WEBVTT 00:00:12.137 --> 00:00:14.389 Come on, Emily, that knot's good. 00:00:14.472 --> 00:00:16.391 It's good. 00:00:16.474 --> 00:00:18.101 Come on. 00:00:24.858 --> 00:00:26.568 Now move to your left. 00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:33.950 * stop panicking. 00:00:46.296 --> 00:00:48.465 I don't feel safe. 00:00:52.260 --> 00:00:54.637 - Doing something that nobody's ever done before, 00:00:54.721 --> 00:00:57.307 there's no guarantee that your plan's gonna work. 00:00:59.559 --> 00:01:00.935 - Once you commit, 00:01:01.019 --> 00:01:02.312 there is no turning around. 00:01:04.856 --> 00:01:07.400 - We're entirely removed from civilization. 00:01:07.484 --> 00:01:09.778 - Look at this one. 00:01:09.861 --> 00:01:11.738 - We know once we get there, we're on our own. 00:01:11.821 --> 00:01:13.156 - Climbing! 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:15.867 We've chosen to live a life that does have risk. 00:01:15.950 --> 00:01:17.952 Oh, my God. 00:01:18.036 --> 00:01:19.954 - One mistake and you're dead. 00:01:20.038 --> 00:01:20.997 - Come on, now. 00:01:21.080 --> 00:01:22.290 - If you harness that fear 00:01:22.373 --> 00:01:24.626 you can do something that you never thought possible. 00:01:24.709 --> 00:01:26.544 - Whoo! Yeah! 00:01:28.755 --> 00:01:31.716 - Is the pursuit worth the risk? 00:01:54.843 --> 00:01:56.344 - Kyrgyzstan is one 00:01:56.427 --> 00:02:00.181 of the most mountainous countries on the planet. 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:04.561 It is an alpine playground. 00:02:07.063 --> 00:02:09.691 - I think what makes it unique is 00:02:09.774 --> 00:02:14.821 the quality of the climbing in such a remote place. 00:02:17.407 --> 00:02:21.161 It's like putting El Capitan in the middle of nowhere 00:02:21.244 --> 00:02:24.455 in this valley in Kyrgyzstan. 00:02:24.539 --> 00:02:29.169 I like feeling on that edge of uncertainty. 00:02:29.252 --> 00:02:30.920 It's an adventure. 00:02:33.553 --> 00:02:35.805 We started our expedition in Reno 00:02:35.889 --> 00:02:38.433 and traveled all the way across the world 00:02:38.516 --> 00:02:42.061 to Bishkek, capital city of Kyrgyzstan. 00:02:42.145 --> 00:02:43.688 Kyrgyzstan is one of those places 00:02:43.771 --> 00:02:45.940 that no one can really find on a map. 00:02:47.317 --> 00:02:49.068 Fly to Osh, which is sort of like 00:02:49.152 --> 00:02:51.404 the gateway to the mountains. 00:02:51.487 --> 00:02:52.739 - From there, I think it's, like, 00:02:52.822 --> 00:02:56.826 a 10-or-so-hour Jeep ride to a trailhead 00:02:56.910 --> 00:02:59.037 in a town called Uzgurush. 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:00.580 - And then that's when you start 00:03:00.663 --> 00:03:04.375 three days of walking to get to the Ak-Suu Valley 00:03:04.459 --> 00:03:06.753 where we'll eventually set up base camp 00:03:06.836 --> 00:03:10.048 and try to climb Pik Slesova. 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:15.053 - The goal of this trip is to free climb 00:03:15.136 --> 00:03:17.430 this 3,000-foot rock route 00:03:17.513 --> 00:03:20.808 up the northwest face of Pik Slesova. 00:03:20.892 --> 00:03:22.894 It's a high-level free route 00:03:22.977 --> 00:03:26.731 that's only seen one team ascent. 00:03:26.814 --> 00:03:30.109 Different people freed different pitches. 00:03:30.193 --> 00:03:32.946 No one person freed every pitch. 00:03:34.155 --> 00:03:36.449 That left this unique opportunity 00:03:36.532 --> 00:03:40.411 for one or both of us to be the first person 00:03:40.495 --> 00:03:44.290 to free every pitch on the line to the summit. 00:03:48.836 --> 00:03:51.589 - When Kyrgyzstan was still part of the Soviet Union, 00:03:51.673 --> 00:03:52.757 Russians would come here, 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:53.925 and it was a training ground 00:03:54.008 --> 00:03:56.135 before they went to the Himalaya. 00:03:58.721 --> 00:04:00.974 It is a testament to how remote 00:04:01.057 --> 00:04:03.393 and out there this place is. 00:04:05.103 --> 00:04:06.604 You know, we're sort of coming together 00:04:06.688 --> 00:04:09.315 to combine our--our skills and our strengths 00:04:09.399 --> 00:04:12.318 on this one objective. 00:04:12.402 --> 00:04:14.153 - I think we're kind of unique 00:04:14.237 --> 00:04:15.822 in that we're both professional climbers, 00:04:15.905 --> 00:04:17.574 but we're on almost opposite ends 00:04:17.657 --> 00:04:19.784 of the spectrum of the sport. 00:04:19.867 --> 00:04:22.787 I'm known for walking up big hills really slowly. 00:04:25.123 --> 00:04:26.833 And she's known for, like, 00:04:26.916 --> 00:04:31.462 the highest-end gymnastic rock climbing. 00:04:31.546 --> 00:04:32.797 Big wall rock climbing 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:35.550 is kind of where they start to come together. 00:04:37.302 --> 00:04:38.469 - It's the adventure 00:04:38.553 --> 00:04:41.055 and the expedition side of climbing, 00:04:41.139 --> 00:04:44.017 combined with a really hard big-wall free climb. 00:04:47.478 --> 00:04:49.355 It's definitely gonna be a test of our relationship. 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:50.690 But every time we do a trip like this, 00:04:50.773 --> 00:04:53.026 it's a test of our relationship. 00:05:01.617 --> 00:05:04.245 We landed in Bishkek and spent two days there. 00:05:06.956 --> 00:05:10.668 Bishkek really does feel like this sort of melting pot. 00:05:13.421 --> 00:05:15.757 It's a very modern city, 00:05:15.840 --> 00:05:18.885 and it has a lot of former Soviet 00:05:18.968 --> 00:05:20.803 and Russian influence. 00:05:20.887 --> 00:05:22.263 But at the same time, 00:05:22.347 --> 00:05:23.806 it feels like a very young city 00:05:23.890 --> 00:05:26.184 that's kind of, like, just coming into its own. 00:05:31.981 --> 00:05:34.484 The success or failure of an expedition 00:05:34.567 --> 00:05:38.112 really hinges on the group of people there. 00:05:38.196 --> 00:05:39.906 The team is really what it all comes down to. 00:05:39.989 --> 00:05:42.867 It's having the proper people with the proper experience 00:05:42.950 --> 00:05:46.079 to kind of embark on a journey that's pretty full-on 00:05:46.162 --> 00:05:47.830 in almost every way. - Hi. I'm Adrian. 00:05:47.914 --> 00:05:48.873 - Dimitri. - Emily. 00:05:48.956 --> 00:05:50.083 - Good to meet you, Dimitri. - Nice to meet you. 00:05:50.166 --> 00:05:51.667 - I am Topo. Nice to meet you, Dimitri. 00:05:51.751 --> 00:05:53.044 - How are you? - We are so excited 00:05:53.127 --> 00:05:55.380 to finally be here. 00:05:55.463 --> 00:05:57.215 - I think the first question is 00:05:57.298 --> 00:05:59.759 yesterday we heard that there was some-- 00:05:59.842 --> 00:06:00.927 there were some conflicts-- 00:06:01.010 --> 00:06:02.261 - The border. - You know, yeah. 00:06:02.345 --> 00:06:03.596 - On the border. - The border. 00:06:03.679 --> 00:06:05.181 - What's-- what's your opinion? 00:06:11.654 --> 00:06:12.571 - To the west. 00:06:13.981 --> 00:06:14.941 - Okay. 00:06:15.858 --> 00:06:17.068 - No, you're doing great. 00:06:17.151 --> 00:06:19.987 - Better than our Kyrgyz or Russian. 00:06:30.790 --> 00:06:33.751 - This region does have instability. 00:06:33.835 --> 00:06:34.919 It was first on my radar 00:06:35.002 --> 00:06:36.879 when Beth Rodden and Tommy Caldwell 00:06:36.963 --> 00:06:39.215 were kidnapped here in the year 2000. 00:06:39.632 --> 00:06:40.716 - Caldwell and three others, 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:42.844 including his girlfriend, were climbing here 00:06:42.927 --> 00:06:45.888 in the Pamir-Alay mountain range of Kyrgyzstan. 00:06:45.972 --> 00:06:48.641 They were sleeping on a ledge 1,000 feet up 00:06:48.724 --> 00:06:50.143 when their ordeal began. 00:06:50.226 --> 00:06:52.311 - Three people on the ground started shooting at us. 00:06:52.395 --> 00:06:55.940 And we were taken hostage at gunpoint by two men. 00:06:56.023 --> 00:06:58.484 - They were rebels from Uzbekistan. 00:06:58.568 --> 00:07:00.570 And they were sort of, like, battling in that area 00:07:00.653 --> 00:07:02.780 with the Kyrg Army. 00:07:02.864 --> 00:07:04.657 - We were seriously fearing for our lives. 