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(in Tibetan) Come on, Yeshi, keep up.

Are you okay, Yeshi?

Why are you so slow today?

Who are they?

Foreigners.

Men from far away places.

Where did you get those shoes?

From the foreigners.

Looks like our head Sherpa's here.

And he's stolen my boots.

What's your name?

He wants to know your name.

Tenzing.

Pleased to meet you, Tenzing. I'm Mallory.

- Mall... - Mallory.

- Mallor... Mallory. - That's it.

We're gonna try and climb your big mountain.

They say they will walk on Chomolungma.

Chomolungma!

Can I come too?

He says, he can come with us?

Next time.

When you're... bigger.

One day, when you're bigger

come find us in Darjeeling.

Mother! Mother!

Mother!

Mother! Did you see the strange men?

I talked to one. Mallory.

He has hair all over his face, like a yak.

They're going to walk on Chomolungma!

Do they think that?

They have big strong shoes.

The mother goddess does not want to be climbed.

They will offend her.

She is the mountain-so-high- no-bird-can-fly-over-her.

Chomolungma.

Since 1921,

expeditions have been trying without success, to climb Mount Everest.

This year, the Swiss are mounting a new push.

And their summit team has been chosen.

Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay will make the attempt.

But can the summit even be reached?

Lambert and Tenzing are more than 28,000 feet high.

The highest point on earth man has ever reached until this moment,

but still not high enough.

A monsoon is in full force,

and the savage winds sweeping down the south ridge

creates a barrier that cannot be passed.

Even though the goal is in sight, to go further is to die.

They must turn back.

Lambert and Tenzing have risked their lives for a chance to make history.

But the valiant Swiss attempt of 1952 has failed.

So, which one is Everest?

It's the big one.

No, no. Mount Everest is the one way off in the distance.

With the plume.

No. That's not Everest.

It's too small to be Everest.

Please. Eat.

I'll eat my hat if that's Everest.

Oh, stop.

Well, I'm so glad you enjoyed yourselves.

I dare say, even Roger enjoyed it.

Yes, well, I'll be feeling it still tonight.

- You'll sleep well. I promise. - Wait,

- isn't that our porter? - Yes, that's our Tenzing.

He never said a word.

Well, you've just picnicked with the man who's climbed

higher than any human's climbed before.

One, two, Everest.

The British have the permit for the summit attempt this year.

What do you think?

Six attempts is good.

I'm happy with the picnics.

Tell me. If the Swiss were asking, would your answer be different?

But they are not.

So, you'd be absolutely content if the British got up there without you?

Because I'd be upset if they got there without you.

But why would I climb with the British?

They will never make me a full climbing member.

Tenzing, I have a feeling this could be the one.

You twisted my arm once to get up there.

You were so driven.

And now what? You're just going to let it all go?

"Dear Mr. Norgay, we would like to offer you the position

of head Sherpa on the upcoming British Expedition to Mount Everest.

We would expect you to select a team of 20 high altitude Sherpas.

We will assemble in Kathmandu on March 8, 1953."

"And if all is well, hope to ascend the mountain by May 15th.

With best wishes, Colonel John Hunt. Expedition leader."

(in Sherpa) Auntie! Auntie!

Is he going back already?

Are you sure you want to go again so soon?

You nearly died up there last year.

Papa.

You promised.

But the plague has spread through the valley.

Other yaks too.

It did not start here. It's not our fault.

This house is for my herders.

You no longer have a herd.

But where will we go?

Please sir. I beg you.

Leave now! Go!

- Please sir. I beg you. - Go!

That's Nepal. There will be work for us there.

The boy is sick.

Help the man carry him inside.

Tenzing.

We need to go now.

We need to find work.

You will regain your strength here.

You're not strong enough to come with us.

We will be back when we can.

Mother!

Mother!

Papa.

What are you doing?

Coming with you.

This means a lot to you, doesn't it?

It does.

But I promised you I wouldn't go back.

I know that people don't always return.

And we've already lost Mama.

I miss her.

I miss her too.

But I know she wanted this for you.

So I think you should go.

