1 00:00:26,568 --> 00:00:29,571 AS ACTUAL 2 00:01:53,655 --> 00:01:56,425 THE TIBETAN PLATEAU 3 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:59,328 1924 4 00:02:00,245 --> 00:02:02,748 [in Tibetan] Come on, Yeshi, don't fall behind. 5 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:07,227 Are you ok Yeshi? 6 00:02:07,377 --> 00:02:09,755 Why are you so slow today? 7 00:02:39,451 --> 00:02:42,246 Who are these? - Foreigners. 8 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,207 People from faraway places. 9 00:02:47,918 --> 00:02:50,128 Where did you get those shoes? 10 00:02:51,255 --> 00:02:52,755 From the foreigners. 11 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:11,608 Our Chief Sherpa is here. 12 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:14,361 And he stole my boots. 13 00:03:15,571 --> 00:03:18,574 What's your name? - He asks for your name. 14 00:03:19,074 --> 00:03:22,995 Tensing. - Nice to meet you, Mallory. 15 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,180 Small… - Mallory. 16 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:27,499 Maller… Mallery. - That's right. 17 00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:32,337 We will climb your big mountain. - They will climb Jomolungma. 18 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:35,507 Jomolungma! Can I come too? 19 00:03:36,133 --> 00:03:37,885 He asks if he can come. 20 00:03:39,636 --> 00:03:43,657 Next time. When you grow up a little. 21 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:47,477 When you grow up, look for us in Darjeeling. 22 00:04:02,951 --> 00:04:06,079 Mom! Mom! 23 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:09,456 Mom! 24 00:04:10,334 --> 00:04:12,895 Mom! Did you see the strange men? 25 00:04:13,045 --> 00:04:17,673 I spoke to one of them, Mallory. It has facial hair, like a yak. 26 00:04:18,550 --> 00:04:20,903 They will climb Jomolungma! 27 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:24,615 Do they think so? - They have big, sturdy shoes. 28 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:28,769 The Mother Goddess does not want to be climbed. They will insult her. 29 00:04:29,686 --> 00:04:33,607 She is "the mountain so high, that not even a bird can fly over it". 30 00:04:52,668 --> 00:04:54,419 Jomolungma. 31 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:09,519 subtitles from YavkA.net 32 00:05:27,911 --> 00:05:33,434 Since 1921 many expeditions are trying unsuccessfully to climb Everest. 33 00:05:33,584 --> 00:05:35,544 28 YEARS LATER 34 00:05:36,211 --> 00:05:39,131 This year the Swiss will make another attempt. 35 00:05:39,756 --> 00:05:42,426 Their climbing team has already been selected. 36 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:46,471 Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tensing Norgay will make the attempt. 37 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:50,142 But can the top be reached? 38 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:55,289 Lambert and Tensing are more than 8500 meters high. 39 00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:59,835 The highest point on Earth, that man has reached so far, 40 00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:02,571 but still not high enough. 41 00:06:08,410 --> 00:06:10,679 The monsoon is blowing in full force. 42 00:06:10,829 --> 00:06:16,043 The fierce wind that blew the southern ridge, creates an insurmountable barrier. 43 00:06:17,169 --> 00:06:20,923 Although the goal is before their eyes, to continue means death. 44 00:06:21,548 --> 00:06:23,383 They have to go back. 45 00:06:28,931 --> 00:06:33,268 Lambert and Tensing risked their lives for a chance to make history. 46 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:40,817 But the heroic Swiss experience of 1952. failed. 47 00:06:42,884 --> 00:06:48,097 Tensing 48 00:06:58,836 --> 00:07:00,646 DARJEELING, INDIA 49 00:07:00,796 --> 00:07:03,131 1953 50 00:07:03,841 --> 00:07:07,886 Which one is Everest? - The big one. 51 00:07:08,512 --> 00:07:13,701 No, Mount Everest is over there in the distance. 52 00:07:13,851 --> 00:07:17,246 With the cloud cape. - No, this is not Everest. 53 00:07:17,396 --> 00:07:19,398 It's too small to be Everest. 54 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:24,360 Come, eat. 55 00:07:25,028 --> 00:07:28,282 I'll eat my hat if it's him. - That's enough. 56 00:07:29,575 --> 00:07:33,345 I'm glad you liked it. - Even Roger liked it. 57 00:07:33,495 --> 00:07:36,265 Yes, but tonight I will have dripped. 58 00:07:36,415 --> 00:07:40,144 You'll sleep like a log. - Wait... 59 00:07:40,294 --> 00:07:43,105 Isn't that our porter? - Yes, our Tensing. 60 00:07:43,255 --> 00:07:45,232 He didn't say a word. 61 00:07:45,382 --> 00:07:49,803 You were on a picnic with the person climbed higher than anyone else before. 62 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:53,974 One, two, Everest. 63 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:01,440 This year, the British have permission to climb to the top. What do you think? 64 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:07,988 Six attempts are enough. I've had enough of picnics. 65 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:13,385 If the Swiss asked, would your answer have been different? 66 00:08:13,535 --> 00:08:15,262 But they don't ask. 67 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:18,624 So you don't mind for the Brits to get up there without you? 68 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:23,854 I would be angry. - But why should I climb with the British? 69 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:26,423 They won't make me a member of the team. 70 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:30,052 Tensing, I feel that this time will be different. 71 00:08:30,594 --> 00:08:35,515 You already forced me to go up there once. He was terribly inspired. 72 00:08:36,725 --> 00:08:39,895 Now what, are you just going to give up? 73 00:08:45,651 --> 00:08:49,046 "Dear Mr. Norgay, we offer you the position 74 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:53,425 chief sherpa of the forthcoming British Expedition to Mount Everest. 75 00:08:53,575 --> 00:08:57,746 We will expect you to select a team of 20 high mountain sherpas. 76 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:02,893 We will meet in Kathmandu on March 8, 1953." 77 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:07,064 "And if all is well, we hope to summit by May 15th. 78 00:09:07,214 --> 00:09:11,343 Best regards, Col. John Hunt, expedition leader." 79 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:15,097 [in Sherpa] Aunt, aunt! Will he climb again? 80 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:20,853 Are you leaving again so soon? I almost died up there last year. 81 00:09:21,687 --> 00:09:24,731 Dad, did you promise me? 82 00:09:41,206 --> 00:09:45,127 The plague swept through the valley. More yaks died. 83 00:09:45,377 --> 00:09:47,479 It didn't start here. It's not our fault. 