0:13

Indian climber

0:13

Anurag Maloo was miraculously

0:17

found alive last week on on

0:17

Annapurna. After spending three

0:21

days inside a crevasse. The

0:21

remarkable rescue required a

0:25

team brave one of the most

0:25

dangerous spots on the mountain,

0:29

and that's bad weather to

0:29

airlift him out the condition

0:32

ofAnurag Maloo is said to be

0:32

improving. He will be taken off

0:37

a respirator hopefully very,

0:37

very soon. That is good news.

0:41

Nothing but good news. Amidst

0:41

the drama and a life loss on

0:45

Annapurna last week. Welcome.

0:45

It's good to have you here.

0:49

Thank you so much. I have a

0:49

little bit of news from around

0:53

the 8000 meter peaks, and a lot

0:53

more about Adam Bielecki and

0:57

several others rescue of Anurag

0:57

Maloo. On Annapurna. I'm going

1:01

to share with you some

1:01

absolutely amazing footage that

1:05

gives me chills every single

1:05

time I see it. I'm going to

1:09

share it with you here and it

1:09

inspires me and I'm not sure

1:13

what it is. But I keep coming

1:13

back to this story every single

1:17

time amidst all the overcrowding

1:17

and the garbage and human waste

1:21

problems on Mount Everest, and

1:21

the commercialization of the

1:26

8000 meter peaks. And so real

1:26

quickly what began as a body

1:30

retrieval effort on Annapurna

1:30

last week, it turned into an

1:34

absolutely miraculous rescue.

1:34

Anybody who follows this channel

1:38

has seen my shorts and a video

1:38

that I did about eight or nine

1:42

days ago, when Polish climber

1:42

Adam bulaki repelled 60 meters

1:46

into a crevasse were Indian

1:46

climber on a rod mallu had

1:50

fallen three days earlier. But

1:50

imagine but Lucky's surprise

1:54

when expecting to find a

1:54

lifeless body to learn that Mulu

1:58

was alive. Oh my gosh, amazing.

1:58

So thank you for being here.

