Into Thin Air: Death on Everest Page #4

Very disrespectful.

I don't know what to say. Americans

look at these things differently.

We're not in America.

Ang Dorje, I can't tell her...

what she can and can't do.

Besides, other people

are doing the same thing.

Base camp is one thing.

Past base camp is another.

It's forbidden.

- You're not listening to me.

- I'm listening.

I can't run my outft

based on some superstition.

Mother Goddess of the Earth

will become very angry.

The Sherpas made me feel uneasy with

their talk of Everest taking revenge.

I was uncertain that the others

in the group felt the same way.

Like Beck, whose fears were hidden

beneath his laid-back Texas drawl.

You hurt as much as I do?

I just keep telling myself

it's worth it.

It's worth it because it's Everest!

Race you to the top!

Hey, it's the Taiwanese.

What the hell are they doing here?

It's getting too damn crowded

on this route.

They agreed not to start climbing

till tomorrow.

- Hey, Krakauer.

- Hey, man.

Hey, the ice is too slick

for those boot liners!

Boots! Get your boots on!

Boots!

I had never been on a climb

where anyone had been killed.

I had yet to learn that year

after year on Everest...

climbers pay for their arrogance

with their lives.

You only hope

that when tragedy strikes...

it happens to someone else.

Okay. Come on.

Easy, Dale. Easy.

The Sherpas will break trail

and climb ahead.

Lopsang and Ang Dorje

will begin to fix the ropes.

Fixed ropes are the key

to bagging this summit.

Without them, we'll get

a logjam on the route...

and we'll lose time.

If we lose time, we'll lose our window

of opportunity. Everyone understand?

Yes, yes.

Understand.

All right.

Those of you in my group...

don't forget you've been supplied

with loaded syringes of Decadron...

which reduces swelling of the brain

in case you get edema.

But remember...

you don't use it

unless you have to.

All right?

And don't get killed. You won't

get invited back on any more climbs.

Easy does it.

If we get a logjam on that mountain,

you know rescue is almost impossible.

At that altitude, we might as well

be on the moon.

I like to let my people

make their own decisions.

Things can happen

very fast up there.

That's how people die, Scott.

Not my crew.

We're invincible!

Come on, Dale.

Time to take you down.

You got all the signs

of cerebral edema.

- Just let me rest.

- Can't do that.

You shouldn't do this alone.

I need you to stay here

with the clients, Beidleman.

You too, Lopsang.

- Get your feet under you, Dale.

- Come on.

Give me your arm. Other arm.

That's it. Come on.

- I got him.

- You're not going to wear yourself out?

Not going to happen.

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