Some people climb mountains to see the world, some people climb mountains so the world can see them...

Imagine being so self-absorbed and aloof that you dont give credit to people who physically saved your life...

I can't believe she said "There were no heros on the mountain, the guides were just doing what they were paid to do." 8 people lost there lives because you wanted to be seen as a professional climber without actually having to do any work to become a professional climber and they had to drag your body back to camp because you couldn't walk.

Sounds like a complete sociopath. 3 divorces suggests she'd be a nightmare to live with too.

Her life is saved by 2 men and she says afterwards: "Which 2 men is that?" Wow.

She couldn’t give those men credit for saving her life because then she would be admitting she didn’t conquer Everest. Someone had to literally carry her down the mountain.

A skilled and diplomatic way to call this woman a raging narcissist

Ever notice that when they publish the list of people who have summited these mountains they never include the Sherpas? Hundreds if not thousands of Sherpas have made that same summit but they never get credit. Only the rich and famous and western “mountaineers” get on that list. Some Sherpas have summited two dozen times.

If my name was SANDY HILL, I wouldn't climb mountains

These idiots have destroyed that poor mountain leaving garbage everywhere

Anatoly did all of this without oxygen himself. He is a true badass.

I was a river guide years ago. I have had many people who claimed all kinds of skills. Bragging about various rivers that, in their opinions, Concorde. Yet in the thick of it when their adventure suddenly went bad. They didn’t come through, or had the necessary skills to deal with the situation. Many of them simply fell into a defeatist mindset. Literally saying “Let me die”. Fortunately, I have not lost anyone on my guided trips. Though, had too many times that, that was severely tested. But I and with the assistance of others prevailed in keeping everyone safe. But to this day, it amazes me. How easily people give up. It is the main reason that I don’t do commercials guided trips anymore.

This case makes me glad that my hobby is lying in bed watching KZfaq videos. At least nobody has to come save me!

“Her response was painful in many ways, including grammatically.” 🙏🏼👑

My dad worked mountain rescue for a long time- he always shared that a Climber must be: Humble of the Mountain, respectful of natives… and to Always have a guide that worked at the area every day.

i dont get it, guids, sherpas, oxygen.... why is it considered such a great achivement? i can only applaud the sherpas

In the book about this expedition, "Into Thin Air," You'll see how Sandy Hill brought about 30 pounds of extra equipment, it was her broadcast setup so she could give daily accounts on her progress. That was lugged up the mountain by a Sherpa. In the book it also talks about how at some point, Hill, was "short-roped" up the mountain. That is a 3 foot piece of rope was tied between her and a Sherpa and the Sherpa pulled Hill up the mountain. That's just pitiful.

She would have had sufficient oxygen, sufficient food, and a working toilet had she remained in her living room.

She grew up being pushed easily up the social mountain by her parents and never learned to climb on her own.

A friend of mine went to climb Everest with a mountianeer colleague, which was a serious ambition of his, and got really close to the summit, but conditions weren't great and time wasn't in his favour, so he turned around, and I have immense respect for him for making a sensible decision, especially given that (as he would probably acknowledge) in his younger years he didn't exactly have the world's smallest ego. Also, I'm really grateful that he's still alive, which unfortunately, many people who made a different decision aren't.

As a Peruvian with Bolivian family. I spent a good share of time in cities at high altitudes. And what most people don’t realize is that, it doesn’t matter how good your physical shape is or how many stairs you can climb. Once you are at high elevations all bets are off . Your body and metabolism behave completely different. Some people bodies can adjust easily while others will really struggle. And there is no real way to determine which side you will fall into. All these Everest tourist are just playing chance

The experienced mountain guide who short-roped Sandy Hill was indeed "a Sherpa": his name was Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa. The day before, he'd climbed with 35kg on his back for about 1000m, into the "death zone." This load included Sandy Hill's Iridium sat phone for NBC. Lopsang was also the Sherpa who tried to save both groups's leaders, Fischer and Hall, albeit unsuccessfully. He was killed by an avalanche on Lhotse that September.

I know a man,who with his best friend,walked a good portion of Antarctica. The result was two self satisfied individuals who hated each other, two books blaming each other for the problems, and two people that were so smug and overbearing that noone can stand to be around. Yep.a life affirming experience

Dude, the fact that Anatoli went up and down several times is astounding. Astounding. It's life or death up there, folks. I don't begrudge Sandy doing what she could to stay alive. The results of her marriages are a pretty good analysis all by themselves. I certainly don't envy her.

