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(bells chime)

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(wind whooshes)

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(bell chime continues)

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(wind roars)

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(bell chime continues)

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[Niko] A request I wasn't expecting.

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Would I come along on a
trip to the Andes Mountains,

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way up an active volcano
called Ojos del Salado,

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the highest volcano on Earth

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and the highest peak in Chile

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to film a car.

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(uplifting music)

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And they said, "This all
has to be kept secret."

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(uplifting music continues)

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A small but enthusiastic team
of engineers, pro drivers,

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and others would attempt to
drive to a higher altitude

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than anyone had driven a
four-wheeled vehicle before.

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(laborious music)

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The car was a Porsche,

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an experimental all-terrain model,

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one they'd finished only
a few weeks earlier.

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My cameras and I would
be along for the ride

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to document everything.
(drone buzzes)

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The altitude driving
challenge is considered one

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of the most demanding records to achieve.

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(guttural scream)

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[Niko] Over the past two decades,

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many from around the world have tried it

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and many have failed.

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(laborious music continues)

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In the Andes, our base
camp alone would be higher

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than the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

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The oxygen levels would be
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the thin air turning every breath

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into a fight for survival.
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(Sven groans)

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Easy, right?

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No.

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- [Niko] With deep
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the environment, and
the local communities,

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we partnered with seasoned Chilean guides

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who know the Andes like
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Their knowledge would help
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using existing climbing paths

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as we aimed to drive through sand

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and volcanic ash to the Western summit

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of Ojos del Salado,

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to the highest point
any four-wheeled vehicle

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had ever been taken anywhere on Earth.

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Little did I, or any of us, know that

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for the next three years,

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we would spend weeks on end

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confronting one of the
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on the planet, the high-altitude region

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of the Atacama Desert

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to meet the altitude challenge head on.

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And as we'd soon find out,

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we weren't the only ones trying.

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This is our story.

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(gritty music)

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(Doris whirs)

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(Edith revs)

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[Support 1] Hey!

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(Edith rumbles)

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(gritty music continues)

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(Edith bounces off the rev limiter)

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Come on, accelerate!

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(music slowly fades)

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(dramatic music)

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[Niko] First, a little context.

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In its 76-year history,

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Porsche has never shied
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It's taken on some of the
toughest races around the world

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and has gone flat out

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where there aren't any roads at all.

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Throughout its history,

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Porsche's tackled geographic challenges

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to prove its engineering

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from rallies and hill climbs

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to endurance races across continents,

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pushing innovations like high-performance

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all-wheel drive systems
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And every idea originates from one place,

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Porsche's home in Stuttgart.

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(hopeful music)

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(light switch clicks)

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- One day in 2019, Frank
Walliser spoke to me,

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came to me with just a crazy idea.

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- The original objective
was we make a record

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for a sports car.

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We bring it to an altitude
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have ever been before.

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To set a new altitude record.

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This task is special,

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is a chance you have once in a life.

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Most difficult question is,

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why are you doing things like that?

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What is your motivation?

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And in my case, it's definitely,

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it's my thinking on the history book.

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We have to make stories for the future

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of our next generation

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to keep the company alive,
(Porsche rumbles)

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to keep the heart of the company alive.

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- Dr. Walliser is an outstanding
person in the company.

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He's connected to the board very well.

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So he has the right
connections to install projects,

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to get the money for projects,

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to motivate the staff to support this.

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It's kind of in Frank's blood

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to do these extreme types of projects.

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He's been with Porsche for 30 years.

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He's the guy that
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(Porsche 918 roars)

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He's the guy that the board
trusts to run Motor Sports.

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(echo reverberating)

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(uplifting music)

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I got a presentation

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where the name "Ojos" was written.

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And I thought, "Ojos what?

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What is it?"

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Well, I had to look in Google Maps

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where this volcano is,

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and I even did not know how
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The volcano, Ojos del Salado,

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is the highest active
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It's in South America, in Chile,

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a very remote area in the Atacama Desert.

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- [Sven] My first
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Why in the last edge of South America?"

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If you compare it to other mountains,

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they are really steep.

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But the Ojos del Salado,

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the steepness is a little bit less.

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to drive up with the car.

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[Sven] It's one of the most

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hostile environments on Earth.

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It's extremely dry air.

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It's very cold.

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At night, we had temperatures

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around -20 degrees in the tent.

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We have only half the
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And most areas, you have a mixture of sand

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and volcanic ash, which is very deep

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if you drive with the car there.

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- [Niko] It was in 2007
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climbed to a height of
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12 years later, a Mercedes Unimog

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set a new record of 6,694 meters,

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just beating the old record by six meters.

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This was our target.

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(wind whooshes)

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(Doris rumbles to life)

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(anxious music)

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- We are gonna be working
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so we need to be very
attentive to the risks.

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I've got a full suite

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of advanced life support drugs with me,

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along with splints, bandages,

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and all the things we might need.

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(anxious music continues)

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(team members chatter indistinctly)

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I’ll feed from there you pull from there.

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(anxious music intensifies)

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[Logistics 1] Start winching station.

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Roger, roger, gonna start winching.

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You have to be careful.

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If it snaps, it's really a dangerous.

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Hermanos, like a prophet

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in the Andes, huh?

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You are good to go.

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[Niko] We thought we were prepared,

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we were wrong.

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A team with no prior experience

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driving a brand new car

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and tackling a mountain
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- [Stuart] Confirm that,
don't touch walking poles

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or ice axes, electrical storm overhead.

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- [Niko] We spent weeks
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hoping we could reach
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But the conditions took a turn,

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and we had to spend the
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A planned 10-hour ascent
turned into an overnight stay

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at a higher altitude than
Camp One of Mount Everest.

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(foreboding music)

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(foreboding music continues)

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We set up camp at Refuge Amistad.

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It's not a place you wanna be.

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And we start the next day early.

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And it's sunny,

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and we know the weather's coming in.

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(tense music)

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Stuart, could you tell me what day it is

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and what we're up to?

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- [Stuart] Do you wanna
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- Yeah.
- I actually can't tell you

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what day it is.

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We had to leave the car here

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'cause we couldn't get any
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and it got dark, bitterly cold last night,

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and this slope was just
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(epic music)

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(Doris rumbles)

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(boulder thuds)

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[Stuart] Oy!

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(Doris rumbles)

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- Yeah! Go, go!
- Go, go. Yes, yes, yes!

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(Doris rumbles)

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Yeah! Yeah!

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(epic music continues)

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Ooh!

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Whoa!

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(epic music continues)

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(thunder rumbles)

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[Jens] We had thunderstorms, we had fog.

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We had heavy snowfall.

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(thunder rumbles)

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We had such a fog

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that we thought about tying all

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the people together with rope.

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(epic music continues)

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Ojos beat us.

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It took us weeks to get as high as we did.

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And then we found ourselves evacuating

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and running from a storm.

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There was potential for
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And if we were stuck in that,

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then we'd have to leave the car there.

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As the decision was made to stop,

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the morale was totally bad.

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We go home with nothing,

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no record.

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This decision was, for me personally,

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standing at the mountain,
seeing what's possible

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if the weather is fine.

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It was really a hard moment.

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(thunder rumbles)

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(melancholic music)

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- The first attempt was
not published at all.

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Also, the majority of the
board members did not know.

