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...fall into Tibet on one side and a 7,000-ft. fall into Nepal on the other, the South Summit, at 28,750 ft., is where many climbers finally turn back. The 656-ft.-long knife-edge ridge leading to the Hillary Step consists of ice, snow and fragmented shale, and the only way to cross it is to take baby steps and anchor your way with an ice ax. "You can feel the rock chip off," says Erik. "And you can hear it falling down into the void...
Once we were under way, zigzagging paths up steep slopes generally demanded the group ride in single file atop sheer shale ridges. Upon breaching a pass, we stopped for lunch, while the support trucks and mobile kitchen took the low road. As we rode, the pure air was scented with wild mint and garlic brushed by the horses' hooves. The grunt of a yak, a marmot whistle or a bird's wing-beat carried undisturbed across the valley...
...Chilai Ridge. The ridge trail, which then proceeds due south over a succession of rocky outcrops, is regarded as the most dangerous trek in Taiwan, but is unrivaled in beauty. In some places the ridge is sharp as a knife, with cliffs on either side. The layers of shale, which make up the ridge, crumble underfoot...
...with the help of two dialect coaches, is playing Fred. "They live in a trailer that's just a pigsty." The movie will answer several burning Flintstone questions: How did blue-collar Fred win heiress Wilma Slaghoople (KRISTEN JOHNSON)? How did Barney Rubble (STEPHEN BALDWIN) meet Betty O'Shale (JANE KRAKOWSKI)? And where did Dino come from? Alas, the etymology of "Yabba-dabba doo" will remain untold...
Kate is an especially well-drawn character, neither cute nor tragic, believable as eight. As the pilgrimage falls apart, she yearns for solidity: her father, if possible, or the Grand Canyon, to which he promised to take her, and where the name of a layer of rock, Bright Angel Shale, has caught her imagination. Eventually she gets there...