00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:06.742 We did not know what was gonna happen to us. 00:07:06.826 --> 00:07:10.079 And escape was always on the top of our minds. 00:07:11.539 --> 00:07:12.874 - Tommy kind of saved all of them 00:07:12.957 --> 00:07:14.667 by pushing one of these rebels off a cliff. 00:07:14.750 --> 00:07:15.960 And then they ran 00:07:16.043 --> 00:07:17.962 and eventually found a military base. 00:07:18.045 --> 00:07:19.589 - It is so hard to think of that now 00:07:19.672 --> 00:07:20.756 and to say it aloud, 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:23.092 but we were afraid that we would not survive. 00:07:27.263 --> 00:07:31.017 - There is still an ongoing border disagreement. 00:07:31.100 --> 00:07:32.560 So there are local groups 00:07:32.643 --> 00:07:34.979 continuing to fight in this area. 00:07:35.062 --> 00:07:37.315 We definitely don't want to make the situation worse 00:07:37.398 --> 00:07:38.900 in these areas. 00:07:38.983 --> 00:07:41.360 - I think I personally really trust 00:07:41.444 --> 00:07:43.237 the people who we've hired 00:07:43.321 --> 00:07:44.697 to sort of give us the go ahead 00:07:44.780 --> 00:07:47.533 that it's Okay and that it's safe. 00:07:47.617 --> 00:07:49.577 - But your recommendation or comfort 00:07:49.660 --> 00:07:51.787 is the plan we already have. 00:07:51.871 --> 00:07:52.872 - Yeah. - No problems. 00:07:52.955 --> 00:07:54.457 both: No problems. both: Okay. 00:07:54.540 --> 00:07:56.709 - Great. - Cool. 00:07:56.792 --> 00:07:58.711 You know, but at the same time, 00:07:58.794 --> 00:08:00.213 you don't know what's going to happen. 00:08:00.296 --> 00:08:02.882 - To go to your camp here. 00:08:03.272 --> 00:08:06.692 Emily and I have been together for 9 1/2 years. 00:08:06.776 --> 00:08:11.531 We met on Mount Everest at 21,500 feet. 00:08:12.281 --> 00:08:13.825 In this case, having her as a teammate, 00:08:13.908 --> 00:08:14.867 she's obviously 00:08:14.951 --> 00:08:17.328 an unbelievably talented rock climber. 00:08:17.411 --> 00:08:19.497 This maestro of just knowing 00:08:19.580 --> 00:08:21.457 what to do with her body on the rock. 00:08:24.085 --> 00:08:26.921 - I discovered climbing when I was 10 years old. 00:08:27.004 --> 00:08:29.423 It went from me not even knowing what climbing was 00:08:29.507 --> 00:08:31.008 to, "Oh, this is what I'm gonna do 00:08:31.092 --> 00:08:32.218 for the rest of my life." 00:08:33.427 --> 00:08:36.013 Around age 16, I started doing world cups. 00:08:36.097 --> 00:08:37.682 I didn't even have, like, a team jersey. 00:08:37.765 --> 00:08:38.724 I had to make my own and, like, 00:08:38.808 --> 00:08:40.184 sew a little American flag on there. 00:08:42.144 --> 00:08:44.856 I was sort of in that first wave of people 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:47.308 who learned how to train for rock climbing 00:08:47.391 --> 00:08:49.518 instead of just going rock climbing. 00:08:52.021 --> 00:08:53.939 It was very regimented. It was very serious. 00:08:54.023 --> 00:08:56.609 And in my later teenage years, 00:08:56.692 --> 00:08:58.652 I struggled with an eating disorder. 00:08:58.736 --> 00:09:00.780 A lot of young climbers do. 00:09:00.863 --> 00:09:02.239 In order to perform well, 00:09:02.323 --> 00:09:04.408 one of the easiest and fastest ways to do that 00:09:04.492 --> 00:09:05.868 is to cut weight. 00:09:07.328 --> 00:09:09.747 I remember, like, feeling exceptionally tired 00:09:09.830 --> 00:09:12.917 all the time, really kind of falling out of love 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:14.877 with climbing and with what I was doing. 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.421 That was sort of, like, the turning point. 00:09:17.505 --> 00:09:19.590 I just couldn't live that way anymore. 00:09:22.468 --> 00:09:24.845 My love for climbing has just sort of changed 00:09:24.929 --> 00:09:27.765 and evolved as I've changed and evolved as a person. 00:09:29.141 --> 00:09:30.142 Competition climbing was 00:09:30.226 --> 00:09:32.394 very much a part of my childhood. 00:09:32.478 --> 00:09:35.523 I didn't really explore the adventure side of climbing 00:09:35.606 --> 00:09:36.774 until a little bit later. 00:09:38.734 --> 00:09:40.694 - She was determined to conquer El Capitan 00:09:40.778 --> 00:09:42.321 in less than 24 hours. 00:09:42.404 --> 00:09:44.323 - Emily Harrington has reached the peak of success. 00:09:44.406 --> 00:09:45.449 - I hate to compare, but it looks 00:09:45.533 --> 00:09:48.285 like Emily is in a slightly more precarious situation 00:09:48.369 --> 00:09:49.578 than you are. 00:09:49.662 --> 00:09:51.122 - There's still, you know, sometimes 00:09:51.205 --> 00:09:53.916 a tendency in our culture 00:09:53.999 --> 00:09:56.001 to think, you know, in athletic pursuits 00:09:56.085 --> 00:09:58.087 there's a different level of capability. 00:09:58.170 --> 00:10:00.464 And Emily is out there and pushing 00:10:00.548 --> 00:10:03.300 at the very highest level of the sport, 00:10:03.384 --> 00:10:06.178 just showing what's possible, 00:10:06.262 --> 00:10:08.681 man or woman. 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:22.695 - Right as we landed, 00:10:22.778 --> 00:10:24.321 there was the call to prayer. 00:10:26.198 --> 00:10:29.869 Really kind of, like, grounds you in a place. 00:10:34.165 --> 00:10:36.333 - Today's day one of two days driving 00:10:36.417 --> 00:10:38.586 to the trailhead in Uzgurush. 00:10:40.129 --> 00:10:42.089 - Pik Slesova is by far 00:10:42.173 --> 00:10:46.218 the most remote big wall I've ever attempted, 00:10:46.302 --> 00:10:47.845 hands down. 00:10:49.805 --> 00:10:52.433 It's not like Yosemite. 00:10:52.516 --> 00:10:54.560 You don't just drive up, park your car, 00:10:54.643 --> 00:10:57.021 walk 20 minutes, start climbing-- 00:10:57.104 --> 00:10:59.690 which is why it's so unique. 00:11:02.234 --> 00:11:03.903 - Getting to just pick our own fruit, 00:11:03.986 --> 00:11:05.946 this is not gonna happen anymore in the mountains. 00:11:06.030 --> 00:11:07.031 - No, we're not gonna get this stuff. 00:11:07.114 --> 00:11:08.199 - We should take advantage of it. 00:11:10.826 --> 00:11:12.203 - Batken definitely felt 00:11:12.286 --> 00:11:14.955 like this transition point. 00:11:15.623 --> 00:11:17.208 We didn't really have any worries or concerns 00:11:17.291 --> 00:11:19.418 up until that point. 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:21.378 - Vorukh. 00:11:22.296 --> 00:11:25.049 - It's-- - Oh, Vorukh is Tajikistan. 00:11:25.132 --> 00:11:26.884 - Yeah, Vorukh is Tajikistan. 00:11:26.967 --> 00:11:28.177 That's where the fighting was last month. 00:11:28.260 --> 00:11:30.137 - Vorukh. - It's a surrounded enclave. 00:11:30.221 --> 00:11:31.597 - Yeah. 00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:33.933 - The contested border that we were passing 00:11:34.016 --> 00:11:35.768 really close to after Batken, 00:11:35.851 --> 00:11:39.605 the last flare-up we had really heard about was in May. 00:11:39.688 --> 00:11:43.484 - More than 11,500 people have been evacuated 00:11:43.567 --> 00:11:45.611 following a flare-up in violence 00:11:45.694 --> 00:11:47.446 along its border with Tajikistan, 00:11:47.529 --> 00:11:50.741 leaving at least 31 Kyrgyzstani citizens dead 00:11:50.824 --> 00:11:53.702 and more than 100 others injured. 00:11:54.787 --> 00:11:57.248 - Part of the border conflict here 00:11:57.331 --> 00:11:59.917 has to do with management of this lake 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:01.585 and the drought this part of the country 00:12:01.669 --> 00:12:03.170 has been going through. 00:12:04.922 --> 00:12:09.468 - 2020 was the worst drought in 25 years in this region. 00:12:11.262 --> 00:12:13.764 Seeing a place that is threatened by climate change, 00:12:13.847 --> 00:12:16.892 it makes it that much more real, 00:12:16.976 --> 00:12:18.936 that it's not about threatening 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:20.771 our adventures or our recreation. 