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We had to convince our board

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that we have a good chance

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climbing up the mountain.

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When they're in and said,

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"Well, we wanna go on a volcano,"

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They said, "Yeah, what can happen and risk

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and what if the car is not
running in the altitude?"

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I said, "Well, we tested that part.

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And we have already
been there." (chuckles)

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Then they looked at me and said, "What?"

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(groovy music)

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- Yeah, Frank talked to
me about this project.

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And on the one hand side, very exciting.

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On the other side, crazy.

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Then I learned that
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on the volcano. (chuckles)

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Then I thought, "Why not?"

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- The board trusted this
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and said, "Okay, they
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We learned that just,

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but okay, we released it.

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That's okay, you try it."

268
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First time we saw the car

269
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was when it was unloaded in Chile.

270
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That's how secret this was.

271
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Little did we know it
was only three months

272
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since they started engineering the car

273
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in some back office in Weissach.

274
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(labels click)

275
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- [Jens] Weissach is the
development centre of Porsche.

276
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There we develop all the model lines

277
00:12:56,817 --> 00:13:00,821
and all the race cars as well.

278
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- I think it was also a
big motivation for the team

279
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to do an extraordinary project,

280
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a little bit what we
call a submarine project,

281
00:13:07,536 --> 00:13:11,749
so it was not clearly visible. (chuckles)

282
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Some bosses of the team members

283
00:13:14,710 --> 00:13:16,754
didn't know what we are doing.

284
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People, they achieve amazing results

285
00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:22,676
in very short time.

286
00:13:22,676 --> 00:13:25,346
We are not walking through
a proper decision process,

287
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what we normally, German style,

288
00:13:28,098 --> 00:13:28,933
are really good in.

289
00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:33,103
And no question, no
requirement from somebody.

290
00:13:33,103 --> 00:13:34,688
When you do a project like this,

291
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you always form a special set of people.

292
00:13:37,608 --> 00:13:40,069
There is gonna be a lot of ropework.

293
00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:43,072
This is going to be
mountaineering with a car.

294
00:13:43,072 --> 00:13:45,658
So maybe overall, about 25 people.

295
00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,910
Didn't took long to have a list of names

296
00:13:47,910 --> 00:13:50,788
in Chassis, Engine Department.

297
00:13:50,788 --> 00:13:53,123
- A problem which has
caused a lot of people

298
00:13:53,123 --> 00:13:55,459
to get even 30 meters away from the record

299
00:13:55,459 --> 00:13:58,379
and no further is a lack
of engine performance.

300
00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:02,633
- We have old cars that we
can take before we scrap them,

301
00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,677
and then we just started modifying it.

302
00:14:07,596 --> 00:14:10,516
(car hood clicks)

303
00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,268
My task in this project was:

304
00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:14,103
please build a car that's capable

305
00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:16,355
to run on the highest
mountains in the world.

306
00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:19,859
First question was, why do it with a 911?

307
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,569
Why don't choose a Cayenne?

308
00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:24,655
But it take 10 seconds to realise that,

309
00:14:24,655 --> 00:14:26,448
yes, the 911 is the right car to do this

310
00:14:26,448 --> 00:14:27,658
because it's our icon car,

311
00:14:27,658 --> 00:14:29,577
and this is an iconic project.

312
00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:31,704
- [Niko] It would take a
special car with a unique design

313
00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,164
to tackle the mix of
boulders and volcanic ash.

314
00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:37,293
The engineers had to get creative,

315
00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:40,379
taking technology and ideas
from anywhere they could.

316
00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,839
We knew from projects in the past

317
00:14:41,839 --> 00:14:44,049
that there was a system
called Warp Connector

318
00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:46,343
we used in our 919 LMP1 car

319
00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:49,388
that is able to give a
very high roll stiffness

320
00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:51,891
and very flexible articulation in the car.

321
00:14:54,351 --> 00:14:56,061
(Porsche 919 roars)

322
00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:58,772
When Achim explained what needs to be done

323
00:14:58,772 --> 00:15:01,442
to implement the Warp Connector it was,

324
00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:03,444
"Oh, we have to change a lot."

325
00:15:03,444 --> 00:15:05,446
So when you look at the car,

326
00:15:05,446 --> 00:15:08,908
you can see here the heave-roll separation.

327
00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,576
And this is the Warp Connector

328
00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,828
that connects the front suspension

329
00:15:12,828 --> 00:15:15,122
with the rear suspension.

330
00:15:15,122 --> 00:15:17,625
Because of the freeness in articulation,

331
00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:19,960
the wheel loads are always equalised,

332
00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,545
and this will increase traction.

333
00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,423
(groovy music)

334
00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:27,092
(Doris rumbles)

335
00:15:28,552 --> 00:15:30,387
The interesting question was,

336
00:15:30,387 --> 00:15:32,514
how to handle the altitude?

337
00:15:32,514 --> 00:15:34,391
And one guy from the Engine Department,

338
00:15:34,391 --> 00:15:36,018
who was Maurice Martini said,

339
00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:38,187
"What is the challenge?

340
00:15:38,187 --> 00:15:41,357
We already did a really altitude project."

341
00:15:41,357 --> 00:15:42,191
(scene clicking)

342
00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:43,734
[Sven] We had an altitude chamber

343
00:15:43,734 --> 00:15:47,112
from a former project in end of the '80s

344
00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:51,158
to build a 911 engine in a small plane.

345
00:15:51,158 --> 00:15:52,701
- One week later, he
came with the information

346
00:15:52,701 --> 00:15:54,453
and said, "Believe it or not,

347
00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:56,080
we still have it in Weissach.

348
00:15:57,373 --> 00:15:59,083
[Sven] We searched this chamber,

349
00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:02,544
and reactivated, and put the current

350
00:16:02,544 --> 00:16:04,171
911 engine in.

351
00:16:04,171 --> 00:16:07,174
This was very extreme.

352
00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:10,260
[Niko] When the team decided to go

353
00:16:10,260 --> 00:16:11,720
for the altitude record,

354
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,639
there were only three
months to build the car

355
00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,557
before the 2020 summer weather.

356
00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,268
We called the first car Doris.

357
00:16:18,268 --> 00:16:20,854
It was designed before
anyone went to the mountain.

358
00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:22,815
We came back from that first attempt

359
00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:25,150
to a world much different than we left it.

360
00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:28,237
- [Flight Attendant] ...keep it fastened
while the seatbelt sign is on.

361
00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:30,489
As a result of the outbreak of COVID-19...

362
00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:32,741
(distant siren blares)

363
00:16:32,741 --> 00:16:35,327
(distant horn honks)

364
00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:37,287
- [Niko] With the world
shut down due to COVID,

365
00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:38,539
the team started thinking about

366
00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:40,791
how they could make Doris better.

367
00:16:40,791 --> 00:16:42,251
Then someone posed a question,

368
00:16:42,251 --> 00:16:43,877
"Why modify the first car

369
00:16:43,877 --> 00:16:46,547
when we could just build an
entirely new second car?"

370
00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:50,718
(labels click)

371
00:16:50,718 --> 00:16:53,303
(groovy music)

372
00:16:55,639 --> 00:16:59,184
- Second car was a classical
motorsport decision

373
00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:02,146
because of course, if you have two cars,

374
00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:04,064
you have 50% of risk.

