When climbing Everest stops being the story, dying for it takes over

The camera swoops over the side of the mountain, angled downward for vertiginous effect, and in the frame appear climbers in full gear, making their way up the snow-covered incline. It’s an image begging for the big screen, as big as possible. IMAX-sized. A cut to another angle, this time from a greater distance, looking up in awe at the majesty of the natural work.