Americans on Everest (1965)
Overview
"In 1963, Swiss climber Norman Dyhrenfurth began 'a little war against a big mountain.' Leading 19 Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters carrying 27 tons of gear, Dyhrenfurth spearheaded the highly successful 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition for his adopted country. Jim Whittaker, accompanied by Nawang Gombu Sherpa made the first ascent by the Hillary-Tensing route. On May 22, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld made the first ascent by the unclimbed West Ridge. They descended by the South Col, making the first traverse of Everest. Orson Welles narrates the spectacular record, and the film includes the first ever filmed images from the summit."
What is Americans on Everest about?
"In 1963, Swiss climber Norman Dyhrenfurth began 'a little war against a big mountain.' Leading 19 Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters carrying 27 tons of gear, Dyhrenfurth spearheaded the highly successful 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition for his adopted country. Jim Whittaker, accompanied by Nawang Gombu Sherpa made the first ascent by the Hillary-Tensing route. On May 22, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld made the first ascent by the unclimbed West Ridge. They descended by the South Col, making the first traverse of Everest. Orson Welles narrates the spectacular record, and the film includes the first ever filmed images from the summit." Americans on Everest is a Documentary, Adventure movie, released on 1965-09-10, runtime 48 minutes.
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Directed by
Norman Dyhrenfurth
Cast
- Orson Welles as Narrator- Self
- Jim Whittaker as Self
- Ngawang Gombu as Self
- Barry Bishop as Self
- Lute Jerstad as Self
- Willi Unsoeld as Self
- Tom Hornbein as Self
- Barry Prather as Self
- Barry Corbet as Self
- Al Auten as Self
- James Ramsey Ullman as Self
- Norman Dyhrenfurth as Self
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