Climbing member? No, no, no.

You're going to be our head Sherpa.

With Monsieur Lambert, I was on the climbing team.

Ah, yes. The Swiss.

They're practically socialists, you know?

No. It's never been done.

This is my condition.

If I come, I am on the climbing team.

What do you think, Jill?

Do you know how close that was?

Last year with Lambert.

777 feet.

They could taste it.

And Lambert learned from Mallory's mistake.

You've got to leave enough in the tank to get back down again.

Now, I've watched you, John.

How hungry you are.

A necessary quality up there.

He's hungrier than you.

Climbing member?

Why not?

With a chance at the summit?

Of course.

I'll never live it down, will I?

Thondup.

Thondup, namaste.

Welcome back. Good to see you.

Ah, Balu. Nice to see you.

Who's this?

Balu nephew.

Welcome, welcome.

Thank you. There we go.

Pasang, namaste.

Namaste.

See this one? He's our head Sherpa.

I was here when he got on his first expedition.

He's an outsider. Can you believe it?

He's not even (an ethnic) Sherpa.

If you're not a Sherpa, then how can you be head Sherpa?

Pasang.

Do you think you can cope?

Tenzing.

You know you don't have to bring Pasang?

It's your choice now. The team.

I'm not choosing him because I like him.

I'm choosing him because we need him.

All right.

What are you saying about me?

Only good things, my friend.

Like I said.

Outsider.

You said her spirit is up there.

We want you to give this back to her.

Three months.

- Three months! - Three months.

Tenzing.

Colonel Hunt.

Good man, you made it.

Madan, take the Sherpas to their quarters.

Okay, sir.

Chaps, this is Tenzing.

The man we've all been waiting for.

This is Tom Bourdillon. One of our top climbers.

Photographer, Alf Gregory.

Michael Ward, our doctor.

- Hi. - George Lowe, one of our Kiwis.

Only two allowed.

My deputy leader,

and another fine climber, Charles Evans.

So, you're the one they made full climbing member, eh?

You cheeky bugger.

Stobart over there, our cameraman.

And that's our other Kiwi. Ed Hillary.

Come and join us, man.

In a minute.

What is a Kiwi?

That's the question we're all trying to answer, Tenzing.

Let me show you to your room.

And my men?

Ah, yes, exactly.

The rooms are for full climbing members only.

Like yourself.

We've made things comfortable for your men in the old stable.

Thanks, but I will sleep in the stable.

At least it has a roof!

Hey. Hello.

You can't do that.

We're trying to grow a lawn here.

For God's sake.

Tenzing, will you translate for me?

Men, we're sorry there's too many of you to use the indoor facilities,

but we can't behave like animals and disrespect our hosts.

I am very sorry we disrespected you

and made you sleep in the stables like animals.

I mean, not the lawns, chaps.

We are lucky to have you on this expedition

and promise to treat you with more respect in the future.

The ambassador is very cross.

Let's raise our game.

He knows the ambassador is a fool.

So, let's bow our heads and pretend we're sorry.

Thank you.

You're all here for a reason.

Your skills. Your experience.

I too am here for a reason.

In their wisdom, the Royal Geographical Society

chose a military man to lead this expedition,

and they expect me to run it like a military operation.

That makes you all soldiers with a patriotic responsibility.

Failure is not an option.

No one knows the impact on the body at the highest heights.

What's possible up there. What's the limit.

Yes, and I for one don't want to die wondering.

We've been trying to climb this mountain for 30 years,

and if we don't do it now...

we'll miss our chance.

The French have the permits for next year.

The Swiss for 1955.

And we won't be back here till 1956,

and if one of those nations gets up first,

1956 is not going to matter.

Gentlemen, this is a British mountain.

Yes, it is.

Hear, hear.

And Britain is depending on us.

We have a new queen.

Let's not let her down!

- Hear, hear. - Hear, hear.

We move out at 0600 hours,

and I'd like to remind you not to overpack,

for whatever you carry, you'll be carrying all the way to Base Camp.

And the higher we get, the heavier it will feel.

So...

I hear you met the great George Mallory once.

