1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:09,440 [tense music playing] 2 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,680 [wind howling] 3 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,480 [Kristin] I had this idea... 4 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,960 to climb the 14 highest mountains 5 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,040 in the world. 6 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,680 -[pensive music overlapping] -[deep rumbling] 7 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,960 [Kristin] I wanted to do it in record time... 8 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,160 [groans] 9 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,560 ...and I knew it would be many hard days. 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,520 [coughs, spits] 11 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,640 [breathes heavily] 12 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,680 There were so many times on the mountain 13 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,960 where I felt close to dying. 14 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,480 But it was never in my mind to give up. 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,680 I really wanted to share the record with the Sherpa, 16 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,680 because no one would have made any summits without the Sherpas. 17 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,920 I get this message all the time that it's inspiring. 18 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,320 People come and say to me, 19 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,600 "Oh, it's so inspiring what you're doing," 20 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:23,280 and I'm just saying, "Oh, you should have known." 21 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,040 It's been hell... 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,560 and a nightmare, the whole thing. 23 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,120 [indistinct chatter] 24 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:30,720 [reporter 1] A Norwegian climber and her team... 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,400 [reporter 2] ...in a controversial record attempt... 26 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:33,840 [reporter 3] An accident has now overshadowed 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,040 the whole project... 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,800 [reporter 4] ...and left a porter to die. 29 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,320 [reporter 5] The incident was questioned... 30 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,280 [reporter 6] ...walk past rather than trying to save him. 31 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:44,160 -[somber music playing] -[sighs] 32 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,040 I had no idea how much this journey would change me. 33 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,120 [cellphone chimes] 34 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,440 [man over voice message] Nothing is more important 35 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,080 -than a human life. -[cellphone chimes] 36 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,080 [man] That's why nobody will remember your achievement, 37 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,880 -but your inhumanity. -[sighs deeply] 38 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,640 It changed my life forever. 39 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,440 [tense music playing] 40 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,480 [birds chirping] 41 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,360 [traffic rumbling] 42 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,000 [in Norwegian] 43 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,040 [sighs] 44 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,560 [in English] When I sold my apartment 45 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,600 to go and climb these mountains, people thought I was crazy. 46 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,320 But when I really believe in something, 47 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,000 I will go all in. 48 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,280 [in Norwegian] 49 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,920 [tense music playing] 50 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,920 [in English] There are 14 mountains 51 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,480 above 8,000 meters. 52 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,320 They are spread across Nepal, Pakistan, and Tibet. 53 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,280 The record for climbing them all was seven years. 54 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:38,960 Until 2019, 55 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,560 when a guy from Nepal changed everything. 56 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,000 [camera shutter clicking] 57 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,920 If you do it from your heart, from your soul, it is possible. 58 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,720 [Kristin] He climbed all 14 peaks 59 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,120 in only six months and six days. 60 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,400 I thought I could do it faster. 61 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,560 -[upbeat music playing] -[Kristin breathes heavily] 62 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,080 You know, when I started the project, 63 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,080 it was about making it more equal. 64 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,440 I wanted to show that women are just as strong 65 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,480 and we can also take records like that. 66 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,080 We need to do more than to just say 67 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,160 that we are just as strong as the men. 68 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,280 Better to, like, prove it. 69 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,480 [breathes heavily] 70 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,800 In 2022, we climbed 12 mountains. 71 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,200 We are happy to be here. [chuckles] 72 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,040 Heavy day, but we are up. 73 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,600 And I can see it on my bra, there is nothing left. 74 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,600 [interviewed] Climbing twelve 8,000-meter peaks 75 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:47,840 in five months, 76 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,080 of course, it's a huge risk... 77 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,800 but we stayed alive. 78 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,120 We are finally here! 79 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,720 [group cheering] 80 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,760 [Kristin, interviewed] I believed I was going 81 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:03,960 to take the record. 82 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,760 I was sure we were going to make it. 83 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,280 [Sherpa groans] 84 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:11,920 [Kristin] 85 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,600 [interviewed] We still had five and a half weeks 86 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:14,760 to take the record. 87 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:18,280 [crowd cheering, applauding] 88 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:24,200 [crowd singing in Nepali] 89 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,760 [Kristin, in English] I only had two mountains left... 90 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,440 both in Tibet. 91 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:30,960 KYIRONG OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 92 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,320 [Kristin] But China didn't give me 93 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,840 the climbing permit and the visa to enter... 94 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,120 and that was the end of my dream. 95 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,440 [somber music playing] 96 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,480 [Kristin] Thirty-six-year-old, single, and... 97 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,600 [chuckles] 98 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,800 ...no children, and... 99 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,960 sold everything I have... [chuckles] ...to do this. 100 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 [inhales sharply] 101 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,320 Right now, that sounds like a very... 102 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:10,800 very good idea. 103 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,680 When I started in '22, I sold my apartment, 104 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,480 and spent all my money to do it, because I really believed in it. 105 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,520 -[delicate music playing] -[seagulls squawking] 106 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,320 [cow mooing] 107 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,440 [Kristin] I came home to the family farm, 108 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:39,280 and I was like, "Oh, shit, I have no place to live." 109 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,000 [engine whirring] 110 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,040 [Kristin] And I'm staying here with my sister and her kids. 111 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,720 [Kristin's sister, in Norwegian] 112 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,000 [kid babbling] 113 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,680 [Kristin's friend] 114 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:55,320 -[Kristin's friend] -Hmm. 115 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,080 [Kristin's friend] 116 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,640 -[Kristin's friend] -Yeah. 117 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,200 -[Kristin's friend chuckles] -[chuckles] 118 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:07,280 [in English] Now when I got home, 119 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,320 I had already decided to try to take the record again. 120 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,680 Now, I'm in the physical shape and a mental shape 121 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,280 to take the record, 122 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:21,560 and it's not like I will be that for the rest of my life. 123 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,120 It's now or never. 124 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,720 [music builds] 125 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,440 [indistinct chatter] 126 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,720 [Kristin] When I decided to do the project 127 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,000 all over again, 128 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,320 the hardest part was to find money. 129 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,760 In the first attempt, 130 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,600 I spent around a half million U.S. dollars. 131 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,040 I needed sponsors, 132 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,880 and what the sponsors are looking for 133 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,760 is usually something extraordinary. 134 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:03,280 -[crowd applauding] -[announcer, in Norwegian] 135 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,720 [crowd cheering, applauding] 136 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,440 [Kristin] 137 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,320 -[crowd cheering, applauding] -[chuckles] 138 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,240 [in English] Fourteen 8,000-meter peaks 139 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,920 in four months. 140 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,120 You know, so many times during this year, 141 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:30,040 I've been wondering, 142 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,720 "Oh, my God, why did I even think about it?" 143 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,120 [in Norwegian] 144 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,120 -[Petter grunts] -[Kristin] 145 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,480 [Petter] 146 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,320 [chuckles] 147 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,080 -[Petter] -Yes. 148 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,080 [Petter] 149 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,200 [Kristin] 150 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,080 [Petter hesitates] 151 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,440 [plane engine roaring] 152 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,240 [traffic rumbling] 153 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,520 [indistinct chatter] 154 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,920 [Kristin, in English] When I started in 2023, 155 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,320 I didn't have enough money to complete all the 14 peaks. 156 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,520 So, I knew I had to raise money during the climbs. 157 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,600 [engine revving] 158 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,280 [driver] 159 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,600 [Kristin] 160 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:42,400 [indistinct chatter] 161 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,640 -Hello! -[Kristin] Hello! 162 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,160 -[laughs] -[laughs] 163 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,880 -[Kristin] How are you? -Nice to see you already. 