"Based on a true story." "1953 Enmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to summit of Everest." "Over the next 40 years." "Only professional climbers attempted the same feat." "One in four died 1992 New Zealander, Rob Hall pioneered the concept of commercial guiding on Everest for amateur climbers." "Over the next four years, his team, Adventure Consultants, successfully led 19 clients to the summit without a single fatality." "1996 Other commercial operators follow Rob Hall's lead, including Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness." "More than 20 expeditions compete to summit Everest in the same two week window." "Please listen up." "Guys." "We got 2000 feet (ft), 600 vertical metres (m) to Camp 4." "Let's rope all the way, so I know you can make it." "Alright, once we get to the Yellow band, we're going to regroup." "Put on the mask, turn on the gas." "Make sense?" "$325 a bottle, for oxygen. (6 weeks ago...)" "It's daylight robbery." "(6 weeks ago...)" "Yeah." "Well, he's cornered the market, he's got it." "He reckon there's going to be 20 teams at Base camp this season." "20 teams?" "I mean with all the Sherpas and porters it's going to be squeeze up there." "Lets..." "scrum on the ropes right there." "What is this?" "It's Helen's." "It's a little decoration for the mess in." "Hey, you can wear them on your head, y'hear." "I'll have it, thank you." "Okay, I got some news." " We got Krakauer." " Huh?" "Oh, yeah!" " You stole him from Scott Fischer." " No, he made his own mind." "Good job, Rob." "How much is he paying you, Rob?" "Well, he's..." "only paying for his airfare." "But we got 5000 words in the magazine and our picture in the front cover." "Huh." "That makes it all worthwhile." "Right there." "Or if you get him to the top." "If..." "If..." "How can you say that to me?" " There you go." " I got you." "You alright?" "Thanks, Guy." "Cheers, mate." " Hey." " Hi, Rob." " Good to see you." " Oh, yeah." "How are you?" " I am good." "Oh, look at you." " I know." " Big." " Here you go." "You good?" " Yeh, you know." " Okay." "Just going to miss you." "Let's go, Guy." "Just-Just go careful, alright?" " It's just..." " Please don't." "Come on, please don't worry." "It's just that doing nothing back here that's making me worry." " You're not doing nothing." " No, but..." "What?" "It's the waiting for you." " For him." " Ha ha." " Her." " Her." "Just, be back for the birth, Rob Hall." "You try and stop me." " Okay, I love you." " Go, or I'll cry." "Go." "KATHMANDU, NEPAL" "March 30th 1996." "Here." " That all you got." " Yeah." "That's it." "I think we're over here." "Hey..." "What work outfit you guys with?" " Adventure Consultants." " Uh, good, me too." "I'm Beck." "Beck Weathers." "Doug Hansen." " Jon Krakauer." " How're you doing?" " Okay." " Are you..." "Krakauer from Outside magazine." " Yeah." " Really?" "What're you doing?" "Writing or climbing or what?" "A little bit of both." "Well." "I'll let you know how the Summit goes, okay?" " No need, I'll be there." " We'll see." "What do you do when you're not climbing, Doug?" " What?" "Work?" " Yeah." "Uh, different things." "Carpenter." "Mailman." " Carpenter." "Mailman." " Yep." " Seriously, you deliver the mail?" " Yep, I deliver the mail." "Mailman on Everest?" " Hope so." " Ha ha." "I like that." "Mailman on Everest." "There we go." " Beck." " Yeah." "You know, he made it to the South Summit on Everest last year." " Who?" "Doug did?" " Yeah." " That's pretty hot for a mailman." " Yep." "Brown's Peak, McKinley." "I never made it up to the top of McKinley myself." "I know." " How did you know that?" " 89', right?" "Ohhh." "You done your research." "That's what we do." "GARUDA HOTEL" "You, my friends, are following in some very famous footsteps." "A history made famous by George Everest," "George Mallory, Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary..." " And Rob Hall." " Lege..." " Yeah." " Oh, yeah." "Legend..." "lege..." "legends, all of them." " Ha-ha-ha..." " Eh ha ha..." "That's right." "For those of you who dare face the dreams," "Adventure Consultants offer something beyond the power of words to describe." "And why don't we describe it in the brochure." "Because it's mostly just pain." " Yes." " Ain't that the truth." "And the odd, if you don't mind, Mike." "And the odd missing toe." "There we go." " Oh." " Ooo." "To put it simply, guys." "Human beings simply aren't built to function at the cruising altitude of a 747." "Okay, once we get above here, above the South Col." "Our bodies will be literally dying and I mean literally dying." "It's not called the Death Zone for nothing, guys." "So, the game is, can we get you up to the top and down to the bottom before that happens." " You sure can." " Oh." "Beck Weathers, ladies and gentlemen." "You might've noticed he's a bit of a lone star state." "100% Texan right here, people." "100% Texan." "You met Mike Groom." "I like to introduce you to Andy Harris." "Or Harold." "Harold had got out of Queenstown." "Taranaki actually, originally Canada." "Helen and the rest of the team are already on their way up to Base Camp." "They're setting it up when we get there." " Today is March 30th, people." " Yeah." "I plan on going to the Summit, May 10th." "It's been a lucky day for me in Adventure Consultants, and the weather is usually pretty stable around then." "So that means," "We have 40 days, to train your bodies and your minds to go for it." "Now." "I know there is a lot of mountaineering experience in this room you wouldn't be here without it." " Stu, K2, Broad Peak." " Nice." "John Taske, 1192m of Mount Kosciuszko." " Ha ha ha..." " Eh ha ha..." " And Yasuko Namba." " Oh." " 6 of the 7 Summits." " Yeah." " An amazing woman." " There you go." " Let's make it 7." " Thank you." "But, Everest though, is another beast." "Another beast altogether." "That's why you're here." "Isn't that right, Dougy." "Oh, yeah." "Yeah." "So, listen." "Tonight, that's it for me." "Eat, drink, be merry." "Tomorrow we trek." "Alright, let's go." "Alright, folks, hang on." "Okay." "That's it." "Here we go, colonel." "Alright, everybody, earbuds." "Take your seats." "Buckle in, everyone." "Thanks, bud." "Murdock, here we go." "Okay, everybody." "Hey, can you believe it." "Lukla: 9,383 ft 2,860 m." "Take it easy." "Nice work." "Take it easy." " Ready." " Let's go." "You lead the way." " Are you alright?" " Come on, man." "NAMCHE BAZAAR: 12,303 ft 3,750 m." "Guys, man want to see your climbing permits." "Need to see all your climbing permits." "Thank you very much." "We'll see you on the way back." "Thank you very much." " All good?" " Yeah, yeah." "Yeah, you?" " Yeah." " Hey..." "Thanks, Rob." " Thanks for what?" " You know, the discount." "You're working 3 jobs, Doug." "It's the least I can do, right?" "I know you didn't have to do it." "I appreciate