The Two Women Who Died Racing for a Meaningless Record | Himalayan Disasters

Somewhere above 7,800 meters on Shishapangma, the fourteenth and lowest of the world's 8,000-meter peaks, a slab of fresh snow the size of a city block broke loose and began to move. It took a climber and her guide with it, down thousands of feet of open face, in a matter of seconds. Less than an hour later, higher on the same slope, a second slab did exactly the same thing. Four people died that morning. Two were American women who had come chasing the same dream. Anna Gutu and Gina Rzucidlo had each climbed thirteen of the fourteen highest mountains on Earth, and each had only this one left. Whoever stood on top first would be the first American woman in history to climb them all. They began as strangers, then friendly rivals. What that rivalry became by October 7, 2023, is the reason they died. This is the story of the deadliest race in mountaineering. Make sure to subscribe for weekly videos!