A single-chair lift rising into the clouds over narrow trails that seem to pitch and hurtle down the mountain.
But at the peak of our despondency we saw it: the lift, rising like a mirage out of the timber woods, its four dark cables striping the red sunset.
As the lift rose, the video zoomed in on our faces, closer and closer, smoothly transitioning from actual video to animations of eyelash mites and skin cells, then bacteria, and eventually viruses.
Unequal lift made the wings tilt, or bank: the end with more lift rose, while the other end dropped, causing a turn in the direction of the lower end.
Here is a building with glass lifts rising up its steely exterior.
In the distance, two empty lifts rise and fall, out of time with each other, as they make their way towards the roof, then begin a slow descent, disappearing into the shafts and continuing down to the ground floor.
Demand for breast implants and lifts rose 584percentt in the last decade -- a higher increase than any other cosmetic surgery, ahead even of slimming procedures like liposuction (up 333 percent) and tummy tucks (up 392percentt).
About a dozen underwear-clad models stood atop hydraulic lifts rising over the partying crowd.
With the sector lifted by rising metal prices and a positive note from Goldman Sachs, Anglo added 45p to £16.25 while Xstrata rose 17.5p to 655.5p.
Indeed, nine of the top ten risers in the leading index were oil or mining groups, lifted by rising prices.
