1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:37,495 A request I wasn't expecting. 4 00:00:38,955 --> 00:00:42,417 Would I come along on a trip to the Andes Mountains, 5 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:45,545 way up an active volcano called Ojos del Salado, 6 00:00:46,588 --> 00:00:48,715 the highest volcano on Earth 7 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,175 and the highest peak in Chile 8 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,427 to film a car. 9 00:00:58,183 --> 00:01:02,312 And they said, "This all has to be kept secret." 10 00:01:05,315 --> 00:01:08,485 A small but enthusiastic team of engineers, pro drivers, 11 00:01:08,485 --> 00:01:11,237 and others would attempt to drive to a higher altitude 12 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:13,782 than anyone had driven a four-wheeled vehicle before. 13 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:19,704 The car was a Porsche, 14 00:01:19,704 --> 00:01:21,790 an experimental all-terrain model, 15 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:24,042 one they'd finished only a few weeks earlier. 16 00:01:25,168 --> 00:01:27,504 My cameras and I would be along for the ride 17 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:31,508 to document everything. 18 00:01:31,508 --> 00:01:33,718 The altitude driving challenge is considered one 19 00:01:33,718 --> 00:01:35,804 of the most demanding records to achieve. 20 00:01:38,681 --> 00:01:40,308 Over the past two decades, 21 00:01:40,308 --> 00:01:42,352 many from around the world have tried it 22 00:01:42,352 --> 00:01:43,937 and many have failed. 23 00:01:45,313 --> 00:01:47,774 In the Andes, our base camp alone would be higher 24 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:50,235 than the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. 25 00:01:50,235 --> 00:01:53,655 The oxygen levels would be 50% lower than at sea level, 26 00:01:53,655 --> 00:01:55,323 the thin air turning every breath 27 00:01:55,323 --> 00:01:58,284 into a fight for survival. 28 00:01:59,244 --> 00:02:00,078 Easy, right? 29 00:02:00,078 --> 00:02:00,912 No. 30 00:02:02,247 --> 00:02:03,832 With deep respect for the mountain, 31 00:02:03,832 --> 00:02:06,000 the environment, and the local communities, 32 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,877 we partnered with seasoned Chilean guides 33 00:02:07,877 --> 00:02:10,880 who know the Andes like the back of their hand. 34 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,133 Their knowledge would help us navigate the terrain 35 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,717 using existing climbing paths 36 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,344 as we aimed to drive through sand 37 00:02:16,344 --> 00:02:18,680 and volcanic ash to the Western summit 38 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,682 of Ojos del Salado, 39 00:02:20,682 --> 00:02:22,433 to the highest point any four-wheeled vehicle 40 00:02:22,433 --> 00:02:24,519 had ever been taken anywhere on Earth. 41 00:02:26,938 --> 00:02:28,857 Little did I, or any of us, know that 42 00:02:28,857 --> 00:02:30,233 for the next three years, 43 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:31,568 we would spend weeks on end 44 00:02:31,568 --> 00:02:33,778 confronting one of the most hostile environments 45 00:02:33,778 --> 00:02:36,739 on the planet, the high-altitude region 46 00:02:36,739 --> 00:02:37,949 of the Atacama Desert 47 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,910 to meet the altitude challenge head on. 48 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:44,914 And as we'd soon find out, 49 00:02:44,914 --> 00:02:46,499 we weren't the only ones trying. 50 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:51,087 This is our story. 51 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:03,016 Hey! 52 00:03:09,230 --> 00:03:10,398 Come on, accelerate! 53 00:03:25,246 --> 00:03:27,332 First, a little context. 54 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:29,209 In its 76-year history, 55 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:32,003 Porsche has never shied away from challenges. 56 00:03:32,003 --> 00:03:34,797 It's taken on some of the toughest races around the world 57 00:03:34,797 --> 00:03:35,965 and has gone flat out 58 00:03:35,965 --> 00:03:38,509 where there aren't any roads at all. 59 00:03:38,509 --> 00:03:39,969 Throughout its history, 60 00:03:39,969 --> 00:03:41,846 Porsche's tackled geographic challenges 61 00:03:41,846 --> 00:03:43,598 to prove its engineering 62 00:03:43,598 --> 00:03:45,308 from rallies and hill climbs 63 00:03:45,308 --> 00:03:47,477 to endurance races across continents, 64 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:50,521 pushing innovations like high-performance 65 00:03:50,521 --> 00:03:53,608 all-wheel drive systems and active suspensions. 66 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:57,654 And every idea originates from one place, 67 00:03:57,654 --> 00:04:00,031 Porsche's home in Stuttgart. 68 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:09,499 One day in 2019, Frank Walliser spoke to me, 69 00:04:09,499 --> 00:04:11,709 came to me with just a crazy idea. 70 00:04:13,336 --> 00:04:15,838 The original objective was we make a record 71 00:04:15,838 --> 00:04:17,131 for a sports car. 72 00:04:17,131 --> 00:04:19,676 We bring it to an altitude where no sports car 73 00:04:19,676 --> 00:04:21,678 have ever been before. 74 00:04:21,678 --> 00:04:24,597 To set a new altitude record. 75 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:25,932 This task is special, 76 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,017 is a chance you have once in a life. 77 00:04:28,017 --> 00:04:29,143 Most difficult question is, 78 00:04:29,143 --> 00:04:31,646 why are you doing things like that? 79 00:04:31,646 --> 00:04:33,439 What is your motivation? 80 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:36,609 And in my case, it's definitely, 81 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:39,445 it's my thinking on the history book. 82 00:04:39,445 --> 00:04:42,323 We have to make stories for the future 83 00:04:42,323 --> 00:04:44,242 of our next generation 84 00:04:44,242 --> 00:04:46,369 to keep the company alive, 85 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:48,955 to keep the heart of the company alive. 86 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:52,583 Dr. Walliser is an outstanding person in the company. 87 00:04:52,583 --> 00:04:54,794 He's connected to the board very well. 88 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:57,880 So he has the right connections to install projects, 89 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,215 to get the money for projects, 90 00:04:59,215 --> 00:05:02,760 to motivate the staff to support this. 91 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:03,886 It's kind of in Frank's blood 92 00:05:03,886 --> 00:05:05,847 to do these extreme types of projects. 93 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:08,141 He's been with Porsche for 30 years. 94 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:11,728 He's the guy that developed the 918 hypercar. 95 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:15,732 He's the guy that the board trusts to run Motor Sports. 96 00:05:25,074 --> 00:05:26,993 I got a presentation 97 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:29,871 where the name "Ojos" was written. 98 00:05:29,871 --> 00:05:31,622 And I thought, "Ojos what? 99 00:05:31,622 --> 00:05:32,999 What is it?" 100 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:35,543 Well, I had to look in Google Maps 101 00:05:35,543 --> 00:05:36,502 where this volcano is, 102 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:41,049 and I even did not know how to pronounce it. 103 00:05:41,049 --> 00:05:43,259 The volcano, Ojos del Salado, 104 00:05:43,259 --> 00:05:46,679 is the highest active volcano in the world. 105 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:49,891 It's in South America, in Chile, 106 00:05:49,891 --> 00:05:53,895 a very remote area in the Atacama Desert. 107 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:56,356 My first reaction was, "Why there? 108 00:05:56,356 --> 00:06:00,943 Why in the last edge of South America?" 109 00:06:01,944 --> 00:06:04,781 If you compare it to other mountains, 110 00:06:04,781 --> 00:06:06,741 they are really steep. 