1 00:00:16,162 --> 00:00:22,160 Malden Mills workers, who responded to the great fire in 1995, 2 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,700 Greetings to Everest climbers, 3 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:30,300 who have faced insurmountable obstacles in their quest to the top. 4 00:00:36,349 --> 00:00:39,800 This film is dedicated to (such) heroes everywhere they are. 5 00:01:16,132 --> 00:01:18,828 [Narrator] There's a place that towering above the rest... 6 00:01:18,902 --> 00:01:22,235 a place where dreams come true chased above the clouds, 7 00:01:22,305 --> 00:01:26,173 a place where only the strong and lucky can survive. 8 00:01:31,681 --> 00:01:34,616 roof of the world, where the strongest winds hit 9 00:01:34,684 --> 00:01:39,018 is a remote and deadly place, where humans cannot live. 10 00:01:39,089 --> 00:01:43,423 Every breath burns the lungs like cold fire.. 11 00:01:43,493 --> 00:01:46,690 Many have died there, on the mountain known as Everest. 12 00:02:21,731 --> 00:02:23,961 When I was little, My father told me... 13 00:02:24,034 --> 00:02:27,993 that the highest mountain in the world is where the gods live... 14 00:02:29,706 --> 00:02:32,937 My people, the Sherpa people, is a Buddhist. 15 00:02:33,009 --> 00:02:37,776 We call Everest "Chomolungma," to the goddess who resides at the top. 16 00:02:39,749 --> 00:02:45,381 For 50 years or more, those who tried climb the peak fail or die. 17 00:02:46,790 --> 00:02:51,386 and in 1953, two climbers first has reached the top... 18 00:02:51,461 --> 00:02:56,364 Edmund Hillary and my father, Tenzin Norgay. 19 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:06,074 When I was 5 years old, 20 00:03:06,142 --> 00:03:08,235 I lit the candles to honor the mountain god,... 21 00:03:08,311 --> 00:03:11,747 who protected my father at the top of the mountain. 22 00:03:11,815 --> 00:03:14,909 He said mountains which gives him more power. 23 00:03:17,654 --> 00:03:20,748 I think it's him the bravest person in the world. 24 00:03:25,662 --> 00:03:28,927 Now, 43 years have passed his great climb on Everest, 25 00:03:28,998 --> 00:03:31,728 I practice for my own climbing efforts. 26 00:03:31,801 --> 00:03:34,429 I guess it's in my blood. 27 00:03:34,504 --> 00:03:37,803 The first thing I learned was support yourself. 28 00:03:37,874 --> 00:03:39,899 This is the only way to stop yourself if you fall... 29 00:03:39,976 --> 00:03:43,844 and slide down on steep slippery slopes. 30 00:03:56,559 --> 00:03:59,960 My father is a hero. 31 00:04:00,029 --> 00:04:04,432 Before he died, my father warned me of the dangers on Everest. 32 00:04:06,035 --> 00:04:10,199 But I felt a kind of thirst to bring his legend back to life, 33 00:04:10,273 --> 00:04:12,207 that's why I want to try it. 34 00:04:14,144 --> 00:04:17,079 [Narrator] This spring, Jamling will join an Everest expedition... 35 00:04:17,147 --> 00:04:20,207 led by Ed Viesturs from Seattle. 36 00:04:20,283 --> 00:04:22,843 Ed has climbed Everest four times. 37 00:04:22,919 --> 00:04:27,083 He practices every day, even when he was on vacation in Utah. 38 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,095 [Viesturs] Well, I put together a team consisting of highly skilled climbers... 39 00:04:33,163 --> 00:04:37,759 to help a scientist who studies geology of the Everest region. 40 00:04:37,834 --> 00:04:42,271 This year, Paula, my fiancee, who will be our Basekamp manager. 41 00:04:42,338 --> 00:04:45,796 We're going to Everest two weeks after our wedding. 42 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:48,605 I imagine that Everest will be cheap place for our honeymoon. 43 00:05:11,801 --> 00:05:13,735 [Paula] The difference between Ed and I are... 44 00:05:13,803 --> 00:05:17,739 when we cycled for 4-5 hours, I call it serious training. 45 00:05:17,807 --> 00:05:19,741 He thought of it as a warm-up. 46 00:05:24,147 --> 00:05:26,308 [Narrator] The third climber of This Everest team is... 47 00:05:26,382 --> 00:05:29,715 will be done by young climber from Barcelona. 48 00:05:29,786 --> 00:05:33,244 Araceli Segarra has been climbing high mountain before,, 49 00:05:33,323 --> 00:05:36,918 but he is more famous because his skills as a rock climber. 50 00:05:53,009 --> 00:05:55,978 [Segarra] I like going to beaches and regular hang-outs, 51 00:05:56,045 --> 00:05:59,446 but I prefer mountain climbing. 52 00:05:59,516 --> 00:06:02,815 I'm not trying to prove anything. I just like climbing... 53 00:06:02,886 --> 00:06:04,820 This is my wish, that's all.. 54 00:06:14,697 --> 00:06:16,631 [Narrator] If he manages to reach peak Everest, 55 00:06:16,699 --> 00:06:21,568 Araceli will be a Spanish woman the first in history to do so. 56 00:06:33,149 --> 00:06:35,413 Even when he trains in Mexico, 57 00:06:35,485 --> 00:06:38,010 Araceli's main goal lies half way on the other side of the world 58 00:06:39,656 --> 00:06:43,615 Mount Everest is part of the series highest mountains in the world... 59 00:06:43,693 --> 00:06:48,153 Himalayas, which stretch 1,500 miles across Asia. 60 00:06:49,732 --> 00:06:52,257 Far below the slippery peak Himalayas... 61 00:06:52,335 --> 00:06:55,566 stands the capital of Nepal, Katmandu, 62 00:06:55,638 --> 00:06:58,266 who sunbathed in the valley warm subtropical... 63 00:07:01,778 --> 00:07:04,042 [Jamling] I love this city. 64 00:07:04,113 --> 00:07:07,514 In 1953, Katmandu was departure point.. 65 00:07:07,584 --> 00:07:10,382 My father and Hillary. 