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Douglas:
THIS IS AN ASTONISHINGLY
CHANCE RELATIONSHIP

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BETWEEN WESTERN CLIMBERS
AND THE SHERPAS.

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WHEN CLIMBING BEGAN,
THE SHERPAS HAD NO CONCEPTION

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OF WHAT MOUNTAINEERING
MIGHT BE,

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AND YET, SUDDENLY THEY WERE
ON THIS JOURNEY

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FROM BEING PEOPLE WHO JUST
GENETICALLY WERE REALLY GOOD

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AT ALTITUDE TO BECOMING,

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YOU KNOW, INTERNATIONAL
MOUNTAIN GUIDES 100 YEARS LATER.

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Man:
1953 -- CORONATION YEAR.

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THE WORLD WAS TURNED BY THE NEWS

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THAT EVEREST HAD AT LAST
BEEN CONQUERED

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BY A BRITISH EXPEDITION
LED BY COLONEL JOHN HUNT.

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ACCOMPANIED BY THE FAMOUS
SHERPA TENZING,

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EDMUND HILLARY CLIMBED
THE SUMMIT

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OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.

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Douglas: WHEN TENZING NORGAY
REACHED THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST,

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THAT IS SUCH AN AMAZING MOMENT.

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IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS

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IN CLIMBING HISTORY.

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THAT'S THE MOMENT
WHEN THE WORD "SHERPA"

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HAS THE MEANING OF BRAND IN
THE WAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND IT.

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THE WORLD
WAS CAPTIVATED BY TENZING.

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AND HE FIXED IN OUR MINDS
THE POPULAR IMAGE OF A SHERPA,

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AS THIS SMILING, FRIENDLY,
ALMOST HEROIC FIGURE.

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Jamling:
A LOT OF THE WESTERN WORLD

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DO NOT KNOW WHAT A SHERPA IS.

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SO, A SHERPA, YOU KNOW --
YOU CLIMB MOUNTAINS, YOU KNOW?

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AND THAT'S THE FIRST INSTINCT,

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BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA
THAT WE ARE

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ACTUALLY AN ETHNIC GROUP
OF PEOPLE.

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WE BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION --
LIFE AFTER DEATH.

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AND YOU CONTINUE TO BE REBORN
AND REBORN AND REBORN

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UNTIL THE DAY YOU REACH NIRVANA.

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SO, YOUR NEXT LIFE IS DETERMINED
BY YOUR DEEDS OF THIS LIFE.

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WE SHERPA PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT
RESPECT FOR THE MOUNTAIN.

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Norgay:
OVER HERE, WE CLIMB MOUNTAINS,

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BUT IT'S A HOLY PLACE.

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THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN,
YOU KNOW,

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THE ATTITUDE, THE FEELING.

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WESTERN PEOPLE APPROACH IT
AS A PHYSICAL CHALLENGE --

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PUSH YOUR LIMIT TO SEE
HOW CLOSE YOU CAN GET TO DEATH.

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BUT THERE'S
1,000-YEAR-OLD STORIES

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WE HAVE ABOUT
THE MOUNTAIN'S HISTORY,

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WHICH THESE PEOPLE
HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT.

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AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE ADAPT
AND LEARN AND RESPECT IT.

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SOME PEOPLE DON'T.

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Douglas: IF PHURBA IS ONE OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL CLIMBING SHERPAS

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OF HIS GENERATION,

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THEN HIS COUNTERPART
AMONGST EXPEDITION LEADERS

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IS HIS BOSS, RUSSELL BRICE.

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Brice: I'VE BEEN RUNNING
COMMERCIAL EXPEDITIONS HERE

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SINCE 1994.

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I THINK I'M THE PERSON
THAT'S BEEN

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ON MORE EVEREST EXPEDITIONS
THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

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IT'S ALL OXYGEN.
-ALL OXYGEN.

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AND I BROUGHT THOSE
TWO BROKEN ONES IN KATHMANDU.

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HOW CAN I EXPLAIN PHURBA TASHI?

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THIS YEAR, HE MIGHT CLIMB
EVEREST 22 TIMES --

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MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE
IN THE WORLD --

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AND SUCH A SPECIAL PERSON.

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HE'S INCREDIBLY STRONG
ON THE MOUNTAIN.

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[ CHUCKLING ]

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GOOD IDEA.
WATER HERE.

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HI, GUYS.

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LOTS OF NEW FACES.

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[ HORN HONKING ]

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Douglas:
THE SERVICE-INDUSTRY ASPECT

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OF CLIMBING EVEREST
HAS DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPED.

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SO WHAT MOUNTAINEERS IN 1975
MAYBE WOULD HAVE PUT UP WITH,

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THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING NOW
WANT SOMETHING A BIT MORE.

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YOU KNOW, THEY WANT
A VERY COMFORTABLE BASE CAMP.

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EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

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SO MUCH WORK
FOR THESE GUYS

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TO MAKE ALL THESE PLATFORMS
AND PUT TENTS UP.

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[ MEN SHOUTING ]

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THE ACTIVITY HERE
HAS CHANGED UTTERLY.

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IT HAS BECOME AN INDUSTRY,

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AND THAT INDUSTRY IS PEOPLE,
LARGELY, BY SHERPAS.

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[ SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

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AND THEY MAY NOT STILL
FULLY UNDERSTAND

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WHAT IT IS THAT COMPELS US
TO CLIMB MOUNTAINS,

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BUT THEY ARE FANTASTICALLY GOOD
AT DELIVERING THE EXPERIENCE.

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[ MEN SHOUTING ]

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Woodward:
SO FAR, SO GOOD, ACTUALLY.

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EVERYBODY'S LOOKING
AND SOUNDING QUITE HEALTHY.

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A COUPLE MILD HEADACHES,
BUT THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

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OKAY, FOLKS.

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LET'S ROLL ON OUT OF TOWN.

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Steven: IN THE OLD DAYS,

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PEOPLE DID EVERYTHING
ON THE MOUNTAIN TOGETHER.

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AND TODAY,
THE MOUNTAIN HAS CHANGED IN THAT

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THE OPERATORS
TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

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Brice: IN THE OLD DAYS,

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IF YOU GOT ONE PERSON
ON THE SUMMIT,

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THAT WAS SUCCESS.

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NOW, WE NEED TO GET EVERYONE
ON THE SUMMIT.

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SO IF YOU WANT TO GET EVERYONE
ON THE SUMMIT,

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YOU NEED MUCH MORE
CREATURE COMFORT.

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CERTAINLY THE TYPE OF PERSON

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THAT COMES ON AN EXPEDITION
HAS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY.

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WE BRING PEOPLE HERE TO HELP
THEM FULFILL THEIR DREAMS.

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HEY! YEAH!

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[ CHUCKLES ]

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PHURBA, HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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YOU BOYS HAVE DONE
HARD WORK.

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OH!

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HEY, PHURBA. PETER.
HOW ARE YOU?

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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

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[ LAUGHTER ]

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IT'S BEEN A GOAL AS A CLIMBER.

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I KNOW TO A LOT OF CLIMBERS,
IT MIGHT BE TRIVIAL,

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BUT TO ME,
BEING ON TOP OF EVEREST

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IS JUST AN ACHIEVEMENT
OF A DREAM.

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Johnson: PART OF THE REASON WHY
YOU WANT TO COME AND CLIMB --

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YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE
THOSE THINGS,

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SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT, SEE
IF YOU CAN PHYSICALLY DO IT.

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IT'S A MASSIVE
UNDERTAKING.

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THE TRAINING IS
PHENOMENAL.

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AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING

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YOU PUT TOGETHER
IN A COUPLE WEEKS.

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IT'S MONTHS OF PLANNING
AND MONTHS OF GETTING ORGANIZED.

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EVEREST HAS ALWAYS
BEEN ATTRACTIVE

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FOR SEVERAL REASONS FOR ME.

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I LOVE THE BUDDHIST SIDE TO IT.

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I LOVE THE WHOLE --
I LOVE THE NEPALESE PEOPLE.

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SO, FOR ME, IT'S BEEN A MORE
ENJOYABLE MOUNTAIN THAN MOST

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BECAUSE I THINK
THAT IT'S SO COOL,

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THAT YOU GET TO SHARE IT
WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

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[ PAN CLANGING ]

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Man: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MAN
SO PARTICULAR?

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Man #2:
ARE YOU WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW?

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Man #3:
IT'S LIKE A CAVEMAN.

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Douglas: AND SO, FOR JUST
EIGHT HECTIC WEEKS EACH YEAR,

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EVEREST BASE CAMP
BECOMES THIS THRIVING VILLAGE.

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AND IN RECENT YEARS,
OVERCROWDING ON EVEREST

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HAS BEEN THE SOURCE
OF A LOT OF CONTROVERSY.

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Williams: IT MIGHT JUST BE
THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH

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YOU'D EXPECT TO FIND
A TRAFFIC JAM --

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THE TOP OF THE WORLD --
MOUNT EVEREST.

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Man #4: THESE ARCHIVE IMAGES
SHOW HOW LINEUPS

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CAUSE LONG
AND UNNECESSARY DELAYS.

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Man #5: MORE THAN 4,000 CLIMBERS
HAVE BEEN TO THE TOP OF EVEREST.

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600 PEOPLE DO IT IN A GOOD YEAR.

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IT HAS BECOME A VERY NECESSARY
PART OF THE NEPALESE ECONOMY.

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Man #6: EXPEDITION COMPANIES
CHARGE UP TO $100,000

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TO CLIENTS WANTING
TO MAKE THE ASCENT.

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Man #7: CLIMBING EVEREST HAS
BECOME A BUCKET LIST AMBITION

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AND A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR
INDUSTRY.

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Douglas: THIS IS A, YOU KNOW,
BIG EMPLOYER --

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LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE.

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THERE ARE MORE SHERPAS
WORKING ON THE MOUNTAIN NOW

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THAN THERE EVER
HAVE BEEN IN HISTORY.

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BUT THEY ONLY GET
A SMALL FRACTION OF THE PIE.

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Man #5: THE SHERPA GUIDES
EARN UP TO $5,000

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FOR A TWO-MONTH EXPEDITION,

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10 TIMES THE AVERAGE ANNUAL PAY

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IN THEIR ISOLATED HOMELAND.

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Douglas:
THE WHOLE EVEREST CIRCUS

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JUST SEEMS TO GET
BIGGER AND BIGGER,

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AND THIS SEASON IS NO EXCEPTION.

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RUSSELL BRICE'S TEAM
IS JUST ONE OF 38 EXPEDITIONS

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ON THE MOUNTAIN THIS YEAR.

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ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE
LOOKED AFTER,

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AND ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT HAS
TO BE MOVED UP THE MOUNTAIN.

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YOU HAVE GOOGLE MAPS

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PHOTOGRAPHING THE ROUTE
TO THE SUMMIT.

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THERE'S A HOLLYWOOD
FEATURE FILM.

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THERE'S EVEN A GUY IN A WINGSUIT

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TRYING TO JUMP OFF THE TOP
AND FLY ALL THE WAY DOWN.

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Flisler:
SO, WE'RE HERE TO PUT ON ONE

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OF THE MOST
AMBITIOUS TELEVISION PROJECTS

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IN THE HISTORY
OF THE MEDIA WORLD.

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SO HE'LL BE FLYING DOWN HERE,

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AND WE'RE GONNA BE
BROADCASTING IT ALL LIVE.

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THERE'S A REASON
THAT SUPERMAN MOVIES

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OR BATMAN MOVIES
AND SPIDER-MAN --

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ALL THESE SUPERHEROES
ARE SO POPULAR.

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I CAN DO WHAT THOSE GUYS CAN DO.

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Wardle: IT'S KIND OF DAFT,

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BUT YOU KNOW,
IN THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE,

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PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS THINKING
OF NEW CRAZY THINGS TO DO.

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Douglas:
IT'S PART OF THE DEAL NOW --

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IS THAT THEY'RE ALL KINDS
OF STRANGE NOTIONS

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OF WHAT CAN BE DONE ON EVEREST
SIMPLY TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.

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ONE, TWO, THREE.

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00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:27,798
THE WAY THESE COMMERCIAL
EXPEDITIONS CLIMB EVEREST

227
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,736
IS TO ESTABLISH A SERIES
OF HIGHER AND HIGHER CAMPS,

228
00:19:31,738 --> 00:19:33,938
STOCKING THEM
OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS

229
00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:36,073
WITH EVERYTHING REQUIRED
TO GIVE THE CLIENTS

230
00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:39,944
THE BEST CHANCE
OF REACHING THE SUMMIT.

231
00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:43,147
[ WIND HOWLING ]

232
00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:51,489
THE GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T PERMIT EQUIPMENT

233
00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:53,257
TO BE FLOWN UP THE MOUNTAIN,

234
00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:55,593
SO EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO
BUILDING THESE CAMPS

235
00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:58,829
HAS TO BE CARRIED.

236
00:20:03,636 --> 00:20:05,136
[ LAUGHS ]

237
00:20:05,138 --> 00:20:08,839
Douglas: AND IT'S THE SHERPAS
THAT DO THAT WORK,

238
00:20:08,841 --> 00:20:12,310
INCLUDING GOING THROUGH WHAT IS
ITS MOST DANGEROUS SECTION.

