1 00:00:00,723 --> 00:00:03,306 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:13,454 --> 00:00:14,751 - Did you ever realize, children, 3 00:00:14,751 --> 00:00:17,715 for thousands of years, people feared mountains? 4 00:00:17,715 --> 00:00:20,136 It was an irrational fear of the unknown. 5 00:00:20,136 --> 00:00:21,907 Afraid of mountains that created 6 00:00:21,907 --> 00:00:23,811 impossible barriers dividing Europe, 7 00:00:23,811 --> 00:00:25,896 even mountain passes were crossed 8 00:00:25,896 --> 00:00:27,710 with superstitious fear. 9 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:29,950 What devil, what demon was lurking there 10 00:00:29,950 --> 00:00:32,541 to catch the frightened traveler? 11 00:00:32,541 --> 00:00:33,374 - Huh? 12 00:00:34,784 --> 00:00:37,117 (shrieking) 13 00:00:39,849 --> 00:00:42,182 (screaming) 14 00:00:45,897 --> 00:00:47,577 - That was dumb, being so scared. 15 00:00:47,577 --> 00:00:49,571 Yeah, we wouldn't have been scared. 16 00:00:49,571 --> 00:00:50,599 - What, me scared? 17 00:00:50,599 --> 00:00:51,432 No way. 18 00:00:52,857 --> 00:00:55,107 (laughing) 19 00:00:58,115 --> 00:00:59,603 - Mountain climbing really started 20 00:00:59,603 --> 00:01:02,110 being practiced in 1492. 21 00:01:02,110 --> 00:01:03,657 Anyone remember that date? 22 00:01:03,657 --> 00:01:05,747 What does it remind you of? 23 00:01:05,747 --> 00:01:08,634 (laughing) 24 00:01:08,634 --> 00:01:11,590 - 1492, Columbus goes to America. 25 00:01:11,590 --> 00:01:13,811 - You're right, all right, but now 26 00:01:13,811 --> 00:01:15,429 I'm speaking about France. 27 00:01:15,429 --> 00:01:17,420 One day, King Charles VIII summoned 28 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:19,401 one of his gallant captains, a certain 29 00:01:19,401 --> 00:01:21,549 Antoine de Ville. 30 00:01:21,549 --> 00:01:22,787 - It is not our pleasure to be 31 00:01:22,787 --> 00:01:24,598 confined behind unexplored mountains 32 00:01:24,598 --> 00:01:27,286 that make my subjects cringe before them. 33 00:01:27,286 --> 00:01:29,503 And you have been chosen to aid us in this task. 34 00:01:29,503 --> 00:01:31,411 It is our wish that you lead an expedition 35 00:01:31,411 --> 00:01:34,563 to explore the summits and inform us of the situation. 36 00:01:34,563 --> 00:01:36,261 A royal notary will accompany you 37 00:01:36,261 --> 00:01:37,814 and record your experience. 38 00:01:37,814 --> 00:01:40,350 - Your Majesty, hello. 39 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:42,021 - [Storyteller] And here's the expedition underway 40 00:01:42,021 --> 00:01:43,490 in the Isere region of France. 41 00:01:43,490 --> 00:01:45,567 As you see, their clothes bear little resemblance 42 00:01:45,567 --> 00:01:48,801 to those of modern mountain climbers. 43 00:01:48,801 --> 00:01:50,467 There's a stone cutter, because who knows, 44 00:01:50,467 --> 00:01:54,526 they may find material for building churches. 45 00:01:54,526 --> 00:01:56,308 A ladder maker, who knows, maybe 46 00:01:56,308 --> 00:01:59,181 they'll need the ladders to climb up. 47 00:01:59,181 --> 00:02:01,322 And all sorts of artists and craftsmen. 48 00:02:01,322 --> 00:02:03,405 Men-at-arms to ward off danger. 49 00:02:03,405 --> 00:02:05,235 Members of the clergy in case evil spirits 50 00:02:05,235 --> 00:02:06,987 have to be dealt with. 51 00:02:06,987 --> 00:02:09,582 - Hey wait, slow down, wait. 52 00:02:09,582 --> 00:02:11,333 - What's surprising is that some of them 53 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:13,774 actually made the summit of Mount Aiguille 54 00:02:13,774 --> 00:02:16,283 over 2,000 meters high. 55 00:02:16,283 --> 00:02:17,392 - I'm gonna write it down. 56 00:02:17,392 --> 00:02:18,232 I'll write down everything. 