We go to the mountain for enlightenment, for self-realization, for adventure, for discovery. It's pregnant with meaning. When people see a mountain, they invest it with meaning. Not plot. Not character.
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Our story was really about the culture and the people, the areas where there is human habitation.Joe Rohde
It's an adventure. I mean I spent a lot of time in the Himalayas and over the years have come to know them very well. I would say most important is the first sense you have in a place like that, and that is the sense of being on an adventure.
Joe Rohde
There are details within details within details to anchor you in the fact that we are talking about the real world, not an illustrated children's book fantasy world.
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The Himalayan culture is full of ritualized architecture, encouraging great harmony and structure. The colors of the village, the carved animal heads on the doors, the totems -- it's all very symbolic and authentic.
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The ride is about the yeti, and our story is about our interaction with that yeti. When we get on this train and we go up into the forbidden mountain domain of the yeti, he destroys the track ,and the thrill part of our ride is escaping the wrath of the yeti as we return to civilization.
Joe Rohde
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