239
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,914
¶¶

240
00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:31,062
IF YOU WANT TO CLIMB EVEREST
FROM THE SOUTH,

241
00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:34,232
YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE KHUMBU ICEFALL.

242
00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:39,136
IT'S THE ROUTE UP EVEREST MOST
COMMERCIAL OPERATORS PREFER,

243
00:20:39,138 --> 00:20:40,938
PARTLY BECAUSE OF
POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY

244
00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:43,307
ON THE NORTHERN SIDE
OF THE MOUNTAIN IN TIBET,

245
00:20:43,309 --> 00:20:46,744
WHICH THEY'D RATHER AVOID.

246
00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:49,380
McKinley: THE KHUMBU ICEFALL
IS LIKE A WATERFALL OF ICE

247
00:20:49,382 --> 00:20:51,515
COMING OUT OF THE WESTERN CWM.

248
00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:53,251
THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE
IN THE WORLD

249
00:20:53,253 --> 00:20:57,622
THAT A MOUNTAINEER WOULD GO
THROUGH AN ICEFALL LIKE THIS.

250
00:20:57,624 --> 00:21:01,325
BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ACCESS
ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO EVEREST,

251
00:21:01,327 --> 00:21:06,897
THEN PEOPLE DO WALK THROUGH
THIS JUMBLE OF ICE.

252
00:21:06,899 --> 00:21:10,101
THE PROBLEM WITH THE ICEFALL
IS THAT IT'S UNCONTROLLABLE.

253
00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:12,203
ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF
THE MOUNTAIN THAT ARE DANGEROUS

254
00:21:12,205 --> 00:21:13,971
HAVE, YOU KNOW,
IN TERMS OF SAFETY,

255
00:21:13,973 --> 00:21:15,740
HAVE BEEN IMPROVED
OVER THE YEARS.

256
00:21:15,742 --> 00:21:19,877
BUT THE ICEFALL REMAINS,
YOU KNOW, PERILOUS.

257
00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:23,114
¶¶

258
00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:42,767
[ METAL CLANKS ]

259
00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:15,266
Douglas: THERE ARE THREATS
FROM EVERY DIRECTION.

260
00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:40,791
NOT ONLY THAT --
THERE ARE BIG BLOCKS OF ICE

261
00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:45,096
FALLING DOWN
WITHOUT WARNING FROM ABOVE.

262
00:22:56,175 --> 00:23:00,745
YOU'RE ASKING MEN TO GO TO WORK
IN A VERY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT.

263
00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:06,450
AND IT'S BECOMING MORE SO
AS THE SERACS,

264
00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:09,720
THESE GIANT BLOCKS
OF GLACIAL ICE,

265
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:13,691
ARE AFFECTED BY THE FORCES
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

266
00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:15,493
THEY'RE DROPPING OFF
MORE READILY,

267
00:23:15,495 --> 00:23:18,329
AND PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO GET CAUGHT MORE OFTEN.

268
00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:21,565
Man #8: OH, SHOOT.

269
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:24,869
Douglas: SO YOU KNOW THAT
THIS IS A PERILOUS MOMENT --

270
00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:27,271
GOING THROUGH THE ICEFALL.

271
00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:30,107
Man #8: OH, MY GOD.

272
00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:37,648
Douglas:
AND IT'S NOT JUST ONCE OR TWICE

273
00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:39,650
THE SHERPAS
HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT.

274
00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:42,186
IT'S UP TO 30 TRIPS PER SEASON,

275
00:23:42,188 --> 00:23:47,391
AS COMPARED TO ABOUT TWO
OR THREE FOR MOST FOREIGNERS.

276
00:24:11,818 --> 00:24:13,651
Brice: I'M TOTALLY SCARED
EVERY TIME

277
00:24:13,653 --> 00:24:15,686
I SEND THE SHERPAS
UP IN THE MOUNTAIN.

278
00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:17,121
IT'S LIKE SENDING THEM OFF
TO WAR.

279
00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:19,123
I DON'T KNOW
WHO'S GONNA COME HOME.

280
00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:20,624
IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT
IN THE ICEFALL,

281
00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:22,860
ARE WE GONNA LOSE ONE?
ARE WE GONNA LOSE TWO?

282
00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:24,562
ARE WE GONNA LOSE SIX PEOPLE?

283
00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:28,632
BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL IS THERE.

284
00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:31,836
Douglas:
AND THE QUESTION IS --

285
00:24:31,838 --> 00:24:34,839
WHAT IS THE MORAL
JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT?

286
00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:38,042
YOU KNOW, WHAT REWARD IS THERE
FOR YOU TO PLAY

287
00:24:38,044 --> 00:24:41,378
WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY
A GAME OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE?

288
00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:48,552
IN 2012, I DETERMINED
THE MOUNTAIN TO BE DANGEROUS.

289
00:24:49,589 --> 00:24:51,188
[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

290
00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:52,690
EVERY NIGHT,
I'D LISTEN TO THE SHERPAS

291
00:24:52,692 --> 00:24:56,026
ON THE RADIO GOING
THROUGH THE ICEFALL.

292
00:24:56,028 --> 00:24:57,628
AND ALL THE TIME,
THEY WERE RUNNING AWAY

293
00:24:57,630 --> 00:25:00,664
FROM SMALL AVALANCHES
AND BLOCKS OF ICE

294
00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:03,100
FALLING DOWN
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

295
00:25:05,037 --> 00:25:09,240
SO I MADE A DECISION
TO CANCEL MY EXPEDITION.

296
00:25:09,242 --> 00:25:11,008
THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY HARD THING
TO DO --

297
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:15,079
TO CANCEL
A COMMERCIAL EXPEDITION.

298
00:25:16,916 --> 00:25:19,450
Douglas: THERE WERE PEOPLE
AROUND WHO SAID,

299
00:25:19,452 --> 00:25:21,785
"WELL, RUSSELL'S, YOU KNOW,
BEING A BIT OF A CHUMP HERE

300
00:25:21,787 --> 00:25:23,354
BECAUSE HIS CLIENTS
WILL BE PISSED OFF

301
00:25:23,356 --> 00:25:24,588
BECAUSE THEY WENT HOME

302
00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:26,924
AND OTHER PEOPLE
GOT TO THE TOP."

303
00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:28,125
I THINK RUSSELL BRICE

304
00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:31,428
WAS REALLY PUTTING
INTO PERSPECTIVE THE RISKS

305
00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:35,599
THAT PEOPLE WERE MAKING
THE SHERPAS TAKE.

306
00:25:35,601 --> 00:25:38,002
NOW RUSSELL HAS
FOUR OF THOSE CLIENTS

307
00:25:38,004 --> 00:25:39,436
RETURNING THIS YEAR.

308
00:25:39,438 --> 00:25:43,274
SO THAT ADDS A LOT OF PRESSURE
FOR A SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION.

309
00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,139
Douglas:
TENZING NORGAY WAS A MAN

310
00:26:15,141 --> 00:26:20,177
WHO WAS DETERMINED
TO CHANGE HIS STARS.

311
00:26:20,179 --> 00:26:24,648
AND WHEN HE REACHED THE SUMMIT
OF EVEREST, HE DID THAT.

312
00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:26,417
THE BRITISH
COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT

313
00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:28,352
WITH SOMEONE LIKE TENZING.

314
00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:30,788
HE'D BEEN TO THE MOUNTAIN
SEVEN TIMES BY THAT POINT,

315
00:26:30,790 --> 00:26:32,690
AND THEY BENEFITED
FROM ALL THOSE YEARS

316
00:26:32,692 --> 00:26:35,392
OF HIS EXPERIENCE,
BUT HE WASN'T ACKNOWLEDGED.

317
00:26:35,394 --> 00:26:40,497
HE WASN'T GIVEN DUE REGARD
FOR WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED.

318
00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:42,566
COMING DOWN FROM THAT,
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,

319
00:26:42,568 --> 00:26:45,603
HE FINDS HIMSELF
IN A POLITICAL FIRESTORM.

320
00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:47,805
Reporter:
WHO GOT TO THE TOP FIRST?

321
00:26:47,807 --> 00:26:51,075
Hunt: TO ANYBODY WHO CLIMBS
MOUNTAINS, TO ANY MOUNTAINEER,

322
00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:53,010
AND I FEEL
TO THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.

323
00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:55,980
THE MATTER COULDN'T MATTER LESS.

324
00:26:55,982 --> 00:26:58,248
Reporter #2: WHEN TENZING
NORGAY WAS ASKED HOW HE FELT,

325
00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,651
HIS CHILLY ANSWERS
HAD TO BE INTERPRETED.

326
00:27:05,458 --> 00:27:06,824
Hunt: HE'S VERY HAPPY.

327
00:27:06,826 --> 00:27:09,226
[ LAUGHTER ]

328
00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,765
Reporter #2: ALL THIS
AND THE GEORGE MEDAL, TOO.

329
00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:17,134
Douglas: SO JOHN HUNT BECAME
SIR JOHN HUNT,

330
00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:19,870
HILLARY BECAME SIR ED HILLARY,

331
00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:22,206
AND TENZING GOT
THE GEORGE MEDAL.

332
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:25,909
NOW, THERE IS A SUPERIOR AWARD
TO THAT -- THE GEORGE CROSS.

333
00:27:25,911 --> 00:27:28,579
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE
A SECOND-LEVEL AWARD.

334
00:27:28,581 --> 00:27:31,048
IT WAS JUST NOT RIGHT.

335
00:27:31,050 --> 00:27:33,250
SO IN THE EYES OF SHERPAS,

336
00:27:33,252 --> 00:27:34,785
IN THE EYES
OF PEOPLE IN INDIA,

337
00:27:34,787 --> 00:27:38,489
IN THE EYES OF MOST ASIANS,
THEY FELT SOMEWHAT SLIGHTED

338
00:27:38,491 --> 00:27:40,758
THAT HE WOULD NOT GET
THE SAME KIND OF RECOGNITION

339
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,994
THAT HIS PARTNERS GOT.

340
00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:45,195
Jamling: MY FATHER SAID,

341
00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:47,364
"I WISH I HAD NEVER
CLIMBED THIS MOUNTAIN."

342
00:28:01,681 --> 00:28:04,114
Douglas: HE WAS IMMENSELY PROUD
OF WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED,

343
00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:07,685
BUT I THINK HE FELT
THWARTED IN A WAY.

344
00:28:07,687 --> 00:28:10,521
I THINK HE FELT THAT HE HADN'T
REALIZED HIMSELF

345
00:28:10,523 --> 00:28:12,790
IN THE WAY
THAT HE WOULD HAVE LIKED.

346
00:28:12,792 --> 00:28:14,692
I THINK PARTLY IT'S BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW,

347
00:28:14,694 --> 00:28:18,629
HE LACKED A FORMAL EDUCATION.

348
00:28:23,836 --> 00:28:25,202
Steven:
THE 60-YEAR-OLD REPUTATION

349
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:28,338
OF WHAT IT IS
TO BE A SHERPA IS CHANGING.

350
00:28:28,340 --> 00:28:29,807
Joshi: NOW, YOU GO TO BASE CAMP

351
00:28:29,809 --> 00:28:33,277
AND MORE THAN 80% OF SHERPAS
FINISH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.

352
00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:34,545
AND IF YOU GO 20 YEARS AGO,

353
00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:36,113
NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN
TO HIGH SCHOOL.

354
00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:39,249
BECAUSE OF THEIR EDUCATION,
THEY KNOW A LOT MORE

355
00:28:39,251 --> 00:28:42,920
THAN WESTERN CLIENTS
THINK THEY DO.

356
00:28:42,922 --> 00:28:45,155
Steven: NOW WITH
THE FACEBOOK GENERATION,

357
00:28:45,157 --> 00:28:48,258
SHERPAS SEE
HOW MUCH CREDIT WESTERNERS

358
00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:50,494
ARE GETTING
FOR A CLIMB ON EVEREST,

359
00:28:50,496 --> 00:28:53,697
AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE
MOST OF THE GRUNT WORK.

360
00:28:53,699 --> 00:28:54,898
WITHOUT THE SHERPA,

361
00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:56,700
THE WESTERNER
WOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN THERE.

362
00:28:56,702 --> 00:28:58,001
AND THEY ARE DISSATISFIED
WITH THAT.

363
00:28:58,003 --> 00:29:01,138
AND THEY WANT EQUAL CREDIT
FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.

364
00:29:02,975 --> 00:29:07,311
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS
IS A...

365
00:29:07,313 --> 00:29:11,782
A TENDENCY OF AGGRESSION

366
00:29:11,784 --> 00:29:13,217
FROM YOUNGER SHERPAS.

367
00:29:13,219 --> 00:29:17,087
SO, LAST YEAR,
THERE WAS FIGHTING ON EVEREST,

368
00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:20,524
AND I THINK WE WERE
ALL DISAPPOINTED,

369
00:29:20,526 --> 00:29:22,726
SO SAD ABOUT THAT.

