14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

413 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,120 <i>The plan is to go</i> <i>and hit the summit directly.</i> 414 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,400 <i>So we won't be sleeping.</i> 415 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,200 <i>[Chin] </i>Expeditions to 8,000-meter peaks take a huge toll on your body. 416 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,040 <i>Once you get above 8,000 meters,</i> 417 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,080 <i>you're in what is called the death zone.</i> 418 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:22,880 <i>You're breathing about</i> <i>a third of the amount of oxygen</i> 419 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,400 <i>you're normally breathing at sea level.</i> 420 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,600 <i>The biggest danger</i> <i>of climbing with oxygen is,</i> 421 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,480 <i>you become dependent on it.</i> 422 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,520 <i>If you run out,</i> 423 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,680 <i>your body is in an environment</i> <i>that it's not adapted to.</i> 424 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,280 <i>Imagine not being able to breathe.</i> 425 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,160 {\an8}<i>[Nims groans]</i> 426 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,280 <i>Bloody hell.</i> 427 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,960 <i>Yeah, we summitted</i> <i>one of the best mountain in the world.</i> 428 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,280 <i>I'm doing some crazy stuff.</i> 429 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,400 <i>Look… [exhales]</i> <i>I got nothing more to give.</i> 430 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:33,880 <i>Bye-bye, Kanchenjunga.</i> 431 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,120 <i>[pensive music playing]</i> 432 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,400 <i>One hundred meters below the summit,</i> 433 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,880 <i>we found another climber</i> <i>completely messed up.</i> 434 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,760 <i>He had run out of oxygen.</i> 435 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,280 <i>[Nims] Be strong. We'll go home.</i> 436 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,320 <i>[Mingma in Nepali]</i> <i>We need to get to Camp 4 now.</i> 437 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,480 <i>[Nims in English] Go, go. Go.</i> 438 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,160 <i>When you come off</i> <i>the oxygen at that altitude,</i> 439 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,960 <i>it is extremely dangerous.</i> 440 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,440 <i>But without oxygen,</i> <i>you'll never be able to survive this.</i> 441 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,360 <i>In the military,</i> <i>I have never left anyone behind.</i> 442 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,040 <i>I wasn't gonna do that on the mountains.</i> 443 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,440 <i>So we gave the climber our oxygen.</i> 444 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,400 <i>And we made the radio contact</i> <i>on all the camps saying,</i> 445 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,760 <i>"Hey, guys, we need help."</i> 446 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:46,600 <i>[suspenseful music playing]</i> 447 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,760 {\an8}<i>There were a lot of climbers at Camp 4,</i> 448 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,080 <i>and I said, "Look, just bring the oxygen."</i> 449 00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:01,600 <i>[base camp in Nepali]</i> I'm trying to contact them, 450 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,360 <i>but no one is picking up the radio.</i> 451 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,720 <i>[Mingma] </i>The wind is getting stronger and his oxygen is almost finished. 452 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,320 <i>[base camp on radio] </i>Don't risk your life. Come down now. 453 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,840 <i>[Nims] It's not in my blood</i> <i>to leave a person behind.</i> 454 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:18,840 <i>[suspenseful music continues]</i> 455 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,000 <i>[Nims in English]</i> The climber was massively struggling, 456 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:26,360 <i>but I can't see any head torches</i> <i>coming towards us for help.</i> 457 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:31,040 <i>-[Nims] Does anybody have oxygen?</i> <i>-[Mingma] There's no more oxygen.</i> 458 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,480 <i>[Nims] There's no oxygen left.</i> 459 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,200 <i>[sick climber coughs]</i> 460 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,080 <i>[Mingma] Nims, brother…</i> 461 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,320 <i>If we stay any longer, we'll die as well.</i> 462 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,840 <i>[Nims] What can I do, brother?</i> <i>No one has come to help.</i> 463 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:51,800 <i>[in English] Brother…</i> 464 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,680 <i>I was told people were coming.</i> 465 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:56,680 <i>Brother…</i> 466 00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,360 <i>I was told so many times.</i> 467 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:02,880 <i>Oh my God.</i> 468 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:06,040 <i>No one is coming.</i> 469 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,680 <i>[dramatic music plays]</i> 470 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:10,920 <i>[music ends]</i> 471 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000 <i>[footsteps tredding]</i> 472 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,360 <i>[Suchi] </i>I was at home and my phone rings. 473 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,720 <i>I could hear Nims' voice.</i> 474 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:36,520 <i>And my heart sank.</i> 475 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,920 <i>He