Famed mountain climber and guide Rob Hall once said that if you’re stuck near the summit of Mount Everest you might as well be on the moon. Little did he know that his words would one day come true. THIS IS PART ONE OF A TWO PART SERIES

HERE'S PART 2:
   • When The Strong Fall: The 1996 Everest Dis...  

TRIGGER WARNING: information revealed in this video will present little known information about the disaster that will change everything you thought you knew about it, concerning one of the major players that year on the mountain.

This is PART 1 of a two part series on the 1996 Everest disaster that claimed eight lives on May 10 and 11 of that year. We'll look into some of the key decisions that may have had an impact on the outcome of the storm.

Key figures we'll be talking about include:
Rob Hall
Scott Fischer
Jon Krakauer
Anatoli Boukreev
Sandy Pittman
Neal Beidleman
David Breashears
Ed Viesturs


Individuals who lost their lives during storm of 1996
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South/Nepal:
Yasuko Namba (client) - Japan
Rob Hall (owner Adventure Consultants) - New Zealand
Scott Fischer (owner Mountain madness) - USA
Andy Harris (guide) - New Zealand
Doug Hansen (client) - USA

North/Tibet
Dorje Morup (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) - India
Tsewang Paljor (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) - India
Tsewang Samanla (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) - India

TIME STAMPS

00:00 - Introduction to the most talked about 36 hours in the history of Everest
1:51 - Trigger Warning
2:46 - Key moments of 1996 disaster
3:56 - Scott Fischer
4:57 - Sandy Pittman
5:15 - Jon Krakauer
6:43 - Neal Beidleman on competition between Hall and Fischer
9:11 - May 8: IMAX team turns around because of poor conditions & Ed Viesturs reaction
12:32 - May 9 - 10 departure to the summit & rope fixing controversy
14:16 - Oxygen supplies for summit bids
16:32 - Neal Beidleman encounters Lopsang on Balcony / explanation of short roping
18:27 - Beidleman ended up fixing the ropes instead
19:22 - joined by Boukreev / first traffic jam of day and discussion of Boukreev climbing without the use of bottled oxygen
21:12 - Boukreev reaches summit about 1PM & discussion of turnaround time, storm making its way to the mountain
22:44 - Boukreev made choice on his own to climb without bottled oxygen & responsibilities of guides, experience of Adrian Ballinger


Videos discussed in this video:

Anatoli Boukreev's Controversial Actions in the '96 Everest Disaster
   • Anatoli Boukreev's Controversial Actions i...  

The REAL Story of Sandy Pittman's 1996 Everest Tragedy & Fallout
   • The REAL Story of Sandy Pittman's 1996 Eve...  

Decoding Scott Fischer's Role in the 1996 Everest Tragedy
   • Decoding Scott Fischer's Role in the 1996 ...  

Everest '96 Disaster | Boukreev v. Krakauer
youtube.com/live/eq1ILYiCWIk

How NOT to Guide Mount Everest w/Adrian Ballinger
   • How NOT to Guide Mount Everest w/Adrian Ba...  

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