1 00:00:16,059 --> 00:00:18,931 My name is Jon Krakauer. 2 00:00:19,106 --> 00:00:20,716 I went on an expedition 3 00:00:20,890 --> 00:00:23,632 to write about climbing Mount Everest. 4 00:00:23,806 --> 00:00:26,983 On May 10th, I arrived on top of the mountain, 5 00:00:27,157 --> 00:00:30,378 but the summit came at a terrible cost. 6 00:00:41,302 --> 00:00:43,652 In the spring of 1996, 7 00:00:43,826 --> 00:00:46,263 two of the world's greatest climbers, 8 00:00:46,437 --> 00:00:49,962 Scott Fischer and Rob Hall, 9 00:00:50,137 --> 00:00:54,054 led this expedition to the top of the world. 10 00:00:55,838 --> 00:00:57,927 Both men had summited Everest before, 11 00:00:58,101 --> 00:00:59,494 but this time, they went as competitors, 12 00:00:59,668 --> 00:01:01,626 leading nonprofessional climbers 13 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,151 who paid as much as $65,000 each 14 00:01:04,325 --> 00:01:06,109 to be guided to the top. 15 00:01:06,283 --> 00:01:09,982 There was a businesswoman from Japan, Yasuko Naamba. 16 00:01:10,157 --> 00:01:14,639 A mailman from Seattle, Doug Hansen. 17 00:01:14,813 --> 00:01:16,815 Two ski instructors from Aspen, 18 00:01:16,989 --> 00:01:20,428 Tim Madsen and Charlotte Fox. 19 00:01:20,602 --> 00:01:24,823 A dentist from Colorado, Dale Kruse. 20 00:01:24,997 --> 00:01:30,525 A wealthy New York socialite, Sandy Hill Pittman. 21 00:01:30,699 --> 00:01:34,616 And a pathologist from Texas, Beck Weathers. 22 00:01:37,401 --> 00:01:39,795 A sudden storm rolled up from the bottom of Mount Everest. 23 00:01:39,969 --> 00:01:41,666 By the time it reached the top, 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,454 five climbers, who I'd come to call friends, 25 00:01:46,628 --> 00:01:47,716 were dead. 26 00:02:02,731 --> 00:02:05,951 Scott Fischer and Rob Hall went as business rivals, 27 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:07,736 each trying to get as many of their clients 28 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:09,172 to the top as possible 29 00:02:09,346 --> 00:02:11,000 and win the lion's share 30 00:02:11,174 --> 00:02:13,481 of the lucrative Everest market. 31 00:02:13,655 --> 00:02:15,396 I went as a journalist 32 00:02:15,570 --> 00:02:17,267 to write about the wisdom of guiding 33 00:02:17,441 --> 00:02:19,791 rich novices up Everest, 34 00:02:19,965 --> 00:02:22,881 once the province of elite climbers. 35 00:02:23,055 --> 00:02:25,145 Only later would I discover 36 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:26,537 that I really went for the 37 00:02:26,711 --> 00:02:28,365 .. same reason as 38 00:02:28,539 --> 00:02:32,369 To stand on the highest point on Earth. 39 00:02:32,543 --> 00:02:35,372 Everest arouses a powerful desire. 40 00:02:35,546 --> 00:02:38,941 To those who don't feel it, it cannot be explained. 41 00:03:31,559 --> 00:03:34,431 I told myself I was here to write a magazine article, 42 00:03:34,605 --> 00:03:37,391 but already Everest was exerting its pull on me, 43 00:03:37,565 --> 00:03:41,046 already the fever was building. 44 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:43,310 I'm Rob Hall. I wanna make sure 45 00:03:43,484 --> 00:03:45,790 you know who your guides are. This is Andy Harris. 46 00:03:45,964 --> 00:03:47,401 Hi. 47 00:03:47,575 --> 00:03:48,532 Mike Groom. 48 00:03:48,706 --> 00:03:49,620 Hi there. 49 00:03:49,794 --> 00:03:50,882 Hey, Mike. 50 00:03:51,056 --> 00:03:52,362 And our lead climbing Sherpa, 51 00:03:52,536 --> 00:03:53,450 Ang Dorje. 52 00:03:54,756 --> 00:03:56,323 Okay. 53 00:03:56,497 --> 00:03:59,326 I'd like to begin by introducing my fellow guides. 54 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:01,719 To my right, Neal Beidleman. 55 00:04:01,893 --> 00:04:03,591 Hi, everybody. 56 00:04:03,765 --> 00:04:07,334 If you need anything at all, please feel free to ask him. 57 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:11,729 And him is the one and only Anatoli Boukreev. 58 00:04:13,340 --> 00:04:17,169 And my lead climbing Sherpa, Lopsang. 59 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:19,041 Hi. 60 00:04:19,215 --> 00:04:22,349 Tomorrow, we begin a 10-day hike into base camp Everest. 61 00:04:22,523 --> 00:04:25,395 Now, base camp is 17,600 feet. 62 00:04:25,569 --> 00:04:28,398 Then Camp I, 19,500 feet. 63 00:04:28,572 --> 00:04:30,357 It's early in the game, 64 00:04:30,531 --> 00:04:33,011 but already there's a third less oxygen than at sea level. 65 00:04:33,185 --> 00:04:35,187 So we'll lay in again and let our bodies adjust. 66 00:04:35,362 --> 00:04:40,323 Then we go up to Camp II. 67 00:04:40,497 --> 00:04:43,805 Now, Camp II is 21,600 feet, 68 00:04:43,979 --> 00:04:45,676 which is when you have to start worrying about edema, 69 00:04:45,850 --> 00:04:47,417 both cerebral and pulmonary. 70 00:04:47,591 --> 00:04:48,723 It's where your brain can swell up 71 00:04:48,897 --> 00:04:50,290 like an overinflated balloon 72 00:04:50,464 --> 00:04:51,900 and your lungs fill up with so much liquid 73 00:04:52,074 --> 00:04:53,510 you literally drown. 74 00:04:53,684 --> 00:04:56,121 Camp III at 24,000 feet. 75 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:59,124 Now your body is inhaling four times faster than normal 76 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,431 and still not getting enough oxygen. 77 00:05:01,605 --> 00:05:03,520 Your digestive tract's gonna wanna call it quits, 78 00:05:03,694 --> 00:05:05,392 leaving your body so hungry for nutrients 79 00:05:05,566 --> 00:05:07,437 it will literally start to eat itself. 80 00:05:07,611 --> 00:05:10,222 And then it's Camp IV, 81 00:05:10,397 --> 00:05:12,529 26,000 feet. 82 00:05:12,703 --> 00:05:14,705 Welcome to the death zone, 83 00:05:14,879 --> 00:05:17,404 where bad things can happen very, very quickly. 84 00:05:17,578 --> 00:05:20,885 You're gonna feel sluggish, careless, cold. 85 00:05:21,059 --> 00:05:22,670 Now, you're gonna spend a few hours at Camp IV. 86 00:05:22,844 --> 00:05:24,585 From this point onwards, 87 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:26,891 nobody on this team travels without oxygen. Is that clear? 88 00:05:27,065 --> 00:05:28,806 No arguments. 89 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:30,895 The push for the summit starts in the middle of the night. 90 00:05:31,069 --> 00:05:32,680 We go up to the south cove, 91 00:05:32,854 --> 00:05:35,596 the balcony, the south summit, 92 00:05:35,770 --> 00:05:37,249 the Hillary Step, which is the only point 93 00:05:37,424 --> 00:05:38,990 of technical climbing on the whole ascent, 94 00:05:44,605 --> 00:05:47,042 and then the top of the world. 95 00:05:51,176 --> 00:05:53,222 Now, 96 00:05:53,396 --> 00:05:57,792 If you are not on the summit by 2 p.m., you turn around. 97 00:05:57,966 --> 00:06:00,316 I have seen too many climbers get killed 98 00:06:00,490 --> 00:06:02,274 after reaching the top too late in the day. 99 00:06:02,449 --> 00:06:04,059 They run out of gas 100 00:06:04,233 --> 00:06:06,801 and they get nailed by the conditions on the descent. 101 00:06:06,975 --> 00:06:08,846 So this rule is hard and fast. 102 00:06:09,020 --> 00:06:12,154 No matter where you are at 2 p.m., you turn around. 103 00:06:12,328 --> 00:06:13,808 Unless you're a hundred feet from the summit, 104 00:06:13,982 --> 00:06:15,026 you can run up, tag it. 105 00:06:16,898 --> 00:06:18,813 You of all people know the answer to that one, Dougie. 106 00:06:18,987 --> 00:06:21,729 Even if you're 50 feet from the summit, you go down. 107 00:06:21,903 --> 00:06:23,383 You know that. 108 00:06:25,515 --> 00:06:26,908 Please. I'll take another. Thank you. 109 00:06:27,082 --> 00:06:28,388 Hey, Doug? 110 00:06:30,999 --> 00:06:33,001 Uh, Jon Krakauer, right? 111 00:06:33,175 --> 00:06:35,003 What was that all about? 112 00:06:35,177 --> 00:06:36,613 I was in Rob's group last year. 113 00:06:36,787 --> 00:06:38,702 Turned me around about 300 feet from the summit. 114 00:06:38,876 --> 00:06:40,574 Whoa. 115 00:06:40,748 --> 00:06:43,054 So you'll make it this year. 116 00:06:43,228 --> 00:06:44,229 Have to. 117 00:06:56,024 --> 00:06:57,852 That's something, isn't it? 118 00:07:01,203 --> 00:07:02,422 Come on. 119 00:07:14,042 --> 00:07:15,913 Bit of a letdown, isn't it? 120 00:07:17,654 --> 00:07:19,874 Excuse me. 121 00:07:20,048 --> 00:07:22,311 Over 200 climbers got permits this season. 122 00:07:22,485 --> 00:07:24,313 There's only two weeks when we can climb her. 123 00:07:24,487 --> 00:07:26,881 So we're gonna have to go up pretty much the same time. 124 00:07:27,055 --> 00:07:28,796 I was thrilled to finally be 125 00:07:28,970 --> 00:07:30,580 at the foot of the great mountain. 126 00:07:30,754 --> 00:07:34,149 But my excitement blinded me to obvious signs. 127 00:07:34,323 --> 00:07:37,935 Signs that would have warned me of the tragedy to come. 128 00:07:38,109 --> 00:07:41,025 There were teams from many different nations on Everest. 129 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:43,288 Some less experienced than others. 130 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:45,595 The Taiwanese, for example. 131 00:07:50,992 --> 00:07:52,384 I'll help. 132 00:07:52,559 --> 00:07:56,258 Oh, it takes-- It's upside down. See? This. 133 00:07:57,738 --> 00:07:59,827 Upside down. This one too. See? 134 00:08:01,524 --> 00:08:03,483 Man, you don't belong on this mountain. 135 00:08:05,659 --> 00:08:07,835 Because there's so many people on the mountain this year, 136 00:08:08,009 --> 00:08:09,358 most of whom are incompetent, 137 00:08:09,532 --> 00:08:11,012 Scott and I have decided 138 00:08:11,186 --> 00:08:12,361 to coordinate our efforts for this climb. 