84 00:09:47,629 --> 00:09:50,441 The house is for my shepherds. You no longer have a herd. 85 00:09:50,591 --> 00:09:53,444 But where will we go? Please sir! 86 00:09:53,594 --> 00:09:56,513 Get out! Be gone! - Please! 87 00:10:31,924 --> 00:10:35,761 This is Nepal. There will be work for us there. 88 00:10:55,072 --> 00:10:59,826 NANGPA-LA PASS, NEPAL 89 00:11:24,351 --> 00:11:26,103 The boy is sick. 90 00:11:27,813 --> 00:11:29,313 Help import it. 91 00:12:15,152 --> 00:12:18,780 Tensing, we have to go. 92 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:27,456 We need to find a job. 93 00:12:28,916 --> 00:12:34,338 Here you will regain your strength. You are still too weak to come with us. 94 00:12:36,632 --> 00:12:39,551 We will be back when we can. 95 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:54,525 Mom! 96 00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:56,902 Mom! 97 00:13:01,073 --> 00:13:02,573 Dad. 98 00:13:03,742 --> 00:13:06,537 what are you doing - I'm coming with you. 99 00:13:11,917 --> 00:13:14,419 That means a lot to you, doesn't it? 100 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:23,887 Yes, but I promised you that I won't climb anymore. 101 00:13:25,848 --> 00:13:28,892 I know people don't always return from there. 102 00:13:31,854 --> 00:13:34,022 And we already lost mom. 103 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,907 I miss you. 104 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:48,412 I miss it too. 105 00:13:54,626 --> 00:13:56,920 But I know she wanted you to climb. 106 00:14:03,385 --> 00:14:05,470 That's why you should go. 107 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:17,291 SWISS EXPEDITION HE SETS A HEIGHT RECORD 108 00:14:17,441 --> 00:14:21,486 Member? No, no. You will be our Chief Sherpa. 109 00:14:22,237 --> 00:14:27,451 With Monsieur Lambert, I was on the climbing team. - Yes, the Swiss. 110 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:32,389 They are practically socialists. It has not been done before. 111 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:37,252 This is my condition. If I come, I will be on the climbing team. 112 00:14:40,005 --> 00:14:41,505 What do you think Jill? 113 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:45,886 Do you know how close they were? last year with Lambert? 114 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,723 They had 237 meters left. 115 00:14:50,599 --> 00:14:52,099 A hair's breadth from the top. 116 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:56,438 Lambert learned from Mallory's mistake. 117 00:14:58,357 --> 00:15:00,776 You must have strength left, to come back 118 00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:03,737 I've been watching you, John. 119 00:15:04,780 --> 00:15:08,909 You are very inspired. Needed quality up there. 120 00:15:10,494 --> 00:15:11,994 But he is more inspired. 121 00:15:14,665 --> 00:15:16,250 On the climbing team? 122 00:15:18,502 --> 00:15:21,563 Why not? - With a chance to climb the top? 123 00:15:21,713 --> 00:15:23,213 Of course. 124 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:25,050 They will always tell me that. 125 00:15:30,806 --> 00:15:32,241 Tondup. 126 00:15:32,391 --> 00:15:36,704 Tondup, namaste. You're welcome, I'm glad. 127 00:15:36,854 --> 00:15:38,914 Ah, Baloo. I'm glad to see you. 128 00:15:39,064 --> 00:15:41,316 Who is this? - His nephew. 129 00:15:41,817 --> 00:15:43,317 Welcome. 130 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:46,989 Thank you. So. 131 00:15:47,865 --> 00:15:50,242 Pasang, namaste. - Namaste. 132 00:15:51,410 --> 00:15:53,954 Do you see it? The Chief Sherpa. 133 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:58,559 I was here when he embarked on the first expedition. An outsider, can you imagine? 134 00:15:58,709 --> 00:16:02,479 Not even a real sherpa. - So how is a chief sherpa? 135 00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:05,841 Passang. Do you think you can handle it? 136 00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:09,343 Tensing. 137 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:16,518 You don't need to take Pasang. Now you choose the team. 138 00:16:17,144 --> 00:16:21,940 I don't choose it because I like it, but because we need it. 139 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:24,900 Okay. 140 00:16:26,737 --> 00:16:30,824 What are you talking about me? - Only good things, my friend. 141 00:16:32,618 --> 00:16:34,118 I told you. 142 00:16:34,912 --> 00:16:36,412 An outsider. 143 00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:05,526 He told us that Mom's spirit was up there. We want you to return this to her. 144 00:17:16,537 --> 00:17:18,037 Three months. 145 00:17:33,095 --> 00:17:35,514 Three months! - Three months. 146 00:17:55,534 --> 00:17:58,053 KATHMANDU, NEPAL 147 00:17:58,203 --> 00:18:02,541 MARCH 8, 1953 148 00:18:16,972 --> 00:18:19,391 Tensing! - Col. Hunt! 149 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,436 Well done, you managed to come. 150 00:18:23,854 --> 00:18:28,042 Madan, take them to their quarters. - Okay, sir. 151 00:18:28,192 --> 00:18:33,697 Guys, this is Tensing - the man we've all been waiting for. 152 00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:37,301 Tom Bourdillon, one of our best climbers. 153 00:18:37,451 --> 00:18:40,929 Photographer Alf Gregory. Michael Ward, our doctor. 154 00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:43,891 Hello - George Lowe, our one kiwi. 155 00:18:44,041 --> 00:18:45,876 Only two are allowed. 156 00:18:47,211 --> 00:18:50,939 My deputy guide and also an excellent climber, Charles Evans. 157 00:18:51,089 --> 00:18:54,735 So they made a full member huh? You're a big brat. 158 00:18:54,885 --> 00:18:57,513 Stobart is our operator. 159 00:18:58,263 --> 00:19:01,391 And this is our other Kiwi - Ed Hillary. 160 00:19:03,352 --> 00:19:06,605 Come to us, my friend! - In a little while. 161 00:19:07,523 --> 00:19:09,023 What is a "kiwi"? 162 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:14,363 This is the question to which we all try to answer each other. 163 00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:17,491 I'll take you to your room. 164 00:19:21,453 --> 00:19:22,953 And my people? 165 00:19:24,039 --> 00:19:29,186 Yes, true. The rooms are only for the full members of the expedition. 166 00:19:29,336 --> 00:19:33,882 Like you. We have created amenities for your people in the old barn. 167 00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:40,347 Thanks, but I'll sleep in the barn too. 168 00:19:54,069 --> 00:19:55,612 At least it has a roof! 169 00:20:09,126 --> 00:20:10,626 Echo! 170 00:20:12,087 --> 00:20:15,716 Don't do it like that! We're trying to grow a lawn! 171 00:20:16,675 --> 00:20:18,175 For God's sake! 172 00:20:19,219 --> 00:20:21,847 Tensing, will you translate? 