Everest: Byond the Limit

Interesting to see footage from the expedition. Mainly because most everything is usually shown from the south/Nepal side; the route that the Sir Edmund Hillary summitted for the first time in 1953. The expedition they're following in the show is from the north/Tibet side. The side where George Leigh Mallory disappeared in 1924. After potentially summitting. But no one knows, because they didn't come back, and frankly weren't found until sometime in the 90s. (They being Mallory and Irvine)

And apparently at the time of filming, an Everest expedition cost around $40,000. Which is a rather significant drop from the $65,000 that it cost in 1996 when Jon Krakauer's "Into The Wild" was written.

And the worst part of this show (aside from the fact that the theme song keeps singing/whispering "Ever.... ever.... rest...", and its freaking annoying), is the fact that they're not going on the southern route, and therefore, we get to hear the word "North Col" alot, and not the ever superior "Western Cwm". Because the word "Cwm" is quite possible the awesomest word ever.

Not a big fan of the flash-forwards or whatever they keep doing. Although, they probably do need to keep the average viewer interested in the early episodes where they're just sort of futzing around basecamp and stuff.

And also, mad respect for the guy with 2 prosthetic legs...

Show does a really good job of portraying the climbers' emotions. Or at least thus far, they've done a good job of portraying the intense disappointment of the 2 climbers who had to come off the mountain early.

And now I'm staying up past my bedtime to watch the last episode. That should tell you something...

Probably also should mention the ridiculous respect that I've got for the Sherpas...