164 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,440 -Welcome, welcome, welcome. -[Kristin] Hey! Thank you! 165 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,120 -Nice to see you, Dawa. -[Dawa] How are you? 166 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:53,960 [Kristin] Okay? 167 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:55,040 -So, everything good? -Yeah. Good. 168 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:55,920 -[Kristin] Yeah? -Yeah. 169 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:57,640 -[Kristin] Are you ready for-- -You look so young, huh? 170 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,880 -Thank you. [laughs] -[laughs] 171 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:06,960 Do we think there is any chance to start in Tibet, 172 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,840 like, leave next week? 173 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,200 -[group] No. -No? 174 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,600 -Okay, okay. -Yeah. 175 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,400 We will know in advance, at least, like... 176 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:15,480 [Kristin] Seven days. 177 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:16,720 ...seven to ten days in advance... 178 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,040 -[Kristin] Yeah. -...when they will let us enter. 179 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,440 Yeah, if we cannot start in Tibet, 180 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,280 we need to start with Manaslu, I think. 181 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:25,680 I had to work 182 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,240 with an experienced expedition company, 183 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,080 and I chose a local one 184 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,520 who is specialized on 14 Peaks summits. 185 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,240 [pensive music playing] 186 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:36,960 [Thane] People usually take four weeks 187 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,720 to climb one single 8,000-meter peak. 188 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,800 These mountains are extremely dangerous. 189 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,480 Avalanche can wipe out many climbers at once. 190 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,640 When you are at a 1,000-meter peak 191 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,680 without supplementary oxygen, you can't survive for very long. 192 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,080 [man] Once you're above 8,000 meters, 193 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,600 you're considered to be inside the death zone. 194 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,360 -[Kristin breathes heavily] -[Thane] 195 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,480 And it's usually too high to be rescued. 196 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:15,720 [indistinct chatter over radio] 197 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,960 [Thane] So, climbing all 14 peaks in four months... 198 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,920 Man, that was the crazy idea. 199 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,320 If it's not Kristin, we will think twice. 200 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,760 God knows, but she was made to climb, huh? 201 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,160 She was totally, absolutely ready to climb. 202 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,800 [dramatic music playing] 203 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,360 [Kristin] The 14 Peaks are normally climbed 204 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,720 in three seasons. Nims did it in six months, 205 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,560 climbing six mountains in Nepal in the spring, 206 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,080 then five in Pakistan in the summer, 207 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,400 and the remaining three in Tibet and Nepal in the fall. 208 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,200 I thought I could do it in less than four months 209 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,800 if I climb all the nine peaks in Nepal and Tibet 210 00:11:58,840 --> 00:11:59,640 in the spring, 211 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,880 something no one has done before. 212 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,120 [Thane] 213 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,000 [wind chimes chiming] 214 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,280 We are finally in Samagaun. 215 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,560 The last village before we climb up 216 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,280 to Manaslu Base Camp. 217 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,280 -[birds chirping] -[indistinct chatter] 218 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:32,400 [Thane] When she told me, 219 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,320 "I will climb Manaslu in the spring," 220 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:38,200 I reminded her, the risk or the difficulty level 221 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,240 gonna be hundred times worse in the spring. 222 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,040 It's totally insane to pay lots of money 223 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,480 to risk their life, to risk their Sherpa's life, 224 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,640 and maybe never be found in the mountain. 225 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,200 Our boss, Dawa, said, "Hire the best Sherpas." 226 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:01,280 "We cannot do a one single mistake here." 227 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:12,880 [Kristin] 228 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,160 [group] 229 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,760 [Gelje] 230 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,720 -Lama, do you speak any English? -[Lama] No. [chuckles] 231 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:28,880 -Some. -[Kristin] Some? 232 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,080 [Gelje] He speaks some little... just like, not all, but... 233 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:32,320 [Kristin] Okay, we speak slowly, 234 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,920 and if you don't know English word, 235 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,240 you can speak Nepal word. 236 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,440 -Maybe we understand. Yeah? -Yeah. 237 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,680 [Kristin] Okay, everyone happy? 238 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,080 -[crewmate] Happy. -Everyone ready to climb? 239 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,760 -[crewmate] Yeah. -Yeah? 240 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:45,760 [laughs] 241 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,560 -Oh, Manaslu! -Oh, Manaslu! 242 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:52,320 [pensive music playing] 243 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,240 [Kristin] When you see these mountains, 244 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:00,640 it looks so massive, 245 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,080 and it looks so impossible to climb. 246 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,440 What do you think, Lama, Camp One? 247 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,840 -Yeah, Camp One. -Yeah? 248 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,400 [laughs] Lama know the way. 249 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,160 [breathes heavily] 250 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,560 I think if you do something, 251 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,040 but you haven't really committed, 252 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,000 when it's challenging... 253 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,440 you doubt. 254 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,360 But if you are committed, 255 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,440 then you will put all effort into what you are doing. 256 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,080 [uplifting music playing] 257 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,480 [Kristin] I think many people are often, like, scared 258 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,440 of being uncomfortable. 259 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,920 If we never leave the comfortable zone, 260 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,560 the circle of what's comfortable 261 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,200 will become smaller and smaller and smaller. 262 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,200 In the end, we can end up sitting home 263 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:01,600 in the couch being uncomfortable with that. 264 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:06,080 I like when it's hard and it's challenging, 265 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,520 and I really have to push to get there. 266 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,720 [wind howling] 267 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:22,760 [Kristin] Hmm. 268 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:29,760 [coughing] 269 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,280 [breathes deeply] 270 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,040 [indistinct chatter] 271 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,720 [Kristin] I'm, like, worried about this mountain. 272 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,400 And the heavy snowfall that we have had 273 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:54,880 makes a lot of avalanche risk. 274 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:59,240 -[tense music playing] -[Kristin breathes heavily] 275 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,920 I've seen avalanches. 276 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,240 You can feel it when something is coming... 277 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,640 and you never know how much is coming, 278 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,000 and how bad is it. 279 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,280 We know... 280 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,320 the feeling of a bomb. 281 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:37,760 [indistinct chatter] 282 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,680 [Kristin] A few days after I left the expedition 283 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,560 on Manaslu in 2022, 284 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,840 all these avalanches came, and many people died. 285 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:55,200 -[indistinct chatter over radio] -[crowd clamoring] 286 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:04,240 [somber music playing] 287 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,440 [Kristin] I know and understand 288 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,200 how dangerous these mountains are. 289 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,560 I know that my father and my family really... 290 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,280 will have it... 291 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,600 easier if I'm home. 292 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,680 -[wind howling] -[brooding music playing] 293 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,760 [Kristin] I am from a small town called Vadsø... 294 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,960 far north in the Arctic. 295 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,040 And it's very cold and very windy... 296 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,200 -...and it's no mountains there. -[seagulls squawking] 297 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:55,520 -[Kristin] I grew up on a farm. -[cows mooing] 298 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:56,920 [Kristin] When my parents got divorced, 299 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,120 my sister and I spent half of our time 300 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,640 on the farm with our dad and his new wife... 301 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,080 and the other half in town 302 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,680 with my mom, my stepfather, and my brother. 303 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:12,800 [in Norwegian] 304 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,480 [Petter] 305 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,600 [chuckles] 306 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,400 [exhales rapidly] 307 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,080 [laughs] 308 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,800 [Kristin, in English] Many believe 309 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,000 I am a rich Western girl. 310 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,680 And there's nothing wrong to be a Western rich girl... 311 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,280 but it wasn't my story. 312 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:08,160 It was never, like, a question. We had to help out with things. 313 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,280 [cows mooing] 314 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,120 [Kristin] When you are 11 years old, 315 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,800 and you are sent out on the farm to work, 316 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:20,960 it's boring and challenging when you're young, 317 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,960 but I'm very happy that our parents let us handle 318 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,680 -challenging situations... -[cow mooing] 319 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:31,400 ...because it gives some confidence in life 320 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,320 that I know whatever is coming... 321 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,280 [chuckles softly] ...it's okay, 322 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,520 and I will manage to deal with that. 323 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,640 When I was 13, I was working in a hairdresser, 324 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,760 and then the gas station... 325 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,880 -and I was saving, all the time. -[gentle music playing] 326 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,400 [Petter, in Norwegian] 327 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:10,560 [chuckles] 328 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:20,880 [Kristin, in English] I just wanted 329 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,080 to be, like, independent, 330 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,200 and, like, manage to do my life myself. 331 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:29,160 When I was 16, 332 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,480 I got into this school for cross-country skiing. 333 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:37,240 I was top three in Norway as a junior... 