173 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:29,788 Sorry you are too much to use the indoor toilets, 174 00:20:29,938 --> 00:20:34,109 but we cannot act like animals and to disrespect our hosts. 175 00:20:40,574 --> 00:20:44,411 I'm sorry we made you to sleep in the barn like animals. 176 00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:48,207 Not on the lawn, guys. 177 00:20:49,458 --> 00:20:54,087 We are lucky to have you with us. We will respect you more in the future. 178 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,090 The ambassador is furious. 179 00:20:59,218 --> 00:21:02,863 Let's try harder. - The ambassador is a fool. 180 00:21:03,013 --> 00:21:06,850 So let's put our heads down and pretend to be sorry. 181 00:21:11,772 --> 00:21:13,272 Thank you. 182 00:21:28,413 --> 00:21:31,250 You were all specially selected. 183 00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:34,545 Because of your skills and experience. 184 00:21:35,838 --> 00:21:38,465 It's no accident that I'm here too. 185 00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:43,904 With his wisdom The Royal Geographical Society 186 00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:47,116 chose a military man to lead this expedition 187 00:21:47,266 --> 00:21:51,144 and expects from me to conduct it as a military operation. 188 00:21:51,812 --> 00:21:57,150 This makes you soldiers with a patriotic duty. 189 00:21:58,610 --> 00:22:01,321 Failure is excluded. 190 00:22:03,448 --> 00:22:08,262 No one knows what happens to the body at the highest altitudes. 191 00:22:08,412 --> 00:22:10,556 What is possible, where is the limit. 192 00:22:10,706 --> 00:22:13,166 Personally, I don't want to die in ignorance. 193 00:22:17,379 --> 00:22:22,426 We have been trying to climb for 30 years this mountain and if we don't do it now, 194 00:22:23,177 --> 00:22:25,137 we will miss our chance. 195 00:22:27,806 --> 00:22:33,078 The French have permission for next year. The Swiss - for 1955 196 00:22:33,228 --> 00:22:38,083 And we won't be back here until 1956. and if one of these nations 197 00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:44,590 gets there first, 1956 won't matter. 198 00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:48,385 Gentlemen, this is a British mountain. - Yes. 199 00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:52,789 Very true! - And Great Britain is counting on us. 200 00:22:53,624 --> 00:22:55,124 We have a new queen. 201 00:22:56,168 --> 00:22:59,021 Let's not disappoint her! - Well done! 202 00:22:59,171 --> 00:23:01,357 We leave at 06:00. 203 00:23:01,507 --> 00:23:06,445 I remind you not to overstuff your luggage, because you will carry it all the way to base camp. 204 00:23:06,595 --> 00:23:09,139 It will gradually weigh you down more and more. 205 00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:34,414 KATHMANDU - MOUNT EVEREST 206 00:24:49,198 --> 00:24:50,698 So... 207 00:24:51,575 --> 00:24:53,827 I hear you know the great George Mallory. 208 00:24:55,704 --> 00:24:57,204 I tried on his boots. 209 00:24:58,707 --> 00:25:00,207 Well done to you. 210 00:25:01,877 --> 00:25:03,670 It was a memorable event for me. 211 00:25:04,922 --> 00:25:06,422 I have no doubt. 212 00:25:08,509 --> 00:25:11,011 Have you met him? 213 00:25:15,265 --> 00:25:17,976 No, I was only three when he died. 214 00:25:19,061 --> 00:25:20,561 I haven't had the pleasure. 215 00:25:21,855 --> 00:25:25,317 But I read a book about him, when I was ten. 216 00:25:28,028 --> 00:25:29,528 In one breath. 217 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:33,408 What did you learn about him? 218 00:25:36,495 --> 00:25:37,995 Well I guess 219 00:25:38,413 --> 00:25:43,085 that we both felt the same when we were climbing. 220 00:25:44,503 --> 00:25:46,003 How exactly? 221 00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:50,090 Happy. 222 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,260 Free. 223 00:25:56,265 --> 00:26:00,202 Up in the mountains no one tells me what to do 224 00:26:00,352 --> 00:26:02,896 who to be or not to be. 225 00:26:08,068 --> 00:26:10,779 So I was Mallory. 226 00:26:15,659 --> 00:26:17,327 He wanted to be first. 227 00:26:19,371 --> 00:26:20,871 Me too. 228 00:26:22,332 --> 00:26:26,086 Mallory is the reason we're here. - I have already come. 229 00:26:29,339 --> 00:26:32,217 Of course. I meant all of that. 230 00:26:33,010 --> 00:26:34,510 The expeditions. 231 00:26:34,928 --> 00:26:39,766 He believed it was possible. He paved the way. 232 00:26:41,643 --> 00:26:43,143 For all of us. 233 00:26:46,148 --> 00:26:48,233 So, I'll be back. 234 00:27:05,834 --> 00:27:09,338 KATHMANDU - TENGBOCHE - MOUNT EVEREST 235 00:27:39,159 --> 00:27:40,953 Tensing! 236 00:28:28,709 --> 00:28:29,893 It gives! 237 00:28:30,043 --> 00:28:32,963 The boy is a stranger. Don't talk to people like that. 238 00:28:33,255 --> 00:28:36,675 Don't talk to my daughter. Dondup, where are you bleating! 239 00:28:37,801 --> 00:28:41,388 Don't say anything. Let's go. 240 00:28:51,315 --> 00:28:52,815 what are you doing 241 00:28:58,697 --> 00:29:01,325 Why are you here? - I'm looking. 242 00:29:02,201 --> 00:29:05,329 What? - Jomolungma, my mountain. 243 00:29:06,788 --> 00:29:08,415 The mountain is not yours! 244 00:29:08,832 --> 00:29:11,919 Your family is poor. That's what my father said. 245 00:29:13,462 --> 00:29:17,341 My family will be back soon to take me home 246 00:29:17,716 --> 00:29:22,262 But they left you here, didn't they? - I've already strengthened. 247 00:29:24,056 --> 00:29:25,556 They will be back. 248 00:29:27,684 --> 00:29:31,438 When? - Soon. 249 00:30:52,394 --> 00:30:54,980 Tensing! 250 00:30:56,899 --> 00:31:00,277 Did you hear that foreigners are coming? They will climb your mountain. 251 00:31:00,652 --> 00:31:02,880 When? - I don't know. 252 00:31:03,030 --> 00:31:07,576 They are organizing a big expedition in Darjeeling and they will need Sherpas. 253 00:31:10,412 --> 00:31:11,912 In Darjeeling? 254 00:31:13,457 --> 00:31:17,169 Tensing! Don't imagine too much, my friend. 255 00:31:23,592 --> 00:31:25,344 Get back to work. 256 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:42,986 I am going to Darjeeling. 257 00:31:46,073 --> 00:31:48,116 I will ask if they will take me. 258 00:31:49,451 --> 00:31:50,951 When? 259 00:31:53,288 --> 00:31:54,788 Soon. 260 00:31:55,749 --> 00:31:57,249 Now. 261 00:31:58,001 --> 00:32:02,130 This is my chance to meet Jomolungma. 262 00:32:05,050 --> 00:32:09,137 And what are you going to tell her? - Do I know… 263 00:32:10,013 --> 00:32:12,474 "Can I come in?" 264 00:32:14,142 --> 00:32:16,061 "I bring milk from a yak." 265 00:32:17,187 --> 00:32:18,687 "Thank you, Tensing." 266 00:32:22,484 --> 00:32:23,984 Seriously… 267 00:32:25,487 --> 00:32:27,197 What would you ask her? 268 00:32:31,159 --> 00:32:33,078 To bless… 269 00:32:35,998 --> 00:32:37,624 my life… 270 00:32:41,170 --> 00:32:42,838 and my children. 271 00:32:51,138 --> 00:32:52,638 come with me 272 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:04,900 Mr. Seppa. 