“There are two mountaineers who fell”: Inoxtag at the summit of Everest, this terrible tragedy which deeply marked him

Very popular with the younger generation, the famous videographer Inoxtag recently made a big splash by taking on a huge challenge: that of reaching Everest, the highest peak in the world, in four days. His documentary called Kaizen focused on this crazy expedition unveiled in September has already exceeded 35 million views on YouTube. An ambitious project that some were able to discover in the cinema before its broadcast on TF1. The one who is about to publish his first manga was honored in the show Seven to Eightthis Sunday, November 17, 2024.

In the Portrait of the week opposite Audrey-Crespo Mara, Inès Benazzouz, her real name, recalled significant memories of the shoot. Having trained for a year before starting, he was able to benefit from the precious support of his parents despite their concerns. “They are back there, and they were going up this mountain with me (…)“, confided Inoxtag who was “accompanied by a high-assembly guide and sherpas, Nepalese guides“.

Inoxtag discusses one of the most significant episodes

Facing the camera, the 22-year-old admitted that his incredible ascent to the Himalayan peaks had not been without risks. To his great dismay, a “dramatic accident” took place in the area after their passage. “There are two climbers who fell at the top of Everest. Because the cornice gave way… Perhaps because of the weight. Because of the world”. Inoxtag and his friends had to go through “corpses in the snow“. The presence of”Ice Falls” also complicated their progress up the mountain.

I can die, that's dangerous

“These huge hanging blocks of ice can fall at any time because the glacier is moving“, explained Inoxtag. “That's already very dangerous. Avalanches too. Oxygen, because from 8,000 meters above sea level, we enter the death zone, so oxygenation is no longer the same. The mountain is dangerous. In my life I haven't had moments where I really felt in danger, there I really felt at certain moments: 'there, I could die, there it's dangerous'“.

While denouncing pollution on the Nepalese side, Inoxtag was also questioned by “surtourism” : “There is only one way. So to overtake you have to 'unclip' yourself from the rope to 'clip' yourself to other people (…). And sometimes it takes time when there are small technical passages, it creates traffic jams and we have to queue up there.