Everest!
I know, I know - I'm posting about TV again. You're all going to think that I watch a lot more TV than I actually do. If I'm lucky, I'll watch one show every other day or every third day. And since I have TiVo, I zip through commercials (watching a one hour show in about 45 minutes or so) and only watch the shows I like. It's great.
And there are shows I like (SNL, Conan, etc.) and only watch once in a while. There are one or two shows I love (The Office, Best Week Ever) and make a point to watch within the week of the original airing.
And then there is this show. I am addicted to this show. I can't even wait and watch it later on TiVo. I must watch it as it airs. The soundtrack leaves a great deal to be desired, the editing is periodically confusing, and the timelines are all but impossible to follow, and yet I am addicted. And it all ends in two or three weeks.
Am I the only one watching this show? It is so great - these are the toughest people on Earth. (And I'm actually just referring to the sherpa guides - they are tougher than anyone on the planet.)
Everest!
posted by Kevlar Pinata @ 11:41 PM
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I have watched the show. I liked it the first couple times, but then I found it kind of samey. HOWEVER. I find it hysterically amusing that the sherpas pretty much scale everest with nothing but a hoody sweatshirt, sneakers, and some sticks to chew on, and this weird mixture of rich doctors and surfers don about $50,000 worth of atmosphere protection gear, complete with oxygen and satelite support, and the shirpas get there first, over and over again, and the dudes with the gear keep going back down the mountain to catch their breath. The shirpas go first and secure the safety lines, for crying out loud, and it's a show about the OTHER guys. A riot.
I know I know. Being nurtured in that environment with different matabolism and a different body-fat content and weight and all of that. But still.
I just like to say sherpa.
(tongues o fire in 2012)
"Sherpa" is a fun word. And they completely destroy everyone else by comparison. In one of the episodes, they scale the summit to secure the ropes that the other guys will use to get up there. They just sorta zip on up to the summit, put the ropes in place, and come back down - like, all in one day.
Teo: The show is definitely very "samey" (good word, BTW), but I can't help how addicted I am. And the timelines are odd - like you think the guy is about to go to the summit and then suddenly he's not and you're not really sure why and they don't explain. And yet...I love it. The soundtrack sounds like it was thrown together in GarageBand.
I've got Everest Fever, and the only cure is more cowbell!
Sherpas are indeed supermen. To learn a great deal about them read the new book Beyond the Summit by Linda LeBlanc. Details of their culture and religion are interwoven in a pwoerful love story and climbing adventure showing an expedition from the porter's point of view. You won't be able to put it down.
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