1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,540 One of the big attractions of going to Everest is that you are risking your 2 00:00:05,540 --> 00:00:12,360 to get that close to death, almost touch it, and then come back 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:13,360 home again. 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,540 You're just this little speck in this massive environment, and at any point, 5 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:19,660 second, the mountain can just wipe you away. 6 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:22,240 The thing is a lot. 7 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:26,300 You can hear the things, like, clicking and popping. Over all of that is the 8 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:29,380 constant sound, you know, day and night of avalanches raining down from above. 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,460 These avalanches have been known to come down. 10 00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:36,010 four or five thousand feet, and then rocket debris across the route. 11 00:00:36,350 --> 00:00:40,530 It seems like every half hour or so, some part of this thing is collapsing 12 00:00:40,530 --> 00:00:43,230 somewhere, and you just don't want to be underneath that when it happens. 13 00:00:43,690 --> 00:00:45,770 It's not if, it is when. 14 00:00:48,550 --> 00:00:52,010 Camera crews came to Mount Everest to make history. 15 00:00:54,190 --> 00:00:59,450 Live on Discovery Channel, Joby O 'Gwynn's epic wingsuit jump off Everest. 16 00:01:01,890 --> 00:01:07,030 Instead, they witnessed history on the mountain's deadliest day. 17 00:01:10,850 --> 00:01:15,010 On the 17th of April, I sat with them while they prayed to their mountain 18 00:01:17,070 --> 00:01:18,810 And the next day, they're all dead. 19 00:01:31,020 --> 00:01:33,900 One of the most difficult risks I ever did. 20 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:37,020 That nothing you could do. 21 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:42,700 Copy that, copy that. 22 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:44,060 Sheriff 23 00:01:44,060 --> 00:01:55,960 is 24 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:56,960 down. 25 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:14,240 The huge avalanche came down all the way across the entire width of the icefall. 26 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,420 I saw it happen. I was one of the first to throw it on the radio. 27 00:02:18,780 --> 00:02:20,280 What did you see happen, Michael? 28 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,260 A big icefall down off the west shoulder and through a portion of the route 29 00:02:25,260 --> 00:02:28,760 where it's tough to have an icefall and not have people in it. 30 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:30,300 Joe, you copy? 31 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:33,650 We need as many shovels as this camp has. 32 00:02:34,850 --> 00:02:39,210 At 18 ,000 feet, disaster is unfolding on Everest. 33 00:02:40,490 --> 00:02:43,910 Dozens of climbers are trapped in a deadly avalanche. 34 00:02:44,630 --> 00:02:45,910 We've got a lot of chaos. 35 00:02:46,150 --> 00:02:50,730 There's a serious collapse in the icefall. We're not exactly sure, but it 36 00:02:50,730 --> 00:02:55,590 like there's about five to seven Sherpas that are missing. A block of ice the 37 00:02:55,590 --> 00:02:58,890 size of a mansion has come crashing down on the Sherpas. 38 00:03:00,830 --> 00:03:04,150 You guys just go to HRA, just camp out there. They've got a lot of stuff set 39 00:03:04,190 --> 00:03:06,050 I'll let them know that some doctors are gathering there. 40 00:03:06,850 --> 00:03:08,850 A couple hours for us to get up there. 41 00:03:09,670 --> 00:03:14,550 So we're trying to hurry as quickly as we can, but none of us have been up 42 00:03:14,550 --> 00:03:17,130 yet. So we're still kind of acclimatizing. 43 00:03:18,030 --> 00:03:22,790 Conditions are difficult as rescuers are heading up the mountain with 50 % less 44 00:03:22,790 --> 00:03:25,790 oxygen and the temperature hovering around freezing. 45 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,100 It's a treacherous two -hour climb to reach the disaster zone. 46 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:47,060 As we're working our way up the ice ball, the radio is alive the entire 47 00:03:47,620 --> 00:03:51,380 We have access from below. 48 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,840 We have access from below. Repeat. 49 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:57,600 Affirmative. Copy that. 50 00:04:08,670 --> 00:04:12,370 Lakpa Rita oversees a team of Sherpas on the mountain. 51 00:04:12,750 --> 00:04:18,010 I turn my radio on and try to reach my Sherpas. One of my Sherpas told me that 52 00:04:18,010 --> 00:04:22,170 at least five or six of my Sherpas are buried underneath the avalanche. 53 00:04:23,210 --> 00:04:25,270 A lot of our Sherpas do have radio. 54 00:04:25,570 --> 00:04:28,490 They're in contact, but Gopal is here talking to them. 55 00:04:35,590 --> 00:04:40,730 Helicopter is... 30 minutes out to land in base camp, coming up, a mountain heli 56 00:04:40,730 --> 00:04:43,770 with gear, and then we have a long line an hour and a half out. 57 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:49,050 Joe, it sounds like we have one person surviving at least right now, several 58 00:04:49,050 --> 00:04:50,050 buried. Copy that. 59 00:04:51,590 --> 00:04:53,210 Confirmed, several buried. 60 00:04:54,170 --> 00:04:56,190 It was like a bomb had gone off. 61 00:04:57,130 --> 00:05:02,090 Everybody knew this was very bad, mass casualties, mass death. 62 00:05:03,130 --> 00:05:07,730 Cameras for Discovery Channel and a team from NBC News are at base camp, 63 00:05:07,930 --> 00:05:11,450 preparing to broadcast a live program for Discovery Channel. 64 00:05:12,350 --> 00:05:15,630 They turn their cameras on the unfolding disaster. 65 00:05:16,150 --> 00:05:20,730 I ended up doing what I know how to do. I started filming the situation down 66 00:05:20,730 --> 00:05:27,730 here. The next patient is coming in here by long line. I 67 00:05:27,730 --> 00:05:29,670 need people who are used to working with helicopters. 68 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,400 Is that a bit of good news, Joe? 69 00:05:56,020 --> 00:05:59,680 Yeah, three Jagged Globe Sherpa and the bull walking on their own, one contusion 70 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,660 on their head. Ben's going to check them out on their way down. 71 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,800 Still nothing on our guys, though. 72 00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:07,340 Do you have a radio for me? 73 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:09,420 Okay. 74 00:06:09,620 --> 00:06:12,680 I think people knew immediately that some of the Sherpa were dead. 75 00:06:14,940 --> 00:06:16,260 Global Day! 76 00:06:17,180 --> 00:06:18,180 Radio. 77 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,780 So emotional, it's just hard to believe. And these guys... 78 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,400 grabbing onto your hand and have their head down and weeping, my brother, my 79 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:27,400 brother. 80 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,360 Some people just burst into tears. Some people just needed a hug. 81 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,060 Guys, you might not hug regularly, you just hug them. 82 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:39,360 If the men are buried by the ice, transceiver beacons might be the best 83 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:40,360 finding them. 84 00:06:41,540 --> 00:06:47,480 Joe, please confirm if any of your surfers are wearing avalanche 85 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,480 Over. 86 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,240 Copy. 87 00:06:54,980 --> 00:06:56,480 Michael, Michael, copy. 88 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:58,200 Go ahead, Joe. 89 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,840 Any of our Sherpa have avalanche transceivers on them? 90 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,360 Negative. 91 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,000 Negative on the transceivers. 92 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:10,660 No transceivers. 93 00:07:10,940 --> 00:07:12,000 Joe, was that a negative? 94 00:07:12,580 --> 00:07:14,600 Yeah, negative, no transceivers on our Sherpa. 95 00:07:15,540 --> 00:07:16,540 Roger that. 96 00:07:20,110 --> 00:07:25,810 I was filming him coordinate the rescue and for the first time in my life I was 97 00:07:25,810 --> 00:07:29,930 filming and I was actually crying as I was filming and 98 00:07:29,930 --> 00:07:36,190 just as it was escalating it was almost 99 00:07:36,190 --> 00:07:42,930 quite comforting to have a camera there because it was a barrier between me 100 00:07:42,930 --> 00:07:45,590 and actually the events that were unfolding. 101 00:07:46,070 --> 00:07:47,690 You know, a devastating sight. 102 00:07:48,330 --> 00:07:54,990 The actual area which these Sherpas were trapped was probably no wider than 20 103 00:07:54,990 --> 00:07:59,670 feet. They were waiting for a ladder that had become dislodged. Some had 104 00:07:59,670 --> 00:08:01,190 packs off, almost resting. 