57 00:02:18,232 --> 00:02:19,271 What's happening, what's happening? 58 00:02:19,271 --> 00:02:20,723 - The captain's all the way up 59 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:22,549 and you gotta go up there write it. 60 00:02:22,549 --> 00:02:24,132 - Who me, up there? 61 00:02:25,948 --> 00:02:27,696 - If you want, take my ladder. 62 00:02:27,696 --> 00:02:28,529 (laughing) 63 00:02:28,529 --> 00:02:31,372 - No, no need, I'll attest to it right here. 64 00:02:31,372 --> 00:02:33,335 I, royal notary to the king, I do 65 00:02:33,335 --> 00:02:36,221 herewith swear upon oath in June of 1492, 66 00:02:36,221 --> 00:02:38,153 Captain Antoine de Ville reached the top 67 00:02:38,153 --> 00:02:41,237 of Mont Aiguille in the Dauphine mountains, 68 00:02:41,237 --> 00:02:44,339 thus climbing to a height of 2,000 meters. 69 00:02:44,339 --> 00:02:45,871 - And that was the start of people 70 00:02:45,871 --> 00:02:47,870 confronting the slopes and conquering them. 71 00:02:47,870 --> 00:02:49,616 Time went by, and over the centuries, 72 00:02:49,616 --> 00:02:50,971 men climbed higher and higher, 73 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:54,024 conquering mountains more and more difficult. 74 00:02:54,024 --> 00:02:56,730 Naturally, there were sometimes tragic incidents, 75 00:02:56,730 --> 00:02:58,842 but nothing could stop these adventurous climbers. 76 00:02:58,842 --> 00:03:01,509 (ominous music) 77 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:05,417 (yelling) 78 00:03:08,381 --> 00:03:10,590 In 1950, two Frenchmen, Maurice Herzog 79 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:12,422 and Louis Lachenal, set off to conquer 80 00:03:12,422 --> 00:03:13,989 a mountain in the Himalayas 81 00:03:13,989 --> 00:03:16,170 and they reached the summit of Annapurna, 82 00:03:16,170 --> 00:03:19,354 the first time had climbed 8,000 meters. 83 00:03:19,354 --> 00:03:21,251 But the highest in the world, Mount Everest, 84 00:03:21,251 --> 00:03:24,418 had yet to be conquered, 8,848 meters. 85 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,240 In 1953, a British expedition arrives at Kathmandu, Nepal. 86 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,490 (plane engine roaring) 87 00:03:36,492 --> 00:03:39,594 - Tenzing Norgay, I am your Sherpa. 88 00:03:39,594 --> 00:03:41,953 - Edmund Hillary, a mountaineer. 89 00:03:41,953 --> 00:03:43,603 - John Hunt, British Army. 90 00:03:43,603 --> 00:03:45,218 I'm in charge of the expedition. 91 00:03:45,218 --> 00:03:47,560 - These are some betters who will accompany us. 92 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,649 (cackling) 93 00:03:48,649 --> 00:03:49,841 We will set off tomorrow. 94 00:03:49,841 --> 00:03:51,241 You have time to visit Kathmandu. 95 00:03:51,241 --> 00:03:52,910 You will find it interesting. 96 00:03:52,910 --> 00:03:55,910 (adventurous music) 97 00:03:57,595 --> 00:04:01,678 (chattering in foreign language) 98 00:04:03,252 --> 00:04:06,002 (giggling) 99 00:04:06,002 --> 00:04:06,835 Oh. 100 00:04:10,176 --> 00:04:11,530 (cackling) 101 00:04:11,530 --> 00:04:12,568 - What is that? 102 00:04:12,568 --> 00:04:14,952 - The hair of yeti, it's a very bad. 103 00:04:14,952 --> 00:04:16,425 - It is a genuine yeti scalp. 104 00:04:16,425 --> 00:04:18,170 Most rare, very few in the world, 105 00:04:18,170 --> 00:04:21,388 but most reasonable for you because you are connoisseurs. 106 00:04:21,388 --> 00:04:23,420 Have a close look. 107 00:04:23,420 --> 00:04:24,476 - Curious. 108 00:04:24,476 --> 00:04:26,338 Real hair, stiff and short. 109 00:04:26,338 --> 00:04:28,646 I've already a head this shape in drawings. 