334 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,520 but I think I could have been a much better skier 335 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,520 if I knew what I know today, 336 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,240 how important it is to believe in what you're doing. 337 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,160 I didn't believe enough in myself 338 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:52,840 that I was going to do it. 339 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:55,880 When I quit skiing. 340 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,120 I think I felt a little bit like... 341 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,800 like, "Where do I belong?" 342 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,920 [birds chirping] 343 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,560 [Kristin] My first high mountain was in 2015. 344 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,840 At that time, I was a manager 345 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,080 in a furniture company in Norway, 346 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,680 and it was actually a corporate gift, 347 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,640 a trip to climb Kilimanjaro for a few lucky employees. 348 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,960 [uplifting music playing] 349 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:28,600 [Kristin] Kilimanjaro is normally 350 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,160 a very easy mountain... 351 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,880 but I had a terrible summit push and started to throw up. 352 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,160 But I really enjoyed how hard it was. 353 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,440 Also, everything around the climbing, 354 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:44,600 the expedition life, 355 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,760 and doing it together with friends. 356 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,280 I just loved, like, the simple life 357 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,920 that is in the mountains. 358 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,240 And back in the furniture company, 359 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,200 I was knocking my head in the wall... 360 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,680 so, I decided to quit. 361 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:06,120 [pants] 362 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,760 Then I was like, "Hey, I want to try Everest." 363 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,000 [music continues playing] 364 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,600 [Hanne, in Norwegian] 365 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,440 [tense music playing] 366 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,240 -[Kristin breathes heavily] -[radio chimes] 367 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,360 [Kristin, in English] Is it avalanche risk the whole way, 368 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:52,840 or just one section? 369 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,560 [crewmate over radio] 370 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,080 [breathes heavily, grunts] 371 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,080 So, what do you think we should do? 372 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,120 -[Gelje] Better go back now. -[Kristin] Back to? 373 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,280 [Gelje] Back to Base Camp. We try our best. 374 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,480 But, like, this condition, we can't do it like this. 375 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:21,760 I'm not coming back in the autumn 376 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,720 to do this mountain in the autumn, 377 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,200 so, I need to finish. 378 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:27,640 [Gelje] 379 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,440 Yeah, but let's go to Camp One, 380 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,080 try to get in contact with the company. 381 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,520 [pensive music playing] 382 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,200 [Kristin] We have to be back from Tibet, 383 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:52,200 first of May, 384 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,880 and then I have Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, 385 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,080 Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Manaslu... 386 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,240 [Dawa] Hm. 387 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,080 ...from first of May until... 388 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,360 [exhales sharply] ...first days in June. 389 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,040 [Dawa] 390 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:13,520 [Kristin] Yeah. Last year I did six in 29 days. 391 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,880 You did six because the weather was good. 392 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,640 Weather was on your favor. 393 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,560 -[Kristin] Yeah. -Route was on your favor. 394 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,160 -[Kristin] Yeah. -Time was on your favor. 395 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,200 [Kristin] So, I need that this year too. 396 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,680 Everything might be on your favor, 397 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:31,000 but what about the weather? 398 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,040 -[chuckles] -[Kristin] Yeah. 399 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:33,040 Let's hope. 400 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,920 [wind howling] 401 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,080 [Kristin] The whole project is about being finished 402 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,520 in less than four months... 403 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,440 so, I can't miss 404 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,520 any more summit windows like this. 405 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,160 [breathes heavily] 406 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,680 And I can't afford to fail again. 407 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,440 -[traffic rumbling] -[indistinct chatter] 408 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,520 -[brooding music playing] -Um, this morning, uh, 409 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,720 Thane, Dawa, and me, we went over the costings. 410 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,080 In Tibet, yaks are very, very expensive. 411 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,600 We will need three jeeps to go from Kathmandu to the border. 412 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,640 [engine rumbling] 413 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,160 This is the internet cost. 414 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,840 [Thane] But good Sherpa are very expensive. 415 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,360 It's 15,000 hidden in the price. 416 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,760 [organizer] These are the salaries 417 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:27,200 for the cooks. 418 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,640 If you go by helicopter, you have to pay helicopter. 419 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,400 [Kristin] The cost for a single summit, 420 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,400 the cheapest would be Manaslu. 421 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,320 If you go with no Sherpa support and no oxygen, 422 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,840 you probably pay 10,000 U.S. dollars. 423 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:47,200 If you go with normal support, on Everest, 424 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,520 I'd say 70,000. 425 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,320 This is going to be expensive. 426 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,040 To be able to get more money, 427 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,960 I needed to be out in social media. 428 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,800 [solemn music playing] 429 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,680 We have to be constantly filming, 430 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,200 and posting and generating attention 431 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,560 to get new sponsors, but also to keep them happy. 432 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,800 When I started the project, 433 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:23,720 I felt that the industry inside the community, 434 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,440 the way to get sponsors, 435 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,160 I felt it was very far from equal. 436 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,800 I saw when I was searching for sponsors, 437 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,320 because you can see, like, the athlete page, 438 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,400 they were mainly supporting men. 439 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,480 And I never felt like I was like a feminist or something, 440 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,480 but I felt like, "This is not fair." 441 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,360 "Like, it shouldn't be like this." 442 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,320 And I was thinking, "I want to change... 443 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,240 something here." 444 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,360 [crowd applauding] 445 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,960 [Kristin] I think it's not just to climb, 446 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,600 we need to be out there to change, 447 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:58,680 to make it more equal. 448 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,120 We need to be visible for younger generations 449 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,160 after us, that women also can do this. 450 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,000 It's very, very warm in the down suits. 451 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:08,320 -[crewmate] Yes. -[laughs] 452 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,080 -And a lot of camera. -Yeah. 453 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,120 [laughs] 454 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,920 Okay, if I try to stand like this... 455 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,760 [Sam over phone] There's, like, a bigger strategy 456 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:20,880 going on behind the scenes. 457 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,400 We did a full-on, like, half-an-hour presentation 458 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:25,880 in front of 150 people... 459 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,800 -Yeah. -...and got no bites. 460 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:29,680 Hmm. 461 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,520 The Tibetan budget has, like, exploded, and... 462 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,480 [Sam] Look at it like money is not a problem, 463 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,480 and let's just get this thing going. 464 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,800 Are you confident we'll get the permit? 465 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,120 Yeah, yeah, they are very confident 466 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,360 that we get it now. 467 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,080 -[upbeat folk music playing] -[crowd cheering] 468 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:45,880 Thank you! 469 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:47,520 [Kristin] Thane is also getting married, 470 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,400 so he's super busy. 471 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,720 But both Thane and the boss in Seven Summits 472 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,360 are very supportive. 473 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,240 They try a lot to make everything happen now. 474 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,760 [upbeat folk music continues] 475 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:10,240 -[crowd cheering, applauding] -[Kristin] I love weddings. 476 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,240 I was going to be a wedding planner 477 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,400 when I was young. 478 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,320 [guests applauding] 479 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:16,800 [chuckles] 480 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,080 For my wedding, I'm going to, like, have 481 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:25,040 this very traditional big wedding 482 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:30,120 with a white dress, three days. Hmm. That's the plan. 483 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,200 [interviewer] Do you have anyone in mind? 484 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,840 [laughs] 485 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,760 It's-- No, I cannot say that. 486 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,400 [chuckles] Secrets. 487 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,240 -[car horns honking] -[gentle music playing] 488 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,840 [Kristin, in Norwegian] 489 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,680 [in English] I wasn't looking for a boyfriend. 490 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,800 But right before I left for Nepal, 491 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,640 I actually met this guy that I really liked. 492 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:03,600 [chuckles] 493 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,240 But it's so hard to keep these relationships 494 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,800 while you're out climbing all the time. 495 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:10,480 [in Norwegian] 496 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,200 [traffic rumbling] 497 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,720 [indistinct chatter] 498 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,000 [in English] Kristin, we have a big problem. 499 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:40,760 [clicks tongue] 500 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,440 Now, we get the permit, but problem... 