I really enjoyed this film. There are plenty of other documentaries simply telling the stories of peoples' experience and journey to climb Everest and the inevitable risks involved, but this is different. It is not about individual egos but instead how a group of knowledgeable, specialist scientists from multiple academic disciplines came together with expert mountaineering guides and sherpas to learn from each other and help make the expedition a success. The result is that there is actual real data, collected in ways never tried before to build a credible picture of what is happening in the high altitude environment and how this can be useful for climate predictions and the future for all of us. I especially liked how they overcame the problem of missing equipment at 8000m+ with resourcefulness and gaffer tape!
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More preachy, mainstream faux science
remindeer28 September 2021
I thought this was going to be a nice film about the dangers of trying to climb Mt. Everest, instead its just another preachy show that whines nonstop about 'global warming' and overpopulation. They should just shut up and climb the actual mountain instead of lecturing the viewer the whole time. Avoid this garbage.
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