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[wind howling]

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[wind howling continues]

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[atmospheric cinematic music]

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[thud]

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[man chanting]

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[indistinct chatter]

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[music continues]

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[woman]
It's Dr. Seuss looking
stuff, you know?

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It's p-- yeah, I've never seen
a line quite like this.

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It's not straightforward,

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you know, it's anything
but straightforward.

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There's so much going on from
the moment you leave base camp

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and turn the corner,

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there's shit
trying to kill you.

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[man]
I mean, the line's just...

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this iconic,

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7,000-ish foot spire of rock

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that sticks out of
the Baltoro Glacier and...

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it seems like
a really contrived...

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ski line, but in actuality,

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it's really clean ski run
right off the summit

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of one of the world's
most iconic granite faces.

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[music continues]

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[music fades]

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[man]
Well, the Baltoro Glacier
is one of the...

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longest glacier systems
outside of the Arctic.

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It just leads up to
4, 8000 meter peaks,

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the second highest mountain
in the world, K2 and...

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wildly famous
mountaineering history

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that comes with this place.

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Huge groups of Balti porters

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leading these
massive expeditions

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up these massive glaciers

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to try to climb and

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experience these...

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really unique...

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other worldly mountains.

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The Trango...

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Glacier peels
off of the Baltoro,

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goes to The Trango Towers,
which are

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some of the biggest
granite faces

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that are anywhere
in the world and

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mixed with lore
of some of the wildest...

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big wall climbing expeditions

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there've been anywhere
in the planet.

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[wondrous music]

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Not only are they some
of the biggest relief,

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they go up to over 20,000 feet.

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So they're really
high mountains

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and we just happen to try
to figure out

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how to link a ski line

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off the summit
of The Great Trango Tower.

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[soft dramatic music]

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[whistling]

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[indistinct chatter]

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This gully goes up
to the Nameless Tower,

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and-- and we will make
a camp up there.

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There's a camp called
Red Star Camp.

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And then from there,
we'll get on

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glaciated terrain

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and work our way up

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to the face that leads
to the summit of...

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The Great Trango.

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And there'll be lots of...

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things to figure out
along the way,

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hurdles to overcome, and

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that's what we're here for.

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The challenge of it.

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[man 2] I think I'm just
most excited

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to even just see this place,

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you know? It's-- I don't really

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think there's
too many places on earth

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that can hold up... to the

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kind of terrain
there is here. It's just...

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really, really rugged,

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steep, and...

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already kind of a humbling place

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just being amongst this is--

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You feel small, for sure.

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[majestic music]

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[woman] I'm really curious
to see once we turn the corner,

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and get eyes up the whole gully.

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I mean, it would be...

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such an amazing...

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treat to see a ribbon of snow

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going all the way up.

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We will see.

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[music continues]

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[man] Super psyched to be here.

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Looking up at the...

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Great Trango Tower,

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almost directly above us, is...

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seems pretty improbable

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how we're going to get down
from up there.

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[woman] What inspires me

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to ski first descent is
just the puzzle.

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So we're gonna have to
be patient, I think.

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I hope... Jim and McNutt
are good at being patient

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because I'm not. [chuckles]

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[man 2] Expedition life is...

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hard and there's a lot of
suffering, and...

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somehow that just really
sharpens and focuses

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your appreciation for

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the little things in life,

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and...

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I'm really happy to be here
with the team

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that I'm here with, and,

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uh, we're gonna have
a great adventure up there.

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[woman] Jim's skied a handful
of 8000 meter peaks.

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He's climbed Everest,

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he's skied Lhotse with Hilaree,

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and I think he's really
drawn to...

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the world's biggest
and grandest peaks.

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We're so fortunate to
have him on our team.

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I think he's a huge, huge asset,

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to us and this line.

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[McNutt] Lusti,
Christina Lustenberger,
you know,

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she's pretty legendary skier
from BC,

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and she's really made
a mark on the mountains,

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a lot of really wild
first descents

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of what most people
would call like

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mixed routes or alpine climbs.

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[Lusti] Nick is an amazing
free ride skier,

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um, and the thing that's
really cool about Nick is...

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you know, in the winter,
he can ski anything.

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Like he's an incredibly
talented athlete,

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and in the summers,
he turns into this rock climber,

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developing routes and
climbing hard in Squamish.

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[McNutt] It's cool to be...

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kind of brought onto this,

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you know, as like a
budding climber

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and kind of like a novice
alpinist I guess you'd say.

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Like I've definitely done
some stuff, but never up high,

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and never this remote.

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[Lusti] Heading up...

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the Nameless Gully,

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Jim...

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McNutt...

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[breathes heavily]

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We're stashing ropes

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and a bunch of stuff

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that we're gonna need

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higher up on the mountain.

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-High Camp.
-Nice one, Lusti.

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-[Lusti] Yeah, boys.
-[indistinct]

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-Made it.
-[Lusti] First gear load.

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-[McNutt] High Camp.
-[Lusti] One step closer.

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[McNutt] We've got...

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a load up here at High Camp,

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and, uh...

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there's the Nameless Tower,

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pretty wild looking peak,
and then over...

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on the right is The Great Trango
up in the clouds there.

