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Douglas: This is an astonishingly
chance relationship.
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Between western climbers
and the sherpas.
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When climbing began,
the sherpas had no conception
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of what mountaineering might be,
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and yet, suddenly they were
on this journey
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from being people who just
genetically were really good
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at altitude to becoming,
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you know, international
mountain guides 100 years later.
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Man: 1953... coronation year.
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The world was turned by the news
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that Everest had at last
been conquered
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by a British expedition
led by colonel John hunt.
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Accompanied by the famous
sherpa tenzing,
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Edmund Hillary climbed
the summit
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of the world's highest mountain.
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Douglas: When tenzing norgay
reached the summit of Everest,
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that is such an amazing moment.
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It's one of the most
beautiful moments
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in climbing history.
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That's the moment
when the word "sherpa"
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has the meaning of brand in
the way that we understand it.
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The world
was captivated by tenzing.
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And he fixed in our minds
the popular image of a sherpa,
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as this smiling, friendly,
almost heroic figure.
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Jamling:
A lot of the western world.
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Do not know what a sherpa is.
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So, a sherpa, you know...
You climb mountains, you know?
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And that's the first instinct,
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but they have no idea
that we are
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actually an ethnic group
of people.
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We believe in reincarnation...
Life after death.
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And you continue to be reborn
and reborn and reborn
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until the day you reach nirvana.
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So, your next life is determined
by your deeds of this life.
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We sherpa people have a great
respect for the mountain.
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Norgay:
Over here, we climb mountains,
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but it's a holy place.
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There's a huge difference in,
you know,
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the attitude, the feeling.
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Western people approach it
as a physical challenge...
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Push your limit to see
how close you can get to death.
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But there's
1,000-year-old stories
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we have about
the mountain's history,
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which these people
have no idea about.
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And I think some people adapt
and learn and respect it.
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Some people don't.
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Douglas: If phurba is one of the
most successful climbing sherpas.
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Of his generation,
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then his counterpart
amongst expedition leaders
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is his boss, Russell Brice.
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Brice: I've been running
commercial expeditions here.
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Since 1994.
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I think I'm the person
that's been
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on more Everest expeditions
than anyone else in the world.
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- It's all oxygen.
- All oxygen.
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And I brought those
two broken ones in kathmandu.
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How can I explain phurba tashi?
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This year, he might climb
Everest 22 times...
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More than anyone else
in the world...
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And such a special person.
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He's incredibly strong
on the mountain.
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Good idea. Water here.
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Hi, guys.
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Lots of new faces.
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Douglas:
The service-industry aspect.
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Of climbing Everest
has developed and developed.
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So what mountaineers in 1975
maybe would have put up with,
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the people who are coming now
want something a bit more.
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You know, they want
a very comfortable base camp.
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Everything's good.
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So much work for these guys
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to make all these platforms
and put tents up.
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The activity here
has changed utterly.
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It has become an industry,
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and that industry is people,
largely, by sherpas.
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And they may not still
fully understand
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what it is that compels us
to climb mountains,
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but they are fantastically good
at delivering the experience.
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Woodward:
So far, so good, actually.
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Everybody's looking
and sounding quite healthy.
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A couple mild headaches,
but that's to be expected.
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Okay, folks.
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Let's roll on out of town.
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Steven: In the old days,
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people did everything
on the mountain together.
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And today,
the mountain has changed in that
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the operators
take care of everything.
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Brice: In the old days,
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if you got one person
on the summit,
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that was success.
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Now, we need to get everyone
on the summit.
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So if you want to get everyone
on the summit,
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you need much more
creature comfort.
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Certainly the type of person
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that comes on an expedition
has changed considerably.
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We bring people here to help
them fulfill their dreams.
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Hey! Yeah!
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Phurba, how's it going?
Good to see you.
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You boys have done hard work.
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Oh!
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Hey, phurba. Peter. How are you?
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It's been a goal as a climber.
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I know to a lot of climbers,
it might be trivial,
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but to me,
being on top of Everest
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is just an achievement
of a dream.
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Johnson: Part of the reason why
you want to come and climb...
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You want to experience
those things,
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see if you can do it, see
if you can physically do it.
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It's a massive undertaking.
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The training is phenomenal.
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And, you know,
it's not something
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you put together
in a couple weeks.
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It's months of planning
and months of getting organized.
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Everest has always
been attractive
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for several reasons for me.
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I love the Buddhist side to it.
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I love the whole...
I love the nepalese people.
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So, for me, it's been a more
enjoyable mountain than most
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because I think
that it's so cool,
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that you get to share it
with these beautiful people.
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Man: Have you ever seen a man
so particular?
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Man #2:
Are you watching this right now?
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Man #3: It's like a caveman.
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Douglas: And so, for just
eight hectic weeks each year,
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Everest base camp
becomes this thriving village.
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And in recent years,
overcrowding on Everest
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has been the source
of a lot of controversy.
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Williams: It might just be
the last place on earth.
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You'd expect to find
a traffic jam...
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The top of the world...
Mount Everest.
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Man #4: These archive images
show how lineups
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cause long
and unnecessary delays.
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Man #5: More than 4,000 climbers
have been to the top of Everest.
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600 people do it in a good year.
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It has become a very necessary
part of the nepalese economy.
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Man #6: Expedition companies
charge up to $100,000
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to clients wanting
to make the ascent.
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Man #7: Climbing Everest has
become a bucket list ambition
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and a multi-million-dollar
industry.
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Douglas: This is a, you know,
big employer...
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Lots and lots of people.
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There are more sherpas
working on the mountain now
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than there ever
have been in history.
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But they only get
a small fraction of the pie.
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Man #5: The sherpa guides
earn up to $5,000
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for a two-month expedition,
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10 times the average annual pay
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in their isolated homeland.
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Douglas:
The whole Everest circus.
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Just seems to get
bigger and bigger,
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and this season is no exception.
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Russell Brice's team
is just one of 38 expeditions
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on the mountain this year.
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All these people have to be
looked after,
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and all their equipment has
to be moved up the mountain.
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You have Google maps
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photographing the route
to the summit.
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There's a Hollywood
feature film.
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There's even a guy in a wingsuit
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trying to jump off the top
and fly all the way down.
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Flisler:
So, we're here to put on one.
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Of the most
ambitious television projects
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in the history
of the media world.
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So he'll be flying down here,
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and we're gonna be
broadcasting it all live.
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There's a reason
that superman movies
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or Batman movies
and spider-man...
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All these superheroes
are so popular.
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I can do what those guys can do.
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Wardle: It's kind of daft,
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but you know,
in the world of adventure,
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people are always thinking
of new crazy things to do.
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Douglas:
It's part of the deal now...
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Is that they're all kinds
of strange notions
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of what can be done on Everest
simply to attract attention.
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One, two, three.
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The way these commercial
expeditions climb Everest
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is to establish a series
of higher and higher camps,
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stocking them
over a period of weeks
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with everything required
to give the clients
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the best chance
of reaching the summit.
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The government
doesn't permit equipment
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to be flown up the mountain,
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so everything that goes into
building these camps
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has to be carried.
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Douglas: And it's the sherpas
that do that work,
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including going through what is
its most dangerous section.
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If you want to climb Everest
from the south,
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you have to go
through the khumbu icefall.
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It's the route up Everest most
commercial operators prefer,
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partly because of
political uncertainty
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on the northern side
of the mountain in Tibet,
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which they'd rather avoid.
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Mckinley: The khumbu icefall
is like a waterfall of ice.
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Coming out of the western cwm.
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There is nowhere else
in the world
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that a mountaineer would go
through an icefall like this.
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But because it's the only access
on the south side to Everest,
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then people do walk through
this jumble of ice.
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The problem with the icefall
is that it's uncontrollable.
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All the other aspects of
the mountain that are dangerous
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have, you know,
in terms of safety,
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have been improved
over the years.
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But the icefall remains,
you know, perilous.
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Douglas: There are threats
from every direction.
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Not only that...
There are big blocks of ice
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falling down
without warning from above.
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You're asking men to go to work
in a very dangerous environment.
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And it's becoming more so
as the seracs,
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these giant blocks
of glacial ice,
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are affected by the forces
of climate change.
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They're dropping off
more readily,
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and people are going
to get caught more often.
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Man #8: Oh, shoot.
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Douglas: So you know that
this is a perilous moment...
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Going through the icefall.
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Man #8: Oh, my god.
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Douglas:
And it's not just once or twice.
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The sherpas
have to go through it.
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It's up to 30 trips per season,
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as compared to about two
or three for most foreigners.
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Brice: I'm totally scared
every time
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I send the sherpas
up in the mountain.
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It's like sending them off
to war.
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I don't know
who's gonna come home.
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If there's an accident
in the icefall,
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are we gonna lose one?
Are we gonna lose two?
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Are we gonna lose six people?
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Because the potential is there.
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Douglas: And the question is...
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What is the moral
justification for that?
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You know, what reward is there
for you to play
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what is essentially
a game of Russian roulette?