105 00:08:05,450 --> 00:08:08,110 They heard the ice. They could see it coming. 106 00:08:09,170 --> 00:08:12,570 Jungbu Sherpa is one of the Sherpas caught in the avalanche. 107 00:08:13,950 --> 00:08:17,390 I just looked up and I saw a big... 108 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:21,290 big blocks of ice and then the powder avalanche came 109 00:08:21,290 --> 00:08:27,470 and 110 00:08:27,470 --> 00:08:34,030 then we feel a little bit of our suffocation for maybe a 45 second or one 111 00:08:34,030 --> 00:08:40,270 and then people got screaming everywhere like what to do it was a situation 112 00:08:40,270 --> 00:08:45,170 where you couldn't run one way or the other we saw one one climbers half 113 00:08:45,670 --> 00:08:50,070 And he was like conscious. As soon as we started digging him, we can see the 114 00:08:50,070 --> 00:08:56,450 feet of other climbers underneath him. But they were covered for a long time 115 00:08:56,450 --> 00:09:01,170 already. I see these four dead bodies laying on the ground. 116 00:09:01,550 --> 00:09:03,090 Tears coming through my eyes. 117 00:09:04,950 --> 00:09:09,650 Trying to hide my terror in front of all of my service team. 118 00:09:10,630 --> 00:09:13,630 Man, we just couldn't believe what we were seeing. 119 00:09:15,020 --> 00:09:17,580 I wasn't here to film people dying in avalanches. 120 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:23,940 I was here to celebrate the spirit of adventure. I was here to film this crazy 121 00:09:23,940 --> 00:09:27,560 guy jumping off the top of Mount Everest and flying down to base camp. 122 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:32,920 Today will unfold as the darkest day Mount Everest has ever known. 123 00:09:33,260 --> 00:09:40,240 But it will take hours and days to find out 124 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,520 just what happened and who survived. 125 00:09:43,370 --> 00:09:48,470 Will this disaster put the summit of the world's most famous mountain out of 126 00:09:48,470 --> 00:09:49,470 reach? 127 00:09:49,570 --> 00:09:54,090 Break, break. Update from icefall, 13 or 14 missing. 128 00:10:01,970 --> 00:10:08,290 The Discovery Channel team is at Mount Everest for this man, 39 -year -old 129 00:10:08,290 --> 00:10:11,770 mountain climber and wingsuit pilot, Joby O 'Gwen. 130 00:10:12,810 --> 00:10:16,490 This is really nice to be breathing the fresh air and be in the mountains. 131 00:10:17,690 --> 00:10:22,890 Today, he begins his journey to the summit of Mount Everest to do what no 132 00:10:22,890 --> 00:10:24,250 has ever done before. 133 00:10:24,850 --> 00:10:28,370 I'm going to climb to the top of Mount Everest, get into my wingsuit. 134 00:10:28,830 --> 00:10:30,330 I'm going to launch off the summit. 135 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:34,110 I'm going to use my wingsuit to fly all the way down and land at base camp. 136 00:10:34,270 --> 00:10:35,270 Boom, boom, boom. 137 00:10:36,470 --> 00:10:37,470 The goal? 138 00:10:37,730 --> 00:10:40,350 To do it all on live television. 139 00:10:40,690 --> 00:10:41,690 My Everest. 140 00:10:41,910 --> 00:10:42,910 is this project. 141 00:10:43,130 --> 00:10:45,550 I have a feeling this is going to be an awesome season for us. 142 00:10:45,830 --> 00:10:51,370 And so he heads to Everest, never imagining the devastation that lies 143 00:10:51,370 --> 00:10:56,170 the profound impact it will have on the victims' families, the climbing 144 00:10:56,170 --> 00:11:01,130 community, and the future of the most revered mountain on Earth. 145 00:11:15,370 --> 00:11:20,470 Joby O 'Gwen is on an arduous seven -day trek to Mount Everest Base Camp at 146 00:11:20,470 --> 00:11:22,450 nearly 18 ,000 feet. 147 00:11:23,110 --> 00:11:28,810 He's preparing himself physically and mentally for one of the most daring 148 00:11:28,810 --> 00:11:29,810 ever attempted. 149 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:34,390 The first wingsuit jump off the world's highest mountain. 150 00:11:38,430 --> 00:11:42,130 Some people think they need to be really strong and super fit and that's all 151 00:11:42,130 --> 00:11:43,130 that matters. 152 00:11:43,580 --> 00:11:46,940 Some people think it's about what your connection is to the mountain and your 153 00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:49,180 attitude, your mentality, how humble are you. 154 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,900 It's about asking permission from the gods of the mountain, not conquering the 155 00:11:53,900 --> 00:11:54,900 mountain. 156 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,940 And then some people would say, you know, you've got to be lucky. 157 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:05,240 I think a smart person thinks that you need a little bit of all that. 158 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,380 Joby meets up with elite expedition leader Garrett Madison. 159 00:12:11,060 --> 00:12:15,120 He'll lead Joby and his Sherpa team to the summit of Mount Everest. 160 00:12:15,380 --> 00:12:19,040 We're just happy everything's come together, and we're at the point now 161 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,000 can enjoy the expedition. All the planning and logistics is out of the 162 00:12:22,380 --> 00:12:26,520 Now we're just walking down the track, cruising, enjoying some nice views, some 163 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,180 sunshine, and looking forward to getting up to base camp. 164 00:12:32,650 --> 00:12:37,710 I've climbed Everest six times. I've guided over 37 people to the top of the 165 00:12:37,710 --> 00:12:41,530 mountain. So I know what it takes to organize an expedition and get to the 166 00:12:41,530 --> 00:12:43,010 and to help other climbers get to the top. 167 00:12:46,230 --> 00:12:51,150 Joby's team is able to hike only about five miles a day because of the dramatic 168 00:12:51,150 --> 00:12:52,150 change in altitude. 169 00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:56,270 It's 8 ,000 feet higher at base camp. 170 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,820 So this is the first time that you really get to see kind of Everest with 171 00:12:59,820 --> 00:13:03,820 whole thing, Lhotse, the Noopsie Ridge, Amitablam in the background, all 172 00:13:03,820 --> 00:13:05,940 mountains I've climbed before, which is exciting to see. 173 00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:09,700 And it's a nice clear day, but you can also see up there it's pretty windy. So 174 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:12,480 we've got a few weeks to let the winds die down. It's great to be on the trail. 175 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:18,740 There's very few mountains in the world that actually take a week just to get to 176 00:13:18,740 --> 00:13:20,820 the starting line, and this is one of those mountains. 177 00:13:30,740 --> 00:13:36,960 At the Tengboche Monastery, 5 ,000 feet below base camp, the crew seeks 178 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:43,940 spiritual energy for what lies ahead and stops at the home of a Buddhist 179 00:13:43,940 --> 00:13:44,940 priest. 180 00:13:51,310 --> 00:13:56,810 We believe that all the mountains are the home of God, so her name is Mia 181 00:13:56,810 --> 00:13:58,950 Longsema. Take care and good luck. 182 00:14:00,110 --> 00:14:04,350 I know that by going back up there, myself and other climbers with me will 183 00:14:04,350 --> 00:14:07,850 exposed to these hazards that could kill all of us. 184 00:14:23,150 --> 00:14:24,150 How do you feel? 185 00:14:25,910 --> 00:14:26,910 How do I think? 186 00:14:27,510 --> 00:14:28,510 Great. 187 00:14:29,150 --> 00:14:30,150 Awesome. 188 00:14:30,830 --> 00:14:31,830 Stoked. 189 00:14:33,190 --> 00:14:34,830 That's great. We're out in the mountains. 190 00:14:35,470 --> 00:14:36,470 Walking around. 191 00:14:37,150 --> 00:14:38,350 Shooting a TV show. 192 00:14:38,810 --> 00:14:39,850 What could be better? 193 00:14:42,230 --> 00:14:43,350 Everybody's in good spirits? 194 00:14:43,790 --> 00:14:48,750 The production crew may be in good spirits, but the climb is getting 195 00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:50,930 Temperatures are dropping. 196 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,680 and they're getting 40 % less oxygen than at sea level. 197 00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:57,640 I guess we're about, this is day three now. 198 00:14:59,180 --> 00:15:02,040 I think we're about halfway to base camp, but it's hard to tell. 199 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:08,140 I thought it was getting dangerous immediately above that too. So once we 200 00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:10,540 base camp, bang, expedition's on. 201 00:15:28,620 --> 00:15:32,960 In these harsh conditions, Nepalese porters carry some of the equipment to 202 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:33,960 Everest Base Camp. 203 00:15:36,460 --> 00:15:42,200 And ethnic Sherpas take over from there, carrying supplies, setting ropes, 204 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,040 and helping climbers all the way to the summit. 205 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:52,180 Senior guide, Lakparita Sherpa. Sherpas come from eastern Tibet. So, actually, 206 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,260 like 600, 700 years ago, we immigrated from Tibet. 207 00:15:55,790 --> 00:16:00,130 Then we basically live along the border between Tibet and Nepal. 208 00:16:00,430 --> 00:16:04,510 Sherpas are the strongest individuals I've ever met, especially at altitude. 