139 00:08:12,535 --> 00:08:13,667 We think in terms of safety, 140 00:08:13,841 --> 00:08:15,364 it's the wisest course of action. 141 00:08:15,538 --> 00:08:16,539 Yeah. Lopsang, you and Ang Dorje 142 00:08:16,713 --> 00:08:18,323 are gonna head up the Sherpas. 143 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:21,152 And we are gonna aim for a May 10 bid for the summit. 144 00:08:21,326 --> 00:08:22,589 Oh, right. 145 00:08:22,763 --> 00:08:24,068 Let me emphasize this, though. 146 00:08:24,242 --> 00:08:26,331 One in four climbers who make the top 147 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:28,203 get killed on the descent. 148 00:08:28,377 --> 00:08:30,335 That's because they've used up all their energy. 149 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:31,467 On the way down, they get sloppy 150 00:08:31,641 --> 00:08:33,600 and start making mistakes. 151 00:08:33,774 --> 00:08:35,210 And at the risk of sounding unpopular, 152 00:08:35,384 --> 00:08:37,342 I've said it before, I'm gonna say it again, 153 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:40,084 my team have a turnaround time. 154 00:08:40,258 --> 00:08:42,086 I don't care where you are on the mountain, 155 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:46,221 at 2 p.m., you must, you absolutely must turn around. 156 00:08:46,395 --> 00:08:49,616 Even if you're a hundred feet from the summit, you go down. 157 00:08:49,790 --> 00:08:52,270 You do not wanna be caught on the face in the night. 158 00:08:52,444 --> 00:08:54,446 No one can survive a bivouac on Everest. 159 00:08:54,621 --> 00:08:57,188 Is that clear? 160 00:08:57,362 --> 00:08:58,799 Listen, Scott. Yeah? 161 00:08:58,973 --> 00:09:01,236 What's your turnaround time gonna be? 162 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:03,673 Oh, I don't really believe in being that rigid. 163 00:09:03,847 --> 00:09:05,457 I think it's, uh, important for people 164 00:09:05,632 --> 00:09:07,111 to establish their own rhythm with the mountain, 165 00:09:07,285 --> 00:09:08,373 you know what I mean? 166 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,245 Yeah, I do. 167 00:09:12,856 --> 00:09:14,554 You could just put that right in there. Thanks. 168 00:09:22,126 --> 00:09:23,954 You do realize how important this is, right? 169 00:09:24,128 --> 00:09:26,130 Is she the golden goose? 170 00:09:26,304 --> 00:09:29,830 I never let you down, Scott. Never. 171 00:09:30,004 --> 00:09:32,484 This is special network correspondent 172 00:09:32,659 --> 00:09:34,312 Sandy Hill Pittman 173 00:09:34,486 --> 00:09:37,533 at base camp Everest. 174 00:09:37,707 --> 00:09:41,537 After having climbed six of the world's seven peaks, 175 00:09:41,711 --> 00:09:45,193 I am now making my third climb on Everest. 176 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:47,543 This time, I hope to make it to the top, 177 00:09:47,717 --> 00:09:49,632 attempting to report to all of you 178 00:09:49,806 --> 00:09:52,809 step by step here on the Internet. 179 00:09:55,725 --> 00:09:58,075 Neal, can you hear me? Come in. 180 00:09:58,249 --> 00:10:01,165 Scott, I can barely hear you. 181 00:10:01,339 --> 00:10:03,472 Yeah, Neal, I can sort of hear you a little bit. 182 00:10:03,646 --> 00:10:04,473 Can you hear me? 183 00:10:06,736 --> 00:10:08,695 It's a piece of crap. 184 00:10:08,869 --> 00:10:10,522 Okay, quick word about oxygen. 185 00:10:10,697 --> 00:10:12,786 From Camp IV, this keeps you alive. 186 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,831 This knob is the regulator. 187 00:10:15,005 --> 00:10:16,964 Turn it clockwise, increases the flow of oxygen. 188 00:10:17,138 --> 00:10:19,227 Counterclockwise, you get less. 189 00:10:21,098 --> 00:10:22,796 And this bouncing bubble in the tube here 190 00:10:22,970 --> 00:10:24,754 indicates that there is still oxygen in the container 191 00:10:24,928 --> 00:10:25,886 but not how much. 192 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:27,888 Okay, regulator, flow. 193 00:10:28,062 --> 00:10:30,368 Remember, without oxygen, your brain will be reduced 194 00:10:30,542 --> 00:10:32,936 to the level of a 6-year-old, so use it judiciously. 195 00:10:33,110 --> 00:10:35,852 Because once this bubble drops, you're out. 196 00:10:36,026 --> 00:10:37,071 No more oxygen. 197 00:10:37,245 --> 00:10:38,725 I tell you, Scott. 198 00:10:38,899 --> 00:10:41,641 I cannot climb with the oxygen. 199 00:10:41,815 --> 00:10:44,295 Two times already, I summit Everest without oxygen. 200 00:10:44,469 --> 00:10:45,732 Come on, Anatoli. 201 00:10:45,906 --> 00:10:48,386 Oxygen is no good for my power. 202 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,214 You want me to be a good guide? 203 00:10:50,388 --> 00:10:51,607 Then let me climb my own way. 204 00:10:51,781 --> 00:10:53,304 Anatoli, I'm not worried about you. 205 00:10:53,478 --> 00:10:55,089 I'm worried about the clients. 206 00:10:55,263 --> 00:10:57,569 Come to climb Everest, they must climb on their own. 207 00:10:57,744 --> 00:10:59,833 I guide, not a babysitter. 208 00:11:01,573 --> 00:11:03,227 I'm not talking about being a babysitter. 209 00:11:03,401 --> 00:11:05,186 I'm talking about being a professional. 210 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,276 For me to be professional, I must climb on my own. 211 00:11:10,321 --> 00:11:13,629 Fine. Go for it. 212 00:11:17,198 --> 00:11:19,548 We would stay in base camp for three weeks 213 00:11:19,722 --> 00:11:21,289 getting acclimated. 214 00:11:21,463 --> 00:11:24,553 From there, .. it was five days to the summit. 215 00:11:24,727 --> 00:11:26,816 Already altitude sickness was taking its toll. 216 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,603 Climbing Everest is a war of attrition. 217 00:11:31,778 --> 00:11:33,649 You all right, Dale? 218 00:11:33,823 --> 00:11:35,216 Once you get sick, you never get better. 219 00:11:36,391 --> 00:11:37,348 Come on. 220 00:11:37,522 --> 00:11:38,959 Say, doc, 221 00:11:39,133 --> 00:11:39,916 have you got anything you could 222 00:11:40,090 --> 00:11:41,657 give Dale for that cough? 223 00:11:41,831 --> 00:11:44,268 Son, I'm a pathologist. All my patients are dead. 224 00:11:54,539 --> 00:11:55,715 Hey. 225 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:58,543 Yeah, I know. 226 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:00,632 Some of her wealthy friends flew in from New York 227 00:12:00,807 --> 00:12:02,809 and had lunch with her in that village we passed. 228 00:12:02,983 --> 00:12:04,767 A luncheon, huh? Yeah. 229 00:12:06,073 --> 00:12:07,291 That's good. 230 00:12:07,465 --> 00:12:08,945 Oh, come on. 231 00:12:09,119 --> 00:12:13,297 She's gotta be able to do her thing, right? 232 00:12:13,471 --> 00:12:15,430 What's her thing? Her publicity thing. 233 00:12:16,779 --> 00:12:18,302 If I get her to the top, 234 00:12:18,476 --> 00:12:19,956 that's really good for me. What are you writing? 235 00:12:20,130 --> 00:12:22,176 Oh, just that. She's your ride, man. 236 00:12:22,350 --> 00:12:24,047 She's feeding you to the Internet. 237 00:12:24,221 --> 00:12:27,094 Just like you're feeding Rob to Outside magazine. 238 00:12:27,268 --> 00:12:29,705 I mean, come on, we all want a piece of the Everest business. 239 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:31,620 We all wanna be a little bit famous, right? 240 00:12:31,794 --> 00:12:36,146 So Sandy is my ticket and you're Rob's. 241 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:37,452 Eliza. 242 00:12:37,626 --> 00:12:38,583 No. 243 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,324 What about Jane? 244 00:12:40,498 --> 00:12:42,152 Just nice, simple Jane. 245 00:12:42,326 --> 00:12:44,328 Think about that one for a little while. 246 00:12:44,502 --> 00:12:45,852 Remember, it's still nine weeks 247 00:12:46,026 --> 00:12:47,157 till you're gonna have the baby. 248 00:12:47,331 --> 00:12:48,898 It's too much like Jan. 249 00:12:49,072 --> 00:12:50,770 Easy to remember. 250 00:12:52,075 --> 00:12:53,860 I wish I was with you. 251 00:12:54,034 --> 00:12:56,776 Yeah, so do I. 252 00:12:57,820 --> 00:12:59,343 You be careful. 253 00:12:59,517 --> 00:13:01,302 As always, darling. 254 00:13:01,476 --> 00:13:03,260 I love you. 255 00:13:03,434 --> 00:13:05,001 You too. 256 00:13:12,922 --> 00:13:16,796 Man. Scott, what's in that bag? 257 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:21,888 I don't know. She's got a satellite dish, computers. 258 00:13:22,062 --> 00:13:23,890 Heh. All sorts of equipment. 259 00:13:24,064 --> 00:13:27,154 I don't know what she's got in there. 260 00:13:27,328 --> 00:13:29,809 That's crazy. Look at them. The weight will kill him. 261 00:13:37,077 --> 00:13:39,514 I learned that the Sherpas believe 262 00:13:39,688 --> 00:13:41,429 that when you climb Everest, 263 00:13:41,603 --> 00:13:43,387 you're climbing into the house of God. 264 00:13:43,561 --> 00:13:48,392 I knew that Fischer and Hall.. had a slightly different view. 265 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:51,047 Success this year was important for business. 266 00:13:51,221 --> 00:13:52,962 It would bring more and more paying clients 267 00:13:53,136 --> 00:13:55,530 in the years to come. 268 00:13:55,704 --> 00:13:57,445 But in the end, 269 00:13:57,619 --> 00:14:00,752 it is Everest who decides who climbs 270 00:14:00,927 --> 00:14:02,450 and who does not. 271 00:14:24,907 --> 00:14:26,648 Yasuko. 