370
00:29:25,231 --> 00:29:27,297
Man #9: DOZENS OF PEOPLE
RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY YEAR

371
00:29:27,299 --> 00:29:28,732
TRYING TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST.

372
00:29:28,734 --> 00:29:30,934
THIS MORNING, SOME OF THEM SAY
THEY NEARLY DIED IN A BRAWL.

373
00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:33,237
Woman: MAN VERSUS THE MOUNTAIN
TO MAN VERSUS MAN.

374
00:29:33,239 --> 00:29:34,805
Man #11: THREE CLIMBERS
SAY THEY FACED A HUMAN FOE.

375
00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:36,340
Man #12:
THREE TOP EUROPEAN CLIMBERS

376
00:29:36,342 --> 00:29:37,674
HAD TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES.

377
00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:39,877
Man #13: THE HIGHEST-ALTITUDE
SCRAP IN HISTORY.

378
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:41,578
Man #14:
THEY JUST TRIED TO KILL US.

379
00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:43,113
Man #15:
THE SHERPAS TRIED TO KILL YOU?

380
00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:45,582
Man #16: THIS ALL UNFOLDED
NEAR THE SUMMIT,

381
00:29:45,584 --> 00:29:49,052
AN ALTITUDE
OF ROUGHLY 22,000 FEET.

382
00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:52,055
Douglas: YOU HAVE A EUROPEAN
CALLING A SHERPA A...

383
00:29:52,057 --> 00:29:54,224
WHICH IS, IN NEPAL,
PARTICULARLY,

384
00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:55,359
CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE.

385
00:29:57,163 --> 00:30:00,164
Man #17: YEP. I COPY THAT.
I KNOW WHAT WORD YOU USED.

386
00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:01,932
I DON'T LIKE THAT WORD, EITHER.

387
00:30:01,934 --> 00:30:04,835
Man #18: SHERPAS, WHO USUALLY
HELP WESTERNERS SUMMIT,

388
00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:07,237
TURNED AGAINST THEM.

389
00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:12,276
I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY
FOR ALL WHAT THEY SAID.

390
00:30:12,278 --> 00:30:16,580
ALL THE WORDS THAT CAME OUT
FROM MY MOUTH WAS WRONG.

391
00:30:16,582 --> 00:30:19,316
I AM SORRY.

392
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:21,952
YES.

393
00:30:21,954 --> 00:30:23,554
PLEASE.
PLEASE, NO VIOLENCE.

394
00:30:23,556 --> 00:30:25,823
NO.
-HE CAME TO APOLOGIZE.

395
00:30:25,825 --> 00:30:27,825
I'M SORRY.

396
00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:29,293
YES, YES.

397
00:30:29,295 --> 00:30:31,195
PLEASE, NO VIOLENCE.
LISTEN.

398
00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:32,896
HE'S VERY SORRY.

399
00:30:32,898 --> 00:30:33,764
NO!

400
00:30:33,766 --> 00:30:35,766
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

401
00:30:35,768 --> 00:30:37,801
INSIDE, INSIDE.

402
00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:39,703
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

403
00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:41,171
HEY!

404
00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:43,574
Man #18: IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER
THE FIGHT WAS SOMETHING PERSONAL

405
00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:45,876
OR REFLECTED
A GREATER DISCONTENT.

406
00:30:45,878 --> 00:30:48,946
PLEASE, NO VIOLENCE.
PLEASE!

407
00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:52,449
¶¶

408
00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:14,571
IT'S ABOUT SHERPAS
NO LONGER FEELING

409
00:31:14,573 --> 00:31:19,176
THAT THEY HAVE TO BE SUBSERVIENT
OR DEFERENT TO WESTERN CLIMBERS

410
00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:22,980
AND NOT PLAYING OUT THAT ROLE
OF THE FAITHFUL SERVANT ANYMORE.

411
00:31:22,982 --> 00:31:25,148
NOT BEING THE KIND OF NICE,
FRIENDLY, SMILEY PERSON

412
00:31:25,150 --> 00:31:26,250
IN THE BACKGROUND.

413
00:31:26,252 --> 00:31:27,985
JUST SAYING,
"ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

414
00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:29,953
WE'RE AS GOOD AS YOU."

415
00:31:29,955 --> 00:31:31,455
Brice: I'M A LITTLE AFRAID

416
00:31:31,457 --> 00:31:33,757
WHERE IT'S GOING
TO LEAD IN THE FUTURE.

417
00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:34,825
IT'S TOO HARD.

418
00:31:34,827 --> 00:31:36,560
THE TENSION IS TOO HARD.

419
00:31:36,562 --> 00:31:38,862
THE WORRY IS TOO HARD.

420
00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:41,565
AND I'M GETTING TOO OLD
FOR THAT.

421
00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:45,469
[ WIND WHISTLING ]

422
00:31:48,207 --> 00:31:51,341
¶¶

423
00:31:56,215 --> 00:31:59,950
-GOOD MORNING.
-GOOD MORNING, MOUNT EVEREST.

424
00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:01,952
HOT TOWEL.

425
00:32:04,490 --> 00:32:06,023
TEA?

426
00:32:06,025 --> 00:32:08,325
OW.

427
00:32:08,327 --> 00:32:10,661
ROUGHIN' IT ON MOUNT EVEREST.

428
00:32:10,663 --> 00:32:12,863
HOT TOWELS
AND TEA IN THE MORNING.

429
00:32:12,865 --> 00:32:16,033
[ LAUGHS ]

430
00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,936
AH.

431
00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:26,310
¶¶

432
00:32:26,312 --> 00:32:28,845
CAN I HAVE A TEA
WITH NO SUGAR, PLEASE?

433
00:33:15,094 --> 00:33:18,595
[ ALL CHANTING
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

434
00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:37,647
[ RUMBLING ]

435
00:34:17,089 --> 00:34:20,357
¶¶

436
00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:51,354
Douglas: THE REASON EVEREST
TAKES EIGHT WEEKS TO CLIMB

437
00:34:51,356 --> 00:34:57,027
IS THAT THE BODY NEEDS TO SLOWLY
ACCLIMATIZE TO THE ALTITUDE.

438
00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:05,135
Brice: WE DO OUR ACCLIMATIZATION
ON LOBUCHE PEAK

439
00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:06,803
TO STAY OUT OF THE ICEFALL,

440
00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:11,942
TO REDUCE THE RISK
FOR OUR CLIENTS.

441
00:35:11,944 --> 00:35:13,677
Douglas: AND SO WHEN, YOU KNOW,
RUSSELL BRICE

442
00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:15,912
STARTS GETTING HIS CLIENTS
TO CAMP ON TOP OF, YOU KNOW,

443
00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:18,215
A NEARBY PEAK RATHER THAN
GOING THROUGH THE ICEFALL

444
00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:21,818
TO ACCLIMATIZE, YOU KNOW,
THAT MAKES SENSE.

445
00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:24,654
THE FEWER TRIPS ANYONE
HAS TO MAKE THROUGH THE ICEFALL,

446
00:35:24,656 --> 00:35:25,789
THE BETTER.

447
00:35:27,326 --> 00:35:30,193
MEANWHILE, THE SHERPAS
ARE STILL STOCKING THE CAMPS

448
00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:33,296
ON EVEREST, MAKING DOZENS
OF TRIPS UP AND DOWN,

449
00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:37,033
CARRYING ALL THE OXYGEN,
THE TENTS, THE FOOD, SO ON.

450
00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:39,035
SO THAT THE MOUNTAIN
IS READY TO BE CLIMBED

451
00:35:39,037 --> 00:35:40,804
WHEN THE CLIENTS RETURN.

452
00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:48,345
Brice:
THIS YEAR, MY CLIENTS WILL GO
THROUGH THE ICEFALL TWICE,

453
00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:50,480
BUT I DARE SAY
MOST OF THE SHERPAS

454
00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:53,783
WILL GO THROUGH
MAYBE 20 TO 30 TIMES.

455
00:35:53,785 --> 00:35:57,287
AND I'M NOT SURE THE CLIENTS
ACTUALLY EVER SEE THAT.

456
00:35:57,289 --> 00:36:01,191
THAT WAS A NICE DAY
FOR A CLIMB.

457
00:36:01,193 --> 00:36:04,294
¶¶

458
00:36:28,954 --> 00:36:31,922
[ LAUGHTER ]

459
00:36:58,150 --> 00:37:01,918
Brice: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE,
EVEN ON OUR TRIPS,

460
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,987
DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND

461
00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:07,057
ALL THIS WORK
IS GOING ON EVERY NIGHT.

462
00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:11,494
LOADS OF EQUIPMENT GOING UP
TO SUPPORT THEM ON THE MOUNTAIN.

463
00:37:18,837 --> 00:37:21,838
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO START
THE REAL JOB OF WHY WE'RE HERE,

464
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:23,473
AND THAT'S GOING UP
THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN.

465
00:37:23,475 --> 00:37:25,809
SAFETY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

466
00:37:25,811 --> 00:37:28,111
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE ICEFALL
WITHOUT CRAMPONS,

467
00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:30,614
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE ICEFALL
WITHOUT CLIPPING ON,

468
00:37:30,616 --> 00:37:31,748
I'M GONNA SACK YOU.

469
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:34,651
YOU'RE GONNA GO HOME.

470
00:37:34,653 --> 00:37:37,587
Douglas: IT MUST SEEM CRAZY
GOING THROUGH THE KHUMBU ICEFALL

471
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:40,190
IN THE DARK,
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH SAFER

472
00:37:40,192 --> 00:37:43,059
BECAUSE IT'S MORE STABLE
IN THE COLD OF NIGHT.

473
00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:44,227
ONCE THE SUN HITS,

474
00:37:44,229 --> 00:37:46,997
IT BECOMES
INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS.

475
00:37:46,999 --> 00:37:48,031
Brice: YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER

476
00:37:48,033 --> 00:37:50,333
THAT YOU HAVE
A BIG RESPONSIBILITY

477
00:37:50,335 --> 00:37:53,336
NOT ONLY FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY
BUT FOR YOUR FAMILY.

478
00:37:55,941 --> 00:38:00,043
EVEN IF IT'S A FULL MOON,
YOU MUST HAVE YOUR HEADLAMP.

479
00:38:00,045 --> 00:38:02,245
THE TRANSCEIVERS
MUST BE TURNED ON HERE,

480
00:38:02,247 --> 00:38:04,314
AND YOU MUST USE
THE TRANSCEIVER EVERY DAY

481
00:38:04,316 --> 00:38:06,783
THAT YOU GO THROUGH THE ICEFALL.

482
00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:09,019
WE KNOW IF A SERAC
FALLS ON TOP OF YOU

483
00:38:09,021 --> 00:38:13,690
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE,
BUT IF YOU HAVE A TRANSCEIVER,

484
00:38:13,692 --> 00:38:18,094
IT MEANS TO FIND YOU
WILL TAKE MUCH LESS TIME.

485
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:21,064
AND SO THAT PUTS THE PEOPLE
DOING THE RESCUE

486
00:38:21,066 --> 00:38:22,799
AT MUCH LESS RISK.

487
00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:28,972
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

488
00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:32,609
¶¶

489
00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:57,267
¶¶

490
00:39:13,819 --> 00:39:15,752
CHECK, CHECK.

491
00:39:17,889 --> 00:39:20,290
CHECK, CHECK.

492
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:09,873
¶¶

493
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,806
¶¶

494
00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:21,144
[ ICE CRUNCHING ]

495
00:41:22,781 --> 00:41:26,416
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

496
00:41:26,418 --> 00:41:29,252
[ CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

497
00:41:43,902 --> 00:41:45,468
[ RUMBLING ]

498
00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:49,072
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

499
00:41:49,074 --> 00:41:51,908
[ PANTING ]

500
00:41:51,910 --> 00:41:55,011
[ SNOW THUNDERING ]

501
00:42:49,334 --> 00:42:53,202
THERE AT LEAST FIVE OUT HERE
THAT ARE OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE,

502
00:42:53,204 --> 00:42:55,805
AND THERE'S ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE
I CAN SEE

503
00:42:55,807 --> 00:42:58,608
THAT ARE STILL IN THE DEPTHS
OF THE ICEFALL.

504
00:43:09,554 --> 00:43:12,822
Man #19: UPDATE FROM ICEFALL --
13 OR 14 MISSING.

505
00:43:12,824 --> 00:43:14,257
NOT SURE WHAT TEAM THEY'RE FROM.

506
00:43:14,259 --> 00:43:16,826
PHIL, ARE ALL YOUR BOYS OKAY?

507
00:43:20,131 --> 00:43:22,999
PHIL, I CAN'T HEAR YOU,
BUT ARE ALL YOUR BOYS OKAY?

508
00:43:23,001 --> 00:43:24,767
JUST SAY YES OR NO.

509
00:43:27,739 --> 00:43:29,405
THUMBS UP. OKAY. THANKS.

510
00:43:29,407 --> 00:43:30,707
Man #21: GET ALL THE RESCUE ROPE
YOU CAN FIND.