00:12:20.854 --> 00:12:22.982 It's about threatening people's livelihoods 00:12:23.065 --> 00:12:24.817 and people's lives. 00:12:26.735 --> 00:12:29.446 - Wars are gonna be fought about water. 00:12:29.530 --> 00:12:32.491 And that's happening here now. 00:12:36.578 --> 00:12:37.997 - You know, it's-- 00:13:00.436 --> 00:13:03.689 - Some of our crew got detained, 00:13:03.772 --> 00:13:07.484 and so we're outside a little military zone 00:13:07.568 --> 00:13:09.111 waiting for them. 00:13:14.408 --> 00:13:15.617 - Welcome back. 00:13:15.701 --> 00:13:17.870 - Yeah, after a couple hours. 00:13:17.953 --> 00:13:20.164 The area we're going is super close 00:13:20.247 --> 00:13:22.875 to the strongest part of the conflict. 00:13:22.958 --> 00:13:27.212 The local police were pretty concerned about our security. 00:13:27.296 --> 00:13:29.340 Yeah, from here I think we probably-- 00:13:29.423 --> 00:13:31.133 we just want to be, like, in and out. 00:13:31.216 --> 00:13:34.094 You know, like... both: Low-profile. 00:13:39.516 --> 00:13:41.018 - We knew that it was going to be difficult 00:13:41.101 --> 00:13:42.227 to travel to this place, right? - Yup. 00:13:42.311 --> 00:13:46.565 - So now we just need to adapt, just heads up. 00:13:46.648 --> 00:13:48.567 If you see something weird, you know, 00:13:48.650 --> 00:13:51.779 everybody will be just full-on alarm mode. 00:13:51.862 --> 00:13:53.781 Yeah. 00:13:56.075 --> 00:13:57.201 - You're getting these little tidbits 00:13:57.284 --> 00:13:58.535 and, trying to, like, read through them all 00:13:58.619 --> 00:14:00.371 and figure out what the, like, through line is 00:14:00.454 --> 00:14:02.206 and whether it's safe. 00:14:02.289 --> 00:14:05.167 We've heard if you're on the road after 5:00 p.m., 00:14:05.250 --> 00:14:07.211 they like to shoot at cars. 00:14:07.294 --> 00:14:08.504 A couple of days ago, 00:14:08.587 --> 00:14:11.715 there was another situation with two soldiers wounded. 00:14:23.977 --> 00:14:25.396 - Ah, for-- - Customs. 00:14:25.479 --> 00:14:27.272 - Oh. - Customs is this way? 00:14:27.356 --> 00:14:28.440 Then Uzgurush. 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.113 We just went through a final military stop, 00:14:34.196 --> 00:14:36.240 and it's just feels completely different. 00:14:36.323 --> 00:14:37.991 - It's much more rural and-- 00:14:38.075 --> 00:14:40.619 - Surrounded by huge peaks. 00:14:42.663 --> 00:14:43.705 I'm starting to think it's gonna be 00:14:43.789 --> 00:14:45.916 a really hard hike tomorrow. 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:49.128 - Had a few hiccups along the way, 00:14:49.211 --> 00:14:52.089 but we've arrived in Uzgurush. 00:14:52.172 --> 00:14:55.259 And we're in the mountains, and it feels amazing. 00:14:55.342 --> 00:14:57.469 - End of the road, beginning of the trail, 00:14:57.553 --> 00:15:00.806 and organizing all of our loads for the next few weeks. 00:15:06.562 --> 00:15:10.482 - Adrian is a high-altitude climber 00:15:10.566 --> 00:15:12.192 and a mountain guide, 00:15:12.276 --> 00:15:14.361 one of the best in the world. 00:15:17.197 --> 00:15:21.326 - I've summited 8,000-meter peaks 17 times, 00:15:21.410 --> 00:15:23.620 and I've summited Mount Everest eight times, 00:15:23.704 --> 00:15:26.957 including once without supplemental oxygen. 00:15:27.040 --> 00:15:29.585 Man, I can't believe I did it. 00:15:29.668 --> 00:15:31.378 I'm just so gripped right now. 00:15:36.091 --> 00:15:37.843 I was born in Cheltenham, England. 00:15:37.926 --> 00:15:40.512 My family wasn't an outdoorsy family. 00:15:40.596 --> 00:15:42.848 When we moved to America, 00:15:42.931 --> 00:15:44.975 I think my parents thought they needed to do things 00:15:45.058 --> 00:15:48.187 like camping and fishing. 00:15:48.270 --> 00:15:49.813 And we weren't very good at it. 00:15:51.148 --> 00:15:52.774 Just learned to get comfortable 00:15:52.858 --> 00:15:55.569 in, like, cold, wet New England winter. 00:16:07.414 --> 00:16:11.001 There's nowhere where I feel the focus 00:16:11.084 --> 00:16:13.337 towards a single goal. 00:16:13.420 --> 00:16:15.547 You are not thinking about anything else 00:16:15.631 --> 00:16:18.008 except not getting killed on that mountain. 00:16:25.807 --> 00:16:28.310 Today we begin our approach to the mountain. 00:16:28.393 --> 00:16:30.687 We have 15 miles to cover 00:16:30.771 --> 00:16:33.524 and 7,000 feet of vertical ascent 00:16:33.607 --> 00:16:36.109 as we go up and down these passes. 00:16:37.819 --> 00:16:38.904 That's just day one. 00:16:38.987 --> 00:16:40.989 We still have two more full days 00:16:41.073 --> 00:16:44.201 with that much or more to get to base camp. 00:16:47.579 --> 00:16:51.208 I've planned for so long and think I know so much about 00:16:51.291 --> 00:16:54.628 from maps and photos and Google Earth. 00:16:54.711 --> 00:16:58.382 This is the moment where reality sets in. 00:16:58.465 --> 00:17:00.008 We're on our own. 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:26.118 - We are trying to get over this pass 00:17:26.201 --> 00:17:28.745 before we get struck by lightning. 00:17:28.829 --> 00:17:30.289 And it seems to be 00:17:30.372 --> 00:17:31.915 coming in fast, but we think 00:17:31.999 --> 00:17:33.917 the safest thing is up and over. 00:17:34.001 --> 00:17:35.794 So we're gonna find out if we're right. 00:17:41.675 --> 00:17:43.218 - The difference between the lightning and thunder 00:17:43.302 --> 00:17:45.178 was not even a second. 00:17:47.764 --> 00:17:50.684 You could feel the static electricity in the air. 00:18:03.989 --> 00:18:07.075 Still going a little bit, but it moved on. 00:18:07.159 --> 00:18:08.827 It was a little scary, though. - It was definitely legit. 00:18:08.910 --> 00:18:10.037 - A little freaked out. 00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:12.122 - Kind of the first reminder that we're in the mountains. 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:18.962 We have to anticipate those storms are gonna come 00:18:19.046 --> 00:18:21.381 every day we're on the wall. 00:18:21.465 --> 00:18:23.216 They're gonna be a significant challenge 00:18:23.300 --> 00:18:25.677 of how to deal with them safely. 00:18:30.098 --> 00:18:31.850 Mountain experience is 00:18:31.934 --> 00:18:35.354 they can be so beautiful and so powerful 00:18:35.437 --> 00:18:39.191 because of that risk-reward equation. 00:18:40.776 --> 00:18:43.779 It's also something that I struggle with. 00:18:46.073 --> 00:18:48.200 I was guiding with a Sherpa partner 00:18:48.283 --> 00:18:49.368 named Nima Sherpa, 00:18:49.451 --> 00:18:52.913 that I'd worked with since my first trips to Nepal. 00:18:52.996 --> 00:18:58.835 And he caught one crampon on the pant leg of his other leg 00:18:58.919 --> 00:19:02.798 and fell off the ledge, like, exactly in front of me-- 00:19:02.881 --> 00:19:04.341 what I would estimate to be 00:19:04.424 --> 00:19:06.843 a, you know, 800-foot cliff. 00:19:08.136 --> 00:19:09.054 And it was very real. 00:19:09.137 --> 00:19:12.849 He had a six-year-old son and a family. 00:19:12.933 --> 00:19:15.560 This brought the whole reality of this thing 00:19:15.644 --> 00:19:17.562 that I was having so much fun doing 00:19:17.646 --> 00:19:20.732 into very stark, like, different terms. 00:19:23.026 --> 00:19:25.404 Whether it's worth it, why I do it, 00:19:25.487 --> 00:19:26.697 why we're doing it-- 00:19:26.780 --> 00:19:29.366 like, it was so clearly not worth it 00:19:29.449 --> 00:19:32.244 to Nima's family. 00:19:32.327 --> 00:19:35.706 My risk tolerance today is incredibly different. 00:19:35.789 --> 00:19:38.583 And this was the beginning of that change. 00:19:50.345 --> 00:19:52.097 - I like my pack. 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:54.599 - I have full cold. My nose is clogged. 00:19:54.683 --> 00:19:57.519 My ear's, like, doing the popping thing. 00:19:57.602 --> 00:20:00.564 - It's mainly just around my eyes and not in my nose. 00:20:00.647 --> 00:20:02.107 - In your nose yet, or in your throat? 00:20:02.190 --> 00:20:04.276 - No, nothing. 