I tried his boots on.

Good for you.

It was a big thing for me.

I don't doubt it.

And you?

You met him?

I was only three years old when he died, so no.

I didn't have that pleasure.

But I did read a book about him.

When I was ten.

Devoured it.

What did you learn about him?

Well, I suppose...

that he and I felt the same way when we climbed.

What way is that?

Happy.

Free.

Up there in the mountains, there's no one telling me what to do,

or who to be, or not be.

So, I was Mallory.

He wanted to be first, and...

so do I.

Mallory's the reason we're all here.

I was already here.

Of course you were.

I just meant, you know, all this.

Expeditions.

He believed it was possible.

He paved the way.

For all of us.

Right, better get back.

Hey, Tenzing!

Dawa!

The boy is an outsider.

Don't speak to outsiders.

Don't speak to my daughter.

Dhondup, you should know better!

Don't say anything. Let's go.

What are you doing?

What are you doing up here?

Looking.

At what?

Chomolungma. My mountain.

It's not your mountain!

Your family is poor.

My father says so.

My family's coming back soon

to take me home.

But they left you here.

I'm stronger now.

They're coming back.

When?

Soon.

Tenzing!

Tenzing!

Did you hear there's foreigners coming?

They want to try and climb your mountain.

- When? - I don't know.

I heard they're going to set up a big expedition in Darjeeling.

And they'll need Sherpas.

Darjeeling?

Tenzing!

Don't go getting big ideas, my friend.

Tenzing, back to work.

I'm going to Darjeeling.

To see if I can join that expedition.

When?

Soon.

Now.

Now is my chance to go there.

To meet Chomolungma.

And what will you say to her?

I don't know...

"Do you mind if I come in?"

"I've bought you some yak's milk."

"Thanks, Tenzing."

But seriously...

What would you ask her?

I'd ask her to bless...

...my life...

...my children.

Come with me.

Mr. Sepa.

I want to marry Dawa

and move to Darjeeling

and climb Chomolungma with the foreigners.

I will join their expedition.

They will pay me lots of money

and I will give you grandchildren.

Tenzing Norgay.

Our servant boy.

You work hard.

You care for the yaks.

You've found your place here.

You're sensible.

I like that.

But what you're doing right now is foolish.

Impressive, yes, but foolish.

I will make a life--

My daughter will not marry a servant boy.

She will marry here.

Why do you think I would allow her to be taken away?

But I will--

These are strange ideas.

You should not be having them.

Now get out of my sight!

Sir!

Ah, Tenzing. There you are.

We must hold a Kurim.

What is a Kurim?

A blessing to ask for protection from the Goddess.

Oh, no, no, no, no. We've got a hell of a lot to do.

We must get her permission.

If she hears our prayers, she will keep us safe.

How much time will it take?

Faster than you dying in an avalanche.

This one is the chief?

Yes.

May Chomolungma accept your prayers and grant you safe passage.

Tenzing show you correct way.

I'm sure he will.

Take care up there.

Rinpoche.

How do I know the correct way?

You just need to climb...

like a child climbs into its mother's lap.

Do you remember when he came here?

The boy with the mountain in his eyes.

The odds were against him.

But he's very determined.

That's why you're interested in him.

Tenzing says he will climb Chomolungma. With the foreigners.

And you like this idea?

Rinpoche...

Is it wrong for him to have this dream?

It might simply be that Chomolungma is

calling him home.

Only he can know that.

What is it exactly that you think is going to happen?

I'm serious.

How would we survive in Darjeeling?

What if you don't get on any expedition?

We will find the answers to those questions.

- I promise-- - Tell me!

Just because you're obsessed,

doesn't mean everything happens the way you plan.

I can offer you three things.

All my hope.

All my future.

And all my heart.

That's all I have to offer you.

Yes, didn't they call it the death zone?

There's a theory that your cells die faster

- than your body can make new ones. - Sounds like fun.

- But we know why the Swiss failed. - They left their run too late.

Yes, they got hit by a monsoon at the end of May.

And that's what made you turn back, Tenzing? Last year?

