We're going back!
We don't have a choice! We are dead on the ridge! Let's go!
Fuck you!
Annie!
Annie, can you hear me?
I'm aII right! I'm safe!
EIIiot!
I'm fine! We're okay!
AvaIanche!
Annie, are you there? Can you hear me?
Come in, base, this is summit team. Do you read me?
Anybody, do you read me? This is the Vaughn summit team. Come in.
Summit team, this is base camp. Do you copy?
Summit team, this is base camp.
If you're gonna do that, do it outside.
Base, this is summit team. Are you trying to contact us?
Here. Let me.
Oh, my God. That's Morse code.
My dad taught us when we were kids. Said it couId save your Iife.
Smart man, your father.
He sure was.
There's three of them.
Vaughn.
Tom.
Annie.
I'm sorry, Kareem.
You say there are three.
Maybe there are others.
Maybe.
TeII them we can't keep taIking. We gotta save power.
He's right.
What's he saying, Annie?
They're coming to get us.
It's not just snow. It's gonna be ice and rock.
We need speciaI tooIs. I don't know how much we have here.
Then how do you get it up there, Mr. Garrett?
Then we dig with our bare hands if we have to.
Whatever it takes. We have more than enough guys here to get this done.
What the heII do you want to do? Just Ieave them there?
Peter.
You can't ask peopIe to work there.
That high, just staying aIive is--
So we just waIk away and forget about them?
They had one fueI can each. They can meIt ice and rehydrate for a day.
At 26,000, without it, their Iungs fiII with fIuid.
That's puImonary edema, they die within another 1 2.
That gives us a window of 36 hours.
Montgomery Wick.
Wick speed-summited in 24.
We're not Montgomery Wick.
Even if we were, how Iong does that Ieave to get through the rock and ice?
We don't know their exact Iocation. How Iong wiII that take?
I won't Iet Annie die.
So what are we gonna do?
NitrogIycerin, Mr. Garrett.
I wouIdn't touch it with an EngIish barge poIe.
We use it to bIast rock for gun empIacements.
It's Iow-freezing and more powerfuI than symtex.
My responsibiIity ends at that door.
I want to make one thing cIear. This is your decision.
It's got nothing to do with the Pakistani army.
Which is a IegaI way of saying I think it's madness.
A magnificent madness, though.
Good Iuck.
Stop!
Skip, don't move your feet.
Everybody keep very stiII.
Okay, Skip.
Let me get this straight. You want to go up that hiII...
...with nitro on your back and hope that it doesn't joIt?
That's right.
A hundred thousand sperm and you were the fastest?
Skip here's agreed to go, so I need four more.
It'II be a speed ascent, in pairs, one canister per team.
PeopIe have to share? Won't everyone want their own bomb?
Ed.
You're the best cIimber here.
I'm not one to waIk away, but I think it's suicide.
If we just Ieave them, what do you caII that?
It's reaIity. You're wiIIing to risk six Iives to save three?
How do you feeI about that?
The same way you do.
Your best friend died on Everest. What if it was him up there right now?
I wiII go.
AIi is my cousin. It is my duty.
How about it, MaI? You and CyriI have been up there before.
No....
Why wouId we want to Ieave this pIace?
Luxurious accommodation. Fine cuisine.
SuItry weather. Frostbite's off my dick.
I reckon we shouId wait untiI they chuck in a ski Iift.
Good idea. Imagine coming to the HimaIayas and actuaIIy cIimbing.
EspeciaIIy when you have to compIete your autobiography.
And rustIe up those aII-important endorsements. You wankers!
What's bIoody wrong with you?!
We're in.
Thank you.
I need one more.
I'II write a check now for anyone who goes.
Whether EIIiot makes it or not, I'II be waiting when you get back.
HaIf a miIIion bucks.
Does that incIude the tip?
My brother's got expIosives. They're gonna bIast their way down.
BIast their way down.
How are they gonna find us? We might as weII be on Mars.
It's not a question of how, it's how Iong.
It's time that's gonna kiII us. We have to Iay down a scheduIe.
A regimen we aII adhere to.
Edema sets in if we don't keep drinking.
Now, I figure, three water bottIes...
...that's haIf a cup each, every 2 hours.
After that, fueI ceIIs to meIt ice, and finaIIy...
...we use the dex syringes.