272 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:29,869 Ah. 273 00:14:30,608 --> 00:14:31,827 Boyfriend? 274 00:14:33,698 --> 00:14:34,917 Husband. 275 00:14:36,223 --> 00:14:37,354 Husband. 276 00:14:37,528 --> 00:14:40,053 Yasuko climb. 277 00:14:40,227 --> 00:14:43,970 He cook, uh, clean clothes. 278 00:14:44,144 --> 00:14:47,408 Your husband takes care of the house while you climb. 279 00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:50,759 Yes, yes. 280 00:14:50,933 --> 00:14:52,717 He's my wife. He, he. 281 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:54,763 You're very lucky. 282 00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:57,244 My wife never saw it that way. 283 00:14:57,418 --> 00:14:58,723 Excuse? 284 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:02,597 You know, climbing cost me my marriage. 285 00:15:04,816 --> 00:15:07,907 You know, the mountain? 286 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,561 It's ruining my life. 287 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,696 If we'd been paying attention, 288 00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:16,393 there were signs that Everest was not pleased 289 00:15:16,567 --> 00:15:18,874 with what was happening on her flanks. 290 00:15:19,048 --> 00:15:20,963 But already the fever had diminished our ability 291 00:15:21,137 --> 00:15:23,792 to heed the warnings. 292 00:15:23,966 --> 00:15:25,576 We were in the Khumbu Ice Fall 293 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:27,535 where crevasses suddenly open wide 294 00:15:27,709 --> 00:15:29,363 and swallow their victims 295 00:15:29,537 --> 00:15:31,408 and where more climbers had lost their lives 296 00:15:31,582 --> 00:15:32,801 than anywhere else on Everest. 297 00:15:53,343 --> 00:15:56,129 Wait until I've anchored the line and I'm ready. 298 00:16:05,616 --> 00:16:06,966 Ready. 299 00:16:19,804 --> 00:16:21,284 Ugh. 300 00:16:38,388 --> 00:16:40,869 Aah! Hey! 301 00:16:42,697 --> 00:16:44,568 Hey! Hey! 302 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:46,570 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 303 00:16:46,744 --> 00:16:48,964 Hey, free the rope! 304 00:16:49,138 --> 00:16:51,923 Yasuko, you were supposed to wait. 305 00:16:53,403 --> 00:16:55,057 Beidleman, I've got her! 306 00:16:55,231 --> 00:16:57,190 Okay! 307 00:16:57,364 --> 00:17:00,236 I told her to wait until the rope was anchored. 308 00:17:00,410 --> 00:17:01,759 Okay. It's all right. It's all right. 309 00:17:01,933 --> 00:17:03,326 You're okay. You're okay. 310 00:17:06,155 --> 00:17:07,635 All right. Okay. Come on. 311 00:17:35,445 --> 00:17:37,534 Where the hell you been? Sleeping. 312 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:40,146 You slept in? It happens, Scott. 313 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,626 Not when you're working for me, it doesn't happen, 314 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:43,758 when you're supposed to be guiding. 315 00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:45,542 Scott-- Don't "Scott" me. 316 00:17:45,716 --> 00:17:48,328 You're a screwup and a royal pain in the ass. 317 00:17:48,502 --> 00:17:50,721 I'm paying you to work. You understand work? 318 00:17:50,895 --> 00:17:52,810 Or is that word nonexistent in Russia? 319 00:17:52,984 --> 00:17:54,812 I already told you, I'm not from Russia. 320 00:17:54,986 --> 00:17:56,510 I'm from the republic of Kazakhstan. 321 00:17:56,684 --> 00:17:58,077 You're from nowhere, Anatoli, 322 00:17:58,251 --> 00:17:59,817 and you're never gonna work for me again. 323 00:17:59,991 --> 00:18:02,951 You don't mean that, Scott. It's the altitude. 324 00:18:19,924 --> 00:18:21,361 I don't believe this. 325 00:18:22,405 --> 00:18:24,059 What? 326 00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:25,843 Look, Sandy Pittman has a visitor. 327 00:18:31,153 --> 00:18:33,199 Ang Dorje, something wrong? 328 00:18:33,373 --> 00:18:37,551 Jon, is Sandy married to that man? 329 00:18:37,725 --> 00:18:39,944 Uh, I don't think so. 330 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,076 From what I hear, she's going through 331 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:42,599 a divorce or something. 332 00:18:42,773 --> 00:18:44,775 Jon, it's not proper. 333 00:18:44,949 --> 00:18:46,777 What? 334 00:18:46,951 --> 00:18:49,476 For a man and a woman to be together on this mountain 335 00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:51,173 when they're not married. 336 00:18:51,347 --> 00:18:52,740 Very disrespectful. 337 00:18:52,914 --> 00:18:54,307 I don't know what to say. 338 00:18:54,481 --> 00:18:56,135 Americans look at these things differently. 339 00:18:58,137 --> 00:18:59,355 We're not in America, Jon. 340 00:19:01,444 --> 00:19:03,881 Scott. Ang Dorje, 341 00:19:04,055 --> 00:19:07,102 I can't tell her what she can and can't do. 342 00:19:07,276 --> 00:19:09,148 Besides, other people are doing the same thing. 343 00:19:09,322 --> 00:19:11,889 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Base camp is one thing. 344 00:19:12,063 --> 00:19:14,631 Past base camp is another. It's forbidden. 345 00:19:16,503 --> 00:19:18,679 Scott, you're not listening to me. 346 00:19:18,853 --> 00:19:19,854 No, no, I'm listening. 347 00:19:20,028 --> 00:19:21,247 It's just I can't run my outfit 348 00:19:21,421 --> 00:19:22,813 based on some superstition. 349 00:19:25,686 --> 00:19:27,035 Mother goddess of the earth 350 00:19:27,209 --> 00:19:28,906 will become very angry, Scott. 351 00:19:34,782 --> 00:19:36,827 The Sherpas made me feel uneasy 352 00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:39,265 with their talk of Everest taking her revenge. 353 00:19:39,439 --> 00:19:41,092 I was uncertain that the others 354 00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:42,485 .. in the group felt the same way. 355 00:19:42,659 --> 00:19:44,487 Like Beck, 356 00:19:44,661 --> 00:19:45,532 whose fears were hidden beneath 357 00:19:45,706 --> 00:19:46,968 his laid-back Texas drawl. 358 00:19:48,578 --> 00:19:51,799 You hurt as much as I do? 359 00:19:51,973 --> 00:19:53,453 Eh. 360 00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:56,586 Yeah. I just keep telling myself it's worth it. 361 00:19:58,806 --> 00:20:00,590 It's worth it because it's Everest. 362 00:20:00,764 --> 00:20:02,853 Race you to the top. Whoo! 363 00:20:14,952 --> 00:20:17,303 Hey, it's the Taiwanese. 364 00:20:17,477 --> 00:20:19,870 What the hell are they doing here? 365 00:20:20,044 --> 00:20:22,699 It's getting too damn crowded on this route. 366 00:20:22,873 --> 00:20:25,572 They agreed not to start climbing till tomorrow. 367 00:20:42,545 --> 00:20:44,765 Hey, Krakauer. Hey, man. 368 00:20:46,984 --> 00:20:49,857 Hey, the ice is too slick for those boot liners. 369 00:20:50,031 --> 00:20:52,599 He-he-he. Boots! Get your boots on! 370 00:20:52,773 --> 00:20:54,035 Hey, hey! Boots! 371 00:20:54,209 --> 00:20:54,862 Aah! Unh. 372 00:21:24,935 --> 00:21:28,461 I had never been on a climb where anyone had been killed. 373 00:21:28,635 --> 00:21:31,464 I had yet to learn that year after year on Everest, 374 00:21:31,638 --> 00:21:35,685 climbers pay for their arrogance with their lives. 375 00:21:35,859 --> 00:21:38,514 You only hope that when tragedy strikes, 376 00:21:38,688 --> 00:21:40,821 it happens to someone else. 377 00:21:50,613 --> 00:21:52,485 Okay. Come on. 378 00:22:19,425 --> 00:22:21,383 Easy, Dale. Easy. 379 00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:38,357 The Sherpas will break trail and climb ahead. 380 00:22:38,531 --> 00:22:41,272 Lopsang and Ang Dorje will begin to fix the ropes. 381 00:22:41,447 --> 00:22:43,753 Now, fixed ropes are the key to bagging this summit. 382 00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:46,452 Without them, we'll get a logjam on the route, 383 00:22:46,626 --> 00:22:48,889 and we'll lose time. If we lose time, we'll lose 384 00:22:49,063 --> 00:22:51,021 our window of opportunity. Everyone clear on this? 385 00:22:51,195 --> 00:22:52,371 Yes, chief. 386 00:22:55,199 --> 00:22:56,505 Lopsang? 387 00:22:56,679 --> 00:22:57,463 Yes, yes. 388 00:22:59,203 --> 00:23:00,161 Ang Dorje? 389 00:23:00,335 --> 00:23:01,989 Understand. 390 00:23:04,948 --> 00:23:06,123 All right. Ahem. 391 00:23:06,297 --> 00:23:08,474 Those of you in my group, um, 392 00:23:08,648 --> 00:23:09,823 don't forget you've been supplied 393 00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:11,999 with loaded syringes of Decadron, 394 00:23:12,173 --> 00:23:13,522 which reduces swelling of the brain 395 00:23:13,696 --> 00:23:15,829 in case you get edema. 396 00:23:16,003 --> 00:23:21,617 But remember, you don't use it unless you have to, all right? 397 00:23:21,791 --> 00:23:23,314 And don't get killed. 398 00:23:23,489 --> 00:23:26,143 You won't get invited back on any more climbs. 399 00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:27,580 Easy does it. 400 00:23:27,754 --> 00:23:29,451 Now lock it out down below. 401 00:23:34,282 --> 00:23:35,675 If we get a logjam on that mountain, 402 00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:37,981 rescue's almost impossible. You know that. 403 00:23:38,155 --> 00:23:39,940 At that altitude, we might as well be on the moon. 404 00:23:40,114 --> 00:23:42,725 Well, I like to let my people make their own decisions. 405 00:23:42,899 --> 00:23:44,901 Things can happen very fast up there. 406 00:23:45,075 --> 00:23:47,426 That's how people die, Scott. 