A rather different perspective I had sent to me recently :
I think there’s an undercurrent of poor mental health and disturbance to the portrayal which is misinterpreted as lads having fun. It’s near psychotic at times, and there’s no acknowledgement of this. It just gets held up as something else, the magic trip etc. The other side of film, what’s not being said. It reminds me of a bad acid trip I once had. So from that perspective I think it lacks honesty in the narrative and interpretation with climbers. My sense is people were on the verge of being quite unwell at times. So I get a little bit more annoyed each time ukb roll it out as something to aspire to.
Thoughts?
I think the owner of that perspective hasn't even scratched the surface of depravity.
