Then trot on up to the summit of Everest or K2 and bring back something local along with a WHOLE SLEW of selfies with your buddies... it's done to death and no big deal. Go on... bad-ass... PROVE IT. ;o)

We all end up dead one day

@@1tyorganist44 some faster than others Genius!

Most of the most talented alpine climbers die, it’s the nature of the sport doesn’t mean they weren’t talented

@@jonathonsmith8871 negative! 😝😆😆 Most live! Smh…

Excuse me?

@@martinbiehl4596 As far as you know.

Did it ever occur to you that people have different interests in life and don’t align with whatever views you have. You can still have respect for dead people even if you don’t agree with their views

@@jonathonsmith8871 Spoken like a climber, or maybe the spouse of one of. And, not for nothing, but we’re all allowed to speak our minds here. That’s my opinion of climbers and such, and I’m sticking with it.

Evil!

@@endless3cho nah. Just good business.