407 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:49,950 Not in my crew. 408 00:23:51,299 --> 00:23:53,170 We're invincible. 409 00:24:01,265 --> 00:24:02,484 Come on, Dale. 410 00:24:02,658 --> 00:24:03,616 Time to take you down. 411 00:24:03,790 --> 00:24:05,139 No. 412 00:24:05,313 --> 00:24:06,923 You got all the signs of cerebral edema. 413 00:24:07,097 --> 00:24:08,882 Just let me rest. Can't do that. 414 00:24:14,844 --> 00:24:16,933 You shouldn't do this alone. 415 00:24:17,107 --> 00:24:19,109 I need you to stay here with the clients, Beidleman. 416 00:24:19,283 --> 00:24:21,460 You too, Lopsang. 417 00:24:21,634 --> 00:24:23,331 Get your feet under you, Dale. 418 00:24:23,505 --> 00:24:25,812 Come on. Give me your arm. Other arm. Other arm. 419 00:24:25,986 --> 00:24:28,249 That's it. Come on. All right, I got him. 420 00:24:28,423 --> 00:24:30,251 You're not worried about wearing yourself out? 421 00:24:30,425 --> 00:24:32,122 Not gonna happen. 422 00:24:32,296 --> 00:24:35,343 But we should have been worried. 423 00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:38,346 At 24,000 feet, Scott didn't understand 424 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,217 that he had just squandered reserves of strength 425 00:24:40,391 --> 00:24:43,177 that he would desperately need later. 426 00:24:43,351 --> 00:24:44,787 Now that Rob and Scott 427 00:24:44,961 --> 00:24:47,094 had merged their two teams into one, 428 00:24:47,268 --> 00:24:48,791 our fates were tied together. 429 00:24:53,317 --> 00:24:55,058 All right, buddy, you all right, huh? 430 00:24:57,278 --> 00:24:58,105 What's that? 431 00:24:58,279 --> 00:24:59,410 I'm sorry. 432 00:24:59,585 --> 00:25:00,499 For what? 433 00:25:01,587 --> 00:25:02,936 For folding. 434 00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:06,069 Come on. Get your feet under you. 435 00:25:32,661 --> 00:25:33,923 Damn. 436 00:25:34,097 --> 00:25:36,709 You okay, Scott? Never better. 437 00:25:36,883 --> 00:25:39,973 You've been gone eight hours. You look exhausted, mate. 438 00:25:40,147 --> 00:25:41,757 You gotta learn how to delegate. 439 00:25:41,931 --> 00:25:43,672 Listen, Dale Kruse is the best friend I've ever had. 440 00:25:43,846 --> 00:25:45,500 You would have done the same thing. 441 00:25:45,674 --> 00:25:47,023 You make it okay? I'm fine. 442 00:25:47,197 --> 00:25:49,156 How is Dale? Alive. 443 00:25:49,330 --> 00:25:50,853 Any problems, Scott? 444 00:25:51,027 --> 00:25:52,420 No. 445 00:26:07,870 --> 00:26:10,046 Looking strong, Andy. 446 00:26:10,220 --> 00:26:11,221 Peaking at the right time. 447 00:26:11,395 --> 00:26:12,788 Yeah, no worries. 448 00:26:12,962 --> 00:26:14,703 You know, 449 00:26:14,877 --> 00:26:16,792 I should think we're gonna knock this big bastard off. 450 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:37,160 You don't look very happy. 451 00:26:37,334 --> 00:26:40,250 You run your crew as you see fit. 452 00:26:40,424 --> 00:26:42,731 And here comes the "but." 453 00:26:42,905 --> 00:26:45,995 But Lopsang cannot perform 454 00:26:46,169 --> 00:26:48,041 and carry 80 pounds of Sandy Pittman's gear. 455 00:26:48,215 --> 00:26:50,130 He says he can. 456 00:26:50,304 --> 00:26:52,349 He'll say anything you wanna hear, Scott. You're his hero. 457 00:26:52,523 --> 00:26:54,177 What do you want me to do, huh? 458 00:26:54,351 --> 00:26:56,179 I've got a paying client who's got a job to do. 459 00:26:56,353 --> 00:26:57,224 She needs the equipment. 460 00:26:57,398 --> 00:26:58,442 It's dangerous. 461 00:26:58,617 --> 00:26:59,530 I know what I'm doing. 462 00:26:59,705 --> 00:27:00,749 Do you? 463 00:27:00,923 --> 00:27:02,055 Yeah. 464 00:27:02,229 --> 00:27:03,970 What happens if Lopsang folds? 465 00:27:04,144 --> 00:27:05,449 What happens if he can't fix the ropes? 466 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:07,626 It's not gonna happen. 467 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,758 Look, I'm telling you, mate. Dump the blasted equipment. 468 00:27:09,932 --> 00:27:11,368 Can't. 469 00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:13,719 Can't or won't? 470 00:27:31,432 --> 00:27:33,477 Leave it, Lopsang. 471 00:27:52,453 --> 00:27:54,455 Beck, what time you got? 472 00:27:58,154 --> 00:27:59,678 Whoo. 473 00:28:05,161 --> 00:28:07,294 Up you go, Krakauer. 474 00:28:13,822 --> 00:28:16,956 Everest cannot be beaten into submission. 475 00:28:17,130 --> 00:28:18,740 You have to humor the mountain, 476 00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:21,830 then sneak to the summit when it's not looking. 477 00:28:22,004 --> 00:28:24,441 By now, the altitude was a malevolent force, 478 00:28:24,615 --> 00:28:26,748 a vise squeezing tighter and tighter 479 00:28:26,922 --> 00:28:29,403 on my lungs and brain. 480 00:28:29,577 --> 00:28:32,841 We all had intense headaches that wouldn't quit. 481 00:28:33,015 --> 00:28:36,845 It felt like someone had driven a nail into our skulls. 482 00:28:37,019 --> 00:28:38,978 Attempting to climb Everest 483 00:28:39,152 --> 00:28:41,720 .. is a completely irrational act. 484 00:28:43,373 --> 00:28:46,246 Hey. Hey, why don't you stop and rest? 485 00:28:46,420 --> 00:28:47,813 Ha. Excuse? 486 00:28:47,987 --> 00:28:50,816 Stop. Just rest. Sit down. 487 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,777 I am 47 years old. 488 00:28:55,951 --> 00:28:59,085 I'll be oldest woman 489 00:28:59,259 --> 00:29:02,653 to climb Everest. 490 00:29:02,828 --> 00:29:05,308 I must. 491 00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:07,223 Must. 492 00:29:22,151 --> 00:29:23,936 As you ascend into thin air, 493 00:29:24,110 --> 00:29:27,635 you discover that humans are not meant to be here. 494 00:29:27,809 --> 00:29:29,463 The wreckage of those who had come before us 495 00:29:29,637 --> 00:29:30,986 was everywhere. 496 00:29:47,873 --> 00:29:50,136 A mailman from Seattle. 497 00:29:54,096 --> 00:29:56,707 A couple from Aspen. 498 00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:01,800 A businesswoman from Japan. 499 00:30:03,671 --> 00:30:05,891 A New York socialite. 500 00:30:09,198 --> 00:30:12,201 And a freelance writer. 501 00:30:12,375 --> 00:30:15,857 We are all equal in the Death Zone. 502 00:30:16,031 --> 00:30:17,728 Confused as children, 503 00:30:17,903 --> 00:30:20,166 drowning in our own juices. 504 00:30:31,699 --> 00:30:33,614 Doug. 505 00:30:39,185 --> 00:30:41,840 How's the barometer? 506 00:30:43,319 --> 00:30:44,930 Holding steady. 507 00:30:46,453 --> 00:30:48,498 We leave at midnight. 508 00:30:48,672 --> 00:30:50,326 Climb all night, 509 00:30:51,632 --> 00:30:54,417 get to the summit, 510 00:30:54,591 --> 00:30:57,333 summit by 2 p.m. turnaround time. 511 00:31:05,820 --> 00:31:07,213 I hate this. 512 00:31:09,737 --> 00:31:11,217 The altitude? 513 00:31:11,391 --> 00:31:13,393 The mountain. 514 00:31:18,746 --> 00:31:20,052 What it's making me do. 515 00:31:21,401 --> 00:31:23,316 You're doing it, Doug, 516 00:31:23,490 --> 00:31:24,447 not the mountain. 517 00:31:24,621 --> 00:31:27,320 No. 518 00:31:27,494 --> 00:31:30,149 The mountain's got a hold of me. 519 00:31:38,809 --> 00:31:39,898 All right, Beck? 520 00:31:40,072 --> 00:31:41,900 Yeah, Andy. Let's go. 521 00:31:46,208 --> 00:31:48,994 Yasuko, your torch. 522 00:31:49,168 --> 00:31:51,561 Okay. Arigato. Thank you. 523 00:31:54,216 --> 00:31:55,478 You okay, Scott? 524 00:31:55,652 --> 00:31:58,873 Yeah. Absolutely. 525 00:32:00,744 --> 00:32:02,485 All right. 526 00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:04,661 Time to go. 527 00:32:07,751 --> 00:32:10,537 We called ourselves a team, but above 26,000 feet, 528 00:32:10,711 --> 00:32:13,279 there was no such thing. 529 00:32:13,453 --> 00:32:14,802 From this point on, 530 00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:17,631 it was each climber for himself. 531 00:32:29,512 --> 00:32:32,037 I put my pen and notebook away long ago. 532 00:32:32,211 --> 00:32:34,561 Now, like the others, 533 00:32:34,735 --> 00:32:37,738 my thoughts were focused on the summit. 534 00:32:37,912 --> 00:32:39,174 The last thing I wanted 535 00:32:39,348 --> 00:32:40,088 was.. to get stuck in the Death Zone 536 00:32:40,262 --> 00:32:42,177 at 28,000 feet, 537 00:32:42,351 --> 00:32:44,484 cruising altitude of a 747. 538 00:32:44,658 --> 00:32:46,616 Jon! 539 00:32:46,790 --> 00:32:49,271 Jon, wait. 540 00:32:49,445 --> 00:32:51,056 Wait! 541 00:32:51,230 --> 00:32:53,623 Rest. We must rest. Okay. 542 00:33:06,462 --> 00:33:07,898 It's Pittman. 543 00:33:08,073 --> 00:33:10,553 She's being short-roped by Lopsang. 544 00:33:24,524 --> 00:33:25,481 That's it. 545 00:33:29,224 --> 00:33:30,573 Rob. 546 00:33:30,747 --> 00:33:32,010 Wait up. 547 00:33:34,795 --> 00:33:36,231 What's wrong? 548 00:33:40,061 --> 00:33:41,802 It's my eyes. 549 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:44,631 I can hardly see. 550 00:33:44,805 --> 00:33:46,285 What? 551 00:33:46,459 --> 00:33:49,940 I had eye surgery a few years ago. 552 00:33:50,115 --> 00:33:53,944 I believe the altitude's causing this as a side effect. 553 00:33:54,119 --> 00:33:56,034 A little late in the day to be telling me that. 554 00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:57,600 Well, I didn't know. 555 00:33:57,774 --> 00:34:00,125 You're a doctor. Of course you knew. 556 00:34:00,299 --> 00:34:02,910 Rob, I didn't know. 557 00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:04,564 I would not lie to you. 558 00:34:07,610 --> 00:34:10,048 Look, I think about a half an hour, it will clear up, huh? 559 00:34:16,010 --> 00:34:17,229 You stay here. 560 00:34:18,534 --> 00:34:19,970 Rob, I'm ready to roll. 561 00:34:20,145 --> 00:34:22,190 Hey, no arguments, mate. 562 00:34:22,364 --> 00:34:24,671 You don't move. 563 00:34:24,845 --> 00:34:26,325 You stay here and you wait for me. 564 00:34:27,935 --> 00:34:29,589 I'll be back for you. 565 00:34:31,591 --> 00:34:33,071 I'm sorry. 