273 00:33:08,655 --> 00:33:11,341 I want to marry Dava, to go to Darjeeling 274 00:33:11,491 --> 00:33:15,304 and climb Jomolungma with the foreigners, I will enter the expedition. 275 00:33:15,454 --> 00:33:19,082 They will pay me a lot of money and I will endow you with grandchildren. 276 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,548 Tensing Norgay, our servant. 277 00:33:27,549 --> 00:33:30,719 You work tirelessly, take care of the yaks. 278 00:33:31,094 --> 00:33:35,557 Find your place here. You're smart. I like that. 279 00:33:36,433 --> 00:33:42,039 But what you are doing now is stupid. Impressive, but stupid. 280 00:33:42,189 --> 00:33:45,751 I will settle down… - My daughter will not marry a servant. 281 00:33:45,901 --> 00:33:47,694 He's getting married here. 282 00:33:48,820 --> 00:33:53,801 Do you think I'll let you take her? - But I... 283 00:33:53,951 --> 00:33:57,538 These are strange ideas. Get them out of your head. 284 00:33:59,331 --> 00:34:00,831 Now disappear! 285 00:34:19,893 --> 00:34:20,868 Sir! 286 00:34:21,018 --> 00:34:24,481 Ah, Tensing, there you are. - We must perform Kurim. 287 00:34:26,065 --> 00:34:27,734 What is Kurim? 288 00:34:28,694 --> 00:34:33,632 Let's ask for protection from the Goddess. - No, we have a lot of work to do. 289 00:34:33,782 --> 00:34:38,745 We have to ask her permission. If he hears our prayers, he will protect us. 290 00:34:39,788 --> 00:34:44,668 How long will it last? - Shorter than dying in an avalanche. 291 00:35:34,885 --> 00:35:37,321 Is this the chief? - Yes. 292 00:35:37,471 --> 00:35:43,519 May Jomolungma accept your prayers and protect you along the way. 293 00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:50,400 Tensing will show you the right way. 294 00:35:54,029 --> 00:35:55,529 I am convinced. 295 00:36:00,494 --> 00:36:02,120 Take care up there. 296 00:36:05,123 --> 00:36:09,211 Rinpoche, how should I know which is the right way? 297 00:36:12,464 --> 00:36:15,133 You have to climb… 298 00:36:16,844 --> 00:36:18,929 like a child in its mother's lap. 299 00:36:51,503 --> 00:36:53,714 TENGBOCHE 300 00:36:57,676 --> 00:36:59,678 EVEREST BASE CAMP 301 00:37:05,392 --> 00:37:08,395 EXPEDITION TO EVEREST 1953 302 00:37:12,107 --> 00:37:14,084 BASE CAMP 303 00:37:14,234 --> 00:37:18,797 APRIL 12, 1953 304 00:37:18,947 --> 00:37:22,634 3475 METERS TO THE TOP 305 00:37:22,784 --> 00:37:24,828 EXPEDITION TO EVEREST 1953 306 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:49,770 Do you remember how he got here? 307 00:37:50,729 --> 00:37:55,609 The boy dreaming of the mountain. There was almost no chance. 308 00:37:57,945 --> 00:37:59,571 But he is very determined. 309 00:38:01,615 --> 00:38:04,576 That's why you like him. 310 00:38:12,334 --> 00:38:15,270 Tensing said, that he would climb Jomolungma with the foreigners. 311 00:38:15,420 --> 00:38:17,756 Do you like this idea? 312 00:38:20,384 --> 00:38:25,055 Rinpoche… Is it wrong to have such a dream? 313 00:38:25,639 --> 00:38:29,184 Maybe it's just Jomolungma calling him home. 314 00:38:34,481 --> 00:38:36,483 Only he knows. 315 00:38:51,039 --> 00:38:53,041 What do you think will happen? 316 00:38:57,546 --> 00:38:59,046 I'm serious. 317 00:39:00,924 --> 00:39:05,596 How will we feed ourselves in Darjeeling? What if they don't take you on any expeditions? 318 00:39:06,555 --> 00:39:09,074 We will find an answer. 319 00:39:09,224 --> 00:39:11,393 I promise… - Tell me! 320 00:39:12,936 --> 00:39:17,566 Just because it's a dream doesn't mean that everything will turn out as you planned it. 321 00:39:21,153 --> 00:39:22,863 I can give you three things. 322 00:39:24,698 --> 00:39:26,198 All hope. 323 00:39:27,451 --> 00:39:28,952 Your whole future. 324 00:39:30,495 --> 00:39:32,539 And all your heart. 325 00:39:35,459 --> 00:39:37,294 I have nothing else. 326 00:40:18,877 --> 00:40:21,980 "Death Zone". - Cells die faster, 327 00:40:22,130 --> 00:40:24,233 than the body creates them. - Fun. 328 00:40:24,383 --> 00:40:26,902 The Swiss failed. - They left late. 329 00:40:27,052 --> 00:40:30,406 Yes, they were swept away by a monsoon at the end of May. 330 00:40:30,556 --> 00:40:33,475 Is that why you came back, Tensing? Last year? 331 00:40:34,643 --> 00:40:37,913 Yes, too much wind. And we ran out of oxygen. 332 00:40:38,063 --> 00:40:40,332 We have twice as many people as them, 333 00:40:40,482 --> 00:40:43,752 so no reason not to load the bearings 334 00:40:43,902 --> 00:40:47,573 with oxygen cylinders and supplies, before the monsoon blows. 335 00:40:48,115 --> 00:40:51,994 We will tighten the ropes, the sherpas will follow us with the load. 336 00:40:52,828 --> 00:40:56,014 We'll climb high but sleep low. Four weeks. 337 00:40:56,164 --> 00:40:58,792 Yes, four weeks, we start tomorrow morning. 338 00:40:59,835 --> 00:41:03,981 We have to carry three tons of gear across the Kumbu Glacier. 339 00:41:04,131 --> 00:41:07,192 With cats on their feet, lest we slip into a crevasse. 340 00:41:07,342 --> 00:41:11,530 Then along the Western Kum, where we will establish the forward base camp 341 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:13,073 at the foot of Lhotse. 342 00:41:13,223 --> 00:41:17,828 One more week to raise half a ton provisions along the Lhotse to the South Saddle 343 00:41:17,978 --> 00:41:22,416 and only then can we try to climb the top. 344 00:41:22,566 --> 00:41:26,320 And all this before the monsoon hits. - Okay. 345 00:42:04,525 --> 00:42:06,235 It will hold. 346 00:42:17,746 --> 00:42:19,246 After you. 347 00:42:27,673 --> 00:42:29,173 Well done, Tensing! 348 00:42:42,229 --> 00:42:43,729 Go to bed! 349 00:43:20,934 --> 00:43:23,145 Is everyone ok? Nice. 350 00:43:33,530 --> 00:43:36,800 We will attach ropes 90 meters up and you will leave the cargo. 351 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:38,452 See you tonight at the camp. 352 00:44:46,103 --> 00:44:49,022 Curse! We can't go from here. 353 00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:55,529 We'll come back and move east. It's getting late. 354 00:44:56,697 --> 00:44:58,198 Tomorrow with fresh strength. 355 00:46:01,303 --> 00:46:02,803 Unbelievable. 356 00:46:26,745 --> 00:46:28,705 What's going on? 357 00:46:29,915 --> 00:46:32,209 Tensing - it happens. 358 00:46:32,918 --> 00:46:34,418 Find a way. 359 00:46:39,007 --> 00:46:40,507 Impressive. 360 00:46:45,347 --> 00:46:47,683 Unbelievable! Well done! 361 00:46:48,934 --> 00:46:50,434 Well done, Tensing! 362 00:46:57,985 --> 00:47:00,279 John, Tensing stretched a rope. 363 00:47:03,073 --> 00:47:05,826 Great, we'll save time that way. 364 00:47:11,748 --> 00:47:13,248 Damn poser. 365 00:47:20,966 --> 00:47:22,466 Who's next? 366 00:47:29,141 --> 00:47:30,641 Uncle. 367 00:47:31,852 --> 00:47:35,439 Who taught you to climb cracks? - My friend Monsieur Lambert. 368 00:47:36,857 --> 00:47:38,692 He thinks he's one of them. 369 00:47:40,611 --> 00:47:42,171 They are not your friends. 370 00:47:42,321 --> 00:47:45,532 They pay us to carry the load, and they are made into heroes. 