Vanity or Vertigo

Rating: 5/10 (12 October 2015)

I agree with LemonLadyR from United States. ''Claustrophobic'' photography & characters. To the question ''Why do you climb the Everest'' some answer by 'because I've climb many big pics before (which is not an answer), some may answer with 'because it's there', well, It could be the same answer to 'Why do you play Russian roulette? Because there's a gun loaded on the table... the real answer: Vanity... bragging for the feat. Accomplishment is an uplifting quest. Everest symbolizes it. But it's a counterproductive sport, the training is interesting but the real job brings you only physical and brain damage, as the guide says ''You will be literally dying''. They say they died climbing the Everest, in fact, about 70% died in the ''descent''. Some stats about the death rate of...'descending' the big mountains: ANAPURNA = 41%, K2 = 32% and EVEREST = 25% (they say 1 out of 4 in the film, but the stats in Matador Network are more around 20%). Alternative: Russian roulette, only 8%. Do you realize it's 500% safer than trying Anapurna. OK I know, 1 out of 6 is only 16% but only 50% +- of the 'players' died. The 'survivors' are in fact in a cripple condition worse than death, same for many of the mountaineers who survived the 'adventure' (injuries of 1996 are a lot worse than reported in the film). They've banish Corridas almost completely, if conjuncture don't change, maybe someday it'll be applied to stop the bumper-to-bumper line to the big mountain.