Throughout, the filmmakers keep you aware of the elevation and the time of day and how
much reaching the summit means for the civilian climbers.
Not exact matches
«The question, as Dave put it one night, was, who would be willing to put his energy into the West Ridge, with failure as a not unlikely outcome, when
reaching the
summit by the South Col seemed so
much more assured?»
If you can
reach the top of the
summit at a young age, you'll be amazed at how
much more there is out there for you to explore.
Images of distant mountain peaks suggest that the satisfaction of
reaching the
summit will be short - lived — that the climber's desire for greater heights is unquenchable,
much like contemporary society's constant desire for new thrills.