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[wind howling]

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[soft dramatic music]

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-[Lusti cheering]
-[man] Wohoo!

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[Christina laughs]

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[indistinct]

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Yeah! [chuckles]

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I think on these trips,
you just have to accept that

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you know, you're gonna go

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up and down this piece
of terrain

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multiple times, and...

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I think it's character
building in a way.

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[Jim] Getting ready to go up
to High Camp,

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spend one night at High Camp,

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and then we're gonna try to...

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go to the summit the next day.

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I think my biggest concerns
are just how

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everyone does at altitude,

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hoping that everyone
just takes their time and...

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plods along and we all get
there comfortably and safely,

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and then,

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we really take our time
on the descent.

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[plastic rustling]

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[music continues]

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[sighs]

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[slow indie pop music]

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♪ They say it's happening ♪

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♪ It's starting now ♪

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♪ You thought you left me ♪

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♪ You thought you knew how ♪

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♪ And they say
I couldn't love you more ♪

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♪ Than I do now ♪

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♪ Well, show me how ♪

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♪ Show me how ♪

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[Jim] Here comes the avy.

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Whoa!

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[Lusti] McNutt.

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-[McNutt] Holy!
-[Lusti] Holy fuck,

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I hope those [indistinct]
are out of the way.

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Woah!

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You called the radio?

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-[man speaks indistinctly]
-[Lusti] No. Fuck.

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[McNutt] That's gonna...

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[Lusti] Can you...

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check if you see them
in the gully?

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[suspenseful music]

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[Lusti] Woo!

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Can you see them?

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[McNutt speaks indistinctly]

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[Jim] I couldn't see them
on the fan.

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[Christina calls out]

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A huge avalanche came down
off the upper glacier,

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into this gully. We've seen
some movement through there,

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but this was definitely the
biggest.

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So far in-- were porters
we had...

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sent down about
an hour and a half ago,

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we finally heard a yell.

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That was certainly...

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a relief to know
that they're okay, and--
[scoffs]

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Fuck.

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[McNutt] All of this cliff above
camp that we're looking at,

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is what we're skiing above,

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so it's...

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pretty outrageous exposure.

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[Lusti] You get
to these spots and...

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sometimes you lose
control for a moment.

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The fucking fear that
takes over your body is...

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the most intense...

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...crippling feeling that...

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I've ever felt.

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The idea is to stay in control,

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and stay in this flow state,

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and stay in...

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you know,
this calculated mindset.

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So we'll see.

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I don't really wanna
feel that fear tomorrow.

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[Jim] It's like a rather
improbable ski line.

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[McNutt] It sure does,
doesn't look like a ski line,

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from here at all.

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It looks like an alpine climb
from here. [chuckles]

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[soft dramatic music]

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Pretty clear and calm.

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Weatherman was right.

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[music continues]

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[backpack jingling]

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Pack's feeling heavy, partner.

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Yeah, I have a lot of metal
in my pack. [chuckles]

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[intense dramatic music]

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[McNutt] Lusti's putting
a piece in...

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a bit of a crux here.

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[metal clanking]

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[breathing shakily]

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[Lusti] I got another piece in.

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I'm gonna just clear
this traverse

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and then walk sideways.

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[music continues]

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Just climbed...

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the first little mixed step.

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Uh, kind of tricky,

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making progress.

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[music continues]

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[McNutt] Lusti's rigging up a...

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belay to go across
this pitch of...

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pretty steep actually,
kind of suspect.

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Looks like there's
some blue ice in there.

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[Lusti] Might not be bad
to have a bit of spacing
on this slope.

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[McNutt] Wild place
to go skiing.

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600 meters or so,

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from the top.

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It's definitely
a little thinner up here.

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[music ends]

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Came up as high as we could,

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and there's this huge crack,

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all the way across the snow.

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Couple hundred meters
from the top still, but...

268
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...looks hard to get over there.

269
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[snow crashing]

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[man] Something just
went off below us.

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Whoa, big one right below us.

272
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Yeah.

273
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[tense music]

274
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[Lusti over radio]
Yeah, we're at this like...

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huge, horizontal crevasse.

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And it's-- it's a thing to get--

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we're not even certain
if we can get over it.

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And then we're still probably...

279
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2, 300 meters from
the summit, time of day.

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That thing just
whipping off here.

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We're, um--

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-I think we're gonna
turn around.
-[man] Yeah.

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[Lusti] I think we're
turning around.

284
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[man] I mean, I want to.
[laughs]

285
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[Lusti] Yeah, I think...

286
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we wanna-- [chuckles]

287
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we wanna turn around.

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[music continues]

289
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[Lusti] Crazy position,

290
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just felt like you were perched

291
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on the edge of the world.

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To be standing on
that piece of glacier

293
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and you could almost feel
it through your feet.

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I think that was just the like,

295
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ti-- tipping point
that it's like--

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A bunch of things
were stacking up and...

297
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I'm open to going back up,
but we'll just see.

298
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[Jim] We put a lot of...

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emphasis on success by

300
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getting to the top,

301
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but...

302
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we went on a really big climb.

303
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We saw some amazing stuff,

304
00:17:38,521 --> 00:17:41,173
and we made it back safe,
which is the best part.

305
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I'm very happy everyone's here,
and...

