K2 with a Drone!

hi I am Pierre and the husband of a charming woman and father of two grade daughter I work as a researcher and scientific photographer Charles University in Prague one would say that I could have a cow story blueblood but no there is not my passion maybe a crazy one drawn I've been into drones for a while building some of my own flying some off-the-shelf one I consider myself to be an experienced pilot looking incredible flights over little-known waterfalls in Uganda Africa or flying my drone in South Africa and Lesotho simply admiring the unbelievable nature sceneries I should be satisfied with all of that but Ana I've been waiting for something bigger than one can do in a week I wanted a big project a very big project as big as project can be and the project came to me well it wasn't the project at all it was a woman this woman guara maybe she doesn't look it but this is the first female from the Czech Republic to summit Mount Everest she probably stepped not only the highest point of the world but has also submitted the highest mountains in North and South America and Europe but she has never stepped on the famous dangerous and mystic k2 she decided to change that then she invited me to join her not really to the summit but as high as I can wave withdrawn she this is finally the challenge that I have been waiting for I have never been so high the highest point I have all my draw net was in the Austrian Alps at an altitude of 3000 meters it was fantastic but early not that high right questions came to my mind about the flight at the time therefore I decided to fly this under low pressure conditions in a hyperbaric chamber not really successfully but I knew that the drone can probably fly so the second problem to solve was can the drone fly in long-term sub-zero freezing temperatures I was waiting for really cold days and found that definitely yes if you warm the batteries enough it can with those questions answered the adventure could begin traveling to k2 base camp was a long haul first we had to get the Pakistan which took us two days go ten minutes forever then get the trouble by offering cars for another day through the red wall of corn wild wild river running directly to asking the pleasures and finally we began the week long hike leading to the base camp we started at an altitude of 3000 meters we could see the snow on the tops of the surrounding hills kappa da in a milk unni Desilu Seba a Bobby nah nah I've a levy now you know the view of the river was already spectacular the vault was not easy at all every step was painful on unstable stones yes when we were approaching the base camp I decided for one dangerous but potentially beautiful fly every said right now I wanted to make a small plan just around the glacier and the donkeys going on but something happened around the couple's flying really high very fast on Versailles moved to Eddie but this doesn't matter I just crushed it fortunately I found about it at the gym boys off the run is copied Leo I resented that because I was flying with this baby in Czech Republic in in Austria and Lesotho in South Africa and here in Pakistan as well this is food it was fine fine fine fine just crush ah however having a second spiral drone in the box was a really lucky idea after a few days the weather cleared and I decided to fly again so I charge my batteries and try surrounded by insulation you are climbing higher and higher to the kingdom of ice and then altitude you you Oh you we reached camp 1 the highest point I have ever visited at 6,100 mirrors I cannot clomp higher as I don't have a permit insurance nor the shoes for that Oh Here I am standing on k2 higher than anyone ever has with a drone it looks like I can beat the world drawn high altitude to record but the air here is so thin that the rotors are spinning almost at maximum speed while the drone still sits on the ground should I fly you

Channel: Petr Jan Juračka

Views: 2,466,035

Keywords: drone, mountains, Pakistan, K2, record, high altitude, winter, freezing, adventure, LowePro DroneGuard, climbing, sports, awesome, epic, DJI Phantom 3 Advanced, nature, scenery

Id: CzLWdNfNj-4

Length: 15min 21sec (921 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 01 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/ArisTheGod]

damm that final slide though!

[u/alizaman]

Northern Pakistan is beautiful!

[u/[deleted]]

We live in a world with breathtaking and amazing beauty throughout, and try as we might we will all only see a small part of it. I am grateful at times like these for the access we have to be able to share such amazing places with each other in this day and age. Thank you for showing us something so special Petr, I hope to go myself one day.

[u/savageotter]

Reminds me of films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival

[u/FrankyEaton]

Did that last slide mean to say No instead of Any? I hope so

[u/PM_ME_ANYTHING_FUN]

Great post.

[u/[deleted]]

Awesome, breathtaking footage

[u/JackSmackus]

Someone is going to get a call from DJI.

[u/ekix]

Sick, how hasn't this gained more attention?