Too much wind. Yes. And we ran out of oxygen.

But we've got double the man power than the Swiss,

so there's no reason we can't get the camps stocked

with oxygen and supplies before the monsoon arrives.

We'll fix the ropes, the Sherpas will follow with the loads.

We'll climb high and sleep low. Four weeks, men.

Yes, that's right. Four weeks, starting in the morning.

We need to get three tons of equipment up through the Khumbu Icefall.

And please, everyone wearing crampons

unless you feel like sliding into a crevasse.

Then, along the Western Cwm, where we'll establish our advanced base camp

at the foot of the Lhotse Face.

Another week to get half a ton of supplies straight up the Lhotse Face

to the South Col

and only then can we make an attempt on the summit.

And all before the monsoon hits.

Good.

That'll hold.

After you.

Well done, Tenzing!

Get down!

Everyone all right? All right.

We'll fix the ropes another 300 feet up, drop your loads there.

See you down at camp tonight.

Damn!

This looks like a dead end.

We'll retrace and shift east.

It's getting late.

Fresh eyes tomorrow.

Amazing.

- What's happening? - Well.

Tenzing. Tenzing's happening.

He's found a way across.

Impressive.

Unbelievable.

Bravo!

Well done, Tenzing!

John, Tenzing made the crossing.

Good, this will save us some time.

Bloody show-off.

Who's next?

Uncle.

Where did you learn to climb a crevasse like that?

From my friend, Monsieur Lambert.

He thinks he's one of them.

They're not your friends.

We get paid to carry. They get to pretend they're heroes.

So let them.

- Sort of up center, then up... - Just to the left...

- ...to the left... - A bit rough.

...and then a little hook right under that couloir.

We should pick up some speed now.

We've made good time.

Tenzing, you take the Sherpas down to Base Camp to get the rest of the supplies.

We'll push up, find a site for Advanced Base Camp.

But, Sir, I know where the best campsite is.

Let me show you.

You may technically be a full climbing member, but you're also our head Sherpa.

What I need you to do is get all the heavy supplies up here now.

If something goes wrong with supplies, everything goes wrong.

He has been here before, John.

We need those loads up here now.

His job is to make that happen.

Let's go.

Come in here! In here!

They should pay us more.

The Icefall is the most dangerous part.

Pasang.

You know that's not true.

The higher we go, the harder it gets.

They pay you enough not to care.

If they do make it up there, that's it for us.

What?

Once someone gets to the top, why would anyone want to do it again?

He's got a point.

T is for?

T is for "Tiger."

Y is for?

Y is for "Yak!"

G is for?

- Gold! - Tenzing.

- Again. - G is for "Gold."

I'll see you at home.

Tenzing.

Me, mountain.

Line up over there.

(in Nepalese) Over there.

Next!

What are these papers?

Letters of recommendation.

From who?

From expeditions.

You've been on expeditions?

Yes.

You need a letter of recommendation to get on an expedition?

Yes.

So how do you get the first one?

You can't climb with long hair anyway.

Next.

Mr. Mountain.

- Name? - Tenzing Norgay.

- Tribe? - Bhotia.

Where from?

From Ghang La valley. Across the mountains.

You have papers?

- He's Bhotia. - What does that mean?

Not Sherpa. He's an outsider.

I'm sorry. Sherpas only.

Go now!

Tell her I met Mallory! Mallory. Tell her--

I don't care.

- Did he say Mallory? - Mallory. Yes! Mallory.

- He says he met him. - What?

Foreigner.

- How old were you? - How old were you?

- Next. - You know he died up there?

Pasang... twenty-two...

It says here you're a very good worker.

Get out of here! Go!

It says here he's a very good worker.

It's a letter of recommendation.

Good man, Tenzing.

We've got five days to get all the oxygen and supplies up to the South Col.

What do you say, Tenzing?

I'm sorry,

but the higher we climb, the slower we get.

I think it's gonna take about three weeks.

If it takes three weeks, we'll be blown off the mountain,

like you were last year.

Let's do better than that.

Pemba, two ropes. Long ropes.

Yeah.