371 00:47:45,866 --> 00:47:47,366 Let them be done. 372 00:47:58,837 --> 00:48:01,148 FIRST CAMP 373 00:48:01,298 --> 00:48:04,360 APRIL 22, 1953 374 00:48:04,510 --> 00:48:06,570 In the middle. - And to the left... 375 00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:08,739 2865 METERS TO THE TOP 376 00:48:08,889 --> 00:48:10,766 ...and with a hook under that gorge. 377 00:48:11,517 --> 00:48:13,977 From here we should accelerate. 378 00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:16,021 We are progressing on schedule. 379 00:48:17,523 --> 00:48:22,586 Tensing, take the Sherpas to base camp, to pick up the remaining supplies. 380 00:48:22,736 --> 00:48:25,672 We will look for a place for the front base bearing. 381 00:48:25,822 --> 00:48:29,510 But, sir, I know where the best place to camp is. 382 00:48:29,660 --> 00:48:30,594 Let me show you. 383 00:48:30,744 --> 00:48:35,599 You can be a full member of the team, but you're also our chief sherpa. 384 00:48:35,749 --> 00:48:40,688 I want you to bring all heavy provisions here. 385 00:48:40,838 --> 00:48:43,757 If something happens to them, everything goes to hell 386 00:48:44,925 --> 00:48:46,844 He's been here before, John. 387 00:48:48,303 --> 00:48:50,472 Cargoes must be loaded. 388 00:48:52,057 --> 00:48:54,476 It's his job to take care of that. 389 00:49:03,777 --> 00:49:05,279 Let's go. 390 00:49:42,065 --> 00:49:44,526 Come here! Get inside! 391 00:49:58,498 --> 00:50:03,712 We should be paid more. The glacier is the most dangerous part. 392 00:50:05,088 --> 00:50:10,361 Pasang, you know it's not like that. It gets even harder going up. 393 00:50:10,511 --> 00:50:13,639 They pay you enough not to care. 394 00:50:14,473 --> 00:50:18,185 If they climb the top, our livelihood is gone. - What? 395 00:50:19,269 --> 00:50:22,231 If one conquers the top, who will want to repeat? 396 00:50:26,777 --> 00:50:28,277 He has a right. 397 00:51:00,060 --> 00:51:02,830 DARJEELING, INDIA 398 00:51:02,980 --> 00:51:06,750 1933 399 00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:11,588 "T" like? - "T" for "tiger". 400 00:51:11,738 --> 00:51:13,757 "I" like? 401 00:51:13,907 --> 00:51:16,885 "Ya" as "yak"! 402 00:51:17,035 --> 00:51:18,637 "W" like? 403 00:51:18,787 --> 00:51:20,389 Gold! - Tensing. 404 00:51:20,539 --> 00:51:24,501 One more time. - "Z" as "gold". 405 00:51:44,021 --> 00:51:45,772 CALCUTTA 406 00:51:47,274 --> 00:51:49,401 I'll see you at home. 407 00:51:54,781 --> 00:51:56,281 Tensing. 408 00:52:13,509 --> 00:52:14,985 Me, mountain. 409 00:52:15,135 --> 00:52:18,222 Line up there. - [in Nepali] There. 410 00:52:18,972 --> 00:52:20,472 The next one! 411 00:52:27,272 --> 00:52:29,691 EXPEDITIONS 412 00:52:30,484 --> 00:52:33,487 What is this? - Letters of recommendation. 413 00:52:34,154 --> 00:52:37,157 From whom? - From expeditions. 414 00:52:38,158 --> 00:52:41,203 Have you participated in expeditions? - Yes. 415 00:52:44,414 --> 00:52:47,167 Do you need a referral to participate? 416 00:52:47,751 --> 00:52:49,251 Yes. 417 00:52:52,297 --> 00:52:56,927 And how do you get the first one? - You can't climb with long hair. 418 00:53:02,307 --> 00:53:03,807 The next one. 419 00:53:05,185 --> 00:53:06,685 Ah, Mr. Planina. 420 00:53:06,895 --> 00:53:08,580 Name? - Tensing Norgay. 421 00:53:08,730 --> 00:53:10,416 A tribe? - Bhotia. 422 00:53:10,566 --> 00:53:13,819 where are you from - From the Ganges La valley, beyond the mountains. 423 00:53:14,111 --> 00:53:15,611 Do you have documents? 424 00:53:17,531 --> 00:53:19,633 He is a bhotia. - That is? 425 00:53:19,783 --> 00:53:24,162 He's not a sherpa, he's an outsider. - Sorry, we only take Sherpas. 426 00:53:25,372 --> 00:53:29,351 Go away! - Tell her I know Mallory! tell her… 427 00:53:29,501 --> 00:53:30,728 I don't care. 428 00:53:30,878 --> 00:53:33,564 Did Mallory say? - Yes! 429 00:53:33,714 --> 00:53:35,549 He knew him. - What? 430 00:53:36,008 --> 00:53:39,219 A foreigner. - How old were you? 431 00:53:41,138 --> 00:53:43,557 The next one! - Do you know he died there? 432 00:53:45,809 --> 00:53:51,273 Pasang… At twenty two… It says here that you are a very good worker. 433 00:53:53,442 --> 00:53:55,485 Get out of here! Come on! 434 00:53:59,740 --> 00:54:01,909 It says here that he is a very good worker. 435 00:54:02,409 --> 00:54:04,328 This is a letter of recommendation. 436 00:54:58,674 --> 00:55:00,234 FRONT BASE BEARING 437 00:55:00,384 --> 00:55:03,779 2 MAY 1953 438 00:55:03,929 --> 00:55:05,322 Well done, Tensing. 439 00:55:05,472 --> 00:55:07,432 2438 METERS TO THE TOP 440 00:55:08,016 --> 00:55:12,955 We have five days to get the oxygen up and the provisions to the South Saddle. 441 00:55:13,105 --> 00:55:14,605 What do you say? 442 00:55:14,773 --> 00:55:19,528 I'm sorry, but the higher we go, the slower we go. 443 00:55:21,655 --> 00:55:23,907 It will take us about three weeks. 444 00:55:25,075 --> 00:55:29,329 In three weeks the monsoon will blow us away, as happened to you last year. 445 00:55:30,581 --> 00:55:32,081 Let's do better. 446 00:55:57,149 --> 00:55:59,943 Pemba, two ropes. Long ropes. 447 00:56:01,069 --> 00:56:02,569 Yes. 448 00:56:05,949 --> 00:56:07,701 Are you ready? - Yes. 449 00:56:08,202 --> 00:56:09,702 Need help? 450 00:57:48,468 --> 00:57:49,968 Eat. 451 00:58:02,482 --> 00:58:03,982 Last words? 452 00:58:08,697 --> 00:58:10,197 Can you hear it? 453 00:59:27,234 --> 00:59:32,673 If we don't reach the South Saddle till the 10th or even till the 12th… 454 00:59:32,823 --> 00:59:37,761 A week later than planned… - Or until the 21st, if Tensing is right. 455 00:59:37,911 --> 00:59:40,789 It shouldn't happen. - We may have no choice. 456 00:59:41,540 --> 00:59:45,544 Who's in the final team, John? - Not selected yet. 457 00:59:46,086 --> 00:59:48,439 Who will be the lucky ones for the final assault 458 00:59:48,589 --> 00:59:51,884 it will depend on that how are you doing at that height. 459 00:59:52,593 --> 00:59:54,111 And who is a better climber. 460 00:59:54,261 --> 00:59:57,890 Nice to imagine how a kiwi steps on top. 461 00:59:58,849 --> 01:00:02,745 Seriously, you all have a chance. 462 01:00:02,895 --> 01:00:08,192 But only two of you will step on top. We will support the rest. 463 01:00:08,859 --> 01:00:11,028 The choice of who these two will be… 464 01:00:11,612 --> 01:00:16,033 After all will be made on merit. 465 01:00:17,284 --> 01:00:20,704 So be alert. I'll be watching you. 466 01:00:22,748 --> 01:00:24,248 Tensing! 467 01:00:24,416 --> 01:00:25,916 See… 468 01:00:27,127 --> 01:00:28,627 I was thinking something. 469 01:00:29,087 --> 01:00:31,548 You and I must join forces. 470 01:00:32,132 --> 01:00:37,221 Bourdillon and Evans are now a tandem. We can be serious competition for them. 471 01:00:37,971 --> 01:00:39,471 We will be a good tandem. 472 01:00:40,432 --> 01:00:41,932 Yes. 473 01:01:11,421 --> 01:01:15,401 Michael, you can't sleep here. If you fall asleep, you won't wake up. 474 01:01:15,551 --> 01:01:17,386 Come on, get up. 475 01:01:51,295 --> 01:01:55,132 TWO WEEKS BEHIND SCHEDULE 476 01:02:24,745 --> 01:02:29,600 Barometric pressure - 795 millibars, still falling. 