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Replay available until 04/28/2025 Mountaineer Jost Kobusch, a veteran of difficult climbs, wants to climb Everest – alone, without supplemental oxygen and in the middle of winter, when the roof of the world is deserted. A dangerous undertaking: no one has yet succeeded. The young German wants to test his own limits, and at the same time protest against mass tourism on the world's highest peak, which rises to 8,848 meters. It's a daring project: mountaineer Jost Kobusch, a veteran of difficult climbs, wants to climb the world's highest peak in winter, without supplemental oxygen and by taking a new route. He intends to brave nature, with as little equipment as possible – a challenge worthy of the formidable Mount Everest. The young German wants to test his limits on the one hand, but also to protest against mass tourism: he disapproves of the extreme sports craze and of people who climb dangerous peaks without the necessary physical abilities. He does not want to mix with those who, in spring, when the weather conditions are favourable, climb Everest with the help of Sherpas: amateur mountaineers, who leave behind their rubbish, tents and oxygen bottles, pass by the corpses that mark the path before queuing to reach the summit. A strange, disturbing, but very real image. The summit of Everest is located in the "death zone": at this altitude, oxygen is scarce and the risk of dying from altitude sickness or edema is very high. Even the best trained and most experienced mountaineers can hardly survive more than 48 hours there. Will Jost Kobusch be the first to conquer Everest alone and in winter? And what do experts and other climbers think about this project, as well as mass tourism on the roof of the world? Report (Germany, 2020, 32mn) #everest #report #arte Subscribe to the ARTE channel / @arte Follow us on social media! Facebook: / artetv Twitter: / artefr Instagram: / artefr