Hacker Cinema
Everest
1998 · Film · documentary · 44 min
Directed by David Breashears, Stephen Judson, Greg MacGillivray
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.
1 positive3 neutralfrom 4 commenters
Where to watch
No streaming data for this title.
4 comments on Hacker News
David Breashears filmed an IMAX documentary about climbing Everest. He and his film team were on the mountain during the disaster in 1996 and they abandoned the filming to assist in rescues. They were later able to complete the filming and release the film in 1998.
The film being released now is a "Hollywood style" fictionalized retelling of the 1996 disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everest_%281998_film%29
Wasnt there an IMAX movie about Everest in the 90's?
If you haven't seen it, the MacGillivray Freeman IMAX film "Everest" was shot contemporaneously with the tragedy and is excellent as such made-to-be-shown-in-Science-Centers documentaries go.
I'd always understood that a lot of the deaths on Everest were the result of wealthy people not preparing properly for the climb. If you've seen the IMAX Everest movie, you see the incredible shape that team was in...and they still had a hard go of it. I imagine attempting in anything less than exquisite physical condition is asking for trouble.