Anatoli BoukreevWe don't need competition between people. There is competition between every person and this mountain. The last word always belongs to the mountain.
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Rob HallYou, my friends, are following in the very footsteps of history...
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Scott FischerYou know what they say, man. It's not the altitude, it's the attitude.
Doug HansenI'm climbing Mount Everest... because I can... because to be able to climb that high and see that kind of beauty that nobody ever sees, it'd be a crime not to.
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Rob HallHuman beings simply aren't built to function at the cruising altitude of a 747. Okay, once we get above here, above the South Col, our bodies will be literally dying. And I mean literally dying. It's not called the Death Zone for nothing.
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Title CardEdmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to summit Everest. Over the next 40 years, only top professional climbers attempted the same feat. One in four died.
Title Card1992: New Zealander Rob Hall pioneered the concept of commercial guiding on Everest for amateur climbers. Over the next four years his team, Adventure Consultants, successfully led 19 clients to summit without a single fatality.
Title Card1996: Other commercial operators follow Rob Hall's lead, including Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness. More than 20 expeditions compete to summit Everest in the same two week window.
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Rob HallHead down, one step at a time. That's how it is done.
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Caroline MacKenzieFrom a medical standpoint getting you to the top of Everest is really about oxygen. And the lack of it. To give you the best chance of summiting you need to prepare your bodies for the thin air up there.
Rob HallCan you just listen up? Guys? We got 2,000 feet, 600 vertical meters to Camp Four. It's roped all the way, so I know you can make it. Now, once we get to the yellow band we're gonna regroup, put on the masks, turn on the gas. Make sense?
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Jon KrakauerI've gotta ask the question and you know I do. Why?
Helen WiltonThat's the cooking tent, and over there is the toilet. It's a little bit drafty, but just remember that when the wind gets up here, you've got the same view that George Everest did.
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Yasuko NambaI have reached six of the seven summits. So now of course I must reach the seventh.