306
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...Trango Tower almost.

307
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[somber music]

308
00:17:54,086 --> 00:17:55,043
Yeah, this whole expedition

309
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I've been very...

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...focused on
everybody's safety.

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In hindsight of...

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...not coming home
with Hilaree...

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alive.

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And coming to Pakistan
with a new team

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and a new group of people
that I haven't...

316
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...been in big mountains with,

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I have a...

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overwhelming sense
of responsibility

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to make sure that we're... safe.

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[reporter]
...ski climber,
Hilaree Nelson was laid to rest

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in Nepal today.
Nelson was skiing

322
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from the summit
of Mount Manaslu

323
00:18:34,086 --> 00:18:36,869
with her partner when she
disappeared earlier this week.

324
00:18:37,043 --> 00:18:40,217
On social media, Jim Morrison
posted that she was behind him

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and she made her way down,
and as she did so,

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triggered a small avalanche

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which carried her
down 5000 feet.

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Nelson was one of the world's

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00:18:48,478 --> 00:18:50,782
most accomplished
ski mountaineers.

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[Jim] I've been
chasing her for...

331
00:18:57,260 --> 00:18:58,956
...a long time, and
we've been chasing

332
00:18:59,130 --> 00:19:01,217
our dreams together
for a long time.

333
00:19:03,086 --> 00:19:04,260
And so I'm left...

334
00:19:05,173 --> 00:19:07,304
trying to chase them
without her.

335
00:19:08,739 --> 00:19:11,695
I'm still trying to accomplish
some of those things for us.

336
00:19:11,869 --> 00:19:13,347
Things that we worked on...

337
00:19:13,826 --> 00:19:16,130
together and we wanted
to do together.

338
00:19:20,565 --> 00:19:21,956
But it's hard, it's hard--

339
00:19:22,652 --> 00:19:24,434
It's hard to do with--
without her.

340
00:19:29,782 --> 00:19:31,000
I think it's...

341
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a worthwhile
responsibility to...

342
00:19:33,956 --> 00:19:36,043
continue on and to move forward

343
00:19:36,217 --> 00:19:38,434
and to chase your dreams.

344
00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,434
I'm happy to be here
on this expedition with

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the... awesome partners
that I'm here with

346
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and see what we can do
in this...

347
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,608
...wild and crazy place.

348
00:20:00,478 --> 00:20:02,086
[tense music]

349
00:20:25,826 --> 00:20:26,869
We got ya.

350
00:20:33,304 --> 00:20:34,521
[music continues]

351
00:20:36,478 --> 00:20:39,478
I had a really horrible
night last night.

352
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,695
Thought I could push through it,

353
00:20:44,043 --> 00:20:45,173
come to High Camp,

354
00:20:46,173 --> 00:20:47,391
maybe feel better.

355
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,913
[sighs]

356
00:20:49,086 --> 00:20:50,304
We're gonna get you back.

357
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,826
I really would've liked
to go to the summit today.

358
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,434
I really think today was
the day and perfect weather,

359
00:20:59,608 --> 00:21:03,000
and perfect window, but
she's really, really sick.

360
00:21:03,695 --> 00:21:05,782
[exhales and groans]

361
00:21:06,391 --> 00:21:07,608
We'll get through
some down days.

362
00:21:07,782 --> 00:21:08,956
We'll come back up here,

363
00:21:09,304 --> 00:21:11,000
and then we're gonna
hopefully ascend,

364
00:21:11,565 --> 00:21:13,347
and it's gonna make it
that much sweeter.

365
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,434
[Lusti] For me, it's just
building strength,

366
00:21:17,956 --> 00:21:20,130
keeping the fire strong.

367
00:21:20,304 --> 00:21:23,043
If I haven't lost it yet,
I don't think I will. [chuckles]

368
00:21:24,695 --> 00:21:26,130
[wind howling]

369
00:21:27,739 --> 00:21:30,608
[Jim] It's sort of a war
of attrition, waiting for the
weather to...

370
00:21:30,826 --> 00:21:32,130
get to a good place.

371
00:21:32,304 --> 00:21:33,913
I think it's hard just be in
base camp,

372
00:21:34,086 --> 00:21:35,521
day after day, and...

373
00:21:36,130 --> 00:21:37,347
I think when we do
get a weather window,

374
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we're gonna sta--
start feeling good

375
00:21:39,521 --> 00:21:41,043
as we move up the mountain and,

376
00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:42,652
a great adventure awaits,

377
00:21:42,826 --> 00:21:43,956
and-- and uh,

378
00:21:44,869 --> 00:21:46,173
hopefully an awesome ski.

379
00:21:49,347 --> 00:21:50,652
Walking outta camp.

380
00:21:51,347 --> 00:21:53,043
We got a healthy team now.

381
00:21:53,956 --> 00:21:56,565
Sixteen days after
our last real attempt.

382
00:21:56,739 --> 00:21:58,608
-Sixteen?
-We went up...

383
00:22:00,347 --> 00:22:02,565
...7000 feet to
the top of the mountain.

384
00:22:04,913 --> 00:22:06,347
Little slide on Nameless.

385
00:22:06,956 --> 00:22:08,043
[McNutt] Is that scary?