2:02

Today I'm going to share more of

2:02

the dramatic footage from that

2:07

remarkable rescue on Annapurna,

2:07

I'm going to bring you more of

2:11

Adam's story anyway, in a

2:11

moment. It's dramatic and

2:15

inspiring. And you're gonna

2:15

really want to see it here. So

2:19

first, a couple of notable notes

2:19

on what's happening in the Nepal

2:23

Himalayan 8000 meter peaks on

2:23

Mount Everest, the ropes have

2:27

been fixed to the South Col

2:27

that's the final stop before

2:31

climbers go to the summit that's

2:31

about 26,000 feet a little bit

2:35

more 8000 meters, and very soon,

2:35

they should make it toward the

2:40

summit. Just yesterday, I

2:40

received a text message from a

2:44

good friend of mine who's in

2:44

base camp. He says that it's

2:48

supposed to snow a little bit up

2:48

higher what that really means we

2:52

don't know. So I'll keep you

2:52

updated about that. There are a

2:56

record number of permits issued

2:56

at this time on the mountain

3:00

more than 450 Total permits. In

3:00

my recent interview with Alan

3:05

our net. Last week, he surmised

3:05

that for every permit that 450

3:09

permits, there's going to be one

3:09

or two Sherpa or high altitude

3:13

porters or guides with that

3:13

person. So that would mean

3:17

another 750 people on the

3:17

mountain. So the simple math

3:21

would say 12 150 People are

3:21

going to be going for the summit

3:25

at some time. If there are long

3:25

weather windows, that's going to

3:29

be no problem. There's plenty of

3:29

space and time for several

3:34

summit waves to make it to the

3:34

top. However, if the weather is

3:38

anything like it was in 2019,

3:38

it's going to have ominous

3:42

consequences because everybody

3:42

is going to try to cram into a

3:46

tiny period of time 2019 I think

3:46

there were three really good

3:50

summit days on the mountain. And

3:50

that's why we had the long lines

3:55

on the north and the south. And

3:55

there were 11 deaths that year

3:59

as well. And this is also the

3:59

year of China in Nepal, more

4:03

people from China hold permits

4:03

than any other nationality in

4:07

the 70 year history of climbing

4:07

Mount Everest. It has always

4:11

been Americans who held the most

4:11

number of permits to climb the

4:16

mountain. This year, there are

4:16

over 90 Chinese followed by

4:20

Indians and British. And the

4:20

reason for that is because in

4:24

China, there are quite strict

4:24

permit regulations set into

4:28

place that for a climber to go

4:28

climb Mount Everest from the

4:32

north, in Tibet, China, you need

4:32

to prove that you've either

4:36

attempted or climbed a different

4:36

8000 meter peak. And now there

4:40

are tons of people coming. So

4:40

people are going to Nepal

4:44

because Nepal does not have such

4:44

regulations. They essentially

4:48

give a permit to anybody and

4:48

everybody who has 11 or $12,000

4:53

to plunk down Not just for the

4:53

permit. And now about those

4:57

large numbers I want to share

4:57

with you real quickly a YouTube

5:01

short I did based on my chat

5:01

with Alan Arnette last week,

5:05

where we had a little bit of a

5:05

chuckle about there being no

5:09

regulations on who gets a permit

5:09

to Mount Everest. And I made a

5:13

little bit of a quip about how

5:13

many people might be on the

5:17

mountain someday, let's take it

5:17

to you right now. It's only

5:21

about 20 seconds go.

5:23

Nepal has zero

5:23

qualifications. That always

5:26

amuses me. We just got finished

5:26

with the Boston Marathon. But

5:28

you got to qualify to run the

5:28

Boston Marathon, you don't have

5:31

to qualify to climb Mount

5:31

Everest in Nepal.

5:34

So soon we'll have

5:34

30,000 people attempting Mount

5:37

Everest in one season. So now

5:37

that you've seen that video,

5:41

some people commented to me very

5:41

kindly one of them a guide,

5:44

friend of mine, he's an amazing

5:44

guide, and he's on Everest right

5:48

now, possibly, rightly. So it

5:48

came off looking like I was

5:52

making a jab at Everest. And

5:52

that really couldn't be farther

5:55

from the truth. I love mountain

5:55

Everest and everything about it.

5:58

And if Nepal chooses to monetize

5:58

one of their greatest and most

6:04

precious resources, the way that

6:04

they are doing so now by getting

6:08

as many people on the mountain

6:08

as want to be there, that is

6:12

totally cool with me. And

6:12

actually, even though I would

6:16

avoid the crowds like the

6:16

plague, this is the time if you

6:20

ever wanted to climb Mount

6:20

Everest, this is your

6:22

opportunity, man. It's their

6:22

mountain, they can do whatever

6:26

they want with it. Another thing

6:26

of interest. I did a poll last

6:29

week, and well over 500 people

6:29

voted dozens of really, really

6:36

interesting comments. So last

6:36

week, yeah. So I did this poll.

6:41

And let me take you to that

6:41

well, over 500 people voted

6:45

really amazing what some of the

6:45

answers were. I'm so inspired.

6:50

If someone gave you an all

6:50

expenses paid expedition to

6:54

Mount Everest with the absolute

6:54

best and safest expedition

6:58

operator on the mountain, would

6:58

you accept let's assume for

7:01

this, that your employer would

7:01

be willing to give you the time

7:06

off to do it, and that you would

7:06

be climbing with a luxury level

7:10

outfitter. And the answer of now

7:10

548 votes is by not as big of a

7:19

margin as I thought the answer

7:19

hell yes. 58% Hell no. 42% I

7:27

cannot thank you enough for the

7:27

many, many amazing comments.

7:31

Really, really good stuff,

7:31

including a bunch of people who

7:34

have an interest in going there

7:34

literally to climate not just

7:38

because I gave them a chance to

7:38

try to go there for free on some

7:45

mystery ticket, if you will, but

7:45

look at all these people, lots

7:48

of friends from the community

7:48

that I've spoken to before. As

7:55

you can see, I try to answer as

7:55

many of these as I possibly can.

8:01

I think I've few more to get to.

8:01

But anyway, so that's that. I

8:06

will share the link to that in

8:06

the notes of this video if you

8:11

want to participate in it as

8:11

well. I hope you will. All

8:14

right. Other news on the 8000

8:14

meter peaks include Kristin

8:17

Harleigh, who's summited

8:17

Shishapangma wonderful news.