501 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,120 with, like, you know, the Sherpa... 502 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,560 -[Kristin] Hmm. -...and... 503 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,640 It is confirmed that they will not get the visa. 504 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,440 [pensive music playing] 505 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,160 [Kristin] A few days before we had to leave, 506 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,520 we got the Chinese visa application approved, 507 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,800 but most of the Sherpas from our team 508 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,160 got rejected, except a few. 509 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,000 Oh, hello! Nice to see you! [chuckles] 510 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,000 I'm happy you're here. Yeah. [chuckles] 511 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,680 Luckily, Lama, our cameraman, and I got the visa... 512 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,920 but we had to hire more Sherpas 513 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,920 when we crossed the border into Tibet. 514 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,160 [indistinct chatter] 515 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,360 [crewmate in Nepali] Thank you. 516 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:36,320 [Kristin, in English] Thank you. 517 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:43,200 Oh, we are finally inside Tibet. [laughs] 518 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,280 It's like I can't believe it that we are here. 519 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:47,520 [pensive music playing] 520 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,920 [Kristin] To stay on track for the record, 521 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,680 we had to summit both Shishapangma and Cho Oyu 522 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,520 within two weeks. 523 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:03,600 [group chanting in Nepali] 524 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,600 [Kristin, in English] We hired some local Sherpas, 525 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,560 but when we started to climb, 526 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,080 Lama and I were quickly ahead of them all. 527 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,560 He was different from the other Sherpas. 528 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,520 [breathes heavily] 529 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,840 One of the first things I noticed with him 530 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,960 that he was very shy. He didn't want to speak much. 531 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,160 Of course, that was because he didn't speak well English, 532 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:33,000 but I think also, it's just like who he is as a person. 533 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,000 At first, the communication wasn't so easy. 534 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,680 Lama, your village 535 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,600 -is Makalu, or...? -[Lama] Huh? 536 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,080 [Kristin] Yeah, but where are you born? 537 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,280 -You live in Makalu? -Yeah. 538 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,640 Makalu, this one-day summit. Second summit, one. 539 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,480 -[chuckling] Yeah, yeah. -Tomorrow summit... 540 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:57,360 [chuckles] 541 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,160 But we had this connection right from the start... 542 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,560 and I felt that I can trust him. 543 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:09,400 [intense music playing] 544 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:21,640 -[pensive music playing] -[Kristin breathes heavily] 545 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,960 I think this... [coughs] ...climb is 546 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,400 one of the hardest I have done actually... 547 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:32,800 [breathes deeply] 548 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,720 ...because we are carrying so much, 549 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,000 and we are at 7,160, 550 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,000 without oxygen and super heavy pack. 551 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,480 We can put tent here... 552 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,320 -[coughs] -...or we can go up, huh? 553 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,720 -You decide. You boss. -[Lama] Yeah. 554 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,400 -No boss. -You boss. [chuckles] 555 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,800 -[Kristin] Okay. -[suspenseful music playing] 556 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,400 -[breathes heavily] -[wind howling] 557 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,320 [Kristin] We had the same way of climbing, 558 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,760 and, like, being on the mountains. 559 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:17,520 Just forward, 560 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,560 and just, like, really pragmatic. 561 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,320 Like, make it simple, and just... 562 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:24,880 [exhales sharply] ...go. 563 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:30,080 [breathes heavily, coughs] 564 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,640 As you go higher with less oxygen, 565 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,360 you will feel this... [gasps] ...this need for air, 566 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,760 and it's not there. 567 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,320 It's very claustrophobic. 568 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,360 [breathes heavily] 569 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,280 Seventy-five meters. 570 00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:13,280 [crewmate over radio] 571 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,080 [Kristin] Lama is fixing in front. 572 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:17,320 He's a machine. 573 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,520 We were getting close to the summit, 574 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,600 and I knew that... 575 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,840 as soon as we reached the top, 576 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,760 the clock started to tick again for a new record attempt. 577 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:34,800 The rules are very simple. 578 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,920 You have to climb from Base Camp to the summit and down, 579 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:44,360 and prove it with your GPS track and with pictures and videos. 580 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,240 [breathes heavily] 581 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,240 [Kristin breathes heavily] 582 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,880 -[Lama] Kristin! -[Kristin chuckles] 583 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,680 -[Lama] Yeah. -[Kristin breathes heavily] 584 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:10,720 [gentle uplifting music playing] 585 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:15,480 [Kristin] We are finally on the summit 586 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,760 of Shishapangma in Tibet, 587 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,400 and I would like to say thank you 588 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,760 to everyone that has been helping, 589 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,920 to all my sponsors that have made this possible. 590 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,320 So, yeah, the clock is ticking. Let's get down. 591 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,480 Lama has been waiting for me. Now, he's ready to go down. 592 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,800 -Yeah. [chuckles] -Come on, come. 593 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,480 [Kristin] Yes, now we're going. 594 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:39,400 Now we're going. 595 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,040 [dramatic music playing] 596 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,040 -Tomorrow summit? -Yeah? 597 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,120 -Yeah. -Okay. 598 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:01,480 And this wind, it's okay? 599 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,000 -Okay. -Yeah? 600 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,880 Sure enough, the weather got worse... 601 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,760 and our cameraman was forced to turn around. 602 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,440 [wind howling] 603 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,920 [inquisitive music playing] 604 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,240 [Petter, in Norwegian] 605 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,240 [interviewer] 606 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:48,160 [interviewer] 607 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:49,880 [Petter chuckles quietly] 608 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:00,800 [interviewer] 609 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,040 [Kristin, in English] Me and my father was close 610 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,600 when I was very young. 611 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,400 We were similar, 612 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,040 especially to, like, how active we were, 613 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,360 and training a lot together. 614 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,480 [breathes heavily] 615 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:29,040 [in Norwegian] 616 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,680 [wind howling] 617 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,440 [Kristin, in English] Cho-Oyu summit! Yay! 618 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:51,400 In the end, it took us 23 hours from Camp One 619 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,120 to the summit of Cho-Oyu and back to Base Camp, 620 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:56,480 all in one go. 621 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,200 [crewmate] Whoo! 622 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:05,200 -[Kristin chuckles] Oh! -[crewmate] Congratulations! 623 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,200 [crewmate] Strong girl! You did it! 624 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,240 [Kristin breathes heavily] 625 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,960 I cannot cry because I'm snow blind, 626 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,720 -and when I cry-- Yeah. -[crewmate] Are you crying? 627 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,960 And when I cry, I don't see anything. [groans] 628 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:25,240 -[breathes heavily] -[indistinct chatter] 629 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,680 [Kristin] No. Yeah, it was hard. 630 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,680 [Kristin] Yeah, yeah. 631 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,520 [Kristin chuckles] 632 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,400 My dad is always saying, like, 633 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,600 you just have to, like, go two days, 634 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,440 do very hard, like, good training. 635 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:51,680 -So... [laughs] -You are the man. [laughs] 636 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:56,160 [cheerful music playing] 637 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:01,960 [Kristin] You know, when I started the project, 638 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,600 I wanted to share the record with the Sherpas. 639 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,600 It was about making it more equal. 640 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,520 I really wanted to share the record with the Sherpas 641 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,080 in the first attempt, but that didn't work out 642 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:16,560 when we didn't get the permission 643 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,000 to climb in Tibet. 644 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,520 And I was like... [grunts] ...feeling so bad about it. 645 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,600 -[camera shutters clicking] -[photographers] Hello, Kristin! 646 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:26,680 Hey! 647 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,160 -Kristin! -[Kristin] Thank you! Whoo! 648 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,240 -[indistinct chatter] -[Kristin chuckles] 649 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,080 After we came from Tibet, 650 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,240 I said, "I think we should ask Lama 651 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,640 to complete the project with me." 652 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,680 I really want to share it with him. 653 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,200 -Continue with you. -[Kristin] Yeah. 654 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,560 -Yeah. [laughs] -He's the best. [laughs] 655 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,200 Yeah. He's been popular. 656 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:49,120 Yeah, very important, without him, no summit. 657 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,920 Not for me, not for the other one. 658 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,080 If we look at the history, 659 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,240 it's been about Western climbers. 660 00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,480 No one of us would have made any summits without the Sherpas. 661 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:01,960 If something happens, 662 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,800 it's always the Sherpa that have to take the risk. 663 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,760 [Thane] In the past, most of the Westerners 664 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,520 took all glory, took all the credit, 665 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:12,840 but there were Sherpas. 