Right now on there are two bros in Tibet, Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards, and they are climbing Mt. Everest and covering their entire adventure on Snapchat. I only just discovered the ‘EverestNoFilter’ Snapchat handle yesterday and already I’m completely hooked, I shit you not when I say that I’ve been glued to my phone ever since discovering what these bros are up to.
Adrian and Cory are Snapchatting their way up Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, in order to show the real side of Mt. Everest because 99.99% of all the images we ever see of Mt. Everest were curated to show a very pristine image of the mountain. These two bros are using Snapchat to give a very real look at the grittier side of Mt. Everest, eventually showing the dead bodies and human excrement that litters the mountain, but at the moment it’s still pretty fucking gorgeous.
Below I’ve included some stills from their Snap Story, but before we get to that let’s take a look at an excerpt from an article Adrian wrote on Outside Magazine about why they’re doing this:
This month, the two of us are going to Snapchat various parts of our journey to and up the north side of Everest. (My guide company, Alpenglow, moved to the north side of the mountain after the 2014 incident in the Khumbu Icefall that killed 16 Sherpas.) Along the way, we’ll post short videos and photos in real-time to depict an unfiltered look at an unfiltered climb during a crucial season on a changing Everest. We chose Snapchat because “snaps”—unlike posts to Instagram or Facebook—must be posted immediately from a phone’s camera. If we’re successful, you’ll have a complete chronicle of our journey.
While over 7,000 ascents of the mountain have been made with bottled oxygen, only 193 have been accomplished without, and Cory and I are going to try going without, too. While I’ve summitted six times, I’ve always done while guiding—and always with supplemental oxygen. Cory has climbed Gasherbrum II and Lhotse without oxygen, but has yet to reach the top of Everest.
Alright bros, go follow EverestNoFilter on Snapchat to keep up with their ascent of Mt. Everest without using liquid oxygen. Things are going to get craaaazy in the coming days so it’s a snap story you want to start following now before shit hits the fan.
You can also follow them on Instagram (but Snapchat’s where all the fun is at):
(h/t EliteDaily via Outside Magazine)