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In 2012, I determined
the mountain to be dangerous.
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Every night,
I'd listen to the sherpas
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on the radio going
through the icefall.
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And all the time,
they were running away
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from small avalanches
and blocks of ice
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falling down
and things like that.
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So I made a decision
to cancel my expedition.
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That's an incredibly hard thing
to do...
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To cancel
a commercial expedition.
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Douglas: There were people
around who said,
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"well, Russell's, you know,
being a bit of a chump here"
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because his clients
will be pissed off
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because they went home
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"and other people
got to the top."
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I think Russell Brice
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was really putting
into perspective the risks
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that people were making
the sherpas take.
252
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Now Russell has
four of those clients
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returning this year.
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So that adds a lot of pressure
for a successful expedition.
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Douglas:
Tenzing norgay was a man.
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Who was determined
to change his stars.
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And when he reached the summit
of Everest, he did that.
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The British
couldn't have done it
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with someone like tenzing.
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He'd been to the mountain
seven times by that point,
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and they benefited
from all those years
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of his experience,
but he wasn't acknowledged.
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He wasn't given due regard
for what he had achieved.
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Coming down from that,
almost immediately,
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he finds himself
in a political firestorm.
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Reporter:
Who got to the top first?
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Hunt: To anybody who climbs
mountains, to any mountaineer,
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and I feel
to thousands of others.
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The matter couldn't matter less.
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Reporter #2: When tenzing
norgay was asked how he felt,
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his chilly answers
had to be interpreted.
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Hunt: He's very happy.
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Reporter #2: All this
and the George medal, too.
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Douglas: So John hunt became
sir John hunt,
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Hillary became sir ed Hillary,
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and tenzing got
the George medal.
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Now, there is a superior award
to that... the George cross.
278
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So it's kind of like
a second-level award.
279
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It was just not right.
280
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So in the eyes of sherpas,
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in the eyes of people in India,
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in the eyes of most asians,
they felt somewhat slighted
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that he would not get
the same kind of recognition
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that his partners got.
285
00:27:42,996 --> 00:27:44,195
Jamling: My father said,
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"i wish I had never
climbed this mountain."
287
00:28:00,681 --> 00:28:03,114
Douglas: He was immensely proud
of what he had achieved,
288
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but I think he felt
thwarted in a way.
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I think he felt that he hadn't
realized himself
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in the way
that he would have liked.
291
00:28:11,792 --> 00:28:13,692
I think partly it's because,
you know,
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he lacked a formal education.
293
00:28:22,836 --> 00:28:24,202
Steven:
The 60-year-old reputation.
294
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Of what it is
to be a sherpa is changing.
295
00:28:27,340 --> 00:28:28,807
Joshi: Now, you go to base camp.
296
00:28:28,809 --> 00:28:32,277
And more than 80% of sherpas
finish their high school.
297
00:28:32,279 --> 00:28:33,545
And if you go 20 years ago,
298
00:28:33,547 --> 00:28:35,113
none of them have been
to high school.
299
00:28:35,115 --> 00:28:38,249
Because of their education,
they know a lot more
300
00:28:38,251 --> 00:28:41,920
than western clients
think they do.
301
00:28:41,922 --> 00:28:44,155
Steven: Now with
the Facebook generation,
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00:28:44,157 --> 00:28:47,258
sherpas see
how much credit westerners
303
00:28:47,260 --> 00:28:49,494
are getting
for a climb on Everest,
304
00:28:49,496 --> 00:28:52,697
and they know that they've done
most of the grunt work.
305
00:28:52,699 --> 00:28:53,898
Without the sherpa,
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00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:55,700
the westerner
would never have gotten there.
307
00:28:55,702 --> 00:28:57,001
And they are dissatisfied
with that.
308
00:28:57,003 --> 00:29:00,138
And they want equal credit
for what they have done.
309
00:29:01,975 --> 00:29:06,311
What we've seen in recent years
is a...
310
00:29:06,313 --> 00:29:10,782
A tendency of aggression
311
00:29:10,784 --> 00:29:12,217
from younger sherpas.
312
00:29:12,219 --> 00:29:16,087
So, last year,
there was fighting on Everest,
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00:29:16,089 --> 00:29:19,524
and I think we were
all disappointed,
314
00:29:19,526 --> 00:29:21,726
so sad about that.
315
00:29:24,231 --> 00:29:26,297
Man #9: Dozens of people
risk their lives every year
316
00:29:26,299 --> 00:29:27,732
trying to climb mount Everest.
317
00:29:27,734 --> 00:29:29,934
This morning, some of them say
they nearly died in a brawl.
318
00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:32,237
Woman: Man versus the mountain
to man versus man.
319
00:29:32,239 --> 00:29:33,805
Man #11: Three climbers
say they faced a human foe.
320
00:29:33,807 --> 00:29:35,340
Man #12:
Three top European climbers
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00:29:35,342 --> 00:29:36,674
had to flee for their lives.
322
00:29:36,676 --> 00:29:38,877
Man #13: The highest-altitude
scrap in history.
323
00:29:38,879 --> 00:29:40,578
Man #14:
They just tried to kill us.
324
00:29:40,580 --> 00:29:42,113
Man #15:
The sherpas tried to kill you?
325
00:29:42,115 --> 00:29:44,582
Man #16: This all unfolded
near the summit,
326
00:29:44,584 --> 00:29:48,052
an altitude
of roughly 22,000 feet.
327
00:29:48,054 --> 00:29:51,055
Douglas: You have a European
calling a sherpa a...
328
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Which is, in Nepal,
particularly,
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00:29:53,226 --> 00:29:54,359
culturally insensitive.
330
00:29:56,163 --> 00:29:59,164
Man #17: Yep. I copy that.
I know what word you used.
331
00:29:59,166 --> 00:30:00,932
I don't like that word, either.
332
00:30:00,934 --> 00:30:03,835
Man #18: Sherpas, who usually
help westerners summit,
333
00:30:03,837 --> 00:30:06,237
turned against them.
334
00:30:06,239 --> 00:30:11,276
I'm sorry. I'm sorry
for all what they said.
335
00:30:11,278 --> 00:30:15,580
All the words that came out
from my mouth was wrong.
336
00:30:15,582 --> 00:30:18,316
I am sorry.
337
00:30:18,318 --> 00:30:20,952
Yes.
338
00:30:20,954 --> 00:30:22,554
Please. Please, no violence.
339
00:30:22,556 --> 00:30:24,823
- No.
- He came to apologize.
340
00:30:24,825 --> 00:30:26,825
I'm sorry.
341
00:30:26,827 --> 00:30:28,293
Yes, yes.
342
00:30:28,295 --> 00:30:30,195
Please, no violence. Listen.
343
00:30:30,197 --> 00:30:31,896
He's very sorry.
344
00:30:31,898 --> 00:30:32,764
No!
345
00:30:34,768 --> 00:30:36,801
Inside, inside.
346
00:30:38,705 --> 00:30:40,171
Hey!
347
00:30:40,173 --> 00:30:42,574
Man #18: It's not clear whether
the fight was something personal
348
00:30:42,576 --> 00:30:44,876
or reflected
a greater discontent.
349
00:30:44,878 --> 00:30:47,946
Please, no violence. Please!
350
00:31:10,503 --> 00:31:13,571
It's about sherpas
no longer feeling
351
00:31:13,573 --> 00:31:18,176
that they have to be subservient
or deferent to western climbers
352
00:31:18,178 --> 00:31:21,980
and not playing out that role
of the faithful servant anymore.
353
00:31:21,982 --> 00:31:24,148
Not being the kind of nice,
friendly, smiley person
354
00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:25,250
in the background.
355
00:31:25,252 --> 00:31:26,985
Just saying,
"actually, you know what?
356
00:31:26,987 --> 00:31:28,953
We're as good as you."
357
00:31:28,955 --> 00:31:30,455
Brice: I'm a little afraid.
358
00:31:30,457 --> 00:31:32,757
Where it's going
to lead in the future.
359
00:31:32,759 --> 00:31:33,825
It's too hard.
360
00:31:33,827 --> 00:31:35,560
The tension is too hard.
361
00:31:35,562 --> 00:31:37,862
The worry is too hard.
362
00:31:37,864 --> 00:31:40,565
And I'm getting too old
for that.
363
00:31:55,215 --> 00:31:58,950
- Good morning.
- Good morning, mount Everest.
364
00:31:58,952 --> 00:32:00,952
Hot towel.
365
00:32:03,490 --> 00:32:05,023
Tea?
366
00:32:05,025 --> 00:32:07,325
Ow.
367
00:32:07,327 --> 00:32:09,661
Roughin' it on mount Everest.
368
00:32:09,663 --> 00:32:11,863
Hot towels
and tea in the morning.
369
00:32:15,035 --> 00:32:17,936
Ah.
370
00:32:25,312 --> 00:32:27,845
Can I have a tea
with no sugar, please?
371
00:34:47,620 --> 00:34:50,354
Douglas: The reason Everest
takes eight weeks to climb.
