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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Surviving Everest
Liesl Clark (2003)
Surviving Everest is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest. It was directed by Liesl Clark in 2003 and produced by National Geographic. It is a part of the series Nat Geo Wild. It features Pete Athans, Peter Hillary, Edmund hillary, Jamling Norgay, Brent Bishop, Kanza Sherpa and others.- 2003
- USA
- 47 min
Surviving Everest is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest. It was directed by Liesl Clark in 2003 and produced by National Geographic. It is a part of the series Nat Geo Wild. It features Pete Athans, Peter Hillary, Edmund hillary, Jamling Norgay, Brent Bishop, Kanza Sherpa and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Everest - 50 Years on the mountain
Liesl Clark (2003)
Everest - 50 Years on the mountain is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest. It was directed by Liesl Clark in 2003 and produced by National Geographic. It features Pete Athans, Peter Hillary, Edmund hillary, Jamling Norgay, Brent Bishop, Kanza Sherpa and others.Everest - 50 Years on the mountain
- 2003
- USA
- 95 min
Everest - 50 Years on the mountain is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest. It was directed by Liesl Clark in 2003 and produced by National Geographic. It features Pete Athans, Peter Hillary, Edmund hillary, Jamling Norgay, Brent Bishop, Kanza Sherpa and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Nanga Parbat
Frank Leberecht (1936)
Record of the 1934 german expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.- 1936
- Germany
- 91 min
Record of the 1934 german expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Deutsche Eisenbahner im Kampf um den Nanga Parbat
Johannes Fritze (1935)
Short version of 'Nanga Parbat' (1936), the record of the 1934 german expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.Deutsche Eisenbahner im Kampf um den Nanga Parbat
- 1935
- Germany
- 20 min
Short version of 'Nanga Parbat' (1936), the record of the 1934 german expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.Climbing locations