209 00:16:05,330 --> 00:16:11,830 I can take a young 17 -year -old Sherpa, average physique, and 210 00:16:11,830 --> 00:16:15,050 in a week he'll be stronger than the strongest climber in America. 211 00:16:18,550 --> 00:16:21,970 I'm not going anywhere with this. 212 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:28,140 Oh, my God. 213 00:16:32,460 --> 00:16:37,840 3 ,000 feet above the production crew, Sherpas are already hard at work at 214 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:38,840 Everest Base Camp. 215 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:43,960 Because it's built on a glacier and the ice is always shifting, Base Camp has to 216 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,080 be rebuilt from scratch every year. 217 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,520 Lakpa Rita is supervising. 218 00:16:48,980 --> 00:16:51,740 At Everest Base Camp, we're making a tent platform. 219 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,300 All the Sherpa teams are digging the ice. 220 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:59,780 We know a lot of rocks, so I try to pick a platform for stories and stuff like 221 00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:00,780 that. 222 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,520 The guys are working hard. 223 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:03,760 He's very strong. 224 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:16,440 Four miles from base camp, at a field of memorials to fallen climbers, the 225 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,780 reality and the danger of the biggest Everest expedition ever mounted is 226 00:17:21,780 --> 00:17:22,960 starting to set in. 227 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:24,599 For Joby O 'Gwen. 228 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,300 People die here every single year. There's never been a year in the last 229 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:34,940 that people haven't died on ever. So this is a real stark reminder of just 230 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:39,060 serious it is of where we're going and just how dangerous it actually is to be 231 00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:40,060 on the mountain. 232 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,580 You're just this little speck in this massive environment. 233 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:49,900 And at any point, any second, the mountain can just wipe you away. 234 00:18:07,450 --> 00:18:12,550 After seven tough days of trekking, Joby's team and the production crew 235 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:13,690 make it to base camp. 236 00:18:14,890 --> 00:18:19,130 When we first get to base camp, most of the Westerners are fairly worthless. 237 00:18:19,810 --> 00:18:24,330 The Sherpas are telling us where the tea tent is, where to go, how to do stuff. 238 00:18:24,630 --> 00:18:26,310 They're always working with a smile on their face. 239 00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:33,710 Base Camp is a mini city. There's 39 expeditions this year, 39 little mini 240 00:18:33,710 --> 00:18:38,530 of micro cities all together, living on this rock quarry on a glacier that's a 241 00:18:38,530 --> 00:18:41,110 mile and a half long and a quarter mile wide. 242 00:18:43,370 --> 00:18:48,430 Everest Base Camp is higher than any mountain in Europe, but still only two 243 00:18:48,430 --> 00:18:49,830 -thirds of the way to the summit. 244 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:55,310 Joby and his team plan to climb to the top in three weeks. 245 00:18:55,670 --> 00:19:00,940 Over several days, They'll cross the treacherous Khumbu Icefall, sleep at a 246 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:05,720 series of small, high -altitude camps, before pushing their way over the South 247 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:11,480 Summit, up the famed Hillary Step, to the highest point on Earth, where Joby 248 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,700 will make his unprecedented leap. 249 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:18,420 Meanwhile, cameraman Ed Wardle is checking every detail. 250 00:19:18,940 --> 00:19:20,920 You can carry this to the summit, no problem? 251 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,580 Not comfortable. 252 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:25,300 Not comfortable? 253 00:19:25,580 --> 00:19:26,580 Yes. 254 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:41,930 The Sherpa is often confused with the job of being a porter. 255 00:19:42,190 --> 00:19:44,230 But a Sherpa is an ethnicity. 256 00:19:44,770 --> 00:19:51,690 The term Sherpa means people from the East that work with us, alongside us, 257 00:19:51,710 --> 00:19:52,710 and for us. 258 00:19:53,710 --> 00:19:57,690 They're some of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. You get to know a 259 00:19:57,690 --> 00:20:00,750 lot of them pretty well, and they become family members. 260 00:20:01,610 --> 00:20:06,650 All Sherpas are descendants of only a handful of families from villages in the 261 00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:08,330 Khumbu region near Mount Everest. 262 00:20:09,050 --> 00:20:12,910 About 300 of them work for expedition companies on the mountain. 263 00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:18,490 For Sherpas and Westerners alike, base camp can be a bonding experience. 264 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,340 We're all suffering together. 265 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:25,400 We're all dealing with the cold, the high altitude, the dry air, the body 266 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,840 breaking down at altitude, acclimatization, sickness. 267 00:20:29,260 --> 00:20:32,720 We're all going through these things together, and that builds camaraderie 268 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:33,720 amongst the climbers. 269 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,500 Oftentimes Sherpas don't really know the foreign climbers, and the foreign 270 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,440 climbers don't really know the Sherpas until they get to Baskin. 271 00:20:42,170 --> 00:20:47,790 We sit in one base camp and we'll always, you know, see each other's face 272 00:20:47,790 --> 00:20:49,110 talking to each other. 273 00:20:49,910 --> 00:20:55,070 Everyone at base camp has a common goal. Make sure foreign climbers, who have 274 00:20:55,070 --> 00:20:58,770 paid as much as $100 ,000, make it to the summit. 275 00:20:59,690 --> 00:21:05,950 Climbing Sherpas make $5 ,000 a year, a princely sum in a very poor country. 276 00:21:06,570 --> 00:21:09,110 Other Sherpas occupy supporting roles. 277 00:21:12,110 --> 00:21:16,030 Ang Sering also must make the perilous trek above base camp. 278 00:21:16,330 --> 00:21:21,070 The Sherpas really do the hard work on the mountain, the cooking and cleaning 279 00:21:21,070 --> 00:21:27,410 and the carrying of all of the oxygen systems, all of the food, fuel, tents. 280 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:30,890 They break the trail, they lay the rope, they do everything. 281 00:21:31,110 --> 00:21:33,670 Guys like me, we would never be there without them. 282 00:21:34,250 --> 00:21:36,050 The feeling is mutual. 283 00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:40,930 We learn a lot from Western climbers. If there is no Western climbers, 284 00:21:41,790 --> 00:21:43,450 We won't be climbing the mountain at all. 285 00:21:44,810 --> 00:21:50,250 Joby Sirdar, the Sherpa who will lead the trek to the top, is Dorji Khatri, an 286 00:21:50,250 --> 00:21:53,830 accomplished mountaineer who's summited Everest nine times. 287 00:21:54,270 --> 00:21:58,750 There's no more intense friendship or relationship or bond that you can forge 288 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:02,930 this world than trying to get to the tallest point on planet Earth together. 289 00:22:05,230 --> 00:22:06,230 On the ground. 290 00:22:06,650 --> 00:22:11,030 The TV production crew is busy trying to figure out how to broadcast what will 291 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:15,990 be the largest, highest -altitude live television event ever attempted. 292 00:22:16,830 --> 00:22:22,290 I spent a week with different printer manufacturers trying to find the best 293 00:22:22,290 --> 00:22:24,770 printer that's going to work at 18 ,000 feet. It's the same for the satellite 294 00:22:24,770 --> 00:22:28,750 dish as well. Your amplifiers have to go back to the manufacturer, get adjusted 295 00:22:28,750 --> 00:22:29,970 to work at high altitudes. 296 00:22:30,170 --> 00:22:31,550 Every piece, you don't know. 297 00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:32,990 There's no testing environment. 298 00:22:34,770 --> 00:22:35,770 We'll know for next time. 299 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,240 Yeah, 300 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:38,680 K2 next time. 301 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:42,640 The Bahamas next time. Bahamas, yeah, sea levels. 302 00:22:44,540 --> 00:22:46,460 The equipment continues to arrive. 303 00:22:47,340 --> 00:22:49,540 Yaks carry many of the loads. 304 00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:51,040 These are the yaks. 305 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,100 They've just taken probably, I'd say, about 100 loads. 