372
00:34:50,356 --> 00:34:56,027
Is that the body needs to slowly
acclimatize to the altitude.
373
00:35:01,534 --> 00:35:04,135
Brice: We do our acclimatization
on lobuche peak.
374
00:35:04,137 --> 00:35:05,803
To stay out of the icefall,
375
00:35:05,805 --> 00:35:10,942
to reduce the risk
for our clients.
376
00:35:10,944 --> 00:35:12,677
Douglas: And so when, you know,
Russell Brice.
377
00:35:12,679 --> 00:35:14,912
Starts getting his clients
to camp on top of, you know,
378
00:35:14,914 --> 00:35:17,215
a nearby peak rather than
going through the icefall
379
00:35:17,217 --> 00:35:20,818
to acclimatize, you know,
that makes sense.
380
00:35:20,820 --> 00:35:23,654
The fewer trips anyone
has to make through the icefall,
381
00:35:23,656 --> 00:35:24,789
the better.
382
00:35:26,326 --> 00:35:29,193
Meanwhile, the sherpas
are still stocking the camps
383
00:35:29,195 --> 00:35:32,296
on Everest, making dozens
of trips up and down,
384
00:35:32,298 --> 00:35:36,033
carrying all the oxygen,
the tents, the food, so on.
385
00:35:36,035 --> 00:35:38,035
So that the mountain
is ready to be climbed
386
00:35:38,037 --> 00:35:39,804
when the clients return.
387
00:35:43,943 --> 00:35:47,345
Brice: This year, my clients will
go through the icefall twice,
388
00:35:47,347 --> 00:35:49,480
but I dare say
most of the sherpas
389
00:35:49,482 --> 00:35:52,783
will go through
maybe 20 to 30 times.
390
00:35:52,785 --> 00:35:56,287
And I'm not sure the clients
actually ever see that.
391
00:35:56,289 --> 00:36:00,191
That was a nice day for a climb.
392
00:36:57,150 --> 00:37:00,918
Brice: I think a lot of people,
even on our trips,
393
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,987
don't really understand
394
00:37:02,989 --> 00:37:06,057
all this work
is going on every night.
395
00:37:06,059 --> 00:37:10,494
Loads of equipment going up
to support them on the mountain.
396
00:37:17,837 --> 00:37:20,838
But now we have to start
the real job of why we're here,
397
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,473
and that's going up
through the mountain.
398
00:37:22,475 --> 00:37:24,809
Safety is very, very important.
399
00:37:24,811 --> 00:37:27,111
If you go through the icefall
without crampons,
400
00:37:27,113 --> 00:37:29,614
if you go through the icefall
without clipping on,
401
00:37:29,616 --> 00:37:30,748
I'm gonna sack you.
402
00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:33,651
You're gonna go home.
403
00:37:33,653 --> 00:37:36,587
Douglas: It must seem crazy
going through the khumbu icefall.
404
00:37:36,589 --> 00:37:39,190
In the dark,
but it's actually much safer
405
00:37:39,192 --> 00:37:42,059
because it's more stable
in the cold of night.
406
00:37:42,061 --> 00:37:43,227
Once the sun hits,
407
00:37:43,229 --> 00:37:45,997
it becomes
increasingly dangerous.
408
00:37:45,999 --> 00:37:47,031
Brice: You have to remember.
409
00:37:47,033 --> 00:37:49,333
That you have
a big responsibility
410
00:37:49,335 --> 00:37:52,336
not only for your own safety
but for your family.
411
00:37:54,941 --> 00:37:59,043
Even if it's a full moon,
you must have your headlamp.
412
00:37:59,045 --> 00:38:01,245
The transceivers
must be turned on here,
413
00:38:01,247 --> 00:38:03,314
and you must use
the transceiver every day
414
00:38:03,316 --> 00:38:05,783
that you go through the icefall.
415
00:38:05,785 --> 00:38:08,019
We know if a serac
falls on top of you
416
00:38:08,021 --> 00:38:12,690
you're not going to survive,
but if you have a transceiver,
417
00:38:12,692 --> 00:38:17,094
it means to find you
will take much less time.
418
00:38:17,096 --> 00:38:20,064
And so that puts the people
doing the rescue
419
00:38:20,066 --> 00:38:21,799
at much less risk.
420
00:39:12,819 --> 00:39:14,752
Check, check.
421
00:39:16,889 --> 00:39:19,290
Check, check.
422
00:42:48,334 --> 00:42:52,202
There at least five out here
that are out of the danger zone,
423
00:42:52,204 --> 00:42:54,805
and there's another four or five
i can see
424
00:42:54,807 --> 00:42:57,608
that are still in the depths
of the icefall.
425
00:43:08,554 --> 00:43:11,822
Man #19: Update from icefall...
13 or 14 missing.
426
00:43:11,824 --> 00:43:13,257
Not sure what team they're from.
427
00:43:13,259 --> 00:43:15,826
Phil, are all your boys okay?
428
00:43:19,131 --> 00:43:21,999
Phil, I can't hear you,
but are all your boys okay?
429
00:43:22,001 --> 00:43:23,767
Just say yes or no.
430
00:43:26,739 --> 00:43:28,405
Thumbs up. Okay. Thanks.
431
00:43:28,407 --> 00:43:29,707
Man #21: Get all the rescue rope
you can find.
432
00:43:29,709 --> 00:43:30,708
Russ, where's that...
433
00:43:30,710 --> 00:43:34,044
Brice: A.C. And a.A.I.
434
00:43:34,046 --> 00:43:39,149
Dawa sherpa, a.C. Sherpa,
and a.A.I. Sherpa.
435
00:43:39,151 --> 00:43:40,250
No.
436
00:43:49,895 --> 00:43:51,729
Mckinley:
I'm not aware of numbers,
437
00:43:51,731 --> 00:43:54,531
but it's significant amounts.
438
00:43:54,533 --> 00:43:57,067
It's in the teens.
439
00:44:04,810 --> 00:44:06,010
Keep that with you.
440
00:44:06,012 --> 00:44:07,645
Okay.
441
00:44:10,650 --> 00:44:13,350
Definitely bring the long line
from kathmandu.
442
00:44:13,352 --> 00:44:15,886
Cheers. Bye.
443
00:44:21,894 --> 00:44:24,228
Put these steel shovels,
get them all together.
444
00:44:26,666 --> 00:44:29,700
We want that sked.
445
00:44:29,702 --> 00:44:31,935
Man #20:
If people are somewhat stable
446
00:44:31,937 --> 00:44:33,303
we're gonna want to be bringing
them down
447
00:44:33,305 --> 00:44:34,905
from the scene
if we can't fly them out.
448
00:44:36,242 --> 00:44:37,374
For the beginning of the season.
449
00:44:37,376 --> 00:44:39,410
- "A."
- Yeah.
450
00:44:47,553 --> 00:44:49,887
How are you? Namaste, Dave.
451
00:44:49,889 --> 00:44:51,255
- That's it?
- Yeah.
452
00:44:51,257 --> 00:44:54,692
Goes up, gets some oxygen,
453
00:44:54,694 --> 00:44:58,062
and you go second load.
454
00:44:58,064 --> 00:44:59,763
One of my guys is very serious.
455
00:44:59,765 --> 00:45:00,831
Mm-hmm.
456
00:45:00,833 --> 00:45:04,268
So I think we're
to bring him down fast,
457
00:45:04,270 --> 00:45:05,836
as soon as possible.
458
00:45:05,838 --> 00:45:07,438
Because he's alive now.
459
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,540
Yeah, yeah. We'll try.
460
00:45:09,542 --> 00:45:11,208
My doctor here waiting.
461
00:45:11,210 --> 00:45:12,276
- Yeah.
- It's okay.
462
00:45:12,278 --> 00:45:14,411
But we need sked.
We need all that.
463
00:45:14,413 --> 00:45:16,246
We need the oxygen
up there first flight.
464
00:45:16,248 --> 00:45:17,347
Yeah.
465
00:45:17,349 --> 00:45:18,415
I think what we're trying to do
466
00:45:18,417 --> 00:45:19,416
is you and I in the first load.
467
00:45:19,418 --> 00:45:20,517
Yeah.
468
00:45:20,519 --> 00:45:22,586
I'll try and secure the helipad.
469
00:45:22,588 --> 00:45:23,921
- Yep.
- Get it crackin'.
470
00:45:23,923 --> 00:45:24,988
You do flight stuff,
I'll just do medical stuff.
471
00:45:24,990 --> 00:45:26,256
And you go down. Exactly.
472
00:45:29,995 --> 00:45:31,061
- Guys.
- Yes, yes.
473
00:45:31,063 --> 00:45:32,229
If you're gonna make me
in charge...
474
00:45:32,231 --> 00:45:33,564
- Yeah, yeah.
- Please listen.
475
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,134
Okay. I understand
you're mountain guides.
476
00:45:37,136 --> 00:45:38,502
I'm a mountain guide.
477
00:45:38,504 --> 00:45:41,638
We've all got friends
missing and dead.
