The traditional Tibetan view that blindness is a form of divine punishment for sins committed in a previous life or incarnation, as opposed to the western wish to overcome disability, to achieve, to get to the top.
Erik received support from his father when learning to hike, as opposed to the Tibetan woman who said ‘without eyes a man is not complete. ’ Challenges people in the movie encounter: they all, in the expedition, face the physical challenge of lack of oxygen at high altitude. The blind girl with 2 blind brothers and a blind father, whose mother died of a heart attack, leaving her daughter with no effective support.
Overall, the traditional Tibetan view of blindness; the difficulty Tashi, the street kid, had in gaining acceptance from the other children; the cigarette burns on his body.
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