Everest '96 Disaster | Boukreev v. Krakauer | Bus 142 & Into The Wild
LIVE DISCUSSION* "Villains and Heroes" with Thom Pollard (5PM 14 June 2024, EST/NY Time) covering the 1996 Mount Everest disaster and the controversy between Anatoli Boukreev and Jon Krakauer, as well as the deadly allure and mystique of Christopher McCandless's odyssey into the Alaskan wilderness and his untimely death by starvation in Bus 142.
TIME STAMPS BELOW
I was notified by a viewer about an incorrect statement made in the video, having already moved onto the next thought, and didn't catch myself. I hadn't caught that when mentioning the team that Doug Hansen and Yasuka Namba were on, I apparently said Mountain Madness, which we know is incorrect. They were on the Adventure Consultants team with Rob Hall.
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Here are the two recent videos we will begin discussing in our live feed.
Anatoli Boukreev's Controversial Actions in the '96 Everest Disaster
• Anatoli Boukreev's Controversial Acti...
Dying to Reach Bus 142 - The Allure of Chris McCandless' Tragic Story
• Beyond INTO THE WILD: The Deadly Lega...
TIME STAMPS
00:00 - villain or hero?
01:05 - results of recent Everest mystery poll question
02:15 - relate Everest ‘96 to Gasherbrum II experience in 1996
05:58- Everest ‘96, powerlessness of the guides and the sherpa
08:51 - things that happened on Everest leading up to the storm worth considering
9:24 - Ngawang Topche Sherpa sickness and death
11:03 - Scott Fischer’s personality a factor
12:40 - Scott Fischer and concerns for Pete Schoening
14:01 - lacking in amount of O2 for summit, and strength of teams
16:19 - what it’s like being in the death zone
18:25 - Mountain Madness clients on the edge during descent from summit
20:10 - strength of Jon Krakauer as a client & Boukreev’s agreement with Fischer to descend early as well as to guide without bottled oxygen
25:13 - Lopsang and fixed ropes situation, short-roping Sandy Pittman
28:30 - clients’ responsibility for causing deaths
43:55 - Neil Beidleman’s understanding of Boukreev climbing without O2
55:49 - delays on summit day
58:53 - Chris McCandless and Bus 142
1:01:01 - weakness of Boukreev’s book The Climb v. Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air
1:02:12 - Into the Wild book by Krakauer
1:06:47 - relating to Bradford Washburn and Bob Bates escaping Mount Lucania and how they crossed the river to safety
1:09:10 - is Chris McCandless a hero or villain
1:11:40 - Ed Viesturs and David Breashears assisting with rescue after storm on Everest
1:16:40 - would a tragedy like Everest ‘96 be able to happen on Everest today and exploitation on the mountain now with many new operators
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Everest Mystery