Feet. that rope has to be attached to the - feet. that rope has to be attached to the snow - feet. that rope has to be l attached to the snow every 100-150 attached to the snow every 100 150 metres using ice screws or eyes pickets. not only is there a physical toll of carrying the ropes on your back but also then you have to screw these anchors into the snow and then attach the rope to the anchor. that is than what all of the other sherpas and all the other climbers will use to protect themselves in case of a fall. tell is a bit about the relationship of a visiting climber like yourself has with the sherpas who are living and working every day on the mountainside. i have been to everest, nepal 12 times, i have been to six times, only got one summit in all of that, k2, and i can honestly, candidly and humbly say i would not have been able to summit those mountains without the help of sherpas like kami rita, and another scheibe was also has the name
The world s second highest peak k2 with kami rita sherpa in 2014. kami sjust an amazing human being, kami rita. like you said, i was on k2 with him so i saw him in action. he just has a tremendous sense of humour, he s incredibly team orientated, and obviously phenomenally strong. you mentioned he was out there route setting. tell us a bit more about the roles that sherpas play on mount everest. fixing the ropes, so there is a thin nylon rope about 6mm, about the size of your finger, this is routed all the way from base camp at 17,500 feet to the summit at almost 29,000 feet. and so, that rope has to be attached to the snow every 100 to 150 metres using ice screws or eyes pickets. so, not only is there a physical toll of carrying the ropes on your back, but also then you have to screw these anchors into the snow and then attach the rope to the anchor.
With him so i saw him in action. he just has a tremendous sense of humour, he s incredibly team orientated, and obviously phenomenally strong. you mentioned he was out there route setting. tell us a bit more about the roles that sherpas play on mount everest. fixing the ropes, so there is a thin nylon rope about 6mm, about the size of your finger, this is routed all the way from base camp at 17,500 feet to the summit at almost 29,000 feet. and so, that rope has to be attached to the snow every 100 to 150 metres using ice screws or eyes pickets. so, not only is there a physical toll of carrying the ropes on your back, but also then you have to screw these anchors into the snow and then attach the rope to the anchor. that s then what all of the other sherpas and all the other climbers use to protect themselves in case of a fall.
All right. i m coming up this rope. i probably shouldn t be up here. taking out the screw. i probably should tell my guide i lost one of his ice screws. i can no longer feel my feet. this is where you find out how weak your left arm is. compared to your right. oh, man. but no turning back now. hell, i asked for this. asked to hang with real alpine adventurists. asked to taste their days of thin air and adrenaline, their nights of wine and glory. because some of them wonder how long this will last. they see the signs of a warming
Like we ve done. the summit is actually in the clouds up there at the moment. they had nothing to actually adhere them to the ice. they had an ice ax. all they could use was basically their body weight to stop the wall. so if you would be falling on the right, i would be jumping on the left. that was the way to stop people on the mountain. wow. then later, they invented these ice screws. and with the hook, i grab the end of the rock. look at that. brilliant. man, you re like the french macgyver. macgyver. there is something therapeutic about being forced on focus on the little things.