- All right? We're good? - Yes.

You need help?

Eat.

Any last words?

You hear that?

If we don't make the South Col until the 10th or even the 12th...

- Yes? - ...one week later than planned--

Well, or the 21st, if Tenzing's right.

That cannot happen.

We may not have a choice, John.

Who is the final team, John?

Final team not chosen yet.

The lucky two for the final assault

will depend to some extent on how people are performing at altitude.

And who's the best climber.

All right, Ed. Lovely to imagine a world in which a Kiwi stands on the summit.

All jokes aside,

all of you are in with a shot.

But only two of you are going to step on the summit.

The rest of us will be in support.

The choice of who those two will be...

Ultimately, that choice will be made on merit.

So, keep sharp. I'll be watching.

Tenzing!

Look...

I've been thinking.

Perhaps we should join forces, you and me.

Bourdillon and Evans have already paired up.

They're good, but I think we could give them a run for their money.

We'd be a good pair.

Yeah.

Michael, you can't sleep here. If you sleep here, you'll never wake up.

Come. Up you come.

Barometric pressure 795 millibars and falling.

A disturbance moving eastwards across northern Nepal

is likely to cause extreme weather.

All indications now are that the monsoon has moved northward

from the Bay of Bengal and arrived in the higher Himalaya.

Change of plan. We're out of time.

Tenzing, pick eight Sherpas to establish a high camp at the top of the fixed ropes.

They leave now, sleep there tonight,

and tomorrow push all the way up to the South Col.

You stay here. I need you organizing the loads for the big push.

But, John, beyond the high camp, there are no fixed ropes in place.

We have no choice.

Organize the men, Tenzing.

And then, the fun begins. Hey, gentlemen?

The siege of Everest.

Be careful.

What he's asking us to do is dangerous.

That's why I'm counting on you to keep them safe.

Remind me, whose side are you on?

Ed. What is a siege?

He means like the army.

War.

War?

You know, you set up camps and you surround a place,

until, eventually, the enemy surrenders.

"I give up. You win."

So, Colonel Hunt, he sees Chomolungma as an enemy?

I think the British see nature in general as something to be conquered.

Maybe that's where they have been going wrong.

They see mountains, we see ourselves.

The mountains are the bones.

We are the blood.

Maybe my father was right.

The goddess doesn't want me to climb her.

I'm not sure you've gotten close enough for the goddess to notice you yet.

I promised I'd provide for you.

I promised you my future.

But now, why would you want that?

Tenzing.

Time for a haircut.

I am Tenzing.

I need your help.

Will you teach me to say something in English?

It's urgent.

What do you need to say?

There's a job.

I really need to get it.

I mean, not just for me...

for my wife...

You want to say all that in English?

No.

I just want to say, "I am a very good worker, sir."

I am a very good worker, sir.

Yes.

Mister, I am...

worker.

Amazing... Amazing. Amazing worker.

Mister, I am amazing worker.

Can you say it again?

- Mister... - "M-Mister"...

- ...I... - ..."I"...

- ...am... - ..."am"...

...amazing...

- amazing... - ..."a-ma-zing"...

- ...worker. - ..."worker."

- Mister... - "Mister"...

- ...I... - ..."I"...

- ...am... amazing... - ..."am"... "amazing"...

- worker. - ..."worker."

- That's it. Again. - "Mister,

I... am

- amazing worker." - Amazing worker.

Please, let me pay you.

I will repay you one day.

- Come in, girls. - Sorry.

- "Mister, I am... - Mister...

- ...a-amazing worker." - ...amazing... worker.

- "Mister, I am amazing worker." - Amazing.

"Worker... Mister, I am amazing worker."

"Mister, I am amazing worker."

"Mister, I am amazing..."

"Mister, I am amazing..."

"I am amazing."

"Mister, I am amazing."

Go to London...

I am Mr. Amazing, worker.

You are Mr. Amazing?

I am Mr. Amazing.

He's very persistent, this one.

- Shall I remove him, ma'am? - No.

Young man, unless something has changed since yesterday,

you're still not Sherpa, and you still have no experience.