111 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:08,659 But the Ojos del Salado, 112 00:06:08,659 --> 00:06:11,079 the steepness is a little bit less. 113 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:12,789 So this allow us 114 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,999 to drive up with the car. 115 00:06:14,999 --> 00:06:16,626 It's one of the most 116 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:18,544 hostile environments on Earth. 117 00:06:18,544 --> 00:06:20,922 It's extremely dry air. 118 00:06:20,922 --> 00:06:22,924 It's very cold. 119 00:06:22,924 --> 00:06:24,842 At night, we had temperatures 120 00:06:24,842 --> 00:06:28,054 around -20 degrees in the tent. 121 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:31,808 We have only half the oxygen than at sea level. 122 00:06:31,808 --> 00:06:34,977 And most areas, you have a mixture of sand 123 00:06:34,977 --> 00:06:37,355 and volcanic ash, which is very deep 124 00:06:37,355 --> 00:06:39,357 if you drive with the car there. 125 00:06:42,276 --> 00:06:45,405 It was in 2007 when a team with the Suzuki 126 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:50,118 climbed to a height of 6,688 meters on Ojos. 127 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:52,161 12 years later, a Mercedes Unimog 128 00:06:52,161 --> 00:06:56,040 set a new record of 6,694 meters, 129 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,127 just beating the old record by six meters. 130 00:06:59,127 --> 00:07:00,294 This was our target. 131 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:27,029 We are gonna be working hard at high altitude, 132 00:07:27,029 --> 00:07:30,741 so we need to be very attentive to the risks. 133 00:07:30,741 --> 00:07:32,034 I've got a full suite 134 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:34,495 of advanced life support drugs with me, 135 00:07:34,495 --> 00:07:35,746 along with splints, bandages, 136 00:07:35,746 --> 00:07:37,832 and all the things we might need. 137 00:07:46,924 --> 00:07:48,968 I’ll feed from there you pull from there. 138 00:07:59,187 --> 00:08:02,440 Start winching station. 139 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,359 Roger, roger, gonna start winching. 140 00:08:05,359 --> 00:08:06,235 You have to be careful. 141 00:08:06,235 --> 00:08:08,362 If it snaps, it's really a dangerous. 142 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:13,993 Hermanos, like a prophet 143 00:08:14,535 --> 00:08:15,703 in the Andes, huh? 144 00:08:17,288 --> 00:08:18,539 You are good to go. 145 00:08:18,539 --> 00:08:20,666 We thought we were prepared, 146 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:22,251 we were wrong. 147 00:08:22,251 --> 00:08:24,128 A team with no prior experience 148 00:08:24,128 --> 00:08:25,463 driving a brand new car 149 00:08:25,463 --> 00:08:27,632 and tackling a mountain for the first time. 150 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:30,760 Confirm that, don't touch walking poles 151 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,721 or ice axes, electrical storm overhead. 152 00:08:33,721 --> 00:08:36,557 We spent weeks acclimatising at base camp, 153 00:08:36,557 --> 00:08:38,809 hoping we could reach the summit in one day. 154 00:08:38,809 --> 00:08:40,269 But the conditions took a turn, 155 00:08:40,269 --> 00:08:42,980 and we had to spend the night on a mountain ridge. 156 00:08:42,980 --> 00:08:46,025 A planned 10-hour ascent turned into an overnight stay 157 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:48,778 at a higher altitude than Camp One of Mount Everest. 158 00:09:02,333 --> 00:09:05,545 We set up camp at Refuge Amistad. 159 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,505 It's not a place you wanna be. 160 00:09:07,505 --> 00:09:09,840 And we start the next day early. 161 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:10,841 And it's sunny, 162 00:09:10,841 --> 00:09:12,760 and we know the weather's coming in. 163 00:09:16,013 --> 00:09:18,224 Stuart, could you tell me what day it is 164 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,308 and what we're up to? 165 00:09:19,308 --> 00:09:21,185 Do you wanna know the funniest thing? 166 00:09:21,185 --> 00:09:22,311 - Yeah. - I actually can't tell you 167 00:09:22,311 --> 00:09:23,521 what day it is. 168 00:09:23,521 --> 00:09:24,689 We had to leave the car here 169 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:26,190 'cause we couldn't get any further 'cause of the conditions, 170 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:29,277 and it got dark, bitterly cold last night, 171 00:09:29,277 --> 00:09:32,613 and this slope was just absolutely crucifying us. 172 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:49,422 Oy! 173 00:09:57,763 --> 00:10:00,308 - Yeah! Go, go! - Go, go. Yes, yes, yes! 174 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:02,643 Yeah! Yeah! 175 00:10:04,937 --> 00:10:05,771 Yeah! 176 00:10:08,899 --> 00:10:10,526 Yeah! 177 00:10:10,526 --> 00:10:11,986 Ooh! 178 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:12,903 Whoa! 179 00:10:18,326 --> 00:10:21,412 We had thunderstorms, we had fog. 180 00:10:21,412 --> 00:10:23,164 We had heavy snowfall. 181 00:10:29,879 --> 00:10:31,380 We had such a fog 182 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:33,799 that we thought about tying all 183 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:35,426 the people together with rope. 184 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:46,687 Ojos beat us. 185 00:10:47,688 --> 00:10:50,024 It took us weeks to get as high as we did. 186 00:10:50,024 --> 00:10:52,610 And then we found ourselves evacuating 187 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:54,278 and running from a storm. 188 00:10:54,278 --> 00:10:56,781 There was potential for up to three feet of snow. 189 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:58,532 And if we were stuck in that, 190 00:10:58,532 --> 00:11:00,951 then we'd have to leave the car there. 191 00:11:00,951 --> 00:11:03,829 As the decision was made to stop, 192 00:11:03,829 --> 00:11:06,457 the morale was totally bad. 193 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:09,126 We go home with nothing, 194 00:11:09,126 --> 00:11:10,002 no record. 195 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:14,382 This decision was, for me personally, 196 00:11:14,382 --> 00:11:17,843 standing at the mountain, seeing what's possible 197 00:11:17,843 --> 00:11:19,804 if the weather is fine. 198 00:11:19,804 --> 00:11:21,472 It was really a hard moment. 199 00:11:37,321 --> 00:11:39,824 The first attempt was not published at all. 200 00:11:39,824 --> 00:11:41,534 Also, the majority of the board members did not know. 201 00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:43,536 We had to convince our board 202 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:45,663 that we have a good chance 203 00:11:45,663 --> 00:11:47,248 climbing up the mountain. 204 00:11:47,248 --> 00:11:48,708 When they're in and said, 205 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,334 "Well, we wanna go on a volcano," 206 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,088 They said, "Yeah, what can happen and risk 207 00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:56,841 and what if the car is not running in the altitude?" 208 00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:58,718 I said, "Well, we tested that part. 209 00:11:59,677 --> 00:12:02,847 And we have already been there." 210 00:12:02,847 --> 00:12:04,932 Then they looked at me and said, "What?" 211 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:12,356 Yeah, Frank talked to me about this project. 212 00:12:12,356 --> 00:12:15,234 And on the one hand side, very exciting. 213 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:17,361 On the other side, crazy. 214 00:12:17,361 --> 00:12:20,781 Then I learned that they've already been there 215 00:12:20,781 --> 00:12:22,032 on the volcano. 216 00:12:22,032 --> 00:12:23,659 Then I thought, "Why not?" 217 00:12:23,659 --> 00:12:27,329 The board trusted this small group of people 218 00:12:27,329 --> 00:12:29,540 and said, "Okay, they have some experience now. 219 00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:30,916 We learned that just, 220 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:32,543 but okay, we released it. 221 00:12:32,543 --> 00:12:34,128 That's okay, you try it." 222 00:12:35,337 --> 00:12:36,505 First time we saw the car 223 00:12:36,505 --> 00:12:38,007 was when it was unloaded in Chile. 