375
00:17:04,064 --> 00:17:06,442
Two cars, one as a backup.

376
00:17:06,442 --> 00:17:09,236
And of course, we had a new partner

377
00:17:09,236 --> 00:17:10,237
with Romain Dumas.

378
00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:14,241
(thrilling music)

379
00:17:14,241 --> 00:17:16,035
(car engines rumble)

380
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:18,037
He's always in the extremes.

381
00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,080
[Commentator 1] An unbelievable run.

382
00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,498
He's everywhere.

383
00:17:21,498 --> 00:17:22,916
(fans cheer)

384
00:17:22,916 --> 00:17:26,128
He is very calculated.

385
00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:29,298
He's one of these last multitalents

386
00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:32,301
that have proven that they are
the top drivers in the world.

387
00:17:33,761 --> 00:17:36,472
Frank Walliser told me, "You know, ah,

388
00:17:36,472 --> 00:17:37,639
we have an idea.

389
00:17:37,639 --> 00:17:39,099
We would like to do this.

390
00:17:39,099 --> 00:17:39,933
You want to drive?"

391
00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,310
I say, "Yes, I want to drive."

392
00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:43,604
For sure, it's could be a nice expedition

393
00:17:43,604 --> 00:17:46,690
but again, I had no really clear idea

394
00:17:46,690 --> 00:17:50,402
about what was the altitude story.

395
00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:53,197
So I went to Weissach,
and I drove the car.

396
00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:55,157
They said it will be nice

397
00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:57,117
that I give a kind of feedback.

398
00:17:57,117 --> 00:18:00,245
- He had a lot of
optimization ideas in the car.

399
00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:02,498
I like the story, I like the idea,

400
00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:05,793
but I want to be more
involved than only driving

401
00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:08,545
because you know, you don't
win the race on a Sunday.

402
00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:10,464
No, you need to prepare everything

403
00:18:10,464 --> 00:18:11,965
before the event, you know.

404
00:18:14,218 --> 00:18:16,678
And so I said, "Okay,
if you want, I drive.

405
00:18:16,678 --> 00:18:17,763
But not only that,

406
00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:19,973
I prepare everything on the side."

407
00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:22,768
Means the team, the people around.

408
00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,687
The second car here in south of France.

409
00:18:25,687 --> 00:18:27,523
[Jens] We became acquainted with all

410
00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:29,900
the other new team members,

411
00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:31,693
doctors, mountain guides

412
00:18:31,693 --> 00:18:34,446
from Switzerland, from France.

413
00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:35,697
(dramatic music)

414
00:18:35,697 --> 00:18:38,450
- [Romain] We found (chuckles)
we cannot call it a volcano,

415
00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:41,662
but a very deep mountain
here in south of France,

416
00:18:41,662 --> 00:18:43,122
we start to test the car.

417
00:18:43,997 --> 00:18:46,667
(Edith rumbles)

418
00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:51,171
[Niko] With more testing and more time,

419
00:18:51,171 --> 00:18:53,799
the second car was already
showing improvements.

420
00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:57,386
Embracing the future of fuel,

421
00:18:57,386 --> 00:18:59,012
the new car would run entirely

422
00:18:59,012 --> 00:19:01,765
on Chilean-made HIF e-Fuels,

423
00:19:01,765 --> 00:19:05,185
synthetic fuels made from
renewable energy, water,

424
00:19:05,185 --> 00:19:06,395
and captured CO2.

425
00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,607
- [Sven] We put an electric
steering in the car.

426
00:19:10,607 --> 00:19:12,568
We saved a lot of weight.

427
00:19:12,568 --> 00:19:14,528
This steering system,

428
00:19:14,528 --> 00:19:16,822
we are developing the future, you know,

429
00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:19,658
to have less force on the steering.

430
00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:21,243
It was not only about, you know,

431
00:19:21,243 --> 00:19:22,744
publicity, marketing, no.

432
00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:24,288
It was again performance

433
00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:25,497
to try to improve everything

434
00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:27,833
that I get less kickback,
everything smooth.

435
00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:32,171
(Edith roars)

436
00:19:36,466 --> 00:19:38,760
I think and I hope to show that

437
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,888
this steering are already strong,

438
00:19:40,888 --> 00:19:43,557
but for the future, it can be even better.

439
00:19:43,557 --> 00:19:46,268
(leaves rustle)

440
00:19:46,268 --> 00:19:48,979
(pensive music)

441
00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:51,023
- [Niko] In the weeks leading
up to the next attempt,

442
00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:53,525
the team started to
train at higher altitude.

443
00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,360
When was the last time you were up here?

444
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,862
- Whew.
- Yesterday.

445
00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,071
- Yesterday?
- Yeah.

446
00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:01,366
- [Niko] So the Swiss are
acclimatising now. Yeah.

447
00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:02,659
[Joe] Yeah?

448
00:20:02,659 --> 00:20:04,161
[Niko] Joke's on them, we're higher.

449
00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,538
[Joe] Yeah. America!

450
00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:07,998
(Niko chuckles)

451
00:20:07,998 --> 00:20:09,082
[Niko] The car was ready.

452
00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:11,126
Now, we had to get our bodies ready.

453
00:20:11,126 --> 00:20:13,378
Medical checks determined
who could go again

454
00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:15,714
and who would have to stay behind.

455
00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,050
Not everyone on the first expedition

456
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:20,427
was cleared for another
high-altitude attempt.

457
00:20:22,804 --> 00:20:25,682
So what we done we went in Switzerland

458
00:20:25,682 --> 00:20:29,686
to a room that we
could simulate the altitude,

459
00:20:30,812 --> 00:20:33,398
already to see in term of fitness

460
00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:37,611
if we have some good points or bad points

461
00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:38,862
or how we can prepare.

462
00:20:40,822 --> 00:20:42,199
You know, I've spent 10 years

463
00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:43,116
getting to know Romain

464
00:20:43,116 --> 00:20:44,701
'cause he's been racing
here at Pikes Peak,

465
00:20:44,701 --> 00:20:46,578
and we've been you know, helping him.

466
00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,372
He was telling me about the penitentes

467
00:20:48,372 --> 00:20:50,332
and all this just stuff

468
00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:52,376
that sounded like crazy to me.

469
00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:55,045
He could see that I was
interested, I guess.

470
00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:58,257
And he just looks at me,
and kinda narrows his eyes,

471
00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,133
and goes, "You should come."

472
00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:02,261
And I'm like, "What do
you mean I should come?"

473
00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:03,887
And he's like, "You can help."

474
00:21:03,887 --> 00:21:05,097
And I'm like, "Okay."

475
00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:07,224
He goes, "It's miserable. You'll love it."

476
00:21:08,892 --> 00:21:11,937
(pensive music continues)

477
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:14,648
- Well, we just arrived
at the Cosmiques Refugio

478
00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:17,150
around 3,600 meters.

479
00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:23,907
(pensive music swells)

480
00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:31,540
Niko, have you ever had any
other filming assignments

481
00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,293
that required this level of fitness or...

482
00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:35,877
[Niko] Not like this, man.

483
00:21:35,877 --> 00:21:37,045
- No?
- Not this high.

484
00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:42,134
(pensive music continues)

485
00:21:50,058 --> 00:21:52,019
(pensive music continues)

486
00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:53,645
It's damn near spiritual.

