Movie Analysis: Into Thin Air

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Into Thin Air “If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” This quote, by Martin Luther King Jr., sums up the entirety of Mount Everest. Even if you can’t fly or run up the mountain, you need to continue to move forward or you will definitely get stuck on the wrong side of the slope. As Rob Hall and Scott Fischer take their teams up the mountain, they start to make their trip into a race. Rob tries to convince Scott that he needs to take it easy on the more inexperienced climbers. Scott, however, feels that he shouldn’t be the one to have to “babysit” his climbers. Scott and Rob’s disagreements take a turn for the worst as they summit the highest peak in the world for the last time. Mount Everest, at a soaring 29 thousand 29 …show more content…
All three of the guides lost their lives performing their duties to the climbers. Andy Harris dies because he tries to find Rob Hall in the surprise storm. Andy gets too close to a cliff edge, and finds himself falling down the mountain. Scott Fischer dies because he gets altitude sickness, and his mental and physical health starts to deteriorate. Lapsong tries to keep Scott alive, but has no choice but to leave him on the mountain and return to camp four. After the storm passes, the guides go back out and try to find the bodies. They already knew that Scott would be dead because he had been out in the terrible storm for over two days. The guides found Scott’s body, but could not return him to the base of the mountain. Rob Hall also dies because he gets separated from the path and his group. He and Scott end up about 300 yards apart from each other, unable to move because their legs have shut down. Rob gets one last call to his wife in Australia before he dies, and they name their upcoming baby. All three guides have plaques at the bottom of Everest to commemorate their last
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