belief

Berta 2022-03-21 09:01:38

Some time ago, I watched "The Ladder of the Himalayas". It is said to be a documentary, but I can see the meaning of tourist scenery films and advertising films. With the help of modern technology, mountain climbers seem to be more likely to achieve their goals. Please allow I use the word purpose, because in "The Ladder", I don't see much belief, why did those people want to climb Mount Everest? At least in the film, I didn't see the answer from their hearts.

But it is said that "Desperate Altitude", which was adapted from a real mountaineering story, gave me a different feeling. A postman from England, full of children's hopes, wanted to prove that ordinary people could accomplish what seemed so great at the time; a middle-aged man from Texas chose to climb a mountain to escape his life, but unexpectedly found Family and wife are much more important to him than he imagined; the Japanese woman who lacks description, because she has already summited the other six world peaks, it is logical to complete the summit of Mount Everest. Although each person's story has only a few words of background, the power of faith shines through at the last minute.

In front of nature, human beings are insignificant, as the protagonist said: this mountain has her own weather. In the face of nature, we should really follow the trend. But for things like this for faith, everyone probably makes the same choice. It's just that not everyone has Baker's good physique and strong survival luck, or, good luck.


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  • Title Card: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to summit Everest. Over the next 40 years, only top professional climbers attempted the same feat. One in four died.

    Title Card: 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 summit without a single fatality.

    Title Card: 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.

  • [first lines]

    Rob Hall: Can you just listen up? Guys? We got 2,000 feet, 600 vertical meters to Camp Four. It's roped all the way, so I know you can make it. Now, once we get to the yellow band we're gonna regroup, put on the masks, turn on the gas. Make sense?