306 00:22:57,220 --> 00:22:58,340 There's a lot of yaks. 307 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:03,520 They're pretty cool, beautiful ones. I'm sure there's prize -winning yaks in 308 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:04,540 amongst this lot. 309 00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:11,370 Massive generators must be flown in to power the production. 310 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:13,770 This is the helicopter load. 311 00:23:14,130 --> 00:23:18,210 All the generators and camera gears. We're going to do a whole bunch of 312 00:23:18,310 --> 00:23:19,310 maybe 20 trips. 313 00:23:20,170 --> 00:23:21,850 These are pretty heavy. 314 00:23:22,670 --> 00:23:25,530 Five or six Sherpas have to lift this generator. 315 00:23:26,950 --> 00:23:28,930 And hopefully we'll get everything today. 316 00:23:31,890 --> 00:23:32,890 Power! 317 00:23:35,060 --> 00:23:39,740 Cameraman Ed Wardle is heading above base camp to scope out positions for 318 00:23:39,740 --> 00:23:44,060 of the 11 cameras meant to capture Joby's historic wingsuit flight. 319 00:23:45,420 --> 00:23:48,980 But this spot in particular, this place is really special. 320 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,220 There'll be at least seven antennas pointing at the different positions that 321 00:23:53,220 --> 00:23:57,460 Joby might be in during his flight, from the summit all the way down to his 322 00:23:57,460 --> 00:23:58,419 landing spot. 323 00:23:58,420 --> 00:24:02,100 An excellent camera position right here. There'll be nothing in the way. There's 324 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:04,340 pretty much a sheer drop right down to base camp there. 325 00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:09,360 On the other side here, there's a good half -mile vertical drop. 326 00:24:13,740 --> 00:24:17,900 The altitude at base camp takes a savage toll on the production team. 327 00:24:18,570 --> 00:24:22,450 Each breath gives them only half the oxygen they'd get at sea level. 328 00:24:22,910 --> 00:24:24,370 How's your partner doing, Sean? 329 00:24:24,730 --> 00:24:26,490 He's down for the count right now. 330 00:24:26,730 --> 00:24:32,790 He's up all night, so dehydrated that he can barely do anything. 331 00:24:33,010 --> 00:24:38,110 At any moment, a burp could turn into anything. Any kind of gurgle in your 332 00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:41,110 stomach could be a bug of some sort. 333 00:24:42,530 --> 00:24:46,150 The dangers above base camp are far greater. 334 00:24:46,490 --> 00:24:47,690 In the death zone. 335 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:54,720 The area near the summit, over 26 ,000 feet, the air is even thinner, only a 336 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,320 third of the oxygen at sea level. 337 00:24:56,860 --> 00:25:00,120 Being there feels like breathing through a straw. 338 00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:05,420 To prepare themselves, Joby and his team need to spend the coming days 339 00:25:05,420 --> 00:25:10,400 acclimatizing, getting their bodies used to the high altitude by climbing above 340 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,500 base camp and coming back down. 341 00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:16,280 You know, there's a lot of obstacles that can be put in front of you on 342 00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:17,420 The biggest one is the altitude. 343 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:23,200 Some people can do it, some people can't. So Everest as a mountain is 344 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,140 of who it lets up there. 345 00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:28,140 This will definitely be the most dangerous thing that I've ever done. 346 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:35,420 When we signed up for this, we knew it was dangerous, and we're all experienced 347 00:25:35,420 --> 00:25:37,560 expedition cameramen. 348 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,740 People have started to come to the conclusion that climbing Everest is 349 00:25:41,780 --> 00:25:42,739 It's not. 350 00:25:42,740 --> 00:25:44,240 It's just fraught with danger. 351 00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:08,480 Joby O 'Gwen is just weeks away from jumping off the top of the world in a 352 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:14,940 wingsuit. But to reach the summit, he and his team must first pass through the 353 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:16,160 Khumbu Icefall. 354 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,060 One of the most dangerous parts of the mountain is near the bottom. The very 355 00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:24,860 first steps you're taking up through the Khumbu Icefall, that thing is just a 356 00:26:24,860 --> 00:26:25,860 nightmare. 357 00:26:27,180 --> 00:26:29,740 It is just a massive... 358 00:26:30,310 --> 00:26:34,590 full of blocks of ice, biggest 10 -story buildings, and it's moving and shifting 359 00:26:34,590 --> 00:26:35,910 all the time. 360 00:26:37,310 --> 00:26:38,470 The thing is alive. 361 00:26:39,510 --> 00:26:41,630 The icefall is 100 % alive. 362 00:26:46,130 --> 00:26:51,630 Well, we've been camped beneath the icefall, and it's like a tumbling 363 00:26:51,630 --> 00:26:56,810 the easier part of the mountain higher up. You've got to get past this fortress 364 00:26:56,810 --> 00:26:58,650 of tumbling ice. 365 00:26:59,950 --> 00:27:03,390 The icefall is nothing but a moving glacier. 366 00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:10,330 And there's towers of ice that are threatening to fall at any moment. 367 00:27:10,330 --> 00:27:12,910 enormous crevasses that are opening and closing. 368 00:27:14,830 --> 00:27:17,830 Icefall is the most dangerous part of the mountain. 369 00:27:18,030 --> 00:27:23,530 You never know when the ice will collapse or when the crevice will crack. 370 00:27:26,950 --> 00:27:28,750 It seems like every... 371 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,760 half hour or so, some part of this thing is collapsing somewhere, and you just 372 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,400 don't want to be underneath that when it happens. 373 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:39,520 You just can't even imagine that anybody can even, in their right mind, get 374 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,660 through it. There's a group of guys, Sherpas, called the Icefall Doctors, and 375 00:27:43,660 --> 00:27:49,900 their whole job is to find the root, set the root, and maintain it. 376 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:55,020 It'll be changing constantly with the moving of the glaciers. 377 00:27:56,180 --> 00:27:57,360 It's a scary job. 378 00:27:57,950 --> 00:28:00,850 These guys are in the icefall all the time. 379 00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:04,410 They are the maintenance of the icefall. 380 00:28:06,030 --> 00:28:11,110 You have to climb across aluminum ladders that band cravats over the top 381 00:28:11,110 --> 00:28:15,370 large blocks of ice. And kind of clink across with your boots and your crampons 382 00:28:15,370 --> 00:28:18,350 and hope that your crampons don't get hung up on the rungs of the ladder. 383 00:28:22,410 --> 00:28:25,870 And those icefall ladders, you know, when you're crossing, if you're not 384 00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:27,710 unbalanced on that ladder, you collapse. 385 00:28:30,230 --> 00:28:31,810 So icefall is really dangerous. 386 00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:33,170 Really dangerous. 387 00:28:35,390 --> 00:28:41,030 Behind the icefall doctors, highly skilled Sherpas who set up and maintain 388 00:28:41,030 --> 00:28:46,050 four camps along the route, carrying everything they need on their backs. 389 00:28:48,670 --> 00:28:53,530 For the Sherpas, That means a staggering number of trips through the icefall. 390 00:28:54,670 --> 00:29:01,470 They might go up to maybe 12 times one way, maybe 20 trips plus, whereas a 391 00:29:01,470 --> 00:29:03,770 Western climber might only go three or four times. 392 00:29:05,170 --> 00:29:08,490 And so they're risking their life. They're playing Russian roulette going 393 00:29:08,490 --> 00:29:12,450 through this icefall, just like we are, but on a much bigger scale than we are. 394 00:29:12,930 --> 00:29:15,470 They know there's a risk, but they have to. 395 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,800 because this is one of the biggest ways they make their living. 396 00:29:20,140 --> 00:29:26,360 And they do definitely take the risk to make their living 397 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,460 and support their families. 398 00:29:29,860 --> 00:29:36,200 Sherpas are the backbone, you know, because we don't climb a single day, but 399 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:43,200 climb lots of time. We spend two months here going up and down. If one wants 400 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,200 to do the expedition, 401 00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:54,660 Traversing the icefall can take several hours, a perilous journey that must 402 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:55,860 begin before sunrise. 