An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.
Cinematography
First IMAX camera on Everest. Your palms will sweat.
Score
Neeson's voice could narrate a grocery list and you'd weep.
Director
Greg MacGillivray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Krakauer's 'Into Thin Air' made the 1996 season infamous—this was Everest before it became a cemetery tourists Instagram.
The IMAX camera weighed 42 pounds. At 29,000 feet, that's like carrying a small angry refrigerator on your back while dying slowly.
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