it." "Let's just get you to the top this time." " Yeah." " Yeah." "Yeah." "How're you feeling, Beck?" "About a third to midland." "Come on, buddy." "You can do it." "Thought I was going to acclimatize faster than this." "Uh." "You'll be alright." "Go on, critters." "Woo." " Well." " Yeah." "How close did you get?" "I got really close, but... got a lateness, pretty shot anyways, so..." "I think I would have made a run for it." " Everyday I wake up thinking that." " Then why didn't you do it?" "Because I turned him around." "1:15 (PM) of the South Summit." "That condition, we weren't going to make that 2 PM turn around." "It's all good more to make the top, Beck." "But you pay me to bring you down safely." "Remember that." "Okay." "What's eating him?" "One of those Sherpas is Tenzing." "He had an accident." " Oh yeah." " Yeah." "On the icefall." "It's not good, had to bring him down." "TENGOCHE MONASTERY: 12,687 ft 3,867 m." "Blessing at Tengboche Monastery." "Namaste." "Namaste." "THE CLIMBERS' MEMORIALS, THOK LA: 16,000 ft 4,877 metres." "EVEREST BASE CAMP: 17,600 ft 5,367 metres." "Congratulation, you all made it." "Welcome to Base Camp." "It'll be a united nations here this year." "We've the Allmax teams." "South africans." "And right up here, in the best spot of all, we have the Adventure Consultants Base Camp." " Hey." " Hi, Helen." " Hi, how are you?" " Nice to see you." " Welcome, nice to see you." " Thank you." " Hi, Rob." " Hey." " You alright?" " Yeah, yeah, good." "You?" " Yeah." "You know, we're good." " Yeah, it looks good." "For those of you that haven't met." "This is Helen Wilton, Base Camp manager." "She'll be your mom for the next... few weeks." "Any problems take it to her, and she'll sort it." "Alright." "Um." "Well, it's very nice to finally meet you all in person." "Ang Dorjee, come here." "This is Ang Dorjee, everyone." "He's you climbing sirdar, your lead sherpa." " Hey, how are you?" " Okay." " You..." "You speak English?" " Better than you, Mr. America." " Bet you climb better than I do, huh?" " Yeah." " Yeah." " Yeah." "Ang summit it 3 times, Beck." "Alright, alright." "I hear you, I hear you." "Alright." "Well, there's tea in the mess tin when you dumped your sacks." "And..." "The comm's tent down the back." "That's the cooking tent and over there" " is the toilet." " All good?" "It's a little bit drafty, but just remember that..." "When the wind gets upheave, you got the same view as George Everest did." "For those of you who haven't used crampons before left and right are mark you can't get it wrong." " Alright, so, simple." " Okay." "First of all, you push it into the shoe, like this." "Unbelievable." "If it isn't the mayor of Base Camp." "Scott Fischer, Mr. Mountain Madness." "In the flesh." "You want a cup?" "Sit down, man." "Acclimatize." "Okay." "I'm normally a tea man myself, but..." " Let's give it a go." " Thank you so much." "Well, it's crazy this year, aye." "I know, man." "Some idiot kiwi goes and advance Himalaya guide here." "Look what happens." "Yeah." "Didn't take you too long to get in on the act." "Got to make a living, man." "You... went ahead and fixed the ice post, I see." "Yeah, yeah." "It's pretty messy up there this year." " Yeah?" " The vasses are pretty big." "Strung 4 or 5 ladders across." "You use good ropes there, did you?" "You ready?" "Okay." "This is April 7th about 10:30 am." "This is Sandy Hill Pittman reporting for Nbc Interactive Media and we are official at Everest Base Camp." " She one of yours?" " Oh, yeah." "Someone went and stole my journalist so I had to get another one." "She's a lot easier on the eye than Jon Krakauer, that's for sure." "Listen, just to be clear I didn't steal your journalist." "Hey, man." "It's all good." " Outside magazine gave me a call..." " Hey." " They gave me a call..." " Hey!" " Said they wanted..." " It's all good." "They're going to sent a journalist up the hill and asked me if I was interested." "It was his call in the end." "Alright." "Carol Mackenzie, team doctor." "Why don't you kick it off, Carol." " Hi, everyone." " Hey, Carol." "Hi, there." " Hey, sorry." " No, it's fine." "Um." "So..." "Rob and Harold and Mike will tell you all sorts of stuff about mountaineering." "But, from a medical stand of point, getting you to the top of Everest was really about oxygen." "And the lack of it." "To give you the best chance of summiting, you need to prepare your bodies for the thin air up there." "So, over the next month before the final ascend, you are going to make 3 partial acclimatizing ascends, returning here, to Base Camp, after each one." "The bad news is that each ascend begins and ends with the icefall." "I'm sorry, but there's no way around it." "There're millions of tons of glacier ice continue moving day and night." "Your crevasses so deep they probably don't even have a bottom." "It is not a place that you want to get caught hanging out in, especially when the sun hits it." "So, we're going to be up, nice and early and through that as soon as possible." "Now, the Sherpas are going ahead and fixed the ladders across the crevasses and we've made it as safe as we possibly can." "But, that is not to say that it is completely safe." "19 people have died in that icefall." " Whoa whoa whoa..." " Hold on." "Steady." " You alright, Jon?" " You alright?" " I'm good." "Okay." " Alright, steady up." "So, remember, we're a team, let's look up for each other." " Lookout for hypothermia." "(CAMP ONE: 19,500 ft: 5,944 m)" "Things like slur speech and irrational behaviour." "I've seen hypoxia climbers ripped off all their clothes at 8000 m because they are feeling hot." "You all know about cerebral edema, the swelling of your brain to the point of lost of motor function and eventually death." "And pulmonary edema, which is your lungs filling with fluid." "Till you fatally drown." "The only cure is to get down the mountain fast." " Alright." "Okay." " Alright, buddy." "But, it is not all doom and gloom here, okay?" "Myself and the whole AC team are here to make sure you get up and down safely and you will acclimatize naturally." "So, why don't we all, give Carol a nice big thank you." " Oh, you don't have to give me that." " It's her first time here." " Hey." " Alright." "Nice job." "April 23rd." "CAMP TWO: 21,300 ft 6,492 m." " Well done." " Have a seat." "You want to get on the regulator or you want to hear that." "Can you get hosed." " Yasuko." " Beck." " How're you doing, darling?" " Okay." " Good?" " Yeah." " Well done." " Hang in there." "Help yourself with that." "In a situation like this, you just want to catch your breath go right up to 4, you should start feeling pretty good." "Yeah, I can feel that already." "How did you boys go?" " Instant happiness." " Hey." " Amazing." " Very happy." " Doug, you okay?" " Huh?" "When we get back to base, I want you to... get Carol to get a look