224 00:12:38,007 --> 00:12:39,467 That's how secret this was. 225 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:41,886 Little did we know it was only three months 226 00:12:41,886 --> 00:12:43,220 since they started engineering the car 227 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:45,431 in some back office in Weissach. 228 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:53,189 Weissach is the development centre of Porsche. 229 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:56,817 There we develop all the model lines 230 00:12:56,817 --> 00:13:00,821 and all the race cars as well. 231 00:13:00,821 --> 00:13:02,782 I think it was also a big motivation for the team 232 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:05,493 to do an extraordinary project, 233 00:13:05,493 --> 00:13:07,536 a little bit what we call a submarine project, 234 00:13:07,536 --> 00:13:11,749 so it was not clearly visible. 235 00:13:11,749 --> 00:13:14,710 Some bosses of the team members 236 00:13:14,710 --> 00:13:16,754 didn't know what we are doing. 237 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:21,467 People, they achieve amazing results 238 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:22,676 in very short time. 239 00:13:22,676 --> 00:13:25,346 We are not walking through a proper decision process, 240 00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:28,098 what we normally, German style, 241 00:13:28,098 --> 00:13:28,933 are really good in. 242 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:33,103 And no question, no requirement from somebody. 243 00:13:33,103 --> 00:13:34,688 When you do a project like this, 244 00:13:34,688 --> 00:13:37,608 you always form a special set of people. 245 00:13:37,608 --> 00:13:40,069 There is gonna be a lot of ropework. 246 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:43,072 This is going to be mountaineering with a car. 247 00:13:43,072 --> 00:13:45,658 So maybe overall, about 25 people. 248 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,910 Didn't took long to have a list of names 249 00:13:47,910 --> 00:13:50,788 in Chassis, Engine Department. 250 00:13:50,788 --> 00:13:53,123 A problem which has caused a lot of people 251 00:13:53,123 --> 00:13:55,459 to get even 30 meters away from the record 252 00:13:55,459 --> 00:13:58,379 and no further is a lack of engine performance. 253 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:02,633 We have old cars that we can take before we scrap them, 254 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,677 and then we just started modifying it. 255 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,268 My task in this project was: 256 00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:14,103 please build a car that's capable 257 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:16,355 to run on the highest mountains in the world. 258 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:19,859 First question was, why do it with a 911? 259 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,569 Why don't choose a Cayenne? 260 00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:24,655 But it take 10 seconds to realise that, 261 00:14:24,655 --> 00:14:26,448 yes, the 911 is the right car to do this 262 00:14:26,448 --> 00:14:27,658 because it's our icon car, 263 00:14:27,658 --> 00:14:29,577 and this is an iconic project. 264 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:31,704 It would take a special car with a unique design 265 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,164 to tackle the mix of boulders and volcanic ash. 266 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:37,293 The engineers had to get creative, 267 00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:40,379 taking technology and ideas from anywhere they could. 268 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,839 We knew from projects in the past 269 00:14:41,839 --> 00:14:44,049 that there was a system called Warp Connector 270 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:46,343 we used in our 919 LMP1 car 271 00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:49,388 that is able to give a very high roll stiffness 272 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:51,891 and very flexible articulation in the car. 273 00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:58,772 When Achim explained what needs to be done 274 00:14:58,772 --> 00:15:01,442 to implement the Warp Connector it was, 275 00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:03,444 "Oh, we have to change a lot." 276 00:15:03,444 --> 00:15:05,446 So when you look at the car, 277 00:15:05,446 --> 00:15:08,908 you can see here the heave-roll separation. 278 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,576 And this is the Warp Connector 279 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,828 that connects the front suspension 280 00:15:12,828 --> 00:15:15,122 with the rear suspension. 281 00:15:15,122 --> 00:15:17,625 Because of the freeness in articulation, 282 00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:19,960 the wheel loads are always equalised, 283 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,545 and this will increase traction. 284 00:15:28,552 --> 00:15:30,387 The interesting question was, 285 00:15:30,387 --> 00:15:32,514 how to handle the altitude? 286 00:15:32,514 --> 00:15:34,391 And one guy from the Engine Department, 287 00:15:34,391 --> 00:15:36,018 who was Maurice Martini said, 288 00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:38,187 "What is the challenge? 289 00:15:38,187 --> 00:15:41,357 We already did a really altitude project." 290 00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:43,734 We had an altitude chamber 291 00:15:43,734 --> 00:15:47,112 from a former project in end of the '80s 292 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:51,158 to build a 911 engine in a small plane. 293 00:15:51,158 --> 00:15:52,701 One week later, he came with the information 294 00:15:52,701 --> 00:15:54,453 and said, "Believe it or not, 295 00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:56,080 we still have it in Weissach. 296 00:15:57,373 --> 00:15:59,083 We searched this chamber, 297 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:02,544 and reactivated, and put the current 298 00:16:02,544 --> 00:16:04,171 911 engine in. 299 00:16:04,171 --> 00:16:07,174 This was very extreme. 300 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:10,260 When the team decided to go 301 00:16:10,260 --> 00:16:11,720 for the altitude record, 302 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,639 there were only three months to build the car 303 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,557 before the 2020 summer weather. 304 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,268 We called the first car Doris. 305 00:16:18,268 --> 00:16:20,854 It was designed before anyone went to the mountain. 306 00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:22,815 We came back from that first attempt 307 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:25,150 to a world much different than we left it. 308 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:28,237 ...keep it fastened while the seatbelt sign is on. 309 00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:30,489 As a result of the outbreak of COVID-19... 310 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:37,287 With the world shut down due to COVID, 311 00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:38,539 the team started thinking about 312 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:40,791 how they could make Doris better. 313 00:16:40,791 --> 00:16:42,251 Then someone posed a question, 314 00:16:42,251 --> 00:16:43,877 "Why modify the first car 315 00:16:43,877 --> 00:16:46,547 when we could just build an entirely new second car?" 316 00:16:55,639 --> 00:16:59,184 Second car was a classical motorsport decision 317 00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:02,146 because of course, if you have two cars, 318 00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:04,064 you have 50% of risk. 319 00:17:04,064 --> 00:17:06,442 Two cars, one as a backup. 320 00:17:06,442 --> 00:17:09,236 And of course, we had a new partner 321 00:17:09,236 --> 00:17:10,237 with Romain Dumas. 322 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:18,037 He's always in the extremes. 