Scott Fischer and Rob Hall were pioneering mountain tourism. They both died, but the 1996 disaster sparked interest in this sort of tourism. Nowadays, many people have been baby-stepped up Everest; so many that the achievement of topping out has little cachet any more. Climbers in crisis are left to die, since rescuing them would put other lives at risk. People have died waiting in the queue to top out. Everest is becoming an ecological disaster while lines of unserious and incapable climbers leave oxygen bottles, feces, toilet paper, and their dead bodies on this once-beautiful mountain. It's a sad, sad mess.

I know a man who worked as a waiter and delivery driver in a restaurant in Beverly Hills which is frequented by many people such as this. People who consider themselves superior because they have never had to work a day in their lives unless they feel like it. Rude, arrogant, obnoxious, entitled, pretentious, condescending. They couldn't survive a week without their family's money. But their self-esteem is off the charts.

It pains me that there are entire businesses charging huge sums to corporate egos with little experience or ability but want to be seen to be having an adventurous lifestyle. They endanger professional climbers and sherpas. It seems they all have mountainous egos which are never scaled. These people never give a damn who else they endanger or impact or hurt, as long as they are seen to achieve. Humility is a dish unpalatable to the egocentric.

Excellent analysis. Sandy Hill is THE best example of how a lady with class does NOT behave.

What incredible strength that guy Anatoli had to go back up twice and rescue two people is amazing at that altitude.

Narcissists don't have the ability to stop being narcissists.

I love this guy. He’s lowkey roasting her the whole time.

Hubris and greed - a deadly combination.

Not another one, you could do a whole series called Everest idiots

Two of the biggest things that stood out for me, was her *absolute* disrespect for other people- throwing an expensive necklace down the mountain in front of really poor men is despicable, but she clearly has no regard for how they live, or how doing what they do, risking their lives in mountain-climbing season is basically their bread and butter for the rest of the year. The fact that she didn't even give credit to the men who rescued her is beyond ungrateful. It's so shallow, it blows my mind how some people live their lives...

Since you brought grammar into the conversation, I want to thank you for using the word comprise correctly.

Thank you for this excellent video. What I found after searching "Sandy Pittman" convinces me your analysis is absolutely correct.

She can run up 26 flights of stairs 8 times a day??!! She should have put her energy into becoming a Fire Fighter.🧑‍🚒

Ungrateful with an undeserved sense of entitlement. She is completely oblivious as to how others perceive her. Socialite or sociopath?

The wait for ropes to be set on the Hilary Step was the biggest factor in most deaths that day.That caused a 2 hour delay to continue to the summit while standing still and using oxygen.

People like her will make that mountain much more colorful every single time the snow melts.

*Sandy never cared about the other people who died.* To her, they were merely obstacles and burdens to be shoved off for her own survival. As is horrifically common among socialites and influencers alike, she was and is only capable of thinking about HERSELF and how she is perceived. Anatoli should have left her on the mountain and saved Yasuko instead, and Everest should have been restricted to the public after this pointless insanity. I'll always stand by that. Media was right behind her, as is to be expected. Stop makin' stupid people famous!!

It seems that Sandy was so narcissistic that she may have even viewed her rescuers negatively - as people who diminished her by making her look weak. This would explain her refusal to thank them and her odd behavior.

Appreciate you preparing your videos that tell the truth about news stories.

My dad is a small time narcissist and can be effectively dangerous in his ways. How much more someone like this. Narcissism kills.... other people.

nothing is more reliable than rich people pretending purchased service amounts to personal merit. They can buy any skills or expertise they want to pretend is theirs.

Sad fact: Anatoli Bukrejew died one year later on Annapurna while trying a winter climb. His body was never found.

New to the Channel!!! First, Your ability to tell A Story is Amazing! The way You Unpack the Facts during the story are double Amazing!! Thank You for Sharing; Triple Amazing!!! 😊😊😊

I appreciate that you articulated the story so clearly and offered your analysis in clear and concise language. It was refreshing to hear a KZfaqr who actually covers the content and ends the video.

Imagine having to live with knowing you saved the most rotten person off the mountain when you could have saved more deserving people. 🤮

The Mount Everest decent is far more dangerous than reaching the summit. This applies to everyone. 1. Your oxygen tanks are running low, and most people will die without supplemental oxygen. 2. You already exhausted. The physical task on your body is unlike anything else, and there is no real training for it. The Death Zone is real. It is not a marketing gimmick. 3. There is a crash of adrenaline. On the ascent, you have a specific goal, reach that summit, on the descent, that adrenaline rush is gone. That adrenaline can help push you to the top, but it is gone to get you off the mountain.