666 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,680 Yeah, but we should think about, "Is it better to share?" 667 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,400 You pay for Sherpa. It's your project, so... 668 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,080 [Thane] Nobody had shared a 14 peaks record before 669 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,080 because it's so difficult to do. 670 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,880 The two climbers need to stay fit and healthy 671 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:28,720 with no injuries at all, 672 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,720 and it's safer and easier to change Sherpa on each peak. 673 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,680 But Kristin's mindset is different 674 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,480 to the other climbers. 675 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:38,840 It became really important that 676 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:41,280 he was the one sharing the record with me, 677 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,400 and to manage to share it with him. 678 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,640 [traffic rumbling] 679 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:51,400 -[birds chirping] -[Lama, in Nepali] 680 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:04,720 [huffs] 681 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,080 [Lama] 682 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,600 [gentle music playing] 683 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,360 [Lama] 684 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:47,360 [Lakpa] 685 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,680 [Lama] 686 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:15,840 -[indistinct chatter] -[Lama] 687 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,600 [uneasy music playing] 688 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:39,920 [wind howling] 689 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,600 [Kristin breathes heavily] 690 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,920 [in English] There is a very, very motivated Sherpa 691 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,560 in front of me here now. 692 00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:16,160 [Lama, in Nepali] 693 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:41,600 [Kristin, in English] 694 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:46,120 -[Lama] Okay, Didi! Go get this! -[Kristin] Whoo! 695 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:48,960 A lot of the time, it was just me and Lama. 696 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,880 The cameraman couldn't always keep up with us. 697 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,240 [uplifting music playing] 698 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:01,200 [Kristin] 699 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,320 Gelu, yay! 700 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,600 -Come, come! Whoo-hoo-hoo! -Whoo! 701 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,880 -Hey! -And, Lama, also come up here. 702 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,200 -But on the way down... -Bye! 703 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:13,880 -Whoo! -Whoo! 704 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:14,880 -Yay! -[camera beeps] 705 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,360 [foreboding music playing] 706 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,000 ...we had an accident. 707 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,480 [coughs] 708 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:38,320 -[groans] -[Kristin] Oh, my God. 709 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:41,240 [exhales sharply] 710 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:42,560 [cameraman, in Nepali] 711 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,480 [Lama] 712 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:03,880 [chuckles] 713 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,480 [Kristin, in English] The three of us were connected 714 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,480 to the same safety rope, 715 00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:22,360 so, when Gelu fell, we were going down with him. 716 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,800 For sure, I'm pretty sure that 717 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,520 if I didn't manage to stop Gelu when he fell, 718 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:31,160 we all would have died 719 00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:33,720 because Lama couldn't stop all of us. 720 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,440 [Lama, in Nepali] 721 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,920 -[in English] -[in Nepali] 722 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,480 -[in English] Yeah. -Yeah. 723 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:03,760 [dial tone ringing] 724 00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:05,600 [Kristin clears throat] 725 00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,360 [Lama, in Nepali] 726 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:11,360 [cellphone beeps] 727 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,360 [cameraman] 728 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:18,880 [Kristin, in English] What? 729 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,760 [Sherpa] No, there's some serious thing... 730 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:23,880 that has happened. 731 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:28,400 So, Lama's brother... big brother in Everest? 732 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:29,280 Yeah. 733 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,800 -[Sherpa] He expired yesterday. -[Kristin] Oh, no. 734 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:36,600 He was with the fixing team. 735 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,520 You see, we just knew just now. 736 00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:54,240 [somber music playing] 737 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:56,760 [Kristin] And it was on South Summit? 738 00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:00,760 [in Nepali] 739 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,160 [Kristin, in English] Big brother, yeah. 740 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:19,160 -[Lama] Yeah. -[Kristin] Lama. 741 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:26,400 [Lama] 742 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:50,280 [Kristin] I know how much it hurts 743 00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,160 to lose someone close to you. 744 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:56,320 When I was young, 745 00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:00,160 we experienced so much sorrow and loss 746 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:01,920 in our family. 747 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:11,240 First, I lost my stepmother, and then my stepfather. 748 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,440 He was only 42. 749 00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:17,680 There was nothing that gave us any sign 750 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,240 that he was going to die. 751 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,480 He just went to bed and died during the night. 752 00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:28,720 The same year, my grandmother died, 753 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,800 and I was very close to her. 754 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,280 So, I felt that everyone was dying around me. 755 00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,480 I know from those experiences that 756 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:46,680 everyone has their own way of dealing with loss. 757 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,920 Lama was going home to his family... 758 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,000 but the next morning he came and he said that he wanted 759 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,440 to complete and continue the project together with me. 760 00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:18,040 [Lama, in Nepali] 761 00:49:55,080 --> 00:50:00,120 [chanting in Nepali] 762 00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,360 [Lama] 763 00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:27,480 -[wind howling] -[Kristin, in English] 764 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:34,840 -[uplifting music playing] -[Kristin breathes heavily] 765 00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:54,800 -Lama is here. Whoo! -Yeah, Lhotse summit! 766 00:50:55,600 --> 00:51:00,400 Now, we are just climbing safely down... 767 00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:04,760 and we're very tired. 768 00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:08,200 [music concludes] 769 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:28,680 [breathes heavily, grunts] 770 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:45,280 [in Norwegian] 771 00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:46,800 -[clears throat] -[Anita over cellphone] 772 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,640 -[Kristin] -[Anita] 773 00:51:49,720 --> 00:51:50,880 [Kristin] 774 00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:52,880 -[sniffles] -[Anita] 775 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,120 -[Anita] -[Kristin] 776 00:51:57,160 --> 00:51:58,280 [coughs] 777 00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:05,120 -[Anita] -[Kristin] 778 00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:06,480 [Anita] 779 00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:09,720 [Kristin] 780 00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:18,920 [Anita] 781 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:24,240 -[sniffles] -[pensive music playing] 782 00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:26,840 [Kristin, in English] We still have 783 00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,400 three mountains to climb in the spring. 784 00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:33,320 And I'm not really sure how... 785 00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:36,160 we're going to make it. 786 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:39,960 [grunts, breathes heavily] 787 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:43,280 How many hours do you think from here to summit? 788 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,200 -Sixteen? -[Sherpa] Yes. 789 00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:51,200 [Kristin] At Dhaulagiri, I felt how all the climbing 790 00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,600 was slowly destroying my body. 791 00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:55,880 Yay! 792 00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:58,160 Whoo! 793 00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,960 And I knew that the next peak was Annapurna. 794 00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:03,800 One of the most dangerous mountains 795 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:04,880 in the world. 796 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:06,960 [dramatic music playing] 797 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:15,840 One out of five who summits dies. 798 00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:20,360 And it's mostly because of the many avalanches there. 799 00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:27,240 [breathes heavily] 800 00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:29,680 Very, very big one. 801 00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:33,800 -[Lama] -[Kristin] Yeah. 802 00:53:35,240 --> 00:53:37,320 We ask on radio if they are okay. 803 00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:41,440 -[in Nepali] -[radio beeps] 804 00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:46,040 [crewmate over radio] 805 00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:50,480 [Kristin, in English] All okay? They are okay? 806 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,720 [breathes heavily] 807 00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:59,880 [birds chirping] 808 00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:02,640 [Petter, in Norwegian] 809 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:24,000 [Kristin, in English] I'm not on a mission to... 810 00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:26,520 to die. 811 00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:30,880 I think my family has been a very important thing 812 00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:32,240 for me to stay alive. 813 00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,600 I don't want them to... 814 00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:37,600 experience more losses. 815 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,840 I always do what I can to minimize the risk. 816 00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:49,880 -Hello! Hello, Kristin! -[Kristin] Hello! 817 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,720 -How are you? -[Kristin] So happy to see you. 818 00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:53,400 As we reached Camp Two, 819 00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:57,400 we learned that the avalanche had swept away 820 00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:59,040 all the fixed ropes. 821 00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:02,160 We had to rearrange the plan. 822 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:10,480 [in Nepali] 823 00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:17,960 [Kristin, in English] Of course, that cost money 824 00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:19,240 that I didn't have, 825 00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:22,840 but that was the way to minimize the risk... 826 00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:28,720 and to keep the team as safe as possible. 827 00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:34,800 [breathes heavily] 828 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:41,360 Whoo! 829 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:46,120 Oh, so... so happy to be... 830 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,880 [speaks Norwegian] 831 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,200 [exhales deeply] 832 00:55:58,160 --> 00:55:59,040 [groans] 833 00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:02,160 [sighs] 834 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,120 [Kristin breathes heavily] Oh. 835 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:06,640 [in English] Happy to be finished 836 00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:08,240 with Annapurna, of course, 837 00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:10,160 but... [exhales sharply] 838 00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:13,400 ...after a summit, I right away start to think 839 00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:18,480 about next summit, or money or logistics 840 00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:21,240 or how we can do things. 