66 00:07:10,453 --> 00:07:15,220 On March 15, my teammates and I gathered here to discuss the final plan. 67 00:07:29,405 --> 00:07:31,339 [Narrator] Climbers must come to Katmandu... 68 00:07:31,407 --> 00:07:35,207 to help a scientist from England, Roger Bilham. 69 00:07:35,278 --> 00:07:39,305 Roger wants his team to lay down the equipment at the height of Mount Everest... 70 00:07:39,382 --> 00:07:43,011 so he could study its geology. 71 00:07:43,086 --> 00:07:46,749 Sumiyo Tsuzuki from Japan will document his expedition. 72 00:07:47,824 --> 00:07:51,260 I don't know if I'm strong enough. 73 00:07:51,327 --> 00:07:54,421 I've never climbed Everest. I have to watch it. 74 00:07:54,497 --> 00:07:57,193 We have 3 tons of equipment in total, 75 00:07:57,266 --> 00:08:01,066 and maybe half or 2/3 of it in the form of food. 76 00:08:01,137 --> 00:08:05,198 This has been my dream, you know, since I was a kid, to climb on it. 77 00:08:06,843 --> 00:08:10,779 [Jamling] Tomorrow we're taking a helicopter ride to the foothills of Mount Everest. 78 00:08:10,847 --> 00:08:13,475 Sumiyo joined me in turning prayer wheel... 79 00:08:13,549 --> 00:08:16,950 to chant a prayer of the dangers that lay ahead. 80 00:08:19,122 --> 00:08:22,558 When I saw an obsolete Russian helicopter that Ed had rented, 81 00:08:22,625 --> 00:08:25,560 I think we need to pray as much as we can. 82 00:08:42,045 --> 00:08:45,845 [Segarra] This cargo helicopter can't fly as high as Base Camp, 83 00:08:45,915 --> 00:08:49,407 but he was able to give a head start, up to 9,000 feet. 84 00:08:49,485 --> 00:08:54,184 From there, we'll walk 30 miles towards the base of Mount Everest. 85 00:09:06,436 --> 00:09:10,236 I like climbing mountains highest in the world. 86 00:09:10,306 --> 00:09:13,764 Many of them lie here, in the Himalayas. 87 00:09:15,244 --> 00:09:18,645 [Narrator] Araceli's passion is to climb high mountains. 88 00:09:18,715 --> 00:09:22,344 Roger Bilham's Mission is to understand how they (high mountains) are formed. 89 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:28,819 [Bilham] The continents are actually moving, and when 2 large land plates collide, 90 00:09:28,891 --> 00:09:32,224 all those rocks have to move somewhere, and so they went up. 91 00:09:32,295 --> 00:09:35,731 And it's the collision that drives it Himalayan mountains. 92 00:09:37,934 --> 00:09:40,801 About hundreds of millions of years ago, the land we call India... 93 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:43,896 started moving north, towards Asia. 94 00:09:47,910 --> 00:09:51,903 Because the continents are colliding slowly, India is tucked under Asia. 95 00:09:51,981 --> 00:09:57,146 The rocks in between are squeezed and piled upwards, forming the Himalayas. 96 00:09:57,220 --> 00:10:00,451 India is still pushing deep beneath the Asian plate, 97 00:10:00,523 --> 00:10:04,926 so every year, Mount Everest grows about a quarter inch taller. 98 00:10:04,994 --> 00:10:08,088 At an altitude of 29,028 feet, 99 00:10:08,164 --> 00:10:12,191 Mount Everest rises 5.5 miles above sea level., 100 00:10:12,268 --> 00:10:15,294 make it so the highest mountain on Earth. 101 00:10:15,371 --> 00:10:17,305 [talking] 102 00:10:18,841 --> 00:10:21,571 [Narrator] High mountains formed by many small movements... 103 00:10:21,644 --> 00:10:25,603 which Roger will try to note with G.P.S Satellite receiver 104 00:10:29,018 --> 00:10:31,009 [Fresh] Roger is, uh... 105 00:10:31,087 --> 00:10:34,614 He was happy as he explained what does he know about you? 106 00:10:34,690 --> 00:10:39,093 That's his life, geology. 107 00:10:39,162 --> 00:10:41,460 [Bilham] Strong underground thrust pushing these mountains... 108 00:10:41,531 --> 00:10:46,161 5 miles high also caused severe earthquakes. 109 00:10:46,235 --> 00:10:51,798 In villages like Khumjung, few houses built to survive that kind of vibration. 110 00:10:51,874 --> 00:10:54,900 We can't predict earthquakes, but maybe, 111 00:10:54,977 --> 00:10:59,471 if our team succeeds in doing so GPS measurements on top of Everest... 112 00:10:59,549 --> 00:11:02,416 which will create earthquake data we become more accurate. 113 00:11:05,454 --> 00:11:08,218 [Narrator] Over the ridge almost at an altitude of 13,000 feet... 114 00:11:08,291 --> 00:11:11,920 stands a remote Buddhist monastery known as Thyangboche. 115 00:11:16,632 --> 00:11:18,566 [Jamling] 43 years ago, my father... 116 00:11:18,634 --> 00:11:22,593 stopped at this monastery for asked for blessing to climb Mount Everest. 117 00:11:24,173 --> 00:11:26,164 [Narrator] The Sherpa people believe that the mountain god... 118 00:11:26,242 --> 00:11:28,301 protects those who honor him, 119 00:11:28,377 --> 00:11:31,346 but pride and arrogance could make them angry... 120 00:11:31,414 --> 00:11:34,110 and can cause great suffering, even death. 121 00:11:41,424 --> 00:11:44,359 [Viesturs] With a horde 60 Yak to carry our equipment... 122 00:11:44,427 --> 00:11:47,658 we headed to Base Camp, 5,000 feet from here. 123 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:54,299 [Narrator] As climbers climb higher, they are at risk of altitude sickness. 124 00:11:54,370 --> 00:11:56,304 But if they rise gradually, 125 00:11:56,372 --> 00:11:59,967 the body will adapt by itself in low oxygen areas. 126 00:12:00,042 --> 00:12:02,408 This is what is called "Acclimatizing." 127 00:12:02,478 --> 00:12:07,074 The number of red blood cells doubles so the blood can store more oxygen. 