478
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,507
We know that, okay?
479
00:45:43,509 --> 00:45:46,210
We can't get everything up
on the first load.
480
00:45:49,315 --> 00:45:51,248
We want to send a doctor.
481
00:45:51,250 --> 00:45:53,083
- Doctor. One Nepali guide.
- They're requesting a doctor.
482
00:45:53,085 --> 00:45:55,385
Doctor and one Nepali guide,
okay?
483
00:46:01,193 --> 00:46:03,761
Woman #2: Who are these people?
484
00:46:18,210 --> 00:46:21,278
Priority is being stabled
and Melissa on it.
485
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:22,846
Mckinley:
Yeah, I think we've explained.
486
00:46:22,848 --> 00:46:25,716
That Russell's in charge
of the helipad down here,
487
00:46:25,718 --> 00:46:27,918
which means Melissa
and I will be going first.
488
00:46:33,159 --> 00:46:35,692
Man #21: First victim is already
packaged, ready to go.
489
00:46:35,694 --> 00:46:36,860
Man #22: Patient condition.
490
00:46:36,862 --> 00:46:39,797
Man #21: He's fully conscious,
responsive.
491
00:46:39,799 --> 00:46:41,265
Man #23: But we are confused
492
00:46:41,267 --> 00:46:42,599
about how many casualties
there are now.
493
00:46:42,601 --> 00:46:44,535
We don't have a casualty
count now.
494
00:46:44,537 --> 00:46:46,503
We're working on live bodies
at the moment.
495
00:46:53,179 --> 00:46:57,347
Brice: All sherpas not needed
now leave and come to base camp.
496
00:46:57,349 --> 00:46:59,216
It's starting to get hot.
497
00:47:02,254 --> 00:47:04,822
Mckinley: Jason's gonna go in,
try and land in upper site,
498
00:47:04,824 --> 00:47:07,357
pull that sherpa off,
bring him down to helipad.
499
00:47:07,359 --> 00:47:10,994
Being switched to long line
going to your location.
500
00:47:10,996 --> 00:47:13,797
Woman #2: Jason has landed
at middle site. Over.
501
00:47:13,799 --> 00:47:16,200
Man #21: There's a sherpa with a
head injury and internal bleeding.
502
00:47:16,202 --> 00:47:18,535
They're gonna keep him there,
package him for a long line.
503
00:47:18,537 --> 00:47:21,471
Yeah, Michael just requested
as much rope as possible.
504
00:47:29,114 --> 00:47:32,950
Mckinley: There's a live patient
with a query several fracture.
505
00:47:32,952 --> 00:47:36,486
Pulse looks good
call me from img, over.
506
00:47:36,488 --> 00:47:38,388
Man #21: Blood on the right...
Your right...
507
00:47:38,390 --> 00:47:41,792
Arm bruising, upper left
chest pain descending with Eric.
508
00:47:45,731 --> 00:47:47,231
Brice: I need to confirm...
509
00:47:47,233 --> 00:47:49,900
Do we have anymore injured
people to pick up or not?
510
00:47:49,902 --> 00:47:52,102
Mckinley: This is the last patient.
This is the last patient.
511
00:47:52,104 --> 00:47:53,904
And then we can switch
to non-traumatic
512
00:47:53,906 --> 00:47:56,073
body recovery flying down.
513
00:47:56,075 --> 00:47:58,008
And we're gonna put an ecg
on them to check for rhythm.
514
00:47:58,010 --> 00:47:59,409
Over.
515
00:47:59,411 --> 00:48:01,778
Woman #2: A verify... we are
absolutely in body recovery.
516
00:48:01,780 --> 00:48:03,413
- Yes.
- Roger.
517
00:48:03,415 --> 00:48:05,849
Mckinley: Let's get this going.
518
00:49:38,510 --> 00:49:40,877
This is by far the worst tragedy
519
00:49:40,879 --> 00:49:42,646
that's ever happened on Everest.
520
00:49:42,648 --> 00:49:45,882
13 people
have died this morning.
521
00:49:45,884 --> 00:49:49,619
And there may be more still
that we don't know about.
522
00:49:49,621 --> 00:49:52,189
There hasn't been a year
in history
523
00:49:52,191 --> 00:49:54,224
where 13 people have died
on Everest,
524
00:49:54,226 --> 00:49:55,792
let alone in one day.
525
00:49:55,794 --> 00:49:57,027
Man #24: Break, break.
526
00:49:57,029 --> 00:49:59,763
Michael has done an examination
on all bodies.
527
00:49:59,765 --> 00:50:02,499
No signs of life.
528
00:50:02,501 --> 00:50:05,102
Brice: I dare say...
529
00:50:05,104 --> 00:50:08,672
This is the day
that we just all dreaded.
530
00:50:08,674 --> 00:50:12,075
Woman #3: How are you feeling?
531
00:50:12,077 --> 00:50:14,544
Shattered.
532
00:50:18,550 --> 00:50:21,318
Every village will be affected.
533
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,554
A lot of our guys
will have friends they know.
534
00:50:24,556 --> 00:50:30,093
There's people
from all over the khumbu
535
00:50:30,095 --> 00:50:33,296
who have been...
You know, young guys who,
536
00:50:33,298 --> 00:50:37,501
at least one of them
i know just had a baby.
537
00:50:37,503 --> 00:50:39,536
Just...
538
00:51:03,328 --> 00:51:05,495
Man #25: Now to the worst disaster
ever seen on mount Everest.
539
00:51:05,497 --> 00:51:06,930
Woman #4: The avalanche hit
540
00:51:06,932 --> 00:51:09,299
at about 6:30 this morning
local time
541
00:51:09,301 --> 00:51:11,735
at one of the busiest times
of day on the mountain.
542
00:51:11,737 --> 00:51:13,703
Man #25: Greatest one-day toll
recorded
543
00:51:13,705 --> 00:51:15,072
of the world's tallest mountain.
544
00:51:15,074 --> 00:51:17,707
Woman #4: A wall of snow crashed
over the western shoulder.
545
00:51:17,709 --> 00:51:20,210
Man #26: The death toll's
expected to rise to 16.
546
00:51:20,212 --> 00:51:22,546
Man #27: Questions are now
being asked about the future
547
00:51:22,548 --> 00:51:24,014
of this year's climbing season
548
00:51:24,016 --> 00:51:26,083
and whether attempts
will be made next month.
549
00:51:26,085 --> 00:51:28,852
Man #28: This tragedy adds
to the death toll on Everest,
550
00:51:28,854 --> 00:51:31,254
which is already estimated
at 250.
551
00:51:31,256 --> 00:51:33,690
Man #29: A four-day halt
to climbing has been declared
552
00:51:33,692 --> 00:51:36,560
while the search for
the missing sherpas goes on.
553
00:55:39,371 --> 00:55:40,870
Douglas: And you see the grief,
554
00:55:40,872 --> 00:55:43,039
and you know,
that's going back decades.
555
00:55:43,041 --> 00:55:45,408
You know, these grieving
sherpa families...
556
00:55:45,410 --> 00:55:49,946
This constant narrative of loss
being expressed again.
557
00:56:58,683 --> 00:57:00,784
Woman #5: This morning,
the search has been suspended
558
00:57:00,786 --> 00:57:02,085
for three other people
559
00:57:02,087 --> 00:57:03,987
who are still missing
from mount Everest.
560
00:57:03,989 --> 00:57:08,958
Crews did manage to recover
a 13th body overnight.
561
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,194
Wardle:
Two days ago, 16 people died.
562
00:57:11,196 --> 00:57:12,896
Including
about half of our team.
563
00:57:12,898 --> 00:57:15,665
This morning, I think
the sherpas are taking matters
564
00:57:15,667 --> 00:57:17,100
into their own hands.
565
00:57:17,102 --> 00:57:19,636
They're holding a big meeting
at base camp.
566
00:57:19,638 --> 00:57:23,940
We've just been told
that the sherpas are quite angry
567
00:57:23,942 --> 00:57:26,009
and we should get bags ready
568
00:57:26,011 --> 00:57:28,545
just in case
we have to make a swift exit.
569
00:57:28,547 --> 00:57:31,748
We don't know if the sherpas
are perhaps gonna target us
570
00:57:31,750 --> 00:57:35,852
as a focus for their anger...
Westerners coming here
571
00:57:35,854 --> 00:57:39,189
and causing such
a kind of circus at times.
572
00:57:39,191 --> 00:57:41,424
I don't know if there's
any still-lingering tension
573
00:57:41,426 --> 00:57:43,626
from last year
and the fights that broke out.
574
00:57:43,628 --> 00:57:45,862
We're hoping the same thing
doesn't happen again this year,
575
00:57:45,864 --> 00:57:49,532
but we're concerned about
filming here right now.
576
00:58:12,424 --> 00:58:14,524
16 people dying
at the same time...
577
00:58:14,526 --> 00:58:16,359
It's a huge, huge shock.
578
00:58:16,361 --> 00:58:18,094
When it started to sink in,
579
00:58:18,096 --> 00:58:22,198
the anger got distinctly pointed
at the government.