at you." "Nah, I'm alright." "I'm okay." "Then... do me a favor, swinge another oxygen." " Yeah?" " Yeah." " You got enough?" " We got plenty." "Alright." "Get some tea in here." "Just lift your shirt up a bit." "Thank you." "Now, take a deep breath for me." "Just take one of those in the morning with a little bit of water before breakfast." "Okay." "Thanks." " Right, Beck." "You're up." " Sorry." "Yeah." "Go for it." "Read it and weep." "Take it easy there." " Right, you can stop." " Yeah?" " You're in great shape, Beck." " I'm in great shape." " Yeah." " 6 days a week in the gym" " ought to do it." " Your wife must have love that." "Yeah, she does." "Oh no." "What's the date today?" " April 25th." " No." "No." "I need to send a message to my wife." "Can I use your fax?" "You might want to look at this one first, came in for you last night." "Happy Anniversary Beck" " Peach." "Lord." "What?" "Can I-Can I use your satphone?" "Woo." "Well, if this did come in last night, it is an emergency." " It's... 25 bucks a minute, Beck." " Yeah, fine." " No." "This one is on us." " Seriously." "Thanks." "Rob." " Beck?" " Peach, it's me." "What happened?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "I'm fine." "Where-Where are you?" "I'm at Base Camp right now." "You're calling me from Everest?" "Yeah, it's a satellite phone, honey." "Oh my god." "How much is that costing?" " What's the problem?" " There is no problem, Peach." "I'm sorry, we were up at Camp 2 and that's why I didn't send you a fax yesterday." "Happy anniversary." "Okay." " Get off." " Mom." " How're the kids?" " Fine." " Hey." " Peach." " Get off." " Bud's here." "Doing his homework in the morning as per usual." "You want to say hi to him?" "Yeah, of course I do." " Hang on." " Okay." " Say hi." " Hey, Dad." " Hey, Bud." " Hi." "I miss you, buddy." "Oh, and Meg went on her first date." " Mom." " ..." "last weekend." "Well, you did." " Wow." "Really?" " Um-hum." " Get off." " Peach." "I missed you, honey." "Mom?" "Mom." "Missed the kids... a lot." "Peach." "Listen, I got to get the kids to school." "So, I got to run." "Okay." "Yeah." "Go careful." "Bye bye." "Is Dad okay?" "Just... he never calls." "He's..." "I think he's scared." "♪ It's going nowhere on the mantlepiece ♪" "♪ Well, do I lie like a loungeroom lizard ♪" "Yeah." "Beck." "Come in mate, come on." " Come on." " Come on, Beck." "You don't dance." "You don't climb." "Come on, guys." "Beck Weathers." " Yeah." " Come on, Beck." "Come on." " Go dance." " Go go." "♪ ..." "Take the weather with you ♪" "♪ Everywhere you go, always take the weather, the weather with you ♪" "Hey, man." "Breaking into the rations?" "Yeah, you want some?" "No." "I'll..." "I'll wait till we summit." "I don't know about that, Neal." "We'll get there." "I'm excited." "Anyway, me and Anatoli are here to help you, you know." "It's too much competition, Anatoli." "We don't need competition between people." "This competition, between every person and this mountain." "The last word always belongs to the mountain." "LHOTSE FACE: 12,400 ft 7,132 m." " Ang Dorjee." " Yeah!" "Stay there, Beck." "Stay there." "Okay, I'm coming down." "Harold, Mike." "The rope." "This isn't happening, guys." "Let's turn him around." "Get him off the Face, and back to the Base Camp." "Turn around." "Ang Dorjee." "Come on, we're going down." "Okay." "My hands!" "Okay, make a fist again." "Just kind of keep clenching to keep the blood flow." "What's going on, man?" "Still waiting for the south Africans." "Taiwanese took forever as well." "Hey, Ian." "You haven't paid for these ladders." "Yeah, yeah." "Your yak fun money is coming." " You serious man?" " Come on." "Get a move on." " How long you're been waiting him?" " A good 45 minutes." " Man, it's freezing." " Yeah." " Stinging, huh?" " Yeah." " Hey, Rob, we got to get him over!" " We're working on it." "He's freezing, man." " Are you set?" " Yeah." " We're sending him over, mate." " Do it." "Keep going, Beck." "Looking good." " That's it." " Now, head up, mate." "Head up." "Hold on, Beck!" " Whoaaaa." " Pull." "Pull." "Help." "Help!" "Help!" "Beck, you alright?" "Are these ladders going to take 2." "Yeah." "I'll get a rope." "I'll belay you, okay!" " Stay right where you are, mate." " I can't pull yourself up!" "I'm going to come after you." "Good-Good, Beck." "You're okay." "Untie these, you got to tie me in." "Come and get me." " On belay." " Got it, on belay." "Let's go." "I'm coming after you, Beck." "Here I come, mate." "Nice and easy," " I can't feel my hands!" " Looking good." "Help me." " Beck." "Beck." "Beck." " Help me!" "Stay right where you are, mate." " Can't pull myself up." " I'm right here." "I'm here." "I can't pull myself up!" "I got you." "You okay?" "No guarantees to the Summit." "I get it." "I can get killed because I'm waiting in line." "Like I'm in a freaking Wal-mart." "Not while I paid you $65,000." "Now get me off of here." "That's it." "Plant your feet, one at a time." "Alright, thanks for coming by." "(Meeting for guides, organizers)" "Look." "Base Camp as you know is chalked up all this year, so..." "I think it'll all benefit us greatly by coming together like this and you know, working out some kind of plan and schedule." " What, like some kind of rotor?" " Yes." "On Everest." "Everyone knows Everest is a business for you, Rob, but are you kidding?" "What gives you the right to tell us when we can climb and when we can't." "I'm not telling you, man." "I'm asking." "If we know when everybody is planning to summit, for instance..." "You know we can avoid the chaos that happened at the Icefall today." "Adventure Consultants are aiming for May 10th." "So are we, man." " Us too." " May 10th." "Okay, that's bumper to bumper traffic on the Hillary step." "Yes it is, that's my point." "Look, this is ridiculous." "We summiting when we want." "Alright." "And I don't need your permission to climb the mountain." "Ian, have you seen how many people are here" " ...at Base Camp this year." " We're finish here." " Come on, lads." " Hey, man." "Ah." "Come in, man." " Hi." " Ha ha." " Have a drink, Rob." " Yeah, have a drink." "Na zdorovye. (*To health.)" " Nostrovia. (*Cheers)" " Nostrovia. (*Cheers)" " With a word." "Yeh." " Um-hum." " You're a little crook, huh." " I know, it's just a little." " A little touch of the deli belly." " He means Buddha belly." "What's going on Roberto?" "I don't like the look of the crowds on the ropes." "We ran into some trouble once we're above Camp 3." "Well." "You want to top on the 10th, yeah?" " Yeah." " So do I." "What're you saying, we should team up?" "Well, it's an idea, yeah." "Oh, man." "Oh, I don't know, man." "We have different styles, man." "Like..." "All due respect, you're a hand holder." "I mean the best, but..." "I just believe that if you can't get up there yourself you shouldn't be on the mountain