Vertical Limit - A Movie about Father

The film "Vertical Limit" started with a family of three, the Garrett family climbing. However, accident came without any sign. The father, who was near the top of the cliff, was dragged by the other travelers to a lower altitude than his son, Pete, and daughter, Annie. The two who caused the accident fell down and died. The conflict came as it was too heavy to have three lifting by one rock cleat on a rope. The rock cleat seems to be loosing with the weight. The father asked Peter, who was in the middle, to cut the rope. Peter did it with struggle, but the young saved lives with father's death.

I remembered that I did not watch the whole movie when I first have a look at it. However, I was touched by the end of the movie. Wick looked at Peter, and Peter seems to know what Wick would do. Wick took out a knife to cut the rope, Peter said no, but it was in vain, as Wick had decided. When they started the rescue, climbing, Wick told Peter that what Peter had done was right. If he were his father, he would also cut off the rope by himself if he had a knife.

It is what a father would do. It is what a professional with the heart to consider others would do.

Father is the keyword throughout the movie. Peter's father died in the beginning. Peter didn't climb since his father's death. Annie participated in competition and won award for women climbing. Annie's aim to climb K2 in Pakistan, the world's second highest peak, is to go near to her father. When Annie was trapped in a cavern after the snow storm, Annie said they should not have buried father in ground, but to bring the bone ash to K2.

On the Father's Day, I chatted with my father online and sent blessing messages to my uncles.