323 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,080 An unbelievable run. 324 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,498 He's everywhere. 325 00:17:22,916 --> 00:17:26,128 He is very calculated. 326 00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:29,298 He's one of these last multitalents 327 00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:32,301 that have proven that they are the top drivers in the world. 328 00:17:33,761 --> 00:17:36,472 Frank Walliser told me, "You know, ah, 329 00:17:36,472 --> 00:17:37,639 we have an idea. 330 00:17:37,639 --> 00:17:39,099 We would like to do this. 331 00:17:39,099 --> 00:17:39,933 You want to drive?" 332 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,310 I say, "Yes, I want to drive." 333 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:43,604 For sure, it's could be a nice expedition 334 00:17:43,604 --> 00:17:46,690 but again, I had no really clear idea 335 00:17:46,690 --> 00:17:50,402 about what was the altitude story. 336 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:53,197 So I went to Weissach, and I drove the car. 337 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:55,157 They said it will be nice 338 00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:57,117 that I give a kind of feedback. 339 00:17:57,117 --> 00:18:00,245 He had a lot of optimization ideas in the car. 340 00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:02,498 I like the story, I like the idea, 341 00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:05,793 but I want to be more involved than only driving 342 00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:08,545 because you know, you don't win the race on a Sunday. 343 00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:10,464 No, you need to prepare everything 344 00:18:10,464 --> 00:18:11,965 before the event, you know. 345 00:18:14,218 --> 00:18:16,678 And so I said, "Okay, if you want, I drive. 346 00:18:16,678 --> 00:18:17,763 But not only that, 347 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:19,973 I prepare everything on the side." 348 00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:22,768 Means the team, the people around. 349 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,687 The second car here in south of France. 350 00:18:25,687 --> 00:18:27,523 We became acquainted with all 351 00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:29,900 the other new team members, 352 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:31,693 doctors, mountain guides 353 00:18:31,693 --> 00:18:34,446 from Switzerland, from France. 354 00:18:35,697 --> 00:18:38,450 We found we cannot call it a volcano, 355 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:41,662 but a very deep mountain here in south of France, 356 00:18:41,662 --> 00:18:43,122 we start to test the car. 357 00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:51,171 With more testing and more time, 358 00:18:51,171 --> 00:18:53,799 the second car was already showing improvements. 359 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:57,386 Embracing the future of fuel, 360 00:18:57,386 --> 00:18:59,012 the new car would run entirely 361 00:18:59,012 --> 00:19:01,765 on Chilean-made HIF e-Fuels, 362 00:19:01,765 --> 00:19:05,185 synthetic fuels made from renewable energy, water, 363 00:19:05,185 --> 00:19:06,395 and captured CO2. 364 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,607 We put an electric steering in the car. 365 00:19:10,607 --> 00:19:12,568 We saved a lot of weight. 366 00:19:12,568 --> 00:19:14,528 This steering system, 367 00:19:14,528 --> 00:19:16,822 we are developing the future, you know, 368 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:19,658 to have less force on the steering. 369 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:21,243 It was not only about, you know, 370 00:19:21,243 --> 00:19:22,744 publicity, marketing, no. 371 00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:24,288 It was again performance 372 00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:25,497 to try to improve everything 373 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:27,833 that I get less kickback, everything smooth. 374 00:19:36,466 --> 00:19:38,760 I think and I hope to show that 375 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,888 this steering are already strong, 376 00:19:40,888 --> 00:19:43,557 but for the future, it can be even better. 377 00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:51,023 In the weeks leading up to the next attempt, 378 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:53,525 the team started to train at higher altitude. 379 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,360 When was the last time you were up here? 380 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,862 - Whew. - Yesterday. 381 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,071 - Yesterday? - Yeah. 382 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:01,366 So the Swiss are acclimatising now. Yeah. 383 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:02,659 Yeah? 384 00:20:02,659 --> 00:20:04,161 Joke's on them, we're higher. 385 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,538 Yeah. America! 386 00:20:07,998 --> 00:20:09,082 The car was ready. 387 00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:11,126 Now, we had to get our bodies ready. 388 00:20:11,126 --> 00:20:13,378 Medical checks determined who could go again 389 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:15,714 and who would have to stay behind. 390 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,050 Not everyone on the first expedition 391 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:20,427 was cleared for another high-altitude attempt. 392 00:20:22,804 --> 00:20:25,682 So what we done we went in Switzerland 393 00:20:25,682 --> 00:20:29,686 to a room that we could simulate the altitude, 394 00:20:30,812 --> 00:20:33,398 already to see in term of fitness 395 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:37,611 if we have some good points or bad points 396 00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:38,862 or how we can prepare. 397 00:20:40,822 --> 00:20:42,199 You know, I've spent 10 years 398 00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:43,116 getting to know Romain 399 00:20:43,116 --> 00:20:44,701 'cause he's been racing here at Pikes Peak, 400 00:20:44,701 --> 00:20:46,578 and we've been you know, helping him. 401 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,372 He was telling me about the penitentes 402 00:20:48,372 --> 00:20:50,332 and all this just stuff 403 00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:52,376 that sounded like crazy to me. 404 00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:55,045 He could see that I was interested, I guess. 405 00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:58,257 And he just looks at me, and kinda narrows his eyes, 406 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,133 and goes, "You should come." 407 00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:02,261 And I'm like, "What do you mean I should come?" 408 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:03,887 And he's like, "You can help." 409 00:21:03,887 --> 00:21:05,097 And I'm like, "Okay." 410 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:07,224 He goes, "It's miserable. You'll love it." 411 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:14,648 Well, we just arrived at the Cosmiques Refugio 412 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:17,150 around 3,600 meters. 413 00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:31,540 Niko, have you ever had any other filming assignments 414 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,293 that required this level of fitness or... 415 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:35,877 Not like this, man. 416 00:21:35,877 --> 00:21:37,045 - No? - Not this high. 417 00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:53,645 It's damn near spiritual. 418 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:54,479 It's like... 419 00:21:56,857 --> 00:21:58,358 We know a lot of details now. 420 00:21:58,358 --> 00:22:01,028 We know way better how to prepare everything. 421 00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:04,656 The mentality of Porsche, maybe also my mentality, 422 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:06,074 is no second places. 