841 00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:26,600 I was working so much between the mountains. 842 00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,800 Following up sponsors, following up emails, 843 00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:33,040 social media posts, getting more sponsors, 844 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,840 and trying to negotiate with Seven Summit. 845 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,200 So, when we are finished with this now, 846 00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:39,480 we don't have any more money. 847 00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:41,720 -Yeah. -[Kristin] So, we need to get 848 00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:42,960 -more money. -Money. 849 00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:46,680 And if we don't get any more sponsor here, 850 00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:49,600 I need to go and borrow money from the bank. 851 00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:52,960 [upbeat music playing] 852 00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:55,240 [Sam over cellphone] We've been working directly 853 00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:56,880 with various companies to get them 854 00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:58,800 to part ways with big, big money. 855 00:56:58,840 --> 00:56:59,720 [Kristin] Mm. 856 00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:01,720 [Sam] And they just haven't bitten yet. 857 00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:04,600 The biggest factor is the risk. 858 00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:06,720 That we'd rather come with a safe bet. 859 00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:08,280 We've broken the record now. 860 00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:10,480 You can be the face of our brand. 861 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:12,160 [exhales] 862 00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,280 [Sam] They don't wanna take that risk now. 863 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:20,880 [Kristin] All the nice things that I remember 864 00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:23,360 about climbing mountains are just gone, 865 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,480 when it's all about logistics, and money, 866 00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:29,480 and doing it very, very fast. 867 00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:32,120 [coughs] 868 00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:33,800 [crewmate] You wanna see a doctor? 869 00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:39,440 No. I think I'm just tired. But we have to go. 870 00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:43,520 We go to Base Camp. 871 00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:45,960 [coughs] 872 00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,600 And we rest for 30 minutes, and then we pack and then we go. 873 00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:57,200 [breathes heavily, coughs] 874 00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:01,320 I have never been so tired in my life. 875 00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:04,960 [gentle music playing] 876 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:06,920 [sniffles] 877 00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:11,280 When you're that tired, you don't feel anything. 878 00:58:13,720 --> 00:58:16,920 It's no thoughts, no other feelings. 879 00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:23,160 Everything in your body is just there to survive. 880 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:27,120 [breathes heavily, sniffles] 881 00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:32,640 [wind howling] 882 00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:43,600 [Lama] 883 00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:45,840 Yeah, I think so, yeah. 884 00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:49,960 [Lama coughs] 885 00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:52,200 [wind howling] 886 00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:55,360 [gentle music playing] 887 00:58:56,480 --> 00:59:00,120 [Kristin breathes heavily] 888 00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:13,000 Okay, we are on the summit of Manaslu. 889 00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:17,760 [dramatic music playing] 890 00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:30,280 [Kristin, interviewed] Doing the nine mountains 891 00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:31,640 in 45 days, 892 00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:33,320 we had one summit every five days, 893 00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,920 so it was just crazy. 894 00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:40,760 [Kristin] Lama. 895 00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:43,120 Lama, we made it. 896 00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:46,800 Yeah. 897 00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:49,160 Ah. [sighs] 898 00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:52,840 [breathes deeply] 899 00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:56,200 [coughs] 900 00:59:58,640 --> 00:59:59,520 Yeah. 901 01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:01,760 [coughs] 902 01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:06,920 Yeah. 903 01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:09,000 [both cough] 904 01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:15,560 [Kristin] When we finished Manaslu, 905 01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:18,160 we were so happy and relieved. 906 01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:24,000 But the truth is, without the support from Mingma, 907 01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:27,160 I think the whole project would have stopped there. 908 01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:29,720 [indistinct chatter] 909 01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:35,320 [Mingma, in Nepali] 910 01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:42,760 -[indistinct chatter] -[Mingma] 911 01:01:06,560 --> 01:01:11,720 -[traffic rumbling] -[indistinct chatter] 912 01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:16,520 -[cellphone ringing] -[in English] My father. Lama. 913 01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:17,840 -[Petter over phone] Hello. -Namaste. 914 01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:20,200 -[chuckles] -[Petter] Hello. [chuckles] 915 01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:23,480 [in Norwegian] 916 01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:31,040 -Yeah. Yeah. -Yeah. Yeah. 917 01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:34,040 [Petter] 918 01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:39,440 [chuckles] 919 01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:40,760 [in English] I'm always saying that 920 01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:44,560 Lama is looking like my father. He's also very, very strong. 921 01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:46,720 -[both chuckle] -[Petter chuckles] 922 01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:49,200 Okay, there we go. Yeah. 923 01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,040 [Kristin, interviewed] I was so happy 924 01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:54,880 that Seven Summit decided to help us out. 925 01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:57,880 So, even though my body wasn't 100%, 926 01:01:57,960 --> 01:01:59,760 I had a very good feeling 927 01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:02,160 going into the last five mountains 928 01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:03,040 in Pakistan. 929 01:02:03,360 --> 01:02:07,320 -[upbeat percussive music] -[indistinct chatter] 930 01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:10,480 Okay, I just need four minutes in this store. 931 01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:13,240 This is me after. [chuckles] 932 01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:15,680 I like this one too. Huh? 933 01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:17,760 [engine rumbling] 934 01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:22,600 [Kristin] 935 01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:23,920 This is very typical here. 936 01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:27,800 -[crowd cheering] -[car horn blaring] 937 01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:28,920 I need to go and pee. 938 01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:31,560 So, I need to take Lama with me, and Makpa also. Come. 939 01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:35,560 -[crowd cheering] -[chuckles] 940 01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:38,760 -[Makpa] It works. -Yes, teamwork. 941 01:02:38,840 --> 01:02:39,960 [chuckles] 942 01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:42,520 [interviewed] We have a really nice group of people 943 01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:43,840 together in Pakistan. 944 01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:47,720 -[Kristin] Gabriel is ready. -Boom, almost ready. 945 01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:50,400 -[Kristin] He's so strong. -No. [strains] 946 01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:52,640 [Kristin, interviewed] We had Makpa with us. 947 01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:54,480 He is Lama's best friend. 948 01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:58,560 Nima, 17, and trying to be the youngest 949 01:02:58,600 --> 01:03:01,160 to summit all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks. 950 01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:04,560 And Mingtemba is like Lama's nephew. 951 01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:09,360 I used to enjoy these mountains so much, 952 01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:11,720 and I used to enjoy the climbing, and... 953 01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:13,720 all these nice people, 954 01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:17,320 and I just hope this next mountain 955 01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:19,920 that we can have a little bit more 956 01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:21,600 of that feeling. 957 01:03:26,480 --> 01:03:27,840 [music concludes] 958 01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:41,880 [breathes heavily] 959 01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:51,800 [coughs] 960 01:03:59,000 --> 01:03:59,960 [coughs] 961 01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:15,840 -[Lama] -[Kristin] 962 01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:19,720 [Lama] 963 01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:23,600 I think it's better to go to Camp One and rest. 964 01:04:23,640 --> 01:04:24,400 Yeah. 965 01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:27,200 -[breathes deeply] -[Lama] Okay. Let's go Camp One. 966 01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:31,200 -Makpa staying or going? -[Lama] 967 01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:32,040 [coughs] 968 01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:34,640 -In Camp One? Waiting for us? -[Lama] Yeah. Waiting. 969 01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:36,680 Okay, good. Let's go to Camp One. 970 01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:39,480 [shudders] 971 01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:42,080 [grunts] 972 01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:43,960 [Lama, in Nepali] 973 01:04:56,800 --> 01:04:57,880 [Kristin groans] 974 01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:06,840 -[breathes heavily] -[Lama coughs] 975 01:05:19,160 --> 01:05:21,600 [wind howling] 976 01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:35,640 [reflective music playing] 977 01:05:40,040 --> 01:05:42,960 [in English] Two use, Didi. This use? 978 01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:46,280 [Kristin] No. One is okay. Yeah, use arm. 979 01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:49,640 -[Lama] This, safety. -[Kristin] Yeah, I'm okay. 980 01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:54,840 [interviewed] In the end, when it gets really hard... 981 01:05:57,040 --> 01:06:00,880 the only thing you can think of is the next step. 982 01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:04,880 And it's one step at a time. 983 01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:08,480 And that's it. 984 01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:14,040 -[soft uplifting music playing] -[Kristin breathes heavily] 985 01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:22,880 [Lama exclaims] 986 01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:26,440 [Kristin, interviewed] It felt so good 987 01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:28,200 to push through the sickness, 988 01:06:28,240 --> 01:06:30,200 and finally reach the top. 989 01:06:30,600 --> 01:06:34,840 Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! 990 01:06:34,920 --> 01:06:37,480 -[chuckles] -[Lama] 991 01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:39,520 [Kristin] And especially since 992 01:06:39,600 --> 01:06:41,320 it was Lama's best friends that was there. 993 01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:44,080 [crowd cheering, applauding] 994 01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:46,320 [Kristin] Bye! 995 01:06:47,320 --> 01:06:51,320 And also it started to feel like the record was within reach. 996 01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:53,640 [crowd cheering, applauding] 997 01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:59,200 Ming, now you have to drink enough water, sleep, rest, 998 01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:00,840 and we're going to have some very hard days, 999 01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:02,320 -but we will manage that. -[group laughs] 1000 01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:05,080 Yeah. We are a very strong team. 1001 01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:09,160 -Makpa, very strong team. -Very strong team, yeah. 1002 01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:12,160 [group cheering] 1003 01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:16,400 -[cheerful music playing] -[cows mooing] 1004 01:07:17,080 --> 01:07:19,680 [in Norwegian] 1005 01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:26,840 [chuckles] 1006 01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:29,120 [in English] Now we can make it here. 1007 01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:31,680 [Hanne, in Norwegian] 1008 01:07:35,640 --> 01:07:38,160 [in English] In Nepali, we speak. 