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...Everest takes advantage of the diverse backgrounds of its protagonists to catch some great shots of each climber in their native region. The audience zips along on mountain bikes with Viesters and his fiancée on the plains of Utah and scales treacherous rock outcroppings on the Iberian peninsula with Segarra. Norgay appears praying at Tengboche, a Buddhist monastery nestled at the base of Everest, creating a less exilarating but beautiful and moving scene...
...addition to providing fodder for some mind-boggling shots, the varied backgrounds and aspirations of the climbers give Everest a personal element rarely found on the IMAX screen. As the movie unfolds the audience finds itself rooting for the climbers--pushing Norgay to follow in his father's footsteps and Segarra to make history. While this aspect of the film was planned, the most emotional portion of the movie was the product of a tragic accident...
...IMAX team had been on the mountain for several weeks, acclimatizing and waiting for spring storms to let up, when eight climbers from two commercially-run ventures died on top of Everest (the episode chronicled in Jon Krakauer's recent best-selling "Into Thin Air"). The leader of one of the ill-fated groups was Rob Hall, an Everest veteran and a close personal friend of Viesters. As his body froze, Hall managed to contact the IMAX team via radio. In a moment saved from kitschyness by being non-fiction, the IMAX team managed to patch him through...
Since the storms on the summit of Everest span over more than 11 months of the year, there is only a brief window of time when the peak can be reached. Thus, the second time the team heads up the mountain, time is as much an enemy as the mountainous terrain itself. The climbers cross the avalanche-ridden Khumbu Icefall for a second time en route to the top. When they reach their previous camp, the climbers split up with Vesturs taking the lead sans oxygen. Finally, the climbers reach the top but, as is often true of hard-earned...
Beyond the personal interest stories and the beautiful vistas, Everest offers up a light amount of science knowledge (after all, this is the science museum). For all you budding pre-meds, the risks of high altitudes and the process of acclimatization are outlined as the climbers ascend the mountain. In addition, the audience gets a brief geology lesson and learns about satellite geography. But those who are science-phobic, fear not: this is science for the masses made fun, interesting and simply understandable...