487
00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:54,479
It's like...

488
00:21:56,857 --> 00:21:58,358
We know a lot of details now.

489
00:21:58,358 --> 00:22:01,028
We know way better how
to prepare everything.

490
00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:04,656
The mentality of Porsche,
maybe also my mentality,

491
00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:06,074
is no second places.

492
00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,660
We are looking for absolute records

493
00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,620
for outstanding things in the world.

494
00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:12,539
We try it again.

495
00:22:14,416 --> 00:22:17,502
(lighthearted music)

496
00:22:21,214 --> 00:22:24,134
(car engine whirs)

497
00:22:27,429 --> 00:22:29,639
This place is called Don Juan's.

498
00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:32,934
He spends, I think, most of his time

499
00:22:32,934 --> 00:22:35,062
in a small hut here.

500
00:22:37,647 --> 00:22:39,649
He offers this land
(rooster crows)

501
00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:41,276
that he rents as a space

502
00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:43,278
for people passing through,

503
00:22:43,278 --> 00:22:44,821
acclimatising for this journey.

504
00:22:45,989 --> 00:22:49,868
(lighthearted music continues)

505
00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:52,996
(team members chatter indistinctly)

506
00:22:52,996 --> 00:22:55,582
(latch clicks)

507
00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:59,461
Morale was very enthusiastic

508
00:22:59,461 --> 00:23:02,964
because we had a optimised car,

509
00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:04,591
we had a new team,

510
00:23:04,591 --> 00:23:08,845
and we had a much better
organisation from Romain.

511
00:23:08,845 --> 00:23:11,306
So everybody was enthusiastic

512
00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:13,225
that maybe

513
00:23:14,142 --> 00:23:15,060
it's possible

514
00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:18,313
to get the record.
(truck door thuds)

515
00:23:18,313 --> 00:23:19,481
Muy bien!

516
00:23:19,481 --> 00:23:21,233
It's nice, huh?
Wow.

517
00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,360
Now myself, I am from south of France.

518
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,070
I like warm weather.

519
00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:27,531
I like normally sea.

520
00:23:27,531 --> 00:23:29,324
And right now we are in
the middle of the wind

521
00:23:29,324 --> 00:23:30,367
and the middle of the mountain.

522
00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:32,953
You can see already snow all around.

523
00:23:32,953 --> 00:23:35,080
It's already very cold as you can see,

524
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,333
but we are only at 3,750,

525
00:23:38,333 --> 00:23:42,212
so we can imagine it will be a lot more

526
00:23:42,212 --> 00:23:44,131
cooler later on and colder, so.

527
00:23:45,382 --> 00:23:47,050
But we will see what will happen.

528
00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:57,227
(lighthearted music intensifies)

529
00:24:05,318 --> 00:24:07,988
(cutlery clatters)

530
00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:11,867
(lighthearted music continues)

531
00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:13,368
Walking, do exercise,

532
00:24:13,368 --> 00:24:17,706
and reach maybe 4,500 will be the goal.

533
00:24:17,706 --> 00:24:19,458
There is not a race today.

534
00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:22,544
It's just good to climb up.

535
00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:23,753
If someone don't feel good,

536
00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:25,630
there's not a problem

537
00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:27,757
if you don't reach this attitude,

538
00:24:27,757 --> 00:24:29,301
it’s not finish the expedition.

539
00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:32,304
(lighthearted music continues)

540
00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:35,140
Well, when I went there the first time,

541
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:37,517
it's clear that, you know,

542
00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:40,854
with the doctor and
all these guy involved,

543
00:24:40,854 --> 00:24:42,814
I knew that it will be complicated,

544
00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:45,942
but I was never expected

545
00:24:45,942 --> 00:24:47,527
that it will be so complicated.

546
00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:52,282
Not about driving but about,
you know, your own body.

547
00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:54,743
And I mean, the first 10 days,

548
00:24:54,743 --> 00:24:56,286
I had terrible headache.

549
00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:58,288
I was completely sick.

550
00:24:58,288 --> 00:24:59,539
I could not sleep on the night

551
00:24:59,539 --> 00:25:01,333
for three or four days.

552
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:04,044
It was really bad.

553
00:25:04,044 --> 00:25:05,629
It's sucking, like, the energy

554
00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:07,255
- right out of your legs.
- Yeah.

555
00:25:11,718 --> 00:25:15,096
So today, 84 kilometer of wind.

556
00:25:16,431 --> 00:25:18,099
Tomorrow will be 74

557
00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:19,976
The temperature?

558
00:25:19,976 --> 00:25:22,187
- [Romain] Temperature, do
you really want to know?

559
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:23,605
Yep.

560
00:25:23,605 --> 00:25:26,691
- So -18.

561
00:25:28,276 --> 00:25:29,277
Tomorrow -18.

562
00:25:31,738 --> 00:25:33,156
Okay, let's go.

563
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:39,287
(purposeful music)

564
00:25:47,629 --> 00:25:51,675
(purposeful music continues)

565
00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:53,426
(latch clinks)

566
00:25:53,426 --> 00:25:56,429
(truck door grates)

567
00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:02,644
(case thuds)

568
00:26:03,186 --> 00:26:06,189
(mesmerising music)

569
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,282
[Jens] The car needs a name,

570
00:26:15,282 --> 00:26:16,116
and the name is

571
00:26:17,158 --> 00:26:18,243
Edith.

572
00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:21,454
(mesmerising music intensifies)

573
00:26:21,454 --> 00:26:22,455
(Edith rumbles)

574
00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:24,666
- It is great to see
Romain testing the car.

575
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:27,752
- Okay?
- Yeah,

576
00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:29,921
but we are quite high on the water,

577
00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:32,007
so I would prefer to go in to have a look.

578
00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:34,759
[Niko] Bringing it through its paces

579
00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:36,177
is kind of an understatement.

580
00:26:38,346 --> 00:26:40,807
- It's completely different
than what we have in Europe.

581
00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:42,892
The air density, it's a lot lower.

582
00:26:42,892 --> 00:26:44,769
So we have to look what is now

583
00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,938
with the cooling system, the pressure,

584
00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:49,232
if the water is enough,
and so on because all

585
00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:51,192
is a little bit different here,

586
00:26:51,192 --> 00:26:52,902
but everything looks okay so far.

587
00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:55,071
So let's continue to double check.

588
00:26:57,032 --> 00:26:59,284
(Edith rumbles)

589
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,703
(Edith hums)

590
00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:07,792
(thrilling music)

591
00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:11,129
(Edith rumbles)

592
00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:12,714
[Romain] Perfect!

593
00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:23,558
(resolute music)

594
00:27:24,934 --> 00:27:27,646
When we arrived our base camp area

595
00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:32,567
at approximately 4,500 meters altitude,

596
00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:35,528
we realised that

597
00:27:35,528 --> 00:27:38,406
we have massive remaining snow

598
00:27:38,406 --> 00:27:41,743
and ice from the winter season before.

599
00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,245
[Niko] We had the right team and cars,

600
00:27:44,245 --> 00:27:46,206
but the volcano challenged us again.

601
00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:47,666
Doubt crept in as conditions

602
00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,501
were unlike anything we'd seen.