477 01:02:29,750 --> 01:02:32,770 atmospheric disturbance, moving over northern Nepal, 478 01:02:32,920 --> 01:02:35,506 will cause harsh conditions. 479 01:02:36,215 --> 01:02:40,194 All signs point to that the monsoon has moved north 480 01:02:40,344 --> 01:02:44,556 from the Bay of Bengal and has reached the high parts of the Himalayas. 481 01:02:48,101 --> 01:02:50,354 Change in plan. We're running out of time. 482 01:02:50,896 --> 01:02:56,360 Tensing, with eight Sherpas you will set up camp up, at the end of the fixed ropes. 483 01:02:56,860 --> 01:03:02,157 They will leave now, they will sleep there tonight, and tomorrow they will continue to the South Saddle. 484 01:03:02,950 --> 01:03:06,011 You stay to organize the loads for the great storm. 485 01:03:06,161 --> 01:03:08,972 John, after high camp no ropes attached. 486 01:03:09,122 --> 01:03:12,476 We have no choice. Organize the people, Tensing. 487 01:03:12,626 --> 01:03:16,171 And then the fun will begin. Right, gentlemen? 488 01:03:16,964 --> 01:03:18,966 The Siege of Everest. 489 01:03:28,684 --> 01:03:30,185 Be careful. 490 01:03:31,270 --> 01:03:36,733 What he wants us to do is dangerous. That's why I'm counting on you to protect them. 491 01:03:37,401 --> 01:03:39,152 Remind me whose side you're on. 492 01:03:51,164 --> 01:03:53,750 Ed, what is a siege? 493 01:03:54,376 --> 01:03:56,837 He means like in the army. 494 01:03:57,921 --> 01:04:00,566 At war. - At war? 495 01:04:00,716 --> 01:04:04,486 Yes, you set up camps and surround a place, 496 01:04:04,636 --> 01:04:09,224 until finally the enemy surrendered. "I surrender, you win!" 497 01:04:11,852 --> 01:04:16,440 So Colonel Hunt sees Jomolungma as an enemy? 498 01:04:18,692 --> 01:04:25,199 The British generally embrace nature as something to conquer. 499 01:04:25,866 --> 01:04:28,535 Maybe that's their mistake. 500 01:04:30,996 --> 01:04:34,082 They see mountains and we see ourselves. 501 01:04:35,083 --> 01:04:36,793 Mountains are the bones. 502 01:04:37,878 --> 01:04:39,378 We are the blood. 503 01:05:26,468 --> 01:05:28,428 My father was right. 504 01:05:30,514 --> 01:05:33,934 The goddess does not want me to climb her. 505 01:05:37,729 --> 01:05:41,108 You didn't get close enough for the goddess to notice you. 506 01:05:47,948 --> 01:05:50,158 I promised to take care of you. 507 01:05:52,411 --> 01:05:53,912 I promised you my future. 508 01:05:57,666 --> 01:05:59,543 But why would she want that? 509 01:06:10,387 --> 01:06:12,973 Time for a haircut. 510 01:06:23,483 --> 01:06:26,361 I am Tensing. I need your help. 511 01:06:27,112 --> 01:06:30,340 Teach me how to say something in English, it's urgent. 512 01:06:30,490 --> 01:06:31,990 What should you say? 513 01:06:33,410 --> 01:06:36,955 There is one thing to do. I must get it. 514 01:06:37,915 --> 01:06:40,726 Not only for me, but also for my wife. 515 01:06:40,876 --> 01:06:44,254 Would you say that in English? - No. 516 01:06:47,132 --> 01:06:51,094 I just want to say: "I am a very good worker, sir." 517 01:06:51,637 --> 01:06:55,224 I am a very good worker, sir. - Yes. 518 01:06:56,892 --> 01:07:00,746 Sir, I am a… worker. 519 01:07:00,896 --> 01:07:03,499 Great… Great worker. 520 01:07:03,649 --> 01:07:07,628 Sir, I am a great worker. - Can I do it again? 521 01:07:07,778 --> 01:07:09,630 Sir… - "Sir"… 522 01:07:09,780 --> 01:07:10,714 …I… - ... "I" ... 523 01:07:10,864 --> 01:07:11,799 …am… - ... "am" ... 524 01:07:11,949 --> 01:07:13,449 …awesome… 525 01:07:14,076 --> 01:07:17,012 great… - … "stra-ho-ten"… 526 01:07:17,162 --> 01:07:18,555 ...a worker. - ... "worker". 527 01:07:18,705 --> 01:07:20,140 Sir… - "Sir"… 528 01:07:20,290 --> 01:07:22,000 …I… - ... "I" ... 529 01:07:22,417 --> 01:07:24,687 …I'm great… - … "I'm great"… 530 01:07:24,837 --> 01:07:25,979 … "worker". 531 01:07:26,129 --> 01:07:30,092 Again. - “Sir, I… am 532 01:07:30,968 --> 01:07:33,679 great worker." - Great worker. 533 01:07:34,263 --> 01:07:35,763 Let me pay you. 534 01:07:37,641 --> 01:07:39,243 I'll pay you back someday. 535 01:07:39,393 --> 01:07:41,286 Enter. - Excuse me. 536 01:07:41,436 --> 01:07:43,981 "Sir, I am… 537 01:07:44,523 --> 01:07:47,418 ...great worker." - ...great... worker. 538 01:07:47,568 --> 01:07:50,671 "Sir, I am a great worker." - Great. 539 01:07:50,821 --> 01:07:54,533 "A worker… Sir, I am a great worker." 540 01:07:55,033 --> 01:07:57,845 "Sir, I am a great worker." 541 01:07:57,995 --> 01:08:00,122 "Sir, I'm great..." 542 01:08:07,337 --> 01:08:09,798 "Sir, I'm…" 543 01:08:10,757 --> 01:08:12,526 "I'm great." 544 01:08:12,676 --> 01:08:14,695 "Sir, I'm great." 545 01:08:14,845 --> 01:08:16,345 Go to London… 546 01:08:17,139 --> 01:08:21,018 I am Mr. Awesome… a worker. 547 01:08:23,895 --> 01:08:26,148 So you're Mr. Awesome? 548 01:08:28,274 --> 01:08:30,234 I'm Mr. Awesome. 549 01:08:33,113 --> 01:08:34,465 He is very insistent. 550 01:08:34,615 --> 01:08:36,216 Shall I take him out? - No. 551 01:08:36,366 --> 01:08:39,553 Youngster, unless nothing has changed since yesterday 552 01:08:39,703 --> 01:08:44,432 you are not a sherpa and you have no experience anyway. - You won't go. 553 01:08:44,582 --> 01:08:47,186 We sure can let's find room for one more. 554 01:08:47,336 --> 01:08:50,339 The other Sherpas will disapprove, he is a bhotia. 555 01:08:50,964 --> 01:08:54,276 "Bhotia". What does this mean? - It's not nice! 556 01:08:54,426 --> 01:08:56,986 He's from another clan, across the border. 557 01:08:57,136 --> 01:09:00,199 It's like saying that he is Scottish and not English. 558 01:09:00,349 --> 01:09:03,435 I understand. A colorful Scotsman. 559 01:09:05,770 --> 01:09:08,189 Let's try. I say yes. 560 01:09:11,318 --> 01:09:13,779 Well, I guess he got lucky today. 561 01:09:15,572 --> 01:09:17,115 They will take you. 562 01:09:30,546 --> 01:09:32,046 I succeeded! 563 01:10:22,306 --> 01:10:23,806 Tensing! 564 01:10:28,478 --> 01:10:30,022 Take care. 565 01:10:31,356 --> 01:10:33,692 I'll be with you up there. 566 01:11:30,832 --> 01:11:32,332 Uncle. 567 01:11:32,668 --> 01:11:35,229 Nobody moves. You have to go upstairs. 568 01:11:35,379 --> 01:11:37,690 What are you talking about? - Nobody moves. 569 01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:39,525 They refuse to work. - Why? 570 01:11:39,675 --> 01:11:43,570 They have climbed very high, they will come back. - Pasang, right? 571 01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:47,282 What's going on? - The Sherpas are sick. I'm going upstairs. 572 01:11:47,432 --> 01:11:50,285 Not everyone can be sick. - They want to come back. 573 01:11:50,435 --> 01:11:55,290 They don't want to. I'll go upstairs. No problem. 574 01:11:55,440 --> 01:11:58,711 There is if they refuse to work. - I will dissuade them. I'm leaving. 575 01:11:58,861 --> 01:12:03,657 If these loads do not arrive on the South Saddle tomorrow, it's all over. 576 01:12:04,283 --> 01:12:08,996 What's up John? - The damn porters have stopped working. 