511
00:43:30,709 --> 00:43:31,708
RUSS, WHERE'S THAT --

512
00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:35,044
Brice: A.C. AND A.A.I.

513
00:43:35,046 --> 00:43:40,149
DAWA SHERPA, A.C. SHERPA,
AND A.A.I. SHERPA.

514
00:43:40,151 --> 00:43:41,250
NO.

515
00:43:50,895 --> 00:43:52,729
McKinley:
I'M NOT AWARE OF NUMBERS,

516
00:43:52,731 --> 00:43:55,531
BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.

517
00:43:55,533 --> 00:43:58,067
IT'S IN THE TEENS.

518
00:44:01,740 --> 00:44:04,073
[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

519
00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:07,010
KEEP THAT WITH YOU.

520
00:44:07,012 --> 00:44:08,645
OKAY.

521
00:44:11,650 --> 00:44:14,350
DEFINITELY BRING THE LONG LINE
FROM KATHMANDU.

522
00:44:14,352 --> 00:44:16,886
CHEERS. BYE.

523
00:44:22,894 --> 00:44:25,228
PUT THESE STEEL SHOVELS,
GET THEM ALL TOGETHER.

524
00:44:27,666 --> 00:44:30,700
WE WANT THAT SKED.

525
00:44:30,702 --> 00:44:32,935
Man #20:
IF PEOPLE ARE SOMEWHAT STABLE

526
00:44:32,937 --> 00:44:34,303
WE'RE GONNA WANT TO BE BRINGING
THEM DOWN

527
00:44:34,305 --> 00:44:35,905
FROM THE SCENE
IF WE CAN'T FLY THEM OUT.

528
00:44:37,242 --> 00:44:38,374
...FOR THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEASON.

529
00:44:38,376 --> 00:44:40,410
-..."A."
-YEAH.

530
00:44:48,553 --> 00:44:50,887
HOW ARE YOU?
NAMASTE, DAVE.

531
00:44:50,889 --> 00:44:52,255
THAT'S IT?
-YEAH.

532
00:44:52,257 --> 00:44:55,692
GOES UP,
GETS SOME OXYGEN,

533
00:44:55,694 --> 00:44:59,062
AND YOU GO SECOND LOAD.

534
00:44:59,064 --> 00:45:00,763
ONE OF MY GUYS
IS VERY SERIOUS.

535
00:45:00,765 --> 00:45:01,831
MM-HMM.

536
00:45:01,833 --> 00:45:05,268
SO I THINK WE'RE
TO BRING HIM DOWN FAST,

537
00:45:05,270 --> 00:45:06,836
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

538
00:45:06,838 --> 00:45:08,438
BECAUSE HE'S ALIVE NOW.

539
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,540
YEAH, YEAH.
WE'LL TRY.

540
00:45:10,542 --> 00:45:12,208
MY DOCTOR HERE WAITING.

541
00:45:12,210 --> 00:45:13,276
-YEAH.
-IT'S OKAY.

542
00:45:13,278 --> 00:45:15,411
BUT WE NEED SKED.
WE NEED ALL THAT.

543
00:45:15,413 --> 00:45:17,246
WE NEED THE OXYGEN
UP THERE FIRST FLIGHT.

544
00:45:17,248 --> 00:45:18,347
YEAH.

545
00:45:18,349 --> 00:45:19,415
I THINK
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO

546
00:45:19,417 --> 00:45:20,416
IS YOU AND I
IN THE FIRST LOAD.

547
00:45:20,418 --> 00:45:21,517
YEAH.

548
00:45:21,519 --> 00:45:23,586
I'LL TRY
AND SECURE THE HELIPAD.

549
00:45:23,588 --> 00:45:24,921
-YEP.
-GET IT CRACKIN'.

550
00:45:24,923 --> 00:45:25,988
YOU DO FLIGHT STUFF,
I'LL JUST DO MEDICAL STUFF.

551
00:45:25,990 --> 00:45:27,256
AND YOU GO DOWN.
EXACTLY.

552
00:45:30,995 --> 00:45:32,061
-GUYS.
-YES, YES.

553
00:45:32,063 --> 00:45:33,229
IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME
IN CHARGE...

554
00:45:33,231 --> 00:45:34,564
-YEAH, YEAH.
-...PLEASE LISTEN.

555
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,134
OKAY. I UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE MOUNTAIN GUIDES.

556
00:45:38,136 --> 00:45:39,502
I'M A MOUNTAIN GUIDE.

557
00:45:39,504 --> 00:45:42,638
WE'VE ALL GOT FRIENDS
MISSING AND DEAD.

558
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,507
WE KNOW THAT, OKAY?

559
00:45:44,509 --> 00:45:47,210
WE CAN'T GET EVERYTHING UP
ON THE FIRST LOAD.

560
00:45:50,315 --> 00:45:52,248
WE WANT TO SEND A DOCTOR.

561
00:45:52,250 --> 00:45:54,083
-DOCTOR. ONE NEPALI GUIDE.
-THEY'RE REQUESTING A DOCTOR.

562
00:45:54,085 --> 00:45:56,385
DOCTOR AND ONE NEPALI GUIDE,
OKAY?

563
00:46:02,193 --> 00:46:04,761
Woman #2:
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

564
00:46:19,210 --> 00:46:22,278
PRIORITY IS BEING STABLED
AND MELISSA ON IT.

565
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:23,846
McKinley:
YEAH, I THINK WE'VE EXPLAINED

566
00:46:23,848 --> 00:46:26,716
THAT RUSSELL'S IN CHARGE
OF THE HELIPAD DOWN HERE,

567
00:46:26,718 --> 00:46:28,918
WHICH MEANS MELISSA
AND I WILL BE GOING FIRST.

568
00:46:34,159 --> 00:46:36,692
Man #21: FIRST VICTIM IS ALREADY
PACKAGED, READY TO GO.

569
00:46:36,694 --> 00:46:37,860
Man #22: PATIENT CONDITION.

570
00:46:37,862 --> 00:46:40,797
Man #21: HE'S FULLY CONSCIOUS,
RESPONSIVE.

571
00:46:40,799 --> 00:46:42,265
Man #23: BUT WE ARE CONFUSED

572
00:46:42,267 --> 00:46:43,599
ABOUT HOW MANY CASUALTIES
THERE ARE NOW.

573
00:46:43,601 --> 00:46:45,535
WE DON'T HAVE A CASUALTY
COUNT NOW.

574
00:46:45,537 --> 00:46:47,503
WE'RE WORKING ON LIVE BODIES
AT THE MOMENT.

575
00:46:54,179 --> 00:46:58,347
Brice: ALL SHERPAS NOT NEEDED
NOW LEAVE AND COME TO BASE CAMP.

576
00:46:58,349 --> 00:47:00,216
IT'S STARTING TO GET HOT.

577
00:47:03,254 --> 00:47:05,822
McKinley: JASON'S GONNA GO IN,
TRY AND LAND IN UPPER SITE,

578
00:47:05,824 --> 00:47:08,357
PULL THAT SHERPA OFF,
BRING HIM DOWN TO HELIPAD.

579
00:47:08,359 --> 00:47:11,994
BEING SWITCHED TO LONG LINE
GOING TO YOUR LOCATION.

580
00:47:11,996 --> 00:47:14,797
Woman #2: JASON HAS LANDED
AT MIDDLE SITE. OVER.

581
00:47:14,799 --> 00:47:17,200
Man #21:
THERE'S A SHERPA WITH A HEAD
INJURY AND INTERNAL BLEEDING.

582
00:47:17,202 --> 00:47:19,535
THEY'RE GONNA KEEP HIM THERE,
PACKAGE HIM FOR A LONG LINE.

583
00:47:19,537 --> 00:47:22,471
YEAH, MICHAEL JUST REQUESTED
AS MUCH ROPE AS POSSIBLE.

584
00:47:24,709 --> 00:47:27,643
¶¶

585
00:47:30,114 --> 00:47:33,950
McKinley: THERE'S A LIVE PATIENT
WITH A QUERY SEVERAL FRACTURE.

586
00:47:33,952 --> 00:47:37,486
PULSE LOOKS GOOD
CALL ME FROM IMG, OVER.

587
00:47:37,488 --> 00:47:39,388
Man #21: BLOOD ON THE RIGHT --
YOUR RIGHT --

588
00:47:39,390 --> 00:47:42,792
ARM BRUISING, UPPER LEFT
CHEST PAIN DESCENDING WITH ERIC.

589
00:47:46,731 --> 00:47:48,231
Brice:
I NEED TO CONFIRM --

590
00:47:48,233 --> 00:47:50,900
DO WE HAVE ANYMORE INJURED
PEOPLE TO PICK UP OR NOT?

591
00:47:50,902 --> 00:47:53,102
McKinley:
THIS IS THE LAST PATIENT.
THIS IS THE LAST PATIENT.

592
00:47:53,104 --> 00:47:54,904
AND THEN WE CAN SWITCH
TO NON-TRAUMATIC

593
00:47:54,906 --> 00:47:57,073
BODY RECOVERY FLYING DOWN.

594
00:47:57,075 --> 00:47:59,008
AND WE'RE GONNA PUT AN ECG
ON THEM TO CHECK FOR RHYTHM.

595
00:47:59,010 --> 00:48:00,409
OVER.

596
00:48:00,411 --> 00:48:02,778
Woman #2: A VERIFY -- WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY IN BODY RECOVERY.

597
00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:04,413
-YES.
-ROGER.

598
00:48:04,415 --> 00:48:06,849
McKinley: LET'S GET THIS GOING.

599
00:48:11,089 --> 00:48:14,323
¶¶

600
00:48:21,666 --> 00:48:24,767
[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]

601
00:48:46,791 --> 00:48:50,793
¶¶

602
00:49:39,510 --> 00:49:41,877
THIS IS BY FAR
THE WORST TRAGEDY

603
00:49:41,879 --> 00:49:43,646
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED ON EVEREST.

604
00:49:43,648 --> 00:49:46,882
13 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED THIS MORNING.

605
00:49:46,884 --> 00:49:50,619
AND THERE MAY BE MORE STILL
THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

606
00:49:50,621 --> 00:49:53,189
THERE HASN'T BEEN A YEAR
IN HISTORY

607
00:49:53,191 --> 00:49:55,224
WHERE 13 PEOPLE HAVE DIED
ON EVEREST,

608
00:49:55,226 --> 00:49:56,792
LET ALONE IN ONE DAY.

609
00:49:56,794 --> 00:49:58,027
Man #24: BREAK, BREAK.

610
00:49:58,029 --> 00:50:00,763
MICHAEL HAS DONE AN EXAMINATION
ON ALL BODIES.

611
00:50:00,765 --> 00:50:03,499
NO SIGNS OF LIFE.

612
00:50:03,501 --> 00:50:06,102
Brice: I DARE SAY --

613
00:50:06,104 --> 00:50:09,672
THIS IS THE DAY
THAT WE JUST ALL DREADED.

614
00:50:09,674 --> 00:50:13,075
Woman #3:
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

615
00:50:13,077 --> 00:50:15,544
[ Voice breaking ] SHATTERED.

616
00:50:19,550 --> 00:50:22,318
EVERY VILLAGE WILL BE AFFECTED.

617
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,554
A LOT OF OUR GUYS
WILL HAVE FRIENDS THEY KNOW.

618
00:50:25,556 --> 00:50:31,093
THERE'S PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE KHUMBU

619
00:50:31,095 --> 00:50:34,296
WHO HAVE BEEN --
YOU KNOW, YOUNG GUYS WHO,

620
00:50:34,298 --> 00:50:38,501
AT LEAST ONE OF THEM
I KNOW JUST HAD A BABY.

621
00:50:38,503 --> 00:50:40,536
JUST --

622
00:51:04,328 --> 00:51:06,495
Man #25:
NOW TO THE WORST DISASTER
EVER SEEN ON MOUNT EVEREST.

623
00:51:06,497 --> 00:51:07,930
Woman #4: THE AVALANCHE HIT

624
00:51:07,932 --> 00:51:10,299
AT ABOUT 6:30 THIS MORNING
LOCAL TIME

625
00:51:10,301 --> 00:51:12,735
AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIMES
OF DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN.

626
00:51:12,737 --> 00:51:14,703
Man #25: GREATEST ONE-DAY TOLL
RECORDED

627
00:51:14,705 --> 00:51:16,072
OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST MOUNTAIN.

628
00:51:16,074 --> 00:51:18,707
Woman #4: A WALL OF SNOW CRASHED
OVER THE WESTERN SHOULDER.

629
00:51:18,709 --> 00:51:21,210
Man #26: THE DEATH TOLL'S
EXPECTED TO RISE TO 16.

630
00:51:21,212 --> 00:51:23,546
Man #27: QUESTIONS ARE NOW
BEING ASKED ABOUT THE FUTURE

631
00:51:23,548 --> 00:51:25,014
OF THIS YEAR'S CLIMBING SEASON

632
00:51:25,016 --> 00:51:27,083
AND WHETHER ATTEMPTS
WILL BE MADE NEXT MONTH.

