Plot Summary:Eleven veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. With blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Everest summiteers as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to reach the top in an attempt to heal the emotional and physical wounds of the longest war in U.S. history. Representing nearly every branch of the military, the veterans, and the Gold Star Mom who joins their trek, bring humor and deep emotion to this hero's journey all captured with breathtaking, vertigo-inducing cinematography.
纪录片,讲的是美国兵遭遇战争的痛苦以及后来组队勇夺珠峰。是在学校的免费宣传活动,纯粹是为了某课的extra credits 去的,没有字幕,别提中文了。 一半都没听懂在说什么 55555 。看懂的里面 一些情节很感人也很激励,给四星吧~ 话说,我还看见其中那个戴帽子的大兵了呢!!他还递给我饼干了!!
博物馆放映,是Brainwaves活动的一部分,是讲一群从战场上归来的美国士兵一同攀登珠峰的故事。战争给他们带来了常人无法想象的精神和肉体上巨大的创伤,而在这次挑战极限的自然远征中,他们一点点重获新生。