110 00:04:28,646 --> 00:04:30,298 Tell me, where did this come from? 111 00:04:30,298 --> 00:04:32,079 - A valley at the foot of the Himalayas 112 00:04:32,079 --> 00:04:34,242 near the monastery of Beling. 113 00:04:34,242 --> 00:04:37,128 Rare but for you I will make a special price. 114 00:04:37,128 --> 00:04:37,961 - Ahh. 115 00:04:37,961 --> 00:04:39,802 - 1,000 rupees, just a pittance. 116 00:04:39,802 --> 00:04:41,698 - I'll pay half that. 117 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:44,475 - Impossible, now hear sir, yetis are rare. 118 00:04:44,475 --> 00:04:46,917 They are almost non-existent. 119 00:04:46,917 --> 00:04:48,813 It could be yours for 900. 120 00:04:48,813 --> 00:04:51,137 - 600. - Why even discuss it. 121 00:04:51,137 --> 00:04:53,235 We must buy this skull. 122 00:04:53,235 --> 00:04:55,312 - 800 is the price, it's unique. 123 00:04:55,312 --> 00:04:56,649 - 700. 124 00:04:56,649 --> 00:04:59,399 - 750 that is what I paid for it. 125 00:05:00,922 --> 00:05:04,422 - Here you are. (laughing) 126 00:05:06,409 --> 00:05:09,141 - Patel I must now have another yeti skull. 127 00:05:09,141 --> 00:05:11,252 - That will be easy. 128 00:05:11,252 --> 00:05:14,335 (light upbeat music) 129 00:05:21,945 --> 00:05:25,008 - That's fine, now I will turn it into a yeti skull. 130 00:05:25,008 --> 00:05:27,258 (laughter) 131 00:05:29,302 --> 00:05:31,713 There we are, a genuine yeti skull. 132 00:05:31,713 --> 00:05:34,630 (light soft music) 133 00:05:40,359 --> 00:05:42,849 (children crying) 134 00:05:42,849 --> 00:05:45,604 (light soft music) 135 00:05:45,604 --> 00:05:48,492 (pail banging) 136 00:05:48,492 --> 00:05:50,884 - That is one thing you must never do sir. 137 00:05:50,884 --> 00:05:53,210 Here people fear yetis. 138 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:57,534 - Come on it's time we started our preparations. 139 00:05:57,534 --> 00:06:00,117 (cars zooming) 140 00:06:05,091 --> 00:06:08,008 (light soft music) 141 00:06:10,455 --> 00:06:13,275 - The road ends here, we now start walking. 142 00:06:13,275 --> 00:06:16,192 (light soft music) 143 00:06:17,187 --> 00:06:18,987 - This is really fabulous scenery. 144 00:06:18,987 --> 00:06:20,469 - We still have a long way to go. 145 00:06:20,469 --> 00:06:23,386 (light soft music) 146 00:06:32,055 --> 00:06:34,888 (heavy breathing) 147 00:06:37,167 --> 00:06:39,334 (snoring) 148 00:06:42,507 --> 00:06:46,629 - Ah ah, let's go, everybody up, we're leaving. 149 00:06:46,629 --> 00:06:48,064 - We're too tired. 150 00:06:48,064 --> 00:06:50,902 We do all the work, we need our sleep. 151 00:06:50,902 --> 00:06:53,985 Right boss, it was only a suggestion. 152 00:06:58,389 --> 00:06:59,222 - Careful. 153 00:07:00,374 --> 00:07:03,958 (light soft music) 154 00:07:03,958 --> 00:07:05,917 His bite can bring death. 155 00:07:05,917 --> 00:07:06,750 - Oh ah. 156 00:07:08,675 --> 00:07:11,592 (light soft music) 157 00:07:13,129 --> 00:07:14,998 - Halt, it is a very narrow log. 158 00:07:14,998 --> 00:07:16,998 We all go one at a time. 159 00:07:19,582 --> 00:07:20,665 Now next man. 160 00:07:24,172 --> 00:07:25,005 - Ha ha. 161 00:07:26,068 --> 00:07:28,318 (groaning) 162 00:07:34,864 --> 00:07:37,781 (water splashing) 163 00:07:37,781 --> 00:07:39,827 (laughter) 164 00:07:39,827 --> 00:07:42,501 - Well it takes a little getting used to. 165 00:07:42,501 --> 00:07:45,418 (light soft music) 166 00:07:50,751 --> 00:07:52,186 - Let's go. 167 00:07:52,186 --> 00:07:55,354 (light soft music) 168 00:07:55,354 --> 00:07:56,354 Have a look. 169 00:07:57,332 --> 00:07:59,915 (upbeat music) 170 00:08:02,199 --> 00:08:04,840 Shumo Lumina, the goddess of snow. 171 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,619 For you Mt. Everest. 