603
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:51,086
Despite it being the best time of year

604
00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:54,589
for a summit in Chile, the
route to Refugio Amistad,

605
00:27:54,589 --> 00:27:56,633
the highest permanent
camp on the mountain,

606
00:27:56,633 --> 00:27:58,551
was buried under snow.

607
00:27:58,551 --> 00:28:02,347
If we couldn't reach it,
summiting was impossible.

608
00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:03,973
And so we said, "Okay,

609
00:28:03,973 --> 00:28:06,351
we need to find another,

610
00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:10,522
another road, another
idea, another itinerary."

611
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:12,607
(wind blows violently)

612
00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:14,067
(resolute music continues)

613
00:28:15,235 --> 00:28:17,570
- [Niko] These were
unprecedented conditions.

614
00:28:17,570 --> 00:28:19,698
During summer in this part of Chile,

615
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,658
we should have seen the
least amount of snow

616
00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:22,951
on the mountain.

617
00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:23,785
Easy, right?

618
00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:25,245
No.

619
00:28:25,245 --> 00:28:28,915
(resolute music continues)

620
00:28:28,915 --> 00:28:31,793
We're even thinking to go through Argentina.

621
00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:34,796
- [Sven] Google Maps says no
road on the Argentina side.

622
00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:37,257
[Romain] But we didn't find anything.

623
00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:39,175
- [Niko] So we focused
on the only known path

624
00:28:39,175 --> 00:28:41,386
to the next camp, trekking through snow

625
00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:42,762
sometimes a meter deep.

626
00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:45,557
With all the people working together

627
00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:47,726
and do this hard work,

628
00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:50,228
you need around one hour

629
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,021
to clean four meters.

630
00:28:52,021 --> 00:28:54,691
(shovels grate)

631
00:28:57,318 --> 00:29:01,281
Normally when we are on the sea level,

632
00:29:01,281 --> 00:29:06,286
our oxygen saturation, 98%, 99%.

633
00:29:07,370 --> 00:29:08,872
Here today, maybe

634
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,167
76, 75.

635
00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:14,419
It's difficult to move.

636
00:29:16,171 --> 00:29:18,214
(shovel grates)

637
00:29:18,214 --> 00:29:20,717
(tense music)

638
00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:25,847
What do you think about the proposal

639
00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:27,682
to walk a little bit up?

640
00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:28,808
- No.
- No.

641
00:29:28,808 --> 00:29:30,351
One moment, please let me speak.

642
00:29:30,351 --> 00:29:32,103
- Okay.
- Without any tool,

643
00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,231
without nothing.
(shovels grate)

644
00:29:37,192 --> 00:29:38,193
Look at us, man.

645
00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:40,528
We don't have any more energy.

646
00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:47,827
So now, the very hard phase

647
00:29:47,827 --> 00:29:49,370
of the project begins.

648
00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:55,168
Plan is to drive with the car to an altitude,

649
00:29:55,168 --> 00:29:57,670
hopefully, above 6,000 meters.

650
00:29:57,670 --> 00:29:59,631
We don't know really. It'll
be first time for the car.

651
00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,591
So let's see what's going on.

652
00:30:01,591 --> 00:30:03,718
The team is ready to give everything.

653
00:30:04,844 --> 00:30:07,430
(hopeful music)

654
00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:09,599
(car door thuds)

655
00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:12,268
(Edith rumbles)

656
00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:17,232
[Niko] Romain set off.

657
00:30:17,232 --> 00:30:19,442
Hopes were high. Progress was fast.

658
00:30:21,444 --> 00:30:24,948
(hopeful music continues)

659
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:32,872
(Edith revs)

660
00:30:35,959 --> 00:30:39,462
(hopeful music continues)

661
00:30:40,964 --> 00:30:43,383
(puzzling music)

662
00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:48,179
Until it wasn't.
(Edith rumbles)

663
00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:51,140
If we could just get through
the snow, avoid the ice fields,

664
00:30:51,140 --> 00:30:54,644
and get on top of the glacier,
we might have a chance.

665
00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,437
And then we went further up,

666
00:30:56,437 --> 00:30:59,899
and then see all these massive ice fields,

667
00:30:59,899 --> 00:31:03,194
and we thought, "What the
hell is going up here?"

668
00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,576
The effect of attitude.

669
00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:10,702
- [Niko] Yeah, can you
explain what it's like?

670
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,538
It's unbelievable, breathless.

671
00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,082
You make one step,

672
00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:19,711
and you need two breaths minimum,

673
00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:22,171
you can make the next step.

674
00:31:23,089 --> 00:31:25,133
Totally... (pants)

675
00:31:26,634 --> 00:31:28,052
[Guide 1] You're not enjoying?

676
00:31:28,052 --> 00:31:30,847
At the moment, I'm not enjoying, yes.

677
00:31:30,847 --> 00:31:31,681
(Edith revs)

678
00:31:31,681 --> 00:31:34,726
[Guide 2] Yeah!

679
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,520
(laborious music)

680
00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:41,983
(labels beep)

681
00:31:41,983 --> 00:31:44,736
(Guide 2 cheers)

682
00:31:47,113 --> 00:31:50,408
- The guy with the camera
to the doctor to the guide,

683
00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:51,868
everybody was helping.

684
00:31:53,453 --> 00:31:57,332
(laborious music continues)

685
00:31:57,332 --> 00:31:59,208
Was one of the hardest thing

686
00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:01,419
I have ever done in my life.

687
00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:07,842
(Guide 1 lets out a guttural scream)

688
00:32:07,842 --> 00:32:11,262
(laborious music continues)

689
00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:15,141
I decide on morning to go,

690
00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:17,101
and I arrive at 5,900,

691
00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,145
like that in three, four hours.

692
00:32:21,397 --> 00:32:23,066
(Sven pants)

693
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,652
(serene music)

694
00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:37,705
But after we had no
chance, we went over 6,000,

695
00:32:37,705 --> 00:32:38,706
and it was finished.

696
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:46,130
- [Sven] Even if we
cleared this ice field,

697
00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:48,174
it brings us to a glacier.

698
00:32:50,009 --> 00:32:52,762
- [Jens] There was no
chance going any higher.

699
00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:59,394
It was a very bad feeling

700
00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:01,437
not to get the record

701
00:33:01,437 --> 00:33:03,815
to go home again with nothing.

702
00:33:06,567 --> 00:33:09,570
(melancholic music)

703
00:33:16,411 --> 00:33:18,955
(fountain splashes)

704
00:33:18,955 --> 00:33:22,041
(distant bell tolls)

705
00:33:23,626 --> 00:33:25,920
(relaxing music)

706
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,047
After the last attempt, I thought,

707
00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:29,298
"Maybe that's it,

708
00:33:29,298 --> 00:33:32,135
maybe we won't get a next chance

709
00:33:32,135 --> 00:33:33,261
to climb higher."

710
00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:36,639
It's the same like you run Le Mans,

711
00:33:36,639 --> 00:33:38,641
you lose it two years in a row.

712
00:33:38,641 --> 00:33:41,019
We always hoped to have a third chance.

713
00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,895
So the car stayed in Chile,

714
00:33:42,895 --> 00:33:46,024
but it was not sure to get a third chance.

715
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,818
- I was, of course, afraid
of telling the decision

716
00:33:48,818 --> 00:33:51,571
to the team if it was negative.