633
00:51:27,085 --> 00:51:29,852
Man #28: THIS TRAGEDY ADDS
TO THE DEATH TOLL ON EVEREST,

634
00:51:29,854 --> 00:51:32,254
WHICH IS ALREADY ESTIMATED
AT 250.

635
00:51:32,256 --> 00:51:34,690
Man #29: A FOUR-DAY HALT
TO CLIMBING HAS BEEN DECLARED

636
00:51:34,692 --> 00:51:37,560
WHILE THE SEARCH FOR
THE MISSING SHERPAS GOES ON.

637
00:51:37,562 --> 00:51:41,497
¶¶

638
00:52:10,461 --> 00:52:13,496
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

639
00:52:40,358 --> 00:52:43,626
¶¶

640
00:53:30,541 --> 00:53:34,076
[ MEN CHANTING
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

641
00:55:40,371 --> 00:55:41,870
Douglas:
AND YOU SEE THE GRIEF,

642
00:55:41,872 --> 00:55:44,039
AND YOU KNOW,
THAT'S GOING BACK DECADES.

643
00:55:44,041 --> 00:55:46,408
YOU KNOW, THESE GRIEVING
SHERPA FAMILIES --

644
00:55:46,410 --> 00:55:50,946
THIS CONSTANT NARRATIVE OF LOSS
BEING EXPRESSED AGAIN.

645
00:55:50,948 --> 00:55:54,083
[ ALL CHANTING
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

646
00:56:46,003 --> 00:56:49,004
¶¶

647
00:56:59,683 --> 00:57:01,784
Woman #5: THIS MORNING,
THE SEARCH HAS BEEN SUSPENDED

648
00:57:01,786 --> 00:57:03,085
FOR THREE OTHER PEOPLE

649
00:57:03,087 --> 00:57:04,987
WHO ARE STILL MISSING
FROM MOUNT EVEREST.

650
00:57:04,989 --> 00:57:09,958
CREWS DID MANAGE TO RECOVER
A 13th BODY OVERNIGHT.

651
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,194
Wardle:
TWO DAYS AGO, 16 PEOPLE DIED

652
00:57:12,196 --> 00:57:13,896
INCLUDING
ABOUT HALF OF OUR TEAM.

653
00:57:13,898 --> 00:57:16,665
THIS MORNING, I THINK
THE SHERPAS ARE TAKING MATTERS

654
00:57:16,667 --> 00:57:18,100
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.

655
00:57:18,102 --> 00:57:20,636
THEY'RE HOLDING A BIG MEETING
AT BASE CAMP.

656
00:57:20,638 --> 00:57:24,940
WE'VE JUST BEEN TOLD
THAT THE SHERPAS ARE QUITE ANGRY

657
00:57:24,942 --> 00:57:27,009
AND WE SHOULD GET BAGS READY

658
00:57:27,011 --> 00:57:29,545
JUST IN CASE
WE HAVE TO MAKE A SWIFT EXIT.

659
00:57:29,547 --> 00:57:32,748
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE SHERPAS
ARE PERHAPS GONNA TARGET US

660
00:57:32,750 --> 00:57:36,852
AS A FOCUS FOR THEIR ANGER --
WESTERNERS COMING HERE

661
00:57:36,854 --> 00:57:40,189
AND CAUSING SUCH
A KIND OF CIRCUS AT TIMES.

662
00:57:40,191 --> 00:57:42,424
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
ANY STILL-LINGERING TENSION

663
00:57:42,426 --> 00:57:44,626
FROM LAST YEAR
AND THE FIGHTS THAT BROKE OUT.

664
00:57:44,628 --> 00:57:46,862
WE'RE HOPING THE SAME THING
DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR,

665
00:57:46,864 --> 00:57:50,532
BUT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
FILMING HERE RIGHT NOW.

666
00:57:53,204 --> 00:57:55,237
[ ALL CHEER ]

667
00:57:55,239 --> 00:57:57,272
[ APPLAUSE ]

668
00:58:09,587 --> 00:58:12,654
[ ALL SHOUTING, CHANTING ]

669
00:58:13,424 --> 00:58:15,524
16 PEOPLE DYING
AT THE SAME TIME --

670
00:58:15,526 --> 00:58:17,359
IT'S A HUGE, HUGE SHOCK.

671
00:58:17,361 --> 00:58:19,094
WHEN IT STARTED TO SINK IN,

672
00:58:19,096 --> 00:58:23,198
THE ANGER GOT DISTINCTLY POINTED
AT THE GOVERNMENT.

673
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:26,068
THEY FEEL THAT THE GOVERNMENT
HAS ALWAYS BEEN BENEFITING

674
00:58:26,070 --> 00:58:28,871
OFF THE LABOR OF THE SHERPAS,
THE LIVES OF THE SHERPAS,

675
00:58:28,873 --> 00:58:31,607
AND NEVER PUT ANYTHING BACK.

676
00:58:31,609 --> 00:58:33,342
Douglas:
NEPAL'S TOURISM INDUSTRY

677
00:58:33,344 --> 00:58:36,311
IS WORTH $360 MILLION A YEAR.

678
00:58:36,313 --> 00:58:39,281
SO WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OFFERS
THE FAMILIES AROUND $400,

679
00:58:39,283 --> 00:58:42,117
WHICH ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH TO COVER
THEIR FUNERAL EXPENSES,

680
00:58:42,119 --> 00:58:45,120
GRIEF TURNS TO ANGER
VERY QUICKLY.

681
00:58:50,361 --> 00:58:53,462
[ CHEERING ]

682
00:58:53,464 --> 00:58:55,230
THE GOVERNMENT --
YOU KNOW, ONCE IT FIGURED OUT

683
00:58:55,232 --> 00:58:57,332
THAT IT COULD SELL EVEREST
AS MANY TIMES

684
00:58:57,334 --> 00:58:59,568
AS IT LIKED EVERY YEAR
RATHER THAN ONCE,

685
00:58:59,570 --> 00:59:01,637
IT'S BASICALLY JUST SAT THERE,

686
00:59:01,639 --> 00:59:03,772
OCCASIONALLY TWIDDLED
AROUND THE EDGES

687
00:59:03,774 --> 00:59:05,774
WHEN THERE WAS
SOME BAD HEADLINES,

688
00:59:05,776 --> 00:59:08,343
BUT BASICALLY
NOT REALLY DONE ANYTHING SINCE.

689
00:59:08,345 --> 00:59:10,879
THEY'VE LEFT IT TO WESTERN,
YOU KNOW, OPERATORS

690
00:59:10,881 --> 00:59:14,182
AND JUST TAKEN THEIR CUT
EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S A BIG CUT.

691
00:59:14,184 --> 00:59:15,717
IT'S LIKE 1/3 OF THE MONEY

692
00:59:15,719 --> 00:59:18,053
THAT STAYS IN NEPAL
FROM THIS BUSINESS

693
00:59:18,055 --> 00:59:19,354
GOES TO THE GOVERNMENT.

694
00:59:30,868 --> 00:59:33,101
THE SHERPAS --
THEY'RE STILL TAKING THE RISKS.

695
00:59:33,103 --> 00:59:34,303
YOU KNOW,
THEY'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THE RISKS.

696
00:59:34,305 --> 00:59:35,737
THEY'RE STILL TAKING THE RISKS.

697
00:59:35,739 --> 00:59:38,574
THEY, QUITE REASONABLY,
THINK THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

698
00:59:48,319 --> 00:59:50,886
WE WORKED REALLY HARD
THIS MORNING

699
00:59:50,888 --> 00:59:56,258
TO SEND A LETTER TO THE MINISTRY

700
00:59:56,260 --> 00:59:59,995
ASKING FOR BETTER CONDITIONS
FOR THESE GUYS.

701
00:59:59,997 --> 01:00:01,897
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT MIGHT PREEMPT

702
01:00:01,899 --> 01:00:04,433
THIS TYPE OF MEETING
THIS AFTERNOON.

703
01:00:11,642 --> 01:00:13,475
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

704
01:00:13,477 --> 01:00:16,912
OF COURSE
WE'RE UPSET ABOUT PEOPLE DYING,

705
01:00:16,914 --> 01:00:20,182
BUT THIS IS IRRATIONAL,
YOU KNOW?

706
01:00:20,184 --> 01:00:21,750
IT'S TOTALLY IRRATIONAL.

707
01:00:33,063 --> 01:00:36,665
I DARE SAY THEY'D LOOK
AT THE ARAB SUMMER

708
01:00:36,667 --> 01:00:38,600
AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THINK

709
01:00:38,602 --> 01:00:41,303
THAT THEY CAN DO
THE SAME SORT OF THINGS.

710
01:00:41,305 --> 01:00:44,272
IT'S HOT-HEADED YOUNG GUYS
WHO REALLY DON'T HAVE

711
01:00:44,274 --> 01:00:46,341
VERY MUCH EXPERIENCE
ON THIS MOUNTAIN IN ANY CASE.

712
01:00:46,343 --> 01:00:49,177
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

713
01:00:54,718 --> 01:00:56,485
THEY'RE ANGRY, YES.
THEY ARE.

714
01:01:20,611 --> 01:01:22,477
THEIR GRANDPARENTS
AND THEIR FATHERS

715
01:01:22,479 --> 01:01:25,113
HAVE WORKED HARD
IN THE HIMALAYAS.

716
01:01:25,115 --> 01:01:28,917
ALL THE HARD WORK
HAS BEEN DONE BY THE SHERPAS,

717
01:01:28,919 --> 01:01:32,220
WHICH IS NOT FAIR.

718
01:01:32,222 --> 01:01:33,755
IT IS NOT FAIR.

719
01:01:45,202 --> 01:01:48,470
[ MEN SINGING SOLEMNLY ]

720
01:02:11,962 --> 01:02:13,695
Man #30:
EVERY MORNING, WE WAKE UP

721
01:02:13,697 --> 01:02:15,630
AND WE REALIZE
THAT THIS IS NOT A DREAM.

722
01:02:33,684 --> 01:02:36,885
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

723
01:03:06,917 --> 01:03:10,585
I'M SORRY.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

724
01:03:10,587 --> 01:03:13,288
WE HAD A -- A DAY --

725
01:03:13,290 --> 01:03:16,892
WE'VE ALL BEEN
EXPECTING AN ACCIDENT,

726
01:03:16,894 --> 01:03:18,360
AND WE HAD A VERY BAD DAY.

727
01:03:18,362 --> 01:03:21,463
THE DAY THAT WE NEVER,
EVER WANTED.

728
01:03:21,465 --> 01:03:26,501
I AM AFRAID EVERY SINGLE DAY
THE BOYS GO THROUGH THE ICEFALL.

729
01:03:26,503 --> 01:03:33,642
I FEAR EVERY DAY, BUT, GUYS,
WE ALSO HAVE TO PROGRESS.

730
01:03:33,644 --> 01:03:36,211
WE HAVE TO PROGRESS
FOR THE FUTURE.

731
01:03:36,213 --> 01:03:40,949
OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE NO INCOME
FOR YOUR FAMILIES.

732
01:03:56,166 --> 01:03:58,400
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

733
01:03:58,402 --> 01:04:01,303
Douglas: THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED
THAT THE SHERPAS

734
01:04:01,305 --> 01:04:03,238
COULD CONTEMPLATE GIVING UP
A SEASON'S EARNING

735
01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:05,173
IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR POINT.

736
01:04:05,175 --> 01:04:06,708
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REQUESTS

737
01:04:06,710 --> 01:04:08,844
FROM THE WORKERS
IN THIS BASE CAMP

738
01:04:08,846 --> 01:04:12,747
IS TO NOT CONTINUE
CLIMBING THIS YEAR.

739
01:04:12,749 --> 01:04:16,751
WE KNOW
THAT'S A GREAT BIG ASK,

740
01:04:16,753 --> 01:04:21,423
BUT IT'S SOMEWHAT SMALL
COMPARED TO THE 16 LIVES

741
01:04:21,425 --> 01:04:23,158
WE'VE LOST
IN THIS MOUNTAIN.

742
01:04:23,160 --> 01:04:25,527
THIS IS NOT WORKABLE FOR US.

743
01:04:25,529 --> 01:04:27,896
WE'VE STILL GOT OUR SHERPAS
TO COME TO TALK TO,

744
01:04:27,898 --> 01:04:31,499
TO SEE IF WE WANT TO CARRY ON
CLIMBING OR NOT.

745
01:04:31,501 --> 01:04:33,435
WE CAN'T HAVE THIS HAPPENING
EVERY TIME

746
01:04:33,437 --> 01:04:35,537
THERE'S AN ACCIDENT
EVERY SEASON.

747
01:04:35,539 --> 01:04:37,305
IT'S GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.

748
01:04:37,307 --> 01:04:41,610
WE'RE BEING FORCED OFF THIS
MOUNTAIN BY RENEGADE SHERPAS.

749
01:04:44,848 --> 01:04:46,815
Joshi: WE ONLY BECAME A
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY IN THE '90s,

750
01:04:46,817 --> 01:04:49,985
SO PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE
MORE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

751
01:04:49,987 --> 01:04:54,522
SO WHENEVER THEY SPEAK SOMETHING
THAT IS A BIT MORE BOLD,

752
01:04:54,524 --> 01:04:55,957
IT OBVIOUSLY
TAKES THE WESTERN PEOPLE

753
01:04:55,959 --> 01:04:57,692
WHO ARE THE BASE CAMP
BY SURPRISE.

