Videos - Everest 2015

The second video is from a satellite phone, recovered later. Lower quality. Grainy as old film. The timestamp blinks: 12:02 PM . This is from Base Camp. A doctor named Anjali is filming the Pumori face across the valley. Her hand trembles.

As the cameras roll, you see the landscape liquify. Massive seracs (towering blocks of ice) the size of houses begin calving from the ridges above the camp. This triggers a specific type of avalanche known as an "icefall avalanche," which roared directly through the middle of the unprepared camp. everest 2015 videos

One video, shot by a helicopter pilot, showed the devastation on the mountain, with bodies of victims strewn across the ice and snow. The footage was harrowing, and it gave the world a glimpse into the reality of the disaster. The second video is from a satellite phone, recovered later

In the hours following the avalanche, a different genre of video emerged: the shaky, silent walkthrough. The timestamp blinks: 12:02 PM