580
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,068
They feel that the government
has always been benefiting
581
00:58:25,070 --> 00:58:27,871
off the labor of the sherpas,
the lives of the sherpas,
582
00:58:27,873 --> 00:58:30,607
and never put anything back.
583
00:58:30,609 --> 00:58:32,342
Douglas:
Nepal's tourism industry.
584
00:58:32,344 --> 00:58:35,311
Is worth $360 million a year.
585
00:58:35,313 --> 00:58:38,281
So when the government offers
the families around $400,
586
00:58:38,283 --> 00:58:41,117
which isn't even enough to cover
their funeral expenses,
587
00:58:41,119 --> 00:58:44,120
grief turns to anger
very quickly.
588
00:58:52,464 --> 00:58:54,230
The government...
You know, once it figured out
589
00:58:54,232 --> 00:58:56,332
that it could sell Everest
as many times
590
00:58:56,334 --> 00:58:58,568
as it liked every year
rather than once,
591
00:58:58,570 --> 00:59:00,637
it's basically just sat there,
592
00:59:00,639 --> 00:59:02,772
occasionally twiddled
around the edges
593
00:59:02,774 --> 00:59:04,774
when there was
some bad headlines,
594
00:59:04,776 --> 00:59:07,343
but basically
not really done anything since.
595
00:59:07,345 --> 00:59:09,879
They've left it to western,
you know, operators
596
00:59:09,881 --> 00:59:13,182
and just taken their cut
every year, and it's a big cut.
597
00:59:13,184 --> 00:59:14,717
It's like 1/3 of the money
598
00:59:14,719 --> 00:59:17,053
that stays in Nepal
from this business
599
00:59:17,055 --> 00:59:18,354
goes to the government.
600
00:59:29,868 --> 00:59:32,101
The sherpas...
They're still taking the risks.
601
00:59:32,103 --> 00:59:33,303
You know,
they've always taken the risks.
602
00:59:33,305 --> 00:59:34,737
They're still taking the risks.
603
00:59:34,739 --> 00:59:37,574
They, quite reasonably,
think that's outrageous.
604
00:59:47,319 --> 00:59:49,886
We worked really hard
this morning
605
00:59:49,888 --> 00:59:55,258
to send a letter to the ministry
606
00:59:55,260 --> 00:59:58,995
asking for better conditions
for these guys.
607
00:59:58,997 --> 01:00:00,897
I would have thought
that might preempt
608
01:00:00,899 --> 01:00:03,433
this type of meeting
this afternoon.
609
01:00:12,477 --> 01:00:15,912
Of course
we're upset about people dying,
610
01:00:15,914 --> 01:00:19,182
but this is irrational,
you know?
611
01:00:19,184 --> 01:00:20,750
It's totally irrational.
612
01:00:32,063 --> 01:00:35,665
I dare say they'd look
at the arab summer
613
01:00:35,667 --> 01:00:37,600
and things like that and think
614
01:00:37,602 --> 01:00:40,303
that they can do
the same sort of things.
615
01:00:40,305 --> 01:00:43,272
It's hot-headed young guys
who really don't have
616
01:00:43,274 --> 01:00:45,341
very much experience
on this mountain in any case.
617
01:00:53,718 --> 01:00:55,485
They're angry, yes. They are.
618
01:01:19,611 --> 01:01:21,477
Their grandparents
and their fathers
619
01:01:21,479 --> 01:01:24,113
have worked hard
in the himalayas.
620
01:01:24,115 --> 01:01:27,917
All the hard work
has been done by the sherpas,
621
01:01:27,919 --> 01:01:31,220
which is not fair.
622
01:01:31,222 --> 01:01:32,755
It is not fair.
623
01:02:10,962 --> 01:02:12,695
Man #30:
Every morning, we wake up
624
01:02:12,697 --> 01:02:14,630
and we realize
that this is not a dream.
625
01:03:05,917 --> 01:03:09,585
I'm sorry.
I don't really know what to say.
626
01:03:09,587 --> 01:03:12,288
We had a... a day...
627
01:03:12,290 --> 01:03:15,892
We've all been
expecting an accident,
628
01:03:15,894 --> 01:03:17,360
and we had a very bad day.
629
01:03:17,362 --> 01:03:20,463
The day that we never,
ever wanted.
630
01:03:20,465 --> 01:03:25,501
I am afraid every single day
the boys go through the icefall.
631
01:03:25,503 --> 01:03:32,642
I fear every day, but, guys,
we also have to progress.
632
01:03:32,644 --> 01:03:35,211
We have to progress
for the future.
633
01:03:35,213 --> 01:03:39,949
Otherwise, you have no income
for your families.
634
01:03:57,402 --> 01:04:00,303
Douglas: This is unprecedented
that the sherpas.
635
01:04:00,305 --> 01:04:02,238
Could contemplate giving up
a season's earning
636
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:04,173
in order to make their point.
637
01:04:04,175 --> 01:04:05,708
One of the biggest requests
638
01:04:05,710 --> 01:04:07,844
from the workers
in this base camp
639
01:04:07,846 --> 01:04:11,747
is to not continue
climbing this year.
640
01:04:11,749 --> 01:04:15,751
We know that's a great big ask,
641
01:04:15,753 --> 01:04:20,423
but it's somewhat small
compared to the 16 lives
642
01:04:20,425 --> 01:04:22,158
we've lost in this mountain.
643
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:24,527
This is not workable for us.
644
01:04:24,529 --> 01:04:26,896
We've still got our sherpas
to come to talk to,
645
01:04:26,898 --> 01:04:30,499
to see if we want to carry on
climbing or not.
646
01:04:30,501 --> 01:04:32,435
We can't have this happening
every time
647
01:04:32,437 --> 01:04:34,537
there's an accident
every season.
648
01:04:34,539 --> 01:04:36,305
It's getting out of control.
649
01:04:36,307 --> 01:04:40,610
We're being forced off this
mountain by renegade sherpas.
650
01:04:43,848 --> 01:04:45,815
Joshi: We only became a
Democratic country in the '90s,
651
01:04:45,817 --> 01:04:48,985
so people feel like they have
more freedom of speech.
652
01:04:48,987 --> 01:04:53,522
So whenever they speak something
that is a bit more bold,
653
01:04:53,524 --> 01:04:54,957
it obviously
takes the western people
654
01:04:54,959 --> 01:04:56,692
who are the base camp
by surprise.
655
01:04:56,694 --> 01:04:58,194
They're saying what they think.
656
01:04:58,196 --> 01:05:02,465
They're not rebels.
They're just mountain guides.
657
01:05:02,467 --> 01:05:03,933
Brice:
I'm asking for a helicopter.
658
01:05:03,935 --> 01:05:05,534
To go to the ministry.
659
01:05:05,536 --> 01:05:08,771
The government has not taken
much notice in the past,
660
01:05:08,773 --> 01:05:10,573
so I think now's the time.
661
01:05:10,575 --> 01:05:11,674
I think we're confident
662
01:05:11,676 --> 01:05:14,343
that we're gonna
recover the situation,
663
01:05:14,345 --> 01:05:17,813
but only if we act right now.
664
01:05:31,963 --> 01:05:33,162
Man #31: Good morning.
665
01:05:33,164 --> 01:05:34,497
Well, it began as a tragedy
666
01:05:34,499 --> 01:05:37,233
and has now turned into
an avalanche of resentment
667
01:05:37,235 --> 01:05:39,402
that threatens
the entire Everest industry.
668
01:05:39,404 --> 01:05:42,138
Woman #6: Sherpa guides on mount
Everest are staging a boycott
669
01:05:42,140 --> 01:05:46,742
that threatens to shut down
next month's climbing season.
670
01:05:46,744 --> 01:05:49,145
Man #31: The issue is why
the sherpa climbing guides,
671
01:05:49,147 --> 01:05:52,214
who assume a disproportionately
large part of the risk
672
01:05:52,216 --> 01:05:55,518
get a disproportionately
small part of the take.
673
01:06:03,194 --> 01:06:06,228
I'd like to know a little bit
about what's going on, you know?
674
01:06:06,230 --> 01:06:07,363
We hear from, you know...
675
01:06:07,365 --> 01:06:09,565
Simon hears
from the European papers
676
01:06:09,567 --> 01:06:11,267
that the season's over.
677
01:06:11,269 --> 01:06:12,802
I hear from American media
678
01:06:12,804 --> 01:06:14,870
that there's a potential strike
679
01:06:14,872 --> 01:06:17,340
and there's still negotiating
going on, but...
680
01:06:17,342 --> 01:06:19,809
- We don't know anything, huh?
- Nothing.
681
01:06:19,811 --> 01:06:21,344
We can sit it,
682
01:06:21,346 --> 01:06:23,479
and yet we don't know a thing.
683
01:06:27,218 --> 01:06:30,052
He's paid for a helicopter
to come and take him
684
01:06:30,054 --> 01:06:33,656
so we can go talk to the people
that can make decisions.