128 00:12:09,819 --> 00:12:14,688 Just surviving at an altitude of 29,000 feet is a challenge to solve this medical fact. 129 00:12:14,757 --> 00:12:18,750 A human who came straight from the heights of the sea to the top of Everest... 130 00:12:18,828 --> 00:12:23,265 will be unconscious for a few minutes, and he will die afterward. 131 00:12:28,337 --> 00:12:30,498 Those who have died on Everest... 132 00:12:30,573 --> 00:12:34,100 honored with a stone monument which are called "chortens." 133 00:12:34,176 --> 00:12:37,111 [Segarra] You walk to the Khumbu, you will see a lot of chorten. 134 00:12:37,179 --> 00:12:41,616 You think about the people who died on the mountain we will climb. 135 00:12:41,616 --> 00:12:44,610 Well, this makes me think about my own safety 136 00:12:49,358 --> 00:12:52,657 [Viesturs] On April 2, we reached the foot of Mount Everest. 137 00:12:52,728 --> 00:12:56,255 On this great glacier, we set up a basecamp. 138 00:12:56,332 --> 00:12:58,892 Next to our tent is dozens from other expeditions, 139 00:12:58,968 --> 00:13:00,902 all with the same goal... 140 00:13:00,970 --> 00:13:03,063 a peak 2 miles higher still. 141 00:13:04,807 --> 00:13:08,208 [Narrator] Ed was worried about there are many teams on the mountain, 142 00:13:08,277 --> 00:13:11,041 and some of them shows a complete lack of experience. 143 00:13:13,549 --> 00:13:17,952 From this base of operations, Jamling Responsible for managing supplies... 144 00:13:18,020 --> 00:13:21,956 and sent him up with the strongest Sherpa men ....summit team. 145 00:13:22,024 --> 00:13:23,958 [conversing] 146 00:13:26,062 --> 00:13:28,326 [Jamling] Most Sherpas are like me can carry heavy loads here... 147 00:13:28,397 --> 00:13:30,831 without feeling pain or difficulty breathing. 148 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:33,562 Our blood carries more oxygen. 149 00:13:33,636 --> 00:13:36,833 So when I say, "Climbing is in my blood," I'm not kidding. 150 00:13:39,175 --> 00:13:41,769 [Paula] I like it so much everyone on the team, 151 00:13:41,844 --> 00:13:46,281 somehow I never thought I would bring 30 people on my honeymoon... 152 00:13:46,349 --> 00:13:48,943 30 hungry people. 153 00:13:49,018 --> 00:13:51,418 [Fresh] The head chef is called Chyangba. 154 00:13:51,487 --> 00:13:53,421 He always sings and laugh... 155 00:13:53,489 --> 00:13:56,617 and he's a really funny guy. 156 00:14:05,134 --> 00:14:07,728 [Viesturs] Several times a day at Basekamp... 157 00:14:07,803 --> 00:14:10,397 you hear the roar avalanche. 158 00:14:44,173 --> 00:14:47,267 [Narrator] 150 people have died on Everest. 159 00:14:47,343 --> 00:14:50,335 About a third of them died in an avalanche. 160 00:14:52,882 --> 00:14:54,782 [Jamling] Expectedly we follow the same route... 161 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:58,786 as my father and Edmund Hillary did at the summit in 1953. 162 00:14:58,854 --> 00:15:01,322 There are 3 main danger zones. 163 00:15:01,390 --> 00:15:03,324 The first is the Khumbu ice waterfall, 164 00:15:03,392 --> 00:15:06,520 where the giant ice towers can fall without warning. 165 00:15:06,595 --> 00:15:09,291 Above that is the surface Steep and slippery Lhotse, 166 00:15:09,365 --> 00:15:12,926 which continues to rise without stopping 4,000 feet long. 167 00:15:13,002 --> 00:15:17,063 The third danger zone is southeastern ridge, close to the summit. 168 00:15:27,450 --> 00:15:31,682 The ice waterfall is a frozen river, about 500 feet deep, 169 00:15:31,754 --> 00:15:34,985 which flows slowly downwards almost 4 feet per day. 170 00:15:35,057 --> 00:15:38,117 Some of the giant ice floes weighs more than 40 tons, 171 00:15:38,194 --> 00:15:42,153 and if they suddenly move they can bulldoze you in seconds. 172 00:16:02,284 --> 00:16:04,616 [Viesturs] Above the icefall, we used a lot of stairs 173 00:16:04,687 --> 00:16:07,053 which one It takes some time to get used to it. 174 00:16:10,025 --> 00:16:12,516 [Fresh, laughs] I'd rather fall a little earlier, 175 00:16:12,595 --> 00:16:15,359 because for the next I don't want to fall again. 176 00:16:36,485 --> 00:16:40,888 When you look down, "How deep is the glacier gap?" 177 00:16:40,956 --> 00:16:43,948 Well, I don't want to know. 178 00:16:49,665 --> 00:16:52,691 The Sherpas say if you fell over a glacier crevice, 179 00:16:52,768 --> 00:16:55,430 you will fall all the way to America. 180 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:33,834 [Viesturs] After we climbed past the ice waterfall, 181 00:18:33,902 --> 00:18:37,668 we headed for the Middle camp, where we had to stay for several weeks to carry out acclimatization. 182 00:18:37,740 --> 00:18:41,403 If you go up too early, You are at risk of developing edema 183 00:18:41,477 --> 00:18:46,244 where your lungs start to fill with liquid and it can kill you. 184 00:18:48,317 --> 00:18:52,048 [Narrator] In the Middle camp, climbers are required to drink more water, 185 00:18:52,121 --> 00:18:54,214 which they obtain by melting snow. 186 00:18:54,290 --> 00:18:59,592 The dry air sucks the dew from every breath and it can also cause coughing for them 187 00:18:59,662 --> 00:19:03,598 A sudden cough has made Sumiyo's 2 ribs were fractured. 188 00:19:05,567 --> 00:19:08,365 [Viesturs] When the porter headed to Paula below, in basecamp, 189 00:19:08,437 --> 00:19:12,874 they brought the video to Paula because he wanted to know if I was okay. 190 00:19:14,343 --> 00:19:16,277 After all, this is our honeymoon. 191 00:19:16,345 --> 00:19:19,712 - Let's see what we have. - Yes, maybe we'll cook... 192 00:19:19,782 --> 00:19:23,741 maybe thinly sliced roast beef... 193 00:19:23,819 --> 00:19:25,946 served with mustard. 