The Most Dangerous Mountain You've Never Heard Of

Summary by Krater

This video covers the history, geography, and deadly mountaineering incidents of Pobeda Peak, also known as Jengish Chokusu, in Kyrgyzstan. It concludes that due to its extreme weather, isolation, and technical difficulty, it remains one of the deadliest mountains on Earth with a high death-to-summit ratio.

From the video

Answers: What are the deadliest incidents and conditions on Pobeda Peak?

• Pobeda Peak mountaineering history
• Jengish Chokusu dangers
• Tian Shan mountain range
• 1955 Soviet expedition
• 2021 Natalia Nagovitsyna rescue operations
• Snow Leopard award mountaineering

What it concludes

• Pobeda Peak's death-to-summit ratio is as high as roughly one in three.
• Not a single body of those who died on Pobeda has been recovered to this day.
• Pobeda Peak has a short climbing season between late June and August.
• The 1938 Soviet expedition recorded the mountain's height at 7,439 meters, making it higher than Con Tengri.
• In 1955, 12 out of 16 men on the Soviet expedition died during the climb.
• In 2021, Mehri Jafari abandoned her summit attempt due to injury and extreme conditions before joining another team and experiencing a fatal fall on August 7th, 2021.