386
00:22:09,478 --> 00:22:12,478
[Lusti] There's just more
snow than we've seen up there.

387
00:22:12,695 --> 00:22:13,695
[Jim] Yeah.

388
00:22:16,739 --> 00:22:17,826
[snow crashing]

389
00:22:19,217 --> 00:22:20,565
Something just came off...

390
00:22:21,086 --> 00:22:22,521
The Great Trango.

391
00:22:24,913 --> 00:22:26,043
Smoke in the air.

392
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[Lusti] The first slide
that I saw come down,

393
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it just stopped me in my tracks,
and it was just--

394
00:22:34,869 --> 00:22:36,434
like, "What are we doing?
This is--

395
00:22:36,826 --> 00:22:37,956
...doesn't feel right."

396
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,086
And then kept going, and a
couple other things happened,

397
00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:42,304
didn't feel right and--

398
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I don't know.

399
00:22:44,173 --> 00:22:45,434
Now I'm just...

400
00:22:46,869 --> 00:22:48,608
...kind of feel shameful
for being up here

401
00:22:48,782 --> 00:22:53,260
and exposing just a bunch of
people to unnecessary risk,

402
00:22:53,478 --> 00:22:54,478
so...

403
00:22:56,347 --> 00:22:57,434
Slide.

404
00:23:02,739 --> 00:23:05,304
[Jim] A lot of smoke
in the air, a lot of avalanches.

405
00:23:07,391 --> 00:23:09,086
I think all we can do
is sort of...

406
00:23:10,956 --> 00:23:13,304
...wait it out or put our tail
between our legs and...

407
00:23:14,956 --> 00:23:16,913
...chalk it up to
a beautiful experience

408
00:23:17,086 --> 00:23:18,608
in awesome mountains and...

409
00:23:20,304 --> 00:23:21,652
...a whole lot of almosts.

410
00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:25,260
[slow hopeful music]

411
00:23:30,130 --> 00:23:32,695
[McNutt] When we left, it was
pretty clear that like...

412
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people wanted to go down.

413
00:23:34,739 --> 00:23:36,217
You know, after a month
out there,

414
00:23:36,391 --> 00:23:37,695
it's definitely like,

415
00:23:37,869 --> 00:23:39,260
on your mind that you wanna

416
00:23:39,434 --> 00:23:41,043
get back
and see your home and...

417
00:23:41,217 --> 00:23:42,695
your friends and family.

418
00:23:43,652 --> 00:23:44,913
Sitting here now,

419
00:23:45,347 --> 00:23:46,652
and looking back on the trip,

420
00:23:46,826 --> 00:23:48,739
all I can really think about
is that...

421
00:23:49,043 --> 00:23:50,086
we should come back.

422
00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:54,695
[Lusti] There's so many
emotions.

423
00:23:54,869 --> 00:23:55,956
You know, I feel...

424
00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:58,260
happy and proud,

425
00:23:59,130 --> 00:24:01,478
but there's this side
where I feel...

426
00:24:02,565 --> 00:24:03,608
...um...

427
00:24:04,608 --> 00:24:05,739
...quite lost.

428
00:24:06,565 --> 00:24:07,913
And...

429
00:24:09,869 --> 00:24:11,043
yeah, it's like,

430
00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:12,913
"What's next? Where do I go?"

431
00:24:17,478 --> 00:24:20,478
And I guess that's just... life,

432
00:24:20,869 --> 00:24:22,913
things coexist together.

433
00:24:25,826 --> 00:24:28,217
[Jim] I know myself well enough
that I think over time,

434
00:24:28,391 --> 00:24:29,913
I'll just have this

435
00:24:30,173 --> 00:24:32,086
strong desire
to go back and, uh,

436
00:24:32,652 --> 00:24:34,260
complete the-- the goal.

437
00:24:36,304 --> 00:24:37,739
[slow instrumental music]

438
00:24:46,739 --> 00:24:48,000
[music fades]

439
00:24:54,739 --> 00:24:56,347
[upbeat music playing]

440
00:25:09,434 --> 00:25:10,652
[music fades]

441
00:25:14,956 --> 00:25:16,913
[Jim] Coming home last year
with nothing but,

442
00:25:17,086 --> 00:25:19,521
what felt like failure
was really hard for me,

443
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,956
but there was certainly
a lot of small wins.

444
00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:27,086
I sort of confronted

445
00:25:27,434 --> 00:25:29,217
a really difficult emotion of

446
00:25:29,391 --> 00:25:30,913
putting one foot
in front of the other and

447
00:25:31,086 --> 00:25:33,521
spending those down
days in my tent alone,

448
00:25:33,695 --> 00:25:35,173
just thinking about

449
00:25:35,434 --> 00:25:36,695
what it's gonna be like to be

450
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:38,478
without Hilaree
in the mountains.

451
00:25:39,434 --> 00:25:41,695
I've accepted a lot of
that over the last year,

452
00:25:41,869 --> 00:25:45,173
and I've decided that if this is
something I wanna do and...

453
00:25:45,695 --> 00:25:48,000
I'm just in a much more
positive place.