566 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,204 No worries, mate. 567 00:34:36,378 --> 00:34:38,076 Come on. 568 00:34:41,340 --> 00:34:44,517 Now promise me, you'll stay here. 569 00:34:44,691 --> 00:34:45,822 Promise me, Beck. 570 00:34:47,694 --> 00:34:49,478 Cross my heart and hope to die. 571 00:34:51,176 --> 00:34:52,090 We'll be back, Beck. 572 00:35:02,404 --> 00:35:04,102 Hey, Krakauer! 573 00:35:06,930 --> 00:35:09,237 What? Yeah. 574 00:35:09,411 --> 00:35:14,068 What's Ang Dorje doing all alone at the base of the step? 575 00:35:19,552 --> 00:35:21,728 The last obstacle before the summit 576 00:35:21,902 --> 00:35:23,947 was the infamous Hillary Step, 577 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,515 the steepest and most treacherous pitch 578 00:35:26,689 --> 00:35:28,256 on the entire mountain. 579 00:35:28,430 --> 00:35:30,563 A group this big had no hope of climbing it 580 00:35:30,737 --> 00:35:32,521 without fixed lines. 581 00:35:32,695 --> 00:35:35,481 Ropes anchored into the mountain beforehand 582 00:35:35,655 --> 00:35:39,049 by Sherpas Ang Dorje and Lopsang. 583 00:35:55,283 --> 00:35:56,371 Ang Dorje, 584 00:35:58,243 --> 00:35:59,896 ropes. 585 00:36:01,028 --> 00:36:02,856 Where's the fixed ropes? 586 00:36:03,030 --> 00:36:05,075 Cannot fix rope alone, Jon. 587 00:36:06,947 --> 00:36:10,733 Lopsang, I wait for-- For him, but he's too sick. 588 00:36:10,907 --> 00:36:12,605 Carry too much. 589 00:36:12,779 --> 00:36:14,911 Not enough oxygen, 590 00:36:15,085 --> 00:36:18,176 and pull up woman part way up the mountain. 591 00:36:22,571 --> 00:36:23,964 What's wrong? 592 00:36:24,138 --> 00:36:25,879 Where are the ropes? 593 00:36:26,053 --> 00:36:29,317 Ang Dorje couldn't do it alone. 594 00:36:29,491 --> 00:36:32,190 Let's do it ourselves. 595 00:36:34,017 --> 00:36:34,975 We're burning daylight. 596 00:36:36,716 --> 00:36:38,718 Two hours. 597 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,896 All we got is two hours. 598 00:36:43,070 --> 00:36:45,028 We'll get them fixed, Jon. 599 00:36:46,073 --> 00:36:47,901 One, two, three. 600 00:36:48,075 --> 00:36:49,946 No problem. 601 00:36:52,558 --> 00:36:54,212 Andy, 602 00:36:55,561 --> 00:36:58,172 we have to fix the ropes. 603 00:37:27,723 --> 00:37:28,942 It's fixed! 604 00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:33,903 I won't have enough oxygen to get down. 605 00:37:34,077 --> 00:37:36,036 This is bad. 606 00:37:38,299 --> 00:37:39,605 It's real bad. 607 00:37:39,779 --> 00:37:41,346 Come on, Krakauer! 608 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,827 It's straight to the summit from here! 609 00:37:45,001 --> 00:37:48,048 All right. Let's do it. 610 00:37:56,404 --> 00:37:58,928 You guys better get moving. 611 00:37:59,102 --> 00:38:00,408 Some climbers are getting closer. 612 00:38:00,582 --> 00:38:02,410 We go. 613 00:38:02,584 --> 00:38:04,238 Ready to go. 614 00:38:38,968 --> 00:38:40,753 As I approached the summit, 615 00:38:40,927 --> 00:38:42,798 there was room in my oxygen-starved mind 616 00:38:42,972 --> 00:38:45,323 for only a single thought. 617 00:38:45,497 --> 00:38:48,543 Putting one foot in front of the other. 618 00:38:54,244 --> 00:38:57,117 At this altitude, it's the same for everybody. 619 00:38:57,291 --> 00:38:58,945 Anatoli Boukreev, 620 00:38:59,119 --> 00:39:02,252 one of the world's strongest climbers. 621 00:39:02,427 --> 00:39:04,167 Or Andy Harris, 622 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:07,345 a guide on Everest for the first time. 623 00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:11,523 Our brains were functioning on the level of reptiles. 624 00:39:17,050 --> 00:39:20,575 Our bodies were as ravaged as the terminally ill. 625 00:40:35,824 --> 00:40:37,435 Krakauer. 626 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:41,003 Take a picture. 627 00:40:41,177 --> 00:40:42,222 Yeah. 628 00:40:52,014 --> 00:40:56,497 This is for the people of my homeland. 629 00:40:59,413 --> 00:41:00,936 Where are your clients? 630 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:02,329 They are fine. 631 00:41:02,503 --> 00:41:04,026 They come. 632 00:41:07,334 --> 00:41:10,032 Hey, Andy. 633 00:41:11,251 --> 00:41:13,688 You okay? 634 00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:15,168 Andy, 635 00:41:15,342 --> 00:41:16,822 you okay? 636 00:41:16,996 --> 00:41:19,477 Only halfway, mate. 637 00:41:20,565 --> 00:41:22,175 Halfway. 638 00:41:22,349 --> 00:41:24,438 Got to get down yet. 639 00:41:28,355 --> 00:41:29,835 Ugh. 640 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:42,587 Oh, God. 641 00:41:42,761 --> 00:41:44,980 Too many climbers. I'll never get down. 642 00:41:45,154 --> 00:41:47,853 Krakauer, what's wrong? 643 00:41:49,637 --> 00:41:52,466 It's a traffic jam. 644 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,860 We can't get down. 645 00:41:58,516 --> 00:41:59,821 The rope is our only way down. 646 00:42:06,132 --> 00:42:07,873 Twenty minutes till turnaround. 647 00:42:08,047 --> 00:42:09,962 They'll never make it to the summit. 648 00:42:24,063 --> 00:42:26,456 Andy, 649 00:42:26,631 --> 00:42:30,373 I'm using up my oxygen too fast. 650 00:42:30,548 --> 00:42:31,592 Turn it down. 651 00:42:31,766 --> 00:42:33,681 Okay. 652 00:42:45,388 --> 00:42:47,042 You turned my gas down, right? 653 00:42:47,216 --> 00:42:49,044 Yeah, I got it. 654 00:42:49,218 --> 00:42:51,177 Better. This feels good. 655 00:42:57,487 --> 00:42:59,054 Looking good, Pittman. 656 00:42:59,228 --> 00:43:00,534 Keep coming. 657 00:43:37,484 --> 00:43:39,094 Doug! 658 00:43:48,756 --> 00:43:51,193 It's turnaround time, mate. 659 00:44:01,682 --> 00:44:03,815 Not again. 660 00:44:03,989 --> 00:44:05,512 No, Rob. 661 00:44:05,686 --> 00:44:07,557 Please. Don't do this to me. 662 00:44:07,732 --> 00:44:09,951 Hey, listen to me-- For God's sake. 663 00:44:10,125 --> 00:44:11,605 Come on, Rob. 664 00:44:11,779 --> 00:44:13,128 Let me finish this thing once and for all here. 665 00:44:13,302 --> 00:44:15,609 Hey, I'm responsible for you. 666 00:44:15,783 --> 00:44:17,350 You're the one who talked me 667 00:44:17,524 --> 00:44:19,004 into coming back this year, right? 668 00:44:21,397 --> 00:44:23,965 You promised me I'd make it to the top. 669 00:44:24,139 --> 00:44:26,011 I never promised. 670 00:44:47,423 --> 00:44:49,687 Why still go to the summit? 671 00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:06,355 Andy, it's clear. We can get down now. 672 00:45:06,529 --> 00:45:07,705 Let's go. 673 00:45:07,879 --> 00:45:08,706 Let's go. 674 00:45:10,011 --> 00:45:11,404 I ca-- 675 00:45:31,729 --> 00:45:32,381 I can't breathe! 676 00:45:32,555 --> 00:45:34,035 It's empty! 677 00:45:36,124 --> 00:45:37,256 Aah! 678 00:45:38,431 --> 00:45:40,041 Ugh. Aah! 679 00:45:55,709 --> 00:45:57,755 Keep it together. 680 00:46:07,112 --> 00:46:08,678 Desperate for air, 681 00:46:08,853 --> 00:46:10,855 dizzy, terrified of blacking out 682 00:46:11,029 --> 00:46:12,465 and tumbling into Tibet, 683 00:46:12,639 --> 00:46:14,815 I carefully made my way down 684 00:46:14,989 --> 00:46:16,948 to the oxygen drop. 685 00:46:17,122 --> 00:46:20,212 As soon as I got there, I saw that something was very wrong 686 00:46:20,386 --> 00:46:21,474 with Andy Harris. 687 00:46:24,303 --> 00:46:28,002 I need oxygen. 688 00:46:28,176 --> 00:46:30,788 They're all-- They're all empty. 689 00:46:32,441 --> 00:46:33,921 It's impossible. 690 00:46:34,095 --> 00:46:36,489 I'm telling you, mate. They're all empty. 691 00:46:36,663 --> 00:46:38,143 They're all-- 692 00:46:40,406 --> 00:46:41,973 Andy. 693 00:46:44,932 --> 00:46:47,413 Andy, this is full. 694 00:46:47,587 --> 00:46:50,242 They're all empty. 695 00:46:50,416 --> 00:46:52,200 No. Feel the weight! 696 00:46:52,374 --> 00:46:53,549 Feel it. The weight. 697 00:46:53,723 --> 00:46:55,203 They're empty, mate. All of them. 698 00:46:55,377 --> 00:46:57,553 Andy, you're not right in the head. 699 00:46:57,727 --> 00:47:00,034 You turned my gas up the wrong way on the step. 700 00:47:00,208 --> 00:47:01,688 I'm telling you, these are full. 701 00:47:13,918 --> 00:47:15,484 Hey, Doug. 702 00:47:15,658 --> 00:47:18,705 Whoa. 703 00:47:18,879 --> 00:47:23,623 Hey, looks like we're gonna get hosed. 704 00:47:25,059 --> 00:47:26,060 Storm's coming. 705 00:47:32,327 --> 00:47:34,764 I'm a mailman, Krakauer. 706 00:47:34,939 --> 00:47:37,550 Neither snow nor rain, 707 00:47:37,724 --> 00:47:39,595 nor heat, 708 00:47:39,769 --> 00:47:41,554 nor gloom of night... 709 00:47:41,728 --> 00:47:44,426 Rob, thank-- 710 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,038 Thanks for getting me to the summit. 711 00:47:47,212 --> 00:47:48,909 I didn't have time to ask 712 00:47:49,083 --> 00:47:51,651 why he and Doug were still going up the mountain 713 00:47:51,825 --> 00:47:56,264 45 minutes after everybody.. was supposed to be going down. 714 00:48:24,162 --> 00:48:26,642 When the group summited, they radioed base camp 715 00:48:26,816 --> 00:48:29,689 and a flurry of faxes.. went out to friends and family 716 00:48:29,863 --> 00:48:31,560 around the world, 717 00:48:31,734 --> 00:48:33,954 announcing the expedition's triumphant success. 