Seeing the number of people on Everest kills all my desire to even dream of doing it.

Certification for different levels of mountaineering might work. You have to be certified to scuba dive so why not for certain types of mountaineering?

Now I'm convinced. Take the helicopter to base camp, make my selfies then immediately take the helicopter back down, tell everyone I was on Everest.

It's these people who are destroying a mountain leaving their trash. True hikers and climbers know that rule pack out what you pack in.

I'm already fully satisfied climbing my double story house multiple times daily....

"Hey Everest Lovers, please try me." From K-2

I'm waiting for the point when they build a Starbucks and McDonalds at base camp.

Realest vid about Everest this season. Thank you BBC for interviewing the right people, and not sugarcoating it! Kudos to the interviewees as well; they really know what it's about.

I caught the Everest bug in 98 but I knew after living in the alps that climbing it was beyond my ability’s . I hiked the old route in from Jiri, the same that the Tenzing, Hillary team did back in the 50’s then I spend 3 days at Gorak shep getting great views from the dry hill at 5600m Kala pathar . I also visiting base camp a couple of times. If you don’t have at least a decade of climbing experience don’t go up and risk yourself and everyone else’s life, just do what I did and have a great Everest adventure, It’s rewarding.

This is tragic. I grew up reading about the great expeditions on Everest when reaching the summit meant something: the 1st ascent in 1953 with Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay , the 1963 American expedition and the 1st West ridge ascent of Willie Unsoeld and Thomas Hornbein, the 1975 huge British SW face ascent- truly epic, the 1978 Austrian expedition with Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler and their 1st ascent without supplemental Oxygen to the 1980 solo climb of Messner where I believe he was the ONLY person on Everest at the time, climbing from the North. That may have been the last time a human was alone on the upper mountain. (his girlfriend stayed at basecamp while Messner ascended)

In the Alps certain things are just common courtesy, like stepping over the rope or letting down climbers go first or showing interest in a climber that doesn't look that happy, the higher the mountain the lower the morals

Dies trying to summit Everest for social media clout

He makes so much sense. Some people are ON Everest and are still learning the basics. They endanger everyone else. People need to understand what they're getting themselves into and be realistic.

Cut down on Everest traffic: New rule, you have to have a documented summit of K2 or Annapurna to be eligible for Everest permit.

There is no shame faking yourself on the summit of the Everest. You just save the fragile Everest environment and even someone's life.

Iv been up Everest more times than most...….seen its beauty from my sofa with the heat on...……..KZfaq is such a wonderful thing.....iv experienced things I never thought id ever see ;-)

The thing he said about people doing it in 9-12 months. Is so true. And Indian cartoonist and his wife who just did minor treks decided to do Mt. Everest. And sadly he lost his wife on the way down. And his wife could not move. She collapsed. And she called him - 'leave everything, come to me'. And when he was with her, he just sobbed as she faded. And then the sherpa asked him to go down else he will die too, she will be alive and they can get help from camp 4. But she actually died few minutes later. Retrieved her body few days later.

There should be some qualification criteria, like they have in some international marathons.

thank goodness sir Edmund doesn't have to see what hes started

MORE like this please; beautiful relevant photography.

What's the music at the beginning?

Just one glimpse of the video , It's frekkin EPIC !!!

This was a great video. I saw scenes that depicted the journey up Everest that I've never seen before. The action at 4:12 was a famous scene from earlier this year that went viral around the world. They're destroying the mountain. They also say that the amount of spent oxygen canisters left lying around like garbage is despicable. What Tim Mosedale mentioned about climbers showing no consideration for other climbers when they tire and need to rest reminds me of the way people drive.

A well made vignette, nicely done!

Being on top of the world to me is flying over the polar icecaps safely, it’s indescribably beautiful especially at night with a full moon 🌕

Some people have no business on mountains , the man's bang on when he says they become a liability not just for themselves, but anyone near them.

I think education and information is way more important here. As a beginner and hobby trekker I realized most communities on trekking seem to gloss over a lot of the hardships that goes into been physically fit. From running miles on end, to changes in diet, body type, and endurance training. The months of planning, understanding your limit etc. I was one of those who got into trekking cause I was roaming in the mountains inside a 4x4 but as I ensure more I found a new respect for the altitudes. Maybe expedition companies can list down a few of the mountains that trekkers need to summit to be eligible

I'm surprised the Sherpas haven't worked out some kind of climbing etiquette. Stepping to the other side of the rope to let others pass seems so logical. The outfitters should be responsible for making sure their clients have the proper gear(only what is necessary, nothing extraneous) and wearing it correctly.

Never been in a queue before but I can't count the times I have had to wait in line.

It was an honor to climb mt everest before. Now its all about how rich you're

I would have no trouble saying "Enough, I'm going down." To me, it's a sign of common sense.