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.820 - It's definitely not normal to me. 00:20:06.903 --> 00:20:10.490 - We say high and angled, like, that way. 00:20:17.914 --> 00:20:20.751 - Pass number four or five of the trip. 00:20:20.834 --> 00:20:22.794 I can't even keep count. 00:20:22.878 --> 00:20:27.007 That was hard for me today. 00:20:27.549 --> 00:20:29.718 Wow, crazy. We came from back there. 00:20:32.053 --> 00:20:33.221 I don't think I've felt that weak 00:20:33.305 --> 00:20:35.849 on a day hiking in decades. 00:20:39.936 --> 00:20:42.439 All the way through that hike, I was telling myself 00:20:42.522 --> 00:20:44.691 that, like, it felt hard because we had been traveling 00:20:44.775 --> 00:20:46.818 for a week and I was still jetlagged. 00:20:48.236 --> 00:20:51.490 I know my body, and something is not right. 00:21:00.832 --> 00:21:02.501 - Okay. 00:21:04.753 --> 00:21:06.004 - Yeah, it's definitely positive. 00:21:06.088 --> 00:21:07.047 - It's definitely positive? 00:21:07.130 --> 00:21:08.298 It came out within three minutes. 00:21:08.381 --> 00:21:09.633 No question. 00:21:09.716 --> 00:21:11.718 - Like, Emily needs to take one. 00:21:11.802 --> 00:21:13.178 Let's see what it says. 00:21:13.261 --> 00:21:15.013 But you should definitely take another one. 00:21:15.096 --> 00:21:16.348 - Pretty sure. 00:21:16.431 --> 00:21:18.767 I'm so sorry, Ems. - It's okay. 00:21:18.850 --> 00:21:20.769 I mean, it's no one's fault, right? 00:21:20.852 --> 00:21:23.146 We were all negative a few days ago, right? 00:21:23.230 --> 00:21:24.397 - Yeah. 00:21:24.481 --> 00:21:26.274 - Well, let's hope it's a false positive. 00:21:27.609 --> 00:21:29.402 - You took another one? - Yeah. 00:21:32.823 --> 00:21:34.741 - You're still looking negative, Em. 00:21:36.535 --> 00:21:41.039 Yeah, I'm already positive-- instantly. 00:21:43.708 --> 00:21:45.085 *. 00:21:49.422 --> 00:21:51.132 *. 00:21:57.472 --> 00:21:58.723 I've taken a lot of these tests. 00:21:58.807 --> 00:22:01.393 I never thought I'd see that. 00:22:01.476 --> 00:22:03.061 - We're all testing. We're all vaccinated. 00:22:03.144 --> 00:22:09.568 Like, it's just so unlikely-feeling, but... 00:22:09.651 --> 00:22:11.403 I think we're all in a little bit of disbelief. 00:22:11.486 --> 00:22:13.405 Like, how could this possibly happen? 00:22:13.488 --> 00:22:15.448 We took COVID tests before leaving, 00:22:15.532 --> 00:22:18.159 while we were in Bishkek, while we were in Osh. 00:22:19.327 --> 00:22:21.162 And then here we were on the track, 00:22:21.246 --> 00:22:23.582 getting further and further from hospitals, 00:22:23.665 --> 00:22:25.250 from medical care, from all these things. 00:22:25.333 --> 00:22:27.335 And now we had one person who was COVID-positive. 00:22:28.962 --> 00:22:31.339 It all just comes crashing down. 00:22:32.424 --> 00:22:34.259 I think the first part of the puzzle 00:22:34.342 --> 00:22:37.429 is making sure the local staff doesn't get COVID. 00:22:37.512 --> 00:22:38.513 - For sure. 00:22:38.597 --> 00:22:41.558 Like, yeah, I feel really strongly. 00:22:41.641 --> 00:22:43.935 We have to ensure their safety. 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:47.272 - Yeah, this is * out here. 00:22:47.355 --> 00:22:49.065 - It's kind of my worst nightmare 00:22:49.149 --> 00:22:52.652 to negatively affect a local community. 00:22:52.736 --> 00:22:54.195 If my case got worse, 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.947 or if other cases happened in the group, 00:22:56.031 --> 00:22:58.575 we might not be able to get them to medical care quickly. 00:23:00.994 --> 00:23:03.914 We've both worked for almost two years 00:23:03.997 --> 00:23:06.625 to get ready for this trip. 00:23:06.708 --> 00:23:08.084 - It took so much effort, 00:23:08.168 --> 00:23:12.255 but it's just the way the world is right now. 00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:15.008 And it's just a stupid climbing expedition. 00:23:15.091 --> 00:23:16.259 It's, like, not that big of a deal. 00:23:16.343 --> 00:23:18.428 But it is to me. 00:23:25.310 --> 00:23:28.104 It just felt so close. 00:23:39.032 --> 00:23:41.660 - Uh, yeah, maybe a little bit better. 00:23:41.743 --> 00:23:44.579 But sore throat, difficult to swallow, 00:23:44.663 --> 00:23:46.998 a little cough, congestion. 00:23:47.082 --> 00:23:49.292 My oxygen saturation had actually dropped 00:23:49.376 --> 00:23:51.461 into the low 80s. 00:23:51.544 --> 00:23:54.130 That's about the same as in the tent. 00:23:54.214 --> 00:23:56.591 At home, if you're saturations were less than 90%, 00:23:56.675 --> 00:23:59.177 you'd be in the hospital on oxygen. 00:23:59.260 --> 00:24:02.430 What was yours? - 92 to 94. 00:24:02.514 --> 00:24:04.557 It's pretty normal for this altitude, I think. 00:24:06.518 --> 00:24:09.020 - We made the decision that the only safe option 00:24:09.104 --> 00:24:11.439 was to go back to the road head 00:24:11.523 --> 00:24:14.025 and then see if we can piece together the logistics 00:24:14.109 --> 00:24:15.360 to still make an attempt. 00:24:15.443 --> 00:24:20.991 But right now, an attempt feels really far away. 00:24:24.828 --> 00:24:27.205 That meant three days of walking back 00:24:27.288 --> 00:24:30.875 over all the passes we had crossed on the way in, 00:24:30.959 --> 00:24:34.254 and then taking a 10-hour drive to Osh, 00:24:34.337 --> 00:24:37.173 where we knew there was medical resources 00:24:37.257 --> 00:24:39.592 if one of us got even sicker. 00:24:41.928 --> 00:24:43.388 It's gonna be okay. 00:24:43.471 --> 00:24:47.767 - I know, but this is just such a nightmare. 00:24:49.477 --> 00:24:52.564 I've sort of let go of climbing at this point. 00:24:52.647 --> 00:24:55.567 Just one step at a time. 00:25:00.488 --> 00:25:03.867 - I have officially lost my sense of taste-- 00:25:03.950 --> 00:25:06.703 just in case the two positive COVID tests 00:25:06.786 --> 00:25:08.705 and the saturations in the 80s 00:25:08.788 --> 00:25:10.165 didn't tell us anything. 00:25:19.424 --> 00:25:23.219 But I was just so disappointed. 00:25:23.303 --> 00:25:24.596 What did I do wrong? 00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:27.766 And did I ruin this dream trip for so many people 00:25:27.849 --> 00:25:29.601 by being careless somewhere? 00:25:35.436 --> 00:25:38.606 - Adrian tested positive for COVID, 00:25:38.689 --> 00:25:43.027 and then I tested positive, like, two or three days ago. 00:25:43.110 --> 00:25:45.112 - Good news. None of our local staff 00:25:45.196 --> 00:25:47.448 has shown any symptoms, 00:25:47.531 --> 00:25:49.450 which is what we were mostly afraid of, 00:25:49.533 --> 00:25:50.868 since they're unvaccinated. 00:25:50.951 --> 00:25:52.745 So that feels really good. 00:25:52.828 --> 00:25:56.207 I think we have three or four more days in isolation. 00:25:57.541 --> 00:25:59.877 Thank you. See you later on. 00:26:01.256 --> 00:26:03.634 It actually took a surprisingly long time 00:26:03.717 --> 00:26:06.011 for Emily and I to test negative. 00:26:06.094 --> 00:26:07.638 We kind of came to the realization 00:26:07.721 --> 00:26:10.808 there was no way time-wise that we could hike back in 00:26:10.891 --> 00:26:13.852 and still have an opportunity to climb the mountain. 00:26:13.936 --> 00:26:15.938 - We already tried that. 00:26:16.021 --> 00:26:18.148 We had a bad experience with COVID. 00:26:18.232 --> 00:26:20.984 We're repeating the same behavior that we did before. 00:26:21.068 --> 00:26:23.237 So we started looking at helicopter options. 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:25.405 And the helicopter options in Kyrgyzstan 00:26:25.489 --> 00:26:28.659 turned out to be really, really complicated. 00:26:28.742 --> 00:26:30.661 Just waiting for word 00:26:30.744 --> 00:26:33.163 whether we can take the Kyrgyzstan helicopter in. 00:26:33.247 --> 00:26:36.124 We got a tiny glimmer of hope, so... 00:26:36.208 --> 00:26:38.335 - Just hoping for good news tonight. 00:26:40.796 --> 00:26:42.047 - I know you've been getting bits and pieces 00:26:42.130 --> 00:26:44.299 of updates from Topo's team 00:26:44.383 --> 00:26:46.385 just as this continues to unfold. 