3:50 Running up stairs is hard work. But her regime of stair climbing adds up to an equivalent of about 2200 feet of climbing in a day. That’s not nothing, however, I used to run on the varsity track and cross country teams in college and I asked my coach (my coach has a masters degree in kinesiology and was a college coach for decades) about running stairs, since it is a popular training as seen in movies and TV, his response was “it gets you really good at climbing stairs”.

Your words are VERY WELL chosen and presented.

Dangerously unqualified people, with money. God help us all

It sounds like Sandy got a free ride her entire life. Thanks to the hard work of others. Her father, her husband(s), and those people on Everest. She couldnt have afforded any of these experiences on the salary of a "columnist". Im using that term generously

Thank you for this presentation.

Dude. How did I just find your channel? Who ARE you and why is your disposition so awesome. And your storytelling, suburb. And your analysis, hysterical. Cheers and thanks for your channel.

Me: Why is it known as The Death Zone? Dr. G: Because the conditions there are inconsistent with life. Nailed it...

"Into Thin Air" is a good read about that tragic episode on Everest written by a journalist that was there.

Without intending to excuse any of Sandy Hill's failings as a climber or as a person, she was not solely or even predominantly to blame for her or her team's ultimate failures and fatalities. Scott and Rob both made choices that fateful day that lead directly to numerous critical failures, which, given their professional climbing experience and paid positions as team leaders, should have been weighed to the safety of their clients, but was instead swayed towards the viability of their climbing businesses. In particular, neither correctly determined or enforced a turnaround point once they both became aware that they had begun their respective team's climb too late, given the traffic on the mountain that day, and the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions as the climb progressed. Sandy's behaviour after the fact was reprehensible and repulsive, but it would not have become a focus outside the immediate perspective of those present, if not for the self-interested choices made by Scott and Rob, who were both competing in the lucrative market of Everest climbers. Both understood that calling off the climb on the cusp of 'success', could have a significant negative impact for both them, as the year's season was pretty much over with that final climb, because the weather would become impossible to climb through till the following year's season. So each of them were incentivised to push clients to finish successfully, and consequently tell other wealthy friends and colleagues about their experience and generate more business for the companies that guided them through. Under normal conditions, no one could begrudge their motivations, but on Everest, anything that is prioritised before personal safety can quickly become a fatal flaw in reasoning, as this catastrophe clearly demonstrates.

Love your Channel! And you have a great narrator‘s Voice.

Im starting to see a pattern here. Grandiose personalities love to involve themselves with Mt. Everest

Without the Sherpa nobody could summit Everest, no matter how rich they are. Ok let me correct myself... when I said nobody I meant the general public. I should have been more specific. The average paid client of any of the adventure companies are completely dependent on the Sherpa. I was not referring to world class climbers... yes im aware of the many people who conquered Everest without Sherpa or Oxygen. Sorry for the careless comment I made before. Love to all ❤️

"her response was painful in many ways, including grammatically" LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:02 the fact is climbing the other summits in The Seven Summits are no joke.

PBS's "Storm Over Everest" (in which Sandy Hill Pittman appears, and sounds very smug) is one of the most affecting documentaries I've ever seen, I watch it about once a year. It's free on KZfaq

They don't call it Mt. Ever-rest for nothing !! 😂

Caught on the replay this morning you were a little late for me last night lol...Thank you for the update 🙏🙏🙏

Very good Doc. Clever as usual!!

Three things stood out narcissistic, self entitled, lack of empathy for others. Draw your own conclusions.

is there anything worse than an ungrateful socialite? I think not!

I thank you very much for your great analysis. Take care.

Excellent, informative, and comprehensive explanation and analysis of this situation. I agree with your conclusion, and I don’t understand how Sandy could begin to take credit for completion of the climb. She quit before it was finished, and she has blood on her hands for not being fully prepared. The team leaders who gave their lives didn’t quit and no doubt realized their own mistakes and had a “if only I had…” conversation with themselves in the last minutes and seconds of their consciousness!

Yasuko Namba was also a noted mountaineer. She was the second Japanese woman to climb the seven summit. RIP to her.

As far as narcissism goes she was ahead of her time

A bit you left out is that climbing Mount Everest by the South Col route, the normal route, isn't really what most people think of as mountaineering any more: 1) There are fixed ropes for most of the route, especially in the most dangerous sections. 2) There are camps of tents already in place at regular intervals up the mountain. 3) There are large numbers of highly-skilled guides and Sherpas to assist less skilled and resilient people. So while it is true to say that Sandy Hill wasn't fit enough or competent enough to climb Mount Everest, and just paid $65,000 to make this happen, there were/are/will be loads of other affluent people just like her who have done the same thing.

