Everest ‘Kaizen’ documentary is ‘a disaster’ for mountaineer Pascal Tournaire

INOXTAG – While Inoxtag’s fans were eagerly awaiting the release of his documentary on his ascent of Everest, others were waiting for him at the turn, with much more skepticism. This is the case of the mountaineer Pascal Tournaire who was able to see Kaizen: a year to carve Everest previewed Friday September 13, invited by Mathis Dumas, the YouTuber’s guide.

Near theTeamthe one who climbed Everest in 1990, emphasizes that as soon as the 22-year-old announced the project, he had considered the idea ” without interest ” and expected the documentary to be a ” catastrophe “And after viewing, the mountaineer was visibly comforted in his positions.

“After seeing the film, I have absolutely not changed my mind. Inoxtag has talent, charisma, he does not cheat but it must be remembered that a 14-year-old boy and girl, an 83-year-old Japanese grandpa also managed to get up there,” he supports.

“It’s like doing the Tour de France on an electric bike”

For him, the challenge is accessible “to any healthy person who kicks their own butt a little”as long as we give ourselves the means. “I don’t see the achievement there. And then it’s very eco-centric. Three-quarters of the film is: ‘Look at my navel’, it doesn’t go any further.”he asserts.

Also, according to the mountain photographer, the real feat would have been to achieve the climb without the aid of oxygen. During my climb, I spent five nights at 8,000 m without oxygen, I found that extraordinary. With oxygen, at maximum flow, at the summit of Everest, it’s as if you were only at 6,000 m…”

And to add to drive the point home: “Benjamin Vedrines (French mountaineer) says: ‘Today, climbing Everest with oxygen is like doing the Tour de France with an electric bike.'”

Inoxtag denounces overcrowding, “it’s schizophrenic”

But for Pascal Tournaire, the real disaster is the impact that the documentary risks having on overtourism. He fears that Inoxtag, which has nearly 8 million subscribers on YouTube, 5.9 million on TikTok and 5.2 million on Instagram, will make this famous climb a fad.

“Everest is Mont Saint-Michel at 8,800 m, Inoxtag denounces this overcrowding but he also participates in it, it’s schizophrenic. His film will only develop this stupid craze.”

Last March, Kanchha Sherpa, who was part of the first mountaineering team to scale Everest, raised the alarm about Everest’s pollution and proposed to “reduce the number of climbers” during an interview spotted by The Guardian. “Everest is very dirty now. People throw away boxes and wrappers after eating. But who will collect them?”he asked then.