718 00:48:50,492 --> 00:48:51,929 Hey, Scott! 719 00:48:54,627 --> 00:48:55,497 Did you summit? 720 00:48:57,151 --> 00:48:58,631 Yeah. 721 00:49:01,851 --> 00:49:04,724 Hall and Hansen are still on their way up. 722 00:49:04,898 --> 00:49:06,465 You look spent. 723 00:49:06,639 --> 00:49:08,815 Don't you think you should turn back? 724 00:49:08,989 --> 00:49:11,949 No, I'm just dragging ass for some reason. 725 00:49:24,091 --> 00:49:25,919 When Rob and Doug got to the top, 726 00:49:26,093 --> 00:49:28,791 it triggered a surge of intense elation. 727 00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:30,576 But it was 4 p.m., 728 00:49:30,750 --> 00:49:32,447 two hours after Rob's 729 00:49:32,621 --> 00:49:35,537 supposedly hard-and-fast turnaround time. 730 00:49:44,764 --> 00:49:45,939 Thank you. 731 00:49:46,113 --> 00:49:48,681 Thank you, Rob. Thank you. 732 00:50:00,867 --> 00:50:02,521 We're gonna go down. 733 00:50:02,695 --> 00:50:05,089 There's a stor-- 734 00:50:05,263 --> 00:50:06,438 A storm coming. 735 00:50:10,529 --> 00:50:12,574 We did-- We did it. 736 00:50:15,708 --> 00:50:17,666 Didn't we? 737 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:19,016 We did it. 738 00:50:43,866 --> 00:50:45,999 Rob! 739 00:50:49,829 --> 00:50:52,614 No, it's Krakauer. What the hell you doing, Beck? 740 00:50:52,788 --> 00:50:55,226 My eyes. 741 00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:56,792 I can't see. 742 00:50:57,967 --> 00:51:00,013 Let's go down to camp. 743 00:51:01,406 --> 00:51:03,408 Any of our guides coming? 744 00:51:03,582 --> 00:51:06,280 Mike Groom. He's behind me. 745 00:51:06,454 --> 00:51:10,241 Rob would want me to wait for Mike. 746 00:51:11,329 --> 00:51:12,765 He could short-rope me. 747 00:51:14,027 --> 00:51:16,029 You're sure? 748 00:51:16,203 --> 00:51:18,336 I promised Rob I'd wait for him. 749 00:51:20,164 --> 00:51:21,817 All right. 750 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,874 Scott! 751 00:51:35,048 --> 00:51:38,399 It's me. Beidleman. 752 00:51:38,573 --> 00:51:39,792 Did you make it? 753 00:51:39,966 --> 00:51:42,534 We did. 754 00:51:42,708 --> 00:51:44,013 That's good. 755 00:51:44,188 --> 00:51:45,798 Sandy. 756 00:51:51,369 --> 00:51:53,806 I got you what you wanted, yes? 757 00:52:06,035 --> 00:52:07,298 Scott, come down with us. 758 00:52:07,472 --> 00:52:09,300 I'll be fine. 759 00:52:10,866 --> 00:52:12,172 I'm fine. 760 00:52:18,613 --> 00:52:20,659 Lopsang, come on. 761 00:52:42,115 --> 00:52:43,203 I feel sick. 762 00:52:43,377 --> 00:52:45,814 Scott, must breathe. 763 00:52:45,988 --> 00:52:48,469 No, I can't breathe. I can't breathe. 764 00:52:48,643 --> 00:52:50,167 Scott. 765 00:52:58,218 --> 00:53:00,873 I feel so sick. 766 00:53:01,047 --> 00:53:03,180 I feel so sick. 767 00:53:31,904 --> 00:53:34,428 Only when I'd made it back to my tent 768 00:53:34,602 --> 00:53:38,040 did I appreciate how wasted I really was. 769 00:53:38,215 --> 00:53:41,130 I'd never pushed myself so close to the edge. 770 00:53:41,305 --> 00:53:43,524 But now I was safe. 771 00:53:43,698 --> 00:53:46,179 We'd climbed Everest. 772 00:53:46,353 --> 00:53:48,660 In spite of everything, we had succeeded. 773 00:53:48,834 --> 00:53:50,618 At least I thought we had. 774 00:53:50,792 --> 00:53:52,446 Outside in the rising storm, 775 00:53:52,620 --> 00:53:55,319 my friends were in a struggle for their lives. 776 00:54:05,764 --> 00:54:07,418 After summiting, 777 00:54:07,592 --> 00:54:08,854 Rob and Doug were now descending 778 00:54:09,028 --> 00:54:10,377 to the Hillary Step. 779 00:54:10,551 --> 00:54:11,900 The other climbers were scattered 780 00:54:12,074 --> 00:54:13,206 all over the mountain. 781 00:54:13,380 --> 00:54:14,729 Everest had reduced them 782 00:54:14,903 --> 00:54:16,470 to lost and frightened children, 783 00:54:16,644 --> 00:54:18,907 unable to tell where they were. 784 00:54:19,081 --> 00:54:22,041 Everything erupted into anarchy and chaos. 785 00:54:23,738 --> 00:54:27,307 Doug, you're out, mate. Don't worry. 786 00:54:30,267 --> 00:54:32,181 Come on, breathe now, mate. Breathe. 787 00:54:32,356 --> 00:54:33,835 That's it. 788 00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:37,012 This is Hall. 789 00:54:38,318 --> 00:54:40,277 I'm at the top of the step. 790 00:54:41,669 --> 00:54:43,105 We need oxygen. 791 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,195 Where's the drop? 792 00:54:46,370 --> 00:54:47,893 Rob, it's Andy. 793 00:54:48,067 --> 00:54:51,200 It's gone, mate. It's all used up. 794 00:54:51,375 --> 00:54:52,506 What? 795 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:55,596 Rob, it's gone. 796 00:54:55,770 --> 00:54:58,120 That's not possible, right? 797 00:54:58,295 --> 00:55:00,209 We have six cylin-- 798 00:55:00,384 --> 00:55:02,037 Six cylinders stashed. 799 00:55:03,517 --> 00:55:05,389 No, they're gone. 800 00:55:05,563 --> 00:55:06,868 Where are you? 801 00:55:07,042 --> 00:55:08,783 I don't know, mate. I don't know. 802 00:55:08,957 --> 00:55:09,915 Andy! 803 00:55:10,089 --> 00:55:10,959 I'm gonna find you, mate. 804 00:55:11,133 --> 00:55:12,047 Andy! 805 00:55:12,221 --> 00:55:13,266 I'm gonna find you. 806 00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:14,006 Answer me, Andy! 807 00:55:14,180 --> 00:55:15,747 Hold on, mate. 808 00:55:25,409 --> 00:55:28,368 I beat it. 809 00:55:28,542 --> 00:55:30,501 What? What's that, mate? 810 00:55:30,675 --> 00:55:32,329 I beat-- 811 00:55:33,025 --> 00:55:34,200 Huh? 812 00:55:34,374 --> 00:55:36,724 I beat Everest. 813 00:55:41,990 --> 00:55:44,036 Hold on, Yasuko. I'm coming. 814 00:55:45,646 --> 00:55:47,692 I'm okay. 815 00:55:52,653 --> 00:55:54,916 Rob? 816 00:55:55,090 --> 00:55:56,353 Rob, is that you? 817 00:55:58,485 --> 00:56:01,793 No. No, it's Mike and Yasuko. 818 00:56:01,967 --> 00:56:04,752 Beck, listen, you ought to get up. 819 00:56:04,926 --> 00:56:06,450 Yeah. 820 00:56:06,624 --> 00:56:08,277 All right. Come on. You've gotta move. Let's go. 821 00:56:08,452 --> 00:56:10,367 I believe I will. 822 00:56:12,630 --> 00:56:14,240 Mike! 823 00:56:14,414 --> 00:56:18,331 Mike Groom, we lost you! 824 00:56:18,505 --> 00:56:19,941 I picked up Beck. 825 00:56:20,115 --> 00:56:21,595 Take Yasuko. She's had it. 826 00:56:21,769 --> 00:56:23,467 Come on, sit down. 827 00:56:25,033 --> 00:56:27,427 Hey, how are your guys doing? 828 00:56:27,601 --> 00:56:28,733 Very rough. 829 00:56:28,907 --> 00:56:31,388 Yeah, mine too. 830 00:56:31,562 --> 00:56:34,042 Listen, we're never gonna make it back to camp. 831 00:56:34,216 --> 00:56:36,218 We've got to try! 832 00:56:36,393 --> 00:56:38,090 Yeah. 833 00:56:38,264 --> 00:56:42,181 Let's stick together. Sure. Sure. But which way? 834 00:56:47,142 --> 00:56:48,753 I'm not sure. 835 00:56:53,322 --> 00:56:55,107 Higher on the mountain, 836 00:56:55,281 --> 00:56:58,240 Lopsang lowered an exhausted Scott Fischer 837 00:56:58,415 --> 00:57:03,071 past Rob Hall and his friend and client, Doug Hansen, 838 00:57:03,245 --> 00:57:04,551 who was so sick from the altitude 839 00:57:04,725 --> 00:57:05,857 that he could no longer move. 840 00:57:07,554 --> 00:57:10,122 We had all reached the summit, 841 00:57:10,296 --> 00:57:13,517 but there are no conquerors on Mount Everest. 842 00:57:35,974 --> 00:57:37,454 Ugh. 843 00:57:59,301 --> 00:58:02,000 Jon. Jon. Huh? 844 00:58:02,174 --> 00:58:03,262 Where's Rob? 845 00:58:03,436 --> 00:58:05,394 What? Isn't he back? 846 00:58:05,569 --> 00:58:07,440 No. No. 847 00:58:07,614 --> 00:58:10,487 He has to be. He has to. 848 00:58:11,966 --> 00:58:14,055 The storm is still bad. 849 00:58:14,229 --> 00:58:16,318 Yeah. 850 00:58:16,493 --> 00:58:19,800 I climbed with 15 expeditions on Chomolungma, Jon. 851 00:58:19,974 --> 00:58:23,195 Never, ever see storm come so fast... 852 00:58:24,979 --> 00:58:26,851 ...so evil. 853 00:58:27,025 --> 00:58:29,114 We've gotta move. 854 00:58:29,288 --> 00:58:31,420 Although we didn't talk about it, 855 00:58:31,595 --> 00:58:34,119 we knew Rob Hall might as well have been on the moon. 856 00:58:34,293 --> 00:58:37,165 In this kind of storm, at such an extreme altitude, 857 00:58:37,339 --> 00:58:39,254 rescue was almost impossible. 858 00:58:39,428 --> 00:58:41,300 We can't make it, Jon. 859 00:58:41,474 --> 00:58:43,084 We can't get to Rob. 860 00:58:43,258 --> 00:58:45,217 We have to try. 861 00:58:45,391 --> 00:58:47,088 We can't get them. 862 00:58:47,262 --> 00:58:50,265 Our friends are out there, and they're dying. 863 00:58:50,439 --> 00:58:52,485 We can't go after them. 864 00:58:52,659 --> 00:58:55,749 We must turn around now. 865 00:58:58,273 --> 00:59:02,016 Scott! Scott Fischer! 866 00:59:03,540 --> 00:59:06,368 Rob! Rob Hall! 867 00:59:06,543 --> 00:59:11,199 Doug. Come on. Get up. 868 00:59:11,373 --> 00:59:14,681 Come on. Get up and walk, you bloody punter. 869 00:59:14,855 --> 00:59:18,163 You got children waiting for you. 870 00:59:19,425 --> 00:59:20,557 You should go. 871 00:59:22,123 --> 00:59:23,037 Huh? 872 00:59:24,386 --> 00:59:26,432 You should go. 873 00:59:26,606 --> 00:59:28,782 Go. 874 00:59:28,956 --> 00:59:32,003 You can't make it with me. 875 00:59:32,177 --> 00:59:38,270 I-- I'm not leaving you here, mate. 876 00:59:38,444 --> 00:59:39,401 You have no choice. 877 00:59:39,576 --> 00:59:42,100 You gotta go, Rob. 878 00:59:44,102 --> 00:59:45,277 You'll die too. 879 00:59:45,451 --> 00:59:49,063 Neither of us is gonna-- 880 00:59:49,237 --> 00:59:51,022 Is gonna die. 881 00:59:52,545 --> 00:59:57,245 My people do not die. 882 01:00:02,468 --> 01:00:04,992 Scott, slow down! 883 01:00:05,166 --> 01:00:06,951 Scott, please! 