at all." "You guide your team, I guide my." "I'm just suggesting that we work with each other instead of against." "The only way we both summit, mate, is that we work together." "Particularly fixing the ropes." "It's got to make sense." "Ah." "Why not." " Oh Yeah." " Yeah, I see the sense in it." "Okay then." " Thanks, Scott." " Alright." "Who's going to lead when we get up there." "Rob, if I say I want to lead, could it be done?" " Whoa whoa whoa." " Okay, hey." "You got to work with Ang Dorjee." "'cause we're working together now." "He's just saying if both of us..." "Whoa whoa whoa whoa." "Okay." "Ang Dorjee." "We're all professionals here." "We work together and we get the job done." " Yes?" " Alright, yeah." "We're planning of stashing, what 8 bottles of "O"" "over the South Summit." " Well, I'm not using "O"." " What do you mean?" " You're not using oxygen at all?" " Come on man, you know you want it." "In his health, don't need it." "Yeah, but Anatoli, you're guiding for Scott this year." "You have people's lives in your hands." "It's a job." "Never used it." "Never will." "Bigger problems if you run out." "Okay." "I'll put some more bottles of "O" up there." " You know, that would be good." " Alright." "Just as long as you guys are clear." "You work for me you use oxygen, otherwise you don't work for me." "Hey, you don't have to ask me." "I've been up here before without "O" s, Rob." "I don't need to deal with clients." " Alright." "Next we have the fixed ropes." " Yeah." "Particularly, above the Lhotse Face." "You let us start make new fixed rope." " And Southeast Ridge as well." " Yes, it does." "Well." "My idea is that we work together and we fix ropes together, we share the duties." " Okay." " Sounds good." "Alright, you and Lopsang maybe get together, talk about who want to fix what and where, okay?" "Ah." "Only essentials." "I'm not going to tell you what to pack, but be brutal, okay." "1 pound down here is like 10 up there." "Light and fast." "Light and fast." "What, and just like that you-you killed my summit cappuccino." "Go go go." "Run." "That camera is totally daine." "( May 5th )" "Alright, it's going to be a tough week." "( May 5th )" "But, it's going to be the best Friday of your lives." "Hey, what-what are we doing in a boat?" " Summiting!" " Summiting!" " Summiting...!" " Now it's up to me, right?" " Yeah, you." "I take 3." " It's from Jan." " You can't look at my card." "I knew it was going to be a girl." "I can't believe it." "It's a girl!" " Yeah!" " That's great." "Alright, good on you." "I know." "I knew." "I knew she was." " Thank you." "Thank you, Doug." " Cheers, mate." "When is she due?" "Mid July." "As soon as I get back." " You can't leave now, buddy." " Yeah, that's true." "Hey, Rob." "Yeah?" "Jan doesn't mind you being here?" "Oh oh." "Krakauer's sword is unleashed." "It's okay." "I'm..." "Jan's a climber, Jon." "She gets it." " Oh yeah?" " She is, Helen." "Now you, Doug." "What about your wife?" "Oh, she's been fine with it ever since we divorced." "She's been great with everything since then." "I'm so sorry, buddy." " Oh, no, don't." " I'm sorry." "No no no." "I asked because." "Peach said to me, "If you climb 1 more mountain, I will divorce you."" "And you went ahead and then booked this trip." " Oh." " Ow..." "No no no." "The worst- The worst part of it is that, I..." "I kind of forgot to tell her." " No." " Ha ha ha." "I forgot to tell her." "I did." "Alright." "It's all on the table here." "It hurts." "It's dangerous." "It... destroys relationships." "It's costing you all a small fortune." " Were there any negative aspects?" " Yeah." "Come on, I got to ask the question." "You know I do." "Why?" "Why?" "Because." " Because it's there!" " It's there!" " It's there!" "That's why." "Thank you Mr. Mallory." "Come on, guys, I'm-I'm serious." " Yasuko." " Huh?" "Why are you climbing Everest?" "Uh." "I'm 47 years old." "I have reached 6 of the 7 summits." "So." "Of course, now I have to reach the 7th." " It's not an answer." " Oh." "Why..." "No, why any summits?" " Well." "I..." " Doug." "Why?" " Come on." "Tell him about the kids." " What." " Tell him about the kids." " Yeah." " Oh." "I..." " You have kids?" "Yeah, I have kids." "But..." "I thought I told you their's..." "their elementary school back home." "I've been going and talking to the kids there and they actual helped me raised some of the money to come and... gave me a flag to plant on the Summit and... so, I was thinking maybe it's... they see an... a regular guy can, you know, follow impossible dreams." "Maybe they will be inspired to do the same, I guess." "I'm climbing Mount Everest because I can." "Because, to be able to climb that high and see that kind of beauty nobody ever sees, it'll be a crime not to." "Yeh yeh, Dougy." " There you go." " I like that." "Hello." "Hey." "Did I wake you?" "No." "I did to, you liar." " You okay?" " Yeah." "Yeah yeah, I'm good." "I'm better." "I'm better now." "I missed you." "We go for the final ascend tomorrow." "Oh." "So, you're..." "you summit on Friday?" "Yeah. 10th." " It's your lucky day." " It is." "How's the weather?" "It's good." "Yeah, I think we're going to get a good window." " So..." "It's a girl." " Oh yeah." "And, did you go to the doctor?" "Did you get your scan done?" " Did you see her?" " Yes, we're good." "And?" "Come on, what does she look like?" "Oh, you know." "Blonde hair, nice smile." "Perfect height-weight ratio, she's going to be a great climber." "She's there, Rob... already." " Wow." " Me and you." "And a little bear, huh." "And in one day, you, me, and our little Sarah, we'll all go climbing together." "Huh." "Sarah?" "Yeah." "What do you think?" " No way." " Come on." " No." " Please, think about it." " No." " Huh." " You're still there?" " Of course I'm still here." "I love you." "I love you too." "Sleep well, my love." "Alright." "Bye." "* Everest climbers Puja blessing ceremony." "Take it easy now, you're going to be okay." "Okay, we're going to get you down the hill." "Alright." "Hey, Neal." "You okay?" "Yeah." "Dale, he doesn't look too good." " I need to take him down." " Yeah." "You can't get Scott on the radio?" "No." "No, I think he's-he's up ahead." "Best not to stay too long at the Summit." "It's a long way to go, man." "Head down, one step at a time." "You got it, boss." "You seen Dale?" "Yeah, and he wasn't looking too good, but..." "Neal seem to have handle the situation." "Try to use your radio." " You kidding me." " No." "Guess it's not working, huh." "I'm going down to Camp 1." "If he's not doing so well, I'm going to take him down to Base Camp." "And I'll head back up." " You guys alright?" " Yeah." "He can't be too far ahead of you, mate." "Yeah." "I'll make it down in half the time." "I'm going to catch him." "Woo." "Cheers, mate." "CAMP TWO: 21,300 ft 6,492 metres." "Rob to Guy." "Rob