454
00:25:48,695 --> 00:25:49,913
[soft music]

455
00:25:50,695 --> 00:25:52,217
[Lusti] You know, there's
just so much uncertainty

456
00:25:52,391 --> 00:25:53,521
with these trips and--

457
00:25:53,782 --> 00:25:55,217
so you have to have
a pretty good

458
00:25:55,391 --> 00:25:57,652
reason why you'd want
to come back.

459
00:25:59,043 --> 00:26:01,304
I just always went back to...

460
00:26:02,130 --> 00:26:04,826
leading across that
ice screw traverse and...

461
00:26:05,565 --> 00:26:08,652
it was this experience of being

462
00:26:08,826 --> 00:26:10,782
on that mountain
and in that position.

463
00:26:15,173 --> 00:26:17,000
[Jim] Our good buddy
Nick McNutt,

464
00:26:17,173 --> 00:26:19,826
just-- was excited to come back
with Christina and I,

465
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,347
and, uh...

466
00:26:21,782 --> 00:26:24,000
he got married this last summer
and his wife's pregnant,

467
00:26:24,173 --> 00:26:25,086
so...

468
00:26:25,260 --> 00:26:26,391
he felt like it was

469
00:26:26,608 --> 00:26:28,130
not a good time to leave home

470
00:26:28,304 --> 00:26:30,086
and go to Pakistan
for six weeks.

471
00:26:31,304 --> 00:26:34,565
Christina invited
Chantel Astorga, who's a...

472
00:26:35,347 --> 00:26:38,304
pretty badass,
quiet crusher alpinist.

473
00:26:39,956 --> 00:26:41,739
[Chantel] It's amazing I--
I've been

474
00:26:41,913 --> 00:26:43,739
reading about this area
for so long

475
00:26:43,913 --> 00:26:45,956
and the history of
alpine climbing and...

476
00:26:46,739 --> 00:26:50,130
I get to be here to ski,
which is super cool.

477
00:26:51,478 --> 00:26:53,173
I've skied a lot of steep lines

478
00:26:53,347 --> 00:26:54,652
in the bigger mountains
for sure.

479
00:26:54,826 --> 00:26:55,782
I've also, like,

480
00:26:55,956 --> 00:26:56,869
been able to open

481
00:26:57,043 --> 00:26:58,565
some ski descents in places like

482
00:26:58,739 --> 00:27:00,000
the Alaska Range.

483
00:27:01,565 --> 00:27:04,304
First really cool thing
that I heard Chantel did

484
00:27:04,478 --> 00:27:06,869
was she climbed up on Denali,

485
00:27:07,043 --> 00:27:08,434
descended down

486
00:27:08,608 --> 00:27:09,826
the Seattle ramp to the bottom

487
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:10,956
of the Cassin Ridge,

488
00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:12,782
soloed the Cassin Ridge,

489
00:27:12,956 --> 00:27:14,782
and then skied back down
the normal route

490
00:27:14,956 --> 00:27:16,304
on Denali back to High Camp.

491
00:27:17,304 --> 00:27:18,260
Pretty cool feat.

492
00:27:18,434 --> 00:27:19,739
Hilaree and I climbed

493
00:27:20,130 --> 00:27:22,652
the Cassin over days, and she...

494
00:27:23,086 --> 00:27:25,217
did it in a single
push and skied down.

495
00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:32,826
[water sloshing]

496
00:27:38,478 --> 00:27:39,782
What are you chasing?

497
00:27:42,043 --> 00:27:43,173
[Lusti chuckles]

498
00:27:43,347 --> 00:27:44,608
That's a good question.

499
00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:48,173
I think it's just...

500
00:27:50,913 --> 00:27:53,260
...in some ways trying to...

501
00:27:54,826 --> 00:27:55,869
...push myself,

502
00:27:56,043 --> 00:27:57,434
or my sport,

503
00:27:57,739 --> 00:27:58,913
in ways that

504
00:27:59,260 --> 00:28:01,434
haven't necessarily been done,

505
00:28:01,739 --> 00:28:04,652
by a female... or maybe a male.

506
00:28:07,130 --> 00:28:09,695
But at the end of all of that,

507
00:28:09,869 --> 00:28:11,434
I think it's just...

508
00:28:12,478 --> 00:28:13,913
...to experience it.

509
00:28:14,217 --> 00:28:15,347
You know, I wanna...

510
00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:19,739
feel the void underneath my feet
up there...

511
00:28:22,217 --> 00:28:23,869
...so it's just one
of the most wild

512
00:28:24,043 --> 00:28:26,043
positions I've ever been on.

513
00:28:27,043 --> 00:28:28,478
[soft suspenseful music]

514
00:28:33,304 --> 00:28:35,478
[Jim] I mean, there's just
a certain inherent risk

515
00:28:35,652 --> 00:28:38,173
in climbing
of The Great Trango Tower

516
00:28:38,347 --> 00:28:41,695
on some hanging glacier
that's on the side of it

517
00:28:42,739 --> 00:28:44,347
with all the variables.

518
00:28:46,478 --> 00:28:48,739
[Lusti] Man, that's so much
debris, that's crazy.

519
00:28:51,869 --> 00:28:53,434
If you were standing here,

520
00:28:54,826 --> 00:28:58,608
and the fucking lanche came,
would you run right or left?

521
00:29:02,260 --> 00:29:04,695
This whole glacier up here
is just a house of cards,

522
00:29:04,869 --> 00:29:08,217
just teetering on this, like,
really smooth granite slab.