423 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,660 We are looking for absolute records 424 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,620 for outstanding things in the world. 425 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:12,539 We try it again. 426 00:22:27,429 --> 00:22:29,639 This place is called Don Juan's. 427 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:32,934 He spends, I think, most of his time 428 00:22:32,934 --> 00:22:35,062 in a small hut here. 429 00:22:37,647 --> 00:22:39,649 He offers this land 430 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:41,276 that he rents as a space 431 00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:43,278 for people passing through, 432 00:22:43,278 --> 00:22:44,821 acclimatising for this journey. 433 00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:59,461 Morale was very enthusiastic 434 00:22:59,461 --> 00:23:02,964 because we had a optimised car, 435 00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:04,591 we had a new team, 436 00:23:04,591 --> 00:23:08,845 and we had a much better organisation from Romain. 437 00:23:08,845 --> 00:23:11,306 So everybody was enthusiastic 438 00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:13,225 that maybe 439 00:23:14,142 --> 00:23:15,060 it's possible 440 00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:18,313 to get the record. 441 00:23:18,313 --> 00:23:19,481 Muy bien! 442 00:23:19,481 --> 00:23:21,233 It's nice, huh? Wow. 443 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,360 Now myself, I am from south of France. 444 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,070 I like warm weather. 445 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:27,531 I like normally sea. 446 00:23:27,531 --> 00:23:29,324 And right now we are in the middle of the wind 447 00:23:29,324 --> 00:23:30,367 and the middle of the mountain. 448 00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:32,953 You can see already snow all around. 449 00:23:32,953 --> 00:23:35,080 It's already very cold as you can see, 450 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,333 but we are only at 3,750, 451 00:23:38,333 --> 00:23:42,212 so we can imagine it will be a lot more 452 00:23:42,212 --> 00:23:44,131 cooler later on and colder, so. 453 00:23:45,382 --> 00:23:47,050 But we will see what will happen. 454 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:13,368 Walking, do exercise, 455 00:24:13,368 --> 00:24:17,706 and reach maybe 4,500 will be the goal. 456 00:24:17,706 --> 00:24:19,458 There is not a race today. 457 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:22,544 It's just good to climb up. 458 00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:23,753 If someone don't feel good, 459 00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:25,630 there's not a problem 460 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:27,757 if you don't reach this attitude, 461 00:24:27,757 --> 00:24:29,301 it’s not finish the expedition. 462 00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:35,140 Well, when I went there the first time, 463 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:37,517 it's clear that, you know, 464 00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:40,854 with the doctor and all these guy involved, 465 00:24:40,854 --> 00:24:42,814 I knew that it will be complicated, 466 00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:45,942 but I was never expected 467 00:24:45,942 --> 00:24:47,527 that it will be so complicated. 468 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:52,282 Not about driving but about, you know, your own body. 469 00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:54,743 And I mean, the first 10 days, 470 00:24:54,743 --> 00:24:56,286 I had terrible headache. 471 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:58,288 I was completely sick. 472 00:24:58,288 --> 00:24:59,539 I could not sleep on the night 473 00:24:59,539 --> 00:25:01,333 for three or four days. 474 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:04,044 It was really bad. 475 00:25:04,044 --> 00:25:05,629 It's sucking, like, the energy 476 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:07,255 - right out of your legs. - Yeah. 477 00:25:11,718 --> 00:25:15,096 So today, 84 kilometer of wind. 478 00:25:16,431 --> 00:25:18,099 Tomorrow will be 74 479 00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:19,976 The temperature? 480 00:25:19,976 --> 00:25:22,187 Temperature, do you really want to know? 481 00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:23,605 Yep. 482 00:25:23,605 --> 00:25:26,691 So -18. 483 00:25:28,276 --> 00:25:29,277 Tomorrow -18. 484 00:25:31,738 --> 00:25:33,156 Okay, let's go. 485 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,282 The car needs a name, 486 00:26:15,282 --> 00:26:16,116 and the name is 487 00:26:17,158 --> 00:26:18,243 Edith. 488 00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:24,666 It is great to see Romain testing the car. 489 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:27,752 - Okay? - Yeah, 490 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:29,921 but we are quite high on the water, 491 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:32,007 so I would prefer to go in to have a look. 492 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:34,759 Bringing it through its paces 493 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:36,177 is kind of an understatement. 494 00:26:38,346 --> 00:26:40,807 It's completely different than what we have in Europe. 495 00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:42,892 The air density, it's a lot lower. 496 00:26:42,892 --> 00:26:44,769 So we have to look what is now 497 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,938 with the cooling system, the pressure, 498 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:49,232 if the water is enough, and so on because all 499 00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:51,192 is a little bit different here, 500 00:26:51,192 --> 00:26:52,902 but everything looks okay so far. 501 00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:55,071 So let's continue to double check. 502 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:12,714 Perfect! 503 00:27:24,934 --> 00:27:27,646 When we arrived our base camp area 504 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:32,567 at approximately 4,500 meters altitude, 505 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:35,528 we realised that 506 00:27:35,528 --> 00:27:38,406 we have massive remaining snow 507 00:27:38,406 --> 00:27:41,743 and ice from the winter season before. 508 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,245 We had the right team and cars, 509 00:27:44,245 --> 00:27:46,206 but the volcano challenged us again. 510 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:47,666 Doubt crept in as conditions 511 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,501 were unlike anything we'd seen. 512 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:51,086 Despite it being the best time of year 513 00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:54,589 for a summit in Chile, the route to Refugio Amistad, 514 00:27:54,589 --> 00:27:56,633 the highest permanent camp on the mountain, 515 00:27:56,633 --> 00:27:58,551 was buried under snow. 516 00:27:58,551 --> 00:28:02,347 If we couldn't reach it, summiting was impossible. 517 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:03,973 And so we said, "Okay, 518 00:28:03,973 --> 00:28:06,351 we need to find another, 519 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:10,522 another road, another idea, another itinerary." 520 00:28:15,235 --> 00:28:17,570 These were unprecedented conditions. 521 00:28:17,570 --> 00:28:19,698 During summer in this part of Chile, 522 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,658 we should have seen the least amount of snow 523 00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:22,951 on the mountain. 524 00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:23,785 Easy, right? 525 00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:25,245 No. 526 00:28:28,915 --> 00:28:31,793 We're even thinking to go through Argentina. 527 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:34,796 Google Maps says no road on the Argentina side. 528 00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:37,257 But we didn't find anything. 