00:26:46.468 --> 00:26:49.054 Situation right now, we basically don't have 00:26:49.137 --> 00:26:51.139 a viable helicopter option 00:26:51.223 --> 00:26:53.725 to get everybody back up into camp. 00:26:53.809 --> 00:26:57.396 Just essentially put an end to this expedition. 00:26:57.479 --> 00:26:58.981 What we're gonna start doing, 00:26:59.064 --> 00:27:01.191 kind of planning the exit strategy. 00:27:01.275 --> 00:27:02.693 My plan is to have that 00:27:02.776 --> 00:27:04.319 kind of detailed out for everybody 00:27:04.403 --> 00:27:06.113 by the time you guys all wake up tomorrow-- 00:27:06.196 --> 00:27:07.656 tomorrow morning. 00:27:23.171 --> 00:27:26.633 - We were packing our bags into the truck 00:27:26.717 --> 00:27:31.138 when our local guide, Yusef, came to us and said, 00:27:31.221 --> 00:27:33.390 "We can make the heli work. We can do it." 00:27:36.518 --> 00:27:38.896 It doesn't seem like we're gonna go home anymore. 00:27:39.521 --> 00:27:42.524 - Doesn't seem like we're gonna go home anymore. 00:27:42.608 --> 00:27:44.860 - But we were gonna go home, like, a half an hour ago. 00:27:46.486 --> 00:27:49.489 - Yeah, it's the restart to our expedition. 00:27:55.739 --> 00:27:59.785 Yeah, one step closer. One step closer. 00:27:59.868 --> 00:28:01.995 Yeah, I like that sound. 00:28:07.251 --> 00:28:10.045 We've spent years dreaming about this trip. 00:28:11.797 --> 00:28:13.799 And then we spent pretty much a month 00:28:13.882 --> 00:28:16.343 trying to get to the objective. 00:28:16.426 --> 00:28:17.594 It was exciting. 00:28:17.678 --> 00:28:19.012 It was more exciting than it would have been 00:28:19.096 --> 00:28:20.973 if everything had gone as planned. 00:28:24.434 --> 00:28:26.979 It really was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. 00:28:29.731 --> 00:28:31.483 You know, as a climber it's sort of, like, 00:28:31.567 --> 00:28:33.652 this idyllic-looking challenge. 00:28:35.404 --> 00:28:37.531 Look at that. 00:28:37.614 --> 00:28:38.657 - We were surrounded 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:40.909 by, like, some of the most beautiful granite towers 00:28:40.993 --> 00:28:42.369 I've ever seen in my life. 00:28:43.787 --> 00:28:45.205 - And that was gonna be our home 00:28:45.289 --> 00:28:46.707 for the next two weeks. 00:28:46.790 --> 00:28:48.292 It was, like, really hot. 00:28:51.545 --> 00:28:52.963 - We spent the morning setting up. 00:28:53.046 --> 00:28:54.840 And then me and Em have just been, like, 00:28:54.923 --> 00:28:56.717 you know, caged up for so long, we were like, 00:28:56.800 --> 00:28:59.011 "We gotta go and at least find the base of the wall." 00:29:08.437 --> 00:29:10.647 You see it? - Oh, holy shit. 00:29:12.524 --> 00:29:15.611 - It's really intimidating, actually. 00:29:15.694 --> 00:29:17.029 I think we should move up a little bit, 00:29:17.112 --> 00:29:18.655 and then we can look at a map. - Yep. 00:29:21.742 --> 00:29:23.577 The way you ascend a big wall is, 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:26.788 you climb one rope length, and you stop. 00:29:26.872 --> 00:29:28.749 And then oftentimes you swap. 00:29:28.832 --> 00:29:31.418 And your belayer climbs one rope length and stops. 00:29:31.501 --> 00:29:33.128 And then you keep going up like that. 00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:37.758 - In order to, like, do a clean ascent, 00:29:37.841 --> 00:29:39.301 each one of those rope lengths 00:29:39.384 --> 00:29:40.385 she has to climb 00:29:40.469 --> 00:29:42.054 without falling. 00:29:42.137 --> 00:29:43.889 If she falls, she has to go back down 00:29:43.972 --> 00:29:44.890 to the beginning of that pitch 00:29:44.973 --> 00:29:48.352 and do it again until she doesn't fall. 00:29:48.435 --> 00:29:50.437 - And a lot of times, that is how you fail. 00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:53.649 You get stuck at a pitch and you can't complete it. 00:29:53.732 --> 00:29:55.400 You know, sometimes you continue, and then you say, 00:29:55.484 --> 00:29:58.570 "Well, I freed every pitch except this one pitch." 00:29:58.654 --> 00:30:01.031 But that wasn't my goal. 00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:06.828 So in my ideal world, we could free climb 00:30:06.912 --> 00:30:08.956 the route in its entirety. 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.624 And you don't return to the ground 00:30:10.707 --> 00:30:11.959 until you've reached the top. 00:30:12.042 --> 00:30:14.253 So we're going straight underneath that wet streak. 00:30:14.336 --> 00:30:16.171 And then it-- you're definitely gonna trend 00:30:16.255 --> 00:30:18.048 over into that corner system right there. 00:30:18.131 --> 00:30:19.007 And that's where that... 00:30:19.091 --> 00:30:20.634 I had a lot of doubts on pitch two, 00:30:20.717 --> 00:30:22.636 because it was this really long pitch. 00:30:22.719 --> 00:30:26.390 And there were lots of difficult sections. 00:30:26.473 --> 00:30:27.391 - I've only climbed probably 00:30:27.474 --> 00:30:29.101 three or four pitches of that difficulty, 00:30:29.184 --> 00:30:32.437 and they've all taken me weeks of working on them. 00:30:32.521 --> 00:30:34.731 So you see these big corners? - Uh-huh. 00:30:34.815 --> 00:30:38.026 - Then it goes-- - And then it goes left. 00:30:38.110 --> 00:30:39.653 I see the Kyrg Monster. 00:30:41.363 --> 00:30:42.531 For me, the Kyrg Monster 00:30:42.614 --> 00:30:44.783 was one of the hardest parts of the climb. 00:30:44.866 --> 00:30:47.661 It's named after this famous pitch 00:30:47.744 --> 00:30:50.956 on El Capitan in Yosemite called the Monster Offwidth. 00:30:53.041 --> 00:30:55.669 It's this type of climbing called wide climbing. 00:30:55.752 --> 00:30:58.255 It's something that I've always struggled with. 00:30:58.338 --> 00:31:00.340 You're literally having to wedge your body 00:31:00.424 --> 00:31:02.884 inside of it and inch your way up. 00:31:02.968 --> 00:31:07.139 And it's so, so uncomfortable. 00:31:07.222 --> 00:31:08.640 I've spent 2 1/2 hours 00:31:08.724 --> 00:31:11.685 on the Monster Offwidth on El Cap. 00:31:11.768 --> 00:31:13.020 It's a necessary evil 00:31:13.103 --> 00:31:15.022 when it comes to big-wall climbing. 00:31:20.402 --> 00:31:23.030 Oh my God, it feels so * good to climb! 00:31:24.573 --> 00:31:28.076 - So I think it's probably a mix of being so psyched 00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:30.203 to be on the rock after all this. 00:31:30.287 --> 00:31:34.041 But also, it doesn't feel quite as natural as it usually does. 00:31:34.124 --> 00:31:37.502 - Not 100% sure where to go. 00:31:37.586 --> 00:31:40.547 - This 3,000 feet or so of climbing above us, 00:31:40.630 --> 00:31:43.008 we're playing on the first hundred feet. 00:31:47.846 --> 00:31:50.515 - This style of climbing is called free climbing, 00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:53.685 which means using our hands and feet to ascend, 00:31:53.769 --> 00:31:56.772 and the rope only in case of a fall. 00:31:56.855 --> 00:31:58.023 And so that's not to be confused 00:31:58.106 --> 00:32:00.150 with free soloing, which is free climbing, 00:32:00.233 --> 00:32:01.568 but without a rope. 00:32:05.489 --> 00:32:07.282 - You all right? - Yeah. 00:32:10.577 --> 00:32:13.413 There is a risk of bad falls. 00:32:13.497 --> 00:32:16.625 And the consequence can be pretty high. 00:32:17.834 --> 00:32:20.212 - You're on belay. We'll just start romping. 00:32:20.295 --> 00:32:22.422 - Okay, we'll hopefully romp. 00:32:22.506 --> 00:32:24.424 I don't like the first pitch, at least... 00:32:24.508 --> 00:32:26.176 - Well, I love it, so... - You do? 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:28.637 - Between the two of us, we're balanced. 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.597 Yeah, it's like one of my favorite pitches actually. 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.349 - Really? 00:32:36.978 --> 00:32:41.024 - So injury to the left elbow, injury to the left leg. 00:32:41.108 --> 00:32:42.901 - I can wiggle my feet. I can feel everything. 00:32:44.152 --> 00:32:46.238 - So I just got, like, this text message. 