Altitude Everest - view from summit

View from the summit of Everest at 8850m (29035ft) as Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding ascend. See more videos, photos and expedition diaries at http://www.ueverest.com

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[Sario95]

it's cuz the air on the summit is too thin

[wallygillis]

No....even if there wasnt any wind the air at the summit which is actually 29,028 ft and not 29035ft is too thin to provide enough lift for the rotors on any helicopter.

[dpounder101]

@dpounder101 shit no it was a eurocopter

[dpounder101]

@wallygillis a heli has now been landed on the summit as a world record. it was a pretty normal bell helicopter too.

[Lostkiwi123]

@findlaymcarthur Isn't like you've got off ur ass and done it

[findlaymcarthur]

pussies with their oxygen.,...

[tugasilver]

@wallygillis On 14 May 2005, a Ecureuil AS350B3 piloted by Didier Delsalle landed at 8,848 meters on the top of the Mount Everest. As required by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the aircraft remained on the summit for 2 minutes before returning to Lukla. This is the highest altitude landing and take off ever.

[Fr4nkWh1te]

@tjbayliss buddy, parachuting down on mt. everest ? c'mon.... the fall would be far too fast because of the thin air and the weight of the person + payload (oxygen, equipment). You would have to use a huuuge parachute, which cant be controlled properly. Even IF someone would land on the mountain, how would you "float the bodies down" ? You cant float anything down slopes which arent vertically without actually guiding the fall urself - which again is not possible and far too dangerous.

[Jirloow]

@tjbayliss well Bear Grylls did fly over mount everest with a parachute and a motor strapped to his back, it would be very hard to parachute and land on the summit without hurting yourself, you would fall quicker than lower on earth and that would not provide a safe landing, they just got a body down from high on the mountain, they carried the body down to advanced base camp i believe and then picked it up with a chopper.

crazy stuff.

[tjbayliss]

Has anyone ever flown over the summit and parachuted down?

I hear of a mission being planned to bring back the bodies of dead climbers.

So why don't they parachute out of a plane, land on the summit, then use parachutes to float the bodies down to ground level?

It seems the only possible way to retrieve things from the summit, without risking the lives of more people on the descent.

[manteaca]

But I´m talking about HAHO where you could spend an hour going down and navigating your way to the LZ. Not HALO, mate.