Everest
- 1970
- Japan
- Color
- 49 min
Record of the 1970 Japan Mount Everest Expedition. Costing ¥100 million, the 39-strong team, plus 21 Sherpas, 30 Icefall porters and 30 staff at Base Camp, it is one of the largest expeditions ever mounted, but is beset by tragedy. Six Sherpas die in an avalanche, a porter is killed by a serac icefall, and a young climber, Kiyoshi Narita, dies of a heart attack. The team summits along the Hillary-Tenzing Southeast Ridge route, but fails to establish a new route, as intended, via the Southwest Face. The deputy leader, Hiromi Ohtsuka, describes JMEE ’70 as 'far from successful.' Summiters were Teruo Matsuura, Naomi Uemura and Katsutoshi Hirabayashi.
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