403 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,440 The ice is generally more frozen together during the night and in the 404 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,000 morning, whereas late in the day it warms up and the ice starts to move. It 405 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,000 becomes very unstable. 406 00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:07,220 Sometimes these ice towers will collapse. 407 00:30:10,010 --> 00:30:17,010 leave early in the morning when the ices are super hard and cold and try to 408 00:30:17,010 --> 00:30:22,230 avoid icefall on the sunny day or where the temperature is very high. 409 00:30:23,350 --> 00:30:27,510 Afternoon temperatures in the icefall can reach as high as 40 degrees. 410 00:30:28,330 --> 00:30:32,640 And as soon as that sun hits, The temperature pops right up and all of a 411 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,980 you know, you feel like, you know, you could be in some fairly temperate place 412 00:30:35,980 --> 00:30:39,200 as long as the sun's shining, which is when people worry about, you know, the 413 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,620 avalanches really sort of starting to increase in intensity. 414 00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:51,500 Avalanches are the number one killer of Sherpas on the mountain, a reality that 415 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,380 has Joby's team worried. 416 00:30:54,060 --> 00:30:58,900 Our main concern is an avalanche coming off the west shoulder of Everest. 417 00:31:00,419 --> 00:31:05,340 These avalanches have been known to come down 4 ,000 or 5 ,000 feet and hit the 418 00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:08,980 Khumbu Icefall and then rocket debris across the route. 419 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:16,180 And unfortunately, if we're in the wrong place at the wrong time, we could be 420 00:31:16,180 --> 00:31:17,180 taken out. 421 00:31:18,820 --> 00:31:23,200 Some of these blocks of ice are like the size of eight or ten Suburbans stacked 422 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,300 on top of each other, and they'll be kind of leaning over. 423 00:31:26,660 --> 00:31:29,320 And at any point, they can just kind of fall down. 424 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:45,740 It doesn't really matter what experience you've got or who you are. 425 00:31:46,660 --> 00:31:52,100 If a bit of ice decides to go, it will, and it will probably kill you. 426 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:57,920 Death is a given on Everest. 427 00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:02,940 More than 4 ,000 climbers have made it to the top. 428 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,700 But 264 have died along the way. 429 00:32:08,940 --> 00:32:15,020 A third of those who perish on the mountain are Sherpas, making their job 430 00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:16,540 the most deadly on the planet. 431 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:18,600 Sherpas have. 432 00:32:18,780 --> 00:32:22,120 A death rate puts them well above the things that you normally think of as 433 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:26,360 dangerous jobs, like being a commercial fisherman in the Bering Sea, or being a 434 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,900 bush pilot in Alaska, or even being a soldier in the modern military. 435 00:32:30,580 --> 00:32:35,760 Well, we know, everybody knows it is dangerous, but, you know, this is our 436 00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:40,060 For me, more than job, it's my passion. 437 00:32:41,940 --> 00:32:46,340 So, avalanches, you know, this is the natural thing, and... 438 00:32:46,940 --> 00:32:51,620 Yeah, we, being a man, human being, we don't have any control over things. 439 00:32:56,060 --> 00:32:58,100 There's no easy way to climb Everest. 440 00:32:59,260 --> 00:33:04,040 There's deep ice, there's avalanche potential, there's the exposure to high 441 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,040 altitudes. 442 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:11,020 Every year, a number of climbers, 6, 8, 10, 12 climbers die on Everest. 443 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,620 Climbing Mount Everest is not a safe endeavor. 444 00:33:15,630 --> 00:33:18,550 And there's always going to be risk and there's always going to be death on this 445 00:33:18,550 --> 00:33:19,550 mountain, unfortunately. 446 00:33:41,510 --> 00:33:44,150 The team has been acclimatizing at base camp. 447 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:48,320 preparing to take their first steps through the icefall towards the summit. 448 00:33:48,580 --> 00:33:52,280 In my mind, the icefall is the most dangerous part of the climb, going up to 449 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:53,500 top of everything back down. 450 00:33:55,660 --> 00:33:57,940 It's the most important part to get up to there safely. 451 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:03,360 From Camp 1 to Camp 2, it's not as dangerous. From Camp 2 to Camp 3, it's a 452 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:04,319 little more dangerous. 453 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:10,620 But being right here and seeing the icefall and asking for safe passes is 454 00:34:10,620 --> 00:34:11,620 important. 455 00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:22,350 The Sherpas won't go up on the mountain without puja ceremony. 456 00:34:22,710 --> 00:34:26,489 It's a blessing for you and them to go up the mountain safely. 457 00:34:30,510 --> 00:34:32,030 It's a time -honored tradition. 458 00:34:32,710 --> 00:34:34,650 No one climbs without it. 459 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:46,239 We climb the mountain. 460 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:52,320 We like to make a puja or the ceremony and ask the permission to the goddess, 461 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:58,920 saying that, you know, let us climb, give us the permission to 462 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,100 climb the mountain. 463 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:06,440 The puja, we burn juniper, we'll put offerings of things that are precious to 464 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,940 us. Sometimes it may be kukri rums, sometimes it'll be money, it'll be 465 00:35:11,340 --> 00:35:13,020 Sampah is the precious food. 466 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,080 that is ground wheat and flour. 467 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:20,840 Each climbing team holds a puja at base camp. 468 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:26,760 As a Sherpa tradition, you will not step over the mountain without having a 469 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,900 puja. So that is very, very important for all of the Sherpa community, 470 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:32,760 the climbers. She's the supreme power. 471 00:35:33,780 --> 00:35:39,620 Everest doesn't care if you're white or you're a Sherpa or you're first time or 472 00:35:39,620 --> 00:35:40,920 you're 20th time through the icefall. 473 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:42,700 She's the supreme ruler. 474 00:36:06,710 --> 00:36:13,610 We hang a prayer flag, which means whenever the prayer flags flip off, 475 00:36:13,710 --> 00:36:19,930 that means the wind will take the prayer to the torch to the god, and as it 476 00:36:19,930 --> 00:36:22,810 flaps down, it will blast out with the blazing. 477 00:36:24,050 --> 00:36:30,270 Everyone takes part in the ceremony, including veteran cook Aung Srin, who 478 00:36:30,270 --> 00:36:32,890 be heading to Camp 2 tomorrow to set up his kitchen. 479 00:36:57,660 --> 00:37:01,180 John. One more time for you, John. 480 00:37:01,420 --> 00:37:04,080 Long life. We just finished the puja ceremony. 481 00:37:04,580 --> 00:37:08,200 The stampa is what we put on each other's faces for long life. 482 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,860 It's a Sherpa tradition, and it's pretty fun to smear it all over people's 483 00:37:12,860 --> 00:37:18,340 faces. After the puja ceremony, we had a great tradition in Sherpa dance. 484 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:20,520 which was great. 485 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:39,520 It's a nice time to basically come together from all cultures and reflect 486 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,340 on the fact that we're going to work together to try and climb this peak. 487 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,100 There's dangers and there's... 488 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,200 there's respect that needs to be paid to the mountains. 489 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,620 And I think together we do that in the puja ceremony, and it feels really 490 00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:58,940 special to me. I've been drinking chang, which is a local brew, alcohol, and it 491 00:37:58,940 --> 00:38:04,180 is very important for Buddhism. We have to have alcohol to offer to God whenever 492 00:38:04,180 --> 00:38:05,180 we do the prayer. 