translated from Spanish: Everest: The film that denounced the excess of climbers 4 years ago

Climbing the highest mountain in the world is one of the greatest challenges of overcoming, and the trade and enrichment of many others. A few days ago, ten people died in the attempt to reach the top of Everest. The cause: the product of a bottleneck in the so-called “death Zone”.

What happened is intimately linked to the argument of “Everest”, the film by Baltasar Kormákur (2015) which was based on the events of the well-known “Everest Disaster of 1996”, for which eight people died and four of them remain missing. Kormákur’s film is also inspired by the book “Mal de Altura” by American journalist Jon Krakauer, bestseller published in 1997, which featured his first audiovisual adaptation: “Way to the top: death on Everest”.

The story denounces the death of twelve people, with the aim of climbing the mountain. The objective of the journalist (Outside magazine correspondent) was to show the present commercialization, i.e. the growth (unlike other mountains) of the activity and the trips. Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal star in the movie. Both integrate different agencies, but both with a common mission: to guide a group of tourists and travelers to the top of the highest mountain.

Picture of the film Everest

This year, a record of 381 permits was recorded for the price of 11,000 dollars each, corresponding to the spring season. Each person is accompanied by at least one guide, which is why delays and jams occur. In this sense, climbers have to line up in a context of low temperatures, with risks (such as height, low pressure, etc.) that a mission like climbing Everest entails.

Original source in Spanish