523
00:29:09,565 --> 00:29:11,565
You would've thought we
had a snowstorm last night,

524
00:29:11,739 --> 00:29:13,434
but it was just the powder blast
that...

525
00:29:14,304 --> 00:29:15,739
covered this whole area.

526
00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:17,956
[music intensifies]

527
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,869
[Jim] Pakistan is--
is a wild and raw place,

528
00:29:28,043 --> 00:29:30,826
and there's just so much
loose rock falling down

529
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,304
and avalanches falling down
around us, and--

530
00:29:34,217 --> 00:29:35,652
We're gonna try to go up
tomorrow

531
00:29:35,826 --> 00:29:36,956
to our High Camp and try to go

532
00:29:37,130 --> 00:29:38,086
to the summit the next day.

533
00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:40,434
It's our last possible window

534
00:29:40,608 --> 00:29:41,956
in a two year try.

535
00:29:44,869 --> 00:29:46,695
[Lusti] We really need
to decide...

536
00:29:48,478 --> 00:29:51,869
...how much snow and ice gear
we need for...

537
00:29:52,782 --> 00:29:54,000
...the upper glacier.

538
00:29:54,173 --> 00:29:55,521
You know, I think it's just

539
00:29:55,695 --> 00:29:56,913
the type of terrain

540
00:29:57,260 --> 00:29:59,000
to throw in an ice screw and...

541
00:29:59,826 --> 00:30:02,217
just simul-climb through it
because...

542
00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:04,391
...it's nice to...

543
00:30:04,913 --> 00:30:06,521
feel connected
to the mountain there,

544
00:30:06,695 --> 00:30:08,217
especially when
you're questioning...

545
00:30:09,260 --> 00:30:11,000
...snow and avalanche
conditions.

546
00:30:11,173 --> 00:30:12,521
[jingling]

547
00:30:13,217 --> 00:30:14,826
Today, we're gonna go up
to High Camp,

548
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,043
which is a pretty simple climb.

549
00:30:17,217 --> 00:30:19,086
We go up about 3000 feet,

550
00:30:19,347 --> 00:30:21,086
and we have a camp set up
already.

551
00:30:21,260 --> 00:30:23,739
We're gonna go up to that
camp and organize all our gear

552
00:30:23,913 --> 00:30:26,478
and get ready for a
super early alpine start.

553
00:30:28,391 --> 00:30:31,347
[Lusti] Departure from High Camp
tomorrow morning is 3:00 AM.

554
00:30:31,826 --> 00:30:33,956
And from there, we travel

555
00:30:34,304 --> 00:30:36,086
the last bit of
the Nameless Gully.

556
00:30:36,565 --> 00:30:37,782
[suspenseful music]

557
00:30:39,347 --> 00:30:42,739
We'll come up to the first crux,
which is--

558
00:30:42,913 --> 00:30:44,869
in the winter
it's mixed terrain.

559
00:30:48,478 --> 00:30:50,956
Up to the ice screw traverse,

560
00:30:52,260 --> 00:30:54,782
I think it's a frequent flyer.

561
00:30:58,565 --> 00:31:00,086
Some serac falling.

562
00:31:00,478 --> 00:31:01,695
[snow crashing]

563
00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:04,565
Super fun to hear those noises.

564
00:31:10,913 --> 00:31:11,956
Crazy...

565
00:31:12,652 --> 00:31:14,478
crack in the snow right here,

566
00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:16,260
all the way down,

567
00:31:17,652 --> 00:31:18,695
all the way up.

568
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,608
We'll then come up against

569
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:25,913
the crux that turned us around
last year,

570
00:31:26,434 --> 00:31:29,086
which is this gaping
crevasse that...

571
00:31:29,565 --> 00:31:31,608
traverses horizontally,

572
00:31:31,782 --> 00:31:34,391
pretty much the whole... line.

573
00:31:41,913 --> 00:31:44,217
This whole piece of terrain

574
00:31:44,391 --> 00:31:47,391
is just the edge
of the world shit.

575
00:31:49,130 --> 00:31:51,608
You can be standing
on this, like,

576
00:31:51,782 --> 00:31:53,869
improbable feature,

577
00:31:54,347 --> 00:31:56,043
that you trust completely,

578
00:31:57,739 --> 00:31:59,478
but one meter to your left

579
00:31:59,652 --> 00:32:04,565
is the most unforgiving
free hanging space.

580
00:32:05,826 --> 00:32:07,217
[suspenseful music]

581
00:32:15,565 --> 00:32:17,869
[footsteps rustle on snow]

582
00:32:29,869 --> 00:32:31,086
[music continues]

583
00:32:34,217 --> 00:32:35,347
[breathing heavily]

584
00:32:52,086 --> 00:32:54,782
[heavy breathing continues]

585
00:33:02,478 --> 00:33:04,260
[metal rattling]

586
00:33:14,173 --> 00:33:15,304
[Lusti] I'm secure.

587
00:33:16,782 --> 00:33:17,826
You're on belay.

588
00:33:19,608 --> 00:33:21,130
Crossed the crevasse.

589
00:33:21,478 --> 00:33:23,347
Everyone's over...

