Coming down the mountain

I nearly stopped watching Touching the Void and I am pleased I continued. The movie is a dramatization of a mountain climbing trip gone wrong. The re-enactment is interspersed with
brief statements by the actual participants. The basic story is that they have a tough climb up and then a truly disastrous climb down, so bad that it is amazing that they survived. What was most amazing was the physical and mental stamina these men displayed. Where most people, including me, would likely give up, they just kept going.