Anyone have good Sherpa/mountaineering documentary recommendations?
Do you speak German or Dutch? It‘s not a documentary, but Toine Heijmans wrote a spectacular book on mountaineering called Zuurstofschuld. There‘s only a German translation though so far. I read the thing cover-to-cover in three days, best read I‘ve had in a while.
Not exactly what you’re looking for, but “Scary Interesting” on youtube has some good mountaineering gone wrong stories. They’re typically 10-20 minutes long.
I fuckin love that channel. So many late nights watching the 5 worst cave experiences
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
More of a biography covering her entire life
Into Thin Air. I think they made a movie, but I read the book.
It’s been probably 25 years since I read it and I can still remember what an impression it made.
Big recommend!
This one on K2 was really interesting. It goes in-depth on why K2 is so much more dangerous than Everest and the many failures of the people attempting to be the first to make it to the top.
14 Peaks: About a Nepalese mountaineer.
… for a split second I though another Siffredi is a talented snowboarder …
Siffredi was the first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard, completing this feat in 2001 via the Norton Couloir.[1][2] In 2002, he disappeared after making his second Everest summit, while attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir; his body has never been found.
dude actually did it once
I made a rule for myself because of stuff like this
If you’ve done something fun but incredibly stupid and got away with it the first time, never do it a second time.
I see you’ve met my ex…
Have to ask yourself honestly if it was luck or skill.
I have and I’ve determined it was.
I am convinced that given enough time, the gene for Tries Crazy Shit and the gene for Has Mad Skills will converge.
I just know that I have neither B)
But… he never did that other route!
It was probably pretty gnar
my mantra is “don’t tempt fate”
could I e.g. jump off a 3 story building into a pool? probably. but if I’m wrong then I’m either dead or severely injured and will probably regret that jump for the rest of my life.
I see where you’re coming from. But luck favors the bold. And I would most definitely regret not doing something for the rest of my life
But after the first attempt your no longer bold, just dumb.
I think you mean survivorship bias favours the bold.
Tomato, tomato
luck favors the bold
As my dad used to say, ‘The feint of heart never fucked the fair maiden’.
This right here.
As someone who’s been skateboarding for 40 years, I’ve almost always had that “This is a bad idea” feeling right before getting a serious injury.
Took longer than I care to admit to start listening to it.
My kid loves physical fail videos, and there’s lots of skateboarding. Some make me curl up in a ball, but I let him watch them because honestly they are pretty instructive.
Popsicle.
All the skaters just cringed, lol.
Same with dirt bikes and ATVs. Rolled a few and there’s always a point on that too steep hill where you feel the shift and realize oh no, gravity will be making all of the decisions from here on out and I’m just a spectator. I don’t ride nearly as recklessly as I used to.
It’s like winning big money the very first time you try gambling. You ought to quit while you’re ahead, but your judgement is too clouded to actually stop yourself.
Possibly twice 🤷♀️
Right? His body was never found, so maybe he reached the bottom and hitched a ride to escape his life and now he’s in a monetary somewhere in Nepal leading a quiet, peaceful existence
Or maybe it just reached the bottom and got thrown in the trash because the Sherpas ain’t got time for dead white boi paperwork
He’s just out there chilling with DB Cooper.
this reminds me of people that started winning big at the casino, but left empty handed because they continue playing
Is it… is it possible he ran away? Like I’ve seen documentaries where people disappear only to be found years later across the country. And people be like: dude made a second life, got tired of it and came back.
I hope he got all the pussy up-front.
Where else does one find the pussy?
The bussy
I’ve never strayed so far from God’s light, but I’ve heard some pagans “hit it from behind?”
That’s the whitest thing I’ve heard of in a while.
At least his brother went on to have a good career
And he conquered many large mountains.
And many a crevasse
Heyo!
Fill it!
Probably fell in a crevasse, never to be seen again.
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Good? Stay off the fucking mountain. It’s already been littered with human trash and bodies. It’s no longer a milestone it’s a human trash collector. Fuck him.
He did it 20 years ago stfu
it is 2025, it was fucked 20 years ago too
It’s no longer a milestone it’s a human
trashcollector.
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