Poorna Page #4

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You want to be someone like Junko Tabei?

Poorna, come on out!

How much will you dress up?

Your wedding is not taking place today!

His family is here.

Come and serve tea.

If she climbs mountains,

are you going to do the cooking?

And you think 5,000 rupees

is enough for her wedding?

Where the hell were you?

Go, get Poorna!

Get ready, Poorna,

Mr. Praveen has given the go ahead.

You are going to Darjeeling tomorrow.

- Hello, Mr. Shekhar!

- Hi. Hi!

My name is Jyoti. From HMI.

Instructor, sir.

These are my colleagues.

This is Tenzing and this is Dawa, sir.

- Come on! Let's go, let's go, let's go!

- Okay, sir. This way! This way.

Which are the highest peaks

in and around Darjeeling?

- Hello, Shekhar.

- Oh, hi, sir!

- How are you?

- Very well, sir.

Welcome back.

Sir, this is Parmesh.

He works with me at Transcend.

- Welcome.

- Hello, sir.

- Good morning, everyone.

- Good morning, sir!

Are you feeling cold?

- Yes, sir!

- So am I.

Children, this is Colonel Khan,

the principal of HMI

and a reputed climber in his own right.

I wouldn't know about that.

What I do know is that for the next

four weeks, this is going to be your home.

Thank you, sir.

Sir, these children are very special.

I imagine so.

They must be special

if they've come from so far away.

Tell me more about them.

Sir, these kids

have displayed determination

of the kind one only sees

in experienced climbers.

And ability?

Plenty of it, but we need you

and HMI to make them top class.

So what's the delay?

- Ah, Jyoti!

- Yes, sir!

You have come at the right time.

Take them out for a jog.

Okay, sir.

- Come, let's have a cup of tea.

- Okay, sir.

Yes, but we all know the eastern side

of Nanda Devi is the trickiest.

Sir!

How was their performance, Jyoti?

Sir, they went up to Tiger Hill.

Excellent! Timing?

Two hours and seven minutes, sir.

"Thy world is full of

possibilities limitless!"

"Opportunities endless", gentlemen!

Praveen Kumar is a man of few words,

- but when he says something...

- Then he is seldom wrong, sir.

Come on then. Let's make

mountaineers out of these kids.

Next is the ice hammer.

It has three parts.

Handle grip, hammer and pick.

These are crampons

with anti snowballing plates.

I could've never crossed the

Khumbu Icefall on Everest without these.

Now, Mr. Shubhendu

will show you stomach rappelling.

Children, now is the big challenge.

Climbing Mount Renock

with 20 pounds of weight.

Always keep in mind,

nobody comes first or last in climbing.

We all climb together.

Okay, everybody, listen up.

Come here.

So, this is the route

that we are going to follow.

We will first trek

up to Bakhim at 9,000 feet.

From there we have to reach

Zongri at 13,200 feet.

From there, up the pass to Chauri Khang.

Children, the climb from here up

will be difficult.

And finally the rock face

to the summit of Renock at 16,500 feet.

We have come to the point where

the instructors have no role to play.

All the techniques that

you have been taught

will have to be used

to get to the top of Renock.

From here onwards,

the instructors will only be observers.

- Poorna, you will take the lead.

- Yes, sir.

- And Anand, you go at the rear.

- Yes, sir!

All right, come on everyone.

Fall into formation.

Everybody switch to the ascender!

Sindhu, take the lead.

Kumar! Ethiraj! Watch out!

3,500 meters more to go.

Next stop is Chauri Khang. Come on.

Let's go, let's go!

Well done, Poorna. You led very well!

Thank you, sir.

- Thanks, Dawa.

- Meet Major Sharma, Indian Army.

- You climb very skillfully.

- Thank you, sir.

Children, you have broken

Mount Renock's national record.

The Indian Army salutes

your little army.

Well done.

Now we have a surprise for you.

Somebody has come to see you

from thousands of miles away.

Look there!

Hello! Hello! Hello!

- Hello! Hello!

- Hello, sir!

Hi! How are you?

Fine, sir!

How are you?

- Fine, sir!

- All well?

Sir, photo!

- Photo?

- Yes, sir!

Okay!

- Hello, Parmesh.

- Hello, sir!

- Shekhar Babu.

- Hello, sir!

- Nice to meet you.

- Welcome, sir.

- Mr. Praveen Kumar!

- Colonel.

- Photo opportunity!

- Thank you for everything you have done.

My pleasure!

Children love taking pictures.

Idli!

Congratulations, Poorna and Anand,

for being the best climbers.

Look, people climb Everest because

it is the highest point on earth.

But your reason to climb Everest, has

to be bigger than the mountain itself.

So, who is going to be the first

to tell us their reason?

Sir.

Sir, when my father got to know about

your school, he immediately applied

because he believes

education can change your fate.

Operation Everest,

is that opportunity for me.

Thank you, Anand.

What is your reason, child?

Poorna, don't be afraid.

Say whatever you feel.

Sir. I don't know what to say,

please, select me.

Okay.

Poorna,

Anand's and your Everest

expedition training starts today.

But you will only be selected

when you have an answer

to this question.

Okay?

6.8 million!

This is crazy!

3.4 million per child?

Less than one cent per tax payer.

Will you give me a solid reason

to sign this or not?

Not everything is about revenue, Meena.

You two, please! Meena,

how do we take this proposal forward?

Secretary of Social Welfare

will take all precautions.

- If anything goes wrong...

- One second. What is the hurry?

Why can't we wait?

Sir, for?

What sir is saying is, this

can happen next year as well, right?

- Exactly!

- There is no next, sir. Next is now!

Praveen, you are ready

to take this risk.

But what about the children's parents?

If I was in your place, perhaps

I would not have signed this waiver.

Do you have any idea

what's written in this?

- Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

Mr. Mannan explained it to us.

If anything happens on Everest,

even the body does not return.

She will climb, sir.

After all, you are there.

Climbers enter the Death Zone

at 26,000 feet above sea level.

Your psycho motor skills slow down.

Forget about doing anything, even

thinking clearly becomes a challenge.

Under incredible stress

your vital organs begin to fail.

The body literally starts to die.

If there is any weakness

in a climber's cardio vascular function,

the final ascent is impossible.

Hypoxia and hypothermia

at high altitude are the silent killers.

The loss of blood makes you

lose perspective of time and space.

Even your thought process

becomes difficult.

Many of my fellow climbers

have summited Everest,

with an imaginary friend by their side.

Hello, who is speaking?

She is climbing.

Poorna!

- Sir?

- There is a call for you.

Sir, I'll reach the top and come back.

She will call you back in a while.

Priya!

Priya!

Priya.

Priya, it's me, Poorna!

Why isn't she saying anything?

Priya. Are you okay?

Doctor, excuse me.

What's happened to her?

- Patient's name?

- Priya, sir.

Yes. She is too weak

to have carried twins.

She has a weak uterus

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