The Unhinged Reality of my First Everest Season

492 permits. Over 1,000 people. One route. My first Everest 2026 season was, honestly, a lot.This is the full story - the chaos, the records, and the moments that had me staring at my screen with my jaw on the floor. A 55-meter ice serac in the Khumbu Icefall delayed the entire season by three weeks. Queues backed up to breaking point. And one Sherpa guide (Hillary Dawa Sherpa) was left for dead at Camp 4... and somehow found alive days later.Kami Rita Sherpa hit his 32nd summit. A double amputee climbed on his arms. Shaunna Burke, the first person with Stage 4 cancer reached the top. And somehow, 274 people summited in a single day - smashing every record in history.But five people didn't make it home. One went missing and was later found alive. And the question nobody wants to answer is: was any of this avoidable?This is Everest 2026 - record crowds, record summits, and a mountain that still does whatever it wants.Should they cap the permits? Is Mount Everest Climbing becoming too dangerous? Let me know what you think in the comments.🛋️ New videos every week - Everest disasters, survival stories, and people doing absolutely unhinged things.🔔 Hit subscribe so you never miss a story.Join the Campfire Conversations & get early access to my YouTube videos   / join  FREE Everest Read / Watch guide - https://linktr.ee/michelle.vs.humanityDISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for education and entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected].