These Climbers Learned Why Nanga Parbat Is Called "Killer Mountain" | Mountaineering Disasters

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On May 2nd, 1934, a group of 9 European climbers and 35 porters decided to head out on an expedition to the Nanga Parbat mountain and attempt to reach its summit. The men were all highly experienced climbers and scientists who had achieved various climbing feats. The group was headed by 33 year old Willy Merkl, a German mountain climber who had initially attempted the feat in 1932. Merkl's 1932 team was beaten back due to poor planning and unreliable porters who stole their supplies. But Merkl never gave up. In 1934, just two years after his first summit attempt, he assembled another team. This team, especially the porters, were a significant upgrade from the last ones. They were experienced, better prepared and well financed. His previous attempt in 1932 had suffered a number of setbacks mostly because of lack of finance and poor planning, but this time the expedition was fully backed by the German government. However, they had no idea of the disaster that awaited them.


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  • @FinnishLapphund
    I really like the narrator's voice you're using, I think it's easy to listen to, but I wish the video had included a bit more details. E.g. when I heard "X more climber/porters died", it made me wonder Who? I realise that maybe it isn't always entirely clear who disappeared/died were, and that sadly the names of individual porters/Sherpas weren't/aren't always viewed as being as noteworthy as the names of the climbers, but I still would've thought that a few more names of at least the climbers where known. Although, I suppose it's not easy to find the right balance between use too few names, and at least I wondered Who was that? But if you'd used everyones names, I maybe still would've wondered Who was that, because it might've felt like a clutter of names. Anyhow, overall I liked the video.
  • @zipididodad
    Hate videos that show irrelevant pictures. Narrative was good, but really, the Matterhorn is supposed to represent a mountain in the Himalayas?
  • @a13suraadventures93
    Make a video on Nanda devi tragedy mountaineers died during the twenty23 expedition whole group either disappeared or was found dead
  • @warderandall2355
    Good story, AI is terrible. I almost couldn't watch....certainly not subscribing