172 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:10,267 - The roof of the world and no one's gone to the top. 173 00:08:10,267 --> 00:08:13,372 - Many have tried and many men have died. 174 00:08:13,372 --> 00:08:15,335 - It's marvelous that we are at least here. 175 00:08:15,335 --> 00:08:16,690 (laughter) 176 00:08:16,690 --> 00:08:20,857 (goats baaing) (light soft music) 177 00:08:24,328 --> 00:08:27,034 - Here take a bite, go ahead you'll like it. 178 00:08:27,034 --> 00:08:28,701 Ah whatever you say. 179 00:08:30,984 --> 00:08:34,067 Cut it out, it was only a suggestion. 180 00:08:35,382 --> 00:08:38,950 - The triangle shape, there's the monastery, impressive. 181 00:08:38,950 --> 00:08:41,867 (light soft music) 182 00:08:52,264 --> 00:08:54,324 (children laughing) 183 00:08:54,324 --> 00:08:56,026 - Please sit down children. 184 00:08:56,026 --> 00:08:59,080 Today I shall tell you all about Shumo Lumina, 185 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,759 she's the mother of the snows. 186 00:09:00,759 --> 00:09:01,592 And she rises higher 187 00:09:01,592 --> 00:09:04,085 into the majestic sky than any mountain. 188 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:07,337 She is pure, only snowflakes can rise up 189 00:09:07,337 --> 00:09:10,587 to her lofty height, a height no man can climb. 190 00:09:10,587 --> 00:09:12,354 - And why is it master that no man 191 00:09:12,354 --> 00:09:14,132 can go all the way up to the top? 192 00:09:14,132 --> 00:09:17,122 - Nothing can live there, the air is too rare. 193 00:09:17,122 --> 00:09:20,110 Only the vulture can approach 194 00:09:20,110 --> 00:09:22,825 and breathe the air too thin for man. 195 00:09:22,825 --> 00:09:24,646 Though I admit there is the yeti. 196 00:09:24,646 --> 00:09:26,081 A creature impossible to catch. 197 00:09:26,081 --> 00:09:28,822 100 times stronger than any man. 198 00:09:28,822 --> 00:09:30,039 - The yeti? 199 00:09:30,039 --> 00:09:34,546 - Yes that's him, I'll show you, here in this box 200 00:09:34,546 --> 00:09:38,128 is the certain proof of the yeti's existence, absolutely. 201 00:09:38,128 --> 00:09:39,628 - Let us look at it. 202 00:09:39,628 --> 00:09:41,969 - No no no no, I don't want to scare you. 203 00:09:41,969 --> 00:09:43,606 But when you're a little older. 204 00:09:43,606 --> 00:09:44,939 - Yes come on show us. 205 00:09:44,939 --> 00:09:45,964 - Go ahead open the box. 206 00:09:45,964 --> 00:09:47,284 - We won't be scared. 207 00:09:47,284 --> 00:09:48,802 - Mmm umm. 208 00:09:48,802 --> 00:09:50,351 - It's just a crazy story. 209 00:09:50,351 --> 00:09:51,667 I never spotted one yeti yet. 210 00:09:51,667 --> 00:09:53,616 - Monks in the monastery saw him. 211 00:09:53,616 --> 00:09:55,550 They even heard his call. 212 00:09:55,550 --> 00:09:59,349 Now and again, I have visions of him. 213 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:02,099 (dramatic music) 214 00:10:03,868 --> 00:10:06,035 (gasping) 215 00:10:07,150 --> 00:10:10,233 Silence, I see strangers approaching. 216 00:10:11,173 --> 00:10:13,090 Ah they are coming to conquer our mountain 217 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:15,567 as so many have tried to do before them. 218 00:10:15,567 --> 00:10:17,744 These men may succeed. 219 00:10:17,744 --> 00:10:20,205 Children you may go and see them. 220 00:10:20,205 --> 00:10:22,660 - Now we are at 4,000 meters altitude. 221 00:10:22,660 --> 00:10:24,015 The people here are friendly. 222 00:10:24,015 --> 00:10:27,333 We can set up camp here and get accustomed to the altitude. 223 00:10:27,333 --> 00:10:30,596 (children laughing) 224 00:10:30,596 --> 00:10:33,929 - Gensing, you came back, Uncle Gensing. 