And Kaizenthe documentary retracing Inoxtag’s ascent of Everest was warmly welcomed by the public, but the same was not true for this seasoned mountaineer, who has already climbed the highest peak in the world located in the Himalayan range.
Inoxtag climbs Everest in Kaizen
After a year of hiatus, Inoxtag finally put an end to the suspense. At the Grand Rex in Paris this Friday, September 13, the YouTuber with 8 million subscribers on YouTube came to present Kaizen, a year to carve Everesta 2h40 documentary film that retraces his ascent of the highest peak in the world. He appeared in tears with his sherpas, where he warmly greeted his fans after a single screening (as well as in more than 500 theaters worldwide), before his free release today on YouTube at 2:30 p.m.
As expected, the film was a sell-out, with advance tickets selling out in just a few minutes. The lucky few who were able to get their tickets did not fail to praise the film and the videographer for having succeeded in the challenge he had set himself a year earlier.
This mountaineer criticizes Inoxtag’s performance
But not everyone is of the same opinion. Invited by Mathis Dumas, the Inoxtag guide, the mountaineer and photographer Pascal Tournaire who climbed Everest in 1990 did not mince his words about the documentary and the YouTuber’s performance, which he considers accessible.
“When it was announced, I said that it was of no interest and that it was a disaster, he confides to The Team. After seeing the film, I have absolutely not changed my mind. Inoxtag has talent, charisma, he doesn’t cheat, but we must remember that a 14-year-old boy and girl, an 83-year-old Japanese grandpa also managed to get up there. If we give ourselves the means, it is accessible to any healthy person who kicks their own butt a little. There, I don’t see where the feat is. And then it is very self-centered. Three quarters of the film is: “Look at my belly button”, it doesn’t go any further.”
The mountaineer also denounces the impact of such a project by a web star with 8 million subscribers on YouTube, 5.9 million on TikTok and 5.2 million on Instagram, on a site already overcrowded and polluted, described as“real dump” by several scientists. Kanchha Sherpa, one of the very first climbers to have climbed its summit, speaks of a site strewn with garbage. “Everest is very dirty now. People throw away boxes and wrappers after eating. But who will collect them?”he asked himself last March The Guardian.
“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.” Finally, Pascal Tournaire disputes the idea of such a feat being achieved with an oxygen bottle. “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… Benjamin Vedrines (French mountaineer) says: ”Today, climbing Everest with oxygen is like doing the Tour de France with an electric bike.””
Source: hitek.fr
