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Films about Mount Everest. Everest is part of the Himalayas , an Asian mountain range. The international border between China ( Tibet Autonomous Region ) and Nepal runs across Everest's summit point .
Pages in category "Documentary films about climbing" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest; List of media related to Mount Everest; Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films; Into Thin Air: Death on Everest; After the Wind, a book by Lou Kasischke detailing his experiences as a client on Rob Hall's expedition. Vertical Limit, a similarly themed film.
[9] James DiGiovanna of Tucson Weekly Vertical Limit, the best mountain-climbing movie starring Chris O'Donnell to come out this week." [10] Philip French of The Guardian mentioned, "Campbell sustains the tension pretty well and the settings are spectacular. More interesting than the characters, however, are two aspects of the dramatic background.
Although the first mountain film, depicting the ascent of the Mont Blanc by the American climber Frank Ormiston-Smith, was released in 1903, the mountain film genre is most associated with the German Bergfilme (singular: Bergfilm) released in the 1920s.
The documentary is about Project Possible, a plan by Nepali high altitude climber Nirmal Purja to climb all of the world's 14 highest peaks with an altitude greater than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) (called eight-thousanders) inside 7 months (i.e. from early spring to late summer, before the winter season begins).
After days of trekking in Nepal's Khumbu Valley, the climbing route started from Lobuche High Camp with steep rock and transitioned to snow and ice for the final 2,000 feet. To ensure they summited in the best conditions, the team started climbing shortly after midnight, and on October 14, 2010, they reached the summit of Lobuche.
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