1009 01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:40,360 [laughs] 1010 01:07:40,440 --> 01:07:41,560 [in Nepali] 1011 01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:46,400 -[laughs] -[Lama speaks Nepali] 1012 01:07:50,120 --> 01:07:51,600 [Kristin, in English] 1013 01:07:54,320 --> 01:07:56,600 [interviewed] For me, it gave me so much more... 1014 01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:00,320 to feel like this is our project. 1015 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:03,960 [Lama] Hello, congratulations, G-II Summit. 1016 01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:09,640 [in Nepali, interviewed] 1017 01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:17,520 [Kristin, in English] And I'm also doing it 1018 01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:20,400 because I want him to have the record. 1019 01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:24,720 Whoo! 1020 01:08:36,640 --> 01:08:40,080 Okay, we have reached the summit of Broad Peak. 1021 01:08:40,160 --> 01:08:41,280 That's number 13. 1022 01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:46,000 And now, we are going to climb safely down. 1023 01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:48,080 [music fades out] 1024 01:08:49,400 --> 01:08:50,920 [tense tone] 1025 01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,880 -[Lama] -[Kristin] 1026 01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:57,080 [chuckles] What are we going to do then? 1027 01:08:57,480 --> 01:08:58,880 Go back to family? 1028 01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:00,520 Yeah. 1029 01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:02,760 Yeah. 1030 01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:07,400 -[exhales] -[tense music playing] 1031 01:09:18,840 --> 01:09:20,600 [Dawa] This is a very short window, 1032 01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:23,760 and people have been waiting for half a month here. 1033 01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:25,040 -Yeah. -So, everybody wants 1034 01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:27,080 -to push this window. -Yeah. 1035 01:09:27,160 --> 01:09:31,440 So, I think there are more than... 150 people. 1036 01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:34,840 -So, it's quite a traffic jam. -Yeah. 1037 01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:35,960 [Dawa] And... 1038 01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:42,600 [tense tone] 1039 01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:44,800 [Kristin] It's a very dangerous mountain. 1040 01:09:45,320 --> 01:09:48,720 And the Bottleneck is the most dangerous place 1041 01:09:48,760 --> 01:09:51,120 on all of these mountains. 1042 01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:54,200 [breathes heavily] 1043 01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:57,680 You have to climb on this narrow ledge 1044 01:09:57,760 --> 01:09:59,960 under a huge block of ice... 1045 01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:03,240 which can break off at any moment. 1046 01:10:03,720 --> 01:10:06,800 [ominous music playing] 1047 01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:08,480 [Kristin] It's called the Bottleneck 1048 01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:12,200 because it's not possible to pass there. 1049 01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:16,080 It's a lot of people that die there. 1050 01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:24,000 [Dawa] I hope everybody ready. So, Lama, Makpa, Mingtemba. 1051 01:10:24,080 --> 01:10:26,680 -[Kristin] Yeah. -[Dawa] Kristin, exciting... 1052 01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:28,560 -Yeah. -...to finish the 14th peak? 1053 01:10:29,240 --> 01:10:30,400 Yeah, let's try. 1054 01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:35,880 -[suspenseful music playing] -[indistinct chatter] 1055 01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:05,360 -[wind howling] -[pensive music overlapping] 1056 01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:08,960 [over radio] 1057 01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:18,240 [radio cuts off] 1058 01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:21,640 [Kristin, interviewed] At around 08:00 p.m., 1059 01:11:21,680 --> 01:11:23,640 we started out from Camp Three. 1060 01:11:26,360 --> 01:11:29,600 Lama was in front of me, and Gabriel, and Nima behind. 1061 01:11:32,600 --> 01:11:34,880 We were having a very good pace. 1062 01:11:34,920 --> 01:11:39,440 [breathes heavily] 1063 01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,680 -[Nima] Huh? Okay. -[Kristin] 1064 01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:48,040 [breathes heavily] 1065 01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:50,600 And suddenly it stops up. 1066 01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:52,080 [tense tone] 1067 01:11:54,680 --> 01:11:56,440 And then, uh... 1068 01:11:57,720 --> 01:11:59,280 Um... 1069 01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:03,760 then we saw... 1070 01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:08,200 that someone was hanging upside down. 1071 01:12:09,280 --> 01:12:11,480 [indistinct chatter] 1072 01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:17,840 [Sherpa speaks Nepali] 1073 01:12:19,200 --> 01:12:22,520 [in English] And we see that it's something wrong 1074 01:12:22,560 --> 01:12:24,760 with the ropes around his legs or something, 1075 01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:26,520 and that his jacket and all his clothes 1076 01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:28,400 is like up here, so he's... 1077 01:12:29,440 --> 01:12:32,560 naked on his stomach and on his back. 1078 01:12:33,520 --> 01:12:38,480 After a while we see someone trying to put up an ice screw... 1079 01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:43,200 and he also fell. 1080 01:12:47,440 --> 01:12:49,560 [group murmuring] 1081 01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:54,920 [Kristin] And I think people were worried about 1082 01:12:54,960 --> 01:12:57,160 -everything collapsing. -[Sherpa grunts] 1083 01:12:57,240 --> 01:12:59,560 [Kristin] So, of course no one wants to stay there. 1084 01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:04,840 I told Lama we need to do something. 1085 01:13:06,520 --> 01:13:08,600 [in Nepali] 1086 01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:32,640 [Kristin, in English] After a while, 1087 01:13:32,720 --> 01:13:35,720 we managed to secure him with a new rope. 1088 01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:41,080 And it's not like it's just to turn back. 1089 01:13:41,560 --> 01:13:42,920 Because of all these people coming up, 1090 01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:45,280 it's not possible to get everyone 1091 01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:47,280 to turn around at the same time. 1092 01:13:50,200 --> 01:13:52,160 [Gabriel] He was completely frozen. 1093 01:13:52,640 --> 01:13:55,920 No oxygen, no gloves, no down suit. 1094 01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:57,760 -[somber music playing] -I tried to... 1095 01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:02,520 to warm, to move his, his, his f-- his... 1096 01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:04,120 uh, fingers. 1097 01:14:04,200 --> 01:14:07,800 I tried to give some hot water for him. 1098 01:14:08,720 --> 01:14:11,280 Tried to give some... 1099 01:14:12,160 --> 01:14:13,240 some comfort. 1100 01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:17,920 -[tense music playing] -[deep rumbling] 1101 01:14:19,160 --> 01:14:22,760 [Kristin] We think it was around 03:20. 1102 01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:28,000 A big avalanche comes on the side of this rack, 1103 01:14:28,080 --> 01:14:30,320 -right after the Bottleneck. -[deep rumbling] 1104 01:14:31,360 --> 01:14:32,440 [static over radio] 1105 01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:36,080 [in Nepali] 1106 01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:41,960 [Kristin, in English] We have two of our Sherpas there, 1107 01:14:42,040 --> 01:14:46,400 Makpa and Mingtemba. We need to see if they are okay. 1108 01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:49,640 So, we decide to split up. 1109 01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:51,840 Me and Lama continue, 1110 01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:56,560 and Gabriel was still down with the injured climber. 1111 01:15:02,120 --> 01:15:04,520 [Gabriel] Everybody up there, including me, 1112 01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:06,440 you are afraid up there. 1113 01:15:08,440 --> 01:15:10,560 I had just one oxygen bottle. 1114 01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:13,520 I gave some oxygen for him, 1115 01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:16,200 and then I stood there for a long time. 1116 01:15:17,560 --> 01:15:19,320 Then the oxygen finished. 1117 01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:23,000 But I realized he has no chance. 1118 01:15:24,840 --> 01:15:28,560 We were talking about 8,300 meters. 1119 01:15:29,920 --> 01:15:32,320 I have been working on other rescues 1120 01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:33,560 in the Himalayas... 1121 01:15:34,360 --> 01:15:37,960 and I know how hard it is to bring him down. 1122 01:15:39,120 --> 01:15:43,400 [breathes deeply] And someone... 1123 01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:46,600 behind me just told me, "Okay, you need to move." 1124 01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:47,480 "Please move, move, 1125 01:15:47,640 --> 01:15:49,760 because you can't stay here anymore." 1126 01:16:06,480 --> 01:16:10,520 [wind howling] 1127 01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:21,160 [Kristin] We continue, and it's getting more snow, 1128 01:16:21,240 --> 01:16:22,440 and a steeper part, 1129 01:16:22,520 --> 01:16:26,360 and another avalanche comes off very close to the trail. 1130 01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:27,600 [deep rumbling] 1131 01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:30,640 -[wind rushing] -[somber music playing] 1132 01:16:30,680 --> 01:16:34,720 [Dawa, in Nepali] 1133 01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:40,720 [Sherpa over radio] 1134 01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:50,920 -[inspiring string music] -[Kristin breathes heavily] 1135 01:16:59,160 --> 01:17:01,560 [chuckles] 1136 01:17:02,280 --> 01:17:03,680 [Lama, in English] 1137 01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:13,280 [Kristin breathes heavily, groans] 1138 01:17:14,320 --> 01:17:16,440 [crying] 1139 01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:23,400 [Kristin] 1140 01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:25,120 [chuckles] 1141 01:17:27,160 --> 01:17:32,640 [in Nepali] 1142 01:17:33,200 --> 01:17:34,800 [Kristin, in English] The whole team is here. 1143 01:17:34,840 --> 01:17:37,640 Ming, Nima, and Makpa is also here. 1144 01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:42,640 [gentle music playing] 1145 01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:49,480 [indistinct chatter over radio] 1146 01:17:49,560 --> 01:17:51,040 [Kristin] We were happy to reach the summit. 1147 01:17:51,120 --> 01:17:53,800 But we were worried about what happened behind. 1148 01:17:53,880 --> 01:17:55,680 [somber music playing] 1149 01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:57,520 [Kristin] I asked Gabriel, "Is he alive?" 1150 01:17:57,600 --> 01:17:59,920 And he said, "Yes, but very bad condition." 1151 01:18:00,480 --> 01:18:03,760 [Kristin breathes heavily] 1152 01:18:03,800 --> 01:18:06,040 We came back to the Bottleneck, 1153 01:18:06,080 --> 01:18:08,960 and saw that he was up on the trail. 1154 01:18:13,200 --> 01:18:14,720 But not alive anymore. 1155 01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:21,280 We were very sad to see that he was gone. 1156 01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:28,880 So, it wasn't very... 1157 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:31,720 normal Base Camp. 1158 01:18:32,720 --> 01:18:33,760 As we come down, of course, 1159 01:18:34,040 --> 01:18:36,600 we are happy to be finished and things like that. But... 1160 01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:39,240 yeah. 1161 01:18:41,120 --> 01:18:43,160 [in Nepali] 1162 01:18:46,280 --> 01:18:48,040 [in English] No one wanted to try, we s-- 1163 01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:50,720 Like 30 minutes, no one wanted to do anything. 1164 01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:53,080 And then we said, "We have to just do something." 1165 01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:54,880 He didn't have any oxygen. 1166 01:18:56,040 --> 01:18:58,520 [Sherpa] Did he slip, or was he hit by avalanche? 1167 01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:02,760 [Kristin] No, no, he fell. The snow was very soft. 1168 01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:05,680 So, when all these people came here, 1169 01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:07,200 I was like, "No more people here." 1170 01:19:07,280 --> 01:19:10,880 Because if this snow under here collapses, 1171 01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:13,320 then I'm not sure the ice will hold. 1172 01:19:13,400 --> 01:19:18,560 [deep reflective music playing] 1173 01:19:29,240 --> 01:19:31,880 One of the biggest records in the world has been broken. 1174 01:19:31,960 --> 01:19:33,080 [reporter 1] In an extraordinary feat 1175 01:19:33,160 --> 01:19:35,720 of mountaineering prowess, Kristin Harila, 1176 01:19:35,760 --> 01:19:37,480 and her dedicated climbing partner, 1177 01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:40,520 Lama Tenjen Sherpa, have successfully climbed K2. 1178 01:19:40,600 --> 01:19:42,600 [reporter 2] Woman smashes man's record 1179 01:19:42,640 --> 01:19:45,240 by climbing the 14 highest mountains. 1180 01:19:45,320 --> 01:19:47,760 [in Norwegian] 1181 01:19:52,480 --> 01:19:54,240 [interviewer, over TV] 1182 01:19:59,760 --> 01:20:00,680 [chuckles] 1183 01:20:06,680 --> 01:20:07,640 [passenger] 1184 01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:12,880 -[Petter] -[Kristin chuckles] 1185 01:20:12,960 --> 01:20:16,320 -Whoa! Whoa! -[group applauding] 1186 01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:20,920 -[Kristin squeals, chuckles] -[chuckles] 1187 01:20:42,720 --> 01:20:44,720 [crowd applauding] 1188 01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:46,800 [Kristin, in English] Climbing is a teamwork, 1189 01:20:46,840 --> 01:20:50,840 and that was why I wanted to share the record. 1190 01:20:50,920 --> 01:20:53,040 [group cheering] 1191 01:20:53,080 --> 01:20:57,120 [TV host, in Nepali] 1192 01:20:59,120 --> 01:21:00,800 [crowd applauding] 1193 01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:02,600 -[journalist 1] Lama! -[journalist 2] Lama! 1194 01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:04,200 [crowd applauding, cheering] 1195 01:21:04,280 --> 01:21:06,360 [indistinct chatter] 1196 01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:29,280 [crowd applauding, cheering] 1197 01:21:31,320 --> 01:21:33,280 [Thane, in English] This is a historic teamwork 1198 01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:36,120 between a Western climber and a Sherpa. 