685
01:06:33,658 --> 01:06:35,758
He's working on it,
686
01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:38,027
and until those discussions
are over,
687
01:06:38,029 --> 01:06:40,262
there's nothing but speculation,
688
01:06:40,264 --> 01:06:42,631
which is exactly
what we're doing.
689
01:06:42,633 --> 01:06:43,799
Sorry, guys.
690
01:06:43,801 --> 01:06:45,267
I mean, if I had
more information,
691
01:06:45,269 --> 01:06:46,402
I would give it to you.
692
01:06:46,404 --> 01:06:47,837
I'm going.
693
01:06:47,839 --> 01:06:50,206
There's an inherent risk
in mountaineering.
694
01:06:50,208 --> 01:06:51,474
There's an inherent risk
in Everest.
695
01:06:51,476 --> 01:06:53,042
There's an inherent risk
in the khumbu.
696
01:06:53,044 --> 01:06:56,712
I know that.
I'm willing to assume that risk.
697
01:06:56,714 --> 01:06:58,014
Mckinley:
I think some of the clients.
698
01:06:58,016 --> 01:06:59,115
Are getting a little restless,
699
01:06:59,117 --> 01:07:00,383
but I think
we're in the right place
700
01:07:00,385 --> 01:07:01,617
at the right time,
701
01:07:01,619 --> 01:07:03,652
and we're still going forward
on our plan.
702
01:07:03,654 --> 01:07:08,958
So if the word is "yes,
your crew will go with you,"
703
01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,660
we're still going forward.
704
01:07:20,638 --> 01:07:22,838
Man #32: The future of
the Everest climbing season
705
01:07:22,840 --> 01:07:24,340
is hanging in the balance
this morning.
706
01:07:24,342 --> 01:07:26,108
Woman #7: Nepalese government
officials are flying into try
707
01:07:26,110 --> 01:07:28,044
and ease tensions at base camp.
708
01:07:28,046 --> 01:07:29,545
Douglas: There was
a lot of expectation.
709
01:07:29,547 --> 01:07:31,514
Surrounding
the ministerial visit.
710
01:07:31,516 --> 01:07:33,649
The sherpas hoped
they would show some leadership
711
01:07:33,651 --> 01:07:35,084
and cancel the season.
712
01:07:35,086 --> 01:07:36,786
The clients hoped the government
713
01:07:36,788 --> 01:07:38,320
would agree
to the sherpa demands
714
01:07:38,322 --> 01:07:41,824
so the season could continue.
715
01:07:41,826 --> 01:07:43,993
Man #33: Sit down, please!
716
01:09:14,452 --> 01:09:16,852
Douglas:
So in failing to act decisively.
717
01:09:16,854 --> 01:09:19,121
Or take any kind
of official position,
718
01:09:19,123 --> 01:09:21,023
the government have really
left the sherpas
719
01:09:21,025 --> 01:09:23,392
between a rock and a hard place.
720
01:09:55,193 --> 01:09:58,627
But just coming to base camp,
they don't make money.
721
01:09:58,629 --> 01:10:01,063
They make money on the mountain,
carrying loads up there.
722
01:10:01,065 --> 01:10:02,298
The higher they go,
723
01:10:02,300 --> 01:10:05,334
the more they carry,
the more they're paid.
724
01:10:05,336 --> 01:10:07,603
Just coming to base camp,
they make nothing.
725
01:10:07,605 --> 01:10:11,507
But for the last 61 years,
we've waited.
726
01:10:11,509 --> 01:10:14,710
Something had to happen and then
we had to raise our voice
727
01:10:14,712 --> 01:10:17,613
and to such a huge loss.
728
01:10:17,615 --> 01:10:19,982
They're ready
to face the consequences.
729
01:10:19,984 --> 01:10:22,885
They'd rather leave than die.
730
01:11:03,027 --> 01:11:05,261
Douglas: I think many expedition
leaders found themselves.
731
01:11:05,263 --> 01:11:07,730
In an incredibly difficult
position.
732
01:11:07,732 --> 01:11:10,499
Balancing the interests
of clients and the sherpas
733
01:11:10,501 --> 01:11:15,437
in a situation like this
was never going to be easy.
734
01:11:15,439 --> 01:11:17,740
Linville: What happened was
really a tragic day,
735
01:11:17,742 --> 01:11:18,941
a black day.
736
01:11:18,943 --> 01:11:21,410
I feel still positive
737
01:11:21,412 --> 01:11:24,046
if we're gonna be allowed
to go up the mountain, you know,
738
01:11:24,048 --> 01:11:26,382
and continue the journey
and hopefully it's successful
739
01:11:26,384 --> 01:11:28,517
and you know, life goes on,
740
01:11:28,519 --> 01:11:31,654
and just try to remember
the guys for what they were
741
01:11:31,656 --> 01:11:33,455
and carry a positive message.
742
01:11:33,457 --> 01:11:36,091
I knew the risks.
743
01:11:36,093 --> 01:11:39,028
From a personal point of view,
i was prepared to take that,
744
01:11:39,030 --> 01:11:41,630
but to ask the sherpa boys
745
01:11:41,632 --> 01:11:43,165
to go through it
time and time again,
746
01:11:43,167 --> 01:11:45,234
it's a difficult one.
747
01:11:45,236 --> 01:11:48,837
It's hard just to...
748
01:11:48,839 --> 01:11:54,076
Not to think about what happened
to all those families,
749
01:11:54,078 --> 01:11:57,279
those boys.
750
01:11:57,281 --> 01:11:59,882
They're doing it for us.
751
01:11:59,884 --> 01:12:05,721
But I put so much work into this
and effort.
752
01:12:05,723 --> 01:12:09,124
Then you start to justify it.
753
01:12:10,761 --> 01:12:12,828
Doyle: For us, it's d�ja vu,
isn't it, Jeff?
754
01:12:12,830 --> 01:12:14,897
Yeah. We've been
through this, you know?
755
01:12:14,899 --> 01:12:17,466
This was 2012.
756
01:12:17,468 --> 01:12:20,336
Actually, what Russell feared
would happen in 2012
757
01:12:20,338 --> 01:12:22,805
is exactly what happened.
758
01:12:22,807 --> 01:12:24,640
To have to come back here
a second time
759
01:12:24,642 --> 01:12:29,345
only to get canceled again
and never given the shot is...
760
01:12:29,347 --> 01:12:33,482
Yeah, that'll be... that'll be
devastating to me, I think.
761
01:12:33,484 --> 01:12:34,683
Yeah.
762
01:12:38,422 --> 01:12:39,855
Woman #5: As we reported earlier
this week,
763
01:12:39,857 --> 01:12:42,991
sherpas are leading a boycott
after that deadly avalanche.
764
01:12:42,993 --> 01:12:45,094
Man #34: Starting to make
climbing for those
765
01:12:45,096 --> 01:12:47,896
who might want to continue
very, very challenging.
766
01:12:47,898 --> 01:12:50,132
Woman #5: Most of the climbers
will forfeit the money
767
01:12:50,134 --> 01:12:52,000
they paid for the journey.
768
01:12:52,002 --> 01:12:55,170
That can top $75,000.
769
01:12:55,172 --> 01:12:59,174
I flew back again here
this morning
770
01:12:59,176 --> 01:13:04,680
to find that I'm probably
the last team to decide
771
01:13:04,682 --> 01:13:07,316
whether we're going to
be continuing on the mountain
772
01:13:07,318 --> 01:13:09,251
or not.
773
01:13:09,253 --> 01:13:11,086
Yes, we had one avalanche.
774
01:13:11,088 --> 01:13:13,021
Unfortunately,
it killed a lot of people.
775
01:13:13,023 --> 01:13:16,925
But that's no reason
to stop the expedition.
776
01:13:16,927 --> 01:13:20,129
Today, a delegation...
They came to the base camp
777
01:13:20,131 --> 01:13:23,932
to try and calm things down.
778
01:13:23,934 --> 01:13:27,269
But I'm afraid
it just escalated things.
779
01:13:27,271 --> 01:13:28,737
It didn't help.
780
01:13:28,739 --> 01:13:35,411
We know that there's only
a group of four or five guys
781
01:13:35,413 --> 01:13:39,281
that are causing this problem,
782
01:13:39,283 --> 01:13:43,085
but then they excite
300-odd guys,
783
01:13:43,087 --> 01:13:48,857
and when you have mob rule,
what can we do?
784
01:13:48,859 --> 01:13:50,793
Effectively,
785
01:13:50,795 --> 01:13:54,062
what these militant sherpas
are saying is...
786
01:13:54,064 --> 01:13:56,632
If our sherpas
go through the icefall,
787
01:13:56,634 --> 01:13:59,401
they'll beat them up.
788
01:13:59,403 --> 01:14:04,206
Then we all know about the
fighting on Everest last year.
789
01:14:04,208 --> 01:14:09,845
We would hope that there will be
some form of punishment
790
01:14:09,847 --> 01:14:11,346
to these guys.
