this is ridiculous. it s so steep. yeah. [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. oh! doing something that nobody s ever done before, there s no guarantee that your plan s going to work. once you commit, there is no turning around. we re entirely removed from civilization. look at this one! we know once we get there, we re on our own. climbing. we ve chosen to live a life that does have risks. oh, my god. one mistake, and you re dead. come on now. if you harness that fear, you can do something that you never thought possible. is the pursuit worth the risk? to be able to make a journey through a place so few other people have experienced is like maybe being the first person that goes to the moon or the first person that goes to the top of mt. everest. this is a place that doesn t exist almost anywhere else on our planet. the llanganates mountains is a wild place in that it is completely roadless. it s vast, impenetrable jungle with 14,000-foot r
exist almost anywhere else on our planet. the llanganates mountains is a wild place in that it is completely roadless. it s vast, impenetrable jungle with 14,000-foot ridge lines going in, surrounded by a 20,000-foot volcano. the topography of this area is like none other. what we re attempting to do here is basically be the first people, the first known group to cross the llanganates via, the chalupas river. it s crossing this part of the jungle that s pretty impenetrable. some people have tried to cross there by foot, and it hasn t worked. we know it will be big and complicated and remote and continuous, and i think that makes it the highest difficulty
exist almost anywhere else on our planet. the llanganates mountains is a wild place in that it is completely roadless. it s vast, impenetrable jungle with 14,000-foot ridge lines going in, surrounded by a 20,000-foot volcano. the topography of this area is like none other. what we re attempting to do here is basically be the first people, the first known group to cross the llanganates via the chalupas river. it s crossing this part of the jungle that s pretty impenetrable. some people have tried to cross there by foot, and it hasn t worked. we know it will be big and complicated and remote and continuous, and i think that makes it the highest difficulty on the hiking scale.
The four-part Teton Gravity Research series, premiering this week, captures incredible footage of terrifying expeditions, but it succeeds because of the compelling human stories at its heart