to Guy." "You up there, mate?" "(MOUNT PUMORI, 5 MILES WEST OF EVEREST)" "Guy to Rob." "I'm here." "(MOUNT PUMORI, 5 MILES WEST OF EVEREST)" "Good to hear you, Guy." "Where are you?" "Camp 1, Pumori." "Yeah." "There you go," "Listen, I think you're on the wrong mountain there." "Look, I can't talk and we got to get out of here." "Alright, mate." "Oh, listen." "You take care on the kiddy slope." "I ought to get back to the real thing." "Hey, don't worry, Rob." "I'll keep an eye on you." "Aye!" "Watch out!" "Aw!" "ROB!" " Rob!" " I got you." "Harold, you okay?" "Is everyone okay?" "We're okay!" "Come here, come here, come here." "Sit." "Sit down, sit." "I'm fine." "Look at me." " Look at me!" " I'm fine, mate." "Look at me, Harold." "Look." "I'm tell you, I'm alright." " Okay." " I'm alright." " Harold." " Thank you." "Don't do that to me again, aye." "Rob, I'm sorry." "Okay, mate." "I'll get drop back with Frank, he's struggling, alright?" " Alright." " Okay." " Alright." "Straight here." "(CAMP THREE: 24,000 ft: 7,315 m)" "Let's get him on the oxygen." "Bravo to Scott Fischer." "Bravo to Scott Fischer." "Mountain Madness, how do you copy?" "Hey, man." "Scott here." "I've been down to Base Camp and I'm back to Camp 1." "I'm catch you tomorrow." "What?" "You not going to rest up a day first, huh?" "Scott, you sound a little rough." "Hey, take an extra day." "No way, Jose." "What, miss out on all the fun." "It's a lot of up and down in..." "one day even for you, Scott." "You know what they say, man." "It's not the altitude, it's the attitude." "You sure you're going to be okay?" " Scott?" " I'll be good." "Just taking a shot of dexamethasone now." "Just don't push yourself too hard." "Okay?" "Over and out." "Rob, I've just been over the Miles to get a weather update." "It's moving fast." "It's changed course slightly and it could still go north but if it doesn't." "It's gonna hit sometime on the 11th, I reckon." "Get some weather forecast, Helen." "The mountain makes it's own weather." "We're keeping an eye on it." "Yeah, sure." "Just, letting you know." "Appreciate it, Helen." "Why we do this to ourselves?" "Oh, this is crazy." "You know I never told Krakauer this." "When he was asking us why we climb Everest." "When I'm at home..." "I just got this big... black cloud following me." "You know, like a depression." "When I'm out here... on a mountain, any mountain," "it's just like it's a cure." "Feel like I'm reborn." "So, you're happy now?" "Now I'm starting to wonder." "This is suffering, man." "This is suffering." "Yeah." "Suffer a few more days." "The rest of your life, you'll be the guy that climb to the top of Everest." "I just hope I get there." "Yeah." "Just hope I get there and get home." "What do you think, Mike?" "Almost pretty good." "A little bit of wind up high." "I mean, if it picks up, we can always come back down." " Exactly." " It's your call, Rob." "Let's get them all going." "CAMP FOUR: 26,085 ft 7,951 m." "Hey, Rob!" " You, okay?" " Not good!" "I'm hoping it's going to die down after sun down." "Been doing that." "I don't like this." "We don't go if it doesn't calm." " I talk to Scott when he come's here." " Okay." "Scott!" " Scott!" " Anatoli, here." "Anatoli, where is Rob?" "Where are they?" "Did he go down?" "Where's Rob?" "What's Rob's team doing?" "Rob will see if it passes." "If he wait." " We wait." " Okay." "Friday 10th May" "00:30 AM" "Hey, guys." "Come out and take a look." "At least somebody up there loves us." "Nothing." "Where the storm go?" "Exactly." " That's crazy." " You ready to saddle up?" "Okay, everyone." "We got a window." "We don't know how long it's going to last." "But we're going to go for it." "Be ready in half an hour." "We have a 2 PM turn around." "Let's climb this thing." "Okay." "So, today's the day, huh?" "Yeah." "Now or never." "Oh boy." "The south Africans were laid out at Camp 3." "They never made it into Camp 4." "Probably got caught up in it." " Maybe it blew though early." " Yeah." "Well, it hit us all night." "But that was nothing, absolutely nothing." "So, it's definitely worth a shot." "I'll radio Ed, tell him you're continuing." "Any messages?" "Yeah." "Ring Jan, tell her that we're heading out." "I'll call you, Helen, in 12 hours when we get to the Summit." "Turn around is 2 PM." "Good luck and god speed to you all." "Okay." "Thanks, Helen." "Bye bye." "I'll see you guys up there." " Take it easy, Scott." " Let's do it." "I get a couple of hours of sleep and I'll be right behind you." " Yeah, okay." " See you at the top." " Have fun, Pittman." "Yeah." " You get some rest, okay." "See you there." " You got the ropes for the Hillary Step?" " Yeah." " Okay." " Okay." "Okay." "THE BALCONY: 27,600 ft 8,412 m 04:30 AM" "Can we go any faster?" "Not a chance we can go faster here." "It's too difficult." "This could take a while." "We're losing time." "Beck, what's wrong?" "I don't know." "I had a operation couple of years ago on my eyes." "That might be it." "I don't know." "Okay." "Guys, go in front of us." " Alright, Beck, let's sit you down." " Okay." "Beck." "Look at me." "I need to send you down with someone." " No." "I don't want to go down, Rob." " No, you got to go down." "I don't want to go down." "Okay." "Alright, Beck." "Listen." "You can wait here for half and hour." "Beck, listen to me." "If it gets better by then, join in the queue and keep going up." "If it doesn't get better, Beck," " I'm sorry, mate." "It's over." " Okay." "Sherpas are going to go and drop off the extra oxygen on the south side while they can." "I'm going to send one of them down for you." "Is that clear?" " Yeah?" " Alright." "Okay, mate." "Alright." "God speed." "Sandy, do you want to go down?" "What?" "No, no way." "Look, Lopsang, I'm going to make it to the top." " Do you understand?" " Okay." " I'm not going back, okay?" " Okay." "THE SOUTH EAST RIDGE" "Hey, where are the ropes?" "There is no rope." "No rope." "Yeah?" "They should have been fixed." "Do you have more in your pack." "Lopsang has the ropes." "He's not here." " Harold, no ropes?" " No." " Harold." " Neal." "Hey, Rob." "Listen, we got a problem here, mate." "There's no fixed ropes on the crevasse to Hillary Step, over." "Where is Ang Dorjee and Lopsang?" "Yeah, I got Ang Dorjee here but there's not sign of Lopsang." "So, me, Neal, Anatoli are going to set some new ones, over." " Fine then." " Yeah." " Good." " Let's do it." " What's going on?" " No fixed rope." "What?" "That's it." "1 step at a time, Doug." "Come on, Dougy." "Deep breaths, Dougy." "Come on, mate." "Keep it on." "Keep it on." " Rob." " Deep breaths, Dougy." "Hang on." "Hang on." "You can do this, Dougy." " I know you can, pal." " Yeah?" "I don't want to see you back here a third time, mate." "John." "You heading back down?" "There's a hold up." "There's no fixed ropes above the South Summit." "Yeah." "I