1199 01:21:38,240 --> 01:21:40,040 It's like when Hillary and Tenzing 1200 01:21:40,120 --> 01:21:42,440 climbed Mount Everest in 1953. 1201 01:21:43,200 --> 01:21:44,160 [indistinct chatter] 1202 01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:47,320 [Thane] Hillary and Tenzing. Harila and Tenjen. 1203 01:21:47,400 --> 01:21:51,640 [crowd applauding, cheering] 1204 01:21:52,560 --> 01:21:55,680 [Lama, in Nepali] 1205 01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:17,280 [horns honking rhythmically] 1206 01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:28,160 [in English] A Norwegian climber and her team have been accused 1207 01:22:28,240 --> 01:22:30,840 of walking past the injured Muhammad Hassan, 1208 01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:33,760 in their eagerness to set a new world record 1209 01:22:33,800 --> 01:22:35,200 on the mountain, K2. 1210 01:22:35,280 --> 01:22:38,840 [in Italian] 1211 01:22:41,680 --> 01:22:43,120 [reporter 1, in English] Video appearing to show 1212 01:22:43,160 --> 01:22:45,840 dozens of climbers walking past the injured porter. 1213 01:22:45,920 --> 01:22:47,680 [reporter 2] Mountaineer, Kristin Harila, 1214 01:22:47,760 --> 01:22:49,440 was among the climbers. 1215 01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:51,320 [reporter 3] The incident was questioned 1216 01:22:51,360 --> 01:22:54,640 by an Austrian climber who turned back. 1217 01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:55,480 He was alive. 1218 01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:58,120 They went up to the summit, they came down, he was dead. 1219 01:22:58,200 --> 01:22:59,040 Nobody cared. 1220 01:22:59,560 --> 01:23:02,120 [reporter 3] Video has emerged of climbers from Harila's team 1221 01:23:02,160 --> 01:23:05,360 apparently clambering over the 27-year-old. 1222 01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:09,040 [commentator] 1223 01:23:13,200 --> 01:23:15,880 [reporter 4] Two climbers say that he was left to die 1224 01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:17,720 by mountaineers who were more interested 1225 01:23:17,800 --> 01:23:20,280 in setting records than saving lives. 1226 01:23:21,080 --> 01:23:23,960 I think the biggest mistake that we did 1227 01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:27,520 was that we didn't go out 1228 01:23:27,560 --> 01:23:30,640 with the story of what really happened first. 1229 01:23:30,720 --> 01:23:33,600 You'll of course be aware of the amount of coverage 1230 01:23:33,640 --> 01:23:35,680 about the death of Muhammad Hassan, 1231 01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:37,920 and those images that appear to show your team 1232 01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:39,160 stepping over him. 1233 01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:41,800 -Is that what happened? -Well, not really. 1234 01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:43,520 This was filmed in the middle of the day 1235 01:23:43,560 --> 01:23:44,360 when it was light. 1236 01:23:44,600 --> 01:23:47,720 We were there when he fell, in the dark. 1237 01:23:47,800 --> 01:23:51,000 It was many hours before this was filmed, 1238 01:23:51,080 --> 01:23:53,520 and we tried for hours to save him. 1239 01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:56,880 The false story already had gotten 1240 01:23:56,960 --> 01:24:01,480 so much roots in the world. 1241 01:24:01,560 --> 01:24:05,720 And Gabriel, our camera guy, he went again into Hassan, 1242 01:24:05,800 --> 01:24:07,000 and then we were able to... 1243 01:24:07,080 --> 01:24:08,880 [interviewed] The story of what really happened 1244 01:24:08,920 --> 01:24:10,400 wasn't very controversial. 1245 01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:14,280 But the story of a rich Western climber 1246 01:24:14,360 --> 01:24:17,960 stepping over a dying porter to take the record, 1247 01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:19,960 was really controversial. 1248 01:24:20,920 --> 01:24:23,800 And that's what the media wants to have. 1249 01:24:25,160 --> 01:24:26,760 We tried to rescue him... 1250 01:24:26,840 --> 01:24:30,120 I was doing a lot of interviews all over the world. 1251 01:24:30,200 --> 01:24:32,120 [speaks indistinctly] 1252 01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:34,200 [interviewed] But in the end, it didn't matter. 1253 01:24:34,720 --> 01:24:37,720 -[pensive music playing] -[sighs deeply] 1254 01:24:38,440 --> 01:24:39,520 [cellphone chimes] 1255 01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:44,400 -[cellphone chimes] -[breathes deeply] 1256 01:24:45,400 --> 01:24:46,440 [cellphone dings] 1257 01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:54,600 [sighs deeply] 1258 01:25:00,360 --> 01:25:05,080 [brooding music playing] 1259 01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:13,760 [Sirbaz, in Urdu] 1260 01:26:17,040 --> 01:26:21,840 -[birds chirping] -[indistinct chatter] 1261 01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:24,680 [cellphone chimes] 1262 01:26:27,560 --> 01:26:28,720 [cellphone chimes] 1263 01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:34,120 [man over voice message, in English] Nothing 1264 01:26:34,200 --> 01:26:37,240 is more important than a human life. 1265 01:26:37,880 --> 01:26:39,960 You choose to ignore it. 1266 01:26:46,560 --> 01:26:51,000 [Kristin] I got around 20,000 messages and comments, 1267 01:26:51,080 --> 01:26:53,800 people just spreading hate. 1268 01:26:54,200 --> 01:26:56,200 "I hope everyone you love will die 1269 01:26:56,280 --> 01:27:00,360 in a painful car accident, you fucking whore." 1270 01:27:03,880 --> 01:27:07,040 "Rot in hell, just like your whole family." 1271 01:27:07,120 --> 01:27:10,680 "Your mother must be so proud of a slag like you." 1272 01:27:10,720 --> 01:27:12,840 [somber music playing] 1273 01:27:12,920 --> 01:27:17,120 [Anita, in Norwegian] 1274 01:27:54,560 --> 01:27:55,800 [cellphone chimes] 1275 01:27:57,600 --> 01:27:58,680 [cellphone chimes] 1276 01:28:00,520 --> 01:28:03,040 -[Kristin] -[cellphone chimes] 1277 01:28:03,080 --> 01:28:06,440 [Kristin] 1278 01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:17,080 -[indistinct chatter] -[seagulls squawking] 1279 01:28:17,160 --> 01:28:18,560 [Kristin] 1280 01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:32,840 [traffic rumbling] 1281 01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:40,640 -[birds chirping] -[Lama, in Nepali] 1282 01:28:54,640 --> 01:28:56,680 [indistinct chatter] 1283 01:28:56,720 --> 01:28:58,640 [Thane, in English] He's a record holder now. 1284 01:28:59,040 --> 01:29:01,280 He's very hopeful for his future. 1285 01:29:01,800 --> 01:29:02,720 [speaks Nepali] 1286 01:29:03,280 --> 01:29:04,880 [Thane, in English] Better life... 1287 01:29:06,080 --> 01:29:08,080 better education for his children. 1288 01:29:08,120 --> 01:29:11,040 [gentle music playing] 1289 01:29:11,080 --> 01:29:13,200 [Norbu, in Nepali] 1290 01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:20,320 [in English] I can see Lama has one big open door 1291 01:29:20,400 --> 01:29:22,320 with many opportunities. 1292 01:29:22,360 --> 01:29:26,480 Many climbers want to hire him as his Sherpa. 1293 01:29:27,160 --> 01:29:31,920 [Lama, in Nepali] 1294 01:29:56,440 --> 01:29:59,000 [uplifting music playing] 1295 01:30:36,680 --> 01:30:39,360 [music continues playing] 1296 01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:55,920 -[intense boom, rumbling] -[wind howling] 1297 01:30:56,000 --> 01:31:02,560 -[rising tense tone] -[rumbling continues] 1298 01:31:05,040 --> 01:31:06,520 [in English] Tonight, an Auburn family 1299 01:31:06,600 --> 01:31:08,040 is grieving the loss of a loved one 1300 01:31:08,120 --> 01:31:10,200 killed by an avalanche in Tibet. 1301 01:31:10,240 --> 01:31:11,960 The 45-year-old was attempting to become 1302 01:31:12,000 --> 01:31:13,120 the first American woman... 1303 01:31:13,200 --> 01:31:14,800 [reporter 1] The climbers, it was reported, 1304 01:31:14,840 --> 01:31:16,440 had been racing each other 1305 01:31:16,520 --> 01:31:18,160 to become the first American woman 1306 01:31:18,200 --> 01:31:20,440 to scale all 14 peaks. 1307 01:31:20,520 --> 01:31:22,280 [reporter 2] One of the climbers was led 1308 01:31:22,360 --> 01:31:25,440 by 35-year-old Tenjen "Lama" Sherpa. 1309 01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:29,760 -[pensive music playing] -[wind howling] 1310 01:31:31,960 --> 01:31:35,080 [Kristin] I was in Copenhagen with my girlfriends. 1311 01:31:35,880 --> 01:31:38,320 Then suddenly, Thane was calling. 1312 01:31:38,360 --> 01:31:40,960 -[somber music playing] -[Kristin] "Hey, Didi." 1313 01:31:42,720 --> 01:31:45,520 No. [sobs] No. 1314 01:31:50,600 --> 01:31:54,080 No. [shaky breathing] No. 1315 01:31:56,200 --> 01:32:00,640 [sobs] No. 1316 01:32:02,840 --> 01:32:05,800 [in Norwegian] 1317 01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:07,640 [Petter over cellphone] 1318 01:32:10,120 --> 01:32:11,920 -[Petter] -Yes. 1319 01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:13,960 [Petter] 1320 01:32:15,840 --> 01:32:17,680 [repeating] 1321 01:32:19,080 --> 01:32:20,720 [repeating] 1322 01:32:24,480 --> 01:32:26,240 -[Petter] -Hmm. 1323 01:32:27,520 --> 01:32:29,080 [Petter] 1324 01:32:32,280 --> 01:32:33,160 Hmm. 1325 01:32:34,320 --> 01:32:36,360 [Petter] 1326 01:32:39,200 --> 01:32:42,040 [sorrowful string music playing] 1327 01:32:46,240 --> 01:32:47,960 [music continues] 1328 01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:50,280 [sobs, mumbles indistinctly] 1329 01:33:06,600 --> 01:33:08,680 [Kristin] I have been thinking about, 1330 01:33:08,760 --> 01:33:12,360 what if we didn't do the record? 1331 01:33:13,080 --> 01:33:14,200 If we didn't, 1332 01:33:14,280 --> 01:33:17,680 maybe he wouldn't have been picked out to go. 1333 01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:22,520 Hello. Namaste. 1334 01:33:25,120 --> 01:33:26,080 Namaste. 1335 01:33:27,640 --> 01:33:28,680 Namaste. 1336 01:33:35,080 --> 01:33:37,760 [Lama's sister, in Nepali] 1337 01:33:37,840 --> 01:33:40,920 [Lama's friend] 1338 01:33:44,640 --> 01:33:47,560 [Lama's sister] 1339 01:34:02,320 --> 01:34:04,360 [Kristin, in English] Of course I know... 1340 01:34:05,320 --> 01:34:10,560 that I've been a part of this record-chasing thing. 1341 01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:15,520 And it probably affects other people 1342 01:34:15,560 --> 01:34:18,440 to go for records. 1343 01:34:19,440 --> 01:34:22,880 And that feels wrong. 1344 01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:35,480 [Kristin] And of course, the most important thing now 1345 01:34:35,560 --> 01:34:38,920 is to make sure his kids are okay. 1346 01:34:40,520 --> 01:34:45,200 [monk chanting] 1347 01:34:55,320 --> 01:34:56,960 [crickets chirping] 1348 01:34:57,000 --> 01:34:58,880 [Kristin, in English] I cannot sleep. 1349 01:35:00,640 --> 01:35:02,600 I'm having nightmares. 1350 01:35:02,680 --> 01:35:04,200 [breathes shakily] 1351 01:35:04,280 --> 01:35:07,480 My dream is often, like, I'm just holding the rope on K2, 1352 01:35:07,560 --> 01:35:10,320 and just watching the guy hanging upside down. 1353 01:35:12,000 --> 01:35:12,880 [shaky sigh] 1354 01:35:13,480 --> 01:35:16,600 And the next moment I'm digging in the avalanche for Lama 1355 01:35:16,680 --> 01:35:18,640 to get him out of the avalanche. 1356 01:35:18,680 --> 01:35:23,400 -[pensive music playing] -[breathes deeply, sniffles] 1357 01:35:27,440 --> 01:35:29,120 Maybe the worst... 1358 01:35:31,120 --> 01:35:32,120 nightmare. 1359 01:35:34,040 --> 01:35:36,240 But awake, it's been like... 1360 01:35:39,160 --> 01:35:40,320 was he afraid? 1361 01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:42,800 Like, did he feel something before? 1362 01:35:43,280 --> 01:35:48,440 And how long time did it take before he was gone? 1363 01:35:48,480 --> 01:35:52,240 And that's been my, like, the biggest nightmare, 1364 01:35:52,320 --> 01:35:56,800 like, was he afraid? I hope not. I hope it went... 1365 01:35:58,760 --> 01:36:00,680 fast. [sighs] 1366 01:36:03,720 --> 01:36:06,800 -[raindrops pattering] -[thunder rumbling] 1367 01:36:06,840 --> 01:36:09,320 [music fading out] 1368 01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:21,320 [birds chirping] 1369 01:36:31,360 --> 01:36:32,840 [gentle music playing] 1370 01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:36,040 [Kristin] Whatever we do now, Lama is not coming back. 1371 01:36:36,520 --> 01:36:37,600 He is gone. 1372 01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:42,200 And nothing can change that. 1373 01:36:44,200 --> 01:36:47,040 And yeah, we have to live with that 1374 01:36:47,080 --> 01:36:48,600 for the rest of our life. 1375 01:36:48,680 --> 01:36:52,400 -[birds chirping] -[traffic rumbling] 1376 01:36:54,200 --> 01:36:57,840 [indistinct chatter] 1377 01:36:57,920 --> 01:36:59,320 Thank you. Thank you, we will. 1378 01:36:59,360 --> 01:37:01,400 Thank you, and I'm very glad to work together. 1379 01:37:01,440 --> 01:37:03,760 We have to use what happened 1380 01:37:03,840 --> 01:37:06,560 to make sure it's safer in the future, 1381 01:37:06,920 --> 01:37:09,160 especially for the Sherpas working in the mountain. 1382 01:37:09,200 --> 01:37:11,480 And I hope that we can make... 1383 01:37:12,440 --> 01:37:13,600 it more safe. 1384 01:37:15,120 --> 01:37:17,360 [music brightens] 1385 01:37:25,120 --> 01:37:28,320 [speaks indistinctly] 1386 01:37:32,560 --> 01:37:36,000 It's been such a massive part of my life 1387 01:37:36,040 --> 01:37:39,560 that everything has been about chasing something. 1388 01:37:41,000 --> 01:37:43,520 But I'm not in that world anymore. 1389 01:37:43,600 --> 01:37:45,560 -[in Norwegian] -Aw! 1390 01:37:47,560 --> 01:37:49,560 [in English] And it's not like I don't have any goals now. 1391 01:37:49,640 --> 01:37:53,000 I have goals also, but not in that way, 1392 01:37:53,080 --> 01:37:57,320 and not in that... rush, 1393 01:37:57,400 --> 01:37:59,600 and that you have this time thing 1394 01:37:59,680 --> 01:38:01,400 that needs to be there. 1395 01:38:02,600 --> 01:38:06,280 [chuckles, in Norwegian] 1396 01:38:06,320 --> 01:38:07,240 [chuckles] 1397 01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:13,400 [in English] I still have my sister's children, 1398 01:38:13,480 --> 01:38:15,840 and Lama's boys in Nepal, and... 1399 01:38:16,720 --> 01:38:18,040 that's really nice. 1400 01:38:18,120 --> 01:38:20,080 -[Norbu] It's like... -[Kristin] Yeah. [chuckles] 1401 01:38:20,120 --> 01:38:22,080 -Whoo! Whoo! -[Norbu] Yeah. 1402 01:38:22,160 --> 01:38:23,680 [both chuckle] 1403 01:38:23,760 --> 01:38:25,320 -Are you feeling good? -Yeah. 1404 01:38:25,400 --> 01:38:26,400 -Yeah? -[Norbu] And you? 1405 01:38:26,480 --> 01:38:28,200 I'm good. Thank you. 1406 01:38:28,960 --> 01:38:31,840 -[music concludes] -[wind howling] 1407 01:38:33,520 --> 01:38:38,000 [Kristin, interviewed] He's-- Yeah, he's just like his father. 1408 01:38:41,840 --> 01:38:45,080 It's been super nice to be with him, and... 1409 01:38:46,320 --> 01:38:50,000 I call him Lama all the time. [chuckles] 1410 01:38:52,560 --> 01:38:55,400 [light reflective music playing] 1411 01:38:55,480 --> 01:38:58,400 [Kristin] Feels like we are closer to Lama 1412 01:38:58,480 --> 01:39:00,000 when we are up here. 1413 01:39:01,240 --> 01:39:03,840 And I appreciate that. 1414 01:39:11,760 --> 01:39:15,320 [wind howling] 1415 01:40:18,680 --> 01:40:21,240 [music concluding]