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Everest the Hard Way

Everest the Hard Way
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Featuring:
Doug Scott, Dougal Haston, Mick Burke, Chris Bonington
Director:
Ned kelly & Chris Ralling
Producers:
Ned kelly & Chris Ralling
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
File Sizes:
SD (format 4:3) 923GB
Released:
1975

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The classic expedition documentary of the 1975 British Expedition led by Chris Bonington up the South West Face of Everest. The summit was reached by Doug Scott and Dougal Haston followed by an epic bivouac just below the summit. Sadly mountaineer and cameraman Mick Burke died near the summit a day later.

Peter Boardman and Pertemba summitted a few days later and made a harrowing descent, finding the top of the fixed ropes only by chance.  In many ways, this films records both the end of an era the of big British national expeditions and is the harbinger of a the new alpine style in the Himalaya.

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Marvellous stuff. I never thought I'd see this film again. In those days  filming very high up was well nigh impossible but what couldn't be filmed is vividly described by the still exhausted climbers once back in the support camps.  Heroes all - and fuelled in part by fags and whisky!

NamBian
Sunday 23 October 11

Owen
Thursday 15 November 12

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