194 00:19:26,021 --> 00:19:30,082 This looks like breakfast at, uh, Basecamp. And it's very boring. 195 00:19:30,159 --> 00:19:32,992 [Fresh] I'm now starting to think about ice cream... 196 00:19:33,062 --> 00:19:35,622 with chocolate. 197 00:19:35,698 --> 00:19:39,429 and a little cream at the top 198 00:19:39,501 --> 00:19:41,435 it seems delicious. 199 00:19:41,503 --> 00:19:44,768 [Laugh] Typical girl. 200 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,742 [Narrator] May 7. After 5 weeks at 22,000 feet, 201 00:19:48,811 --> 00:19:50,904 The team has carried out acclimatization. 202 00:19:50,979 --> 00:19:54,244 Every drop of blood now able to carry more oxygen. 203 00:19:54,316 --> 00:19:56,375 They are ready to go to the top. 204 00:19:56,452 --> 00:20:00,912 Right now the peak is being hit by the onslaught of cold hurricane winds. 205 00:20:03,492 --> 00:20:08,020 [Viesturs] Almost all year round storms and strong winds make Everest unclimbable, 206 00:20:08,097 --> 00:20:11,726 but in May, you probably can get clear and calm weather for a week, 207 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,668 which makes you able to sneaking up to the top. 208 00:20:15,738 --> 00:20:19,435 It's still very windy above, So I chose to just sit around. 209 00:20:19,508 --> 00:20:22,170 It's not easy, watching other teams rise to the top... 210 00:20:22,244 --> 00:20:27,011 and then wonder maybe You missed your only chance to reach the top. 211 00:20:28,851 --> 00:20:31,285 Of all the 12 other teams here, most of which are led by... 212 00:20:31,353 --> 00:20:33,287 my good friend Rob Hall from New Zealand, 213 00:20:33,355 --> 00:20:36,290 a very experienced Everest climber. 214 00:20:43,966 --> 00:20:48,335 Memories of May 8 and days the aftermath will haunt me forever. 215 00:20:51,473 --> 00:20:54,408 Rising above the surface of Lhotse, steep and slippery that day, 216 00:20:54,476 --> 00:20:58,469 we saw a line of more than 50 climbers,, including my friend Rob Hall. 217 00:21:00,215 --> 00:21:03,150 They have been climbing for 3 days to reach the top. 218 00:21:05,254 --> 00:21:07,745 At that time, even though I feel restless, 219 00:21:07,823 --> 00:21:11,816 I never thought that they were will really face a nightmare. 220 00:21:15,164 --> 00:21:18,600 [Narrator] Two days after, most of the same climber begins to make his way to the top. 221 00:21:21,170 --> 00:21:23,764 As the day approached late, a terrible storm... 222 00:21:23,839 --> 00:21:27,104 crashed into the top of the mountain without any prior warning. 223 00:21:31,847 --> 00:21:36,011 [Viesturs] More than two dozen climbers were scattered around along the route to the top,, 224 00:21:36,084 --> 00:21:38,211 many of them have already high on a mountain... 225 00:21:38,287 --> 00:21:40,346 too high to get down safely. 226 00:21:42,691 --> 00:21:45,125 [Narrator] At the end of the afternoon very few climbers... 227 00:21:45,194 --> 00:21:48,288 who returned from the chaos that exists in the uppermost Camp, 228 00:21:48,363 --> 00:21:51,423 but for the rest it looks gloomy.. 229 00:21:53,268 --> 00:21:56,499 People have been trapped before in a storm over Everest, 230 00:21:56,572 --> 00:21:58,836 but very few survive. 231 00:22:08,150 --> 00:22:12,416 [Viesturs] A lost climber ran out of oxygen bottles. 232 00:22:12,488 --> 00:22:15,616 When the cold wind decreases up to one hundred degrees below zero, 233 00:22:15,691 --> 00:22:20,685 17 climbers are still trapped on the mountain... including Rob. 234 00:22:23,332 --> 00:22:26,358 When night falls, Most climbers duck down... 235 00:22:26,435 --> 00:22:28,869 hope they last for one night. 236 00:22:30,272 --> 00:22:33,002 When Paula called me that night, he reminded me... 237 00:22:33,075 --> 00:22:36,772 that Rob Jan's wife is seven months pregnant. 238 00:22:36,845 --> 00:22:38,779 We all struggle face this reality... 239 00:22:38,847 --> 00:22:43,147 that we have friends on the mountain trapped by a storm, fighting for his life,, 240 00:22:43,218 --> 00:22:46,153 and maybe some of them won't be able to get through it. 241 00:22:47,923 --> 00:22:50,858 I know I'm not getting enough sleep. 242 00:22:59,234 --> 00:23:03,466 The next morning we got the news that seven climbers are still missing. 243 00:23:03,539 --> 00:23:08,238 But one of the climbers got lost still radio related... Rob Hall. 244 00:23:08,310 --> 00:23:10,369 He overcame the awkwardness of the day and able to get through the night... 245 00:23:10,445 --> 00:23:13,710 with arctic winds blowing at 28,000 feet. 246 00:23:13,782 --> 00:23:17,149 Rob just I don't have the energy to move, 247 00:23:17,219 --> 00:23:20,586 but he was not ready to give up. 248 00:23:20,656 --> 00:23:24,558 Clean the ice on your face covering and start moving. 249 00:23:24,626 --> 00:23:26,594 You have to force yourself towards the south peak... 250 00:23:26,662 --> 00:23:29,222 Talk to Rob over the radio very heavy. 251 00:23:29,298 --> 00:23:32,563 - From there the slope goes downhill. - Okay. 252 00:23:32,634 --> 00:23:34,932 There's nothing I can do to help him. 253 00:23:35,003 --> 00:23:38,769 I was at Middle Camp and he was at least 2 days of climbing from here. 254 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,774 You can't wait all day. 255 00:23:40,842 --> 00:23:44,539 Using temporary radio patchwork, we then connect... 256 00:23:44,613 --> 00:23:48,208 Rob with his wife Jan in New Zealand. 