754
01:04:57,694 --> 01:04:59,194
THEY'RE SAYING WHAT THEY THINK.

755
01:04:59,196 --> 01:05:03,465
THEY'RE NOT REBELS.
THEY'RE JUST MOUNTAIN GUIDES.

756
01:05:03,467 --> 01:05:04,933
Brice:
I'M ASKING FOR A HELICOPTER

757
01:05:04,935 --> 01:05:06,534
TO GO TO THE MINISTRY.

758
01:05:06,536 --> 01:05:09,771
THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT TAKEN
MUCH NOTICE IN THE PAST,

759
01:05:09,773 --> 01:05:11,573
SO I THINK NOW'S THE TIME.

760
01:05:11,575 --> 01:05:12,674
I THINK WE'RE CONFIDENT

761
01:05:12,676 --> 01:05:15,343
THAT WE'RE GONNA
RECOVER THE SITUATION,

762
01:05:15,345 --> 01:05:18,813
BUT ONLY IF WE ACT RIGHT NOW.

763
01:05:18,815 --> 01:05:21,850
¶¶

764
01:05:32,963 --> 01:05:34,162
Man #31: GOOD MORNING.

765
01:05:34,164 --> 01:05:35,497
WELL, IT BEGAN AS A TRAGEDY

766
01:05:35,499 --> 01:05:38,233
AND HAS NOW TURNED INTO
AN AVALANCHE OF RESENTMENT

767
01:05:38,235 --> 01:05:40,402
THAT THREATENS
THE ENTIRE EVEREST INDUSTRY.

768
01:05:40,404 --> 01:05:43,138
Woman #6: SHERPA GUIDES ON MOUNT
EVEREST ARE STAGING A BOYCOTT

769
01:05:43,140 --> 01:05:47,742
THAT THREATENS TO SHUT DOWN
NEXT MONTH'S CLIMBING SEASON.

770
01:05:47,744 --> 01:05:50,145
Man #31: THE ISSUE IS WHY
THE SHERPA CLIMBING GUIDES,

771
01:05:50,147 --> 01:05:53,214
WHO ASSUME A DISPROPORTIONATELY
LARGE PART OF THE RISK

772
01:05:53,216 --> 01:05:56,518
GET A DISPROPORTIONATELY
SMALL PART OF THE TAKE.

773
01:06:04,194 --> 01:06:07,228
I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW?

774
01:06:07,230 --> 01:06:08,363
WE HEAR FROM, YOU KNOW --

775
01:06:08,365 --> 01:06:10,565
SIMON HEARS
FROM THE EUROPEAN PAPERS

776
01:06:10,567 --> 01:06:12,267
THAT THE SEASON'S OVER.

777
01:06:12,269 --> 01:06:13,802
I HEAR FROM AMERICAN MEDIA

778
01:06:13,804 --> 01:06:15,870
THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL STRIKE

779
01:06:15,872 --> 01:06:18,340
AND THERE'S STILL NEGOTIATING
GOING ON, BUT...

780
01:06:18,342 --> 01:06:20,809
-WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, HUH?
-NOTHING.

781
01:06:20,811 --> 01:06:22,344
WE CAN SIT IT,

782
01:06:22,346 --> 01:06:24,479
AND YET WE DON'T KNOW
A THING.

783
01:06:28,218 --> 01:06:31,052
HE'S PAID FOR A HELICOPTER
TO COME AND TAKE HIM

784
01:06:31,054 --> 01:06:34,656
SO WE CAN GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE
THAT CAN MAKE DECISIONS.

785
01:06:34,658 --> 01:06:36,758
HE'S WORKING ON IT,

786
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:39,027
AND UNTIL THOSE DISCUSSIONS
ARE OVER,

787
01:06:39,029 --> 01:06:41,262
THERE'S NOTHING BUT SPECULATION,

788
01:06:41,264 --> 01:06:43,631
WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE'RE DOING.

789
01:06:43,633 --> 01:06:44,799
SORRY, GUYS.

790
01:06:44,801 --> 01:06:46,267
I MEAN, IF I HAD
MORE INFORMATION,

791
01:06:46,269 --> 01:06:47,402
I WOULD GIVE IT TO YOU.

792
01:06:47,404 --> 01:06:48,837
I'M GOING.

793
01:06:48,839 --> 01:06:51,206
THERE'S AN INHERENT RISK
IN MOUNTAINEERING.

794
01:06:51,208 --> 01:06:52,474
THERE'S AN INHERENT RISK
IN EVEREST.

795
01:06:52,476 --> 01:06:54,042
THERE'S AN INHERENT RISK
IN THE KHUMBU.

796
01:06:54,044 --> 01:06:57,712
I KNOW THAT.
I'M WILLING TO ASSUME THAT RISK.

797
01:06:57,714 --> 01:06:59,014
McKinley:
I THINK SOME OF THE CLIENTS

798
01:06:59,016 --> 01:07:00,115
ARE GETTING A LITTLE RESTLESS,

799
01:07:00,117 --> 01:07:01,383
BUT I THINK
WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE

800
01:07:01,385 --> 01:07:02,617
AT THE RIGHT TIME,

801
01:07:02,619 --> 01:07:04,652
AND WE'RE STILL GOING FORWARD
ON OUR PLAN.

802
01:07:04,654 --> 01:07:09,958
SO IF THE WORD IS "YES,
YOUR CREW WILL GO WITH YOU,"

803
01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:12,660
WE'RE STILL GOING FORWARD.

804
01:07:15,499 --> 01:07:18,833
¶¶

805
01:07:21,638 --> 01:07:23,838
Man #32: THE FUTURE OF
THE EVEREST CLIMBING SEASON

806
01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:25,340
IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE
THIS MORNING.

807
01:07:25,342 --> 01:07:27,108
Woman #7: NEPALESE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS ARE FLYING INTO TRY

808
01:07:27,110 --> 01:07:29,044
AND EASE TENSIONS AT BASE CAMP.

809
01:07:29,046 --> 01:07:30,545
Douglas: THERE WAS
A LOT OF EXPECTATION

810
01:07:30,547 --> 01:07:32,514
SURROUNDING
THE MINISTERIAL VISIT.

811
01:07:32,516 --> 01:07:34,649
THE SHERPAS HOPED
THEY WOULD SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP

812
01:07:34,651 --> 01:07:36,084
AND CANCEL THE SEASON.

813
01:07:36,086 --> 01:07:37,786
THE CLIENTS HOPED THE GOVERNMENT

814
01:07:37,788 --> 01:07:39,320
WOULD AGREE
TO THE SHERPA DEMANDS

815
01:07:39,322 --> 01:07:42,824
SO THE SEASON COULD CONTINUE.

816
01:07:42,826 --> 01:07:44,993
Man #33: SIT DOWN, PLEASE!

817
01:07:47,631 --> 01:07:50,965
[ CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING ]

818
01:07:50,967 --> 01:07:53,334
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

819
01:09:13,250 --> 01:09:15,450
[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]

820
01:09:15,452 --> 01:09:17,852
Douglas:
SO IN FAILING TO ACT DECISIVELY

821
01:09:17,854 --> 01:09:20,121
OR TAKE ANY KIND
OF OFFICIAL POSITION,

822
01:09:20,123 --> 01:09:22,023
THE GOVERNMENT HAVE REALLY
LEFT THE SHERPAS

823
01:09:22,025 --> 01:09:24,392
BETWEEN A ROCK
AND A HARD PLACE.

824
01:09:56,193 --> 01:09:59,627
...BUT JUST COMING TO BASE CAMP,
THEY DON'T MAKE MONEY.

825
01:09:59,629 --> 01:10:02,063
THEY MAKE MONEY ON THE MOUNTAIN,
CARRYING LOADS UP THERE.

826
01:10:02,065 --> 01:10:03,298
THE HIGHER THEY GO,

827
01:10:03,300 --> 01:10:06,334
THE MORE THEY CARRY,
THE MORE THEY'RE PAID.

828
01:10:06,336 --> 01:10:08,603
JUST COMING TO BASE CAMP,
THEY MAKE NOTHING.

829
01:10:08,605 --> 01:10:12,507
BUT FOR THE LAST 61 YEARS,
WE'VE WAITED.

830
01:10:12,509 --> 01:10:15,710
SOMETHING HAD TO HAPPEN AND THEN
WE HAD TO RAISE OUR VOICE

831
01:10:15,712 --> 01:10:18,613
AND TO SUCH A HUGE LOSS.

832
01:10:18,615 --> 01:10:20,982
THEY'RE READY
TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.

833
01:10:20,984 --> 01:10:23,885
THEY'D RATHER LEAVE THAN DIE.

834
01:11:04,027 --> 01:11:06,261
Douglas: I THINK MANY EXPEDITION
LEADERS FOUND THEMSELVES

835
01:11:06,263 --> 01:11:08,730
IN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
POSITION.

836
01:11:08,732 --> 01:11:11,499
BALANCING THE INTERESTS
OF CLIENTS AND THE SHERPAS

837
01:11:11,501 --> 01:11:16,437
IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS
WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EASY.

838
01:11:16,439 --> 01:11:18,740
Linville: WHAT HAPPENED WAS
REALLY A TRAGIC DAY,

839
01:11:18,742 --> 01:11:19,941
A BLACK DAY.

840
01:11:19,943 --> 01:11:22,410
I FEEL STILL POSITIVE

841
01:11:22,412 --> 01:11:25,046
IF WE'RE GONNA BE ALLOWED
TO GO UP THE MOUNTAIN, YOU KNOW,

842
01:11:25,048 --> 01:11:27,382
AND CONTINUE THE JOURNEY
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S SUCCESSFUL

843
01:11:27,384 --> 01:11:29,517
AND YOU KNOW,
LIFE GOES ON,

844
01:11:29,519 --> 01:11:32,654
AND JUST TRY TO REMEMBER
THE GUYS FOR WHAT THEY WERE

845
01:11:32,656 --> 01:11:34,455
AND CARRY
A POSITIVE MESSAGE.

846
01:11:34,457 --> 01:11:37,091
I KNEW THE RISKS.

847
01:11:37,093 --> 01:11:40,028
FROM A PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW,
I WAS PREPARED TO TAKE THAT,

848
01:11:40,030 --> 01:11:42,630
BUT TO ASK THE SHERPA BOYS

849
01:11:42,632 --> 01:11:44,165
TO GO THROUGH IT
TIME AND TIME AGAIN,

850
01:11:44,167 --> 01:11:46,234
IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE.

851
01:11:46,236 --> 01:11:49,837
IT'S HARD JUST TO --

852
01:11:49,839 --> 01:11:55,076
NOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES,

853
01:11:55,078 --> 01:11:58,279
THOSE BOYS.

854
01:11:58,281 --> 01:12:00,882
THEY'RE DOING IT FOR US.

855
01:12:00,884 --> 01:12:06,721
BUT I PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO THIS
AND EFFORT.

856
01:12:06,723 --> 01:12:10,124
THEN YOU START TO JUSTIFY IT.

857
01:12:11,761 --> 01:12:13,828
Doyle: FOR US, IT'S DéJà VU,
ISN'T IT, JEFF?

858
01:12:13,830 --> 01:12:15,897
YEAH. WE'VE BEEN
THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW?

859
01:12:15,899 --> 01:12:18,466
THIS WAS 2012.

860
01:12:18,468 --> 01:12:21,336
ACTUALLY, WHAT RUSSELL FEARED
WOULD HAPPEN IN 2012

861
01:12:21,338 --> 01:12:23,805
IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

862
01:12:23,807 --> 01:12:25,640
TO HAVE TO COME BACK HERE
A SECOND TIME

863
01:12:25,642 --> 01:12:30,345
ONLY TO GET CANCELED AGAIN
AND NEVER GIVEN THE SHOT IS --

864
01:12:30,347 --> 01:12:34,482
YEAH, THAT'LL BE -- THAT'LL BE
DEVASTATING TO ME, I THINK.

865
01:12:34,484 --> 01:12:35,683
YEAH.

866
01:12:39,422 --> 01:12:40,855
Woman #5: AS WE REPORTED EARLIER
THIS WEEK,

867
01:12:40,857 --> 01:12:43,991
SHERPAS ARE LEADING A BOYCOTT
AFTER THAT DEADLY AVALANCHE.

868
01:12:43,993 --> 01:12:46,094
Man #34: STARTING TO MAKE
CLIMBING FOR THOSE

869
01:12:46,096 --> 01:12:48,896
WHO MIGHT WANT TO CONTINUE
VERY, VERY CHALLENGING.

870
01:12:48,898 --> 01:12:51,132
Woman #5: MOST OF THE CLIMBERS
WILL FORFEIT THE MONEY

871
01:12:51,134 --> 01:12:53,000
THEY PAID FOR THE JOURNEY.

872
01:12:53,002 --> 01:12:56,170
THAT CAN TOP $75,000.