717
00:33:51,571 --> 00:33:54,032
(relaxing music continues)

718
00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,700
I said, "Yeah, go there.

719
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:57,577
Go with the team, try it again."

720
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,456
Try again, (chuckles)

721
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,500
which is crazy,

722
00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:07,920
but that shows the amount
of trust in Walliser.

723
00:34:11,924 --> 00:34:14,093
This is a bold dream to get there

724
00:34:14,093 --> 00:34:16,387
and doing this together with a team,

725
00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:18,264
with the right mindset.

726
00:34:18,264 --> 00:34:20,892
And at the end, I decided, "Go for it."

727
00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:23,811
I am sure we can get to the top.

728
00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:25,104
[interviewer] Did they doubt you at all?

729
00:34:25,104 --> 00:34:26,606
Were they, like, hesitant?

730
00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:28,733
Yes, for sure because you know,

731
00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:29,567
at the end of the day,

732
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:31,444
it's a question of it's not about the car,

733
00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:33,446
it's not about the team,

734
00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:35,156
it can be only about the weather,

735
00:34:35,156 --> 00:34:37,366
and nobody can predict the weather.

736
00:34:37,366 --> 00:34:40,286
You cannot buy it, you cannot predict it.

737
00:34:40,286 --> 00:34:42,872
(snow patters)
(thunder rumbles)

738
00:34:42,872 --> 00:34:45,792
So they said, "Okay,
we try one more time."

739
00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:46,959
It was relatively clear,

740
00:34:46,959 --> 00:34:48,544
"Okay, we go for a third time."

741
00:34:48,544 --> 00:34:49,962
It was also coming out of corona,

742
00:34:49,962 --> 00:34:52,381
motivation was high in
doing things like that.

743
00:34:53,549 --> 00:34:57,804
But for a small time, I was also thinking,

744
00:34:57,804 --> 00:35:01,349
"If the third attempt
would not be successful,

745
00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:03,768
there will be no fourth,

746
00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:06,145
no fourth attempt to go there."

747
00:35:06,145 --> 00:35:08,815
(anxious music)

748
00:35:08,815 --> 00:35:12,485
- [Romain] We finally
arrive at our base camp.

749
00:35:12,485 --> 00:35:14,570
You could see a lot less snow.

750
00:35:15,738 --> 00:35:17,990
(mystical music)

751
00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:21,202
- Good weather up there is
still 30-mile-an-hour wind

752
00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:24,747
and maybe 10 degrees Fahrenheit
or something like that.

753
00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:27,083
It's cold.

754
00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:29,585
It kind of abuses you as a human.

755
00:35:29,585 --> 00:35:31,796
It's like South Mediterranean,

756
00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:34,132
warm sand, sandy beach

757
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:36,759
with a lack of oxygen.

758
00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:40,471
I don't know if we can say nice day,

759
00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:42,473
more like a hard day.

760
00:35:43,307 --> 00:35:45,268
(wind buzzes)

761
00:35:45,268 --> 00:35:49,355
(mystical music continues)

762
00:35:49,355 --> 00:35:51,232
[Niko] From day one, our only challenger

763
00:35:51,232 --> 00:35:52,608
had been the altitude,

764
00:35:52,608 --> 00:35:55,111
but now we had competition.

765
00:35:55,111 --> 00:35:57,196
Another team was going
for the same record,

766
00:35:57,196 --> 00:35:58,990
and they were aiming to reach the summit

767
00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,409
in an electric-powered truck.

768
00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:03,953
Despite of this competition,

769
00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:06,455
you have to follow your own plan.

770
00:36:06,455 --> 00:36:08,958
- The only problem we have on
this mountain is the wind now.

771
00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:10,835
It will reach, like, 90,

772
00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:13,462
even 100 kilometers per hour.

773
00:36:13,462 --> 00:36:16,174
- [Romain] So we had to
wait, and wait, and wait.

774
00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:22,805
- [Sven] The window was
exactly the 2nd of December.

775
00:36:22,805 --> 00:36:25,057
If we could not use this day,

776
00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:27,643
we had to wait for one week
to have a second chance.

777
00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:30,813
(wind whooshes)

778
00:36:30,813 --> 00:36:32,315
Yeah, so just the aim

779
00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:35,067
is to explain what we do
tomorrow at what time,

780
00:36:35,067 --> 00:36:36,027
who is doing what.

781
00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:39,322
Congratulations to be late.

782
00:36:40,489 --> 00:36:42,158
You see, he's not German.

783
00:36:42,158 --> 00:36:45,244
(team members laugh)

784
00:36:46,078 --> 00:36:48,247
So the aim is to arrive, more or less,

785
00:36:48,247 --> 00:36:50,124
at nine o'clock at the glacier.

786
00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:54,503
(tense music)

787
00:36:59,842 --> 00:37:02,011
[Niko] Our competitive spirit kicked in.

788
00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,262
Having come this far,

789
00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:06,057
we weren't about to hand
the record to a rival.

790
00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,309
Knowing we only had one day with no wind,

791
00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:09,727
we set out early.

792
00:37:09,727 --> 00:37:11,562
And we got a head start on the competition

793
00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:13,522
trying for a summit on the same day.

794
00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:15,441
[Romain] I knew that on my own,

795
00:37:15,441 --> 00:37:19,153
I can go directly to 6.2 without any help.

796
00:37:20,154 --> 00:37:22,823
(Edith rumbles)

797
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:25,993
(gasp)

798
00:37:25,993 --> 00:37:28,829
(thrilling music)

799
00:37:34,293 --> 00:37:37,630
(Edith rumbles)

800
00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:40,174
(rocks clatter)

801
00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:42,593
(tire thuds)

802
00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:46,764
(mesmerising music)

803
00:37:51,727 --> 00:37:53,688
The car reached the glacier,

804
00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:55,022
which was, let's call it,

805
00:37:55,022 --> 00:37:56,440
where the real battle began.

806
00:37:57,441 --> 00:37:59,151
First, we arrived at 6.2,

807
00:37:59,151 --> 00:38:03,155
and it was really a big piece of ice.

808
00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:06,867
I mean, this car is ready

809
00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:09,745
or was done to be on
the sand, on the rock,

810
00:38:09,745 --> 00:38:10,913
but not really on ice.

811
00:38:10,913 --> 00:38:12,748
We had no spike on the tires.

812
00:38:12,748 --> 00:38:14,792
And I say, "Okay, now
it's really the place

813
00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:18,129
that first difficulty
is just in front of me."

814
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:19,880
I can see, the ice,

815
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,800
I can see these 200, 300
meters to go through.

816
00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:26,304
(Edith rumbles)

817
00:38:30,933 --> 00:38:33,811
(foreboding music)

818
00:38:35,938 --> 00:38:38,357
(Edith revs)

819
00:38:43,279 --> 00:38:46,657
Quickly after 50-meter I was stuck,

820
00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:48,034
I say, "Oh, that will be a long day."

821
00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:49,827
Because at the time, it
was only nine o'clock

822
00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:50,786
in the morning.

823
00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:52,413
So we start with a rope,

824
00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:54,415
we start to try to pull the car.