225 00:10:35,715 --> 00:10:37,774 - Come now I will introduce you to the llama. 226 00:10:37,774 --> 00:10:40,691 (light soft music) 227 00:10:43,788 --> 00:10:46,719 - I saw you in my dream where you are here to try 228 00:10:46,719 --> 00:10:50,732 and climb Shumo Lumina, as you call it Mount Everest. 229 00:10:50,732 --> 00:10:52,976 Many others have already tried to climb. 230 00:10:52,976 --> 00:10:54,987 Why do you want to go up? 231 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:57,143 - Why do we want to climb this mountain? 232 00:10:57,143 --> 00:10:59,691 Well because Everest is the highest one. 233 00:10:59,691 --> 00:11:02,133 - According to my visions you may well succeed. 234 00:11:02,133 --> 00:11:04,143 But I warn you, beware the cold, 235 00:11:04,143 --> 00:11:06,651 beware the ice, beware the yeti. 236 00:11:06,651 --> 00:11:08,354 - Is there such a creature? 237 00:11:08,354 --> 00:11:09,187 - Umm. 238 00:11:10,299 --> 00:11:13,049 (dramatic music) 239 00:11:21,207 --> 00:11:22,874 The skeleton of a yeti's hand. 240 00:11:22,874 --> 00:11:25,857 The yeti is half man, half ape and he is this big. 241 00:11:25,857 --> 00:11:28,022 He shies away from man and lives on the animals 242 00:11:28,022 --> 00:11:29,307 that he manages to kill. 243 00:11:29,307 --> 00:11:30,543 - Have you seen him? 244 00:11:30,543 --> 00:11:35,511 - Me, never, but Gupta observed one over there not far away. 245 00:11:35,511 --> 00:11:37,179 Isn't that right Gupta? 246 00:11:37,179 --> 00:11:41,012 - He is a big guy, walks like this, I saw him! 247 00:11:42,771 --> 00:11:45,354 (upbeat music) 248 00:11:47,901 --> 00:11:50,000 - What do you think Hunt, anything to this yeti business? 249 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,821 - I don't think we should dismiss it lightly Harry. 250 00:11:52,821 --> 00:11:55,904 I think you have a right to see this. 251 00:11:57,357 --> 00:12:00,094 Look a footprint that was found at 6,000. 252 00:12:00,094 --> 00:12:02,259 - 6,000 meters? - Yes in the snow. 253 00:12:02,259 --> 00:12:03,213 Look at the size of it. 254 00:12:03,213 --> 00:12:05,823 See the big toe strangely turned outward. 255 00:12:05,823 --> 00:12:09,074 This is a picture of the skull like the one we bought. 256 00:12:09,074 --> 00:12:11,960 And that, that's a sort of composite portrait 257 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,288 based on reports of people claiming to have seen one. 258 00:12:14,288 --> 00:12:16,147 The yeti measures a good two meters. 259 00:12:16,147 --> 00:12:17,835 No wonder he always scares them. 260 00:12:17,835 --> 00:12:19,022 - What I wouldn't give to meet one 261 00:12:19,022 --> 00:12:20,937 and to take one home. 262 00:12:20,937 --> 00:12:21,770 (laughter) 263 00:12:21,770 --> 00:12:25,273 - A yeti rug before a crackling fireplace back home. 264 00:12:25,273 --> 00:12:27,867 - Then you mean there really is a Himalayan yeti? 265 00:12:27,867 --> 00:12:29,732 - Some say they've seen a yeti 266 00:12:29,732 --> 00:12:31,809 at the foothills of the Himalayas. 267 00:12:31,809 --> 00:12:35,353 Some call him the abominable snowman, really who can say. 268 00:12:35,353 --> 00:12:38,840 - Hey come on, does the abominable snowman really exist? 269 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,160 I'm sure you know. 270 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,483 - In good time, you'll find out. 271 00:12:42,483 --> 00:12:45,717 But remember these expeditions had only one objective. 272 00:12:45,717 --> 00:12:48,507 To conquer Everest, the highest mountain in the world. 273 00:12:48,507 --> 00:12:50,007 Not to hunt yetis. 274 00:12:50,865 --> 00:12:53,505 The men organized their camp near the monastery, 275 00:12:53,505 --> 00:12:55,419 making preparations for the assault. 