577 01:12:09,621 --> 01:12:10,848 I'm leaving right now. 578 01:12:10,998 --> 01:12:14,393 You shouldn't go up now. It will be dark in a few hours. 579 01:12:14,543 --> 01:12:19,256 I will come with you. We will be back for dinner. Let's try. 580 01:12:25,721 --> 01:12:30,993 Okay. Tensing, whatever is going on above, you have to fix it. 581 01:12:31,143 --> 01:12:33,645 Otherwise we are lost. Do you understand? 582 01:12:34,354 --> 01:12:35,854 Yes. - Go. 583 01:12:41,069 --> 01:12:43,405 Twenty pounds that won't do, Ed. 584 01:12:45,490 --> 01:12:49,703 Twenty pounds, Tensing. They claim we won't be back for dinner. 585 01:12:54,625 --> 01:12:58,562 Agreed. Twenty pounds. We'll be here by 6:30 p.m. 586 01:12:58,712 --> 01:13:01,965 OK, good luck. So I'll see you tomorrow. 587 01:13:02,633 --> 01:13:05,052 See you tonight at 6:30 p.m. 588 01:14:30,220 --> 01:14:35,242 Pasang, I had to today to carry the load to the South Saddle. 589 01:14:35,392 --> 01:14:36,892 Things are changing. 590 01:14:37,269 --> 01:14:40,873 We climbed the wall Lhotse, but we're almost out of time. 591 01:14:41,023 --> 01:14:44,126 If we fail, we will all go home in shame. 592 01:14:44,276 --> 01:14:46,003 The shame will be yours, not ours! 593 01:14:46,153 --> 01:14:48,922 You only care for their crazy dream! 594 01:14:49,072 --> 01:14:52,801 We want to be paid and not perish. - Me too! I have two daughters! 595 01:14:52,951 --> 01:14:54,453 And I want to see them again. 596 01:15:01,418 --> 01:15:03,378 If she doesn't like it, she'll kill us. 597 01:15:04,213 --> 01:15:07,024 She doesn't want to harm us. She knows we're looking for her. 598 01:15:07,174 --> 01:15:10,177 You might as well look for her. We just want to survive. 599 01:15:11,845 --> 01:15:14,097 The expedition will not succeed without you. 600 01:15:14,806 --> 01:15:18,310 Not a single expedition she wouldn't have succeeded without us. 601 01:15:20,020 --> 01:15:23,106 But none it didn't fail because of us. 602 01:15:27,152 --> 01:15:30,381 Tensing, we haven't gotten that close. 603 01:15:30,531 --> 01:15:32,616 We were driving our spikes into her body. 604 01:15:33,200 --> 01:15:37,496 And now in her shoulders. We didn't know we would feel this way. 605 01:15:41,917 --> 01:15:45,295 I climb to get to know her better. 606 01:15:47,339 --> 01:15:48,839 And you? 607 01:15:50,801 --> 01:15:54,638 If we pray to her, she will protect us, 608 01:15:55,430 --> 01:15:57,224 as she has done so far. 609 01:15:57,808 --> 01:16:03,146 Once you climb her shoulders, you'll be so close that you will whisper the prayer in her ear. 610 01:16:05,065 --> 01:16:06,565 In addition… 611 01:16:07,985 --> 01:16:12,322 she will be very impressed when he sees how handsome you are. 612 01:16:43,979 --> 01:16:47,357 I see that no one is sick anymore. I'm impressed. 613 01:16:47,941 --> 01:16:51,987 You were quite the doctor. Now all that remains is to win the bet. 614 01:16:52,946 --> 01:16:55,699 Let's show them what "on merit" means. - Yes. 615 01:17:33,612 --> 01:17:35,112 Ed! 616 01:17:36,865 --> 01:17:38,365 Ed! - Take it easy! 617 01:17:38,909 --> 01:17:40,409 I'm fine! 618 01:18:06,436 --> 01:18:07,936 Shit. 619 01:18:11,525 --> 01:18:13,610 Tensing! do you hold me 620 01:18:15,237 --> 01:18:16,737 I'm holding you! 621 01:19:34,900 --> 01:19:36,400 Thank God. 622 01:19:37,694 --> 01:19:40,714 how did it go - Okay. They will finish the job. 623 01:19:40,864 --> 01:19:44,660 Well done. Great achievement, gentlemen. 624 01:19:53,585 --> 01:19:55,085 6:29 p.m. 625 01:19:55,838 --> 01:19:59,358 You hardly carry any cash, Charlie. - No, I'm impressed. 626 01:19:59,508 --> 01:20:02,219 Actually, we would have come earlier, but… 627 01:20:03,554 --> 01:20:05,054 Tensing had an accident. 628 01:20:17,067 --> 01:20:19,795 Yes. - You will make the tea tonight. 629 01:20:19,945 --> 01:20:21,445 That's how it comes out. 630 01:21:09,286 --> 01:21:11,413 Here they are, almost there. 631 01:21:12,873 --> 01:21:17,252 Tensing, I don't know how he did it, but he did a great job. 632 01:21:19,671 --> 01:21:21,171 Well done. 633 01:21:22,132 --> 01:21:24,009 Monsoon is here now. 634 01:21:24,760 --> 01:21:27,554 But we're still in the game. 635 01:21:28,639 --> 01:21:30,807 The final assault, gentlemen. 636 01:21:32,601 --> 01:21:35,354 So, the assault team. 637 01:21:36,522 --> 01:21:40,943 You understand that the decision was not easy. 638 01:21:42,027 --> 01:21:45,405 However, after much consideration… 639 01:21:49,618 --> 01:21:52,096 Bourdillon and Evans. Congratulations. 640 01:21:52,246 --> 01:21:57,726 Me, Ed, Tensing, Lowe, Ang Nima. 641 01:21:57,876 --> 01:22:01,839 We will help them, we will carry, so that Bourdillon and Evans are fresh. 642 01:22:03,465 --> 01:22:06,402 Charles. - We're leaving in an hour. 643 01:22:06,552 --> 01:22:08,612 Thanks John. - And come back alive. 644 01:22:08,762 --> 01:22:10,531 We will try. - Luck. 645 01:22:10,681 --> 01:22:12,032 Thank you. - Don't be tight. 646 01:22:12,182 --> 01:22:13,684 At all! 647 01:22:24,528 --> 01:22:26,028 Sorry, Tensing. 648 01:22:28,031 --> 01:22:29,531 It's not fair. 649 01:22:29,867 --> 01:22:32,744 The word "merit" doesn't mean who is the best. 650 01:22:33,745 --> 01:22:35,245 That's right. 651 01:22:35,581 --> 01:22:39,418 Apparently it means who is the best among brits. 652 01:22:43,672 --> 01:22:47,426 They take care of their own. That's how they built an empire. 653 01:22:55,642 --> 01:22:57,227 Ed, Tensing. 654 01:22:58,312 --> 01:22:59,812 I'm sorry. 655 01:23:01,773 --> 01:23:03,273 We agreed. 656 01:23:08,113 --> 01:23:13,719 I only agreed to be full member of the team, and you are. 657 01:23:13,869 --> 01:23:17,998 And that all full members will have a chance for the final team, 658 01:23:18,540 --> 01:23:20,040 you had it too. 659 01:23:25,714 --> 01:23:30,719 My task was to take the best solution for the expedition. 660 01:23:33,347 --> 01:23:34,847 As I did. 661 01:24:12,928 --> 01:24:14,947 SOUTH SADDLE 662 01:24:15,097 --> 01:24:18,267 26 MAY 1953 663 01:24:18,767 --> 01:24:21,395 915 METERS TO THE TOP 664 01:24:43,834 --> 01:24:45,334 are you ok 665 01:24:49,590 --> 01:24:51,300 Thanks Pasang. 666 01:24:53,594 --> 01:24:55,094 Indeed. 667 01:27:01,638 --> 01:27:05,242 Good luck! Go write history. - We'll try. 668 01:27:05,392 --> 01:27:08,187 Don't worry John. Until tonight. 669 01:27:14,318 --> 01:27:15,818 Come back alive! 670 01:28:44,700 --> 01:28:46,200 I'm sorry John. 671 01:28:48,120 --> 01:28:52,082 I'm very sorry. There is a steep ridge, ice and rocks. 672 01:28:53,542 --> 01:28:55,169 Just after the South Peak. 673 01:28:56,545 --> 01:28:58,045 About 12 meters up. 674 01:28:59,923 --> 01:29:01,423 It's impossible. 675 01:29:02,926 --> 01:29:04,426 Impossible. 676 01:29:06,471 --> 01:29:07,971 Nothing. 677 01:29:08,390 --> 01:29:10,184 We dropped our window. 678 01:29:13,187 --> 01:29:16,773 At that time it will be a miracle, if we get off unscathed. 679 01:29:21,653 --> 01:29:23,153 It's over. 680 01:30:51,743 --> 01:30:53,243 Hillary! 