know, mate." "But we are sorting that situation out now." "Ran out of juice waiting." "Go." "I'm sorry, Rob." "That's your call, pal." "I don't want to run out of oxygen up there." "Sorry, Rob." "We've a little bit of a set back." "Lou, Stuart and John Taske just turned back, just... just below the South Summit." " How are the conditions so far?" " Cold and windy." " Okay, let me know, Rob." " Okay, Helen." "Thanks, bye bye." "I hope we're not looking at another year with no clients at the top." "Well, if that ain't going to move them pretty soon." "They're out of time, aren't they?" "Yeah." "And..." "What's Jon going to say about that in his article." " It's Rob." "(THE HILLARY STEP: 28,740 ft: 8,760 m)" " Guy." "(THE HILLARY STEP: 28,740 ft: 8,760 m)" " We just lost Lou, Stuart and John Taske." "(The Hillary Step: 8,760 metres)" "What's going on?" "What's the hold up?" "Yeah, yeah, mate." "We..." "We sent Anatoli and Neal to the top of the Step fixing the ropes." "We're at the- at the Face's Step, over." "Rob, Mike." " How's Doug doing?" " Doug's just behind me." "I left him behind to scoot forward." "Yeah, I got eyes on you right now." "Yep, that's me." "Let's move this as quickly as possible, over." "We'll start moving everybody up as soon as we get the all clear." "Rob to base." "Rob to base, Hel." "Copy, Helen." " You alright?" " Copy." "Base camp to Rob." "Have you..." "Have you heard from Scott?" "Anyone manage to find out where he is, over." "Woo-Eee!" "Yo, dude." "Look." "Where are you, mate?" "We got a real logjam here at the Hillary Step, over." " I'm more than an hour behind." " Just chill." "People just sitting there using up their oxygen." "Get here as soon as you can." " Oh my god." "You okay, Beck?" " Yeah." "Oh I got a little problem with my eyes." "You guys turning back?" "There's a logjam below the Hillary Step." "It's crazy." "Come down with us." "No, I can't." "Promise Rob I'd wait for him." " Your call." " I'm good." "See you down there." "Neal." "Andy." "Okay, Anatoli." "I'm done." "All through." "Safe to climb." "Okay, we're climbing up!" " Hey, Mike." " What?" " You mind if I go first?" " Why." "I'm running pretty low on "O"." "Rob, it's Mike here." "Eh." "We have the all clear on this end." "I'm going to stay here with Yasuko till we got a clear line." "I'll be here till I get a visual on Doug." "Over and out" "* 01:14 PM *" "We did it." "We did it!" "Thank you very much." "Thank you, Mom." "* 02:00 PM *" "Yasuko." " Seven." " Seven." " 7 summits." " 7 summits." "Come here." "I'm so proud of you, Yasuko." "So proud." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Rob to base." "Rob to base." "Rob, this is Helen." "Hello, where are you?" "I'm at the top of Everest, Helen." "We made it." " Yeah." " They did it." "Copy us, over." "Oh, we copy you loud and clear, Rob." "It's wonderful to hear your voice up there." "Who are you with again, Beck?" "At the moment I'm with Mike and Yasuko." "Good job, man." "Rob, see you." "Thank you." "Jon and Kasischke have already been and gone." "Doug is just coming over the horizon." "And-And what about Beck?" "Beck was having a problem with his eye sight." "He waited on the Southeast Ridge, on the Balcony." "For the first people who came back, over." "And I..." "I guess you'll be leaving right away, yes?" "Moving off in a few minutes just as soon I see Doug, we'll be heading back down, over." "Alright, understood." "Oh, that's terrific, Rob." "We're all keeping our fingers cross for Doug." "Over and out, Helen." " Congratulation." " You're welcome." "Yeah, ladsy." "You did it." "Woo yee!" "You look terrible." "My stories, not so good, man." " You see Doug?" " Oh, yeah." "He's way way... way back there, man." "Hey, Roberto." "Where're the rest of your guys." "'Cause I'm pretty sure my whole team made it up, yeah." "Heh heh heh." "I saw them." "Don't worry." "I won't tell Krakauer." "Hold on, mate." "I know it's bad, huh." "I'll have to give you this year." "Scott, you really don't look too good." " Lopsang." " Yeah." "Come, mate." "Let's get him down." "Alright." "Let's go." "Harold." "What're you doing?" "I'm just trying to sort out the "O"." "I can't find any full ones." "There's full bottles, I saw them on the way up." "No." "So I pretty sure you should have another look." " No." "They just have, they're not full." " Harold." "Listen, I saw..." "Look, Mike." "I've checked twice, alright." "Yeah." "Alright, man." "I'm going down." "Harold." "03:15 PM" "Doug." "Doug." "Doug." " It's over, mate." " No." "I' sorry." "No no no no." "Doug." "You're too late, okay." "You guys keep going, mate, I'll catch up." "Doug." "Doug." "Doug, listen to me." " It's way too long, it's over." " No, it's not." "Now, listen to me, mate." "I'm sorry." "But I got to turn you around." "Okay." "I can do it." "It's right here, man." "It's right here." "I'm not coming back next year, man." "It's my last chance." "You got to let me do this." "Let me do this." " Okay." " Please, Rob." " Let's do it." "Let's get it done." " Alright." " Come on." " Thanks, man." "Alright, Doug." "And there's no hope, I get it." "My double wide trailer." " Beck?" " What?" " Are you okay?" " Who is there?" " It's Jon." " I'm not seeing too well, Jon." "I'm freezing." "Mike's just behind me." "He's back there with Yasuko." "You'll be okay." "Mike's right behind me." "You okay?" "I'll see you then." "04:00 PM" "There she is. (04:00 PM)" "Almost there, mate." "Dig deep, Doug." "Dig deep." "There you go." "There you go." "Yehhhh!" "Huh, you made it." "You did it." "Huh." "Yeah." "Because of you, man." "Guy to Rob." "You read me, mate?" "Guy to Rob." "Are you there?" "This going to the kids." "Yehhh!" "Hang in there, Doug." "Come on." "Easy." "Here, I got it." "Yeah." "I'm okay." "Yeah, I got it." " Come on, let's get you up." " I need..." " Huh?" " Need more "O"." "No, Doug." "We can't give you more "O"." "We got to get down to the South Summit, come on." "Guy calling to Everest Base Camp." "Are you there, Helen?" "Guy, this is Helen." "How is it going?