The 'T' rating on those picks would be a sponsors dream ;)
Mind you, the super T rating of their ligaments and sockets is even more impressive.
there was an article i read about a group of doctors who were asked to watch a recent james bond movie and advise what physical damage would happen to bond in the movie,, they concluded he would have certainly been dead eight minutes into the movie... from the violent forces he would have had to endure in a stunt depicted in the movie. might have been when he was shot off the train and fell a long way into a river..
The shorts were on the news. At those altitudes I dont think you have the strength to achieve some of the things depicted. Nowhere near enough oxygen.
FFS! We all know Hollywood dramatizes everything! If they didn't, the lay-person wouldn't watch it, and it would be a flop.
Whilst they may (VERY!) often screw the pooch technically, they usually do a pretty good job portraying the emotional and mental investment of the characters.
It's like me watching a submarine movie; some of them (like U571) is total horse digested and expelled grass, whilst others (like Das Boot), is a cracker of a submarine movie.
But both convey emotion relatively well. (Hint: drop a depth charge on my boat, and I would've been crappin' bessa-bricks too)!
So watch a Hollywood movie based on real-life events for what it is: a visually-compelling, emotionally-involved account that pretty much swats away any technical truth.
Do that, and you'll enjoy yourself. ;)
usual story, if you've read the book, don't expect the movie to be true to teh book
although the recent movie "wild" was very true to the book, i cant think of anything in that movie that wasnt taken out of the book pretty spot on to how it was portrayed...
it wasnt an over acted movie, it came across as pretty honest, as the book did. it wasnt a typical hollywood movie at all
as far as the technical side of mountaineering goes hollywood hasnt given much of a stuff about being accurate with that... so be it... i can accept that. i'd prefer it asnt like that bu that not going to change anything, so thats life
If this is an 'inspired by a true story' style of thing like U-571 then Rob Hall would probably be portrayed as a valiant American and they'd all get back safely. Unless the plot-line is that he's incompetent and neglectful, in which case he'd definitely not be an American in the film, even if he'd actually been American in real life.
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Whats is a hero? I wish Andy Harris got a bit more recognition.
Rob accepted lots of dollars to provide a professional level of care to his clients, he made a heap of decisions to the best of his ability at the time, the weather did what it was forecast to do. He stayed with Doug. (Did he have a choice?) He and his client died.
Andy (and others) were also paid to be there to provide a professional level of care. He got his client down to relative safety at the south col camp, then as far as we know, he chose to turn around, in the dark, in the storm, and set off back up to try and help. And died.
Those are facts as far as I know. I make no judgement - including not to judge who is a hero. But I think it would be nice if Andy's name was better known.
Rob had guys like Ed Viesturs pay him to guide...
Say. No. More.