873
01:12:56,172 --> 01:13:00,174
I FLEW BACK AGAIN HERE
THIS MORNING

874
01:13:00,176 --> 01:13:05,680
TO FIND THAT I'M PROBABLY
THE LAST TEAM TO DECIDE

875
01:13:05,682 --> 01:13:08,316
WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO
BE CONTINUING ON THE MOUNTAIN

876
01:13:08,318 --> 01:13:10,251
OR NOT.

877
01:13:10,253 --> 01:13:12,086
YES, WE HAD ONE AVALANCHE.

878
01:13:12,088 --> 01:13:14,021
UNFORTUNATELY,
IT KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

879
01:13:14,023 --> 01:13:17,925
BUT THAT'S NO REASON
TO STOP THE EXPEDITION.

880
01:13:17,927 --> 01:13:21,129
TODAY, A DELEGATION --
THEY CAME TO THE BASE CAMP

881
01:13:21,131 --> 01:13:24,932
TO TRY AND CALM THINGS DOWN.

882
01:13:24,934 --> 01:13:28,269
BUT I'M AFRAID
IT JUST ESCALATED THINGS.

883
01:13:28,271 --> 01:13:29,737
IT DIDN'T HELP.

884
01:13:29,739 --> 01:13:36,411
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY
A GROUP OF FOUR OR FIVE GUYS

885
01:13:36,413 --> 01:13:40,281
THAT ARE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM,

886
01:13:40,283 --> 01:13:44,085
BUT THEN THEY EXCITE
300-ODD GUYS,

887
01:13:44,087 --> 01:13:49,857
AND WHEN YOU HAVE MOB RULE,
WHAT CAN WE DO?

888
01:13:49,859 --> 01:13:51,793
EFFECTIVELY,

889
01:13:51,795 --> 01:13:55,062
WHAT THESE MILITANT SHERPAS
ARE SAYING IS --

890
01:13:55,064 --> 01:13:57,632
IF OUR SHERPAS
GO THROUGH THE ICEFALL,

891
01:13:57,634 --> 01:14:00,401
THEY'LL BEAT THEM UP.

892
01:14:00,403 --> 01:14:05,206
THEN WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE
FIGHTING ON EVEREST LAST YEAR.

893
01:14:05,208 --> 01:14:10,845
WE WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE
SOME FORM OF PUNISHMENT

894
01:14:10,847 --> 01:14:12,346
TO THESE GUYS.

895
01:14:12,348 --> 01:14:15,783
OR WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM,
OUT OF THIS SYSTEM

896
01:14:15,785 --> 01:14:17,218
SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

897
01:14:17,220 --> 01:14:20,555
YOU KNOW WHO EMPLOYS THEM, RUSS?
THESE FOUR OR FIVE?

898
01:14:20,557 --> 01:14:24,025
I KNOW WHO EMPLOYS
SOME OF THEM, YEAH.

899
01:14:24,027 --> 01:14:26,027
AND THERE'S NO WAY
YOU CAN TALK TO THEIR OWNERS

900
01:14:26,029 --> 01:14:28,963
AND -- I MEAN, IF THIS
WAS ONE OF YOUR SHERPAS,

901
01:14:28,965 --> 01:14:30,798
YOU COULD HAVE THEM REMOVED
FROM THE MOUNTAIN.

902
01:14:30,800 --> 01:14:33,100
WELL, I WOULD.
YES.

903
01:14:33,102 --> 01:14:34,402
SO...

904
01:14:34,404 --> 01:14:36,838
BUT, YES.

905
01:14:36,840 --> 01:14:41,542
BUT I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO DO THAT.

906
01:14:44,047 --> 01:14:46,314
THESE PEOPLE
ARE TOTALLY IRRATIONAL.

907
01:14:46,316 --> 01:14:48,416
THEY DON'T CARE.

908
01:14:48,418 --> 01:14:50,084
NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH,

909
01:14:50,086 --> 01:14:54,288
THEY'LL BE AT HOME
WITH NOTHING TO EAT.

910
01:14:57,427 --> 01:14:59,393
WE HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE

911
01:14:59,395 --> 01:15:03,965
AS OUR SHERPAS ARE STILL
PREPARED TO GO UP THE MOUNTAIN.

912
01:15:03,967 --> 01:15:07,869
AS FAR AS I KNOW,
OUR SHERPAS WANT TO CLIMB.

913
01:15:07,871 --> 01:15:10,071
BUT THEY FEAR FOR THEIR LIFE.

914
01:15:10,073 --> 01:15:13,975
PHURBA WILL BE HERE
EARLY TOMORROW.

915
01:15:13,977 --> 01:15:16,511
WE HAVE TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING
WITH HIM.

916
01:15:18,448 --> 01:15:21,315
SO, SORRY, GUYS.

917
01:15:21,317 --> 01:15:23,251
THAT'S IT.

918
01:15:23,253 --> 01:15:26,487
¶¶

919
01:15:36,232 --> 01:15:38,566
-OH, NAMASTE.
-NAMASTE.

920
01:15:38,568 --> 01:15:41,168
[ MAN SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

921
01:16:14,070 --> 01:16:17,271
HOW'S IT GOING?
OKAY. HOW YOU DOING?

922
01:16:21,177 --> 01:16:24,512
Douglas: SHERPAS ARE NOT PEOPLE
WHO EXPRESS THEIR EMOTIONS

923
01:16:24,514 --> 01:16:26,814
VERY WILLINGLY.

924
01:16:26,816 --> 01:16:29,550
SO IT'S SOMETIMES HARD
TO READ THEM.

925
01:16:29,552 --> 01:16:34,622
Brice:
LOTS OF ATTENTION ON YOU NOW.

926
01:16:34,624 --> 01:16:36,624
IT'S OKAY.
JUST RELAX.

927
01:16:36,626 --> 01:16:39,193
LET'S HAVE
A CUP OF TEA FIRST, HUH?

928
01:16:42,532 --> 01:16:44,198
NAMASTE.

929
01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:19,667
SO, HOW'S EVERYONE
AT HOME?

930
01:17:21,004 --> 01:17:22,169
UPSET?

931
01:17:22,171 --> 01:17:23,671
-A BIT UPSET.
-YEAH.

932
01:17:23,673 --> 01:17:26,273
I KNOW. JUST --

933
01:17:26,275 --> 01:17:28,309
UNDERSTANDABLY,
YOU KNOW.

934
01:17:28,311 --> 01:17:31,045
MM-HMM.

935
01:17:31,047 --> 01:17:34,215
AND WIVES.
HOW DO WIVES FEEL?

936
01:17:34,217 --> 01:17:35,383
DON'T WANT YOU COMING
OR --

937
01:17:35,385 --> 01:17:38,352
HOW THEY WANT --
HOW THEY SAY?

938
01:17:38,354 --> 01:17:42,757
THEY ARE HAPPY THAT WE'RE BACK,
BUT THEY'RE STILL AFRAID --

939
01:17:42,759 --> 01:17:43,958
AFRAID.

940
01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:45,126
AFRAID, TOO,
THAT WE'RE GOING BACK AGAIN.

941
01:17:45,128 --> 01:17:48,095
YEAH. I'M SURE.

942
01:17:48,097 --> 01:17:49,597
WE'RE ALL AFRAID.

943
01:17:49,599 --> 01:17:53,367
YEAH.

944
01:17:53,369 --> 01:17:55,970
WE'RE ALL AFRAID, PHURBA.

945
01:17:55,972 --> 01:17:57,772
SO.

946
01:17:57,774 --> 01:17:59,140
WHAT TO DO.

947
01:18:01,778 --> 01:18:03,210
WANT TO GO NORTH SIDE?

948
01:18:03,212 --> 01:18:04,679
-STILL VERY RISKY.
-HUH?

949
01:18:10,553 --> 01:18:13,087
THERE'S RISK EVERY TIME.
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE GO.

950
01:18:13,089 --> 01:18:14,588
MM-HMM.

951
01:18:16,926 --> 01:18:21,529
SO, UM...

952
01:18:21,531 --> 01:18:24,498
I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL.

953
01:18:24,500 --> 01:18:25,900
YOU WANT TO CLIMB,

954
01:18:25,902 --> 01:18:30,638
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE RESPECT
FOR THE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING.

955
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:32,139
YEAH.

956
01:18:32,141 --> 01:18:38,312
ALTHOUGH, I CHECKED WITH
ALL THE BUDDHISTS AND HINDU.

957
01:18:38,314 --> 01:18:41,882
YOU KNOW,
IF WE RESPECT,

958
01:18:41,884 --> 01:18:44,719
THEN WE CAN CARRY ON
DOING OUR WORK,

959
01:18:44,721 --> 01:18:49,023
BUT WHAT WE FEEL HERE
IS DANGER

960
01:18:49,025 --> 01:18:51,525
FOR YOU
FROM OTHER SHERPA.

961
01:18:51,527 --> 01:18:53,294
DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT?

962
01:18:53,296 --> 01:18:55,730
-NO, I DIDN'T.
-DIDN'T HEAR THAT?

963
01:19:01,104 --> 01:19:05,139
SO, FOR ME,
I FEEL AFRAID FOR YOU.

964
01:19:05,141 --> 01:19:09,243
WE FEEL DANGER FOR YOU GUYS
IF YOU CARRY ON CLIMBING,

965
01:19:09,245 --> 01:19:14,582
BUT MAYBE LATER,
SOME VIOLENCE TO YOU --

966
01:19:14,584 --> 01:19:17,952
HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT.

967
01:19:19,355 --> 01:19:21,388
'CAUSE THIS IS NOT
NORMAL SHERPA.

968
01:19:27,163 --> 01:19:28,796
HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL?

969
01:19:33,936 --> 01:19:36,036
MAYBE YOU'RE ANGRY
WITH ME.

970
01:19:36,038 --> 01:19:37,772
AND IF YOU'RE ANGRY,
THEN YOU HAVE TO TELL ME,

971
01:19:37,774 --> 01:19:42,343
BUT, YOU KNOW,

972
01:19:42,345 --> 01:19:46,013
I THINK PRESSURE
COMING FROM OUTSIDE --

973
01:19:46,015 --> 01:19:47,948
AND I'M AFRAID FOR YOU.

974
01:19:47,950 --> 01:19:51,352
SO, I THINK
WE HAVE TO STOP EXPEDITION.

975
01:19:51,354 --> 01:19:53,087
YOU AGREE?
-MM-HMM.

976
01:19:53,089 --> 01:19:54,355
YOU AGREE
TO STOP EXPEDITION?

977
01:19:54,357 --> 01:19:56,457
-YEAH.
-EVERYONE?

978
01:19:56,459 --> 01:19:58,559
-YES.
-YEAH?

979
01:19:58,561 --> 01:20:00,427
SO I HAVE TO TELL
THE MEMBERS LIKE THAT?

980
01:20:00,429 --> 01:20:02,630
MM-HMM.

981
01:20:02,632 --> 01:20:07,935
I DON'T WANT, BUT ALSO,
IF JUST US,

982
01:20:07,937 --> 01:20:10,571
HOW CAN I AFFORD
ALL THE ROPE?

983
01:20:10,573 --> 01:20:14,241
BECAUSE I HAVE TO BUY
FROM EXPEDITION OPERATORS.

984
01:20:14,243 --> 01:20:20,080
SO, FOR ME,
I CAN'T AFFORD JUST US.

985
01:20:20,082 --> 01:20:22,616
YOU KNOW,
BEFORE IT WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY,

986
01:20:22,618 --> 01:20:25,786
SMILING SHERPA,
ALWAYS HELPING.

987
01:20:25,788 --> 01:20:29,023
THESE GUYS HAVE SPOILED
YOUR REPUTATION.

988
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:39,767
OKAY.

989
01:20:39,769 --> 01:20:41,669
WHAT TO DO NOW.

990
01:20:41,671 --> 01:20:43,571
I HAVE TO GO AND TELL MEMBERS
WE'RE FINISHED.

991
01:20:43,573 --> 01:20:44,638
MM-HMM.

992
01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:47,608
YOU KNOW,
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.

993
01:20:47,610 --> 01:20:48,709
SAD.

994
01:21:07,296 --> 01:21:09,463
GLAD YOU'RE OKAY.

995
01:21:26,349 --> 01:21:28,382
SO GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE.

996
01:21:45,735 --> 01:21:49,336
SO, AS I TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT,

997
01:21:49,338 --> 01:21:51,805
IT'S UNLIKELY
THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE

998
01:21:51,807 --> 01:21:56,277
AND THE SHERPAS
FEEL UNDER TOO MUCH THREAT.

999
01:21:56,279 --> 01:21:59,046
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD
IF THEY GO THROUGH ICEFALL,

1000
01:21:59,048 --> 01:22:00,915
THEY'LL BREAK THEIR LEGS.

1001
01:22:00,917 --> 01:22:03,684
SO...

1002
01:22:03,686 --> 01:22:06,754
THIS IS THE WORD
THAT COMES TO THEM

1003
01:22:06,756 --> 01:22:10,324
THAT THESE OTHER GUYS
UP HERE WILL BREAK THEIR LEGS

1004
01:22:10,326 --> 01:22:12,893
IF THEY GO THROUGH THE ICEFALL.