791
01:14:11,348 --> 01:14:14,783
Or we need to get rid of them,
out of this system
792
01:14:14,785 --> 01:14:16,218
so it doesn't happen again.
793
01:14:16,220 --> 01:14:19,555
You know who employs them, Russ?
These four or five?
794
01:14:19,557 --> 01:14:23,025
I know who employs
some of them, yeah.
795
01:14:23,027 --> 01:14:25,027
And there's no way
you can talk to their owners
796
01:14:25,029 --> 01:14:27,963
and... I mean, if this
was one of your sherpas,
797
01:14:27,965 --> 01:14:29,798
you could have them removed
from the mountain.
798
01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:32,100
Well, I would. Yes.
799
01:14:32,102 --> 01:14:33,402
So...
800
01:14:33,404 --> 01:14:35,838
But, yes.
801
01:14:35,840 --> 01:14:40,542
But I don't know how to do that.
802
01:14:43,047 --> 01:14:45,314
These people
are totally irrational.
803
01:14:45,316 --> 01:14:47,416
They don't care.
804
01:14:47,418 --> 01:14:49,084
Next week or next month,
805
01:14:49,086 --> 01:14:53,288
they'll be at home
with nothing to eat.
806
01:14:56,427 --> 01:14:58,393
We have one last chance
807
01:14:58,395 --> 01:15:02,965
as our sherpas are still
prepared to go up the mountain.
808
01:15:02,967 --> 01:15:06,869
As far as I know,
our sherpas want to climb.
809
01:15:06,871 --> 01:15:09,071
But they fear for their life.
810
01:15:09,073 --> 01:15:12,975
Phurba will be here
early tomorrow.
811
01:15:12,977 --> 01:15:15,511
We have to discuss everything
with him.
812
01:15:17,448 --> 01:15:20,315
So, sorry, guys.
813
01:15:20,317 --> 01:15:22,251
That's it.
814
01:15:35,232 --> 01:15:37,566
- Oh, namaste.
- Namaste.
815
01:16:13,070 --> 01:16:16,271
How's it going?
Okay. How you doing?
816
01:16:20,177 --> 01:16:23,512
Douglas: Sherpas are not people
who express their emotions.
817
01:16:23,514 --> 01:16:25,814
Very willingly.
818
01:16:25,816 --> 01:16:28,550
So it's sometimes hard
to read them.
819
01:16:28,552 --> 01:16:33,622
Brice:
Lots of attention on you now.
820
01:16:33,624 --> 01:16:35,624
It's okay. Just relax.
821
01:16:35,626 --> 01:16:38,193
Let's have
a cup of tea first, huh?
822
01:16:41,532 --> 01:16:43,198
Namaste.
823
01:17:16,200 --> 01:17:18,667
So, how's everyone at home?
824
01:17:20,004 --> 01:17:21,169
Upset?
825
01:17:21,171 --> 01:17:22,671
- A bit upset.
- Yeah.
826
01:17:22,673 --> 01:17:25,273
I know. Just...
827
01:17:25,275 --> 01:17:27,309
Understandably, you know.
828
01:17:27,311 --> 01:17:30,045
Mm-hmm.
829
01:17:30,047 --> 01:17:33,215
And wives. How do wives feel?
830
01:17:33,217 --> 01:17:34,383
Don't want you coming or...
831
01:17:34,385 --> 01:17:37,352
How they want... how they say?
832
01:17:37,354 --> 01:17:41,757
They are happy that we're back,
but they're still afraid...
833
01:17:41,759 --> 01:17:42,958
Afraid.
834
01:17:42,960 --> 01:17:44,126
Afraid, too,
that we're going back again.
835
01:17:44,128 --> 01:17:47,095
Yeah. I'm sure.
836
01:17:47,097 --> 01:17:48,597
We're all afraid.
837
01:17:48,599 --> 01:17:52,367
Yeah.
838
01:17:52,369 --> 01:17:54,970
We're all afraid, phurba.
839
01:17:54,972 --> 01:17:56,772
So.
840
01:17:56,774 --> 01:17:58,140
What to do.
841
01:18:00,778 --> 01:18:02,210
Want to go north side?
842
01:18:02,212 --> 01:18:03,679
- Still very risky.
- Huh?
843
01:18:09,553 --> 01:18:12,087
There's risk every time.
Doesn't matter where we go.
844
01:18:12,089 --> 01:18:13,588
Mm-hmm.
845
01:18:15,926 --> 01:18:20,529
So, um...
846
01:18:20,531 --> 01:18:23,498
I understand how you feel.
847
01:18:23,500 --> 01:18:24,900
You want to climb,
848
01:18:24,902 --> 01:18:29,638
but you also have respect
for the people and everything.
849
01:18:29,640 --> 01:18:31,139
Yeah.
850
01:18:31,141 --> 01:18:37,312
Although, I checked with
all the Buddhists and hindu.
851
01:18:37,314 --> 01:18:40,882
You know, if we respect,
852
01:18:40,884 --> 01:18:43,719
then we can carry on
doing our work,
853
01:18:43,721 --> 01:18:48,023
but what we feel here is danger
854
01:18:48,025 --> 01:18:50,525
for you from other sherpa.
855
01:18:50,527 --> 01:18:52,294
Did you hear anything
about that?
856
01:18:52,296 --> 01:18:54,730
- No, I didn't.
- Didn't hear that?
857
01:19:00,104 --> 01:19:04,139
So, for me,
i feel afraid for you.
858
01:19:04,141 --> 01:19:08,243
We feel danger for you guys
if you carry on climbing,
859
01:19:08,245 --> 01:19:13,582
but maybe later,
some violence to you...
860
01:19:13,584 --> 01:19:16,952
How you feel about that.
861
01:19:18,355 --> 01:19:20,388
'Cause this is not
normal sherpa.
862
01:19:26,163 --> 01:19:27,796
How do you guys feel?
863
01:19:32,936 --> 01:19:35,036
Maybe you're angry with me.
864
01:19:35,038 --> 01:19:36,772
And if you're angry,
then you have to tell me,
865
01:19:36,774 --> 01:19:41,343
but, you know,
866
01:19:41,345 --> 01:19:45,013
I think pressure
coming from outside...
867
01:19:45,015 --> 01:19:46,948
And I'm afraid for you.
868
01:19:46,950 --> 01:19:50,352
So, I think
we have to stop expedition.
869
01:19:50,354 --> 01:19:52,087
- You agree?
- Mm-hmm.
870
01:19:52,089 --> 01:19:53,355
You agree to stop expedition?
871
01:19:53,357 --> 01:19:55,457
- Yeah.
- Everyone?
872
01:19:55,459 --> 01:19:57,559
- Yes.
- Yeah?
873
01:19:57,561 --> 01:19:59,427
So I have to tell
the members like that?
874
01:19:59,429 --> 01:20:01,630
Mm-hmm.
875
01:20:01,632 --> 01:20:06,935
I don't want, but also,
if just us,
876
01:20:06,937 --> 01:20:09,571
how can I afford all the rope?
877
01:20:09,573 --> 01:20:13,241
Because I have to buy
from expedition operators.
878
01:20:13,243 --> 01:20:19,080
So, for me,
i can't afford just us.
879
01:20:19,082 --> 01:20:21,616
You know,
before it was always friendly,
880
01:20:21,618 --> 01:20:24,786
smiling sherpa, always helping.
881
01:20:24,788 --> 01:20:28,023
These guys have spoiled
your reputation.
882
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:38,767
Okay.
883
01:20:38,769 --> 01:20:40,669
What to do now.
884
01:20:40,671 --> 01:20:42,571
I have to go and tell members
we're finished.
885
01:20:42,573 --> 01:20:43,638
Mm-hmm.
886
01:20:43,640 --> 01:20:46,608
You know,
my prayers are with you.
887
01:20:46,610 --> 01:20:47,709
Sad.
888
01:21:06,296 --> 01:21:08,463
Glad you're okay.
889
01:21:25,349 --> 01:21:27,382
So glad to see you here.
890
01:21:44,735 --> 01:21:48,336
So, as I told you last night,
891
01:21:48,338 --> 01:21:50,805
it's unlikely
that we would continue
892
01:21:50,807 --> 01:21:55,277
and the sherpas
feel under too much threat.
893
01:21:55,279 --> 01:21:58,046
They've already been told
if they go through icefall,
894
01:21:58,048 --> 01:21:59,915
they'll break their legs.
895
01:21:59,917 --> 01:22:02,684
So...
896
01:22:02,686 --> 01:22:05,754
This is the word
that comes to them
897
01:22:05,756 --> 01:22:09,324
that these other guys
up here will break their legs
898
01:22:09,326 --> 01:22:11,893
if they go through the icefall.
899
01:22:11,895 --> 01:22:13,762
Yes, they want to climb.
900
01:22:13,764 --> 01:22:15,230
Out of respect,
they don't want to climb,
901
01:22:15,232 --> 01:22:20,168
and out of fear,
they don't want to climb.
902
01:22:20,170 --> 01:22:21,937
Not fear of the mountain.
