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High in the Himalayas, Araceli Segarra lays an aluminum ladder across an icy crevasse. Actually, it's two ladders lashed together, a bridge that wobbles precariously when the crampons on her clunky boots clang against the rungs. She glances below into infinite space. You share the view, and gulp. "When you look down, you wonder how deep is that crevasse," says Segarra's voice-over. "Well, I don't want to find out." Your stomach is already making the trip...
Luckily, you're just a voyeur at Segarra's experience, sitting safely in a stadium-style seat at the Sony IMAX Theatre on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Your nose seemingly pressed against an eight-story-high screen, you're living that perilous moment through the IMAX film Everest. Shakun Lakhani, a New Jersey homemaker, was so awed by the film that she went back a second time. "It is beyond your imagination," she said. "You are experiencing Mount Everest as if you're climbing it yourself." That's because David Breashears and Steve Judson went to the Himalayas...
...avalanche without having to don a stitch of Gore-Tex. Set against a backdrop of incredible nature shots and panoramic views, the film tracks the adventures of a team of climbers headed by Boston's own David Breashears. The film focuses on the experiences of three climbers. Araceli Segarra is a Spanish rock climber destined to be the first Spanish woman to reach the top of Everest. Jamling Tenzing Norgay is the son of "Tiger" Tenzing Norgay, who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, first topped the mountain. The third, Ed Viesters, is a seasoned Everest climber who shuns oxygen tanks...
...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...
...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...