1005
01:22:12,895 --> 01:22:14,762
YES, THEY WANT TO CLIMB.

1006
01:22:14,764 --> 01:22:16,230
OUT OF RESPECT,
THEY DON'T WANT TO CLIMB,

1007
01:22:16,232 --> 01:22:21,168
AND OUT OF FEAR,
THEY DON'T WANT TO CLIMB.

1008
01:22:21,170 --> 01:22:22,937
NOT FEAR OF THE MOUNTAIN.

1009
01:22:22,939 --> 01:22:24,638
FEAR OF THE PEOPLE.

1010
01:22:24,640 --> 01:22:26,941
SO THERE YOU GO, GUYS.
WHAT CAN I SAY?

1011
01:22:26,943 --> 01:22:28,509
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

1012
01:22:28,511 --> 01:22:30,044
AND PHURBA
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

1013
01:22:30,046 --> 01:22:33,480
AND WE'RE PISSED OFF.

1014
01:22:33,482 --> 01:22:36,583
WE'RE ANGRY THAT THESE PEOPLE
ARE RUINING OUR BUSINESS,

1015
01:22:36,585 --> 01:22:38,986
YOU KNOW?

1016
01:22:38,988 --> 01:22:42,790
THEIR BUSINESS.
WHAT CAN WE DO?

1017
01:22:42,792 --> 01:22:44,391
I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU.

1018
01:22:44,393 --> 01:22:48,896
I...DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

1019
01:22:48,898 --> 01:22:52,599
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE COME TWICE.

1020
01:22:59,809 --> 01:23:04,111
OKAY.
SO, NOW HOW TO GET OUT OF HERE.

1021
01:23:04,113 --> 01:23:05,746
ESSENTIALLY,
WE WERE JUST GIVEN THE NEWS

1022
01:23:05,748 --> 01:23:09,283
THAT THE SHERPAS' LEGS
WOULD BE BROKEN

1023
01:23:09,285 --> 01:23:15,122
IF THEY WERE TO HELP US

1024
01:23:15,124 --> 01:23:17,591
GET UP THIS MOUNTAIN.

1025
01:23:17,593 --> 01:23:19,426
HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY ARGUE
WITH THAT ONE?

1026
01:23:19,428 --> 01:23:22,963
BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY
TERRORISTS, IS HOW I LOOK AT IT.

1027
01:23:22,965 --> 01:23:26,266
I MEAN,
WHEN PEOPLE DEMAND CHANGE

1028
01:23:26,268 --> 01:23:29,770
AND THREATEN IT BY VIOLENCE,
THAT'S A TERRORIST, YOU KNOW.

1029
01:23:29,772 --> 01:23:31,105
AND WE IN THE STATES,
WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS --

1030
01:23:31,107 --> 01:23:33,173
AFTER 9/11.

1031
01:23:33,175 --> 01:23:37,811
WE'VE GOT A GROUP HERE
THAT'S TERRORIZING BASE CAMP.

1032
01:23:37,813 --> 01:23:39,580
HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT,
YOU KNOW?

1033
01:23:39,582 --> 01:23:41,115
HOW DO YOU --

1034
01:23:41,117 --> 01:23:43,050
HOW DO YOU MENTALLY
PREPARE YOURSELF

1035
01:23:43,052 --> 01:23:44,618
TO GET UP HERE
AND THEN BE TURNED AWAY

1036
01:23:44,620 --> 01:23:47,054
BECAUSE A GROUP OF TERRORISTS
ARE DEMANDING

1037
01:23:47,056 --> 01:23:49,857
THAT WESTERNERS LEAVE BASE CAMP?

1038
01:23:49,859 --> 01:23:54,361
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S HARD.

1039
01:23:54,363 --> 01:23:56,797
DO I HAVE IT IN ME
FOR A THIRD TIME

1040
01:23:56,799 --> 01:23:59,033
TO TRY TO COME BACK
AND DO EVEREST?

1041
01:23:59,035 --> 01:24:01,001
I'VE GOT TO GO TALK
WITH MY FAMILY, I THINK,

1042
01:24:01,003 --> 01:24:04,738
BEFORE I MAKE
ANY FINAL DECISIONS.

1043
01:24:04,740 --> 01:24:06,840
BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE
TO GET TO THE TOP

1044
01:24:06,842 --> 01:24:09,410
OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
IN THE WORLD

1045
01:24:09,412 --> 01:24:12,646
AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THAT LEGACY TO MY FAMILY

1046
01:24:12,648 --> 01:24:15,315
AS SOMETHING THEY --

1047
01:24:15,317 --> 01:24:18,852
[ Voice breaking ]
NOW YOU GOT ME.

1048
01:24:21,390 --> 01:24:22,489
Man #34: OH, WE'LL BE BACK.

1049
01:24:22,491 --> 01:24:25,125
WE'LL BE BACK
HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR.

1050
01:24:25,127 --> 01:24:26,527
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,

1051
01:24:26,529 --> 01:24:29,830
I'LL TACK THE TOP
OF THAT MOUNTAIN AT SOME POINT,

1052
01:24:29,832 --> 01:24:32,766
SO...
JUST A SLIGHT SETBACK.

1053
01:24:32,768 --> 01:24:35,569
I'M GONNA FEEL BETTER
WHEN I GO HOME KNOWING

1054
01:24:35,571 --> 01:24:37,604
THAT WE DIDN'T CLIMB UP
THAT MOUNTAIN

1055
01:24:37,606 --> 01:24:39,073
AFTER THE BIG TRAGEDY.

1056
01:24:39,075 --> 01:24:41,275
IT'S JUST BETTER
TO SHOW MY RESPECT

1057
01:24:41,277 --> 01:24:44,411
FOR THE SHERPA COMMUNITY
BY LEAVING.

1058
01:24:44,413 --> 01:24:46,814
Joshi: I THINK THE EXPEDITION
ORGANIZERS --

1059
01:24:46,816 --> 01:24:49,550
THEY KNEW IN THEIR HEART
WHAT THEIR SHERPA WANTS,

1060
01:24:49,552 --> 01:24:52,786
BUT THEY COULDN'T TELL
THAT CLEARLY TO THEIR CLIENTS.

1061
01:24:52,788 --> 01:24:54,955
IT'S JUST THE EXCUSES
THEY ARE USING

1062
01:24:54,957 --> 01:24:57,758
TO THROW THE BLAME
ON SOMEBODY ELSE, YEAH.

1063
01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:00,828
¶¶

1064
01:25:15,611 --> 01:25:20,247
IF THIS DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING,
THEN NOTHING EVER WILL.

1065
01:25:20,249 --> 01:25:23,250
THEN NEPAL WILL JUST BE
LIKE THE WILD, WILD WEST

1066
01:25:23,252 --> 01:25:27,754
FOR THE WESTERN OPERATORS
TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

1067
01:25:27,756 --> 01:25:29,723
THIS THING HAS HAPPENED,
WHICH IS A SAD THING,

1068
01:25:29,725 --> 01:25:32,059
BUT HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL BRING
SOMETHING POSITIVE

1069
01:25:32,061 --> 01:25:34,094
INTO THE MOUNTAIN.

1070
01:25:34,096 --> 01:25:37,297
Brice: IT MUST HAVE SOME EFFECT
OF THE EVEREST INDUSTRY --

1071
01:25:37,299 --> 01:25:40,200
THE ACCIDENT THIS YEAR.

1072
01:25:40,202 --> 01:25:41,935
I THINK
THIS MADE ME MORE DETERMINED

1073
01:25:41,937 --> 01:25:43,737
TO TRY AND CHANGE THE RULES

1074
01:25:43,739 --> 01:25:50,177
SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH EVEREST
AS USUAL BUT IN A SAFER WAY.

1075
01:25:50,179 --> 01:25:52,246
I'VE BEEN A MOUNTAIN GUIDE
ALL MY LIFE.

1076
01:25:52,248 --> 01:25:58,852
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH DEATH
A LOT, AND THEN TRY AND MOVE ON.

1077
01:25:58,854 --> 01:26:00,387
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL HAVE A TEAM

1078
01:26:00,389 --> 01:26:03,790
TO GO TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST
AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

1079
01:26:05,761 --> 01:26:08,929
[ HELICOPTER WHIRRING FADES ]

1080
01:26:09,765 --> 01:26:12,900
¶¶

1081
01:26:48,070 --> 01:26:49,937
Douglas: THE GAME SHIFTED.

1082
01:26:49,939 --> 01:26:52,673
IT WOULD BE EASY
IN THE CHAOS OF THIS LAST WEEK

1083
01:26:52,675 --> 01:26:56,877
TO LOSE SIGHT
OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.

1084
01:26:56,879 --> 01:27:01,315
THE SHERPAS HAVE EFFECTIVELY
CANCELED THE SEASON.

1085
01:27:01,317 --> 01:27:03,750
THEY HAD A CHOICE,
AND IN THE END,

1086
01:27:03,752 --> 01:27:06,420
THEY'VE CHOSEN RESPECT
FOR THEMSELVES AND THE MOUNTAIN

1087
01:27:06,422 --> 01:27:09,389
AHEAD OF MONEY.

1088
01:27:09,391 --> 01:27:13,627
CANCELING THE SEASON WILL BE
A WELCOMED BREATHING SPACE.

1089
01:27:13,629 --> 01:27:16,863
SO MAYBE IT WILL BE CALMER.

1090
01:27:16,865 --> 01:27:19,633
IT WILL BE NICE FOR EVEREST
TO BE CALM FOR A BIT

1091
01:27:19,635 --> 01:27:24,304
RATHER THAN THIS
KIND OF MADNESS.

1092
01:27:26,742 --> 01:27:28,742
MY FATHER SAID
THAT YOU DON'T CONQUER

1093
01:27:28,744 --> 01:27:29,943
THESE MOUNTAINS, YOU KNOW?

1094
01:27:29,945 --> 01:27:31,612
YOU JUST CRAWL UP,

1095
01:27:31,614 --> 01:27:34,681
AS A CHILD CRAWLING
TO YOUR MOTHER'S LAP,

1096
01:27:34,683 --> 01:27:37,618
WHICH IS THE SAME APPROACH
I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE.

1097
01:27:37,620 --> 01:27:41,021
THEN THERE'D BE LESS ACCIDENTS.

1098
01:27:41,023 --> 01:27:44,291
Norbu: HE WAS THE FIRST ASIAN
TO BECOME FAMOUS,

1099
01:27:44,293 --> 01:27:45,692
KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD,

1100
01:27:45,694 --> 01:27:48,996
AND HE BECAME A GREAT METAPHOR
FOR YOUNG MEN

1101
01:27:48,998 --> 01:27:52,432
ALL ALIKE TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN
MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN,

1102
01:27:52,434 --> 01:27:54,401
HARD WORK IS WHAT IT TAKES.

1103
01:27:54,403 --> 01:27:56,236
AND SO HE BECAME A REAL SYMBOL
OF HOPE

1104
01:27:56,238 --> 01:27:58,772
FOR MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

1105
01:27:58,774 --> 01:28:01,775
¶¶

1106
01:28:05,814 --> 01:28:08,849
¶¶

1107
01:28:27,503 --> 01:28:30,604
[ PRAYER WHEELS CLANKING ]

1108
01:28:35,311 --> 01:28:40,547
Douglas: TENZING GAVE THE NAME
SHERPA A CURRENCY

1109
01:28:40,549 --> 01:28:43,283
WHICH WILL NEVER BE EXHAUSTED.

1110
01:28:43,285 --> 01:28:45,585
SO IT MAY ONLY BE NOW

1111
01:28:45,587 --> 01:28:48,689
THAT THEY'RE REALLY BEGINNING
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

1112
01:28:48,691 --> 01:28:50,891
THEY'VE GOT CONTROL
OF CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN,

1113
01:28:50,893 --> 01:28:52,893
AND IT'S COME
FULL CIRCLE IN A WAY.

1114
01:28:56,665 --> 01:28:59,700
[ LAUGHTER ]

1115
01:29:04,573 --> 01:29:06,139
Jamling:
MY FATHER SAID HE CLIMBED

1116
01:29:06,141 --> 01:29:07,941
SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO.

1117
01:29:10,245 --> 01:29:12,713
HE WANTED TO GIVE US
THE BEST EDUCATION

1118
01:29:12,715 --> 01:29:15,182
SO WE COULD CONTINUE OUR LIVES
IN SOME OTHER CAREERS

1119
01:29:15,184 --> 01:29:17,551
RATHER THAN CLIMBING.

1120
01:29:17,553 --> 01:29:19,586
BECAUSE CLIMBING WAS DANGEROUS.

1121
01:29:25,194 --> 01:29:28,161
¶¶

1122
01:29:51,754 --> 01:29:54,488
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

1123
01:31:10,799 --> 01:31:13,900
¶¶

1124
01:32:50,399 --> 01:32:53,533
¶¶

1125
01:33:40,349 --> 01:33:43,483
¶¶

1126
01:34:30,298 --> 01:34:33,600
¶¶

1127
01:35:20,248 --> 01:35:23,516
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