276 00:12:55,419 --> 00:12:57,069 For the Himalayas are dangerous. 277 00:12:57,069 --> 00:12:59,133 More dangerous even than the what? 278 00:12:59,133 --> 00:13:01,226 - More dangerous than the yeti? 279 00:13:01,226 --> 00:13:03,207 (upbeat music) 280 00:13:03,207 --> 00:13:05,931 - All the same, we can't be sure about the yeti. 281 00:13:05,931 --> 00:13:10,058 (upbeat music) (laughter) 282 00:13:10,058 --> 00:13:12,302 Tenzi, would you mind asking your nephew 283 00:13:12,302 --> 00:13:13,952 about sighting the yeti? 284 00:13:13,952 --> 00:13:16,887 - No I'll ask him, hey Gupta. 285 00:13:16,887 --> 00:13:20,970 (speaking in a foreign language) 286 00:13:24,393 --> 00:13:26,241 It was in spring last year. 287 00:13:26,241 --> 00:13:28,587 He was gathering berries near the forest. 288 00:13:28,587 --> 00:13:31,389 Suddenly he heard a growling behind him. 289 00:13:31,389 --> 00:13:34,659 He was afraid, he dropped his basket and ran away. 290 00:13:34,659 --> 00:13:36,753 Hiding behind a tree, he watched the yeti 291 00:13:36,753 --> 00:13:40,022 pick up the basket and eat the berries. 292 00:13:40,022 --> 00:13:41,964 When they were gone, the yeti threw down the basket 293 00:13:41,964 --> 00:13:44,325 and returned to the forest. 294 00:13:44,325 --> 00:13:45,908 - Yeti, yeti, yeti. 295 00:13:47,887 --> 00:13:52,409 - Can I ask him if he'd like to join our expedition? 296 00:13:52,409 --> 00:13:54,115 (speaking in a foreign language) 297 00:13:54,115 --> 00:13:56,959 - He will if his good pal Topke can go along. 298 00:13:56,959 --> 00:13:59,376 - Okay then it's all settled. 299 00:14:01,711 --> 00:14:04,682 - We're here, foot of the place here. 300 00:14:04,682 --> 00:14:08,138 We'll establish base camp one here, 5,100 meters. 301 00:14:08,138 --> 00:14:10,215 Camp two, camp three and here's camp four 302 00:14:10,215 --> 00:14:14,382 at about 6,500 meters, camp seven at 7,500 meters. 303 00:14:15,437 --> 00:14:17,449 Camp eight, bottom of the spur 304 00:14:17,449 --> 00:14:20,021 at 8,000 meters, then we'll see. 305 00:14:20,021 --> 00:14:22,604 (upbeat music) 306 00:14:25,820 --> 00:14:27,320 - Some hairs here. 307 00:14:28,863 --> 00:14:31,565 - Oh the yeti, he passed by here. 308 00:14:31,565 --> 00:14:34,541 Throw them away, they bring bad luck. 309 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:35,578 - The yeti yet again, 310 00:14:35,578 --> 00:14:37,806 I'm going to end up believing in him myself. 311 00:14:37,806 --> 00:14:40,056 (laughter) 312 00:14:41,532 --> 00:14:42,903 If such a creature does exist, 313 00:14:42,903 --> 00:14:45,403 it surely lives in the forest. 314 00:14:46,287 --> 00:14:48,106 It forages on the mountain. 315 00:14:48,106 --> 00:14:49,647 That footprint was in the snow. 316 00:14:49,647 --> 00:14:50,553 - Thanks. 317 00:14:50,553 --> 00:14:52,765 - Oh it's certain there is one. 318 00:14:52,765 --> 00:14:55,181 - We'll find out, now a little shut eye. 319 00:14:55,181 --> 00:14:57,931 (dramatic music) 320 00:15:09,149 --> 00:15:10,949 - What is it? 321 00:15:10,949 --> 00:15:13,613 What was it a storm or an earthquake? 322 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:16,709 - The yeti, it was the yeti. 323 00:15:16,709 --> 00:15:20,127 (dramatic music) 324 00:15:20,127 --> 00:15:22,377 - His prints lead that way. 325 00:15:24,897 --> 00:15:25,730 Look! 326 00:15:26,660 --> 00:15:29,829 - We'll check it tomorrow, it's on our way. 327 00:15:29,829 --> 00:15:31,829 Not the slightest trace. 328 00:15:33,303 --> 00:15:35,861 Let's go on up toward the mountain. 329 00:15:35,861 --> 00:15:38,444 (upbeat music) 330 00:15:40,287 --> 00:15:42,537 (chanting) 331 00:15:47,464 --> 00:15:48,874 Let's go. 332 00:15:48,874 --> 00:15:50,791 - No no no no, wait no. 333 00:15:51,735 --> 00:15:54,058 - They won't go any higher, they're frightened. 