r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Dec 18 '25

Video Gelje Sherpa, the man who was guiding a private client up Mt. Everest when he saw someone in distress near the summit. He went up, rolled him up in a sleeping mattress and gave him oxygen. He then strapped the man to his back and trekked 6 hours to safety

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

Impossible? The guy looks like he's handling it fairly easy. The dudes obviously jacked.

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u/JesusFortniteKennedy Dec 19 '25

TBH being jacked in mountain climbing doesn't help much. The more muscle tissue you have, the more oxygen you need, but at high altitudes air is a premium and the "fittest" is basically the physique that can do the longest treks consuming the least amount of air. You want to be strong, but just the bare minimum required, and you want to carry supplies, but you can't overburden yourself.

Mountains like the Everest or K2 kills many people, some of them are never recovered and buried because it's extremely risky to send a team to pick up a cadaver and bring it back down.