You're not going.

Surely we could squeeze in an extra one?

I don't think the other Sherpas would be very pleased. He's Bhotia.

"Bhotia." What does that actually mean?

Not good!

It means he's from another clan across the border.

It's like saying he's Scottish instead of English.

I see.

A colorful Scotsman.

Let's give it a shot, shall we?

I say yes.

Well, looks like it's your lucky day.

Now you're going.

I got it.

Tenzing!

Take care.

I'll be with you up there.

Uncle.

No one will move. You need to go up there.

- What are you talking about? - No one will move.

- No one will work. - Why?

They say they've gone high enough.

- They want to come back down. - This is Pasang, isn't it?

What's going on?

The Sherpas are sick. I'm going up there.

- Who's sick? They can't all be sick. - They want to come back down, sir.

No, they don't. I'm going up there.

It's not a problem.

It's a damn problem if they won't work.

I'm fixing it. I'm going now.

If those loads don't arrive at the South Col tomorrow, it's over.

What's this all about, John?

Apparently the damned porters have downed tools.

I'm going now. I'm going.

No, no. You can't go up there now, man. It'll be dark in a few hours.

I'll come with you. We'll be back for dinner.

Let's give it a go.

All right.

Tenzing, whatever's going on up there, I need you to deal with it.

If you don't, we're ruined. You understand?

- Yes. - Go.

Twenty quid says it can't be done, Ed.

Twenty pounds, Tenzing.

They say we won't make it back for dinner.

You're on.

Twenty quid. 6:30.

All right. Good luck.

I guess we'll see you tomorrow.

We'll see you tonight. 6:30.

Pasang.

You're supposed to be carrying all the way to the South Col today.

Things change.

Look.

We're almost up the Lhotse Face. And we're almost out of time.

If we fail, then we will all go home

in shame.

Your shame! Not ours!

You only care about some crazy dream. Their dream. Not ours.

We just want to get paid and get home alive.

And so do I! I have two daughters!

And I plan to see them again.

If she does not like it, she will kill us.

She means us no harm. She knows we are seeking her.

You might be seeking her. We just want to stay alive.

This expedition is not possible without you.

None of them have ever been possible without us.

But none of them have ever failed because of us.

Tenzing.

None of us have ever been this close before.

Stabbing our spikes into her body.

Now her shoulders. We did not know it would feel like this.

I climb to know her better.

Don't you?

If we pray to her, she will protect us,

as she has done so far.

Once you're up on her shoulders, you'll be so close

you can whisper that prayer in her ear.

And besides...

she'll definitely be impressed

when she sees how handsome you are.

I see no one's sick anymore.

I'm impressed.

You're a doctor.

Now, if only we can win this bet.

Let's show them what's what with merit.

Yes.

They're up, they're up

And when they were down They were down

And when they were only halfway up They were neither up nor down

Oh, the grand old Duke of York Had ten thousand men

He marched them up To the top of the hill

And he marched them down again

And when they were up, they were up

And when they were down They were down

Ed!

- Ed! - It's okay!

I'm all right!

Shit.

Tenzing! Have you got me?

I've got you!

Thank God.

How did you go?

Good. They will finish the job.

Well done.

Quite the feat, gentlemen.

6:29.

Presume you're not carrying any cash, Charlie?

Oh, no. I am impressed.

I mean, we would have been even earlier...

but Tenzing had a little mishap.

Yes.

Guess you're making the tea tonight.

I guess so.

There they are.

They're almost there.

Tenzing, whatever you said or did,

tip-top job.

Well done.

The monsoon is upon us.

But we are still in the game.

The final assault, gentlemen.

And so, the assault team.

It is, as you'll understand, not the easiest decision.

Nonetheless, after much weighing up...

Bourdillon, Evans. Congratulations.

- Wow. - Myself,

Ed, Tenzing, Lowe, Ang Nyima.

We're the support team. We'll carry.

Leave Bourdillon and Evans fresh.

- Well. - Charles.

We'll leave in an hour.

- Thank you, John. - Come back in one piece, all right?

- We'll try. - Good luck, Tom.

