Fantastic video of a difficult first ascent in the Himalaya. The first I've seen on such a climb incorporating drone shots (controlled by a pilot at base camp).
So far I haven't been able to find any info on the drone pilot, or what equipment he used. This is quite high altitude, very cold, and from interviews with David it sounds like it was very windy on summit day so the footage is even more incredible given those curcumstances.
Oh Gawd, that is awesome !
Such an emotional climb.
I just had a google, apparently the footage was by "a drone navigated from advanced BC", but no mention of what drone.
Edit, reading this post . . .
Fantastic video of a difficult first ascent in the Himalaya. The first I've seen on such a climb incorporating drone shots (controlled by a pilot at base camp). So far I haven't been able to find any info on the drone pilot, or what equipment he used. This is quite high altitude, very cold...
mavicpilots.com
. . . it would probably be the Freefly Alta used, looking at the power of it.
That is not a very high peak at 6907m as far as thinness of air goes, think the 8000ndrs would have trouble flying.
great images but I couldn’t help thinking that an avalanche could happen at anytime. Not for me
Dead right, look at 1:13, above him looks like it could go anytime.
As much as I want to push a bit more altitude to test myself, this is too much risk for me, but obviously the rewards for this fellow were right up there.
A good read, coming down would be even more difficult, he abseiled, not sure if he could have had enough rope to retrieve (leaving only carabiners / protection), but may have even left ropes in place.
The sat image of that peak shows the remoteness, on the Tibet border west of Everest, but still in Sagarmatha NP.