903
01:22:21,939 --> 01:22:23,638
Fear of the people.
904
01:22:23,640 --> 01:22:25,941
So there you go, guys.
What can I say?
905
01:22:25,943 --> 01:22:27,509
And I don't know what to do.
906
01:22:27,511 --> 01:22:29,044
And phurba
doesn't know what to do.
907
01:22:29,046 --> 01:22:32,480
And we're pissed off.
908
01:22:32,482 --> 01:22:35,583
We're angry that these people
are ruining our business,
909
01:22:35,585 --> 01:22:37,986
you know?
910
01:22:37,988 --> 01:22:41,790
Their business. What can we do?
911
01:22:41,792 --> 01:22:43,391
I don't know how
to apologize to you.
912
01:22:43,393 --> 01:22:47,896
I... don't know how to do that.
913
01:22:47,898 --> 01:22:51,599
Especially the people
that have come twice.
914
01:22:58,809 --> 01:23:03,111
Okay.
So, now how to get out of here.
915
01:23:03,113 --> 01:23:04,746
Essentially,
we were just given the news
916
01:23:04,748 --> 01:23:08,283
that the sherpas' legs
would be broken
917
01:23:08,285 --> 01:23:14,122
if they were to help us
918
01:23:14,124 --> 01:23:16,591
get up this mountain.
919
01:23:16,593 --> 01:23:18,426
How can you possibly argue
with that one?
920
01:23:18,428 --> 01:23:21,963
Being held captive by
terrorists, is how I look at it.
921
01:23:21,965 --> 01:23:25,266
I mean,
when people demand change
922
01:23:25,268 --> 01:23:28,770
and threaten it by violence,
that's a terrorist, you know.
923
01:23:28,772 --> 01:23:30,105
And we in the states,
we know what that is...
924
01:23:30,107 --> 01:23:32,173
After 9/11.
925
01:23:32,175 --> 01:23:36,811
We've got a group here
that's terrorizing base camp.
926
01:23:36,813 --> 01:23:38,580
How do you anticipate that,
you know?
927
01:23:38,582 --> 01:23:40,115
How do you...
928
01:23:40,117 --> 01:23:42,050
How do you mentally
prepare yourself
929
01:23:42,052 --> 01:23:43,618
to get up here
and then be turned away
930
01:23:43,620 --> 01:23:46,054
because a group of terrorists
are demanding
931
01:23:46,056 --> 01:23:48,857
that westerners leave base camp?
932
01:23:48,859 --> 01:23:53,361
You know, it's... it's hard.
933
01:23:53,363 --> 01:23:55,797
Do I have it in me
for a third time
934
01:23:55,799 --> 01:23:58,033
to try to come back
and do Everest?
935
01:23:58,035 --> 01:24:00,001
I've got to go talk
with my family, I think,
936
01:24:00,003 --> 01:24:03,738
before I make
any final decisions.
937
01:24:03,740 --> 01:24:05,840
But I certainly would like
to get to the top
938
01:24:05,842 --> 01:24:08,410
of the highest mountain
in the world
939
01:24:08,412 --> 01:24:11,646
and be able to provide
that legacy to my family
940
01:24:11,648 --> 01:24:14,315
as something they...
941
01:24:14,317 --> 01:24:17,852
Now you got me.
942
01:24:20,390 --> 01:24:21,489
Man #34: Oh, we'll be back.
943
01:24:21,491 --> 01:24:24,125
We'll be back
hopefully next year.
944
01:24:24,127 --> 01:24:25,527
One way or another,
945
01:24:25,529 --> 01:24:28,830
I'll tack the top
of that mountain at some point,
946
01:24:28,832 --> 01:24:31,766
so... just a slight setback.
947
01:24:31,768 --> 01:24:34,569
I'm gonna feel better
when I go home knowing
948
01:24:34,571 --> 01:24:36,604
that we didn't climb up
that mountain
949
01:24:36,606 --> 01:24:38,073
after the big tragedy.
950
01:24:38,075 --> 01:24:40,275
It's just better
to show my respect
951
01:24:40,277 --> 01:24:43,411
for the sherpa community
by leaving.
952
01:24:43,413 --> 01:24:45,814
Joshi: I think the expedition
organizers...
953
01:24:45,816 --> 01:24:48,550
They knew in their heart
what their sherpa wants,
954
01:24:48,552 --> 01:24:51,786
but they couldn't tell
that clearly to their clients.
955
01:24:51,788 --> 01:24:53,955
It's just the excuses
they are using
956
01:24:53,957 --> 01:24:56,758
to throw the blame
on somebody else, yeah.
957
01:25:14,611 --> 01:25:19,247
If this didn't change anything,
then nothing ever will.
958
01:25:19,249 --> 01:25:22,250
Then Nepal will just be
like the wild, wild west
959
01:25:22,252 --> 01:25:26,754
for the western operators
to do whatever they want.
960
01:25:26,756 --> 01:25:28,723
This thing has happened,
which is a sad thing,
961
01:25:28,725 --> 01:25:31,059
but hopefully, this will bring
something positive
962
01:25:31,061 --> 01:25:33,094
into the mountain.
963
01:25:33,096 --> 01:25:36,297
Brice: It must have some effect
of the Everest industry...
964
01:25:36,299 --> 01:25:39,200
The accident this year.
965
01:25:39,202 --> 01:25:40,935
I think
this made me more determined
966
01:25:40,937 --> 01:25:42,737
to try and change the rules
967
01:25:42,739 --> 01:25:49,177
so we can continue with Everest
as usual but in a safer way.
968
01:25:49,179 --> 01:25:51,246
I've been a mountain guide
all my life.
969
01:25:51,248 --> 01:25:57,852
We have to deal with death
a lot, and then try and move on.
970
01:25:57,854 --> 01:25:59,387
Hopefully, we will have a team
971
01:25:59,389 --> 01:26:02,790
to go to climb mount Everest
again next year.
972
01:26:47,070 --> 01:26:48,937
Douglas: The game shifted.
973
01:26:48,939 --> 01:26:51,673
It would be easy
in the chaos of this last week
974
01:26:51,675 --> 01:26:55,877
to lose sight
of what has happened here.
975
01:26:55,879 --> 01:27:00,315
The sherpas have effectively
canceled the season.
976
01:27:00,317 --> 01:27:02,750
They had a choice,
and in the end,
977
01:27:02,752 --> 01:27:05,420
they've chosen respect
for themselves and the mountain
978
01:27:05,422 --> 01:27:08,389
ahead of money.
979
01:27:08,391 --> 01:27:12,627
Canceling the season will be
a welcomed breathing space.
980
01:27:12,629 --> 01:27:15,863
So maybe it will be calmer.
981
01:27:15,865 --> 01:27:18,633
It will be nice for Everest
to be calm for a bit
982
01:27:18,635 --> 01:27:23,304
rather than this
kind of madness.
983
01:27:25,742 --> 01:27:27,742
My father said
that you don't conquer
984
01:27:27,744 --> 01:27:28,943
these mountains, you know?
985
01:27:28,945 --> 01:27:30,612
You just crawl up,
986
01:27:30,614 --> 01:27:33,681
as a child crawling
to your mother's lap,
987
01:27:33,683 --> 01:27:36,618
which is the same approach
i think people should take.
988
01:27:36,620 --> 01:27:40,021
Then there'd be less accidents.
989
01:27:40,023 --> 01:27:43,291
Norbu: He was the first Asian
to become famous,
990
01:27:43,293 --> 01:27:44,692
known around the world,
991
01:27:44,694 --> 01:27:47,996
and he became a great metaphor
for young men
992
01:27:47,998 --> 01:27:51,432
all alike to show that you can
make it on your own,
993
01:27:51,434 --> 01:27:53,401
hard work is what it takes.
994
01:27:53,403 --> 01:27:55,236
And so he became a real symbol
of hope
995
01:27:55,238 --> 01:27:57,772
for millions around the world.
996
01:28:34,311 --> 01:28:39,547
Douglas: Tenzing gave the name
sherpa a currency.
997
01:28:39,549 --> 01:28:42,283
Which will never be exhausted.
998
01:28:42,285 --> 01:28:44,585
So it may only be now
999
01:28:44,587 --> 01:28:47,689
that they're really beginning
to take advantage of it.
1000
01:28:47,691 --> 01:28:49,891
They've got control
of climbing the mountain,
1001
01:28:49,893 --> 01:28:51,893
and it's come
full circle in a way.
1002
01:29:03,573 --> 01:29:05,139
Jamling:
My father said he climbed.
1003
01:29:05,141 --> 01:29:06,941
So that we wouldn't have to.
1004
01:29:09,245 --> 01:29:11,713
He wanted to give us
the best education
1005
01:29:11,715 --> 01:29:14,182
so we could continue our lives
in some other careers
1006
01:29:14,184 --> 01:29:16,551
rather than climbing.
1007
01:29:16,553 --> 01:29:18,586
Because climbing was dangerous.
1008
01:29:21,586 --> 01:29:25,586
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