884 01:00:07,125 --> 01:00:08,605 I... 885 01:00:09,997 --> 01:00:12,217 I know how to get down. 886 01:00:12,391 --> 01:00:14,741 Jump. 887 01:00:14,915 --> 01:00:17,614 I'll just-- I'll just-- 888 01:00:17,788 --> 01:00:21,530 I'll just jump off this mountain. 889 01:00:21,705 --> 01:00:24,011 That's what I'm gonna do. 890 01:00:24,185 --> 01:00:26,187 I'm just gonna jump. 891 01:00:27,841 --> 01:00:29,060 I'll just-- 892 01:00:30,322 --> 01:00:31,628 I'll just-- 893 01:00:35,283 --> 01:00:37,459 Hold on, Scott! 894 01:00:40,245 --> 01:00:41,768 Ugh. 895 01:00:41,942 --> 01:00:42,900 Hold on! 896 01:00:48,427 --> 01:00:49,646 Help! 897 01:01:00,047 --> 01:01:01,658 Oh, yeah. 898 01:01:08,229 --> 01:01:11,493 Oh, Scott. Scott, please. 899 01:01:16,542 --> 01:01:18,457 This is Lopsang. 900 01:01:20,502 --> 01:01:22,722 Anyone. 901 01:01:22,896 --> 01:01:25,290 Lopsang and Scott. We need help. 902 01:01:25,464 --> 01:01:28,032 We're on the south summit. 903 01:01:28,206 --> 01:01:30,034 Anyone. 904 01:01:30,208 --> 01:01:32,427 Lopsang, it's Jon. 905 01:01:32,601 --> 01:01:35,256 Some Sherpas are already on their way, 906 01:01:35,430 --> 01:01:39,870 but the storm is so bad, it may take a while. 907 01:01:47,704 --> 01:01:49,314 Come on, Doug. 908 01:01:54,972 --> 01:01:56,277 Aah! Ugh. 909 01:02:05,634 --> 01:02:07,288 I'm gonna miss you, brother. Doug. 910 01:02:07,462 --> 01:02:08,463 Where are you? 911 01:02:08,637 --> 01:02:09,247 Take it easy. 912 01:02:09,421 --> 01:02:10,814 Huh? No! 913 01:02:10,988 --> 01:02:12,076 It'll be easier. Doug, no! 914 01:02:12,250 --> 01:02:13,730 Doug! 915 01:02:15,122 --> 01:02:16,167 Oh! Oh! Wait! 916 01:02:16,341 --> 01:02:17,908 No! Doug! 917 01:02:30,834 --> 01:02:32,836 Rob! 918 01:02:33,010 --> 01:02:36,143 Hold on, mate. 919 01:02:36,317 --> 01:02:37,579 Rob, it's Andy. 920 01:02:37,754 --> 01:02:39,407 Andy. 921 01:02:39,581 --> 01:02:42,367 Hold on, mate. 922 01:02:42,541 --> 01:02:44,412 I've been lost. 923 01:02:44,586 --> 01:02:46,458 Hold on, mate. 924 01:02:46,632 --> 01:02:48,416 Andy! 925 01:02:48,590 --> 01:02:51,071 I'm coming, mate. I'm coming. 926 01:02:51,245 --> 01:02:52,159 Andy. 927 01:02:52,333 --> 01:02:53,334 Rob. 928 01:02:56,120 --> 01:02:57,643 Hey. 929 01:02:57,817 --> 01:03:00,689 Come on, mate. Come on. I've gotta get you down. 930 01:03:00,864 --> 01:03:03,127 No, I can't. 931 01:03:03,301 --> 01:03:07,131 My legs. They're frozen. 932 01:03:07,305 --> 01:03:10,569 Come on, mate. Work them. 933 01:03:11,875 --> 01:03:13,354 Come on, mate. 934 01:03:13,528 --> 01:03:16,444 Come on. Work them. 935 01:03:18,055 --> 01:03:19,230 Come on. 936 01:03:21,275 --> 01:03:22,799 Wait there. 937 01:03:22,973 --> 01:03:24,757 Wait, where you going? No, no. Andy! 938 01:03:24,931 --> 01:03:27,151 Where you going? Come back. 939 01:03:27,325 --> 01:03:28,239 Don't go, Andy. 940 01:03:28,413 --> 01:03:30,458 I'm gonna get help. 941 01:03:30,632 --> 01:03:33,113 Hold on. Hold on. 942 01:03:35,594 --> 01:03:36,464 Andy! 943 01:03:42,601 --> 01:03:43,384 Andy! 944 01:03:43,558 --> 01:03:45,647 Aah! 945 01:03:47,649 --> 01:03:52,176 Andy! Andy! 946 01:03:52,350 --> 01:03:54,047 No. 947 01:03:54,221 --> 01:03:56,528 Oh, no. 948 01:03:56,702 --> 01:04:01,620 Oh. No. Andy. 949 01:04:02,795 --> 01:04:04,928 No. 950 01:04:05,102 --> 01:04:07,321 Andy. 951 01:04:13,937 --> 01:04:16,940 Camp IV, anyone there? 952 01:04:17,114 --> 01:04:18,550 This is Rob. 953 01:04:18,724 --> 01:04:20,987 Camp IV, anyone there? 954 01:04:21,161 --> 01:04:22,206 Rob? 955 01:04:24,077 --> 01:04:25,426 I'm here. 956 01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:27,733 Where, Rob? Where? 957 01:04:27,907 --> 01:04:29,691 Uh... 958 01:04:29,866 --> 01:04:31,998 Just below-- Just below the step. 959 01:04:32,172 --> 01:04:33,695 Where's Doug? 960 01:04:33,870 --> 01:04:36,394 He's gone. 961 01:04:36,568 --> 01:04:38,613 Doug's gone. 962 01:04:41,747 --> 01:04:43,444 Damn it. 963 01:04:43,618 --> 01:04:45,707 Andy was with you? 964 01:04:45,882 --> 01:04:49,842 Yeah. He was here. 965 01:04:50,016 --> 01:04:53,019 And now he's gone too. 966 01:04:53,193 --> 01:04:55,282 Oh, God. 967 01:04:55,456 --> 01:04:57,676 I should never have left them. 968 01:04:58,416 --> 01:05:00,461 Agh. 969 01:05:00,635 --> 01:05:03,247 I need-- I need oxygen. 970 01:05:03,421 --> 01:05:05,814 There are some O's 971 01:05:05,989 --> 01:05:08,861 200 feet below you. 972 01:05:09,035 --> 01:05:11,211 There were six cylinders. 973 01:05:11,385 --> 01:05:13,648 Six? Six hundred feet? 974 01:05:15,433 --> 01:05:20,568 No, 200 feet, 200 feet. 975 01:05:20,742 --> 01:05:23,658 I don't believe I can make it. 976 01:05:23,832 --> 01:05:25,530 You have to try, Rob. 977 01:05:25,704 --> 01:05:29,055 There's something wrong with my legs. 978 01:05:29,229 --> 01:05:32,363 Try. Rob, try. 979 01:05:32,537 --> 01:05:34,539 You've gotta crawl if you have to. 980 01:05:45,071 --> 01:05:46,943 Can you get to the O's? 981 01:05:48,466 --> 01:05:49,336 Got to try. 982 01:05:49,510 --> 01:05:50,468 Rob! 983 01:05:50,642 --> 01:05:51,817 Got to try. 984 01:05:51,991 --> 01:05:53,645 Can you get to the O's? 985 01:05:53,819 --> 01:05:54,951 Got to try. 986 01:06:03,263 --> 01:06:05,178 Rob! 987 01:06:21,890 --> 01:06:24,154 While Rob was stranded near the summit, 988 01:06:24,328 --> 01:06:27,592 most of the others had almost made it down to Camp IV. 989 01:06:27,766 --> 01:06:31,726 But by now the wind chill was more than 100 below zero. 990 01:06:31,900 --> 01:06:34,599 Just 200 yards from the safety of camp, 991 01:06:34,773 --> 01:06:38,168 the weakest climbers brought the whole group to a halt. 992 01:06:38,342 --> 01:06:39,560 Stars. 993 01:06:41,954 --> 01:06:44,609 I see stars. 994 01:06:44,783 --> 01:06:47,046 Is it clearing? 995 01:06:47,220 --> 01:06:50,832 I can navigate by the stars. 996 01:06:51,007 --> 01:06:52,530 Come on. Get up. 997 01:06:52,704 --> 01:06:53,922 Let's go. 998 01:06:55,489 --> 01:06:56,925 Come on. 999 01:06:57,100 --> 01:06:58,797 Get up, Sandy. Come on. 1000 01:06:58,971 --> 01:07:01,104 It's no good. 1001 01:07:01,278 --> 01:07:02,975 Tim. 1002 01:07:03,149 --> 01:07:05,630 You go back. Get help. 1003 01:07:05,804 --> 01:07:07,066 I'll stay here with them. 1004 01:07:07,240 --> 01:07:11,114 No. Both of you go. 1005 01:07:11,288 --> 01:07:13,812 More chance of rescue that way. 1006 01:07:13,986 --> 01:07:15,466 I'll stay. 1007 01:07:15,640 --> 01:07:17,337 Tim, we're the guides. 1008 01:07:17,511 --> 01:07:18,817 You can't stay. 1009 01:07:18,991 --> 01:07:22,212 I'm not leaving Charlotte. You hear me? 1010 01:07:22,386 --> 01:07:24,823 Tim, listen to reason. 1011 01:07:24,997 --> 01:07:29,436 I'm not leaving! 1012 01:07:29,610 --> 01:07:31,525 Stay awake, Charlotte. I love you. Stay awake! 1013 01:07:31,699 --> 01:07:33,701 Get up, Yasuko! 1014 01:07:33,875 --> 01:07:37,488 I don't want to die! Don't leave me! 1015 01:07:37,662 --> 01:07:38,706 Calm down! 1016 01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:39,707 I don't want to die! 1017 01:07:39,881 --> 01:07:40,882 Sandy! Calm down! 1018 01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:43,494 I don't want to die here! 1019 01:07:43,668 --> 01:07:45,191 We're gonna bring help! Calm down! 1020 01:07:45,365 --> 01:07:46,366 Don't leave me! 1021 01:07:46,540 --> 01:07:49,369 We'll bring help! 1022 01:07:49,543 --> 01:07:50,457 I don't want-- 1023 01:07:50,631 --> 01:07:53,504 No, don't leave. 1024 01:07:53,678 --> 01:07:54,722 Don't leave me! 1025 01:07:54,896 --> 01:07:56,811 I don't want to die! 1026 01:07:56,985 --> 01:08:00,032 Yasuko, you have to let go! 1027 01:08:00,206 --> 01:08:03,905 No! You can't go! Come back! 1028 01:08:06,169 --> 01:08:08,693 I don't wanna die! 1029 01:08:12,914 --> 01:08:14,002 Scott. 1030 01:08:14,177 --> 01:08:17,441 Scott, do you hear me? 1031 01:08:20,661 --> 01:08:22,098 I am... 1032 01:08:24,578 --> 01:08:26,711 ...invincible. 1033 01:08:35,589 --> 01:08:37,330 We were reduced to banging pots 1034 01:08:37,504 --> 01:08:39,332 to guide the climbers home. 1035 01:08:39,506 --> 01:08:40,986 By now, Andy was dead. 1036 01:08:42,074 --> 01:08:43,728 Doug was dead. 1037 01:08:43,902 --> 01:08:47,079 Scott Fischer was probably dead. 1038 01:08:47,253 --> 01:08:50,735 When I tried to comprehend the enormity of this fact, 1039 01:08:50,909 --> 01:08:52,693 my mind refused to process it. 1040 01:08:52,867 --> 01:08:53,825 Rob! 1041 01:08:58,482 --> 01:09:00,092 Mike. 1042 01:09:00,266 --> 01:09:02,616 Come on. Get up. 1043 01:09:02,790 --> 01:09:04,488 Beidleman. 1044 01:09:06,707 --> 01:09:08,448 Come on. 1045 01:09:08,622 --> 01:09:11,843 Come on. We'll get you inside the tent. 1046 01:09:12,017 --> 01:09:14,150 There's a... 1047 01:09:15,107 --> 01:09:17,979 A group huddled 1048 01:09:18,154 --> 01:09:22,593 about 200, 250 yards due east. 1049 01:09:22,767 --> 01:09:26,510 If we don't bring them in, they're gonna die. 1050 01:09:26,684 --> 01:09:29,643 We have to go out and make a rescue. 1051 01:09:32,516 --> 01:09:37,085 I tried once already, but this time we can make it. 1052 01:09:37,260 --> 01:09:40,437 Charlotte! Pittman! 1053 01:09:42,265 --> 01:09:44,745 Tim! 1054 01:09:44,919 --> 01:09:46,486 Charlotte! 1055 01:09:51,926 --> 01:09:55,103 Pittman! Beck! 1056 01:09:55,278 --> 01:09:57,584 It's Anatoli! 1057 01:09:57,758 --> 01:09:58,716 Charlotte! 1058 01:09:59,847 --> 01:10:03,547 Here! Here! 1059 01:10:03,721 --> 01:10:06,811 Charlotte! Pittman! 