257 00:23:48,283 --> 00:23:50,444 When we hear them talking over the radio, 258 00:23:50,519 --> 00:23:52,282 I mean, we already miss him. 259 00:23:52,354 --> 00:23:54,288 We started crying. 260 00:23:55,524 --> 00:23:59,221 Then they choose a name for their unborn babies, 261 00:23:59,294 --> 00:24:02,559 and Rob went to sleep below zero temperature, 262 00:24:02,631 --> 00:24:05,225 but he couldn't make it through the night. 263 00:24:10,973 --> 00:24:13,066 [Narrator] A little above Upper Camp, 264 00:24:13,141 --> 00:24:17,805 a climber named Beck Weathers had caught in a storm for 22 hours. 265 00:24:17,879 --> 00:24:20,746 He had been left lying around by other climbers, 266 00:24:20,816 --> 00:24:24,980 and then, almost blind, his hands froze hard, 267 00:24:25,053 --> 00:24:30,457 Beck stood up, leaving his luggage behind, and tried to walk desperately. 268 00:24:30,525 --> 00:24:35,758 All I know is as long as my legs can run and I can stand, 269 00:24:35,831 --> 00:24:37,765 I'll just move towards that Camp, 270 00:24:37,833 --> 00:24:39,767 and if I fall, I'll get up. 271 00:24:39,835 --> 00:24:41,894 if you fall again, I will rise again. 272 00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:44,939 And I will keep moving until if you don't reach the camp, 273 00:24:45,007 --> 00:24:48,101 Yes, leaving the mountain was his choice. 274 00:24:48,176 --> 00:24:51,942 [Narrator] Beck's teammates are convinced if he lay dead in the snow, 275 00:24:52,014 --> 00:24:55,575 so they were very surprised as he staggered towards the Upper Camp. 276 00:24:55,651 --> 00:25:00,384 Beck's life was hanging by a thread, but Ed was determined to help him. 277 00:25:01,757 --> 00:25:03,884 [Viesturs] Camera team lowers their equipment... 278 00:25:03,959 --> 00:25:06,393 and come with me to the mountains into the storm. 279 00:25:06,461 --> 00:25:11,228 We just lost Rob. We sure don't would lose Beck too. 280 00:25:11,299 --> 00:25:14,791 He was almost blind and so weak until we had to carry him... 281 00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:17,998 and supported his legs at every step. 282 00:25:18,073 --> 00:25:22,840 Even with our help, Beck has no energy to pass through the icefall. 283 00:25:22,911 --> 00:25:26,870 His frozen hands due to frostbite should be enough amputee, so time is critical. 284 00:25:26,948 --> 00:25:29,974 we had to get him out of there as soon as possible. 285 00:25:34,322 --> 00:25:39,385 [Narrator] A rescue helicopter at a height of over 20,000 feet seems very unreasonable. 286 00:25:39,461 --> 00:25:44,364 Up here the air is so thin that... the propeller almost had difficulty turning. 287 00:25:44,433 --> 00:25:48,233 The helicopter could lose lift and fall from the sky at any time. 288 00:25:49,504 --> 00:25:52,837 The only last flight here too ended in a collision. 289 00:25:56,678 --> 00:26:01,945 However, a Nepalese pilot named Colonel Madan K.C. decided to do it. 290 00:26:08,123 --> 00:26:11,422 Even when the helicopter able to fly over ice waterfalls, 291 00:26:11,493 --> 00:26:14,291 Beck's survival skills also very doubtful. 292 00:26:15,564 --> 00:26:18,055 [Fresh] The pilot had problems landing. 293 00:26:18,133 --> 00:26:20,363 Nobody knows if they could have an accident. 294 00:26:22,237 --> 00:26:24,228 [Narrator] After the climbers put Beck into the helicopter, 295 00:26:24,306 --> 00:26:26,774 the pilot struggled to fly again. 296 00:26:26,842 --> 00:26:29,367 Finally, he managed to do it. 297 00:26:35,317 --> 00:26:38,252 [Weathers] During the flight, tears started to flow, 298 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,255 and I'm so grateful because he was given the chance to live. 299 00:26:41,323 --> 00:26:45,487 Colonel Madan, Ed Viesturs, the people in the film crew... 300 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,757 I really owe them my life. 301 00:26:51,733 --> 00:26:54,566 [Narrator] But no matter how extraordinary the rescue, 302 00:26:54,636 --> 00:26:57,469 it still can't cure the grief that hit Everest... 303 00:26:57,539 --> 00:27:00,804 after the worst disaster in the history of the mountain. 304 00:27:00,876 --> 00:27:04,437 Eight people have lost lives in the storm. 305 00:27:07,949 --> 00:27:10,645 [Viesturs] We all went back down to Basekamp. 306 00:27:10,719 --> 00:27:13,984 Paula and I hugged each other for a long time. 307 00:27:15,791 --> 00:27:18,385 What a tragedy hit our team, 308 00:27:18,460 --> 00:27:21,987 especially myself because Rob is a close friend of mine. 309 00:27:22,063 --> 00:27:25,760 It's very sad when he thinks about his wife, who is still 7 months pregnant, 310 00:27:25,834 --> 00:27:30,498 and realized that my good friend not there to accompany him.. 311 00:27:30,572 --> 00:27:33,507 to watch his first child be born. 312 00:27:42,117 --> 00:27:45,484 Mm... wait, wait a minute. 313 00:27:52,194 --> 00:27:54,128 [sighs] 314 00:27:58,233 --> 00:28:03,000 Well, I don't like it climbing a route... 315 00:28:03,071 --> 00:28:06,131 where people have died on it. 316 00:28:06,208 --> 00:28:08,506 I'm not afraid... 317 00:28:08,577 --> 00:28:12,570 to pass by the dead and frozen... Just look at it 318 00:28:12,647 --> 00:28:17,584 I don't like it,.. that's all. 319 00:28:19,354 --> 00:28:22,118 [Jamling] Basekamp has become like a ghost town. 320 00:28:22,190 --> 00:28:25,318 Almost all other expeditions pack up and go, 321 00:28:25,393 --> 00:28:29,056 and we feel we should get out of there quickly too. 322 00:28:29,130 --> 00:28:33,726 I sent word to the monastery, asked if I should cancel the climb. 