00:32:46.321 --> 00:32:48.782 "Emily fell. It's not okay." 00:32:48.865 --> 00:32:51.493 It was one of the hardest, scariest moments of my life. 00:32:51.576 --> 00:32:52.828 And like, I didn't know 00:32:52.911 --> 00:32:56.915 my brain could think that much in 30 minutes. 00:32:56.998 --> 00:33:00.794 She slipped and took a 50-foot fall, 00:33:00.877 --> 00:33:04.923 and hit a ledge before the rope caught her fall. 00:33:05.006 --> 00:33:07.217 No broken bones. - No broken bones. 00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:09.010 We don't think--no. 00:33:09.094 --> 00:33:10.762 - I think you got a massive rope burn 00:33:10.846 --> 00:33:11.930 around your neck. 00:33:12.973 --> 00:33:14.641 It was the most serious accident 00:33:14.724 --> 00:33:16.518 I'd ever had in climbing. 00:33:16.601 --> 00:33:19.896 But I walked away. I got really lucky. 00:33:21.523 --> 00:33:23.316 It's still in my head. 00:33:25.527 --> 00:33:29.197 But at the same time, it was my mistake. 00:33:29.281 --> 00:33:30.949 You know, a lot of times, things aren't in your control, 00:33:31.032 --> 00:33:32.617 like rock fall. 00:33:33.869 --> 00:33:35.328 You can be pretty traumatized from that 00:33:35.412 --> 00:33:37.330 because you don't know when it's gonna happen again. 00:33:41.751 --> 00:33:43.962 - What the *? - What's that noise? 00:33:45.589 --> 00:33:47.340 - Oh, my God. 00:33:49.968 --> 00:33:52.179 - Rock! - Oh! 00:33:58.810 --> 00:34:00.270 - Rockfall, or loose rock 00:34:00.353 --> 00:34:01.521 on a big vertical wall like this, 00:34:01.605 --> 00:34:04.107 like, it's one of the ways that I've come closest 00:34:04.191 --> 00:34:06.318 to getting myself killed in the mountains. 00:34:08.487 --> 00:34:10.322 When anything comes down 00:34:10.405 --> 00:34:12.866 from, like, baseball-sized or bigger, 00:34:12.949 --> 00:34:15.869 if it hits you it will kill you. 00:34:15.952 --> 00:34:18.038 - Oh, there it is. Look at it. 00:34:19.122 --> 00:34:20.415 I just don't think this rain is 00:34:20.499 --> 00:34:22.334 the kind that's gonna go away. 00:34:24.836 --> 00:34:26.046 - Topo, Tico, if you copy, 00:34:26.129 --> 00:34:29.716 we're gonna begin moving downwards, Emza. 00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:32.219 Wisely done leading today. 00:34:35.972 --> 00:34:39.392 - You kind of have to just keep forging ahead. 00:34:39.476 --> 00:34:42.437 There are a lot of factors that are out of our control. 00:34:53.615 --> 00:34:56.952 - I really don't think it's rope draggy. 00:34:57.035 --> 00:34:59.412 And then remind me-- went pretty far right. 00:35:00.497 --> 00:35:02.082 Rock! 00:35:33.822 --> 00:35:37.450 - I've spent the last 25 years of my life 00:35:37.534 --> 00:35:40.912 trying to avoid uncontrollable risk. 00:35:43.206 --> 00:35:45.875 There's no escape if we're in the middle of that slope 00:35:45.959 --> 00:35:48.003 when something falls out of that gully. 00:35:57.387 --> 00:35:59.472 - It's the process of analyzing the risk 00:35:59.556 --> 00:36:02.517 and making decisions around that risk. 00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:07.355 If everything was perfectly safe and comfortable and easy, 00:36:07.439 --> 00:36:10.317 all of these things would lose their allure. 00:36:14.195 --> 00:36:16.448 - Me and Emily ultimately decided we were willing 00:36:16.531 --> 00:36:18.408 to go through the rockfall potential 00:36:18.491 --> 00:36:20.327 one more time. 00:36:20.410 --> 00:36:22.037 It was worth it for the goal 00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:24.456 that we had worked so hard for. 00:36:26.416 --> 00:36:27.334 We're gonna take that risk, 00:36:27.417 --> 00:36:28.835 but it doesn't mean it goes away 00:36:28.919 --> 00:36:30.712 in your brain or your heart. 00:36:33.298 --> 00:36:35.467 - I'm just gonna lay like this. 00:36:36.343 --> 00:36:37.969 I feel fine when I lay down. 00:36:40.096 --> 00:36:44.142 I woke up with this really weird, like, vertigo. 00:36:44.225 --> 00:36:46.478 I just am really dizzy if I move too fast 00:36:46.561 --> 00:36:49.814 or move my head too fast. 00:36:49.898 --> 00:36:51.650 And I can't get rid of it. 00:36:52.734 --> 00:36:54.444 I'm leaning towards still going, 00:36:54.527 --> 00:36:57.113 just 'cause we only have this short weather window. 00:36:57.197 --> 00:37:00.241 It's taken a lot of time and energy 00:37:00.325 --> 00:37:01.951 just to get to this point. 00:37:04.287 --> 00:37:05.705 - I guess we got good news and bad news. 00:37:05.789 --> 00:37:08.166 The good news is, for the first morning in six weeks, 00:37:08.249 --> 00:37:09.459 there's not a cloud in the sky. 00:37:09.542 --> 00:37:11.586 Bad news? - I don't feel good. 00:37:13.129 --> 00:37:14.756 - Em's still having some dizziness... 00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:16.383 - I feel really dizzy. - Stuff going on. 00:37:16.466 --> 00:37:19.719 - I'm trying to fight it and pretend it's not there. 00:37:19.803 --> 00:37:21.638 Just have to start walking, maybe. 00:37:21.721 --> 00:37:23.348 - Yeah, let's do it. 00:37:23.431 --> 00:37:24.724 - Okay. 00:37:26.393 --> 00:37:27.852 - Fine with it. 00:37:27.936 --> 00:37:30.563 - It was nerves, and it was stress. 00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:36.111 It was really just my body and brain freaking out. 00:37:37.445 --> 00:37:43.535 You know, not trusting myself, wanting to succeed too badly. 00:37:48.164 --> 00:37:49.749 We were planning on-- 00:37:49.833 --> 00:37:51.918 hoping to have five days on the wall. 00:37:52.001 --> 00:37:56.464 We wanted to spend one night on a ledge at pitch eight, 00:37:56.548 --> 00:37:59.050 and then set up camp on the bare ledge up higher. 00:38:02.345 --> 00:38:05.557 - Double back through both. Just back through. 00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:07.600 Wow, *, it's been so long to get here. 00:38:07.684 --> 00:38:09.644 I feel like I might puke. - I know, It's like nerves. 00:38:12.814 --> 00:38:14.607 Yes, Adrian! Perfect! 00:38:14.691 --> 00:38:19.070 Stand up! So good! 00:38:19.154 --> 00:38:20.739 Now you step right. 00:38:22.282 --> 00:38:24.242 Nicely done, Adrian. - *, yeah. 00:38:24.325 --> 00:38:26.786 - Good job. - One down! 00:38:28.830 --> 00:38:32.125 - I followed and was actually super stressed and nervous. 00:38:34.919 --> 00:38:37.464 Got through it just fine and arrived at the belay 00:38:37.547 --> 00:38:38.631 and was like, "Oh my God, this is gonna be 00:38:38.715 --> 00:38:40.091 "a long climb, 00:38:40.175 --> 00:38:43.887 'cause I am just not feeling on." 00:38:47.307 --> 00:38:48.600 Just takes so much mental energy. 00:38:48.683 --> 00:38:50.226 And I'm like, I don't know if I have it. 00:38:52.270 --> 00:38:54.564 Okay. 00:38:54.647 --> 00:38:56.983 Pitch two is a 45-meter face climb, 00:38:57.066 --> 00:38:58.818 so there's no cracks. 00:38:58.902 --> 00:39:00.612 The holds are all really, really tiny. 00:39:00.695 --> 00:39:03.698 - All right now. Nice and confident. 00:39:11.080 --> 00:39:12.749 * stop panicking. 00:39:13.750 --> 00:39:17.587 It's really intricate climbing. 00:39:17.670 --> 00:39:18.922 Put your feet in the right place 00:39:19.005 --> 00:39:21.341 at exactly the right time in the right order. 00:39:26.221 --> 00:39:28.515 Everything has to be pretty perfect. 00:39:33.436 --> 00:39:34.813 I'm nervous. 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:04.092 Come on, Emily. 00:40:04.175 --> 00:40:06.386 Now move to your left. 00:40:06.469 --> 00:40:08.429 Relax, you can do it. 00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:26.072 - Yeah! - Oh, my God. 00:40:26.155 --> 00:40:29.492 That's * up. - Good work, Em. 00:40:29.576 --> 00:40:30.952 - I made it through The Crux, 00:40:31.035 --> 00:40:32.745 and there was this relief. 00:40:32.829 --> 00:40:34.914 I think I can do this. 00:40:34.998 --> 00:40:37.292 Off belay! 00:40:38.501 --> 00:40:42.255 - * yes. - Oh, man. That was a fight. 