529 00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:39,175 So we focused on the only known path 530 00:28:39,175 --> 00:28:41,386 to the next camp, trekking through snow 531 00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:42,762 sometimes a meter deep. 532 00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:45,557 With all the people working together 533 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:47,726 and do this hard work, 534 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:50,228 you need around one hour 535 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,021 to clean four meters. 536 00:28:57,318 --> 00:29:01,281 Normally when we are on the sea level, 537 00:29:01,281 --> 00:29:06,286 our oxygen saturation, 98%, 99%. 538 00:29:07,370 --> 00:29:08,872 Here today, maybe 539 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,167 76, 75. 540 00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:14,419 It's difficult to move. 541 00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:25,847 What do you think about the proposal 542 00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:27,682 to walk a little bit up? 543 00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:28,808 - No. - No. 544 00:29:28,808 --> 00:29:30,351 One moment, please let me speak. 545 00:29:30,351 --> 00:29:32,103 - Okay. - Without any tool, 546 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,231 without nothing. 547 00:29:37,192 --> 00:29:38,193 Look at us, man. 548 00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:40,528 We don't have any more energy. 549 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:47,827 So now, the very hard phase 550 00:29:47,827 --> 00:29:49,370 of the project begins. 551 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:55,168 Plan is to drive with the car to an altitude, 552 00:29:55,168 --> 00:29:57,670 hopefully, above 6,000 meters. 553 00:29:57,670 --> 00:29:59,631 We don't know really. It'll be first time for the car. 554 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,591 So let's see what's going on. 555 00:30:01,591 --> 00:30:03,718 The team is ready to give everything. 556 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:17,232 Romain set off. 557 00:30:17,232 --> 00:30:19,442 Hopes were high. Progress was fast. 558 00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:48,179 Until it wasn't. 559 00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:51,140 If we could just get through the snow, avoid the ice fields, 560 00:30:51,140 --> 00:30:54,644 and get on top of the glacier, we might have a chance. 561 00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,437 And then we went further up, 562 00:30:56,437 --> 00:30:59,899 and then see all these massive ice fields, 563 00:30:59,899 --> 00:31:03,194 and we thought, "What the hell is going up here?" 564 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,576 The effect of attitude. 565 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:10,702 Yeah, can you explain what it's like? 566 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,538 It's unbelievable, breathless. 567 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,082 You make one step, 568 00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:19,711 and you need two breaths minimum, 569 00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:22,171 you can make the next step. 570 00:31:23,089 --> 00:31:25,133 Totally... 571 00:31:26,634 --> 00:31:28,052 You're not enjoying? 572 00:31:28,052 --> 00:31:30,847 At the moment, I'm not enjoying, yes. 573 00:31:31,681 --> 00:31:34,726 Yeah! 574 00:31:47,113 --> 00:31:50,408 The guy with the camera to the doctor to the guide, 575 00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:51,868 everybody was helping. 576 00:31:57,332 --> 00:31:59,208 Was one of the hardest thing 577 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:01,419 I have ever done in my life. 578 00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:15,141 I decide on morning to go, 579 00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:17,101 and I arrive at 5,900, 580 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,145 like that in three, four hours. 581 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:37,705 But after we had no chance, we went over 6,000, 582 00:32:37,705 --> 00:32:38,706 and it was finished. 583 00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:46,130 Even if we cleared this ice field, 584 00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:48,174 it brings us to a glacier. 585 00:32:50,009 --> 00:32:52,762 There was no chance going any higher. 586 00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:59,394 It was a very bad feeling 587 00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:01,437 not to get the record 588 00:33:01,437 --> 00:33:03,815 to go home again with nothing. 589 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,047 After the last attempt, I thought, 590 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:29,298 "Maybe that's it, 591 00:33:29,298 --> 00:33:32,135 maybe we won't get a next chance 592 00:33:32,135 --> 00:33:33,261 to climb higher." 593 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:36,639 It's the same like you run Le Mans, 594 00:33:36,639 --> 00:33:38,641 you lose it two years in a row. 595 00:33:38,641 --> 00:33:41,019 We always hoped to have a third chance. 596 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,895 So the car stayed in Chile, 597 00:33:42,895 --> 00:33:46,024 but it was not sure to get a third chance. 598 00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,818 I was, of course, afraid of telling the decision 599 00:33:48,818 --> 00:33:51,571 to the team if it was negative. 600 00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,700 I said, "Yeah, go there. 601 00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:57,577 Go with the team, try it again." 602 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,456 Try again, 603 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,500 which is crazy, 604 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:07,920 but that shows the amount of trust in Walliser. 605 00:34:11,924 --> 00:34:14,093 This is a bold dream to get there 606 00:34:14,093 --> 00:34:16,387 and doing this together with a team, 607 00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:18,264 with the right mindset. 608 00:34:18,264 --> 00:34:20,892 And at the end, I decided, "Go for it." 609 00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:23,811 I am sure we can get to the top. 610 00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:25,104 Did they doubt you at all? 611 00:34:25,104 --> 00:34:26,606 Were they, like, hesitant? 612 00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:28,733 Yes, for sure because you know, 613 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:29,567 at the end of the day, 614 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:31,444 it's a question of it's not about the car, 615 00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:33,446 it's not about the team, 616 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:35,156 it can be only about the weather, 617 00:34:35,156 --> 00:34:37,366 and nobody can predict the weather. 618 00:34:37,366 --> 00:34:40,286 You cannot buy it, you cannot predict it. 619 00:34:42,872 --> 00:34:45,792 So they said, "Okay, we try one more time." 620 00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:46,959 It was relatively clear, 621 00:34:46,959 --> 00:34:48,544 "Okay, we go for a third time." 622 00:34:48,544 --> 00:34:49,962 It was also coming out of corona, 623 00:34:49,962 --> 00:34:52,381 motivation was high in doing things like that. 624 00:34:53,549 --> 00:34:57,804 But for a small time, I was also thinking, 625 00:34:57,804 --> 00:35:01,349 "If the third attempt would not be successful, 626 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:03,768 there will be no fourth, 627 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:06,145 no fourth attempt to go there." 628 00:35:08,815 --> 00:35:12,485 We finally arrive at our base camp. 629 00:35:12,485 --> 00:35:14,570 You could see a lot less snow. 630 00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:21,202 Good weather up there is still 30-mile-an-hour wind 631 00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:24,747 and maybe 10 degrees Fahrenheit or something like that. 632 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:27,083 It's cold. 633 00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:29,585 It kind of abuses you as a human. 