But the humanistic drama peaks in its pure representation
of that age - old, man - vs - nature battle; flawlessly crafted scenes
of storm surges and ice shifts, set against the
epic real - world
scale of the Himalayan landscape, instantly miniaturise the protagonists and put into perspective, both physically and metaphorically, the insurmountable
task of surviving should Mother Nature dictate otherwise.
This likely wouldn't have been the case should they have reached the top
of the mountain and came back down again within an hour, however as you'd expect, what should have been a simple
task doesn't exactly go to plan, instead seeing a simple morning out to scatter ashes turn into an
epic adventure on a grand
scale.