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "I got a clear view of the Summit and... you know, we still got climbers up there." "They are not any of ours, right?" "We got 3 up and they're all on their way down." "Well." "What are they doing there so late?" "And there's 2 o'clock turn around time, they're way past it." "Here we go." "Cloud coming out of the valley." "It's a lot of it." "Thanks." "I'm calling them now, Guy." "Rob, come in." "This is Helen." "Rob, come in." "This is Helen." "Whoa!" "Easy." "Easy." "Easy, Dougy." "There you go." "There you go." "We're going to go around the corner." "That's it." "Rob, is that you?" "Beck?" "It's Mike, mate." " What're you doing here?" " I can't see, it's bad." "You guys alright?" "We got a problem with Beck." "Hey, Mike." "We're getting low on "O"." "We got to move." "I'll get you to stand up, okay." " I'll take Yasuko." " That's it." "I got you." "You're okay." "Doug, come on." "Come on." "I'm cold." "Oxygen level: 0" "Mike, Harold, Ang Dorjee, put the brakes on, guys." "We got a problem." " We're out of gas, Doug." " Alright." "We're out of gas." "We need to keep moving, come on." "Come on." "Mike, Harold, do you copy?" "I need someone..." "I need someone to come back up with oxygen, over." "Somebody, please." "I'm begging you." "Doug, come on, mate." "Come on!" "Harold, do you copy, over." "Has anyone got eyes on Ang Dorjee?" "Mate, I have just had Ang Dorjee go past me heading down, over." "He's going down." "Can you stop him?" "Can you turn him around?" "I need someone to come back up now." "Hey!" "Ang Dorjee." "Ang Dorjee!" "Base camp, do you copy, over." "Helen to Rob." "Go ahead." "Helen, please." "I need a bottle of gas at the top of the Hillary Step." "I can't get him down without it." "I'm really stuck." "Understood." "That you need a bottle of oxygen at the bottom of the Hillary Step." "We're sending it up to you as soon as we can." "At the top." "At the top." "The last thing I said to Ang Dorjee was please bring 2 bottles of gas at the South Summit." "Yes, uh." "Copy that, Rob." "Boys." "There's oxygen at the South Summit, right?" "No, Rob!" "This is Harold." "There's no oxygen at South Summit." "Repeat." "No "O"." "Ang Dorjee stashed 4 bottles there, Harold." "Harold, where are you?" "Can you hear me, Harold?" "Harold." "Harold, can you hear me?" "Figure it'll take me about half an hour to get back up to the South Summit." "Okay." "I'm coming." "If you don't have oxygen, mate, don't come up, don't come up." "We're moving on." "I'm coming up to you, Rob." "Doug, come on, mate." "Come on!" "Rob, this is Base Camp." "Rob, this is Base Camp." "I copy you, Carol." "Rob, can you get yourself down?" "Carol, we're not at that point yet." "Rob, can you let us know who you're with?" "I'm with Doug." "We're both listening." "Come on, Dougy." "Come on, mate." "One more alping, come on." "Rob, what is Doug's state of consciousness?" "He's really weak." "He collapsed after he ran out of oxygen." "Okay." "Give him 8 mg of dexamethasone." "That's 2 tablets, Rob." "Guy to Rob." "Go ahead Guy." "I got you, mate." "Rob, I suggest you get yourself down." "You know you're doing no good up there." "And we got people we can send up there to help Doug, but you got to get yourself down, you understand?" "I mean, come on, mate." "We're playing with a man's life here." "There's no way I'm leaving Doug behind." "We got to keep moving, mate." "We got to keep moving, we are in some trouble." "Yeah, Helen gonna... need some help." "So I'm gonna try make my way back." " Okay?" " Okay." "Alright." "Go on." "Hey, Scott." "Scott." "You okay?" "Lopsang." "Lopsang." "I'm done, pal." "I'm done." "You go, send Anatoli." "Send Anatoli back with some "O"." " Okay." " Go." "Okay." "I will send back, Anatoli." " Let's go." " You go down." "No, mate." "No." "I'm not leaving you behind, Doug." " Come on." " Got to rest." "No, Doug!" "Come on!" "Come on with me!" "I need 10 good minutes, Doug." "Come on." "Please, let me go." "Damn it." "We're at the bottom of the Step." "Come on, this leg." "This leg, Dougy, come on." "Come on." "Here we go." "Oh no." "Oh no." "Hey." "Hold it down." "Hold that down." "Come on, come on." "Get the chairs." "No, no, no." "Come on, Dougy!" "Go, let's go!" "Hurry up!" "Doug." "I'm going to go to the South Summit to get oxygen." "Okay." "Got to find oxygen." "But, you got to stay here!" "Okay, stay here!" "Don't move, I'll be back!" "Rob." "Rob." "Hey, Rob." "Hey!" "Stop!" "That's the wrong way!" "Hey!" "Turn back!" "Easy." "Hey, Rob!" "Hey, Rob!" "Rob!" " I got..." " Harold?" "I got oxygen." "Here." "I found some half empty ones." "Where's Doug?" "Doug's gone." "What?" "Gone." " Come on." " Go!" "Come on!" "Camp 4 is that way." "Get up!" "Let's go." "Come on." "Beck." "I'll get help!" "Neal!" "Neal!" " Anatoli." " Where-Where are they?" "They're still out there." "Jon!" "I need help!" "What?" "Get out there!" "I need help!" "I can't." "I can't see, Anatoli." "I'm snow blind." "Beck." "Doug." "They need help." "They're still out there." "I go find them." "You stay here." "12:00 AM" "Good job." "Hey!" "Anatoli!" "Need "O"." " Can you walk?" " I can't!" "I'll come back!" "I'll stay!" "Give me that, come on." " It won't budge." "It's frozen!" " Take this." "The gloves." "I'm sorry." "Come on, mate." "Come on, Harold." "Thanks for coming back." " Hello, Base Camp." " Helen, it's Jan." "Why haven't I heard from you?" "Why hasn't anybody call me?" "They've been hit by a storm, Jan. It's really bad." " Where is he?" " We don't know exactly." "But..." "He was still on the Summit at 4:00." "Oh no." "Can he get down?" "Rob can, but Doug can't." "There's at least 13 people stranded up there and... while the storm is getting worse." "Helen!" "Get Ang Dorjee up there." "He'll bring them down." " Helen, do you understand?" " Helen." "Give me an update." "Get Ang Dorjee up there." "Jan, yep." "We will get him." "And I will call you the minute I hear from him." " As soon as I hear from him." " Thanks, Helen." " Alright." " Okay." " Where is he?" " Guy, I haven't heard from him." " Okay, I'll get him." " I've been trying." " Guy." " Just hang on, hang on." "Rob, it's Guy." "Where are you?" "Guy, I've been doing that for the last 2 hours." "Alright." "Alright." "Rob, it's Guy." " Just keep your energy, mate." " Helen." "Once you catch a break, you move." "You know the drill." "Hey, Guy." "We got a stash of oxygen on the South Col." " Whoever needs it can have it." " That's the way, thank you." "Faust's team are gonna go up, they got a man to search, as soon as they can." "Anyone who is going, we're going to leave at dawn with the commity." "That's right, David." "Go and let Ed knows what's going on, I'll be right behind you." " Camp 4, come in." " Okay, great." "Hey, Rob." "Rob, can you hear me?" "( 03:00 AM )" "David Breashears has a stash of oxygen at the South Col that we can use." "Alright, mate." "Well, we're all organizing a team, we're coming to get you." "Burning up." "No." "No." "Yasuko." "Ohhh." "Andy!" "Come on!" "Rob, talk to me, please." "Pick up." "( Saturday, 11th May )" "Pick up, mate." "Please ( 05:00 AM )" "Was there any word from the others?" "Anatoli managed to get 3 climbers back from the South Col last night." "But..." "Beck and Yasuko are still out there." "They're trying to mount a search but everyone who's been up there is exhausted." " Base." " Rob, is that you?" "Rob, where are you?" "We're sending people for you." "Rob, this is Base Camp." "I can't." "Can't move anymore." "Can't move anymore." "Hey, mate." "Yeah, I know." "I know, mate." "I know." "You got to keep on moving." "Hands..." "I can't feel my hands, they're