So may I ask where do I start to accumulate the experience and skills? I’m 18 and I live in Asia currently, there are not really mountains or courses near me where I can learn mountaineering especially in snowy conditions. But I am willing to travel to climb so where is the best place to start learning?

i want to know what song that was in the intro/outro, pretty sick

Excellent content

Very interesting & informative video

Recipe for disaster. 100% correct. Anyone who tries to summit in one of those log jams is plain stupid. For what? A selfie at the top? People die there every year. I just don't get it.

I haven't bothered to watch this but I imagine queuing on Everest is rather like queuing anywhere, I've queued many times in many places in the last 50 years all over the world and the variations in queuing technique and protocol were in my experience remarkably similar. Though now I wonder by not watching how people queue on Everest, am I missing a revolutionary new queuing method?

Perhaps the Nepalese and Chinese governments should charge way higher fees for permissions to climb the Everest during the so called "May window" when conditions for climbers are the best. They could charge lower fees for less convenient dates. The reason so long queues form is the fact that most climbers attempt the summit during that best window in May. This window works just as the high demand seasons for hotels, resorts and flights. When demand is so high prices go up. The higher the price the fewer people end up paying for it. Price discrimination according to climbing seasons throughput the year may thus help this situation. The Nepalese and Chinese governments could also give a price discount (for the permission to climb) to certified climbers and sherpas. The same government could offer the official certification services and even official climbing courses with a cost (for those who want to eventually get the certification and hence a price discount). The governments could only give permissions to climb to those certified climbers thus limiting the number of climbers during peak window and thus preventing unexperienced climbers from climbing and putting the life of other climbers at risk.

Song at the begging?

getting to base camp on solo trek is too tough how much more heading to the summit. A gamble between life and death. Salute for those u have summited 🤙🏾💯💞🏔️🇳🇵

I was up everest a few weeks ago and it was so busy i bumped into 2 old work colleagues. What are the chances

You: Hey, I just climbed Everest! Friend back home: Great, man! Good for you! Hey, remember that chick from the bar?

i never understood why it became the guided tour in large groups way instead of the alpine summit way (39hrs up and down). it’s so sad to see what has happene

Enjoyed watching that!

whats the name of the music at 8:15?

Director: Hmmm...what would make a really cool B roll intro for an Everest documentary? OH I KNOW! Changing the sheets

I never even imagined that this is a problem!

I can't wait on the highway for more than 15mints... Let alone on Everest and that too feet to feet shoulder to shoulder

Great video

Oh, that example was good!

I think that was pretty objective and honest really. Without wishing to be naive and you already mentioned that the Nepal authorities who perhaps govern and control the climbing; is there no way a code of conduct could be established? Fast-lane, slow-lane; and sure, that would perhaps introduce issues concerning speed of climb versus those who are unable and then mentally other issues kick in for sure.....but surely..."please let me pass...."...might work??? haha as i type this i realise it probably couldn't work for so many reasons. How frustrating it must be; and for all concerned whether it be the most experienced to least. Safe climbing to all. These videos are inspirational and fascinating to all for sure!

Tell everyone your Everest dream, take the month off, sit your arse down at a tropical resort, go past a green screen/ digital photograph/photoshop expert on the way home, post Everest photo....clout!!!

positive comment (because everything I'd read from this video sounds so negative): I want to climb Everest - I don't have the necessary skills right now but climbing Stok Kangri in 2019 (search it up, it's such a beautiful mountain) has made me realise my passion. I want to learn the skills, and be the best mountaineer I can be so that I can stand on top of the world - that's just a nuts feeling. But you've got to enjoy the journey - it's not straight to Everest but you can enjoy doing all the other beautiful beasts first!

06:27 wonder who brought that climber to Everest?

1:56 “walking in the footsteps of the greatest mountaineers in the world” ...maybe on K2, not on Everest anymore. Not the Nepal side at least. If you’re being taught at base camp how to put on crampons, you are not an elite mountaineer.

I climb once a Hill and i was nicely alone, beside i dont brag about it.

That’s life on earth in the age of Instagram and Facebook. Fools chasing that selfie 🤳 Pathetic.

I'm dying to climb Everest!

Why can't the bbc ever get their audio levels right?

At 1 minute 20 seeing the guy change his soiled sheets is a bit weird

Would you help someone who stopped to take rest and didn't get back up but was alive when you came across them. ....

Mountain should be respected, in the culture of Himalayan region we always worship before ascent to the top to be sorry for stepping foot on the top. One should be never under value its beauty and belief. This short and sweet scene really touch my point of view and opinion.

Very disturbing is the scene of the melting ice,which means more flooding downstream!

Seeing the number of people in a line AT THE TOP and knowing many of them paid $60k+ to climb really devalues the thought of climbing to the top. I would be happy with just doing a small tour to get the best views of the landscape.

Knowing-How-to-Queue (and stay out of the way): such a simple common courtesy that seems lost in our modern, high-tech world.