493 00:38:08,260 --> 00:38:11,140 Everything. You know, it's not my religion, but... 494 00:38:11,740 --> 00:38:15,580 I guess I sit there and I feel like I'm in their company and I'm respecting 495 00:38:15,580 --> 00:38:21,680 their religion and their gods and it's definitely not going to do me any harm. 496 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,700 feel better about this thing now and for sure I'm going to come and I'm coming 497 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:27,140 back and all my friends are too. 498 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,980 On the other end of base camp, Joby and his team hold another puja. 499 00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:37,040 For Joby, the risks are even higher. 500 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,400 He's got to get to the top, jump off. 501 00:38:41,050 --> 00:38:42,050 and survive. 502 00:38:54,730 --> 00:38:59,750 We went down to cover Joby's Puja, which was very small. They had six Sherpas. 503 00:39:03,110 --> 00:39:07,170 It was very important to the Sherpas. They really wanted to have this done 504 00:39:07,170 --> 00:39:08,170 before they went up. 505 00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:15,470 You know, you're looking around. It's just awesome. 506 00:39:15,950 --> 00:39:18,110 And this is by far the best one I've ever had. 507 00:39:20,430 --> 00:39:25,010 All six Sherpas working with Joby are at his puja. 508 00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:29,670 43 -year -old Dorji Katra. 509 00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:35,430 It's bad luck. It's bad luck. You have to drink it. It's bad luck. 510 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,300 26 -year -old Poor Temba Sherpa. 511 00:39:51,380 --> 00:39:57,440 23 -year -old Tendorji Sherpa. 512 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:07,460 It does forge the bond of the westerner climber and the Sherpa for sure 513 00:40:07,460 --> 00:40:13,040 because... You say to that person that day that you are willing to go and risk 514 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,038 your life together. 515 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:19,540 One, two, three. Before dawn, they will begin their ascent into the treacherous 516 00:40:19,540 --> 00:40:23,440 ice wall. All right, let's say one big word in Nepalese. Good luck, happiness, 517 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:24,560 whatever you want. 518 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:34,280 All right, dasi dele on three. One, two, three. Dasi dele! 519 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:54,160 It was a peaceful morning. 520 00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:56,760 Yeah, I was just kind of laying in my tent. 521 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,900 We started at 4 o 'clock from base camp. 522 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:06,680 Our team of six climbing shippers and then two kitchen 523 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,760 staff were supposed to go up to camp two. 524 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:15,400 We were on the radio with our team. We were talking to them, asking them what 525 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,740 the route conditions were like, the temperature, the weather. 526 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:23,360 Everything was looking good. Three of our staff, they passed the ladders, and 527 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:24,360 radioed that. 528 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,700 And as we were talking to them on the radio, we heard a scream. 529 00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:38,920 I just looked up, 530 00:41:38,980 --> 00:41:45,660 and I saw big, big blocks of ice, and then the powder 531 00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:46,660 avalanche came. 532 00:41:46,970 --> 00:41:50,910 And I just unzipped the back of the tent, and I just kind of poked my head 533 00:41:50,910 --> 00:41:56,890 little bit just to see. To my complete horror, I realized that it was in a spot 534 00:41:56,890 --> 00:42:00,410 that was going to run right across a main portion of the route. 535 00:42:01,530 --> 00:42:06,270 Can we start organizing lots of people from Bay Camp and their Sherpas to start 536 00:42:06,270 --> 00:42:07,790 clearing the path up from the bottom? 537 00:42:09,130 --> 00:42:12,670 32 Sherpas are caught in a massive avalanche. 538 00:42:14,010 --> 00:42:15,010 Jungbu Sherpa. 539 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,920 is one of six working with Joby and Garrett. 540 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:23,340 Me and my friends, my co -workers, were lucky enough to hide under the ice cave, 541 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:28,320 and then the snow, the powder avalanche was just going through our head. 542 00:42:28,620 --> 00:42:33,800 We didn't know who was involved, if anyone was hurt, if anyone was injured. 543 00:42:34,020 --> 00:42:38,380 All we knew was that radio contact had temporarily gone silent. 544 00:42:40,780 --> 00:42:45,320 A few minutes later, all the Sherpas are calling down to base camp, saying that 545 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,500 there's been an accident, a massive avalanche. 546 00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:51,420 We kept calling on the radio, saying, are you guys all right? 547 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:53,740 Can you please confirm with us? 548 00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:59,080 And eventually we got confirmations from three of our guys that they were okay, 549 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:03,060 whereas three of our other guys did not check in on the radio. 550 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,740 One of the men who's not responding is Dorji Khatri. 551 00:43:09,250 --> 00:43:12,530 Dorji was our boss. He was really the leader of our group. 552 00:43:13,070 --> 00:43:17,530 I know Garrett and I both felt very strongly that we had to find him. He had 553 00:43:17,530 --> 00:43:18,850 be there somewhere. It was so important. 554 00:43:19,670 --> 00:43:22,630 We've got five confirmed missing at this point. 555 00:43:24,450 --> 00:43:28,730 We have one person surviving right now, several buried. 556 00:43:29,130 --> 00:43:33,650 We kept checking in with the guys we had contact with, saying, where's Dorji, 557 00:43:33,730 --> 00:43:36,030 where's Tendorji, and where's Pertemba? 558 00:43:38,090 --> 00:43:39,870 How come they're not responding on the radio? 559 00:43:40,910 --> 00:43:45,750 At the icefall, Jambu Sherpa sees someone who is trapped but alive. 560 00:43:46,550 --> 00:43:49,810 He was bleeding. He was bleeding from nose everywhere. 561 00:43:50,290 --> 00:43:54,890 But he was still breathing and he was talking to us. So we started digging 562 00:43:55,170 --> 00:43:59,990 As soon as we started digging him, we can see the feet of other climbers 563 00:43:59,990 --> 00:44:01,430 underneath him. 564 00:44:04,210 --> 00:44:06,130 There are dead missing. 565 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:07,840 Injured. 566 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,200 Choppers are dispatched under extreme conditions. 567 00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:18,840 Helicopter rescues high above the icefall are fairly rare, if not 568 00:44:19,180 --> 00:44:22,160 The air is so thin, there's simply not enough lift. 569 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:30,200 In an instant, a tent at base camp turns into a command center. 570 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:40,060 We want medical kit. We want sleeping bags, warm clothes, hot drink. 571 00:44:40,260 --> 00:44:44,040 We want metal spades, no aluminum spades, metal spades. 572 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:46,440 Roger that, Captain. 573 00:44:48,420 --> 00:44:52,660 Is there any information on the casualties, Captain? 574 00:44:53,620 --> 00:44:55,200 You know, I haven't heard anything at all. 575 00:44:55,960 --> 00:45:00,360 Actually, just that four of our Sherpas are potentially buried just above the 576 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,840 football field, which is 18 ,000. 577 00:45:04,660 --> 00:45:06,780 600 or 700 feet. 578 00:45:07,380 --> 00:45:10,140 So it's a couple hours for us to get up there. 579 00:45:10,820 --> 00:45:14,080 Teams mobilize quickly to get up to the accident site. 580 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:18,420 I want to come with Eric in like 10 or 5, whatever he's doing. 581 00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:19,680 I'm ready right now. 582 00:45:19,860 --> 00:45:21,680 I know, but it's probably better to travel in pairs. 583 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:24,600 Rocking loud makes it happen. 584 00:45:26,060 --> 00:45:27,060 Joe, you copy? 585 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,280 We need as many shovels as this camp has. 586 00:45:39,050 --> 00:45:45,430 The news coming in from the icefall is grim. In terms of very morbid details, 587 00:45:45,430 --> 00:45:50,850 can confirm three dead, one severely injured, unable to walk down, needs to 588 00:45:50,850 --> 00:45:52,510 helicoptered, high priority. 589 00:45:53,010 --> 00:45:57,330 13 or 14 missing, not sure who or what team they're from. 590 00:45:58,190 --> 00:46:01,330 Your confirmed number of missing is 13 or 14. 