Can Drones Revolutionize Climbing the World's Deadliest Mountains? | K2 with Andrzej Bargiel

A team of 5 take on climbing K2 and battle against nature’s odds as they navigate their climb and ski routes using a drone.

Drone pilot Bartek Bargiel never thought that his drone would be used to save lives before this expedition. Bartek believes that this has been groundbreaking research in understanding the capability of drones and how they can be used to help other climbers and skiers conquer the world's deadliest mountains and routes more safely.

The Team:

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[beniniandrea]

It's incredible... Really, i've seen many many documentary on K2, many tragedy of died alpinists, many stories of mans who left their teammates alone in the death zone due to the harsh conditions.. Now i see a man with his ski on his shoulder reaching the top without additional oxigen, drinking a redbull and goind down. It's mindblowing, i really can't understand it.

[helluibims]

These polish guys are absolutely badass

[Meisi]

Crazy story! I am getting nervous, when my Drone is like 200m away and this guy is flying his one casually on the highest peaks of the world!

[martini]

That should be commercial for DJI not Redbull. 😅

[paweswiatek]

Pride of Poland, ice warriors!Jędrek rozjebałes, mega kozak, szacun za odwage.Graduate from Krakow

[jdreaper]

Outstanding achievement !!
Ground breaking ski expedition.
The drone ski footage skiing off the summit of K2 was unbelievable. Congratulations !!

[bertfarin]

Wow, amazing cinematography and a quantum leap in practical use of a drone. I imagine purists might be appalled. But how can you dispute the efficacy of rescuing a stranded climber, or delivering medicine up high safely via drone vs. putting the safety of a climbing Sherpa at risk. Seems to me, that is a fair trade off. Skiing down that knife edge band of snow along that ridge line was awesome.

[SparowskyHolistycznie]

Chlopie, wariat z Powodzonka we wszystkim co robisz!

[attaullah]

3 mountaineer 1 from Pakistan, Chile and Iceland went missing while ascending K2 rescue operation underway but due to bad weather it's impossible to carry on kindly pray for their safe return
Update: 3 mountaineer including renowned ali sadpara declared dead officially by authorities and his son sajid ali sadpara may he rest in peace 1976-2021

[elliotfahlstrom]

This is sick That technology has come this far

[CediDaehler]

Most important: drinking redbull on the top

[tomkleins]

My highest respect for the climber and skier, but also for the drone pilot. They have set a new benchmark. The only problem I see is, that drones will be less used for safety then for higher risks -see ABS -Syndrom. Good Luck to all of you!

[sleeve]

Gotta wonder what Messner will say about drones assisting skiers top descend safely. The idea of sending provisions, medicine is outstanding and much safer than sending climbers or helicopters to complete the task.

[hsice]

This polish guy is amazing ...he has changed the Climbing Mountains in some aspects....

[dobrystyle]

That's why I respect RedBull as a company. They're supporting all crazy ideas related to sport. Plus their F1 team rocks! :D
Peace! ;)))

[ahsenfarooqi]

Nothing beats K2 ! It is no less than a miracle! 8th wonder of the world!

[fdavie]

Saw the raw footage. Great to see a behind the scenes of this daring k2 run!

[jooyee]

These folks are top notch players at work. 👏

[lcdchase]

Incredible. Shame about the audio production though!

[ivanmoen]

Polish mountaineers have an outstanding track record of doing crazy stuff on that mountain.. Kudos!!