590
00:33:24,043 --> 00:33:26,000
now into some deeper snow.

591
00:33:26,608 --> 00:33:29,521
We got to trend right,
and then back left,

592
00:33:29,739 --> 00:33:31,652
up, and you can see
the summit there.

593
00:33:38,043 --> 00:33:39,347
Starting to feel it.

594
00:33:41,043 --> 00:33:42,391
The elevation,

595
00:33:42,826 --> 00:33:44,000
punchy,

596
00:33:44,782 --> 00:33:45,869
deep,

597
00:33:46,565 --> 00:33:47,565
high.

598
00:33:51,565 --> 00:33:52,956
[Jim] Hard work up here.

599
00:33:55,565 --> 00:33:57,260
Almost 20,000 feet.

600
00:33:58,260 --> 00:33:59,695
[music continues]

601
00:34:06,304 --> 00:34:07,521
[breathing heavily]

602
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,434
[heavy breathing continues]

603
00:34:27,608 --> 00:34:28,739
[Jim] Woo!

604
00:34:31,391 --> 00:34:33,130
-[exhales]
-[women in the distance] Whoo!

605
00:34:33,826 --> 00:34:35,347
[Jim] Fuck yeah!

606
00:34:36,956 --> 00:34:38,739
There's a cornice up here.

607
00:34:39,173 --> 00:34:42,347
I have to go on the back
side to go to the summit.

608
00:34:46,565 --> 00:34:49,695
This is... unconsolidated,

609
00:34:52,695 --> 00:34:53,739
mank,

610
00:34:56,391 --> 00:34:57,782
nothing but mank.

611
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,434
[wondrous music]

612
00:35:09,347 --> 00:35:10,347
[grunts]

613
00:35:29,782 --> 00:35:31,043
[music continues]

614
00:35:31,304 --> 00:35:32,521
[Jim breathing heavily]

615
00:35:44,304 --> 00:35:45,521
Wow!

616
00:35:46,565 --> 00:35:48,086
Top of Trango!

617
00:35:50,043 --> 00:35:51,695
Oh my gosh.

618
00:35:53,913 --> 00:35:56,652
K2, Broad Peak,

619
00:35:57,652 --> 00:35:58,956
G4,

620
00:36:01,608 --> 00:36:02,956
Masherbrum,

621
00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:05,913
The Baltoro,

622
00:36:07,739 --> 00:36:09,043
Concordia.

623
00:36:09,782 --> 00:36:10,826
[exhales]

624
00:36:13,608 --> 00:36:15,478
A little emotional up here
on the...

625
00:36:16,608 --> 00:36:18,217
Great Trango Tower.

626
00:36:21,608 --> 00:36:23,000
[cheers]

627
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,043
[Lusti] There's a lot
of strength [chuckles]

628
00:36:28,217 --> 00:36:29,826
behind that guy.

629
00:36:32,086 --> 00:36:35,608
Seeing him walk
on the summit was...

630
00:36:38,869 --> 00:36:40,086
[crying]

631
00:36:46,652 --> 00:36:47,956
[Jim] Yeah, Lusti.

632
00:36:48,652 --> 00:36:49,913
[Lusti] Round two, buddy.

633
00:36:50,086 --> 00:36:51,565
We worked pretty hard
for this one.

634
00:36:54,086 --> 00:36:55,347
[Lusti] Fucking hell.

635
00:36:56,565 --> 00:36:58,782
[cheering]

636
00:37:00,043 --> 00:37:02,173
-[Jim] Yeah.
-[Lusti] Woo!

637
00:37:03,391 --> 00:37:05,000
[Jim] I think we've
all experienced

638
00:37:05,173 --> 00:37:08,130
some sort of loss
or depression, and...

639
00:37:08,608 --> 00:37:11,391
I've just found
that working through that,

640
00:37:12,782 --> 00:37:14,173
by accepting it,

641
00:37:14,347 --> 00:37:15,956
by ap-- appreciating the time

642
00:37:16,130 --> 00:37:17,608
you spent
with your loved ones...

643
00:37:19,260 --> 00:37:21,565
...by envisioning their...

644
00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:23,086
spirit, and their smile,

645
00:37:23,260 --> 00:37:24,652
and their life.

646
00:37:29,434 --> 00:37:32,130
To move forward and to live
your life in a positive manner

647
00:37:32,304 --> 00:37:34,826
is an honorable way to...

648
00:37:35,478 --> 00:37:36,739
...care for your loved ones.

649
00:37:38,478 --> 00:37:39,739
Oh boy.

650
00:37:41,913 --> 00:37:43,173
Big range.

651
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,043
[exhales]

652
00:37:45,217 --> 00:37:46,478
Base camp or bust.

653
00:37:48,043 --> 00:37:49,391
[majestic music]

654
00:37:49,565 --> 00:37:50,956
[breathing heavily]

655
00:38:02,260 --> 00:38:03,478
[Jim] Ooh, yeah!

656
00:38:34,956 --> 00:38:36,173
[music continues]

657
00:38:50,347 --> 00:38:51,652
I'm secure.

658
00:38:53,173 --> 00:38:54,826
Just watch out for crevasses.