591 00:46:09,580 --> 00:46:14,560 Ang Sering, the beloved Camp 2 cook, is unaccounted for. 592 00:46:17,700 --> 00:46:24,660 His son Pemba, a climbing Sherpa, is at Camp 1, 800 feet above the icefall when 593 00:46:24,660 --> 00:46:29,520 the accident happens. He rushes down and frantically searches for his father. 594 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,640 Then, a chilling discovery. 595 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:40,740 A body in the snow. 596 00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:43,540 He recognizes the shoes. 597 00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:35,160 Over the course of the day the death toll started to rise and 598 00:47:35,950 --> 00:47:39,210 It was evident that we were involved in a massive tragedy. 599 00:47:39,670 --> 00:47:43,050 They want to know how many people need long lines or rescues from the football 600 00:47:43,050 --> 00:47:47,750 field. How many people need long lines or rescues from the football field? 601 00:47:47,750 --> 00:47:54,170 time we looked up, we saw this helicopter with a long line dangling, 602 00:47:54,170 --> 00:48:00,050 bottom were our friends. And you could see their little feet sticking out, and 603 00:48:00,050 --> 00:48:03,010 it was just these lifeless bodies going back and forth. 604 00:48:03,930 --> 00:48:04,930 And me. 605 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:10,300 Man, we just couldn't believe what we were seeing. 606 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:17,320 The Sherpas are your friends, your brothers, your teammates. They are there 607 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,180 every day. I mean, they're the backbone of this mountain. 608 00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:25,040 And to see the loss that they suffered was... 609 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:31,660 You hurt just to see them hurt. 610 00:48:45,790 --> 00:48:49,930 By early afternoon, it's no longer a rescue mission. 611 00:48:50,170 --> 00:48:51,250 It's a recovery. 612 00:48:52,090 --> 00:48:58,230 With 13 fatalities and three missing, it's the deadliest day in the history of 613 00:48:58,230 --> 00:48:59,230 Mount Everest. 614 00:49:13,610 --> 00:49:19,170 Joby and Garrett have lost three of their six Sherpas, but only one body has 615 00:49:19,170 --> 00:49:20,330 made it down to base camp. 616 00:49:20,970 --> 00:49:25,410 Their lead Sherpa, Dorji Khatri, is still missing. 617 00:49:26,390 --> 00:49:29,090 And they're determined to find him. 618 00:49:29,490 --> 00:49:30,490 Garrett didn't hesitate. 619 00:49:30,710 --> 00:49:33,390 He just turned and said, I'm going up. I'm going to take care of this. 620 00:49:33,970 --> 00:49:36,430 I got to the ice ball accident site. 621 00:49:37,020 --> 00:49:43,280 And my number one goal was to find the two bodies of our missing Sherpa. While 622 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:48,260 was working to dig through the rubble, Dave Hahn and his crew found one of our 623 00:49:48,260 --> 00:49:52,120 guys, and then I went up a little bit higher above the vertical ladder ice 624 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:58,520 section and located Georgie Cartree, who was encased in ice in a crevasse, 625 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,180 upside down, head first, and his boot was just sticking out of the ice, and 626 00:50:02,180 --> 00:50:03,180 that's how we found him. 627 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,680 Garrett and his team work for two hours to extract Dorji's body. 628 00:50:09,380 --> 00:50:13,460 But by 2 .30, base camp is forced to abort the mission. 629 00:50:14,140 --> 00:50:16,820 As soon as that sun hits the icefalls, it becomes even more unstable. 630 00:50:17,140 --> 00:50:20,160 They're in the icefall at the most dangerous time of the day. 631 00:50:21,700 --> 00:50:26,620 They need to get out of the icefall or risk getting caught in another 632 00:50:27,210 --> 00:50:31,010 It was tough to leave his body up there without finishing the job and being able 633 00:50:31,010 --> 00:50:31,868 to bring him back. 634 00:50:31,870 --> 00:50:35,490 He was still half encased in ice. It was absolutely not an option to leave him 635 00:50:35,490 --> 00:50:36,490 up there. 636 00:50:42,970 --> 00:50:49,530 A day 637 00:50:49,530 --> 00:50:55,210 after the single biggest loss of life in the mountain's history, the hunt for 638 00:50:55,210 --> 00:50:56,370 the missing continues. 639 00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:03,120 Yesterday we were able to extract many of those bodies, but not all of them. 640 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,880 Some were buried in the ice, and we were not able to get them off yesterday, so 641 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,180 we're going back up today. We're going to fly in by helicopter. 642 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:15,020 9 .30 a .m. 643 00:51:15,980 --> 00:51:21,720 Garrett Madison and his team gather in an area of hard -packed snow known as 644 00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:22,720 football field. 645 00:51:25,660 --> 00:51:26,660 The football field. 646 00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:31,780 There's a flat spot about the size of a small putting green, but around it are 647 00:51:31,780 --> 00:51:35,360 monster crevasses that if you fall into, you'll die, absolutely. 648 00:51:45,700 --> 00:51:50,040 The whole team got to the football field area in the icefall around 10 a .m. 649 00:51:50,490 --> 00:51:54,570 And we assembled, reviewed our plan for the day. Just tell me when you're ready, 650 00:51:54,670 --> 00:51:59,850 okay? And the long line, and then if we haven't found anybody else, we're going 651 00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:06,470 to start thinking about... We climbed up about half an hour to where the 652 00:52:06,470 --> 00:52:07,470 accident zone was. 653 00:52:11,330 --> 00:52:15,970 Garrett returns to the icefall to finish recovering the body of his lead Sherpa, 654 00:52:16,210 --> 00:52:17,510 Dorji Khatri. 655 00:52:18,350 --> 00:52:20,330 who is still encased in ice. 656 00:52:21,570 --> 00:52:24,710 The whole time I'm thinking, this is really important for his family. This is 657 00:52:24,710 --> 00:52:25,850 something we have to do. 658 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:27,530 We're not going to leave him behind. 659 00:52:28,130 --> 00:52:32,070 To leave him behind on the mountain would be unimaginable for me. I 660 00:52:32,070 --> 00:52:33,070 have to bring him down. 661 00:52:34,510 --> 00:52:38,670 The important thing in the Sherpa culture is to take the bodies off the 662 00:52:38,670 --> 00:52:42,490 so that they can be brought back to the family, so that they can be cremated in 663 00:52:42,490 --> 00:52:45,950 an old and ancient way, and that that soul can be at peace. 664 00:52:47,070 --> 00:52:50,450 A huge thing for us to be able to get our guys extracted off the mountain. 665 00:52:54,650 --> 00:52:58,470 Once again, the team finds itself in the danger zone. 666 00:52:59,570 --> 00:53:05,030 The route goes through these various ice towers. So ice towers, or seracs, are 667 00:53:05,030 --> 00:53:06,790 hanging over the route literally. 668 00:53:09,170 --> 00:53:12,630 And these towers collapse every couple days. So just to get to the accident 669 00:53:12,630 --> 00:53:14,590 zone, you have to climb underneath these towers. 670 00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:18,820 After an hour, they see it. 671 00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:21,740 Dorji's leg in the ice. 672 00:53:22,660 --> 00:53:23,238 Okay, 673 00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:32,420 we'll 674 00:53:32,420 --> 00:53:33,420 run there if ice comes. 675 00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:40,260 So to remove his entire body from this crevasse encased in ice, we had to chip 676 00:53:40,260 --> 00:53:41,260 with our ice axes. 677 00:53:44,220 --> 00:53:48,940 Working at that altitude is very strenuous. We're at 18 ,500 feet or 678 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:56,260 It's high altitude, thin air, cold, very easy to get dehydrated, push yourself 679 00:53:56,260 --> 00:53:58,280 over the edge and get sick. 680 00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:02,720 So physically it was a very tough environment to be operated in. And it 681 00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:05,480 about two and a half hours to finish the job. 682 00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:07,840 Almost out of the danger zone. 683 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:09,400 See you down there. 684 00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:21,820 13 bodies are recovered. 685 00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:24,580 Dorji Khatri is the last. 686 00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:27,020 Three more are still missing. 687 00:54:27,580 --> 00:54:30,580 The final tally, 16 dead. 688 00:54:34,060 --> 00:54:39,920 The avalanche is growing into a major international news story. 689 00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:41,320 Film crews. 690 00:54:41,870 --> 00:54:46,670 who'd come for the live broadcast of Joby O 'Gwynn's jump, instead find 691 00:54:46,670 --> 00:54:53,170 themselves documenting the worst tragedy in Everest history and mourning 692 00:54:53,170 --> 00:54:54,490 the men who died. 693 00:54:56,190 --> 00:54:58,090 Some of them were in their 20s. 694 00:54:58,870 --> 00:55:00,190 Some of them were fathers. 695 00:55:01,170 --> 00:55:02,430 Some of them were husbands. 