00:40:42.338 --> 00:40:45.300 Holy shit. 00:40:46.801 --> 00:40:49.304 And then, you know, the fear and anxiety sets in, 00:40:49.387 --> 00:40:51.347 because you look up, and you're like, "Oh, wow. 00:40:51.431 --> 00:40:54.809 You know, I have another 2,800 feet of climbing left." 00:40:57.478 --> 00:40:59.189 - I knew that pitch was gonna be 00:40:59.272 --> 00:41:01.399 very difficult for me to ascend, 00:41:01.482 --> 00:41:03.234 which I kind of knew coming in, 00:41:03.318 --> 00:41:05.361 but you never know until you really get on it. 00:41:11.117 --> 00:41:15.538 God. 00:41:19.876 --> 00:41:21.502 It was too hard for me. 00:41:21.586 --> 00:41:22.795 There was no way we were gonna risk 00:41:22.879 --> 00:41:24.422 missing this weather window. 00:41:26.090 --> 00:41:27.550 The only way Em was gonna have a shot 00:41:27.634 --> 00:41:29.302 was if I backed off and sacrificed 00:41:29.385 --> 00:41:31.512 a little bit of my time. 00:41:32.889 --> 00:41:35.767 We've got a big mountain to climb. 00:41:35.850 --> 00:41:38.436 I don't even know if I can do it from there. 00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:40.772 - I don't think you should be that bummed. 00:41:40.855 --> 00:41:42.774 I thought it was * hard. 00:41:44.192 --> 00:41:46.110 I wanted every pitch still. 00:41:46.194 --> 00:41:47.820 But if I didn't send a pitch, 00:41:47.904 --> 00:41:49.864 I was willing to let it go to make sure 00:41:49.948 --> 00:41:51.407 the team could keep moving. 00:41:53.534 --> 00:41:56.037 - In a way, he was doing what he does best, 00:41:56.120 --> 00:41:58.331 which is helping other people 00:41:58.414 --> 00:42:01.167 be successful in the mountains. 00:42:01.250 --> 00:42:03.127 - Oh, I'm so happy for you. 00:42:03.211 --> 00:42:04.545 That was amazing. - Thank you. 00:42:04.629 --> 00:42:06.172 - So proud of you. 00:42:07.674 --> 00:42:09.258 - I was in a mode at that point. 00:42:09.342 --> 00:42:12.720 I was moving well, I was climbing well. 00:42:12.804 --> 00:42:15.348 I was still very much trying to not get ahead of myself. 00:42:18.393 --> 00:42:19.978 - Do it. Do it. 00:42:20.061 --> 00:42:21.980 - The pitches are just so long. 00:42:26.567 --> 00:42:27.902 If I'm feeling tired 00:42:27.986 --> 00:42:31.030 or if I'm starting to feel doubt creep in, 00:42:31.114 --> 00:42:34.909 I try to block everything out except for one word, 00:42:34.993 --> 00:42:36.369 and that word is "yes." 00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:40.206 I say that word in my head. 00:42:56.222 --> 00:42:58.850 It helps me, like, hold on tighter. 00:42:58.933 --> 00:43:00.727 I don't know how else to describe that, 00:43:00.810 --> 00:43:03.021 but I've been doing it since I was 12 years old. 00:43:03.104 --> 00:43:04.814 I just call it "the yes factor." 00:43:47.815 --> 00:43:49.692 I'm scared. 00:43:51.694 --> 00:43:55.531 Okay. Looks like we're done. 00:43:57.617 --> 00:43:59.786 And then the final pitch of that day 00:43:59.869 --> 00:44:03.623 was pitch seven, the Kyrg Monster. 00:44:03.706 --> 00:44:05.583 All right, you're climbing. 00:44:07.627 --> 00:44:10.838 I had been thinking about that pitch for days. 00:44:29.732 --> 00:44:31.818 - Take? 00:44:31.901 --> 00:44:33.486 Is that what you said? - Yeah. 00:44:33.569 --> 00:44:35.363 - Gotcha. 00:44:38.116 --> 00:44:40.243 I think I got 15 feet 00:44:40.326 --> 00:44:41.661 before I was completely exhausted 00:44:41.744 --> 00:44:43.079 and like, "This isn't working." 00:44:44.622 --> 00:44:45.873 Can you lower? 00:44:45.957 --> 00:44:47.542 - You don't want to think about it? 00:44:47.625 --> 00:44:49.418 - I just couldn't climb it. 00:44:49.502 --> 00:44:50.670 - You were climbing it. 00:44:50.753 --> 00:44:52.046 - No, I was barely moving. 00:44:52.130 --> 00:44:54.882 Like, you see how far I got? - Yeah, no, of course I did. 00:44:57.051 --> 00:44:58.302 - It's one of those moments 00:44:58.386 --> 00:45:01.139 where the doubt starts to creep in. 00:45:01.222 --> 00:45:03.808 What if I am not gonna get through it? 00:45:06.811 --> 00:45:08.688 It's still so hard. 00:45:08.771 --> 00:45:10.898 And it's not gonna get any easier. 00:45:10.982 --> 00:45:13.526 So I just needed to grit my teeth and do it. 00:45:23.619 --> 00:45:25.121 - Come on. 00:45:27.248 --> 00:45:28.708 Come on. 00:45:28.791 --> 00:45:31.252 - I don't feel safe. - You're safe. I promise. 00:45:35.131 --> 00:45:37.216 You're safe. 00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:38.384 Do what you do. 00:45:38.468 --> 00:45:43.181 Get it back and clip or place your stake, 00:45:43.264 --> 00:45:46.517 whichever one feels easier. 00:45:46.601 --> 00:45:48.978 - Either one. - Come on, Em. 00:45:52.273 --> 00:45:53.691 - I got through that section 00:45:53.774 --> 00:45:57.361 and became really scared that I was gonna fall. 00:45:57.445 --> 00:45:59.071 And I didn't know if I had the energy 00:45:59.155 --> 00:46:01.532 or strength to repeat it. 00:46:18.007 --> 00:46:23.346 - Come on, Em. Come on, come on. 00:46:27.975 --> 00:46:29.685 You got it. 00:46:34.398 --> 00:46:35.691 - I was really afraid 00:46:35.775 --> 00:46:37.568 that I was gonna blow it on the final, final move 00:46:37.652 --> 00:46:40.696 of this pitch that I'd spent so much energy on. 00:46:40.780 --> 00:46:43.324 But I couldn't really reach the ending hold. 00:47:07.515 --> 00:47:11.143 - Emily, trust yourself! 00:47:14.689 --> 00:47:17.900 * yeah! 00:47:17.984 --> 00:47:20.152 Whoo! 00:47:20.611 --> 00:47:22.989 - * yeah! - Please don't break. 00:47:25.700 --> 00:47:28.202 I'm so psyched. I tried so hard. 00:47:28.286 --> 00:47:29.829 Oh, my God. 00:47:29.912 --> 00:47:33.374 And I knew that I didn't have another try in me. 00:47:33.457 --> 00:47:38.170 Oh, my God. 00:47:38.254 --> 00:47:40.881 Oh, that was insane. 00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:45.386 Jesus. 00:47:45.469 --> 00:47:47.179 You know, that could have resulted in a failure 00:47:47.263 --> 00:47:51.142 on free climbing the entire wall. 00:47:51.225 --> 00:47:54.979 And having that under my belt gave me a lot of confidence. 00:48:01.068 --> 00:48:04.238 - You good? - Yeah. 00:48:04.322 --> 00:48:06.157 We're gonna set up camp right here. 00:48:06.240 --> 00:48:09.201 I'm tired and hungry and cold. 00:48:09.285 --> 00:48:10.870 We've got a lot of work to do, 00:48:10.953 --> 00:48:12.413 but it's kind of just part of it. 00:48:18.294 --> 00:48:19.712 Whoa. 00:48:26.510 --> 00:48:29.555 There's a really unique kind of fear that you have 00:48:29.638 --> 00:48:33.017 when you realize that you're capable of something-- 00:48:33.100 --> 00:48:34.518 - I might not move again. - It's pretty nice. 00:48:34.602 --> 00:48:35.519 - You should try it. 00:48:35.603 --> 00:48:37.480 You haven't laid down here. - I haven't. 00:48:37.563 --> 00:48:38.647 I am laying down. - Oh. 00:48:38.731 --> 00:48:41.317 - The desire to achieve it is that much stronger. 00:48:52.995 --> 00:48:55.414 I slept really good in the ledges. 00:48:55.498 --> 00:48:57.583 Maybe the best night of sleep we've had so far. 00:48:57.666 --> 00:49:00.461 - In five weeks or six weeks. - Which is awesome. 00:49:00.544 --> 00:49:01.712 Today, we're just hoping to make it 00:49:01.796 --> 00:49:04.799 up two pitches with all our stuff 00:49:04.882 --> 00:49:07.551 to establish kind of our final camp. 00:49:11.972 --> 00:49:13.432 - Once you're getting that high off the ground, 00:49:13.516 --> 00:49:15.768 you're also adding all these risks. 00:49:15.851 --> 00:49:17.561 It has rockfall, it has weather, 00:49:17.645 --> 00:49:19.939 it has all these additional facets. 00:49:26.362 --> 00:49:29.073 - Rock! - Ugh. 00:49:30.825 --> 00:49:32.535 Let me know if you move much further left. 00:49:32.618 --> 00:49:34.328 - Okay. 00:49:34.412 --> 00:49:36.914 - Think I'm in a good position. 00:49:36.997 --> 00:49:38.749 - Ropes don't get cut very often, 00:49:38.833 --> 00:49:40.459 but that's--pretty much the only way 00:49:40.543 --> 00:49:42.002 is through rockfall. 00:49:42.086 --> 00:49:46.257 I lost a friend last year. 00:49:46.340 --> 00:49:49.552 He was, like, standing on a ledge clipped into a bolt, 00:49:49.635 --> 00:49:51.762 and the ledge gave out and cut his rope. 00:49:54.014 --> 00:49:55.724 There was literally nothing 00:49:55.808 --> 00:49:58.227 that could have been done differently. 