323 00:28:33,802 --> 00:28:38,068 7 days have passed, and I feel like my dreams are starting to fade. 324 00:28:39,374 --> 00:28:41,535 but then we heard from Beck, 325 00:28:41,610 --> 00:28:44,909 and it makes me feel lighter and stronger. 326 00:28:48,183 --> 00:28:50,811 [Viesturs] A few days over Beck returns to his home in Dallas, 327 00:28:50,886 --> 00:28:53,650 he started walking down the road a long recovery. 328 00:28:53,722 --> 00:28:56,350 He lost both hands due to frostbite, 329 00:28:56,424 --> 00:29:00,485 but he never lost his enthusiasm, don't give up on life, 330 00:29:00,562 --> 00:29:04,362 and it is this extraordinary recovery which reignited our enthusiasm. 331 00:29:07,936 --> 00:29:10,234 We started thinking to go up again, 332 00:29:10,305 --> 00:29:13,502 but a strong wind was still blowing pile up the snow near the peak, 333 00:29:13,575 --> 00:29:16,510 so the situation still doesn't feel good. 334 00:29:18,413 --> 00:29:20,847 [Fresh] There's no reason to climb with the wind blowing. 335 00:29:22,250 --> 00:29:25,617 If this is not possible, well, this isn't possible. 336 00:29:25,687 --> 00:29:28,485 The mountain decides you can climb or not. 337 00:29:30,592 --> 00:29:32,958 [Jamling] Finally I got the news from the monastery. 338 00:29:33,028 --> 00:29:35,326 The gods are not opposed my search (top). 339 00:29:36,965 --> 00:29:39,991 [Narrator] Every climber makes the same thing brave decision. 340 00:29:40,068 --> 00:29:42,229 They should try again. 341 00:29:43,738 --> 00:29:46,798 They held a puja ceremony to cleanse their souls. 342 00:29:46,875 --> 00:29:48,809 Then they put aside their sorrows... 343 00:29:48,877 --> 00:29:52,108 and followed Ed back through the ice waterfall, once again. 344 00:30:33,922 --> 00:30:36,857 [Fresh] When we went up to the middle Camp, 345 00:30:36,925 --> 00:30:40,088 the wind is still there blowing very hard above. 346 00:30:40,161 --> 00:30:43,597 We started thinking if we should just give up. 347 00:30:43,665 --> 00:30:45,997 [Jamling] When the other Sherpas say they're scared, 348 00:30:46,067 --> 00:30:48,297 I told them what my father taught me. 349 00:30:48,370 --> 00:30:52,431 A climber must always treat mountain with respect... 350 00:30:52,507 --> 00:30:55,567 and must be alert when faced with danger. 351 00:30:59,214 --> 00:31:01,478 [Paula] I just don't feel emotionally ready, 352 00:31:01,549 --> 00:31:04,017 to tell Ed to try climb the peak again. 353 00:31:04,085 --> 00:31:07,919 That's why I gathered all my courage and told him to do it. 354 00:31:07,989 --> 00:31:10,253 That is the hardest thing what I've done. 355 00:31:12,660 --> 00:31:14,651 [Viesturs] we're running out of time. 356 00:31:14,729 --> 00:31:16,663 We decided to climb even higher... 357 00:31:16,731 --> 00:31:20,428 until we were in a position to just reach the top when the wind stops. 358 00:31:20,502 --> 00:31:22,561 But first we have to ascending the surface of Lhotse, 359 00:31:22,637 --> 00:31:25,765 which will became 2 days of tiring climbing. 360 00:31:38,686 --> 00:31:43,055 [Jamling] The surface of Lhotse is steep ice walls 4,000 feet high. 361 00:31:43,124 --> 00:31:46,116 We use fixed ropes, but still many people died here. 362 00:31:46,194 --> 00:31:49,220 They removed the clasp,, make mistakes and fall. 363 00:31:49,297 --> 00:31:52,198 After sliding fast down for a mile, 364 00:31:52,267 --> 00:31:56,363 they then entered into the bottomless glacier crevice. 365 00:32:01,443 --> 00:32:05,470 [Segarra] Up here we really are starting to feel like there's a lack of oxygen, 366 00:32:05,547 --> 00:32:08,243 and that is the greatest danger on Everest. 367 00:32:08,316 --> 00:32:12,650 The less oxygen you breathe, the more difficult it is for the brain to think logically 368 00:32:13,888 --> 00:32:17,346 you believe that your mind is still sharp, even though it's not. 369 00:32:20,195 --> 00:32:21,890 [Viesturs on Radio] Yeah, hi, Roger. 370 00:32:21,963 --> 00:32:25,057 [Viesturs] At Upper Camp, we have reached 3/4 of the way to the top. 371 00:32:25,133 --> 00:32:28,762 Finally, the wind is at the top calm down again. 372 00:32:28,837 --> 00:32:30,862 ...G.P.S. all installed and start collecting data. 373 00:32:30,939 --> 00:32:34,966 At 26,000 feet, it's quite a struggle to install the G.P.S receiver, 374 00:32:35,043 --> 00:32:38,103 and finally it worked. 375 00:32:38,179 --> 00:32:41,080 I didn't tell Roger that we could saw hundreds of rocks... 376 00:32:41,149 --> 00:32:43,549 which was before is at the bottom of the sea. 377 00:32:43,618 --> 00:32:47,452 We already have quite a lot of baggage without taking Roger's ordered stone. 378 00:32:47,522 --> 00:32:50,252 you should be able to see we are from Kala Patar... 379 00:32:50,325 --> 00:32:53,920 [Narrator] May 22. The team will try to reach the top that night, 380 00:32:53,995 --> 00:32:57,192 while Sumiyo stays behind in Upper Camp as a radio contact, 381 00:32:57,265 --> 00:32:59,426 even though his ribs were cracked. 382 00:32:59,501 --> 00:33:05,269 Ed wondered if Paula had accepted video sent to basekamp below. 383 00:33:05,340 --> 00:33:07,808 [Viesturs] When you get this video, I'm on my way to the top. 384 00:33:07,876 --> 00:33:11,243 If I have to turn around, I will. I will be very careful. 385 00:33:14,482 --> 00:33:17,451 [Jamling] At this height your thoughts will run like slow motion. 386 00:33:17,519 --> 00:33:19,783 You can't sleep, you can't eat, 387 00:33:19,854 --> 00:33:23,620 your brain is so hungry for oxygen, your body starts to get worse... 