The rock comes close to the vehicle, while the valley opens far below the road. This journey-to-basecamp sequence shows a part of an expedition that a summit photograph usually leaves out: getting there.
The approach belongs to the expedition story
The Berghaus upload is associated with Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden’s Kishtwar Kailash expedition in 2013. In Fowler’s first-person expedition account, the approach runs through India via the Rohtang pass and Chenab gorge. Ramsden filmed a short section of that journey. The clip records the 2013 approach, not present-day road conditions.
The camera’s position near the vehicle edge heightens the feeling of exposure. It cannot supply a reliable measurement of road width or establish that this is statistically the world’s most dangerous drive.
A dramatic segment is not a travel plan
Current local transport advice and route conditions matter more than repeating the clip’s itinerary years later. Compare Mount Hua’s exposed-path coverage, where an extreme label also needs scrutiny. For a calmer account of travel as part of a landscape film, explore American Loneliness.
The expedition began before the climb
An expedition story can make base camp sound like its opening scene, even when reaching it has already taken days. This minibus recording restores part of that missing journey. Fowler and Ramsden were travelling towards Kishtwar Kailash in 2013; the road sequence belongs to the approach, before the climb itself. The Berghaus upload and Fowler’s written account give the short, much-shared clip a place within that larger undertaking.
Watch the contrast between the close rock face and the open valley. The vehicle’s confined viewpoint puts both in the same image, making the available space feel especially narrow. A camera cannot turn that impression into a reliable road survey, but it can explain why the journey remained memorable. The strongest story here is not a ranking of dangerous roads: it is how much travel lay between the climbers and the mountain they intended to climb.
Sources, photography and further reading
Original feature and image attributions:
- Mick Fowler / Berghaus
- Viral Nova
- Climbing Mount Everest, The World's Highest Mountain
- Scientist Falls Into A 70-Foot Crevasse In The Himalayas; Captures The Whole Thing On Camera
- Want To Climb Mount Everest? Bring Extra Trash Bags
- Berghaus upload
- Fowler’s first-person expedition account
- Mount Hua’s exposed-path coverage
- American Loneliness
This looks fantastic!
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