1060 01:10:08,943 --> 01:10:10,206 Over here! 1061 01:10:12,947 --> 01:10:15,776 Charlotte, stay awake! 1062 01:10:17,169 --> 01:10:19,389 Pittman, Anatoli's here. 1063 01:10:26,222 --> 01:10:29,964 Give her this. 1064 01:10:30,138 --> 01:10:32,358 Breathe, Charlotte. It's oxygen. 1065 01:10:32,532 --> 01:10:33,968 Breathe. 1066 01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:49,375 Beck. Can you hear me? 1067 01:10:52,465 --> 01:10:55,251 I think they're dead! 1068 01:11:03,824 --> 01:11:05,783 They're warm now. 1069 01:11:07,219 --> 01:11:08,568 Comfortable. 1070 01:11:10,309 --> 01:11:12,050 Let them be in peace. 1071 01:11:12,224 --> 01:11:15,227 Oh, God! 1072 01:11:15,401 --> 01:11:19,927 Tim! I know what I'm doing. 1073 01:11:20,101 --> 01:11:22,408 I have been through this many times before! 1074 01:11:26,107 --> 01:11:29,285 We can save Charlotte and Pittman. 1075 01:11:31,156 --> 01:11:33,027 Save the strongest. 1076 01:11:33,201 --> 01:11:34,420 That is the law of the mountains. 1077 01:11:34,594 --> 01:11:36,248 Yeah. 1078 01:11:55,963 --> 01:11:57,965 Despite their exhaustion, 1079 01:11:58,139 --> 01:11:59,837 Groom and Beidleman left Camp IV 1080 01:12:00,011 --> 01:12:02,927 to make one last attempt to rescue Rob Hall. 1081 01:12:03,101 --> 01:12:05,625 Rob! 1082 01:12:05,799 --> 01:12:08,802 Rob! It's Mike Groom and Neal Beidleman. 1083 01:12:08,976 --> 01:12:10,935 We're just above Camp IV. 1084 01:12:11,109 --> 01:12:12,502 Rob here, Mike. 1085 01:12:12,676 --> 01:12:16,288 Listen. We'll try and get to you, mate, 1086 01:12:16,462 --> 01:12:18,072 but it's looking pretty bad. 1087 01:12:18,246 --> 01:12:21,162 We'll never reach you in this storm. 1088 01:12:21,337 --> 01:12:24,818 It's all right, Mike. 1089 01:12:24,992 --> 01:12:26,254 It's all right. 1090 01:12:30,084 --> 01:12:33,653 We've gotta get back. We've gotta go. Come on. 1091 01:12:37,048 --> 01:12:39,093 Let's go. 1092 01:12:42,749 --> 01:12:45,056 Scott! 1093 01:12:45,230 --> 01:12:46,318 Please! 1094 01:12:46,492 --> 01:12:49,669 Breathe! Please! 1095 01:12:55,675 --> 01:12:58,852 He has very little pulse, Krakauer. 1096 01:12:59,026 --> 01:13:01,072 Very slow. 1097 01:13:05,729 --> 01:13:06,556 What do we do? 1098 01:13:17,131 --> 01:13:19,351 We can save the Taiwanese climber. 1099 01:13:21,527 --> 01:13:23,486 What about Scott? 1100 01:13:23,660 --> 01:13:25,879 Can't the two Sherpas get him down? 1101 01:13:26,053 --> 01:13:28,360 We can't carry Scott. 1102 01:13:28,534 --> 01:13:31,189 We can only save one. 1103 01:13:32,625 --> 01:13:34,975 If we try and save both, 1104 01:13:35,149 --> 01:13:36,542 we might all die. 1105 01:13:36,716 --> 01:13:39,719 Oh, God. 1106 01:13:39,893 --> 01:13:42,461 It is what Scott would tell us to do. 1107 01:13:42,635 --> 01:13:43,941 You know he would. 1108 01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:51,688 Damn it! Scott! You get up! 1109 01:13:51,862 --> 01:13:54,604 Get up! I know you can do it! Come on! 1110 01:13:54,778 --> 01:13:56,127 Scott, you get up! 1111 01:13:56,301 --> 01:13:57,389 Come on! Get up! 1112 01:13:57,563 --> 01:14:00,392 Please! Get up! 1113 01:14:00,566 --> 01:14:03,439 I know you can! Please! 1114 01:14:13,884 --> 01:14:17,801 This isn't happening. This isn't happening. 1115 01:14:17,975 --> 01:14:19,803 It isn't happening. 1116 01:14:47,831 --> 01:14:49,789 A name. 1117 01:14:49,963 --> 01:14:52,488 We have to think of a name. 1118 01:14:53,793 --> 01:14:55,969 Yes. 1119 01:14:56,143 --> 01:14:58,494 Yes, my darling. 1120 01:15:35,443 --> 01:15:40,840 Krakauer, this is Rob here. 1121 01:15:42,799 --> 01:15:44,975 Can you patch me through to my wife? 1122 01:15:45,149 --> 01:15:47,891 Do you have the oxygen? 1123 01:15:51,590 --> 01:15:53,374 The oxygen. 1124 01:15:53,549 --> 01:15:57,117 Just patch me through to Jan. 1125 01:15:58,945 --> 01:16:01,208 I need to talk to her 1126 01:16:01,382 --> 01:16:03,733 before it's too late. 1127 01:16:03,907 --> 01:16:06,431 Rob, listen. 1128 01:16:07,911 --> 01:16:09,565 Don't give up. 1129 01:16:11,523 --> 01:16:13,090 You're Rob Hall. 1130 01:16:15,832 --> 01:16:18,008 Not for much longer, mate. 1131 01:16:18,182 --> 01:16:19,923 Just... 1132 01:16:21,315 --> 01:16:23,404 Just patch me through. 1133 01:16:35,460 --> 01:16:38,028 His wife is on the line. 1134 01:16:45,165 --> 01:16:46,950 You're patched through. 1135 01:16:50,867 --> 01:16:53,260 Jan. 1136 01:16:53,434 --> 01:16:55,175 Can you hear me? 1137 01:16:59,179 --> 01:17:00,485 Rob? 1138 01:17:03,183 --> 01:17:05,751 Can you hear me? Can you hear me? 1139 01:17:05,925 --> 01:17:08,058 Yes. Yes, my darling. 1140 01:17:09,886 --> 01:17:13,411 Rob, you have to move. 1141 01:17:13,585 --> 01:17:15,326 You have to. 1142 01:17:15,500 --> 01:17:18,459 Please. 1143 01:17:18,634 --> 01:17:20,026 Please, Rob. 1144 01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:23,203 Get up and move, Rob. 1145 01:17:31,516 --> 01:17:33,649 Can you? 1146 01:17:34,650 --> 01:17:36,652 Can you, my darling? 1147 01:17:39,655 --> 01:17:41,831 There's something wrong with my legs. 1148 01:17:43,789 --> 01:17:45,225 I can't move them. 1149 01:17:56,715 --> 01:17:58,151 Rob, concentrate. 1150 01:17:58,325 --> 01:18:00,676 Rub your legs. Get the blood moving. 1151 01:18:07,247 --> 01:18:08,640 Name. 1152 01:18:08,814 --> 01:18:12,296 We have to pick a name. 1153 01:18:21,435 --> 01:18:22,654 Sarah. 1154 01:18:25,657 --> 01:18:27,267 What? 1155 01:18:35,667 --> 01:18:37,887 What about Sarah? 1156 01:18:41,020 --> 01:18:43,631 Yes. 1157 01:18:43,806 --> 01:18:46,243 Yes, it's beautiful. 1158 01:18:50,116 --> 01:18:51,857 Then it's settled. 1159 01:18:52,031 --> 01:18:54,294 Sarah Hall. 1160 01:18:57,733 --> 01:18:59,647 Oh, good. 1161 01:18:59,822 --> 01:19:02,215 I'm glad now, darling. 1162 01:19:02,389 --> 01:19:04,522 I'm looking forward to making you completely better 1163 01:19:04,696 --> 01:19:06,480 when you come home. 1164 01:19:08,656 --> 01:19:12,617 I just know you're going to be rescued. 1165 01:19:12,791 --> 01:19:15,533 Don't feel that you're alone. 1166 01:19:21,974 --> 01:19:24,150 I lo-- 1167 01:19:24,324 --> 01:19:26,109 I love you. 1168 01:19:33,377 --> 01:19:36,162 Sleep well, my sweetheart. 1169 01:19:36,336 --> 01:19:37,773 Please. 1170 01:19:39,122 --> 01:19:40,776 Try-- 1171 01:19:42,038 --> 01:19:44,780 Try not to worry too much, eh? 1172 01:19:46,738 --> 01:19:48,784 I love you, Rob. 1173 01:19:50,089 --> 01:19:51,003 I love you. 1174 01:19:51,177 --> 01:19:53,136 I love you. 1175 01:20:01,361 --> 01:20:02,623 Rob? 1176 01:20:06,410 --> 01:20:07,585 Rob! 1177 01:20:34,133 --> 01:20:38,485 Coming to Everest had been the worst mistake of my life. 1178 01:20:38,659 --> 01:20:41,749 The enormity of the tragedy, 1179 01:20:41,924 --> 01:20:44,143 the awful finality of it, 1180 01:20:44,317 --> 01:20:47,494 was beginning to sink in. 1181 01:20:47,668 --> 01:20:50,454 There was no way to fix this. 1182 01:20:50,628 --> 01:20:54,545 This wasn't some game.. that we could play over again. 1183 01:20:54,719 --> 01:20:57,330 Beidleman, you made it. 1184 01:21:12,780 --> 01:21:13,738 Anatoli. 1185 01:21:13,912 --> 01:21:15,218 Yeah? 1186 01:21:15,392 --> 01:21:17,437 We couldn't-- We couldn't get to Rob. 1187 01:21:17,611 --> 01:21:20,223 He was too high up. 1188 01:21:20,397 --> 01:21:22,703 What-- What about the others? 1189 01:21:27,012 --> 01:21:33,192 I brought Madsen, Fox and Pittman. 1190 01:21:39,416 --> 01:21:41,331 What about Beck? 1191 01:21:48,729 --> 01:21:49,513 What about Yasuko? 1192 01:21:54,213 --> 01:21:56,041 I couldn't help her, Neal. 1193 01:22:04,615 --> 01:22:06,051 I'm sorry. 1194 01:23:01,715 --> 01:23:03,326 Aah! 1195 01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:21,997 Ugh. 1196 01:24:13,352 --> 01:24:15,050 Oh, my God. 1197 01:24:19,750 --> 01:24:21,273 Beck. 1198 01:24:24,450 --> 01:24:26,670 We thought you were dead. Beck. 1199 01:24:26,844 --> 01:24:27,714 My God, it's a miracle. 1200 01:24:27,888 --> 01:24:28,846 Beck! 1201 01:24:29,020 --> 01:24:30,195 Get up. 1202 01:24:30,369 --> 01:24:31,631 Easy! Watch his hands! 1203 01:24:31,805 --> 01:24:32,980 All right, mate. We've got you. 1204 01:24:33,155 --> 01:24:34,243 Gotta get him inside. 1205 01:24:34,417 --> 01:24:35,157 Okay. 1206 01:24:35,331 --> 01:24:36,593 Beck. 1207 01:24:40,640 --> 01:24:41,772 No! Come on, Beck. 1208 01:24:43,339 --> 01:24:45,167 No! 1209 01:26:00,285 --> 01:26:02,157 Goodbye, old friend. 1210 01:26:44,024 --> 01:26:46,375 Five of our friends are dead. 1211 01:26:49,943 --> 01:26:51,554 Hard to believe. 1212 01:26:54,209 --> 01:26:56,428 It's even harder to understand. 1213 01:26:58,300 --> 01:27:01,999 Why? What did they die for? 1214 01:27:05,002 --> 01:27:08,005 It's a question that gets asked a lot in climbing. 1215 01:27:10,486 --> 01:27:12,139 Perhaps we didn't treat this mountain 1216 01:27:12,314 --> 01:27:14,881 with the respect it deserves. 1217 01:27:15,055 --> 01:27:17,406 We believe with enough money, 1218 01:27:17,580 --> 01:27:21,540 with enough equipment, with enough determination, 1219 01:27:21,714 --> 01:27:25,240 we could conquer Chomolungma. 1220 01:27:33,857 --> 01:27:34,727 Yasuko Naamba, 1221 01:27:38,035 --> 01:27:39,863 Andy Harris, 1222 01:27:45,651 --> 01:27:47,218 Doug Hansen, 1223 01:27:53,268 --> 01:27:55,139 Scott Fischer, 1224 01:27:58,925 --> 01:28:00,362 and Rob Hall. 1225 01:28:05,410 --> 01:28:07,282 They saw God's face. 1226 01:28:11,764 --> 01:28:13,288 I hope-- 1227 01:28:14,941 --> 01:28:17,074 Oh, how I hope 1228 01:28:18,597 --> 01:28:20,469 that it was beautiful.