388 00:33:23,691 --> 00:33:25,989 and your muscles seem to be wasted in movement. 389 00:33:26,060 --> 00:33:30,258 That's why in the last 3,000 feet known as the Death Zone. 390 00:33:34,002 --> 00:33:36,835 I feel tense because in a few hours... 391 00:33:36,905 --> 00:33:39,840 I will continue climbing from my life. 392 00:33:39,908 --> 00:33:44,368 It takes 12 hours from Upper Camp to the summit. 393 00:33:44,445 --> 00:33:48,609 You have to start at midnight so you can reach the top by midday. 394 00:33:48,683 --> 00:33:51,117 Ed will climb without using oxygen, 395 00:33:51,186 --> 00:33:55,623 so he started climbing at 11 o'clock at night, an hour before the rest of us. 396 00:33:56,891 --> 00:34:00,156 [Narrator] At midnight the temperature reached minus 30 degrees 397 00:34:00,228 --> 00:34:02,958 Araceli, Jamling and five Sherpas... 398 00:34:03,031 --> 00:34:06,558 packed up their oxygen supplies and start to climb the peak, 399 00:34:06,634 --> 00:34:08,568 following Ed's path. 400 00:34:23,985 --> 00:34:27,421 [Fresh] At night, by using goggles and an oxygen mask, 401 00:34:27,488 --> 00:34:30,514 I feel like I'm on the moon. 402 00:34:30,592 --> 00:34:34,858 The others are actually close by but we didn't say a word. 403 00:34:34,929 --> 00:34:37,659 I really feel alone. 404 00:34:37,732 --> 00:34:42,635 All I heard was my own breathing that blows through the oxygen mask. 405 00:34:47,842 --> 00:34:51,278 [Narrator] At the height of Everest, nothing to breathe. 406 00:34:51,346 --> 00:34:53,780 There is only one third oxygen in every breath you take. 407 00:34:53,848 --> 00:34:55,782 at such a height above the sea. 408 00:34:55,850 --> 00:34:58,819 Most climbers need an oxygen tank up here, 409 00:34:58,886 --> 00:35:00,945 But not for Ed. 410 00:35:01,022 --> 00:35:02,956 [Viesturs] You're walking unsteadily. 411 00:35:03,024 --> 00:35:05,652 Every ounce of energy is taken from your muscles. 412 00:35:05,727 --> 00:35:08,252 You just can't get enough air. 413 00:35:08,329 --> 00:35:12,322 It must be like that it feels like I'm drowning. 414 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,995 The sun rose, but when I stopped to... waiting for another, I'm cold, 415 00:35:16,070 --> 00:35:18,470 so I have to move again. 416 00:35:23,211 --> 00:35:26,180 I climbed without using an oxygen cylinder because I like challenges. 417 00:35:26,247 --> 00:35:29,580 It's between me and the mountain. It's that simple. 418 00:35:33,588 --> 00:35:35,522 [Bilham] Hey, Paula, great news. 419 00:35:35,590 --> 00:35:39,754 I think I can see your team at South Peak. Change. 420 00:35:41,696 --> 00:35:44,688 [Viesturs] Human body not designed to survive up here. 421 00:35:44,766 --> 00:35:47,894 It felt like a scream which tells you to turn around and come back down. 422 00:35:51,139 --> 00:35:53,869 [Segarra] For me it takes all my energy and concentration.. 423 00:35:53,941 --> 00:35:57,138 just to put one step by step. 424 00:35:57,211 --> 00:36:00,408 I've never felt so tired that's my whole life. 425 00:36:00,481 --> 00:36:03,348 Sometimes I just want to sit down in the snow and rest, 426 00:36:03,418 --> 00:36:07,445 but I told myself, "ten more steps," 427 00:36:07,522 --> 00:36:09,615 and I keep going forward and forward. 428 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,391 [Jamling] The wind is starting to sound like drums in a monastery... 429 00:36:15,463 --> 00:36:19,058 or maybe it's just pumping blood flow in my head. 430 00:36:19,133 --> 00:36:21,067 When the pain starts to get worse, I feel... 431 00:36:21,135 --> 00:36:23,569 if I'm closer to death than before... 432 00:36:23,638 --> 00:36:25,731 without crossing dimensions others. 433 00:36:29,911 --> 00:36:32,812 [Paula] Every half hour I radioed Sumiyo. 434 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,280 "Any news from Ed? Any news from Ed?" 435 00:36:39,454 --> 00:36:42,685 [Viesturs] I know exactly where I found Rob lying frozen in the snow. 436 00:36:44,025 --> 00:36:47,756 When I got there I sat close to him and cried. 437 00:36:49,764 --> 00:36:53,757 I want to hear his New Zealand accent friendly once again. 438 00:36:55,336 --> 00:36:57,770 but then there was a sound Paula I heard... 439 00:36:57,839 --> 00:37:01,570 echo what he said on the radio. 440 00:37:01,642 --> 00:37:05,908 [Paula] I said, "Climb this mountain like you've never climbed before." 441 00:37:05,980 --> 00:37:09,677 And he said he was having a really hard time breathing, 442 00:37:09,751 --> 00:37:14,188 but he said that he thought about all that all the way to the top. 443 00:37:26,234 --> 00:37:28,168 [Viesturs] Slightly below the peak... 444 00:37:28,236 --> 00:37:30,966 is the most difficult mound of all the climbs... 445 00:37:31,038 --> 00:37:35,202 walls of rock and ice known as Hillary's ramp. 446 00:37:35,276 --> 00:37:38,336 When I've passed it, I know that I will succeed. 447 00:37:38,413 --> 00:37:40,347 [Gasps] 448 00:37:46,587 --> 00:37:48,521 [Viesturs on Radio] Paula! Hola, hola! 449 00:37:48,589 --> 00:37:52,992 [Viesturs] I contacted Paula's radio and calmly told him I had succeeded. 450 00:37:53,060 --> 00:37:58,589 But without using an oxygen cylinder I was too cold to wait for Araceli and Jamling. 451 00:37:58,666 --> 00:38:01,100 I passed them on my way down. 452 00:38:02,937 --> 00:38:07,374 [Segarra] Ed came down from the peak and gave us little hugs. 453 00:38:07,442 --> 00:38:10,434 He told us that it was the peak not far. 454 00:38:24,125 --> 00:38:26,059 [Jamling] After 12 hours of climbing, 455 00:38:26,127 --> 00:38:28,823 I have to force myself to concentrate. 