825
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:58,085
(ominous music)

826
00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:01,922
(Edith revs)

827
00:39:08,804 --> 00:39:11,474
(ominous music)

828
00:39:12,808 --> 00:39:14,643
And actually, it was a kind of round

829
00:39:14,643 --> 00:39:16,645
like that on a crest.

830
00:39:16,645 --> 00:39:18,981
On the left side, if it go very bad,

831
00:39:18,981 --> 00:39:20,107
you could crash.

832
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:24,236
I think we'll be not here
anymore to speak about.

833
00:39:24,236 --> 00:39:26,530
On the right side, a little bit smoother.

834
00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:28,616
So I said, "Okay, better
I try to be on the middle,

835
00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:31,911
but if something is happening,
I need to turn right."

836
00:39:31,911 --> 00:39:34,747
(Edith creaks)

837
00:39:34,747 --> 00:39:36,707
And so we lost a lot of time,

838
00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:39,335
two hours now to go through this 100

839
00:39:39,335 --> 00:39:41,670
or 200 meter of ice.

840
00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:42,505
We went through,

841
00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:45,591
but it was already 11:30.

842
00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:49,345
And after, was the balcony, going up.

843
00:39:51,806 --> 00:39:52,932
[Niko] With the glacier cleared,

844
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:55,518
Romain has start to really push.

845
00:39:55,518 --> 00:39:56,852
I took a lot of speed,

846
00:39:56,852 --> 00:39:59,647
and there, I realised that
the traction of the car

847
00:39:59,647 --> 00:40:01,107
and so on was great.

848
00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:05,319
- [camera operator] Holy cra-

849
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:07,446
(dramatic music)

850
00:40:07,446 --> 00:40:08,948
(Edith rumbles)

851
00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:09,949
I mean, it was incredible

852
00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:13,494
to watch this car just eating volcanic,

853
00:40:13,494 --> 00:40:14,328
you know, rubble,

854
00:40:14,328 --> 00:40:16,163
just eating up the side of the hill.

855
00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:20,543
(Edith rumbles)

856
00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:24,088
(dramatic music continues)

857
00:40:29,176 --> 00:40:32,430
(Edith rumbles)

858
00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:36,016
(dramatic music continues)

859
00:40:38,602 --> 00:40:39,437
(hammer pounds)

860
00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:42,773
- Yeah, we're trying to
set up a solid belay,

861
00:40:42,773 --> 00:40:44,442
but the rock is pretty sh--ty here.

862
00:40:45,484 --> 00:40:48,404
(equipment clinks)

863
00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:54,869
[Niko] We were making progress,

864
00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:56,078
but the more we pushed,

865
00:40:56,078 --> 00:40:58,164
the harder the volcano pushed back.

866
00:40:58,164 --> 00:41:00,082
Now, I can see that it

867
00:41:00,082 --> 00:41:01,709
start to be really, really tough.

868
00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:05,129
And also on the radio when I was asking,

869
00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:06,464
"Where we are?

870
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,507
Where are the other guide?

871
00:41:08,507 --> 00:41:09,675
Are they ready?

872
00:41:09,675 --> 00:41:11,177
Is the rope, blah, blah, blah?"

873
00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:13,220
I could see that reaction,

874
00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:15,139
you know, of people were not the same.

875
00:41:16,015 --> 00:41:17,933
(Guide 3 speaks in foreign language)

876
00:41:17,933 --> 00:41:19,977
- I remember talking
with other team members,

877
00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:21,687
and I was like, I didn't remember

878
00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:24,356
if I said something out loud
to them or just thought it.

879
00:41:24,356 --> 00:41:25,524
You know, the lack of oxygen

880
00:41:25,524 --> 00:41:27,109
really does take ahold of your brain.

881
00:41:27,109 --> 00:41:28,861
Your brain maybe

882
00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:31,739
does not work properly at sea level.

883
00:41:31,739 --> 00:41:35,743
Yourself do not realise that.
(wind whooshes)

884
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:39,330
Also between them, was starting,

885
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:42,666
you know, to have, "Hey. Please can you answer?

886
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:43,834
Why you are not here?

887
00:41:43,834 --> 00:41:45,169
What is happening?"

888
00:41:46,712 --> 00:41:50,591
- [Jens] For sure, the
decision-making process is changed.

889
00:41:50,591 --> 00:41:53,969
- [Sven] You have to take
care to push not too much.

890
00:41:53,969 --> 00:41:56,096
- [Romain] You don't need to have the
watch to look the attitude.

891
00:41:56,096 --> 00:41:58,807
You can feel it with how you can breathe,

892
00:41:58,807 --> 00:42:00,226
how you can speak,

893
00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:03,103
how you can walk with the
pressure in your head.

894
00:42:08,651 --> 00:42:11,153
(tense music)

895
00:42:19,662 --> 00:42:22,122
(tense music continues)

896
00:42:24,458 --> 00:42:26,877
(Edith revs)

897
00:42:29,338 --> 00:42:32,675
(tense music continues)

898
00:42:39,139 --> 00:42:41,308
[Niko] Cresting the ridge, we finally

899
00:42:41,308 --> 00:42:43,185
caught sight of the record point

900
00:42:43,185 --> 00:42:44,728
just 200 meters away,

901
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,898
but we'd have to conquer
the steepest incline

902
00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:49,441
we faced so far.

903
00:42:50,609 --> 00:42:53,487
We mark the GPS point from Unimog

904
00:42:53,487 --> 00:42:56,407
or from the Samurai so we knew exactly

905
00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:59,326
where is the line we need to cross.

906
00:42:59,326 --> 00:43:02,162
(throbbing music)

907
00:43:04,748 --> 00:43:09,086
(team members chatter indistinctly)

908
00:43:11,463 --> 00:43:14,300
(Edith rumbles)

909
00:43:18,053 --> 00:43:22,057
(throbbing music continues)

910
00:43:22,057 --> 00:43:24,518
(labels beep)

911
00:43:30,399 --> 00:43:34,069
(throbbing music continues)

912
00:43:36,572 --> 00:43:40,534
(team members chatter in foreign language)

913
00:43:40,534 --> 00:43:42,411
[Guide 4] Whoa!

914
00:43:51,503 --> 00:43:53,297
[Guide 5] Unbelievable!

915
00:43:53,297 --> 00:43:55,758
(Guide 5 applauding)

916
00:43:55,758 --> 00:43:58,802
- [Joe] I think that's the proper
world record right there.

917
00:43:58,802 --> 00:44:01,013
We came to the balcony,

918
00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:02,931
where we knew that the record was.

919
00:44:02,931 --> 00:44:06,268
- [Niko] We know that now the car
is higher than they were.

920
00:44:06,268 --> 00:44:08,062
We have to have a new record.

921
00:44:08,062 --> 00:44:09,521
So when we checked the GPS,

922
00:44:09,521 --> 00:44:10,898
that was a confusing moment.

923
00:44:12,149 --> 00:44:14,735
For some reason, the calibration's off.

924
00:44:14,735 --> 00:44:16,737
I went to see the GPS.

925
00:44:16,737 --> 00:44:19,615
The altitude is 25 meter lower

926
00:44:19,615 --> 00:44:21,116
than we should be.

927
00:44:21,116 --> 00:44:22,826
There was some question whether

928
00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:25,245
we would be able to claim the record.

929
00:44:25,245 --> 00:44:26,997
It was at that point that we decided that

930
00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:28,666
we had to make for the summit.