634 00:35:29,585 --> 00:35:31,796 It's like South Mediterranean, 635 00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:34,132 warm sand, sandy beach 636 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:36,759 with a lack of oxygen. 637 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:40,471 I don't know if we can say nice day, 638 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:42,473 more like a hard day. 639 00:35:49,355 --> 00:35:51,232 From day one, our only challenger 640 00:35:51,232 --> 00:35:52,608 had been the altitude, 641 00:35:52,608 --> 00:35:55,111 but now we had competition. 642 00:35:55,111 --> 00:35:57,196 Another team was going for the same record, 643 00:35:57,196 --> 00:35:58,990 and they were aiming to reach the summit 644 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,409 in an electric-powered truck. 645 00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:03,953 Despite of this competition, 646 00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:06,455 you have to follow your own plan. 647 00:36:06,455 --> 00:36:08,958 The only problem we have on this mountain is the wind now. 648 00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:10,835 It will reach, like, 90, 649 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:13,462 even 100 kilometers per hour. 650 00:36:13,462 --> 00:36:16,174 So we had to wait, and wait, and wait. 651 00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:22,805 The window was exactly the 2nd of December. 652 00:36:22,805 --> 00:36:25,057 If we could not use this day, 653 00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:27,643 we had to wait for one week to have a second chance. 654 00:36:30,813 --> 00:36:32,315 Yeah, so just the aim 655 00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:35,067 is to explain what we do tomorrow at what time, 656 00:36:35,067 --> 00:36:36,027 who is doing what. 657 00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:39,322 Congratulations to be late. 658 00:36:40,489 --> 00:36:42,158 You see, he's not German. 659 00:36:46,078 --> 00:36:48,247 So the aim is to arrive, more or less, 660 00:36:48,247 --> 00:36:50,124 at nine o'clock at the glacier. 661 00:36:59,842 --> 00:37:02,011 Our competitive spirit kicked in. 662 00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,262 Having come this far, 663 00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:06,057 we weren't about to hand the record to a rival. 664 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,309 Knowing we only had one day with no wind, 665 00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:09,727 we set out early. 666 00:37:09,727 --> 00:37:11,562 And we got a head start on the competition 667 00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:13,522 trying for a summit on the same day. 668 00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:15,441 I knew that on my own, 669 00:37:15,441 --> 00:37:19,153 I can go directly to 6.2 without any help. 670 00:37:51,727 --> 00:37:53,688 The car reached the glacier, 671 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:55,022 which was, let's call it, 672 00:37:55,022 --> 00:37:56,440 where the real battle began. 673 00:37:57,441 --> 00:37:59,151 First, we arrived at 6.2, 674 00:37:59,151 --> 00:38:03,155 and it was really a big piece of ice. 675 00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:06,867 I mean, this car is ready 676 00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:09,745 or was done to be on the sand, on the rock, 677 00:38:09,745 --> 00:38:10,913 but not really on ice. 678 00:38:10,913 --> 00:38:12,748 We had no spike on the tires. 679 00:38:12,748 --> 00:38:14,792 And I say, "Okay, now it's really the place 680 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:18,129 that first difficulty is just in front of me." 681 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:19,880 I can see, the ice, 682 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,800 I can see these 200, 300 meters to go through. 683 00:38:43,279 --> 00:38:46,657 Quickly after 50-meter I was stuck, 684 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:48,034 I say, "Oh, that will be a long day." 685 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:49,827 Because at the time, it was only nine o'clock 686 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:50,786 in the morning. 687 00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:52,413 So we start with a rope, 688 00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:54,415 we start to try to pull the car. 689 00:39:12,808 --> 00:39:14,643 And actually, it was a kind of round 690 00:39:14,643 --> 00:39:16,645 like that on a crest. 691 00:39:16,645 --> 00:39:18,981 On the left side, if it go very bad, 692 00:39:18,981 --> 00:39:20,107 you could crash. 693 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:24,236 I think we'll be not here anymore to speak about. 694 00:39:24,236 --> 00:39:26,530 On the right side, a little bit smoother. 695 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:28,616 So I said, "Okay, better I try to be on the middle, 696 00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:31,911 but if something is happening, I need to turn right." 697 00:39:34,747 --> 00:39:36,707 And so we lost a lot of time, 698 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:39,335 two hours now to go through this 100 699 00:39:39,335 --> 00:39:41,670 or 200 meter of ice. 700 00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:42,505 We went through, 701 00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:45,591 but it was already 11:30. 702 00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:49,345 And after, was the balcony, going up. 703 00:39:51,806 --> 00:39:52,932 With the glacier cleared, 704 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:55,518 Romain has start to really push. 705 00:39:55,518 --> 00:39:56,852 I took a lot of speed, 706 00:39:56,852 --> 00:39:59,647 and there, I realised that the traction of the car 707 00:39:59,647 --> 00:40:01,107 and so on was great. 708 00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:05,319 Holy cra- 709 00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:09,949 I mean, it was incredible 710 00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:13,494 to watch this car just eating volcanic, 711 00:40:13,494 --> 00:40:14,328 you know, rubble, 712 00:40:14,328 --> 00:40:16,163 just eating up the side of the hill. 713 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:42,773 Yeah, we're trying to set up a solid belay, 714 00:40:42,773 --> 00:40:44,442 but the rock is pretty sh--ty here. 715 00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:54,869 We were making progress, 716 00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:56,078 but the more we pushed, 717 00:40:56,078 --> 00:40:58,164 the harder the volcano pushed back. 718 00:40:58,164 --> 00:41:00,082 Now, I can see that it 719 00:41:00,082 --> 00:41:01,709 start to be really, really tough. 720 00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:05,129 And also on the radio when I was asking, 721 00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:06,464 "Where we are? 722 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,507 Where are the other guide? 723 00:41:08,507 --> 00:41:09,675 Are they ready? 724 00:41:09,675 --> 00:41:11,177 Is the rope, blah, blah, blah?" 725 00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:13,220 I could see that reaction, 726 00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:15,139 you know, of people were not the same. 727 00:41:17,933 --> 00:41:19,977 I remember talking with other team members, 728 00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:21,687 and I was like, I didn't remember 729 00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:24,356 if I said something out loud to them or just thought it. 730 00:41:24,356 --> 00:41:25,524 You know, the lack of oxygen 731 00:41:25,524 --> 00:41:27,109 really does take ahold of your brain. 732 00:41:27,109 --> 00:41:28,861 Your brain maybe 733 00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:31,739 does not work properly at sea level. 734 00:41:31,739 --> 00:41:35,743 Yourself do not realise that. 735 00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:39,330 Also between them, was starting, 736 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:42,666 you know, to have, "Hey. Please can you answer? 