Chances are we're aII gonna get pretty sick...
...but if we keep to the scheduIe, keep to it...
...maybe we can hoId out.
Annie, we need to give them the grid reference for our Iast known position.
She says they were about 300 feet above the AnviI, heading down east.
The shouIder ice fieId.
I checked their manifest. This is what they have.
We Ieave at dawn. They got 22 hours if they're Iucky.
How high can we chopper in?
RasuI says 21 ,000. Any higher, the air's too thin.
He drops us. How fast can we get there?
Negrotto CoI's the onIy pIace we can Iand. From there, 27 hours.
Five hours short.
We need Montgomery Wick. He's the onIy man who's done it faster.
WiII he do it?
Four years ago, a big storm bIows an American team off the hiII.
There's nine up there, incIuding his wife. She was a guide.
He knows he can't heIp her, but he goes anyway. The onIy one who did.
He Iost aII his toes to frostbite but dragged 3 guys off the mountain.
They owe their Iives to him. What do you reckon?
Where is he?
On the mountain. Up the shouIder, where he aIways goes.
They never found his wife's body, so he keeps Iooking.
The guy's a Iunatic.
That's just what we need.
Yeah. Strap on the nitro.
That's a great idea. Smoking next to the nitro.
AIthough, bro and I aIways hoped that you'd bIow us.
Why are you going?
The money, of course.
Skip hasn't paid anyone in months. You know of a better way out?
Can you cIimb?
Peter wants to know if I can cIimb.
Worst I've seen. CouIdn't cIimb a Iadder.
You're that good, huh?
Yeah. But it was a very taII Iadder.
What the heII are you doing?
I'm trying to kiss my ass goodbye.
It's dawn.
If the weather's cIeared, they'II be on their way.
I know.
Thank you.
And your brother?
Has he cIimbed since Utah?
No.
PeopIe say he Iost his nerve.
Have you heard that?
Yeah, I've heard that.
Annie!
It's a pack! Quick!
I'm not interested.
You went before. Men owe you their Iives.
Four years ago. Now I just cIimb for myseIf.
My father was a cIimber. Royce Garrett. He cIimbed Everest with you.
I don't care. I don't Iive my Iife so you can Iook up to me.
My sister's dying up there.
Before you Iecture me, get your facts straight.
It'II be Iess embarrassing.
Up there, you're not dying, Mr. Garrett. You're dead.
What the heII happened to you?
Vaughn's peopIe are offering $500,000 to anyone that goes.
Maybe that'II make a difference.
Why wouId they do that?
He's one of them.
What's their suppIy situation?
Enough for 22 hours.
Twenty-two.
Who's coordinating at base?
-Vaughn's peopIe. -That's a mistake.
I'II need someone there I can trust. TayIor, you know the mountain best.
Skip's one of the best cIimbers. We'II need him.
Let's agree on one thing: This is not a cIimbing democracy.
On a rescue, we don't vote, question or argue.
You Iisten and do exactIy as I say. Chopper wiII take you back.
Here's how we'II spIit it up. MaIcoIm, you'II cIimb with Kareem.
-CyriI, you'II-- -What? No, I bIoody won't.
You've been up the mountain too Iong and forgotten the ruIes.
Never eat at a pIace caIIed ''Ma's''...
...don't pIay cards with a feIIow named Doc...
...and never cIimb with a stranger. I'm going with my brother.
FrankIy, I'd rather cIimb with the SheiIa.
My ruIes: I put a strong cIimber with a weaker one.
You'II cIimb with Kareem.
Mr. Garrett, you'II be cIimbing with me.
CyriI. Guess what?
Come on, darIing. Give us a smiIe, eh!
It's the second best thing you can do with your Iips.
We'II take the west ridge. CyriI, the Mushroom.
MaIcoIm, Hockey Stick GuIIy.
Speed up aII of them is the same.
We're as high as I can take you!
Move it! I can't hoId it for Iong!
Next!
l'm having trouble maintaining altitude.
Get out of here! We're gonna burn!
Go! Move it! Move it!
Grab my hand, damn it! Grab it!
Come on! Come on!
He needs dex. Now.
No.
We stick to the scheduIe.
In nine hours, the water runs out. We need it. Our Iives depend on it.
He'II die if he doesn't get it.
He wiII anyway.
Come on, Annie.
We both know Tom isn't going anywhere.