334 00:15:54,058 --> 00:15:56,362 - We don't care, we'll go alone. 335 00:15:56,362 --> 00:15:57,893 Coming along with us of course. 336 00:15:57,893 --> 00:15:59,199 - Right. - Thanks. 337 00:15:59,199 --> 00:16:01,094 - Let's go, we'll go with them. 338 00:16:01,094 --> 00:16:03,677 (upbeat music) 339 00:16:06,245 --> 00:16:07,745 Yeti, yeti, there. 340 00:16:09,340 --> 00:16:11,923 (upbeat music) 341 00:16:30,147 --> 00:16:33,060 - Right we're here, we'll go on up and have a look. 342 00:16:33,060 --> 00:16:35,310 Rope up, we'll go together. 343 00:16:36,601 --> 00:16:37,596 - All set. 344 00:16:37,596 --> 00:16:40,179 (upbeat music) 345 00:16:43,428 --> 00:16:44,261 - Yeti. 346 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:47,933 - Right. 347 00:16:51,741 --> 00:16:53,613 I don't see a thing. 348 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:56,613 Sun is setting, we ought to go down. 349 00:16:57,933 --> 00:16:59,350 Come on let's go. 350 00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:05,834 A bear cub and we thought he was the abominable snowman. 351 00:17:05,834 --> 00:17:08,714 Put it in the cave, surely his mother can't be far off. 352 00:17:08,714 --> 00:17:10,381 Don't play with him. 353 00:17:11,488 --> 00:17:14,474 (bear growling) 354 00:17:14,474 --> 00:17:16,474 Let go of the cub quick. 355 00:17:17,498 --> 00:17:20,165 (bear growling) 356 00:17:24,717 --> 00:17:26,634 Really lucky, let's go. 357 00:17:30,530 --> 00:17:32,532 - You see the yeti? 358 00:17:32,532 --> 00:17:34,282 Well this is the one. 359 00:17:35,196 --> 00:17:37,857 - Not too sure about him but there's a large bear 360 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:39,888 around here, that I guarantee you. 361 00:17:39,888 --> 00:17:42,805 (light soft music) 362 00:17:52,770 --> 00:17:54,784 - Over that way we can get up. 363 00:17:54,784 --> 00:17:55,886 - Let's try. 364 00:17:55,886 --> 00:17:58,803 (light soft music) 365 00:18:04,505 --> 00:18:07,172 (rocks falling) 366 00:18:10,951 --> 00:18:13,975 - Too dangerous, better look for another passage. 367 00:18:13,975 --> 00:18:16,892 (light soft music) 368 00:18:18,237 --> 00:18:19,070 Whoa. 369 00:18:22,449 --> 00:18:24,881 Have no choice, there's no other way. 370 00:18:24,881 --> 00:18:27,290 We have to get across. 371 00:18:27,290 --> 00:18:30,207 (light soft music) 372 00:18:46,288 --> 00:18:50,455 (rocks falling) (man yelling) 373 00:18:51,741 --> 00:18:53,579 - Are you OK? - Yeah I'm okay. 374 00:18:53,579 --> 00:18:55,162 Can you pull me up? 375 00:18:59,048 --> 00:19:01,245 - 6,500 meters, this is camp four. 376 00:19:01,245 --> 00:19:04,379 We'll have to go down to get our equipment and provisions. 377 00:19:04,379 --> 00:19:08,546 - Look, provisions left by a Swiss expedition last year. 378 00:19:09,863 --> 00:19:13,863 - Chocolate, whoa, and Swiss quality guaranteed. 379 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,910 (dramatic music) 380 00:19:32,891 --> 00:19:36,808 - Hello, 7,500 meters, they'd better put masks, 381 00:19:38,435 --> 00:19:40,053 they need oxygen, otherwise you won't 382 00:19:40,053 --> 00:19:42,048 be strong enough to make it. 383 00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:42,965 - Ah ah ah. 384 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:47,267 (dramatic music) 385 00:19:52,547 --> 00:19:54,714 (yelling) 386 00:19:56,291 --> 00:19:59,208 (light soft music) 387 00:20:09,213 --> 00:20:11,733 - We're there almost, you think we have a chance? 388 00:20:11,733 --> 00:20:13,728 - We're at 8,700 meters. 389 00:20:13,728 --> 00:20:15,640 It's near but it will be dangerous. 