frozen." "There's "D" ice on the ice." "I got "D" ice in my mask." "That's good." "You got to get that mask working." "You got to." "The sun's going to come up and... you know you can get warmer and you can get moving." " Guy." " Yeah." "Guy." "Harold was here." "Where did he go?" "Rob." "Is Doug with you?" "Doug." "Doug's gone." "Harold is gone." "I'm going to need a little help." "Okay." "Rob, you got to get yourself down." "Where are you?" "Guy." "I'm in the... in the little... in the little dip just below the South Summit." "Alright, you can do this." "You just got to, you know, pull yourself out of that dip, and slide the rest of the way." "Guy, send them boys." "Okay." "I'm going to need a little help." "I got some Sheapas coming up there with tea and oxygen." "You just got to come on down, mate." "Aye, come on down." "Rob." "Can you patch Jan through?" " To Rob?" " Pat-Patch her through." "Let's-Let's just try it." "Let's just... put the satphone next to the radio and uh." "If anyone can motivate him to move, and Jan will." "Guy to Rob." "Guy to Rob." "Guy to Rob." "Can you read me?" " Rob, are you there?" " We're getting him now." "Rob, this is Helen." "Copy." "Rob, I got Jan for you." "My Jan?" "Yeah." "She's just here." " Jan, you're on." " Okay." "Hi, sweetheart." "How are you doing?" "Hi, my love." "I'm a bit a bit cold." "My love, I'm okay." "I know you are." "But the sun will warm you soon." "Sweetheart." "You got to get moving." "You got to come on down." "My hands... frozen." "My..." "My feet are frozen." "We're sending people up to you with tea and "O" s." "But, you got to get moving, Rob." "Can you hear me?" "You got to get your circulation going." "Okay, my love." "You do it." "Do it right now!" "I love you." "Over and out." "Come on, Rob." "We can't carry them." "That's not possible." "He's correct." "It's going to take "O"" "just to get ourselves down." "Oh, damn it." "Helen, it's Mike here." "Do you copy?" "Come in, Mike." "What do you got?" "Yasuko and Beck, did not make it back to camp." "Okay, Mike." "Thanks for letting us know." "[NOT RETURNED] [SOUTH COL, CAMP 4]" "Meg." "Bud." "Hello, Base Camp." "Hello, Base Camp." "Hello, Base Camp." "Ang Dorjee, this is Helen." "We have to turn back!" "There is the very bad storm again." " Your call, Ang Dorjee." " Sorry." "We'll try to do again, when the storm pass." "We'll leave some tea and oxygen here." "Sorry." "We have to tell Rob they're not coming." "Okay." "Hey, Rob." "It's Guy, mate." "Guy." "I can't stop shaking, Guy." "The boys hit a bit of a high wind." "And... your best shot is going to be to get lower." "Let me think about it." "Don't think I can hang out here another night." "We'll try again first thing, okay." "Helen?" "Yeah." "Yeah, he's still there." "He's just below the South Summit." "He's got oxygen but... it's iced up." "We don't know whether he's been able to free it." "Is anybody with him?" "No." "No." "You have to get him down before dark." "He won't survive another night." "We know." "But the storms come back, real bad." "We can't get anyone up to him tonight." "We tried." "He might as well be on the moon." "Uh." "Can you put me on with him again?" "Of course." "Guy." "Get Rob." "Hi, Rob." "It's Guy." "I've got Jan for you." "Hold on." "Give me a second." "Okay." "Hi, sweetheart." "How are you?" "I'm thinking about you." "Please say, "I'm good."" "Are you warm, my love." "I might have a little frostbite." "I'm looking forward to making it all better." "Can't wait for you to come home." "How's Sarah?" "Sarah?" "Yeah." "Yes, Sarah is good." "Will you call her that for me?" "Yes, I will." "I don't think I'm going to get to meet her." "I'm so sorry." "Don't say that." "If anyone can make it, you can." "Remember." "I love you." "Please don't worry too much." "Good bye, my love." "I love you, Rob." "I love you." "(Come on.) (Come on.)" "(Come on, Dad.)" "Beck." "Helen, it's Mike here." "Helen, do you copy?" "Mike, come in." "Beck's still alive." "He walked himself into camp." "I got to get him down to Camp 1." "Thanks, Mike." "We don't even know how, but he is alive." "The thing is, Peach, we can't get him down the Icefall." "Oh no." "I'll get him down." " I'll get him down." "Okay." " Dad." "Okay, what do we need?" "We need a helicopter, right?" "Yeah, but they can't a helicopter up that high because the air is too thin." "We should try, but it is one heck of a rescue." "And he's not in a good way, Peach." "So..." "I don't want you to get your hopes up too high." "1 step at a time." " You got to keep moving." " I'm tired." " I know." " I'm tired." "I know you are." "I know you are." "Come on." "Slow and steady." "Come on, keep moving." "Yes, I like the number of the American Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal." "Yes, Nepal." "Ambassador, please." "No." "Sweets, I can't hold." "No." "You listen, sir." "My husband has already died once as you've seen on the news." "Trust me." "Having him die a second time is not going to play well on CNN." "There we go, buddy." "That's it, alright." "CAMP TWO" " Beck." " Uh-huh." "How're you doing?" "Oh, you know, third amendment." "Warming up?" "I'm not sure yet." "Look like you are, a little bit." "How's Rob doing?" "Rob's still up there right now." "And Doug, what's he up to?" "Doug's gone, Beck." "I don't know." "No one's ever try to fly higher than Base Camp before." "They gonna give it a go." "And find an LZ." "Just mark up with whatever you can." "Okay." "Worth a try." "Thanks, Guy." "Grab a Gatorade." "Got a chopper coming in." "We need to make a LZ." "We got a chopper coming in!" " Clear the rope back to the tents!" " Okay." "Thanks." "Keep it clear." "Keep this whole area clear." "Come on." "Come on." "We're doing fine." "It's not possible." "You land here, we'll never get back up." "Okay, Major, let's go back." " That's it." " Can't get any more out." "It's as light as we're going to get it." " Tango to Charlie." " Tango to Charlie." "Right here!" "Right here!" "Come on!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Come on, Beck." "Nearly there." "Okay." "Come on." "1 person." " Only 1 person." " Just him, just 1." " Alright." " There you go." "You good?" "I'm going to lift the tail up." "Fly us over the edge." " Is that okay with you?" " I'm with you." "Good, man." "Get yourself inside, go on." "It's alright, Anatoli." "I'm so sorry, Helen." "Come on." "Let's get you inside." "Hi, Peachy." "Beck." "Thank you so much, darling." "Oh, Jan. I'm so sorry." "Rob's body remains on the mountain alongside the others who lost their lives." "Scott Fischer" "Andy 'Harold' Harris" "Doug Hansen." "Yasuko Namba." "Adventure Consultants Team 1996" "Beck Weathers lost both hands and his nose." "He still lives in Dallas with his wife, Peach." "In July 1996, Jan gave birth to a baby girl." "She named her Sarah." "Sarah Arnold-Hall."