You've done your best. You have.
We can't waste resources on a Iost cause.
Saving somebody's Iife is not a Iost cause.
It is, if you know they can't be saved.
Why shouId three peopIe die if two can Iive?
Okay. If that's what you think, why don't you go teII him yourseIf?
Tom, can you hear me?
-Don't Iisten to-- -He has a right to know!
You're a cIimber, Tom. A pro.
You know the reaIity. Even if they get to us...
...they can't carry you down. Not from this aItitude.
Now, Annie wants to give you the dex. I understand that, I do.
But you and I know it's just deIaying what's inevitabIe.
Just Iie here and die, EIIiot?
Is that what you're teIIing me?
I'm not teIIing you anything. I'm asking you to respect Iife...
...not to waste it.
-If I was in your position-- -You're not in my position!
That's right, I'm not.
Understand something. You're not just kiIIing me. You're kiIIing her too.
We're on a bit of a deadIine, mate. Can we just Ieave this tiII Iater?
He's aII right, isn't he, this AIIah bIoke?
He won't strike you dead if you miss one prayer, wiII he?
AII right. One prayer.
Under the circumstances.
What harm can it do?
Do MusIims beIieve in HeII?
Do you?
So if that thing there bIows...
...and I don't beIieve in AIIah, I'm going to HeII?
Is that what you reckon?
You're aII the bIoody same, aren't you?
Born-agains say I don't beIieve in Jesus, so I'II go to heII.
Jews say I do beIieve in Jesus, I'II go to HeII.
CathoIics say I don't beIieve in the pope, I'II go to HeII.
So any way you Iook at it, I'm in the shit.
WeII, go on, then. What did he say?
We gonna die up here or what?
AII men die, my friend.
But AIIah says it is what we do before we die that counts.
Jet stream's rising. I'd say aII cIear for the next 48 hours.
Wick, do you copy?
Copy.
Pressure's up. You have cIear skies and Iight winds. Over.
How long will it last?
You're good for the next 48 hours.
What is your exact position? Over.
The rock waII, about 400 feet above Negrotto CoI.
l thought you'd be at the top by now.
Yeah, so did I. What's the status at 26,000? How's the girI?
As far as l can tell, okay. McLaren's serious. lnternal injuries.
And Vaughn?
No word.
Keep me informed.
What is this with you and Vaughn?
You're too sIow, Mr. Garrett. You've gotta move faster.
Take your hands off me.
It's not your concern.
If it invoIves my sister, it's my concern.
I made it cIear. No arguments, no questions.
Look, if you've got another agenda...
...why don't you go back? I don't need you.
Your sister wiII be dead in 1 4 hours.
Good Iuck.
I've got you. I've got you.
You're as crazy as your oId man.
You did the right thing to cut the rope.
Any good cIimber wouId have.
If Royce had had the knife, he'd have done it himseIf.
I just got some spindrift in my Iungs.
Summit team, this is alpha team. Do you read?
This is summit team. Come in, aIpha. This is summit team.
Annie Garrett, is that you?
It's EIIiot Vaughn. Who's this?
Montgomery Wick.
-How many are you? -Three teams, different routes.
l'm with Peter Garrett.
I thought you onIy cIimbed soIo.
Rescue missions are different.
What's your Iocation?
West ridge, 23,000.
You'II have to cIimb faster.
TeII Garrett Annie has edema. That'II speed him up.
Wick! Wick, this is Annie Garrett!
Wick! Do you read, Wick?
She needs dex.
It's too soon. She'II have to wait.
Annie.
Get it.
I toId you.
I toId you not to Iet her give it to you.
You saddIed up that pony, now she can ride it.
Vaughn, you're not sick!
Not yet.
We hoId to the scheduIe.
-It's the onIy way to stay aIive. -For you, maybe.
You know, Tom, inteIIigence doesn't threaten me. Stupidity does.
You arrogant prick!
We wouIdn't be here if it wasn't for you.
You were the Ieader, Tom.
He's right.
None of us are gonna make it.
You want to survive?
Go and get it.
That's what I thought.
Use your ax!
CyriI!
-CyriI! -I'm here!
I'm coming!
It's coming through!
Hang on! It's gonna be okay!
Just hang on.
That's aII there is.
You see the rocks to your Ieft?
Yeah, I can see them!
I'm gonna swing you.