this film be a waste of digital imagery . imagine and the hero venture up k2 in a k mart parka with a fur edge hood no less . in one scene one climber ( i say that oh so tongue in cheek ) belay another by just stand there ( he be tie onto the rope though ) while his buddy hold a hundred foot or so of loosely coil rope in his hand between the belay and the prospective climber . oh man and this flick be sooooo bad and i almost wept . oh and the aforementioned climber fall down a crevasse and be hang there wear his crampon and then be haul out without them . i mean and these thing be strap to your ankle so you can not loose them . the ice axe technique and cramponning ( no front point at all ) be pathetic and and crawl up and no and along snow slope remind me of a drunk in the gutter find his way home . speaking of axe technique and when a guy fell down a slope and instead of use the appropriate technique of roll over and gently apply the point a a brake by apply one weight and he lie on his back flailing helplessly at the snow . if that axe have grip and it would have rip his arm off . all those really great mountaineer now sadly perish and will be roll over in their graf ( if lucky enough to have one ) . nuff say and this film should be burn . it a disgrace .