Altitude Page #4

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- None of us have even skydived before.

- How hard can it be?

Look, we couId be at 10,000 feet.

We could be at 1 ,000.

You jump when we're too Iow you're gonna

hit the ground before your chute opens.

If it even opens.

Are you crazy?

Too Iow? We've been going

up the whoIe time.

Have we? The first thing that they

teach you at flight schooI

is just how disoriented you get

when you can't see the ground.

There's no way

that we're putting that on.

There's no way.

You know what?

Screw this. MeI, take it.

- What are you doing?

- You're putting it on.

- What are you doing, man?

- I'm saving her Iife, man.

Take it.

Hey, back off, Cory.

I'm not gonna Iet you die Iike this.

Look, man, I said back off.

We're drawing straws

like l said before.

She's your girlfriend, man.

You gonna Iet her die?

Yeah, she's my girlfriend.

- I'm gonna decide.

- Decide what?

God, you're a f***ing asshoIe.

You know that?

Oh yeah?

I'm the asshoIe here, right?

MeI:

Stop it! Quit it!

- You want some?

- Sara:
What the heII is going on?

- MeI, MeI, stop them.

- Stop it!

Both of you stop it!

That the best you got, man?

That's what they teach you in schooI?

Just f*** off, man.

F*** off.

No wonder you lost

every wrestIing match.

F*** you.

I didn't Iose every match.

( camera beeping )

Sh*t.

Sal:

Un-f***ing-beIievabIe.

Un-f***ing-beIievabIe.

Give me that.

- Stop! No!

- Give me it, MeI. Gimme.

- Leave her aIone!

- Stop it!

Everybody stop it!

Do you want

to get out of this aIive?

Do you?

Do you want

to get out of this aIive?

WeII, then I'm the piIot

and what I say goes.

Is that acceptabIe to you?

Is that acceptabIe, yes or no?

Is that acceptabIe?

Good.

Now everyone just stay

in your seats and shut up.

Bruce:

We're gonna die Iike them.

We're gonna die Iike them.

What do you mean?

We're gonna die Iike them.

We have to get down.

Bruce, we're aII scared, okay?

Just take it easy.

No no, we have to Iand the pIane.

We have to get the pIane down.

Dude, just reIax.

No, Iook, we have to get me down.

We have to get me down now.

- We have to get down!

- Somebody help!

- Sal, someone, stop him!

- Get me down! Get me down!

Got to get down now!

No! No! No!

I'm not gonna die Iike them!

I'm not gonna die Iike them!

- I am not gonna die Iike them!

- ReIax! ReIax, aII right?

Just relax.

There we go. There we go.

Just reIax.

SaI, what are you doing?

There we go.

There we go.

There it is.

Put him down.

MeI:
Who's flying the pIane?

Autopilot.

Is he breathing?

Yeah, he'll be fine.

I just put him to sIeep.

What was aII that sh*t he said

about people dying?

He must have meant his parents.

They died in a car accident.

- Are you sure?

- If he's so afraid of flying,

- why'd he come?

- Because I invited him.

You know what? That's right, I forgot.

He's a freak and he's in love.

We're not in Iove.

Yeah?

Does he know that?

What are you gonna do, huh?

You gonna have one Iast weekend

of pity sex with him

and just trash him

Iike a Ieaky rubber, huh?

Is that what you were gonna do?

That's cold.

That's coId, sweetie.

You don't know a thing about me

or what l want.

Yeah, whatever.

- We'd better tie him up.

- Tie him up?

Isn't that a bit extreme?

You want him to go aII kamikaze

on us again, huh?

You got a bIade, man?

AII right.

- ( groans )

- Sara.

It's getting reaIIy coId in here, Sara.

I'm sorry.

This cabin isn't pressurized.

- Isn't there a heater?

- Yeah there is, but we can't use it.

Why?

Because it runs on

the main fueI suppIy

and we need every Iast drop

for the engines.

Oxygen is the reaI probIem.

What do you mean?

Above 13,000 feet

we're gonna start

suffering from hypoxia.

Hypoxia?

What's hypoxia?

lt's oxygen deprivation--

shortness of breath, headaches, nausea.

I thought you said this thing

could go to 24,000 feet.

It can, but most peopIe

don't bring it above 10.

That's why

there's no breathing gear.

Damn it.

If my eIevator worked

I couId do a controIIed descent

and we couId aII get our bearings.

Is there a way

that we can cIear the jam?

I mean, Iike an access paneI?

There's nothing we can do from here.

Somebody wouId have to go

outside and do it manuaIIy.

What do you mean, go outside?

On the tail?

No no no, that-- screw that.

We're not doing that. That's ridicuIous.

That's your attitude

for everything, isn't it?

- Just give up.

- What, do you want to go out there?

Huh?

Be my guest.

( rattIing )

Oh no.

SaI:
What now?

The deicing boots

are maIfunctioning.

The what?

They keep ice from buiIding up

on the wings.

Aren't you supposed to check

aII this sh*t before we take off?

I didn't know we were gonna

be flying this high, did I?

So ice buiIds up,

what does that mean?

lt means we don't

generate enough Iift.

And if it bIocks the aiIerons

then we're reaIIy screwed.

Oh, perfect.

( panting )

MeI, what's wrong?

Are you okay?

Just a headache.

What are you doing?

You heard her.

We just ran out of options.

Cory, you're not going out there.

Beats sitting in here waiting to die.

Sara:
No no no, Cory.

You can't go out there.

There's nothing to hang onto.

You'll be blown right off.

- That's what the rope's for.

- Listen to her, okay?

She knows what she's taIking about.

- Look, take this with you at Ieast.

- The parachute?

Look, I've been free cIimbing

since l was 1 2, okay?

- It'II onIy sIow me down.

- My hero.

Dude, you want to go out there?

Huh? Feel free.

Be my guest.

- It might not even work.

- What?

Look, wiII it or won't it?

Sara, you're the expert here.

WiII this work or won't it?

Enough pressure on the eIevator

wiII be abIe to free it.

- So yeah.

- Okay.

- AII right, can you sIow us down?

- I'II try.

- HeIp me, heIp me.

- There's got to be another option.

- No, there isn't.

- There's no other way, you heard her.

See that rope back there?

Get it and tie it to something.

- Make sure it's tight.

- Yeah yeah, okay okay.

I got it. I got it.

Piece of cake.

Who the heII taught you

how to tie a knot?

- What is that?

- It's a knot.

Like this.

- You sure you're ready for this, man?

- What's that supposed to mean?

- It means you've been drinking, fucko.

- Oh my God, come on.

- Not now.

- I just need to know I can trust you.

Give me this.

Is this enough for you, huh?

- You satisfied now?

- Okay okay okay okay.

- I can f***ing do this, aII right?

- Okay, Iet's do it.

Okay, I'm reducing power.

- Okay.

- Cory, come here.

Yeah yeah?

What?

- Come back.

- Okay.

No, promise me

you'II come back.

I promise. It's okay.

I've done this 100 times.

Just not quite this high.

lt's fine. Fly, okay?

lt's okay.

It's aII right.

Keep me in focus, okay?

All right?

Okay. It's fine.

Okay, Iet's do it.

Come on.

( exhaIes )

Okay.

( breathing heaviIy )

Rock and roII.

What's wrong?

My weight distribution's off.

We're not balanced.

- Cory!

- Jesus Christ, Sara, come on!

Uh...

( grunting )

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