00:50:02.731 --> 00:50:04.567 And there are things that happen 00:50:04.650 --> 00:50:07.236 that take people away from us, 00:50:07.319 --> 00:50:10.114 and that could happen to us. 00:50:10.197 --> 00:50:13.951 And it's part of the life that we choose to live. 00:50:15.911 --> 00:50:19.748 We've all come to accept that in some way. 00:50:54.575 --> 00:50:57.036 - So we're at pitch 11 ledge. 00:50:57.119 --> 00:51:00.289 I'd say we're now officially halfway up. 00:51:00.372 --> 00:51:01.832 - We set up camp. 00:51:01.916 --> 00:51:06.212 We got here with plenty of time to kind of organize 00:51:06.295 --> 00:51:08.047 and make it feel like home. 00:51:08.130 --> 00:51:10.549 That said, it still does drop off significantly 00:51:10.633 --> 00:51:12.384 all the way to the ground. I'm staying tied in. 00:51:12.468 --> 00:51:14.887 Just to be clear. 00:51:20.100 --> 00:51:22.811 Everything's going as planned, which is weird. 00:51:22.895 --> 00:51:24.522 I mean, every day we've been here, 00:51:24.605 --> 00:51:26.023 except the days we were on the wall, 00:51:26.106 --> 00:51:28.192 it's rained every day. 00:51:28.275 --> 00:51:30.194 And so we feel pretty lucky. 00:51:43.791 --> 00:51:44.959 The ledge that we were sleeping on 00:51:45.042 --> 00:51:48.003 basically was just sitting under these teetering blocks 00:51:48.087 --> 00:51:49.380 that was this next pitch. 00:51:49.463 --> 00:51:52.091 - Good work, Emily! 00:51:52.174 --> 00:51:54.593 - *. I'm right under it. 00:51:56.345 --> 00:51:58.222 I was definitely, like, knocking on things, 00:51:58.305 --> 00:52:00.558 listening for hollow noises, 00:52:02.643 --> 00:52:04.228 making sure that it was in solid rock 00:52:04.311 --> 00:52:05.896 and not the loose rock. 00:52:10.568 --> 00:52:12.778 So a lot of times in free climbing, 00:52:12.861 --> 00:52:16.407 in order to find a passage up the wall, 00:52:16.490 --> 00:52:18.659 it entails having to climb down. 00:52:24.665 --> 00:52:26.417 You're climbing down, and your feet feel the holds 00:52:26.500 --> 00:52:28.002 before your hands feel the holds. 00:52:30.713 --> 00:52:32.298 It's just a different movement, 00:52:32.381 --> 00:52:34.300 and it's a different kind of trust. 00:52:37.928 --> 00:52:39.305 - Another route Emily had done, 00:52:39.388 --> 00:52:40.764 called Golden Gate in Yosemite, 00:52:40.848 --> 00:52:44.143 we spent two days stuck on the down climb 00:52:44.226 --> 00:52:46.312 while she tried to work it out. 00:53:14.131 --> 00:53:16.800 Whoo! 00:53:16.884 --> 00:53:19.678 Ha! 00:53:19.762 --> 00:53:21.639 Oh, I'm psyched. 00:53:23.223 --> 00:53:24.308 After the down climb, 00:53:24.391 --> 00:53:25.809 the route changes character dramatically. 00:53:25.893 --> 00:53:28.228 You feel so high up. 00:53:29.271 --> 00:53:31.732 Come on, Emily. That knot's good. 00:53:31.815 --> 00:53:33.150 It's good. 00:54:00.094 --> 00:54:02.388 The rock climbing is so good, 00:54:02.471 --> 00:54:05.683 kind of what you want in a granite pitch. 00:54:05.766 --> 00:54:07.226 And it just so happened to be 00:54:07.309 --> 00:54:09.853 2,500 feet off the ground in Kyrgyzstan. 00:54:33.502 --> 00:54:35.421 We are four pitches from the summit right now. 00:54:35.504 --> 00:54:36.630 But it's a little late. 00:54:36.714 --> 00:54:40.926 We're gonna go down and spend one more night. 00:54:41.009 --> 00:54:43.137 We had this really big, nice ledge 00:54:43.220 --> 00:54:45.222 that we'd set up camp at. 00:54:45.305 --> 00:54:47.725 We repelled back down and spent that night 00:54:47.808 --> 00:54:50.561 and then were able to go back up to our high point 00:54:50.644 --> 00:54:52.396 the next day. 00:54:52.479 --> 00:54:53.564 I'm really excited to see the summit. 00:54:53.647 --> 00:54:54.565 I feel like we've been dreaming 00:54:54.648 --> 00:54:57.276 about climbing this wall for a while now. 00:54:57.359 --> 00:54:59.862 And so being on the top is gonna be pretty special. 00:55:08.245 --> 00:55:11.206 - Summit day. 00:55:11.999 --> 00:55:14.960 Here on this corner, on this arête, you just look out 00:55:15.043 --> 00:55:17.963 and we can see base camp all the way down there. 00:55:27.723 --> 00:55:30.267 - We were at the high point yesterday, 00:55:30.350 --> 00:55:32.561 and it's my turn this morning. 00:55:32.644 --> 00:55:34.229 - Go get it. 00:55:59.421 --> 00:56:01.256 - And we were just cruising. 00:56:01.340 --> 00:56:02.341 But at the same time, 00:56:02.424 --> 00:56:03.842 the clouds were building up the valley. 00:56:03.926 --> 00:56:06.720 And they were building fast. 00:56:06.804 --> 00:56:08.597 There is no doubt this weather is coming in, 00:56:08.680 --> 00:56:10.933 and it's gonna be an issue for us. 00:56:11.016 --> 00:56:12.559 Hey, Em. - What? 00:56:12.643 --> 00:56:13.852 We're getting pretty late. 00:56:13.936 --> 00:56:16.522 You're gonna climb through. 00:56:16.605 --> 00:56:19.316 Hopefully, Emily can make up a little bit of time, 00:56:19.399 --> 00:56:21.401 since she's obviously a stronger climber. 00:56:27.074 --> 00:56:29.034 - I was getting a little bit stressed, 00:56:29.117 --> 00:56:31.954 feeling like we were gonna get rained out and snowed on. 00:56:32.037 --> 00:56:34.373 It hasn't looked this way the last four days. 00:56:34.456 --> 00:56:36.208 So we're definitely keeping a heads up 00:56:36.291 --> 00:56:39.044 and trying to move relatively quickly. 00:56:41.630 --> 00:56:42.756 Emily actually had been sitting 00:56:42.840 --> 00:56:44.216 in that belay thinking, 00:56:44.299 --> 00:56:45.884 "Adrian's gonna say it's too dangerous 00:56:45.968 --> 00:56:47.970 and we have to go down." 00:56:48.053 --> 00:56:49.847 I get up there. I'm like, "Okay, I'm going." 00:56:49.930 --> 00:56:52.099 And she just burst out crying. 00:56:52.182 --> 00:56:53.517 "What if we can't summit?" 00:56:53.600 --> 00:56:55.727 I'm like, "We're going to the summit!" 00:57:00.816 --> 00:57:03.944 - His calm nature is very much a part 00:57:04.027 --> 00:57:06.738 of his background as a mountain guide. 00:57:06.822 --> 00:57:09.575 That's, again, where our partnership shines in a way. 00:57:17.082 --> 00:57:18.709 Holy shit. 00:57:18.792 --> 00:57:21.378 - Oh, my God. 00:57:21.461 --> 00:57:24.256 - Dude! - Whoo! 00:57:24.339 --> 00:57:26.967 - Yeah! Ha-ha! 00:57:28.010 --> 00:57:31.555 Holy shit! 00:57:31.638 --> 00:57:33.390 I'm so proud of you. 00:57:41.982 --> 00:57:43.775 You're the first human being 00:57:43.859 --> 00:57:45.944 to free every pitch of that route. 00:57:46.028 --> 00:57:47.613 How does that feel? 00:57:47.696 --> 00:57:49.156 - I don't know. 00:57:49.239 --> 00:57:51.366 I'll be-- ask me when I'm down. 00:58:15.390 --> 00:58:16.600 - My favorite moment is 00:58:16.683 --> 00:58:18.101 when everyone's safe in base camp. 00:58:18.185 --> 00:58:19.770 And it's so close now. 00:58:19.853 --> 00:58:21.229 And like, I can feel it. Wow. 00:58:21.313 --> 00:58:22.648 - Oof. 00:58:25.275 --> 00:58:27.945 Okay, let's get out of here. 00:58:28.028 --> 00:58:29.404 Yeah. 00:58:29.488 --> 00:58:30.572 Just to actually get 00:58:30.656 --> 00:58:32.908 to celebrate this, like, wild accomplishment 00:58:32.991 --> 00:58:34.785 for Emily and for all the team. 00:58:36.411 --> 00:58:39.039 Yeah! 00:58:39.122 --> 00:58:40.499 Ha-ha! 00:58:40.582 --> 00:58:42.000 - Whoo! - Hi, guys. 00:58:45.671 --> 00:58:50.050 I am truly happiest when I've gone and done something 00:58:50.133 --> 00:58:53.595 that feels full, 00:58:53.679 --> 00:58:57.641 and sort of took me to all the spectrums of emotion, 00:58:57.724 --> 00:59:02.813 where I've been scared, elated, uncomfortable, 00:59:02.896 --> 00:59:05.357 or felt like I'm gonna fail. 00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:06.942 Had to try really hard. 00:59:07.025 --> 00:59:09.653 Whoo! 00:59:09.736 --> 00:59:12.364 Honestly, it just feels that much more rewarding. 00:59:16.576 --> 00:59:21.540 I hope that that mentality of exploration and curiosity 00:59:21.623 --> 00:59:25.002 and adventure inspires other people 00:59:25.085 --> 00:59:27.045 to kind of find their own-- 00:59:27.129 --> 00:59:28.380 find their own form of that.