696 00:55:03,290 --> 00:55:07,650 You probably have 40 children without a father now. 697 00:55:08,470 --> 00:55:11,030 40 children that don't have someone to pay for their education. 698 00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:18,420 You have a loss of 16 wonderful individuals who are 699 00:55:18,420 --> 00:55:20,300 pillars in their community. 700 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:30,120 Three days after the disaster, the cremations and funeral ceremonies begin 701 00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:32,480 Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. 702 00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:51,840 In the home of Camp 2 cook, Aung Sering, a family mourns. 703 00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:59,460 His sons, Mingma and Pemba, both work as climbing Sherpas on Everest. 704 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:02,080 He is a very nice cook. 705 00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,360 And he is a very funny guy. 706 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:10,160 Everybody knows my father. He makes good food. 707 00:56:10,860 --> 00:56:14,120 And all Sherpa people like my father. 708 00:56:14,420 --> 00:56:16,020 He is a very good man. 709 00:56:17,610 --> 00:56:23,290 Unlike climbing Sherpas, who make multiple trips through the Khumbu 710 00:56:23,290 --> 00:56:27,690 cook was making his only trip of the season up the mountain, when disaster 711 00:56:27,690 --> 00:56:28,690 struck. 712 00:56:29,150 --> 00:56:33,250 This was to be Aung Sring's last season on Everest. 713 00:56:34,270 --> 00:56:40,690 My father said, now I'm getting older, so I have to work hard in Camp 2. 714 00:56:41,970 --> 00:56:43,750 I'm going to leave this job. 715 00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:59,580 For the entire production team, it's hard to stop thinking about the memoirs 716 00:56:59,580 --> 00:57:02,400 they'll share with the men who died. 717 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:08,440 On the 17th of April, we danced around with them, and I sat with them while 718 00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:12,980 prayed to their mountain god and asked for a safe passage and a safe return for 719 00:57:12,980 --> 00:57:14,040 themselves and for us. 720 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:18,760 And the next day, they're all dead. 721 00:57:33,390 --> 00:57:39,910 With 16 Sherpas dead, three of them members of his own expedition, Joby O 722 00:57:39,910 --> 00:57:41,090 comes to a decision. 723 00:57:41,670 --> 00:57:43,130 His mission is over. 724 00:57:43,610 --> 00:57:44,850 He's going home. 725 00:57:45,290 --> 00:57:52,130 This was so bad, and it just did so much damage, that I realized that the right 726 00:57:52,130 --> 00:57:55,010 approach would be to step back from the mountain. 727 00:57:58,750 --> 00:58:01,110 16 Sherpas died. 728 00:58:09,070 --> 00:58:14,770 The whole climbing community had to go through the grieving process. 729 00:58:15,190 --> 00:58:19,690 So each day that changed. First everyone was very sad, then people were angry, 730 00:58:19,870 --> 00:58:22,790 then people wanted confessions from the government. 731 00:58:30,940 --> 00:58:31,940 Complete education. 732 00:58:32,500 --> 00:58:38,080 I hope that all the Western friends, brothers and sisters from all over the 733 00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:42,960 world and all the Nepalese Sherpas, my friends, my brothers, let's put a hand 734 00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:47,180 together and let's request the government to support these people. 735 00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:52,900 The Sherpas want more compensation for the victims' families than the 736 00:58:52,900 --> 00:58:53,900 is offering. 737 00:58:54,300 --> 00:58:57,860 Each family of a fallen Sherpa receives $400. 738 00:58:59,120 --> 00:59:04,260 while the Nepalese government collects nearly $4 million a year in permit fees. 739 00:59:04,780 --> 00:59:09,240 It's won on a list of grievances Sherpa leaders have submitted to the Ministry 740 00:59:09,240 --> 00:59:12,600 of Tourism, which oversees working conditions on Everest. 741 00:59:14,900 --> 00:59:18,260 The Sherpas want compensation for the deceased families. 742 00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:20,240 They want extra life insurance. 743 00:59:20,700 --> 00:59:24,000 We need to have extra rescue insurance so they can get helicopters. 744 00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:26,100 They want a memorial park. 745 00:59:27,630 --> 00:59:32,810 If these demands aren't met, the Sherpas are threatening something unheard of on 746 00:59:32,810 --> 00:59:35,590 the mountain to boycott the climbing season. 747 00:59:36,490 --> 00:59:41,570 There's some very upset Sherpas who want to stop climbing. Some want to work. 748 00:59:42,570 --> 00:59:45,470 You have the government who has permit revenue at stake. You have the Sherpas 749 00:59:45,470 --> 00:59:48,390 who have lost their friends and family and also who have had some workplace 750 00:59:48,390 --> 00:59:53,890 grievances. And all of those things are coming together at 17 ,500 feet. And 751 00:59:53,890 --> 00:59:56,550 it's this sort of volatile mix of humanity where... 752 00:59:56,920 --> 00:59:58,060 You know, anything can happen. 753 00:59:58,560 --> 01:00:04,240 Some expedition teams are packing up, including the crew brought in to produce 754 01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:08,380 the live discovery broadcast of Joby's wingsuit jump off the summit. 755 01:00:10,300 --> 01:00:14,760 It's time to leave because there's a lot of grieving and mourning that has to be 756 01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:15,760 done. 757 01:00:16,520 --> 01:00:21,060 With the climbing season in limbo, the government agrees to some of the 758 01:00:21,180 --> 01:00:22,180 demands. 759 01:00:22,220 --> 01:00:25,380 But many of the Sherpas feel the concessions are not enough. 760 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:28,240 and decide not to climb. 761 01:00:29,700 --> 01:00:34,000 It's an unprecedented event in the history of Mount Everest. 762 01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:39,680 We are sad that foreign climbers, they have, you know, spent a lot of time and 763 01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:40,578 their money. 764 01:00:40,580 --> 01:00:47,220 But, yeah, if you have life, you know, you can make money anytime, 765 01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:52,480 but you never can bring the life back with your money. 766 01:00:54,960 --> 01:01:00,720 My wife, she said, this is it for you. No more. You're not climbing anymore. 767 01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:07,460 And I believe that I need to listen to my wife. 768 01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:14,220 In a last -ditch effort to salvage the climbing season, government officials 769 01:01:14,220 --> 01:01:18,260 choppered a base camp to meet the Sherpas face -to -face. 770 01:01:26,230 --> 01:01:30,210 I think they're recognizing that this is an opportunity where they do have 771 01:01:30,210 --> 01:01:32,510 leverage, where the ministry can't ignore them. 772 01:01:33,390 --> 01:01:38,110 I hope that the April 18th tragedy changes the way that things are done on 773 01:01:38,110 --> 01:01:40,410 Everest. Hopefully those tensions will start to recede. 774 01:01:43,550 --> 01:01:44,830 Negotiations are ongoing. 775 01:01:45,830 --> 01:01:49,750 But for now, the season is over. 776 01:01:51,070 --> 01:01:52,670 Tragedy has left its mark. 777 01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:58,900 on the mountain but the call of everest will undoubtedly 778 01:01:58,900 --> 01:02:05,720 endure life has to move on go on 779 01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:11,420 after a certain time of being passed i will continue climbing 780 01:02:11,420 --> 01:02:18,380 and maybe come back to average next season most all 781 01:02:18,380 --> 01:02:22,320 of us will probably go back again somehow there's something about that 782 01:02:22,990 --> 01:02:24,750 That always pulls you back. 783 01:02:25,850 --> 01:02:27,210 You just can't resist it. 784 01:02:29,390 --> 01:02:35,070 I still believe in mountaineering. It's very close to my heart. I still like 785 01:02:35,070 --> 01:02:36,370 climbing mountains, you know. 786 01:02:39,550 --> 01:02:42,430 It's about the freedom of the human spirit. 787 01:02:45,170 --> 01:02:46,790 I'm a climber. It's in your blood. 788 01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:51,480 As ridiculous as it seems, you know, these things happen and there's still 789 01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:53,200 something in you that wants to climb. 790 01:02:56,780 --> 01:03:00,800 I don't really necessarily always remember how it feels to stand on top of 791 01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:05,480 peak. What I remember after these 50 days of an expedition is over is the 792 01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:08,220 people and the dancing and the puja and the camaraderie. 793 01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:13,980 The race is more tight, thick and rough. 794 01:03:14,220 --> 01:03:17,240 And you feel like you're on a sky, you're in a heaven. 795 01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:22,600 Every time I go back there, it makes me more grateful.