Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-17479654-20140112022806/@comment-17479654-20140113210217

That's a pretty significant change from the book. And it's a really long book- it took, like, five weeks to read it all- I just didn't include all of it.

The reason his uncle is with him is as follows:


 * The kid finds out that the famous climber (who happens to be his biggest idol) is climbing with a guy from a rival town (the uncle's rival) and meets them at the base of the mountain, since his idol said he could come with. His uncle comes to bring him back, however, so the kid sneaks off and tries to climb the mountain alone. He doesn't reach the top, but he finds a good path, and returns alive- but his uncle still won't let him go. But, with some convincing, he decides to not only let the kid go, but come with him- mostly so that the rival town won't get the honor of being the first to have a man reach the top.