Everest Page #2

You lead the way, pal.

You all right?

Yes.

Guys, man wants to

see your climbing permits.

Need to see all your

climbing permits!

Namaste.

Thank you very much,

we'll see you on the way back.

Thank you very much.

- All good?

- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you?

Yeah.

Hey, uh...

Thanks, Rob.

Thanks for what?

You know, the discount.

Well, you're working

three jobs, Doug.

It was the least

I could do, mate.

I know, you didn't have to do it,

though, and I appreciate it.

Let's just get you

to the top this time.

Yeah.

How you feeling, Beck?

Fair to middling.

Come on, buddy, you can do it.

Thought I was gonna

acclimatize faster than this.

Uh, you'll be all right.

Darn critters.

Whoo!

Wow.

Yeah.

How close did you get?

Well, I got real close

but it got late and I was

pretty shot anyways.

Well, I think I would

have made a run for it.

Every day I wake

up thinking that.

Then why didn't you do it?

'Cause I turned him around.

Morning 15 at the South Summit,

bad conditions,

we weren't gonna make

our 2:
00 p.m. turnaround.

See, it's all good and well

to make the top, Beck,

but you pay me to

bring you down safely.

Remember that.

Okay.

What's eating him?

One of our Sherpas, Tenzing.

He had an accident.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Fell while fixing one of

the ladders on the Icefall.

It's not good.

They had to bring him down.

Namaste.

Namaste.

Congratulations, you all made it.

Welcome to Base Camp!

We got the United

Nations here this year.

Got the IMAX team,

South Africans.

And right up here

in the best spot of all

we have the Adventure

Consultants Base Camp.

Hey, Helen.

Hey. Hi, how are you?

Good to see you. Thank you.

Welcome, nice to see you.

Hi, Rob.

Hey.

Well done, you all right?

Yeah, good. You?

- Yeah, no, we're good.

- It looks good.

For those of you that haven't met,

this is Helen Wilton,

Base Camp manager.

She will be your mom

for the next few weeks.

Any problems, take it to

her and she'll sort it.

All right, well, it's very nice

to finally meet

you all in person.

Ang Dorjee, come here.

This is Ang Dorjee, everyone.

He's your climbing sirdar,

your lead Sherpa.

Hey, how are ya?

You speak English?

Better than you, Mr. America.

Bet you climb better than I do, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah?

Summited three times, Beck.

All right, all right.

I hear ya, I hear ya.

All right, well, there's

tea in the mess tent

when you've dumped your sacks

and the comms

tent's down the back,

that's the cooking tent,

and over there

is the toilet.

It's a little bit drafty,

but just remember that

when the wind gets

up here, you've got

the same view that

George Everest did.

For those of you who

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