931
00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:31,669
Mika said, "Okay, we have to continue."

932
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,838
I look at him and said, "Well, well, well.

933
00:44:34,838 --> 00:44:37,132
Where we could go, you know?

934
00:44:37,132 --> 00:44:37,966
We cannot go higher.

935
00:44:37,966 --> 00:44:39,718
We are in front of a rock here."

936
00:44:39,718 --> 00:44:41,804
He said, "Ah, look,
if we go on the left..."

937
00:44:47,893 --> 00:44:48,852
"We go around,

938
00:44:48,852 --> 00:44:50,813
and we'd arrive on the
top of the volcano."

939
00:44:50,813 --> 00:44:51,897
Are you sure?

940
00:44:51,897 --> 00:44:54,066
He said, "No, but anyway,

941
00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:56,652
if not, we don't have the record."

942
00:44:57,486 --> 00:44:58,946
Okay, we turn left.

943
00:45:02,658 --> 00:45:04,201
[Joe] It was a difficult decision

944
00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:08,372
because we were faced with
another very steep grade.

945
00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:11,291
I could see the sky, nothing more.

946
00:45:11,291 --> 00:45:14,795
Always with my foot on the
brake in case of something.

947
00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:16,672
I think it will not
change anything anyway,

948
00:45:16,672 --> 00:45:20,426
but you know, "Okay,
release the brake, winch."

949
00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:21,260
(Romain hums)

950
00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:23,971
Brake, the car going back.

951
00:45:23,971 --> 00:45:25,472
"Okay, winch again."

952
00:45:25,472 --> 00:45:26,306
It was like that.

953
00:45:26,306 --> 00:45:28,684
- We knew that if we could
get one past one pitch,

954
00:45:28,684 --> 00:45:30,352
the rest was a smooth arc

955
00:45:30,352 --> 00:45:32,396
all the way up to the summit.

956
00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:35,399
(mesmerising music)

957
00:45:40,154 --> 00:45:42,489
So I need to stay on this crest.

958
00:45:42,489 --> 00:45:44,950
[Joe] If the car slides one way,

959
00:45:44,950 --> 00:45:47,536
we might find it in an irretrievable

960
00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:48,579
part of the mountain.

961
00:45:49,705 --> 00:45:52,249
(mesmerising music continues)

962
00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:53,250
It's at this point that I say,

963
00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:56,170
"Okay, I have to go this,
this, that, this, that.

964
00:45:56,170 --> 00:45:58,672
Right, left, right, left
around this big rock."

965
00:46:01,842 --> 00:46:03,469
It's our obligation that we really

966
00:46:03,469 --> 00:46:05,345
write something down history books

967
00:46:05,345 --> 00:46:08,432
when in 30 years, somebody
flips the pages back,

968
00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:09,600
and they're all empty and said,

969
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,393
"What did they do in that time?"

970
00:46:11,393 --> 00:46:14,480
We have to write things in, real stuff.

971
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,231
Things that really happened.

972
00:46:16,231 --> 00:46:18,108
Also real heroes.

973
00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:20,694
(mesmerising music continues)

974
00:46:20,694 --> 00:46:23,822
- There is now one slope
standing in the way

975
00:46:23,822 --> 00:46:25,574
of Romain from reaching the summit.

976
00:46:28,243 --> 00:46:31,079
(thrilling music)

977
00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:34,291
- I knew that I need
to take a lot of speed.

978
00:46:36,835 --> 00:46:40,506
(thrilling music continues)

979
00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:46,303
When I smashed the rock,
I kept maximum throttle.

980
00:46:46,303 --> 00:46:48,263
I said, "Okay, if it's missing something,

981
00:46:48,263 --> 00:46:49,097
it's missing something,

982
00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:50,808
but we will be there."

983
00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:55,729
(thrilling music continues)

984
00:46:55,729 --> 00:46:58,816
(Edith roars)

985
00:47:05,113 --> 00:47:08,116
(mesmerising music)

986
00:47:13,956 --> 00:47:16,625
(shovel grates)

987
00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:20,546
(Guide 6 laughs)

988
00:47:29,888 --> 00:47:31,765
[Niko] And that's our story.

989
00:47:31,765 --> 00:47:33,976
We were a small passionate team

990
00:47:33,976 --> 00:47:36,979
that never gave up until
we reached the summit

991
00:47:36,979 --> 00:47:38,146
with a car named Edith.

992
00:47:39,356 --> 00:47:41,733
(wind whooshes)

993
00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:49,491
Romain, what a life!

994
00:47:49,491 --> 00:47:51,910
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

995
00:47:58,834 --> 00:48:01,086
I'm really proud

996
00:48:02,004 --> 00:48:03,881
because it was not a competition.

997
00:48:04,798 --> 00:48:06,925
It was not something about time,

998
00:48:06,925 --> 00:48:10,470
but it was something about human being

999
00:48:10,470 --> 00:48:12,472
and also push the human

1000
00:48:12,472 --> 00:48:14,725
and the 911 on the limit.

1001
00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:16,226
(grand music)

1002
00:48:16,226 --> 00:48:19,771
It is so extreme to go with a 911

1003
00:48:19,771 --> 00:48:21,148
up to this altitude.

1004
00:48:22,107 --> 00:48:24,318
This kind of passion, and motivation,

1005
00:48:24,318 --> 00:48:25,569
and fighting spirit.

1006
00:48:26,528 --> 00:48:29,865
(grand music continues)

1007
00:48:41,293 --> 00:48:44,379
(lighthearted music)

1008
00:48:50,177 --> 00:48:52,471
He told me, "We made it."

1009
00:48:52,471 --> 00:48:55,933
We sat down and with tears in the eyes,

1010
00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:58,685
and it was so emotional.

1011
00:48:58,685 --> 00:48:59,770
I could see this message,

1012
00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:01,563
and then it started rethinking.

1013
00:49:01,563 --> 00:49:03,774
I said, "Wow, that's an achievement."

1014
00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:07,444
And I was really touched by that moment.

1015
00:49:07,444 --> 00:49:09,488
I could not talk to anybody.

1016
00:49:09,488 --> 00:49:12,324
And it took me five or ten minutes really

1017
00:49:12,324 --> 00:49:14,826
to realise what has happened.

1018
00:49:14,826 --> 00:49:18,288
And then I really started running around

1019
00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:20,207
and telling it to everybody.

1020
00:49:20,207 --> 00:49:22,376
To be part of this project,

1021
00:49:22,376 --> 00:49:24,836
to be part of a team

1022
00:49:24,836 --> 00:49:26,213
of such great people,

1023
00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:30,384
yeah, in total, it's just one of the best

1024
00:49:30,384 --> 00:49:32,636
experiences of my life.

1025
00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:36,556
(lighthearted music continues)

1026
00:49:37,641 --> 00:49:39,059
I think you have to be a little bit crazy

1027
00:49:39,059 --> 00:49:41,186
to imagine this project.

1028
00:49:41,186 --> 00:49:45,065
(lighthearted music continues)

1029
00:49:53,991 --> 00:49:57,911
(lighthearted music continues)

1030
00:50:06,628 --> 00:50:10,549
(lighthearted music continues)

1031
00:50:19,141 --> 00:50:23,061
(lighthearted music continues)