8:21

She's endeavouring to climb all

8:21

14 8000 meter peaks in six

8:25

months. I have actually reached

8:25

out to her people and endeavor

8:28

to get a conversation with her

8:28

some time. Okay, back to Adam

8:32

but lucky on Annapurna, I want

8:32

to share with you this footage

8:35

of his and quote you from an

8:35

article written by Angela benna

8:39

V days of explorers web who did

8:39

a telephone interview with Adam

8:44

from Annapurna base camp Adam

8:44

bulky as written by Angela

8:48

Bennett V days of explorers web

8:48

he describes the rescue Adam and

8:53

his partner Mata use, a Tala

8:53

were in a position to assist

8:59

from their previous position

8:59

trying to put up an alpine style

9:03

line on annapurnas 3000 metre

9:03

Northwest face and they got a

9:08

phone call asking for some help

9:08

and at the time, they thought it

9:12

was to get the body of Indian

9:12

climber on a rock Mulu on

9:17

Wednesday, we were resting

9:17

inside our tent when Dawa of

9:21

seven summit treks flew to base

9:21

camp and asked for our help in

9:25

rescuing on Iraq Mulu he dropped

9:25

from an untied and of a fixed

9:30

rope, and he had fallen into a

9:30

crevasse between camp three and

9:34

camp two. And since Adam and his

9:34

partner were the only people

9:38

technically able to go in and

9:38

out of a crevasse they agreed,

9:42

while so the next day at six

9:42

o'clock, flew from Annapurna

9:46

base camp to slightly above camp

9:46

two and there was seven of us

9:49

five, Nepalese and us we flew in

9:49

three flights from the landing

9:54

point took 20 to 30 minutes to

9:54

reach the crevasse and it which

9:58

was actually a bird shrug which

9:58

is a part of the mountain like

10:02

if this is the steep mountain a

10:02

Berg's front is part of the wall

10:06

that kind of pulls away. So

10:06

things that fall down go down

10:09

into it's like a crevasse, but

10:09

technically different. So where

10:13

they were, Adam says this is

10:13

precisely the most dangerous

10:17

part of annapurnas normal route.

10:17

All climbers hurry to pass this

10:21

place as fast as possible, we

10:21

had to deal with two main issues

10:25

one was to find and retrieve on

10:25

a rug and the other was

10:29

operating in the unpleasant

10:29

dangerous zone. As a climber,

10:33

I'm strongly focused on avoiding

10:33

objective risks. I don't mind

10:37

climbing hard technical routes,

10:37

as long as I can control the

10:40

risk, which we definitely

10:40

couldn't do here that were to

10:44

seracs by the Kuwahara that

10:44

could fall at any minute. And

10:48

now here, I'm gonna click and

10:48

I'm gonna start putting in some

10:50

of that footage. The crevasse

10:50

was one of those huge ones

10:54

really big I repelled into it.

10:54

And by the time I reached on

10:58

raags body, some 60 meters under

10:58

the ice, I had nearly run out of

11:03

rope. I was expecting to

11:03

retrieve a dead body so try to

11:06

imagine my surprise. When I saw

11:06

that he was breathing. His eyes

11:11

reacted to light and his body

11:11

shivered a little. The feeling

11:15

of joy is that the feeling of

11:15

joy that wraps you is

11:19

indescribable. What we were

11:19

doing was not a recovery

11:23

operation, but a rescue mission.

11:23

So as he continues to say Tashi

11:28

Sherpa went down into the

11:28

crevasse to we prepared on a rug

11:32

and clipped him to the complex

11:32

pulley system that Mater us had

11:36

prepared, I could now stand on

11:36

my own rope Navigating on a rock

11:40

through the irregularities of

11:40

the crevasse while the others

11:43

operated the pulley system. Once

11:43

out, everything happened very

11:47

fast. The helicopter pick him

11:47

up, took him down to Basecamp.

11:51

And then to Pokhara hospital we

11:51

downclimb 200 meters to get away

11:55

from dangerous areas and then

11:55

waited for the helicopter to

11:59

take us back to base camp. It

11:59

was great teamwork the whole

12:02

operation took about six hours.

12:02

And now really cool stuff.

12:07

Here's some footage of of

12:07

Mario's in Basecamp. Cooking to

12:12

me what looks like kielbasa. If

12:12

you're a Polish climber, I would

12:17

imagine kielbasa is a absolute

12:17

mandatory sidebar for good

12:22

breakfasts and healthy meals in

12:22

Basecamp. You can tell how happy

12:26

they are. It's heartwarming, I

12:26

literally have goosebumps on my

12:30

body just telling you this now

12:30

and watching this footage, it's

12:34

such good stuff, I'm so happy

12:34

about it. So hopefully I can get

12:37

an opportunity to speak with

12:37

Adam about this and and and get

12:41

his own input forever this

12:41

mystery channel and have him

12:45

tell us a little bit more about

12:45

one into that. And then we'll

12:48

also look for some updates from

12:48

on a rug as well. Now if you're

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