681 01:30:54,580 --> 01:30:56,080 Hillary! 682 01:31:02,296 --> 01:31:04,548 Listen. Listen up! 683 01:31:05,048 --> 01:31:08,427 There is no wind. We can do it, John. 684 01:31:08,927 --> 01:31:12,990 We'll start higher, we already know that from here we cannot climb it in a day. 685 01:31:13,140 --> 01:31:16,410 We need a higher camp. - You won't spend the night up there. 686 01:31:16,560 --> 01:31:18,645 He already did it last year. 687 01:31:22,608 --> 01:31:26,628 Lowe, Pasang, put Evans and Bourdillon down. 688 01:31:26,778 --> 01:31:30,424 Ang Nima and me we will carry oxygen and supplies, 689 01:31:30,574 --> 01:31:32,760 to conserve energy. 690 01:31:32,910 --> 01:31:35,996 Sir, I will go help. 691 01:31:37,206 --> 01:31:41,251 Let me finish the job. I want her to see how handsome I am. 692 01:31:42,503 --> 01:31:44,963 Okay, we've put together the plan. 693 01:31:49,259 --> 01:31:51,136 Luck. - Good luck, sir. 694 01:32:33,595 --> 01:32:35,097 Thanks John. 695 01:32:35,681 --> 01:32:37,891 Come on down, it's getting dark. 696 01:32:40,018 --> 01:32:45,107 We will help you pitch the tent. - No, go. Go! 697 01:32:52,072 --> 01:32:53,572 Good luck up there. 698 01:32:54,324 --> 01:32:55,824 Tensing. 699 01:32:56,618 --> 01:32:59,288 Take care. - Thank you. 700 01:33:03,041 --> 01:33:04,541 Tensing. 701 01:33:10,966 --> 01:33:15,262 May Jomolungma accept your prayers 702 01:33:16,638 --> 01:33:21,476 and protect you along the way. 703 01:34:09,900 --> 01:34:11,400 how is your head 704 01:34:14,738 --> 01:34:16,238 Drink. 705 01:34:18,033 --> 01:34:19,660 Take a bite of this. 706 01:34:25,541 --> 01:34:27,041 How is yours? 707 01:34:33,298 --> 01:34:36,343 Ed, are you married? 708 01:34:37,469 --> 01:34:39,012 Not yet. 709 01:34:41,640 --> 01:34:43,140 I raise bees. 710 01:34:44,017 --> 01:34:47,479 Bees? - You know - bees. 711 01:34:49,481 --> 01:34:50,981 Med. 712 01:34:52,025 --> 01:34:53,525 That's right. 713 01:34:59,116 --> 01:35:01,910 And you? do you have family 714 01:35:04,538 --> 01:35:06,038 I have two daughters. 715 01:35:07,541 --> 01:35:09,126 They wanted to be here. 716 01:35:16,592 --> 01:35:18,093 Are they at their mother's? 717 01:35:30,230 --> 01:35:31,730 Tensing. 718 01:35:33,066 --> 01:35:35,944 Come to New Zealand. We will climb our mountains. 719 01:35:38,655 --> 01:35:40,866 I would very much like to. 720 01:35:41,450 --> 01:35:45,721 Ours are not as tall as the ones here but we will have fun. 721 01:35:45,871 --> 01:35:50,167 Everywhere you turn is great. 722 01:35:51,335 --> 01:35:52,835 Great. 723 01:35:54,087 --> 01:35:55,839 "I'm Mr. Awesome." 724 01:35:57,883 --> 01:35:59,383 What? 725 01:36:00,427 --> 01:36:01,987 I'm Mr. Awesome. 726 01:36:02,137 --> 01:36:03,722 Is that so? - Yes. 727 01:36:05,140 --> 01:36:07,184 Nice. Well done to you. 728 01:36:16,401 --> 01:36:21,323 Will we survive, Tensing? You know the mountain better than anyone. 729 01:36:24,701 --> 01:36:29,790 When I was little I used to tell people that this is my mountain 730 01:36:31,834 --> 01:36:33,334 But it's not, Ed. 731 01:36:38,465 --> 01:36:40,175 You're doing something. 732 01:36:42,177 --> 01:36:45,639 You cut your hair, follow orders... 733 01:36:47,683 --> 01:36:49,643 and the mountain is always in your mind. 734 01:36:51,645 --> 01:36:54,648 You say goodbye, you come back 735 01:36:55,649 --> 01:36:57,234 and you say goodbye again. 736 01:37:03,615 --> 01:37:05,576 Why do you keep doing it? 737 01:38:02,466 --> 01:38:06,528 29 MAY 1953 738 01:38:06,678 --> 01:38:10,641 335 METERS TO THE TOP 739 01:39:24,381 --> 01:39:25,881 You lead. 740 01:39:31,638 --> 01:39:33,515 are you ok - Yes. 741 01:41:04,273 --> 01:41:05,773 Tensing. 742 01:41:06,733 --> 01:41:08,233 Tensing. 743 01:41:08,819 --> 01:41:10,319 Tensing. 744 01:41:12,281 --> 01:41:15,701 You are too weak to come with us. 745 01:41:20,831 --> 01:41:23,417 We will be back when we can. 746 01:41:26,128 --> 01:41:29,840 Mom! 747 01:41:30,382 --> 01:41:31,967 I can strengthen! 748 01:41:33,635 --> 01:41:35,637 Mom! 749 01:41:40,267 --> 01:41:41,767 Mom! 750 01:41:45,731 --> 01:41:47,900 I can get stronger! 751 01:42:14,051 --> 01:42:15,594 Gives… 752 01:42:23,560 --> 01:42:25,604 I wasn't strong enough. 753 01:42:35,197 --> 01:42:40,536 after you're gone I no longer heard the voice of the mountain. 754 01:42:42,871 --> 01:42:47,251 Do I have her permission? What if he refuses? 755 01:42:48,877 --> 01:42:51,088 If he rejects me? 756 01:42:53,757 --> 01:42:55,257 All your hope. 757 01:42:57,845 --> 01:42:59,388 Your whole future. 758 01:43:00,055 --> 01:43:03,350 Your whole heart. Remember when you promised me that? 759 01:43:05,310 --> 01:43:08,981 This is the future. We are already in it. 760 01:43:10,023 --> 01:43:12,568 You've known her all your life. 761 01:43:17,030 --> 01:43:19,366 He's calling you to come home. 762 01:43:47,060 --> 01:43:50,647 Tensing! 763 01:43:52,149 --> 01:43:55,277 Tensing! Tensing! 764 01:43:58,864 --> 01:44:00,364 I'll pick you up. 765 01:44:11,627 --> 01:44:16,423 You got a little hypoxia. Your mask was completely iced over. 766 01:44:21,720 --> 01:44:24,556 are you ok - Thank you. 767 01:44:25,849 --> 01:44:27,349 Please. 768 01:44:57,923 --> 01:45:00,092 Apparently that's what Charlie was talking about. 769 01:45:23,407 --> 01:45:24,907 Let's try. 770 01:45:26,869 --> 01:45:28,369 Okay. 771 01:46:14,333 --> 01:46:15,833 Ed! 772 01:46:16,835 --> 01:46:18,335 Ed! 773 01:46:29,223 --> 01:46:30,723 You'll make it! 774 01:48:00,647 --> 01:48:02,147 So, Tensing. 775 01:48:04,443 --> 01:48:05,943 Come on. 776 01:49:14,638 --> 01:49:16,138 No. 777 01:49:18,392 --> 01:49:21,144 After you. - After you. 778 01:51:54,506 --> 01:51:56,006 Mr. Awesome. 779 01:52:20,115 --> 01:52:21,615 Jomolungma. 780 01:52:31,251 --> 01:52:32,751 Wait. 781 01:52:34,588 --> 01:52:36,088 The picture. 782 01:53:16,088 --> 01:53:18,423 Here they come. 783 01:53:24,096 --> 01:53:25,596 What happened? 784 01:53:37,359 --> 01:53:39,528 We did it, George, we did it! 785 01:53:47,870 --> 01:53:49,370 Well done. 786 01:53:50,622 --> 01:53:52,433 My congratulations. 787 01:53:52,583 --> 01:53:55,602 Ed, did you make it? Well done! - Thank you. 788 01:53:55,752 --> 01:53:58,672 Thanks, Tom. - You deserve it, Tensing. Well done. 789 01:54:41,131 --> 01:54:44,218 Did you meet her? - Yes. 790 01:54:44,468 --> 01:54:46,178 And she is beautiful. 791 01:55:01,902 --> 01:55:04,738 Thank the goddess! 792 01:55:27,678 --> 01:55:30,556 Ed, you did it! Awesome! 793 01:56:47,799 --> 01:56:50,361 CLIMBING EVEREST HAS BEEN MARKED 794 01:56:50,511 --> 01:56:54,932 AS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE XX CENTURY. 795 01:57:24,378 --> 01:57:28,524 TENSING VISITS ED HILLARY IN NEW ZEALAND. 796 01:57:28,674 --> 01:57:32,427 THE TWO REMAINED LIFELONG FRIENDS. 797 01:57:38,976 --> 01:57:43,814 TENSING NO LONGER FELT THE NEED TO CLIMB JOMOLUNGMA AGAIN. 798 01:57:50,507 --> 01:57:57,307 Subtitles from YavkA.net @ 2026 799 02:05:30,531 --> 02:05:32,533 Translation of subtitles Zhivko Todorov