659
00:39:04,391 --> 00:39:05,608
[music continues]

660
00:39:31,695 --> 00:39:33,000
Fuck yeah, Lusti.

661
00:39:33,826 --> 00:39:35,000
What a day!

662
00:39:35,695 --> 00:39:37,478
Pretty psyched we pulled it off.

663
00:39:41,521 --> 00:39:42,521
[metal rattling]

664
00:39:45,695 --> 00:39:46,913
[music continues]

665
00:40:00,304 --> 00:40:02,043
[Lusti] Psyched to be
off the face,

666
00:40:02,695 --> 00:40:03,782
and...

667
00:40:04,478 --> 00:40:05,782
just skied this.

668
00:40:06,913 --> 00:40:08,304
Here comes Jim.

669
00:40:17,739 --> 00:40:18,956
Nice one.

670
00:40:21,043 --> 00:40:22,217
Good job.

671
00:40:22,913 --> 00:40:24,043
Good job.

672
00:40:37,782 --> 00:40:39,000
[music continues]

673
00:40:40,347 --> 00:40:41,652
Going down!

674
00:40:43,695 --> 00:40:45,043
[cheering loudly]

675
00:40:46,434 --> 00:40:47,608
[Lusti] Are you happy?

676
00:40:47,782 --> 00:40:49,000
Very happy.

677
00:40:51,043 --> 00:40:52,391
Good job today.

678
00:40:54,478 --> 00:40:55,695
[Lusti groans]

679
00:40:57,956 --> 00:40:59,347
[majestic music continues]

680
00:41:30,565 --> 00:41:31,913
[Jim] Yeah, this is the first...

681
00:41:32,695 --> 00:41:35,000
big Himalayan objective

682
00:41:35,173 --> 00:41:37,695
that I tried to do and that
I was successful with,

683
00:41:38,217 --> 00:41:39,826
since we lost Hilaree.

684
00:41:40,173 --> 00:41:41,521
[melancholic music]

685
00:41:42,043 --> 00:41:44,608
Going to the summit,
I was thinking about her and...

686
00:41:46,391 --> 00:41:48,434
...stepping into my skis as...

687
00:41:48,913 --> 00:41:51,695
I was thinking about how much
she would love to ski down and

688
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,434
get out of the mountains
and get home to her kids and...

689
00:41:56,434 --> 00:41:57,826
...it was a special...

690
00:41:58,260 --> 00:42:00,304
emotional moment for me on top.

691
00:42:01,130 --> 00:42:03,434
Thinking about Hilaree
and missing her.

692
00:42:06,782 --> 00:42:10,217
[Lusti] It really felt like
him walking up there,

693
00:42:11,086 --> 00:42:12,652
she was with him,

694
00:42:12,826 --> 00:42:14,260
and I just...

695
00:42:15,086 --> 00:42:18,000
...feel like that was
an incredible moment for him.

696
00:42:20,391 --> 00:42:24,652
It was really nice to watch
and to follow. [sniffles]

697
00:42:27,739 --> 00:42:29,608
[Chantel] It was just really
special for me

698
00:42:29,782 --> 00:42:31,000
to get to

699
00:42:31,173 --> 00:42:32,086
be a part of a team,

700
00:42:32,260 --> 00:42:33,782
to open a new line in...

701
00:42:34,826 --> 00:42:36,304
the greater range of the world.

702
00:42:36,478 --> 00:42:38,173
That's something I've always
wanted to do.

703
00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:41,260
And, yeah, it was pretty
cool to be a part of that.

704
00:42:45,869 --> 00:42:47,913
[Lusti] I've thought about
this a lot, as like,

705
00:42:48,739 --> 00:42:51,608
why you ski
these dangerous lines, and...

706
00:42:52,043 --> 00:42:55,826
it's the only place
where you're so...

707
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,826
alive, but also
closest to death.

708
00:43:03,478 --> 00:43:06,304
To be found is to be
in these places.

709
00:43:24,086 --> 00:43:25,304
[music ends]

710
00:43:42,913 --> 00:43:44,304
[ambient electronic music]

711
00:43:51,782 --> 00:43:54,434
♪ Frozen ♪

712
00:43:56,217 --> 00:44:00,304
♪ Like flowers
In the winter bloom ♪

713
00:44:06,826 --> 00:44:09,521
♪ Taken ♪

714
00:44:11,304 --> 00:44:15,521
♪ They tell me
You were gone too soon ♪

715
00:44:21,869 --> 00:44:24,391
♪ Can't do nothing ♪

716
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:30,565
♪ And it keeps me
Holding onto you ♪

717
00:44:36,695 --> 00:44:40,565
♪ So don't let go
When it matters ♪

718
00:44:40,739 --> 00:44:44,130
♪ When it matters
When it matters ♪

719
00:44:44,304 --> 00:44:48,000
♪ Just feel it all
As it happens ♪

720
00:44:48,173 --> 00:44:51,565
♪ As it happens
As it happens ♪

721
00:44:51,739 --> 00:44:55,565
♪ So don't let go
When it matters ♪

722
00:44:55,739 --> 00:44:57,782
♪ When it matters
When it matters ♪

723
00:44:57,956 --> 00:45:03,608
♪ You'll be here haunting me ♪

724
00:45:07,086 --> 00:45:08,304
[music ends]