737 00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:43,834 Why you are not here? 738 00:41:43,834 --> 00:41:45,169 What is happening?" 739 00:41:46,712 --> 00:41:50,591 For sure, the decision-making process is changed. 740 00:41:50,591 --> 00:41:53,969 You have to take care to push not too much. 741 00:41:53,969 --> 00:41:56,096 You don't need to have the watch to look the attitude. 742 00:41:56,096 --> 00:41:58,807 You can feel it with how you can breathe, 743 00:41:58,807 --> 00:42:00,226 how you can speak, 744 00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:03,103 how you can walk with the pressure in your head. 745 00:42:39,139 --> 00:42:41,308 Cresting the ridge, we finally 746 00:42:41,308 --> 00:42:43,185 caught sight of the record point 747 00:42:43,185 --> 00:42:44,728 just 200 meters away, 748 00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,898 but we'd have to conquer the steepest incline 749 00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:49,441 we faced so far. 750 00:42:50,609 --> 00:42:53,487 We mark the GPS point from Unimog 751 00:42:53,487 --> 00:42:56,407 or from the Samurai so we knew exactly 752 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:59,326 where is the line we need to cross. 753 00:43:40,534 --> 00:43:42,411 Whoa! 754 00:43:51,503 --> 00:43:53,297 Unbelievable! 755 00:43:55,758 --> 00:43:58,802 I think that's the proper world record right there. 756 00:43:58,802 --> 00:44:01,013 We came to the balcony, 757 00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:02,931 where we knew that the record was. 758 00:44:02,931 --> 00:44:06,268 We know that now the car is higher than they were. 759 00:44:06,268 --> 00:44:08,062 We have to have a new record. 760 00:44:08,062 --> 00:44:09,521 So when we checked the GPS, 761 00:44:09,521 --> 00:44:10,898 that was a confusing moment. 762 00:44:12,149 --> 00:44:14,735 For some reason, the calibration's off. 763 00:44:14,735 --> 00:44:16,737 I went to see the GPS. 764 00:44:16,737 --> 00:44:19,615 The altitude is 25 meter lower 765 00:44:19,615 --> 00:44:21,116 than we should be. 766 00:44:21,116 --> 00:44:22,826 There was some question whether 767 00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:25,245 we would be able to claim the record. 768 00:44:25,245 --> 00:44:26,997 It was at that point that we decided that 769 00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:28,666 we had to make for the summit. 770 00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:31,669 Mika said, "Okay, we have to continue." 771 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,838 I look at him and said, "Well, well, well. 772 00:44:34,838 --> 00:44:37,132 Where we could go, you know? 773 00:44:37,132 --> 00:44:37,966 We cannot go higher. 774 00:44:37,966 --> 00:44:39,718 We are in front of a rock here." 775 00:44:39,718 --> 00:44:41,804 He said, "Ah, look, if we go on the left..." 776 00:44:47,893 --> 00:44:48,852 "We go around, 777 00:44:48,852 --> 00:44:50,813 and we'd arrive on the top of the volcano." 778 00:44:50,813 --> 00:44:51,897 Are you sure? 779 00:44:51,897 --> 00:44:54,066 He said, "No, but anyway, 780 00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:56,652 if not, we don't have the record." 781 00:44:57,486 --> 00:44:58,946 Okay, we turn left. 782 00:45:02,658 --> 00:45:04,201 It was a difficult decision 783 00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:08,372 because we were faced with another very steep grade. 784 00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:11,291 I could see the sky, nothing more. 785 00:45:11,291 --> 00:45:14,795 Always with my foot on the brake in case of something. 786 00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:16,672 I think it will not change anything anyway, 787 00:45:16,672 --> 00:45:20,426 but you know, "Okay, release the brake, winch." 788 00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:23,971 Brake, the car going back. 789 00:45:23,971 --> 00:45:25,472 "Okay, winch again." 790 00:45:25,472 --> 00:45:26,306 It was like that. 791 00:45:26,306 --> 00:45:28,684 We knew that if we could get one past one pitch, 792 00:45:28,684 --> 00:45:30,352 the rest was a smooth arc 793 00:45:30,352 --> 00:45:32,396 all the way up to the summit. 794 00:45:40,154 --> 00:45:42,489 So I need to stay on this crest. 795 00:45:42,489 --> 00:45:44,950 If the car slides one way, 796 00:45:44,950 --> 00:45:47,536 we might find it in an irretrievable 797 00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:48,579 part of the mountain. 798 00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:53,250 It's at this point that I say, 799 00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:56,170 "Okay, I have to go this, this, that, this, that. 800 00:45:56,170 --> 00:45:58,672 Right, left, right, left around this big rock." 801 00:46:01,842 --> 00:46:03,469 It's our obligation that we really 802 00:46:03,469 --> 00:46:05,345 write something down history books 803 00:46:05,345 --> 00:46:08,432 when in 30 years, somebody flips the pages back, 804 00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:09,600 and they're all empty and said, 805 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,393 "What did they do in that time?" 806 00:46:11,393 --> 00:46:14,480 We have to write things in, real stuff. 807 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,231 Things that really happened. 808 00:46:16,231 --> 00:46:18,108 Also real heroes. 809 00:46:20,694 --> 00:46:23,822 There is now one slope standing in the way 810 00:46:23,822 --> 00:46:25,574 of Romain from reaching the summit. 811 00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:34,291 I knew that I need to take a lot of speed. 812 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:46,303 When I smashed the rock, I kept maximum throttle. 813 00:46:46,303 --> 00:46:48,263 I said, "Okay, if it's missing something, 814 00:46:48,263 --> 00:46:49,097 it's missing something, 815 00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:50,808 but we will be there." 816 00:47:29,888 --> 00:47:31,765 And that's our story. 817 00:47:31,765 --> 00:47:33,976 We were a small passionate team 818 00:47:33,976 --> 00:47:36,979 that never gave up until we reached the summit 819 00:47:36,979 --> 00:47:38,146 with a car named Edith. 820 00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:49,491 Romain, what a life! 821 00:47:49,491 --> 00:47:51,910 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 822 00:47:58,834 --> 00:48:01,086 I'm really proud 823 00:48:02,004 --> 00:48:03,881 because it was not a competition. 824 00:48:04,798 --> 00:48:06,925 It was not something about time, 825 00:48:06,925 --> 00:48:10,470 but it was something about human being 826 00:48:10,470 --> 00:48:12,472 and also push the human 827 00:48:12,472 --> 00:48:14,725 and the 911 on the limit. 828 00:48:16,226 --> 00:48:19,771 It is so extreme to go with a 911 829 00:48:19,771 --> 00:48:21,148 up to this altitude. 830 00:48:22,107 --> 00:48:24,318 This kind of passion, and motivation, 831 00:48:24,318 --> 00:48:25,569 and fighting spirit. 832 00:48:50,177 --> 00:48:52,471 He told me, "We made it." 833 00:48:52,471 --> 00:48:55,933 We sat down and with tears in the eyes, 834 00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:58,685 and it was so emotional. 835 00:48:58,685 --> 00:48:59,770 I could see this message, 836 00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:01,563 and then it started rethinking. 837 00:49:01,563 --> 00:49:03,774 I said, "Wow, that's an achievement." 838 00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:07,444 And I was really touched by that moment. 839 00:49:07,444 --> 00:49:09,488 I could not talk to anybody. 840 00:49:09,488 --> 00:49:12,324 And it took me five or ten minutes really 841 00:49:12,324 --> 00:49:14,826 to realise what has happened. 842 00:49:14,826 --> 00:49:18,288 And then I really started running around 843 00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:20,207 and telling it to everybody. 844 00:49:20,207 --> 00:49:22,376 To be part of this project, 845 00:49:22,376 --> 00:49:24,836 to be part of a team 846 00:49:24,836 --> 00:49:26,213 of such great people, 847 00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:30,384 yeah, in total, it's just one of the best 848 00:49:30,384 --> 00:49:32,636 experiences of my life. 849 00:49:37,641 --> 00:49:39,059 I think you have to be a little bit crazy 850 00:49:39,059 --> 00:49:41,186 to imagine this project.