After watching this video, I got inspired to study this story more deeply. Though Sandy Hill made a few choices that made it more difficult for the team to recover once the situation went south, she really wasn’t responsible for the disaster. It was primarily the leaders who doomed the team, mostly due to their insistence on reaching the summit despite being well behind the turn-around time. Even if Sandy Hill has been impeccable in her judgment and preparation, there still would have been multiple fatalities on that trip.

What an incredible Narcissist, it’s sad people had to lose their lives due to her negligence

What’s I heard is a tale of classic narcissist who’s out to show the world how great she is while putting several lives in danger.

Great video! Thank you.

If Sandy succeeded with climbing 6 out of 7 continental summits AND was able to run up 26-flights of stairs 8-times daily, then anyone would empirically have to conclude that Sandy was a world-class mountain climber absolutely qualified for Mt. Everest. Dr. Todd, I’m not a mountain climber, but you were patently wrong to say she had no business trying to climb Mount Everest.

Some people don't realize that just the words THANK YOU....can mean so much....

It’s very presumptuous to write a book about mountain climbing success before you accomplished it, and that’s what it sounds like she did. RIP Scott! RIP to the others as well who perished. It’s beyond what I would attempt! Anatoli was a hero that day. May he rest in peace.

_"Disappointment Peak"_ was the perfect name for Sandys first summit...as well as her as a person overall.

Stopped and paid homage @ the Everest Climbers Memorial on the way to EBC (Everest Base Camp) in 2019. Sobering and sad. I’ve climbed a few mountains and always remember that the summit is only half way.

I can't imagine. I drove a car up 14,000 ft Mt.Evans in Colorado and got altitude sickness quickly, had to descend. That's the extent of my mountain climbing😅😅

Once entitled, always entitled. It's a mindset that never goes away.

If you’re actually analyzing this, Sandy Hill was a highly skilled, very experienced extreme mountaineer, and the so-called journalist who depicted her as a spoiled socialite had an irrational contempt for her even though they only briefly met twice. Many of the mountaineers had satellite phones at base camp, but only her having one was a problem. Her cappuccino machine was just a regular 2 pound camping coffee pot like everyone else had. She put some powdered milk in her coffee and shook it, and other hikers joked about her needing her cappuccino. Krakauer somehow managed to not realize she didn’t actually have a 35 lb machine that had to be plugged in at camp 4.

Mountain Madness. MADNESS IS THE KEY WORD THERE!

I've met quite a few people who climbed Mount Everest and all of them were great people and humble. One lady who summited years earlier was so traumatized by the ordeal that she had great difficulty even talking about it. Regardless of what the media states, it is a life or death situation, nothing that we can imagine while sitting at home in our comfy chairs can comprehend the effort.

All the Sherpas and Climbing Guides instantly recognize the cry of the Karen in the wild, "But I'm Rich!?" and "Just do it! Thats what you're paid for!"

Helping people who don't deserve is a crime

"Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion." Anatoli Boukreev

The 1996 Mt. Everest disaster was a cascade of failures, there’s so many things that went wrong that contributed to the disaster. Greed, arrogance, lack of safety, lack of common sense, you name it.

Ms Hill is exceedingly fortunate that she didn't remain on Mt Everest as one of the 300+ climbers who are now permanent residents of the top of the world. I believe that she had CONSIDERABLY more responsibility for the fact that the other climbers died because the initial delays in the summit push were directly caused by the Sherpa who was supposed to place the ropes in preparation for the Hillary step and another area I cannot quite recall ATM. Unfortunately Ms Hill was occupying all his time delaying BOTH companies summit push that day. Scott, MM leader, was frustrated with this problem, which would cause the ultimately fatal delays by still being in the dead zone after they should have summited and be returning to Camp 4. Ms Hill was also literally being carried UP the mountain by another Sherpa because Scott knew just what her positive reviews of her Everest trip would do for his business, but the book she planned to write about her great victory remains unwritten until this day. I watched a fairly recent interview she did speaking about her Mt Everest experience and you could easily be forgiven into believing that all went according to plan, but people died and Ms Hill remains persona non grata in the mountain climbing community. Thanks for reading.

After hearing she was twice married by aged 22 and graduated with a degree in art history, I heard enough (for now).

Stunning & Brave!

Dr. G str8 destroying Sandy's ego. I will be forever grateful to the people who have helped me.

I struggle to understand the appeal of conquering Everest. I mean with all the guides and so forth and all the fellow climbers it seems neither particularly unique nor a good testament to one’s determination or abilities. Maybe it is just a good dinner table anecdote for the wealthy

I agree with the narrator that the woman wasn't capable of climbing the mountain and shouldn't have but also that the guides shouldn't take narcissistic clients who are incapable no matter how much money they offer.

Interesting video. Thanks!