- Thank you, Ed. - No pressure.

None whatsoever.

I'm sorry, Tenzing.

It's not fair.

That word "merit" doesn't mean who's the best.

True.

Evidently, it means who's the best of the British.

They take care of their own.

They've made an empire of it.

Ed. Tenzing.

I'm sorry.

We shook hands.

All I ever agreed to was that you would be a full climbing member,

which you are.

And that all full climbing members would get a shot at the summit team,

as you did.

My job was to make the best decision for this expedition.

As I've done.

You okay?

Thank you, Pasang.

I mean it.

Good luck. Go make history.

We'll do our best.

Try not to worry, John. We'll see you tonight.

Come back safe!

I'm so sorry, John.

I'm so sorry.

There's a steep ridge. Ice and rock.

Just after the South Summit.

It's about 40 feet up high.

It's not possible.

It's not possible.

It's all right.

We've missed our window.

In this weather, we'll be lucky to get back down unharmed.

It's over.

Hillary!

Hillary!

Listen. Listen.

No wind.

We can make it, John.

We just need to start higher,

because now we know you can't do it from here in one day.

Yes. We need a higher camp, sir.

You can't survive a night up there.

He already did. Last year.

Lowe, Pasang, you take Evans and Bourdillon back down.

Ang Nyima and I will carry oxygen and supplies.

So you two can conserve energy.

Sir, I go.

I help.

Let me finish the job.

I want her to see how handsome I am.

All right, then.

We have a plan.

- Good luck. - Good luck, sir.

Thank you, John.

You should go. The light is going.

We'll help set your tent.

No, no. Go.

Go.

Good luck up there.

Tenzing.

Take care.

Thank you.

Tenzing.

May Chomolungma accept your prayers

and grant you

safe passage.

How is your head?

It's...

Drink.

Have some of this.

How's yours?

Ed,

are you married?

Nope. Not yet.

I've got bees.

Bees?

You know, bees.

Honey.

Yeah, that's it.

And you?

Do you have a family?

I have two girls.

They wish they were here.

And they're with their mother?

Hey, Tenzing.

You'll come to New Zealand. We'll climb our mountains.

I would like that very much.

Our mountains aren't as big as these ones,

but we'd have fun.

Everywhere you turn,

it's amazing.

Amazing.

"I am Mr. Amazing."

What?

I am Mr. Amazing.

- You are? - Yeah.

Okay. Good for you.

Are we gonna be all right, Tenzing?

You know the mountain better than anyone.

When I was a boy,

I used to tell people it was my mountain.

But it's not, Ed.

You do all these things.

You cut off your hair,

you follow orders...

you never stop thinking about it.

You say goodbye,

you come back,

you say goodbye again.

Why do you keep doing it?

Your lead.

- You alright? - Yeah.

Tenzing.

Tenzing.

Tenzing.

You're not strong enough to come with us.

We will be back when we can.

Mother!

I can get stronger!

Mother!

Mother!

I can get stronger!

Dawa...

I wasn't strong enough.

After you were gone,

I could no longer hear the voice of the mountain.

Do I have her permission?

What if she says no?

What if she rejects me?

All your hope.

All your future.

All your heart.

Do you remember when you promised me that?

This is the future.

We're in it.

You've known her your whole life.

She's calling you home.

Tenzing!

Tenzing!

Tenzing!

Let's get you up.

You had a wee bit of hypoxia.

Your mask was completely iced up.

You okay?

Thank you.

Okay.

That must be what Charlie was talking about.

Let's give it a go.

Okay.

Ed!

Ed!

You can do it!

That's it, Tenzing.

That's it.

No.

After you.

Mr. Amazing.

Chomolungma.

Wait.

The photo.

There they are. They're here.

What's the word?

We did it, George. We did it.

Well done.

Congratulations. Well done.

- Ed, you made it? Well done. Well done. - Thank you.

Thank you, Tom.

You deserve this, Tenzing. Well done.

Did you meet her?

Yes.

And she's beautiful.

Thank you to the Goddess!

- Ed, you did it, man! - We did it.

That's amazing!