0F/-18C and the dang ice cream machine would STILL be broken at that McDonald's on Base Camp @GregSmith 🤣 OP, Great film!

Its really a matter of concern as pollution in the himalayas as well as many expedition team comes,i think we should limit the expedition number for the good and safety of all

Nepal needs every dime, so nothing will ever change. Western ego not in check will kill you when u least expect it. Namaste Nepal, I love and miss u!

"there is too many people here" when you go there you are one of those people too haha

I've always dreamt of climbing Everest and I've summited quite a few smaller peaks but the queues and unqualified people make me never want to go. I've been mountaineering for a few years and I'm still not ready for an Everest expedition yet these middle aged rich folks climb one 2000m mountain and think they can do it. They put undue risk on the other climbers and on the sherpas. They should face murder or at least manslaughter charges every time someone dies due to their queues and inexperience.

You know that climbing Everest is easy when you see these kind of challenges. I mean it were the skilled climbers who established climbing Everest as a business and let these inexperienced hikers in.

when are vail buying this mountain? ill wait for the gondola

thats sick

Needs to be like flying an aircraft and you need to qualify by doing easier summits to gain a license. to go higher.

Imagine gate keeping a mountain

The environmental toll these tourists leave behind is another rarely told tragedy on it's own. Piles of debris, oxygen bottles, human waste left everywhere. I watched a great documentary about the Indian Army efforts to clean up the mountain. Sadly it was the year of the earthquake and their efforts turned into a rescue mission instead and they were only able to clean up base camp. Luckily no one from their team died. Hopefully they will make stricter enforcements of what you take there you must bring down. I know that will be harder to do in the death zone, but leaving these other places a landfill is unnecessary and shows just how these tourist view their place on that mountain and in life, it's really sad.

There should be a qualification for people wanting to attempt everest. 5- 6000m peaks, 3- 7000m peaks and an 8000m before you can qualify to climb. It will reduce numbers and seperate those who are serious and those who arent.

How the hell did Mallory and Irving nearly get to the top of Everest in tweed suits .?

Tim sounds like Simon Yates!

Not raising the fee or cutting the quota but I think it would be better if Nepal government sets certain qualification to climb Everest. Like say u should have climbed at least a 6000m plus mountain before if not a 8000m one. They could then arrange attractive combined packages of Everest and other smaller peaks in Nepal. That way if a person is a passionate mountaineer one would never try Everest first anyway, so trouble of climbing mountain twice goes out of the equation. They would enjoy it more with a cheaper single package than doing it twice separately. Doesn't need to be done in the same year. This way the government already has idea of how many might climb in coming years. This will help when deciding to give permits to others. The revenue will be there but more importantly the traffic gets divided. They can then prioritize these package holders to climb Everest. If beside these, the number wanting to climb is still too many they can regulate frequent climbers who are increasingly just becoming an advertisement tool from sponsors. Just a quick suggestion from a keen follower of the story, no other qualifications besides that :)

7:43 blue peter badge!

I'm walking here!

yes

Mountaineering requires experience of 15 to 25 years but it's a race for Everest so casualties are happening

great

Road rage on the Summit!

Just quit having someone else lay out the lines and placing equipment along the route and it will eliminate all the people that shouldn't be up there. And then just install a lift for all of those people. They could make more money and alot less lives would be lost.

lol if anyone tell me he climb mt everest me : hows the queue ?

Carbon footprint of a mountaineer !!!

Ok it’s a long hike. Sounds like shopping in Oxford Street at least no pick pockets

I've been on two Everest expeditions and he's right about being behind someone, every step is a struggle and you waste precious oxygen just standing there, there needs to be limits on how many can climb for sure.

Everest summit needs some vending machines & porta pottys

It must’ve been heaven for hillary and tenzing Just them and the final push

I want to go up top

How do you take a piss when you're in line like that

I just love the makeup commercials I have to wait through to watch this. Good job, KZfaq 👍🏼

Basically Everest is a challenge because you will die without Oxygen. That's it. It's a simple climb other than the altitude so anyone with money in decent shape can do it because the Sherpa's do all the real work. Make everyone carry their own supplies up and down, that will end queues and will be the last time a non Sherpa ever climbs the mountain.

Climbing Everest was an achievement when it was first done but now it is an embarrassment. There is this big thing called the ocean. Want a challenge without queues? Swim 100 km in a 4 metre swell. Body surf St Nazare (actually there could be a small queue since I know someone who has body surfed a 20M+ wave there, but you wouldn't need to wait long). Free dive to 200m . No queues for that. Climb El Capitan bare handed with Alex Honnold on your back. No queues for that one either.

Anyone else see the collective vanity concentrating in one single very dangerous place?

Tim Mosedale: Why do you keep going back after experiencing that madness? There are many mountains out there better than Everest in many ways. Your clients want to go so they can also bag it and brag it, so you go as well?