456 00:38:33,134 --> 00:38:37,503 There are more than a mile of ramps on the other side of the ridge. 457 00:38:38,873 --> 00:38:41,808 [Fresh] Only 100 meters left, 458 00:38:41,876 --> 00:38:45,403 [Laughs] but that's it is the longest 100 meters of my life. 459 00:38:56,991 --> 00:38:59,482 [Narrator] After 9 weeks in the mountains, 460 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,425 they managed to do it. 461 00:39:01,496 --> 00:39:06,866 Araceli Segarra becomes the first Spanish woman who reached the top of the roof of the world. 462 00:39:27,121 --> 00:39:30,557 [Fresh] When I made it to the top I was very tired, 463 00:39:30,625 --> 00:39:33,890 but I'm aware if I succeed in doing it... 464 00:39:33,961 --> 00:39:37,089 and I started to feel happy. 465 00:39:38,366 --> 00:39:41,893 I'm sure that I can see half the world. 466 00:39:44,472 --> 00:39:47,566 I wonder if my friends thinking about myself. 467 00:39:47,642 --> 00:39:52,170 They didn't expect me to stand up on the roof of the world. 468 00:39:52,246 --> 00:39:57,309 I want to scream at them, "I'm fine! I did it!" 469 00:40:11,299 --> 00:40:14,496 Even with cold hands I took Jamling's portrait. 470 00:40:16,504 --> 00:40:18,904 He worked hard to get here. 471 00:40:18,973 --> 00:40:21,373 I'm happy about that. 472 00:40:21,442 --> 00:40:25,776 [Jamling] I always dream times like this since I was a child. 473 00:40:25,846 --> 00:40:30,647 To stand at the top, My heart is overflowing with joy. 474 00:40:30,718 --> 00:40:33,778 My tears froze on my cheeks. 475 00:40:33,854 --> 00:40:37,950 I left a photo of my mother, my father, 476 00:40:38,025 --> 00:40:40,960 and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, 477 00:40:41,028 --> 00:40:45,226 and also the small toys I got from my 10 month old daughter, 478 00:40:45,299 --> 00:40:48,359 and prayer flags as offerings for Chomolungma 479 00:40:48,436 --> 00:40:50,563 Mother goddess from the world. 480 00:40:59,547 --> 00:41:03,916 [Segarra] As we started to descend We are very careful... there can be no mistakes 481 00:41:03,985 --> 00:41:06,920 But we were in a hurry to see our friends at basekamp. 482 00:41:06,988 --> 00:41:10,116 The way down is there, under the clouds. 483 00:41:11,692 --> 00:41:14,684 [Narrator] When the team started down for 2 days to Basekamp, 484 00:41:14,762 --> 00:41:16,923 they have time to reflect on themselves. 485 00:41:16,998 --> 00:41:18,932 They didn't expect it will be swept away... 486 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,163 in disaster that will touch the whole world. 487 00:41:22,236 --> 00:41:24,761 However, even when there is in the face of overwhelming difficulties, 488 00:41:24,839 --> 00:41:28,275 they always are face it with courage and gratitude 489 00:41:31,679 --> 00:41:34,614 [Paula] I've never felt so good see someone in my life. 490 00:41:36,517 --> 00:41:38,451 We did it. 491 00:41:44,525 --> 00:41:48,621 [Narrator] High up on Everest GPS Roger takes data... 492 00:41:48,696 --> 00:41:52,291 which perhaps one day will give geologists deep insight into earthquakes. 493 00:41:54,035 --> 00:41:58,131 And the Jamling prayer flag flies in the gusts of wind Roof of the world... 494 00:41:58,205 --> 00:42:00,935 and send some sort different message. 495 00:42:04,645 --> 00:42:07,239 [Fresh] Looking back, I sometimes wonder... 496 00:42:07,314 --> 00:42:11,751 how can I muster the energy to reach the summit of Everest. 497 00:42:11,819 --> 00:42:14,754 I realize now that I want to climb... 498 00:42:14,822 --> 00:42:17,586 who gives me strength. 499 00:42:17,658 --> 00:42:19,922 [Viesturs] This year, Paula waiting for me at Basekamp. 500 00:42:19,994 --> 00:42:25,091 That's awesome. He put aside his fears and encouraged me to climb. 501 00:42:25,166 --> 00:42:28,101 And that has made us closer than before. 502 00:42:30,838 --> 00:42:32,772 [Jamling] I don't feel like I've reached the top... 503 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,105 will change my life, but in the end it did change 504 00:42:36,177 --> 00:42:40,671 Back in Kathmandu, I gave offering with 25,000 candles.. 505 00:42:40,748 --> 00:42:45,276 as a form of gratitude for the gift of our good and safe journey. 506 00:42:47,221 --> 00:42:49,655 Those moments at the top very sacred. 507 00:42:52,193 --> 00:42:56,755 Up there in the clouds, I touched the spirit of my late father. 508 00:42:58,365 --> 00:43:01,732 Since I was little I respect him so much 509 00:43:01,802 --> 00:43:04,293 but I feel some kind of thirst inside... 510 00:43:04,371 --> 00:43:06,305 to revive his legend. 511 00:43:08,242 --> 00:43:11,370 I knew that he would laugh at me at the top of Everest. 512 00:43:11,445 --> 00:43:13,709 He would say, "Jamling, my son... 513 00:43:13,781 --> 00:43:17,649 You don't have to take this long hard journey, just to see me." 514 00:43:17,718 --> 00:43:22,212 As if he would know that I deserve to climb that mountain. 515 00:43:25,210 --> 00:43:35,210 By : Dhemitgendenkz Tribute to Kopdar Jeeeehh and Dhemit Lalijiwo 516 00:43:35,210 --> 00:43:39,390 original English-sub from: A_123 517 00:43:39,390 --> 00:43:43,390 The producers are very grateful to the 10 climbers which brought IMAX cameras to the roof of the world 518 00:45:36,023 --> 00:45:39,686 [Crowd cheers] 519 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:41,694 [Male] Thank you very much.