what we’re supposed to be doing here is
not simply a climb in the mountains
coming
up the scientific objectives that we’re
doing here with global climate change
are really what define our expedition
and will allow us to bring back some
information that will be pertinent to
everybody on earth
it’s really a perspective on man’s
relationship with the natural world
and it’s critical that we understand
that we don’t inherit our resources from
our ancestors we borrow it from our
children
this environment is uncontrollable it’s
hostile
it doesn’t care whether we’re successful
on our expedition
whether we climb it whether we get our
scientific data or not
the mountain is just going to move as
it’s going to move
and we have to be prepared to to deal
with that as best as possible
the mountain’s like a mirror that holds
you and your performance up to you
there are days where you feel like
you’re struggling to put one foot in
front of the other
that’s the same as it was back in the
1920s same as it is today
we have a great team of sherpa we have a
great team of scientists
but ultimately we’re pretty puny in the
face of a mountain that doesn’t always
tolerate humanity so well
it’s really quite a daunting task for
our team but we’re up for it
with the winds in excess of 50 miles an
hour snow in your face all the time
trying to breathe thin air and do some
complicated assembly
we have the team here to achieve and
succeed in all those types of
scientific objectives but also to be
able to tell the story
what’s our 10-year plan what’s our
20-year plan where do we need to be to
be protecting these places
the story that we can bring back will be
incredibly compelling and show what an
expedition in 2019 is all about
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