The case in summary Samad Jamder, a Norwegian climber originally from Afghanistan, experienced a dramatic trip to the top of Mount Everest when he ran out of oxygen 8,500 meters above sea level. He was abandoned by his Sherpa and had to get help from another Sherpa to get more oxygen. A dramatic accident occurred just before the summit, where a snow shovel broke and five climbers fell. A Sherpa and a British climber fell 3,000 meters on the Chinese side of the mountain. Despite the accident and the lack of oxygen, Jamder reached the summit of Everest, 8,849 meters above sea level. Jamder started rock climbing a year and a half ago and likes risky trips. He has no immediate plans for more expeditions. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – You panic. I was out of breath and then you get the panic as well. Then you become even more out of breath. I screamed for help, says Samad Jamder. Orkdalingen, who is originally from Afghanistan, is safely back in Norway after his greatest adventure. But the trip to the top of the world’s highest mountain was to be more demanding than he had imagined. Too far into the death zone on Mount Everest, Samad noticed that he was getting really short of breath on a steep hill on the way to the top. In addition, his sherpa had left him and was half an hour ahead of him on the rope. – I asked another sherpa to turn up the oxygen bottle so that I got more oxygen. But then he told me that the bottle was empty, says Jamder. The regulator on the bottle had failed and released the vital oxygen. – Then I got scared to death. Because if I don’t find my sherpa now, I’ll collapse. At 8,500 meters there is no one to help you. You are on your own, he says. On the way to the top, the climbers must pass the infamous Khumbu Icefall. Here, huge blocks of ice can detach at any moment and kill the climbers. There can also be severe avalanches down the glacier. Photo: Private Fatal accident just before the summit Samad found another Sherpa and was allowed to borrow his radio. With it, he asked his sherpa to stop and wait. – I went for 30 minutes without oxygen, but in the end I found him and then we had to change the oxygen bottle. This allowed Samad to continue towards the top, together with his sherpa. But just before the summit, a dramatic accident occurred in the team. Here, Samad is waiting to climb the “Hillary Step”. This is the last major obstacle before the summit. It was also in this area that the accident that cost the lives of two of his teammates occurred. Photo: Samad Jamder A snow shovel broke and five climbers fell. Three of them managed to get back up the narrow ridge, but a Sherpa and a British climber fell 3,000 meters on the Chinese side of the mountain. – It affected us quite a bit when you have spent two months together, says Jamder. But despite the terrible accident, people continued towards the top. And after a lot of hard work, Samad also reached the highest point on earth – 8,849 meters above sea level. – It’s a pretty good feeling afterwards. But when I stood on top of Mt. Everest, I was quite stressed. I was running out of oxygen. So it was just a matter of taking a picture and staying at the top for 10-15 minutes before I had to go back down. It was also cloudy, so the view wasn’t all that great. – We had pretty bad weather on the way down. We stood in a gust of wind that met us on the way down. Strong winds are something climbers on the mountain fear. Among other things, it can cause the oxygen bottles they use to freeze and cut off the oxygen supply they need to survive. Not so fond of mountain tours One might think that someone who climbed Mount Everest has years of experience from mountain tours at home and abroad. – I started rock climbing a year and a half ago. Before that, I hadn’t been on much of a trip, says Samad. Because even though there are many mountains in Norway, he is not as tempted by them. On the way down, Samad Jamder, and the rest of the climbers, were hit by bad weather. Here you can see a group of climbers trying to find shelter in the biting cold. Photo: Samad Jamder – There are not very high mountains here. I like high mountains. I don’t like going for leisurely walks. There must be some risk when I go on trips, he says. But after a trip to the top of the 7,134 meter high Lenin mountain in Kyrgyzstan in September 2023, he decided to go for Mount Everest. – I thought that if I do the work required, I can manage to get to the top of the world’s highest mountain. So then I used the time after I got home to climb, prepare and organize the whole project. It’s a neat view from the top of the world. Photo: Samad Jamder Jamder works at NTNU in Trondheim, but had to find time for hours of training. – It was 3-4 hours of training, almost, every day. But it’s pretty easy when you have Mt. Everest in the back of your mind and it’s a matter of life and death. Then it is not difficult to find motivation to go out and train. For now, he has used the time after he came home to Trøndelag to relax and enjoy the fact that he reached his goal of summiting Everest. He has no immediate plans for more expeditions. – There are a number of more risky mountains than Everest. So we’ll see what I do in the future. Hopefully there will be more expeditions, he concludes. Mount Everest towers over Basecamp at the foot of the mountain. This is where the climbers live while they prepare to climb the mountain. Photo: Samad Jamder Published 21.06.2024, at 10.59
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Samad Jamder from Orkland had a dramatic trip to Mount Everest – ran out of oxygen – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
