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Back in the 90s, I went to see an IMAX film about climbing Everest and at the beginning, I was thinking, “I could do this,” but as it continued my view turned i

by dhosek 3mo ago

Back in the 90s, I went to see an IMAX film about climbing Everest and at the beginning, I was thinking, “I could do this,” but as it continued my view turned into, “I will never do this. This is insane.” What’s really scary now is that it’s turned into something where people have to literally stand in line to reach the summit.

trhway 3mo ago
With today tech - cameras, drones - the tragedy would unfold like a reality TV. Several months ago a woman broke her leg and stuck as a result at 6800m on Pobeda Peak in Russia and died in several days while the whole country was watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbr02F36YdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbr02F36YdQ
- no-name-here 3mo ago
  Text: https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climber-natalia-nagovitsina-has-died-kyrgyzstan-s-mountaineering-federation-says https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climbe... Link at the bottom has previous update
- throwup238 3mo ago
  For context: One climber died and a helicopter crashed trying to rescue her. No one's ever been rescued before at that altitude on that mountain range.
- 21asdffdsa12 3mo ago
  There was a video-stream company that got famous live-streaming a technician who fell when dismounting a condor-egg camera.
  - verzali 3mo ago
    ... pied piper?...
- TFNA 3mo ago
  > 6800m on Pobeda Peak in Russia I thought, “There’s no way a peak in Russia can be that high”, and indeed, you got the unit wrong, this is 3,003 m. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Pobeda_(Sakha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Pobeda_(Sakha)
  - trhway 3mo ago
    you've got the wrong peak. 7439m: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu 3000m is nothing. Mount Shasta is 4200m and we, just regular guys, walked up to its summit without any experience, etc. in 2 days. People easy do it in 1 day.
    - TFNA 3mo ago
      Jengish Chokusu is in Kyrgyzstan, not Russia. And during the Soviet era it was part of the Kyrgyz SFSR, not the Russian SFSR. You’d have to be talking about events happening before 1917 (when it was part of the general Russian Empire) for someone writing in 2026 to reasonably describe it as “in Russia”. > 3000m is nothing Not (to speak of the other Peak Pobeda) in Yakutia.
      - dredmorbius 3mo ago
        From the Meduza story linked earlier in this subthread: Russian mountain climber Natalia Nagovitsina, who got stranded on Kyrgyzstan’s Pobeda Peak on August 12 after suffering an injury during her descent, has died... <https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climber-natalia-nagovitsina-has-died-kyrgyzstan-s-mountaineering-federation-says https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climbe...> The climber was Russian. The peak, Kyrgyzstani. The name "Pobeda" means "Victory" in Russian. Mountains (and other geographic features) often share names, and specifying which and where can occasionally be confusing. Tolerance for someone mis-remembering elements of a story helps avoid tedious comment litigation.
        TFNA 3mo ago
bambax 3mo ago
I could absolutely not do this, but "Into Thin Air" (which mentions Green Boots many times) is a great book. Highly recommended.
marcyb5st 3mo ago
If you like hiking and tough, but rewarding, trails, consider the one to the base camp of Everest, or the roundtrip around the Annapurna. I did both and they are truly amazing without the craziness that has become climbing those Mountains. When I reached the basecamp it really felt like being in a weird Venice or Florence, with "tourist groups" and their guides. Crazy stuff. Especially the Annapurna one, you still climb up to 5+k meters in altitude, and seeing the actual mountain still towering over you is crazy once you realize.

by dhosek 3mo ago

trhway 3mo ago

With today tech - cameras, drones - the tragedy would unfold like a reality TV. Several months ago a woman broke her leg and stuck as a result at 6800m on Pobeda Peak in Russia and died in several days while the whole country was watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbr02F36YdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbr02F36YdQ

no-name-here 3mo ago
Text: https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climber-natalia-nagovitsina-has-died-kyrgyzstan-s-mountaineering-federation-says https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climbe... Link at the bottom has previous update
throwup238 3mo ago
For context: One climber died and a helicopter crashed trying to rescue her. No one's ever been rescued before at that altitude on that mountain range.
21asdffdsa12 3mo ago
There was a video-stream company that got famous live-streaming a technician who fell when dismounting a condor-egg camera.
- verzali 3mo ago
  ... pied piper?...
TFNA 3mo ago
> 6800m on Pobeda Peak in Russia I thought, “There’s no way a peak in Russia can be that high”, and indeed, you got the unit wrong, this is 3,003 m. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Pobeda_(Sakha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Pobeda_(Sakha)
- trhway 3mo ago
  you've got the wrong peak. 7439m: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu 3000m is nothing. Mount Shasta is 4200m and we, just regular guys, walked up to its summit without any experience, etc. in 2 days. People easy do it in 1 day.
  - TFNA 3mo ago
    Jengish Chokusu is in Kyrgyzstan, not Russia. And during the Soviet era it was part of the Kyrgyz SFSR, not the Russian SFSR. You’d have to be talking about events happening before 1917 (when it was part of the general Russian Empire) for someone writing in 2026 to reasonably describe it as “in Russia”. > 3000m is nothing Not (to speak of the other Peak Pobeda) in Yakutia.
    - dredmorbius 3mo ago
      From the Meduza story linked earlier in this subthread: Russian mountain climber Natalia Nagovitsina, who got stranded on Kyrgyzstan’s Pobeda Peak on August 12 after suffering an injury during her descent, has died... <https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climber-natalia-nagovitsina-has-died-kyrgyzstan-s-mountaineering-federation-says https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climbe...> The climber was Russian. The peak, Kyrgyzstani. The name "Pobeda" means "Victory" in Russian. Mountains (and other geographic features) often share names, and specifying which and where can occasionally be confusing. Tolerance for someone mis-remembering elements of a story helps avoid tedious comment litigation.
      - TFNA 3mo ago

bambax 3mo ago

I could absolutely not do this, but "Into Thin Air" (which mentions Green Boots many times) is a great book. Highly recommended.

marcyb5st 3mo ago

If you like hiking and tough, but rewarding, trails, consider the one to the base camp of Everest, or the roundtrip around the Annapurna. I did both and they are truly amazing without the craziness that has become climbing those Mountains. When I reached the basecamp it really felt like being in a weird Venice or Florence, with "tourist groups" and their guides. Crazy stuff. Especially the Annapurna one, you still climb up to 5+k meters in altitude, and seeing the actual mountain still towering over you is crazy once you realize.