My sentiments are with everyone else's. I found it annoying as well that more focus was not on the Nepalese people, but on a bunch of selfish non-citizens, who despite death and destruction all around them couldn't take in the gravity of the situation. It was me, me, me.
I also wish the documentary makers had tried to include more before and after photos especially of the decimated valley.
The documentary focuses on three areas - base camp, Kathmandu the capital of Nepal, and Lantang valley.
Like everyone else, I'm appalled by the behavior of the Israelis and by the guy who paid his money and despite the fact that 9,000 people were dead, many were still buried under the rubble, and people had died at the base camps on the mountain, he wanted his money's worth and for people to risk their lives to take him up on the mountain.
The israelis' story didn't ring true and it was especially offensive that they tried to paint the Nepalese people as violent, instead of grieving people who were aggrieved at their behavior after they had touched and removed the belongings of their deceased citizens. The entire village, except for one building that was close to the base of the mountain, was completely destroyed.
They weren't looking for food; they had decided take advantage of the situation and to loot artifacts and souvenirs. I don't care how they spin that story -
that's my take on the situation.
The footage is astounding and what's really astounding is right when the world was crumbling around them and a huge amount of snow, ice, and rock was coming down the mountain right at them, people were still using their cameras, instead of running.
At least the documentary had the decency to end on the real tragedy and sorrow of the Nepalese people.
I hope the Napoli's government shuts the mountain down. It's no longer a sport, if you could call climbing on top of the mountain and then dying on it, a sport and leaving all your garbage and feces all over it, is a sport.
Nowadays it's just simply people risking their lives to drag a bunch of delusional unfit entitled people up a mountain and then dragging them back down again. Why do they "climb"? Bragging rights?
Nah, close the whole thing down.
Sometimes you have to save people from their own idiocy.
Despite our complaints, it's well worth seeing if for the visuals alone and to get some idea of the devastation that was visited upon Nepal. It's only a matter of time before another one hits.
I also wish the documentary makers had tried to include more before and after photos especially of the decimated valley.
The documentary focuses on three areas - base camp, Kathmandu the capital of Nepal, and Lantang valley.
Like everyone else, I'm appalled by the behavior of the Israelis and by the guy who paid his money and despite the fact that 9,000 people were dead, many were still buried under the rubble, and people had died at the base camps on the mountain, he wanted his money's worth and for people to risk their lives to take him up on the mountain.
The israelis' story didn't ring true and it was especially offensive that they tried to paint the Nepalese people as violent, instead of grieving people who were aggrieved at their behavior after they had touched and removed the belongings of their deceased citizens. The entire village, except for one building that was close to the base of the mountain, was completely destroyed.
They weren't looking for food; they had decided take advantage of the situation and to loot artifacts and souvenirs. I don't care how they spin that story -
that's my take on the situation.
The footage is astounding and what's really astounding is right when the world was crumbling around them and a huge amount of snow, ice, and rock was coming down the mountain right at them, people were still using their cameras, instead of running.
At least the documentary had the decency to end on the real tragedy and sorrow of the Nepalese people.
I hope the Napoli's government shuts the mountain down. It's no longer a sport, if you could call climbing on top of the mountain and then dying on it, a sport and leaving all your garbage and feces all over it, is a sport.
Nowadays it's just simply people risking their lives to drag a bunch of delusional unfit entitled people up a mountain and then dragging them back down again. Why do they "climb"? Bragging rights?
Nah, close the whole thing down.
Sometimes you have to save people from their own idiocy.
Despite our complaints, it's well worth seeing if for the visuals alone and to get some idea of the devastation that was visited upon Nepal. It's only a matter of time before another one hits.