Himalaya Page #5

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like committing suicide.

What kind of rescue team

would go out in this weather?

You know that he'll die spending

the night out there.

I'm not on my own here.

What about my team? I'm their captain.

Do I leave them here and risk my life?

Or do I order them to risk their lives?

You bastard!

Saving someone comes first!

Honestly, it was hard getting this chance.

If I fail this time, I might never come back.

I'm really sorry.

Without people,

the mountain has no meaning.

Jung-bok.

The rescue team can't come.

Don't be stubborn. Why don't you come down?

No, I'm going up-

Jung-bok!

It's night, and you're going

to Second Step alone?

Think of it the other way around.

If we were up there instead,

Mootaek would definitely come up for us.

Jung-bok.

It's minus 30 degrees out there.

Even if you find him,

there's nothing you can do!

If you think about it too much,

you can't climb.

I'll come right back.

Hey, there's still hope, why are you crying?

Sing a song instead.

I'm sorry.

Jung-bok!

Jung-bok!

Don't do it!

Don't go up, Jung-bok!

Listen to what I tell you!

Jung-bok!

This is the Korean team!

We have a member stuck in Second Step.

And another member is missing.

If there is anybody nearby,

please send a rescue team!

Please help us! Please!

No, not at this hour.

With this wind, impossible.

It's too dangerous now.

We have a member stuck in Second Step.

He's still alive.

He's still alive! He's still alive...

Please help...Please help us...

You a**holes! I know you can hear me!

A man's about to die! Do something!

This is the Korean team.

We have a member stuck in Second Step.

And another member is missing. Please help us..

Wow, that's amazing.

Korea has such a long history of climbing.

Who do you think was the greatest climber?

Was it yourself, perhaps?

Not long ago,

while descending from the peak of Everest,

climbers PARK Mootaek and JEONG Jae-hun

had an accident.

It was in the Death Zone, at 8750m.

The sun had already fallen,

and scared of the thin air and hostile weather,

nobody else went out to save them.

Because it would've been suicide.

But at that time,

one person set out after them.

That was climber PARK Jung-bok.

In the minus 40 degree pitch black night,

he climbed with unbelievable strength

through the night

past Everest's most difficult stretch at 8600m.

At 6 AM the next day, he...

...he finally met PARK Mootaek.

And to keep him from dying alone,

he stayed with him until the end.

Then he too met the same fate as Mootaek.

Even if no one remembers it,

I believe PARK Jung-bok's climb that night

was the loneliest,

but greatest climb in

Korea's history of mountaineering.

I never thought about that.

Am I sad to come down, after trudging up?

Yes.

You need to go down,

you're not going to live there!

Why are you asking me such hard questions?

Cut, out!

You need to come down.

I have a family and a home.

- Can I say something?

- Sure.

If you have a message for someone...

Yes, time to come down.

You need to come home.

See your parents, and Su-young...

That's impossible.

It's dangerous enough going up on your own.

But to carry a body?

Throughout the Himalayas

you can see lost climbers.

Some hanging, some buried,

some splayed out in the open.

- Dong-gyu!

- Hear me out!

That is our fate!

What fate?

You know that, a climber's fate!

That's our destiny.

PARK Mootaek, JEONG Jae-hun, PARK Jung-bok.

They became a part of the mountain.

That's the end!

It ends at 8750m.

Leave them there.

Why send someone up

where you can't even breathe?

Then I'll go myself.

Captain!

I need to get him. He needs to come down.

What's gotten into you?

He needs to come down,

is he going to live there?

When I think of those two,

I want to set off at once.

But I just got a job,

and...

Hey, Bae-su...

Yes?

So you're engaged?

Yes, I am.

Hey, congratulations.

Just focus on the wedding.

It's okay, have a drink.

I'm sorry.

You throw them the food, and they eat it.

Actually it's not easy here.

But I can handle it. And the air is nice.

Lots of time to think.

Really...

To be honest, I'm scared.

Since that day.

Once climbers lose their nerve, it's over.

I haven't climbed for ages.

What help would I be?

I'd just slow you down, Captain.

Mu-young.

I know how hard you tried that day.

So don't ever feel guilty about it, okay?

See you.

Bye. Go ahead, driver!

It's okay, I understand.

I thought I should ask you for courtesy's sake.

I just came to let you know.

I'm really sorry.

If there's any way I can help, call me.

Sure.

Take care of yourself.

There were times when I hated Mootaek.

I wanted to go to the summit too.

But you always chose Mootaek.

Each time I reproached myself.

Is it because I'm a woman?

Am I not good enough?

Myung-ae, I'm sorry.

I didn't know you felt that way.

I always appreciated your dedication...

Mootaek did too.

Myung-ae, to me you're always the best.

If you felt that way, it's my fault.

Forgive me.

Climbers always come in groups,

why are you alone?

I know...why so quiet on a rainy day?

Young people won't come to a place like this.

You can't escape from me.

I'll raise the funding somehow.

You assemble a team.

Thank you.

Ma'am, another shot glass please!

And three more!

Where are you off to without us?

Captain, a woman never says yes

the first time, okay?

A woman? Who, you?

You've got a death wish, I see!

Wow, all the original members are here.

Except Mootaek and Jung-bok...

Hong-gil.

That a**hole?

What the hell are you doing here?

Chul-go, come here.

It's okay, sit down.

I called him.

Hong-gill

Chul-go was the first to agree to go.

Have a seat.

I'd have done the same thing in his situation.

If we can't understand

a fellow mountaineer, who will?

Thank you so much.

Let's go. We'll find Mootaek,

Jung-bok, and Jae-hun

and bring them home!

Yes.

- Let's go.

- Let's go.

On this expedition, our goal is not the summit.

So we won't receive any glory or reward.

The search area is at 8700m, higher than K2.

In the thin air and bitter cold,

food and oxygen tanks must be

hauled up repeatedly

to a camp located at 8300m.

The time we spend will be more difficult

and painful than ever.

But we can't afford to rest.

Because the monsoon will be starting soon.

If we can't find Mootaek, Jung-bok

and Jae-hun by then,

blizzards will erase any trace of them.

We need to summon our utmost determination.

We are attempting something that

has never been done before.

Let's not be afraid.

In climbing, we begin at our endpoint.

Where we go, a new path appears,

and a different route.

We ascend together, and descend together.

From today, we are united

as the Human Expedition.

Avalanche!

Avalanche!

Avalanche!

Avalanche!

Captain!

Captain!

Captain! Captain!

Captain! Captain!

Over here.

Dig quickly! Dig!

One,

two, three...

One, two, three...

Captain, are you okay?

I'm okay...I'm okay.

"CAMP 3, DAY 31"

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