390 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,747 It'll take approximately three hours to the top. 391 00:20:17,747 --> 00:20:19,145 Two more to return. 392 00:20:19,145 --> 00:20:22,728 Not enough oxygen and we're both exhausted. 393 00:20:22,728 --> 00:20:25,811 - Yes you're right, have to go back down. 394 00:20:25,811 --> 00:20:28,394 (wind blowing) 395 00:20:29,477 --> 00:20:30,310 - Hey! 396 00:20:31,277 --> 00:20:34,190 - We're completely exhausted, can't go up. 397 00:20:34,190 --> 00:20:36,533 We're going down, it's your turn. 398 00:20:36,533 --> 00:20:39,450 (light soft music) 399 00:20:48,105 --> 00:20:52,259 - Minus 25 Celsius, there's just enough oxygen. 400 00:20:52,259 --> 00:20:54,547 The weather seems to be clearing up. 401 00:20:54,547 --> 00:20:56,483 It's got to be now or never, Tinze. 402 00:20:56,483 --> 00:20:58,993 - Well then it's now, but first we'd better eat something 403 00:20:58,993 --> 00:21:00,702 to keep up our strength. 404 00:21:00,702 --> 00:21:02,392 Hillary will do it. 405 00:21:02,392 --> 00:21:05,142 (dramatic music) 406 00:21:21,035 --> 00:21:22,489 - I'll bet that's Tibet. 407 00:21:22,489 --> 00:21:23,322 - It is. 408 00:21:26,593 --> 00:21:27,947 - We'll camp here. 409 00:21:27,947 --> 00:21:30,697 (dramatic music) 410 00:21:34,225 --> 00:21:37,791 See we can still breath at 8,500 meters. 411 00:21:37,791 --> 00:21:40,183 - Yes but while we are sleeping, we need oxygen 412 00:21:40,183 --> 00:21:42,131 and there isn't very much. 413 00:21:42,131 --> 00:21:45,279 - We need one liter per minute, I hope we'll have enough. 414 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:48,196 (light soft music) 415 00:21:50,857 --> 00:21:52,008 Nighty night then. 416 00:21:52,008 --> 00:21:55,163 (wind blowing) 417 00:21:55,163 --> 00:21:58,080 (light soft music) 418 00:22:01,643 --> 00:22:02,810 Okay let's go. 419 00:22:03,654 --> 00:22:06,067 (light soft music) 420 00:22:06,067 --> 00:22:08,817 (hammer banging) 421 00:22:14,724 --> 00:22:18,022 800 liters of oxygen, three liters per minute 422 00:22:18,022 --> 00:22:20,522 means we can manage for four and a half hours. 423 00:22:20,522 --> 00:22:23,076 - That should be enough but only just. 424 00:22:23,076 --> 00:22:25,993 (light soft music) 425 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:34,942 - No chance. 426 00:22:34,942 --> 00:22:36,147 - What do we do? 427 00:22:36,147 --> 00:22:37,692 - Try over there. 428 00:22:37,692 --> 00:22:40,442 (dramatic music) 429 00:22:43,169 --> 00:22:44,002 Here I go. 430 00:22:45,010 --> 00:22:47,760 (dramatic music) 431 00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:22,610 Now you Tenzi, I'll hold the rope. 432 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:25,360 (dramatic music) 433 00:23:28,550 --> 00:23:32,171 Look, the summit, 8,848 meters, Mount Everest. 434 00:23:32,171 --> 00:23:34,921 (dramatic music) 435 00:23:42,918 --> 00:23:45,168 (laughter) 436 00:23:49,038 --> 00:23:51,846 - Top of the world. - Top of the world. 437 00:23:51,846 --> 00:23:54,596 (dramatic music) 438 00:23:57,059 --> 00:23:59,295 - You know what an achievement that was children. 439 00:23:59,295 --> 00:24:00,877 What a magnificent triumph. 440 00:24:00,877 --> 00:24:02,463 It was at the time. 441 00:24:02,463 --> 00:24:04,767 Well because nowadays, it's not quite a Sunday outing, 442 00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:07,359 but many tourists climb Everest, if not to the top. 443 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,527 Men will always find new Everests to conquer, 444 00:24:10,527 --> 00:24:13,479 new challenges, you know that. 445 00:24:13,479 --> 00:24:16,146 (upbeat music)